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IDIOTS MOVIE REVIEW

From actor/writer/director Macon Blair (I Don’t Feel at Home in This World Anymore, The Toxic Avenger) comes Idiots, a twisted road trip comedy about a couple of losers who get more than they bargained for when they accept a job escorting a wealthy teenager to an exclusive rehab clinic. Davis (O’Shea Jackson) is a good man at heart, but has a history of making bad decisions. When his last screw-up leaves him without a vehicle, Davis is forced to partner with Mark (Dave Franco), an obnoxious burnout who has a car, but not much else in the way of job qualifications. Unbeknownst to them, their charge Sheridan (Mason Thames) is a sociopathic influencer with a huge online following. Sheridan wastes no time manipulating and tormenting our titular idiots in order to escape their custody. Into this wild mix comes Kiernan Shipka as a vengeful stripper, as well as Peter Dinklage and Nicholas Braun as a couple of dangerous weirdos who have come to claim the large reward Sheridan has offered to anyone willing to rescue him. Mike the Editor, Dom the Movie Nerd, and Marco have watched the film and have thoughts about it. Is this a movie only a moron could love? Or would you have to be an idiot not to like it? Listen to their review to find out!

DIRECTED BY: Macon Blair

STARRING: Dave Franco, O’Shea Jackson Jr., Mason Thames, Peter Dinklage, Kiernan Shipka, Nicholas Braun, Macon Blair, Killer Mike

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.”

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.

Dominic Rizzi (Screener Squad, Highly Suspect Reviews)

Born and raised in the Hudson Valley, NY, Dom “the Movie Nerd” Rizzi fell in love with film at a young age. After majoring in film in both community college and achieving a Bachelor’s degree in film from SUNY Oswego, Dom went on to start his own podcast Talkin’ TV during Covid before studying acting at the Neighborhood Playhouse in New York City. Relentlessly passionate about everything related to film, Dom has shot and produced several short films, as well as having written several scripts. Working at a liquor store by day, Dom has continued to pursue his passion for cinema in any capacity he can, because to follow his dreams, in the words of Shia LaBeouf pre-descent into insanity, “just do it.”

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THE LAST HOUSE MOVIE REVIEW

Home is where the heart is. Unfortunately, it’s also where the doors won’t open, the windows won’t break, and something deeply unpleasant is wandering around outside in the rain. Netflix’s The Last House traps Jason (Wagner Moura), Ann (Greta Lee), and their two children inside their family home with absolutely no way out. Days become weeks, weeks become years, food runs short, the kids grow up, and the family must transform their suburban prison into a self-sustaining fortress while trying to understand exactly what — It’s not COVID, but it sure does feel like it’s COVID, right? — has sealed them inside. Part survival thriller, part family drama, and part creature-feature mystery. Rae, Lewayne, and T.C. lock themselves in the One Of Us house to discuss The Last House, the triggering memories of sheltering in place, and whether this Netflix mystery is worth locking yourself inside with for two hours.

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DIRECTED BY: Louis Leterrier

STARRING: Greta Lee, Wagner Moura, Riley Chung, Emma Ho, Arden Cho, Noah Alexander Sosnowski, Gabriel Barbosa, Audrey Anderson, Sid Edwards, Eveline Reynolds-Boison

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.

Lyrae Anderson (Screener Squad)

You can call me Rae. You can also call me a film lover. I’ll watch it all — small screen; big screen, and everything in between. I have attended and worked for Fantastic Fest and South by Southwest for many years. I married a film geek as well. While we don’t agree on everything, we agree on our love of movies.

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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THE DOG STARS MOVIE REVIEW

Is just surviving after an apocalyptic pandemic enough? This is the question that Ridley Scott’s new film poses. Based on the book by Peter Heller, The Dog Stars follows Hig (Jacob Elordi), a civilian pilot. He and his ex-marine friend Bangley (Josh Brolin) have holed up outside Denver in an abandoned bush air base in the mountains. Occasionally having to lethally hold it off, without too much effort, against scavengers, Hig doesn’t feel like this is all there is left. He has a friendship with a Mennonite group that have survived higher up in the hills, led by Aaron (Benedict Wong), but he dreams of a safe place and has a goal to get there. His quest leads him along the way to stumble upon a father (Guy Pearce) and daughter (Margaret Qualley) who are initially and understandably quite distrustful of Hig. And that is far from the end of his journey. Chris, Wright, Martin, and Nathan take on this latest entry in the seemingly endless ‘end of the world’ genre and decide whether this film is worth surviving long enough to see.

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DIRECTED BY: Ridley Scott

STARRING: Jacob Elordi, Josh Brolin, Margaret Qualley, Allison Janney, Guy Pierce, Benedict Wong

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.

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.

Martin Thomas (Highly Suspect Reviews, The Original Gentlemen)

In addition to having been a puppet, a pauper, a pirate, a poet, a pawn and a king…Martin Thomas has also been a professional comic book artist (Marvel, DC, First Comics, etc.), a TV personality (The Reel Deal), and a cartoon character (“Leon” from Spill.com). Currently, he can be found podcasting up a storm at DoubleToasted.com when he’s not one of “The Original Gentlemen.”

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BATMAN: KNIGHTFALL PT.1 REVIEW

Batman is having a very, very bad week. Can’t catch a break! If rehabilitating the murderous vigilante Azrael wasn’t enough, some jerk named Bