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HAZBIN HOTEL SEASON 2 REVIEW

Heaven’s extermination of Hell’s sinners in order to keep the sinner population below the numbers of the righteous has been thwarted by Charlie Morningstar (Erika Henningsen). Along with her girlfriend Vaggie (Stephanie Beatriz) she runs the Hazbin Hotel, a place sinners can go for redemption. Hell isn’t forever anymore after Sir Pentious (Alex Brightman) ascends through the pearly gates and proves the redemption of man is still possible even after you die and go to hell. Now, in season 2 on Amazon Prime, Charlie is spiraling after the angel invasion and wants hell to realize her hotel is open to all the fallen. The overlords of hell, after being taken down a notch from the epic battle, have left masterless cattle looking for a place to belong. Three overlords in particular, Vox (Christian Borle) Velvette (Lilli Cooper), and Valentino (Joel Perez) plan to use the 24/7 fear mongering of the media, social networking, and that old charismatic razzle-dazzle to gather an army and wage war against the angels that have wronged them. Bradly leads a chorus line of Felix and Neal as they belt out their favorite plot lines, character beats, broadway showstoppers, and overall enjoyment of animation as the preferred medium of storytelling.

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CREATED BY: Vivienne Medrano

STARRING: Stephanie Beatriz, Alex Brightman, Keith David, Kimiko Glenn, Erika Henningsen, Blake Roman, Amir Talai, Christian Borle, Jessica Vosk, Brandon Rogers, Lilli Cooper, Joel Perez, James Monroe Iglehart, Daphne Rubin-Vega, Jeremy Jordan, Krystina Alabado, Patina Miller, Shoba Narayan, Kevin Del Aguila, Patrick Stump

YOUR REVIEWERS

Bradly Martin (Screener Squad Boss, Eye on the Prize, Breakfast Pub)

Bradly Martin was born in the united states and grew up on a healthy diet of sports, films, and books. A rather shy lad who kept to himself, Bradly soon discovered the best way to know a person was to know what people liked. Throughout the years Bradly became a fan of many things and a fanatic of none. From Doctor Dre, to Doctor Strange and the who’s who of Whos. From Playstation to the Dreamcast and Marvel to DC. From LeBron James to James Bond and Lord of the Rings to Lord Palmerston (or Pitt the Elder if you agree with Wade Boggs) and is a huge fan of dad jokes and randomly obscure Simpsons references. Armed with a vast knowledge of comics, films, and pop culture. Bradly traveled the world making friends and sharing takes. As a young man Bradly married the love of his life young and grew older every year with each new child brought into the brood. If trends continue, Scientists predict that .2% of Canada (where Bradly and family reside) will be populated by Bradly’s children by the year 2029. You can hear him leading and listening to his favorite critics on the Screener Squad and maybe even providing some comments of his own.

R.Felix Finch (Screener Squad)

A native of Sacramento, California, and having spent his post-pubescent years in Virginia, Nevada, Texas, and New York, Felix now finds himself pursuing his Juris Doctor at Emory University School of Law in Atlanta, Georgia. Nothing is more calming to Felix than the comfort of Chaos, as his time in professional wrestling and on other podcasts has demonstrated, and Felix brings a love for the most absurd outings in the realms of cinema, finding his escape in things such as the overly complex world of Jupiter Ascending and perusing the unbelievably low-budget offerings of Tubi, which Felix is fully convinced is a Psi-Op. In addition to finding Felix here on OneOfUs.net, you can Check him out on TikTok, Instagram, and YouTube sharing his life in Law School as “TheBrokeLawStudent.”

Neal Fowler

Born and raised in Austin, Neal has a lifelong passion for movies, anime video games, and media analysis and discourse. He has been writing film reviews for his personal blogs and social media for over five years and is now contributing to The Afternoon Tune on YouTube and OneofUs.net. He appreciates great film and art no matter the genre, budget, or form it takes. While not reviewing movies, he enjoys reading comic books, hiking the outdoors, and indulging in good food. Remember one thing though: he’s Batman.

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CHAINSAW MAN – THE MOVIE: REZE ARC

Tatsuki Fujimoto’s most hellish manga creation has rev’ed up from the the page, onto the tv screens, and moving onto the biggest screens of silver and into our hearts. We are talking about Chainsaw Man The Movie- Reze Arc directed by anime key artist and showrunning legend Tatsuya Yoshihara. Canon to the ongoing animated series on tv, yet accessible enough to go in completely blind to the world of devils and fiends, the Chainsaw Man movie pulls homage to film makers such as Richard Linklater, PT Anderson, and the Coens to name a few. Denji (Kikunosuke Toya) is a teenage boy who is fused physically with an adorable little puppy-like devil in the shape of a kawaii chainsaw named Pochita (Shiori Izawa). Pochita gives Denji the ability to turn any part of his body into a chainsaw and together they use horrific slasher violence to take down devils at the behest of a secret Japanese government agency. Makima (Tomori Kusunoki) is Denji’s boss on whom he has an adolescent crush. After a day at the movies with Makima, Denji has a meet-cute at the transit with a teenage girl named Reze (Reina Ueda). During an impromptu manic pixie dream date, evil lurks and the bomb devil appears. It’ll be up to Denji and his team of Devil Hunters to stop the Bomb Devil, save the city, and pursue the fiery passions of young love. Bradly, Rhett, and a special haunting from the podcasting afterlife, Dogget, discuss their relationships with manga, anime, classic nickelodeon game shows, and each other, while discussing the H-Bomb of anime adaptations, Chainsaw Man-The Movie-The Reze Arc.

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DIRECTED BY: Tatsuya Yoshihara

STARRING: (Japan) Kikunosuke Toya, Reina Ueda, Fairouz Ai, Tomori Kusunoki, Shogo Sakata, Shiori Izawa, Karin Takahashi, Maaya Uchida, Natsuki Hanae, Yūya Uchida, Eri Kitamura, Kenjiro Tsuda (English) Ryan Colt Levy, Alexis Tipton, Sarah Wiedenheft, Suzie Young, Regan Murdock, Lindsay Seidel, Bryn Apprill, Casey Mongillo, Derick Snow, Josh Bangle, Reshel Mae, Jason Douglas

YOUR REVIEWERS

Bradly Martin (Screener Squad Boss, Eye on the Prize, Breakfast Pub)

Bradly Martin was born in the united states and grew up on a healthy diet of sports, films, and books. A rather shy lad who kept to himself, Bradly soon discovered the best way to know a person was to know what people liked. Throughout the years Bradly became a fan of many things and a fanatic of none. From Doctor Dre, to Doctor Strange and the who’s who of Whos. From Playstation to the Dreamcast and Marvel to DC. From LeBron James to James Bond and Lord of the Rings to Lord Palmerston (or Pitt the Elder if you agree with Wade Boggs) and is a huge fan of dad jokes and randomly obscure Simpsons references. Armed with a vast knowledge of comics, films, and pop culture. Bradly traveled the world making friends and sharing takes. As a young man Bradly married the love of his life young and grew older every year with each new child brought into the brood. If trends continue, Scientists predict that .2% of Canada (where Bradly and family reside) will be populated by Bradly’s children by the year 2029. You can hear him leading and listening to his favorite critics on the Screener Squad and maybe even providing some comments of his own.

Rhett O’Hara

Rhett O’Hara has really been looking forward to writing this “about me”. He blames movies for a lot of things in his life. He blames seeing Batman Returns as a child for his interest in all things goth and camp. He blames seeing Akira at far too young of an age for his interest in films that dare to venture into the weirder side of things. He blames Midsommar for never visiting Sweden. Rhett has lived in Austin for a couple of decades, so he can speak fondly of the old days of renting DVDs from I Luv Video (Tetsuo the Iron Man left a mark) and buying peculiar documentaries (The Nomi Song, Sick: The Life and Death of Bob Flanagan, Supermasochist) from Waterloo Video. Rhett also remembers reading an “about me” that stuck with him a few years back. Time continued and he felt a constant need to share “about me” as well. It wasn’t a voice telling him to do this but something akin to the feeling of knowing that someone is watching you without ever actually seeing that person. Rhett has been anxious and is only just now feeling a sense of relief writing this. He feels selfish though, knowing that this will continue on to the next host; the desire…. the urge…. no….the need to pass along a message that has existed ever since humanity started sharing thoughts in a written form. You must understand that he had no choice in this matter. Rhett is truly sorry for this, but he’s every bit of a pawn as you are now. Rhett is also contractually obligated to let you know that he has been a guest on the hit podcast Trash in the Can.

Danny Dogget (Screener Squad)

An avid defender of modern tv from olds. Shamer of hate watchers. Eager beaver pleaser for anyone who just wants a laugh.

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THE PAPER SERIES REVIEW

What are some things you can use the newspaper for? Paper mache for a float or some kind of school art project. Catching droppings at the bottom of your bird cage. A prop for a costume at halloween or a play. However it may surprise you to learn that in the before times, in the long long ago. newspapers were used to spread information about your local town, city, county, or province. Also in the past there was a popular sitcom called The Office that ran from 2005 to 2013 about a paper company called Dunder Mifflin. Now, that insanely popular show has a spin-off run by Greg Daniels who also made that show: The Paper. Ned Sampson (Domhnall Gleeson) is the new editor in chief of the Toledo Truth Teller. He plans to crack down on clickbait articles and inspire his employees to be the dignified reporters his local town and the world so desperately need. Esmeralda Grand (Sabrina Impacciatore) the former boss of the paper feels that her position is being usurped and plans to get back at Ned for this injustice through gossip, misleading news stories, and all around wacky sitcom hijinks. The show hopes to pick up the pieces of it’s progenitor series and carry it into the future. Bradly, Kim, and Ryan put on their press hats and break the news on the success and failings of cringe comedy, office romance, and who they would and would not want to meet in a dark alley.

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CREATED BY: Greg Daniels

STARRING: Domhnall Gleeson, Sabrina Impacciatore, Chelsea Frei, Melvin Gregg, Gbemisola Ikumelo, Alex Edelman, Ramona Young, Tim Key, Oscar Nunez, Duane Shepard Sr., Allan Havey, Nate Jackson, Mo Welch, Eric Rahill, Nancy Lenehan, Molly Ephraim, Tracy Letts

YOUR REVIEWERS

Bradly Martin (Screener Squad Boss, Eye on the Prize, Breakfast Pub)

Bradly Martin was born in the united states and grew up on a healthy diet of sports, films, and books. A rather shy lad who kept to himself, Bradly soon discovered the best way to know a person was to know what people liked. Throughout the years Bradly became a fan of many things and a fanatic of none. From Doctor Dre, to Doctor Strange and the who’s who of Whos. From Playstation to the Dreamcast and Marvel to DC. From LeBron James to James Bond and Lord of the Rings to Lord Palmerston (or Pitt the Elder if you agree with Wade Boggs) and is a huge fan of dad jokes and randomly obscure Simpsons references. Armed with a vast knowledge of comics, films, and pop culture. Bradly traveled the world making friends and sharing takes. As a young man Bradly married the love of his life young and grew older every year with each new child brought into the brood. If trends continue, Scientists predict that .2% of Canada (where Bradly and family reside) will be populated by Bradly’s children by the year 2029. You can hear him leading and listening to his favorite critics on the Screener Squad and maybe even providing some comments of his own.

Kimberly Brown (Highly Suspect Reviews)

Kimberly wants to live in a world filled with blue telephone boxes, speedsters, and ice dragons but through an ironic twist of fate, she’s stuck in this reality where these wondrous things only exist on page or film. Kim’s perpetual desire to consume sci-fi and fantasy media as a teen led her to the study of illustration/design at university to better understand its creation. Currently an Austin transplant, when she’s not wearing her critic hat you can find her pretending to like hiking, fielding questions about her hair or maybe even enjoying a local brew at the nearest dive bar.

Ryan Aleck Hill (Screener Squad, Video and Audio Editor)

Ryan is a Washington D.C. based filmmaker & video editor who loves watching and talking about movies more than just about anything. He currently works at a creative agency as a director of photography/video editor, and does freelance video editing for Anthony Fantano/TheNeedleDrop. He also has a YouTube channel (Downhill Media) where he works on a weirdo art explainer series called “Artsplained” with his partner Michelle. He was a part of the Spill.com community way back in the day, where he was cursed with an obsession for movies. In an effort to break the curse, he shows up on the Screener Squad podcast every once in a while and edits for One Of Us. Chris Cox claims that this is the only way it can be broken. You can follow him on Twitter but you’ll probably regret it.

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WICKED: FOR GOOD MOVIE REVIEW

The most anticipated movie of the year (by studios hoping to pay for the rest of the year’s screwups by this paying for it) is here. The celebrated musical adapted from a book which was a reimagining of the movie which was based on a book has now concluded (?) and you probably already can name at least three people in your life that have opening day tickets. Cynthia Erivo returns as Elphaba aka The Wicked Witch of the West and Ariana Grande as Glinda the Good, two former students at a magic academy who became close friends, despite having very different backgrounds and public perceptions. Everything thinks Elphaba is a mutant (or something) because of her green skin and extreme predilection for magical ability, despite that in Oz the color green is worshipped and magical ability treated as the highest honor…this part never made sense to me. Now, she’s had it and is willing to be the wicked witch everyone thinks she is, and the Wizard of Oz (Jeff Goldblum) and his Stephen Miller, Madame Morrible (Michelle Yeoh), are leaning into it hard. But Glinda and their school friend/now ostensibly Glinda’s fiancee Fiyero (Jonathan Bailey), are not buying it, despite having to keep up appearances in the now Orwellian land of Oz. With the film and audience firmly on Elphaba’s side, how will she triumph over this fascist coup of magicland given what we already know happens in The Wizard of Oz? Stay tuned folks as Chris, Wright, Kate, and Frank are gonna get into it with their review of Wicked: For Good, part two of the Oz…saga? Be warned, this review gets a bit spoilery.

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DIRECTED BY: Jon M. Chu

STARRING: Cynthia Erivo, Ariana Grande, Scarlett Spears, Jonathan Bailey, Jeff Goldblum, Marissa Bode, Ethan Slater, Michelle Yeoh, Bowen Yang, Bronwyn James, Colman Domingo, Sharon D. Clarke, Dee Bradley Baker, Keala Settle, Adam James, Alice Feam, Kerry Ellis, Bethany Weaver

YOUR REVIEWERS

Christopher Lawrence Cox (Founder, Da Boss, Digital Noise, Highly Suspect Reviews, Screener Squad, Deliberations of Doom)

Born in the wilds of northern Virginia, Chris managed to put all of his survival skills to use and barely escaped with his life to Austin Texas in 1992 where ever since he’s dabbled in everything from plumber’s assistant to sandwich maker, from band to bar and theater management. An opportunity to see theatrical release films for free by becoming a critic on a local public access show called “The Reel Deal” turned into a full-time job when Chris and his friends decided to take it to the internet. They built the site Spill.com, adding multiple podcasts and animated features, to no small amount of success. During this time, a fortuitous friendship sprung up between Chris and young Brian Salisbury, who was also a local film critic, and they merged their forces of will, and their laundry list of ideas for shows, to eventually build this community of critics. While Brian eventually followed his heart to a new family, Chris continues on with a cast of colorful folks from all over the country (and a few others).

Wright Sulek (The Other Boss, Trash in the Can, Digital Noise, Highly Suspect Reviews, One Man’s Trash, Screener Squad)

Wright hails from the northern suburbs of Dallas, Texas. His passion for filmmaking brought him to Austin to study and make movies. Since then he’s had his hand in acting, writing, and directing his own short films with numerous like-minded film geeks he’s met along his journey. His newest interest has brought him into the podcasting world. He co-hosted a few different movie related podcasts such as ‘And Now This’ and ‘The Match Cut’. He currently co-hosts with longtime friend, Eric Samaniego, where they talk shop about the grimiest, trashiest, lost gems of movies on their show, ‘Trash in the Can’. Wright also guests and hosts reviews on Screener Squad and Highly Suspect Reviews as well as co-hosts Digital Noise with Chris Cox. As of 2024, Wright has now been inducted into the Austin Film Critics Association as well as co-owns the One of Us network with Chris Cox.

Frank Calvillo (Highly Suspect Reviews, Screener Squad, What Ever Happened to Bette & Joan?)

Born and raised in South Texas, Frank currently lives in Austin and has been in love with movies ever since his father showed him some Three Stooges shorts when he was five years old. Today he loves all kinds of film, regardless of era, country, budget or genre. He believes every film has an audience and is at least one person’s favorite movie. After writing for Sight & Sound and Slackerwood, he now writes for Cinapse where his increasingly random taste in all flavors of cinema (from Rashomon to Mars Attacks!) continues to thrive. His ultimate goal is to write a script for his boyhood crush, Michelle Pfeiffer.

Kate Chambers (Highly Suspect Reviews, Screener Squad)

Kate is a certified horror fiend and Horse Girl™. Her name isn’t short for anything. A native Austinite, she graduated with a BFA in Film Production from the University of Colorado Boulder then returned to the Lone Star State to make her home amid the cinephiles of the Alamo Drafthouse and the Austin Film Society. In her spare time, you can find her either down at the barn with her noble steed Jazz, watching as many movies as possible (often at work), cuddling with her pair of black cats and writing horror scripts, or nursing a beer in any available body of water… or doing Duolingo, where she’s currently on a 1000+ day streak.

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MUZZLE: CITY OF WOLVES MOVIE REVIEW

Surprise! A sequel to a movie you didn’t know exists! Well, at the very least The Screener Squad didn’t know about it. Muzzle: City of Wolves storms onto the scene as the surprise sequel to 2023’s Muzzle, once again centered on Aaron Eckhart’s LAPD K-9 officer Jake Rosser. Still grappling with the trauma of losing his partner in the first film, Jake is drawn into a new string of savage, stylized killings tied to a rising criminal faction known as the Wolves. As he follows the trail, he uncovers a web of corruption stretching from street-level predators to the city’s leadership, forcing him to face the darkness he’s been avoiding since the previous case. Lewayne, Drew, and T.C. pile into a One Of Us stolen vehicle to break down whether City of Wolves earns its growl or just howls at the moon.

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DIRECTED BY: John Stalberg Jr.

STARRING: Aaron Eckhart, Tanya van Graan, Karl Thaning, Nicole Fortuin, Adrian Collins, Hakeem Kae-Kazim

YOUR REVIEWERS

T.C. De Witt (Screener Squad)

T.C. De Witt is a multi-awarded writer/director originally from Wisconsin and now based in Los Angeles. His life has been devoted to the arts since he was a child. He’s been a stage performer, playwright, stand-up comic, film and television actor, radio DJ, podcaster published author, recorded musician, and comic writer/illustrator. He is now a professional screenwriter and has been thriving for the past decade, regularly offering his talents to production studios in LA, Chicago, Milwaukee, and internationally in Sydney and Poland. He’s provided content for Amazon Prime, Netflix, and several YouTube partners. His films have screened internationally, and his stageplays have been performed across the country. In the last ten years, he has directed 57 films, 23 episodes of his series The One Minute Rewatch, 300+ episodes of podcasts, and his multi-award-winning short film Screen: Righter screened at the Festival de Cannes in 2016. He has released two feature films, The Princess Knight and A Christmas Sunset. He thrives on collaboration and the thrill of sharing stories in all forms.

Drew Shaw

As the son of a Coast Guard pilot, Drew has lived everywhere in the US that has a coast that needs guarding. All his childhood travels eventually landed him in Northern Virginia where he works at a brewery by day and watches movies with all the other free time life has to offer him. Drew’s fiance and cats are tired of him ranting and raving about whatever his latest movie obsession is so he is taking to the air waves to make it everybody else’s problem. On the off chance Drew isn’t watching a movie, he likes spending his time reading comics and literature, gaming, and playing around with all his various music making gadgets.

Lewayne White (Screener Squad)

Lewayne’s earliest memories are of watching movies and reading comics, which instilled in him a sense of wonder, a vivid imagination, and unrealistic expectations. It also means he spends a lot of time watching movies, writing scripts for them, and trying to get them made. He lives in the middle of middle America after landing there as a child, and has remained there mainly because he hates packing.

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STAR WARS: VISIONS SEASON 3 REVIEW

Star Wars: Visions returns with nine bold new animated shorts that push the galaxy far, far away into fresh artistic territory while continuing a few fan-favorite stories like The Duel, The Ninth Jedi, and The Village Bride, as well as 6 brand new visions. Each short brings a different style, mood, and interpretation of what Star Wars can be, continuing the anthology’s mission to let new creators redefine the edge of the galaxy. Melina, Drew, and T.C. gather in the One Of Us Rebel Base to chart their thoughts on the season and decide which entries soar and which ones missed their hyperjump.

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DIRECTED BY: Takanobu Mizuno, Hiroyasu Kobayashi, Naoyoshi Shiotani, Junichi Yamamoto, Masaki Tachibana, Hitoshi Haga, Masahiko Otsuka, Tadahiro Yoshihira, Shinya Ohira

STARRING: Adam Sietz, Patrick Sietz, Yuuki Shin, Jonathan Lipow, Andrew Kishino, Hinata Tadokoro, Kosuke Echigoya, Takayuki Nakatsukasa, Greg Chun, James Sie, Major Attaway, Frank Todaro, David Chen, Lee Shorten, Asami Seto, Chinatsu Akasaki, Masaki Terasoma, Aki Toyosaki, Tetsuo Kanao, Hiromu Mineta, Shin’ichirô Miki, Wataru Takagi, Tokuyoshi Kawashima, Setsuji Sato, Shoya Ishige, Yuki Ominami, Manami Hanawa, George Takei, Brian Tee, Kimiko Glenn, Masi Oka, Saya Hirose, Simu Liu, Matthew Yang King, David Errigo Jr., Karen Fukuhara, A.J. Beckles, Joy Ofodu, Sean Burgos, Jennie Kwan, Carrie Keranen, Ai Fairouz, Kenta Miyake, Manaka Iwami, Tomoyo Kurosawa, Ami Maeshima, Momoka Terasawa, Tomokazu Sugita, Akira Ishida, Daisuke Namikawa, Tomoaki Maeno, Makoto Koichi, Hirofumi Nojima, Tsuyoshi Koyama, Daisuke Ono, Ayane Sakura, Hiroki Yasumoto, Takako Honda, Daiki Hamano, Masaharu Tahara, Yasuko Hatori, Hôchû Ôtsuka, Show Hayami, Ken’ichirô Matsuda, Naomi Kusumi, Yume Miyamoto, Sonoya Mizuno, Ai Kakuma, Yumi Uchiyama, Kimiko Saitô, Jirô Saitô, Minami Iinuma, Stephanie Hsu, Mamoru Miyano, Kotono Mitsuishi, Mutsumi Tamura, Taiten Kusunoki, Nobuaki Kanemitsu, Victoria Grace, Hidenobu Kiuchi, Genta Nakamura, Yukihiro Nozuyama, Akira Kuwabara, Trevor Devall, Kôji Seki, Yutaka Aoyama, Mutsuki Iwanaka, Yuki Kazu, Yôji Ueda, Ryûnosuke Watanuki, Marie Miyake, Kazuki Yoshida, Noriko Hidaka, Hiroya Egashira, Shomaru Zouza, Taiki Yamashita, Mizuki Ishii, Liam Karlsson, Katsumi Fukuhara, Ayumu Mizukami, Satoi Shibuya, Risa Watanabe, Freddie Highmore, Julian Paz-Fedorov, Norio Wakamoto, Nozomi Furuki, Emma Myers, Harvey Guillén, Ayaka Shimizu, Steve Buscemi, Tanner Buchanan, Hitomi Kitazaki, Yuji Murai, Kaede Yuasa, Judith Light, Anna Sawai, Anne Yatco, Will Sharpe, Ronny Chieng, Cory Yee, Maximilian Reid, Suzy Nakamura, Joseph Lee, Jodie Turner-Smith, Cindy Robinson, Zoe Rux, Mark Strong, Gary Littman, Ryan Potter, Earl Baylon, Shawn Gann, Kimberly Brooks, Lincoln Bonilla, Jimmie Yamaguchi, Mike Bodie, Cheyenne Nguyen, Nick Kishiyama, Leon Chen

YOUR REVIEWERS

T.C. De Witt (Screener Squad)

T.C. De Witt is a multi-awarded writer/director originally from Wisconsin and now based in Los Angeles. His life has been devoted to the arts since he was a child. He’s been a stage performer, playwright, stand-up comic, film and television actor, radio DJ, podcaster published author, recorded musician, and comic writer/illustrator. He is now a professional screenwriter and has been thriving for the past decade, regularly offering his talents to production studios in LA, Chicago, Milwaukee, and internationally in Sydney and Poland. He’s provided content for Amazon Prime, Netflix, and several YouTube partners. His films have screened internationally, and his stageplays have been performed across the country. In the last ten years, he has directed 57 films, 23 episodes of his series The One Minute Rewatch, 300+ episodes of podcasts, and his multi-award-winning short film Screen: Righter screened at the Festival de Cannes in 2016. He has released two feature films, The Princess Knight and A Christmas Sunset. He thrives on collaboration and the thrill of sharing stories in all forms.

Drew Shaw

As the son of a Coast Guard pilot, Drew has lived everywhere in the US that has a coast that needs guarding. All his childhood travels eventually landed him in Northern Virginia where he works at a brewery by day and watches movies with all the other free time life has to offer him. Drew’s fiance and cats are tired of him ranting and raving about whatever his latest movie obsession is so he is taking to the air waves to make it everybody else’s problem. On the off chance Drew isn’t watching a movie, he likes spending his time reading comics and literature, gaming, and playing around with all his various music making gadgets.

Melina Eames (Screener Squad)

Melina first discovered that she carried the nerd gene at the tender age of four following her exposure to a little film called A New Hope. In the twenty-some years that followed, Melina continued to grow into her geek identity through the discovery of Batman, Mst3k, Game of Thrones, Lord of the Rings, and The Mandalorian. But perhaps her most significant discovery came at the age of fourteen when a night of YouTube mining led her to the review site of Spill.com. Melina became a devoted follower whose fandom did not end with the site’s demise. By then, it had worked its dark magic and left her with a love and appreciation for film criticism that she has yet to shrug.

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CHAD POWERS SERIES REVIEW

Its the 4th quarter with the clock ticking and the game on the line in front of a sea of fans and that one person in the stands that matters more than anything. Lesser men would crumble under the pressure and the moment calls for a true hero. Unfortunately, that’s not Russ Holiday. Russ would showboat his victory-walk to legendary status, fumble the ball before the endzone, and cost his college football team the glory of champions. He would then crash out in such a way that even TMZ journalists would feel guilty reporting it. Hulu presents a 6 episode mini series based on the character created by real life NFL superbowl champion Eli Manning, Chad Powers. Years have passed since Russ made a mockery of the sport, himself, and the very idea of integrity as a whole. When the NCAA team Louisiana CatFish need a QB and are holding open try outs, Russ, with his fathers (Toby Huss) academy award winning make up kit, will create the young football freshman QB persona Chad Powers and enlist on the team to earn a redemption. Coach Jake Hudson (Steve Zahn) doesn’t seem to mind the awkward antics of Chad but Ricky (Perry Mattfeld) the coach’s daughter and fellow field coach suspects there might be something more to Powers. Brad, Felix, and Nate dissect the career of Glen Powell, the performances he’s put on in front of and behind the camera, and the performances we all play for others and ourselves while discussing this wacky comedic traumady.

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CREATED BY: Glen Powell and Michael Waldron

STARRING: Glen Powell, Quentin Plair, Wynn Everett, Frankie Rodriguez, Steve Zahn, Toby Huss, Clayne Crawford, Colton Ryan, Keese Wilson, Xavier Mills, Haliey Welch, Eli Manning, Megan Ketch

YOUR REVIEWERS

Bradly Martin (Screener Squad Boss, Eye on the Prize, Breakfast Pub)

Bradly Martin was born in the united states and grew up on a healthy diet of sports, films, and books. A rather shy lad who kept to himself, Bradly soon discovered the best way to know a person was to know what people liked. Throughout the years Bradly became a fan of many things and a fanatic of none. From Doctor Dre, to Doctor Strange and the who’s who of Whos. From Playstation to the Dreamcast and Marvel to DC. From LeBron James to James Bond and Lord of the Rings to Lord Palmerston (or Pitt the Elder if you agree with Wade Boggs) and is a huge fan of dad jokes and randomly obscure Simpsons references. Armed with a vast knowledge of comics, films, and pop culture. Bradly traveled the world making friends and sharing takes. As a young man Bradly married the love of his life young and grew older every year with each new child brought into the brood. If trends continue, Scientists predict that .2% of Canada (where Bradly and family reside) will be populated by Bradly’s children by the year 2029. You can hear him leading and listening to his favorite critics on the Screener Squad and maybe even providing some comments of his own.

R.Felix Finch (Screener Squad)

A native of Sacramento, California, and having spent his post-pubescent years in Virginia, Nevada, Texas, and New York, Felix now finds himself pursuing his Juris Doctor at Emory University School of Law in Atlanta, Georgia. Nothing is more calming to Felix than the comfort of Chaos, as his time in professional wrestling and on other podcasts has demonstrated, and Felix brings a love for the most absurd outings in the realms of cinema, finding his escape in things such as the overly complex world of Jupiter Ascending and perusing the unbelievably low-budget offerings of Tubi, which Felix is fully convinced is a Psi-Op. In addition to finding Felix here on OneOfUs.net, you can Check him out on TikTok, Instagram, and YouTube sharing his life in Law School as “TheBrokeLawStudent.”

Nathan Flynn (Screener Squad, Highly Suspect Reviews)

Nathan Flynn is the resident goofball of OneofUs.Net, often found overly caffeinated, slightly stoned, and ready to unleash the hottest takes imaginable. As the resident Letterboxd Lunatic, his movie opinions are as bold as his love for Top Gun: Maverick — a film he considers less of a movie and more of a religion. When he’s not passionately defending his latest cinematic obsession, Nathan manages a comedy club in downtown Austin, where he’s somehow avoided being heckled… so far. Around here, he’s usually the punching bag, but hey, someone’s gotta do it.

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THE RUNNING MAN MOVIE REVIEW

The Stephen King adaptations won’t stop coming of late and we’ve gotten some pretty good ones like The Life of Chuck and The Long Walk. Now, Paramount is going back to the well with The Running Man, which had a somewhat successful 1987 adaptation as an Schwarzenegger film. Problem with it was, it was way more of a vehicle for Arnold’s silly action than an adaptation of the story. Now Edgar Wright has taken the reigns of this reboot with Glen Powell taking on the central role of Ben Richards, a blacklisted lower-tier worker who keeps getting fired for standing up for his fellow workers. You know, a total commie. In this totalitarian hellscape not even vaguely reminiscent of America right now (wink) Ben has little choice, with a wife and sick child, but to sign up as a contestant for the titular game show. He’ll run and try to survive against trained hunters and really, all of the country, who can win money by turning him in. If he can keep going for 30 days, he wins a billion dollars. Of course, no one’s ever actually done it before, but network bigwig Dan Killian (Josh Brolin) convinces Ben that he has a real shot at it. What proceeds is a very angry movie that is much more political than the original, but with some decent action parts and a maybe miscast Powell as the most pissed-off guy in the world. Chris, Wright, Mike, and Beau didn’t all see eye-to-eye on this one, but let’s just say it wasn’t across the board praise. Listen to the review to hear the details.

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DIRECTED BY: Edgar Wright

STARRING: Glen Powell, Josh Brolin, Colman Domingo, William H. Macy, Lee Pace, Michael Cera, Emilia Jones, Daniel Ezra, Jayme Lawson, Sean Hayes, David Zayas, Katy O’Brian, Karl Glusman, Simon Haines, Sandra Dickinson, George Carroll, Martin Herlihy, Sophie Simnett

YOUR REVIEWERS

Christopher Lawrence Cox (Founder, Da Boss, Digital Noise, Highly Suspect Reviews, Screener Squad, Deliberations of Doom)

Born in the wilds of northern Virginia, Chris managed to put all of his survival skills to use and barely escaped with his life to Austin Texas in 1992 where ever since he’s dabbled in everything from plumber’s assistant to sandwich maker, from band to bar and theater management. An opportunity to see theatrical release films for free by becoming a critic on a local public access show called “The Reel Deal” turned into a full-time job when Chris and his friends decided to take it to the internet. They built the site Spill.com, adding multiple podcasts and animated features, to no small amount of success. During this time, a fortuitous friendship sprung up between Chris and young Brian Salisbury, who was also a local film critic, and they merged their forces of will, and their laundry list of ideas for shows, to eventually build this community of critics. While Brian eventually followed his heart to a new family, Chris continues on with a cast of colorful folks from all over the country (and a few others).

Wright Sulek (The Other Boss, Trash in the Can, Digital Noise, Highly Suspect Reviews, One Man’s Trash, Screener Squad)

Wright hails from the northern suburbs of Dallas, Texas. His passion for filmmaking brought him to Austin to study and make movies. Since then he’s had his hand in acting, writing, and directing his own short films with numerous like-minded film geeks he’s met along his journey. His newest interest has brought him into the podcasting world. He co-hosted a few different movie related podcasts such as ‘And Now This’ and ‘The Match Cut’. He currently co-hosts with longtime friend, Eric Samaniego, where they talk shop about the grimiest, trashiest, lost gems of movies on their show, ‘Trash in the Can’. Wright also guests and hosts reviews on Screener Squad and Highly Suspect Reviews as well as co-hosts Digital Noise with Chris Cox. As of 2024, Wright has now been inducted into the Austin Film Critics Association as well as co-owns the One of Us network with Chris Cox.

Beau Paul (Highly Suspect Reviews, The Original Gentlemen, Screener Squad)

Beau Paul is an Austin native, an actor, and a writer. Sometimes all at once! Previously he has attempted to be an internet entertainer (the funny ha-ha kind, not the naked moneymaking kind) at Spill.com, and now here on OneOfUs.net. You can read his pithy witticisms and the retweeted material of funnier, cleverer people on Twitter or Facebook, and can buy him stuff on Amazon.

Mike J. McAllister (Screener Squad, Staff Writer, Head Video Editor)

Mike J. McAllister is an award-winning creative jack of all trades, and is pretty competent with most of them. He is a writer, director, animator, video editor, and motion graphics artist. He has tried his hand at nearly every form of artistic expression at least once. He was born and raised in Western Pennsylvania where he fell in love with film, writing and special effects at an early age. His obsession with film would lead him to being locally known as a “human IMDb” and being on a first-name basis with every video store clerk in town. He would study film in Pittsburgh before taking his talents to Austin. Not letting something like Tourettes get in his way, he has produced a handful of animated short films that have won awards from film festivals all over the globe. He has also written several yet-to-be-produced screenplays and TV pilots, with some of them being recognized in screenwriting competitions. He has even created motion graphics and animations for several clients, from movie theaters to Twitch streamers. When not creating or watching films, he enjoys MST3K, classic video games and buying vinyl records. He loves dogs, dropping obscure pop culture trivia and watching travel videos. He currently resides in Austin Texas and can be followed on the Instamagrams at @ohheyitsmikejm. His body of work can be found at his homepage or you can take a gander at his somewhat-impressive IMDb listing here.

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BALLAD OF A SMALL PLAYER MOVIE REVIEW

Did you know that there are other casinos in the world and Las Vegas doesn’t corner the market on gambling? It’s true! Also the tables offer more than poker and blackjack. That’s right, sometimes the cards are used for a game called baccarat. It’s a simple game in which the player bets on whether their hand or the banker’s hand is closer to the sum of 9. We have our game, we have our stakes, and we also have Colin Farrell teaming up with director Edward Berger (Conclave). Netflix presents Ballad of a Small Player. Doyle (Farrell) and his tacky golden gloves are playing high stakes baccarat tables at the casino in Macau and he’s running up his debts faster then he can run from his past. A mysterious woman called Blithe (Tilda Swinton) seems to be following him and it looks like that past might be catching up with him. Doyle must decide whether or not his soul is even worth saving, and when it comes to salvation, who doesn’t want a little help from a beautiful friend, in this case, Dao Ming (Fala Chen). Bradly, Kate, and Rhett discuss their knowledge and lack of knowledge concerning big gaming and touring casinos around the world, if they can or cannot stomach the performance of Farrell going all in as a self abusive addict, and Rhett for the first time on one of us demonstrates the rare art of method podcasting.

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DIRECTED BY: Edward Berger

STARRING: Colin Farrell, Fala Chen, Tilda Swinton, Deanie Ip, Alex Jennings, Anthony Wong

YOUR REVIEWERS

Bradly Martin (Screener Squad Boss, Eye on the Prize, Breakfast Pub)

Bradly Martin was born in the united states and grew up on a healthy diet of sports, films, and books. A rather shy lad who kept to himself, Bradly soon discovered the best way to know a person was to know what people liked. Throughout the years Bradly became a fan of many things and a fanatic of none. From Doctor Dre, to Doctor Strange and the who’s who of Whos. From Playstation to the Dreamcast and Marvel to DC. From LeBron James to James Bond and Lord of the Rings to Lord Palmerston (or Pitt the Elder if you agree with Wade Boggs) and is a huge fan of dad jokes and randomly obscure Simpsons references. Armed with a vast knowledge of comics, films, and pop culture. Bradly traveled the world making friends and sharing takes. As a young man Bradly married the love of his life young and grew older every year with each new child brought into the brood. If trends continue, Scientists predict that .2% of Canada (where Bradly and family reside) will be populated by Bradly’s children by the year 2029. You can hear him leading and listening to his favorite critics on the Screener Squad and maybe even providing some comments of his own.

Kate Chambers (Highly Suspect Reviews, Screener Squad)

Kate is a certified horror fiend and Horse Girl™. Her name isn’t short for anything. A native Austinite, she graduated with a BFA in Film Production from the University of Colorado Boulder then returned to the Lone Star State to make her home amid the cinephiles of the Alamo Drafthouse and the Austin Film Society. In her spare time, you can find her either down at the barn with her noble steed Jazz, watching as many movies as possible (often at work), cuddling with her pair of black cats and writing horror scripts, or nursing a beer in any available body of water… or doing Duolingo, where she’s currently on a 1000+ day streak.

Rhett O’Hara

Rhett O’Hara has really been looking forward to writing this “about me”. He blames movies for a lot of things in his life. He blames seeing Batman Returns as a child for his interest in all things goth and camp. He blames seeing Akira at far too young of an age for his interest in films that dare to venture into the weirder side of things. He blames Midsommar for never visiting Sweden. Rhett has lived in Austin for a couple of decades, so he can speak fondly of the old days of renting DVDs from I Luv Video (Tetsuo the Iron Man left a mark) and buying peculiar documentaries (The Nomi Song, Sick: The Life and Death of Bob Flanagan, Supermasochist) from Waterloo Video. Rhett also remembers reading an “about me” that stuck with him a few years back. Time continued and he felt a constant need to share “about me” as well. It wasn’t a voice telling him to do this but something akin to the feeling of knowing that someone is watching you without ever actually seeing that person. Rhett has been anxious and is only just now feeling a sense of relief writing this. He feels selfish though, knowing that this will continue on to the next host; the desire…. the urge…. no….the need to pass along a message that has existed ever since humanity started sharing thoughts in a written form. You must understand that he had no choice in this matter. Rhett is truly sorry for this, but he’s every bit of a pawn as you are now. Rhett is also contractually obligated to let you know that he has been a guest on the hit podcast Trash in the Can.

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NOUVELLE VAGUE MOVIE REVIEW

In 1959, film critic Jean-Luc Godard set out to direct his first feature, “À bout de souffle” or Breathless as it is known in English. Following Godard’s oft quoted dictum that ‘All you need to make a movie is a girl and a gun’, Breathless tells the story of a louche criminal on the run and his doomed romance with an American woman. Armed with nothing but a three page outline, Godard and his small crew shot the film guerilla style over 20 chaotic days, improvising dialogue and making up the story as he went. While not the first film of the French New Wave, Breathless is certainly one of its most iconic and representative; one whose influence continues to be felt. The story of how Godard made Breathless is the subject of writer/director Richard Linklater’s latest film, Nouvelle Vague which features a painstaking recreation of late 50s Paris, a who’s-who of prominent figures of the French New Wave, and is shot in a style that evokes the films of the period. Our own trio of critics, Frank, Mike the Editor, and Marco gathered at a virtual café to discuss the film while drinking coffee, smoking cigarettes, and butchering the French language.

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DIRECTED BY: Richard Linklater

STARRING: Guillaume Marbeck, Zoey Deutch, Aubry Dullin, Bruno Dreyfürst, Benjamin Clery, Matthieu Penchinat, Pauline Belle, Blaise Pettebone, Benoît Bouthors, Paolo Luka Noé, Adrien Rouyard, Jade Phan-Gia, Jodie Ruth-Forest, Antoine Besson, Franck Cicurel, Roxane Rivière, Jean-Jacques Le Vessier, Côme Thieulin, Laurent Mothe, Jonas Marmy, Niko Ravel

YOUR REVIEWERS

Marco Noyola (Digital Noise, Highly Suspect Reviews, Screener Squad, Audio Editor)

By day, Marco is a mild-mannered office worker, but by night he is a mild-mannered movie watcher. He does other mild-mannered stuff too.
“I’m not a film critic. I just play one on the Internet.”

Frank Calvillo (Highly Suspect Reviews, Screener Squad, What Ever Happened to Bette & Joan?)

Born and raised in South Texas, Frank currently lives in Austin and has been in love with movies ever since his father showed him some Three Stooges shorts when he was five years old. Today he loves all kinds of film, regardless of era, country, budget or genre. He believes every film has an audience and is at least one person’s favorite movie. After writing for Sight & Sound and Slackerwood, he now writes for Cinapse where his increasingly random taste in all flavors of cinema (from Rashomon to Mars Attacks!) continues to thrive. His ultimate goal is to write a script for his boyhood crush, Michelle Pfeiffer.

Mike J. McAllister (Screener Squad, Staff Writer, Head Video Editor)

Mike J. McAllister is an award-winning creative jack of all trades, and is pretty competent with most of them. He is a writer, director, animator, video editor, and motion graphics artist. He has tried his hand at nearly every form of artistic expression at least once. He was born and raised in Western Pennsylvania where he fell in love with film, writing and special effects at an early age. His obsession with film would lead him to being locally known as a “human IMDb” and being on a first-name basis with every video store clerk in town. He would study film in Pittsburgh before taking his talents to Austin. Not letting something like Tourettes get in his way, he has produced a handful of animated short films that have won awards from film festivals all over the globe. He has also written several yet-to-be-produced screenplays and TV pilots, with some of them being recognized in screenwriting competitions. He has even created motion graphics and animations for several clients, from movie theaters to Twitch streamers. When not creating or watching films, he enjoys MST3K, classic video games and buying vinyl records. He loves dogs, dropping obscure pop culture trivia and watching travel videos. He currently resides in Austin Texas and can be followed on the Instamagrams at @ohheyitsmikejm. His body of work can be found at his homepage or you can take a gander at his somewhat-impressive IMDb listing here.

You can subscribe to the Highly Suspect Reviews and Screener Squad series of podcasts on iTunes, Spotify, and more, or use our RSS feed on whatever podcast service you use: https://oneofus.net/feed/theatrical-movie-review-podcast/ and please leave us a review!

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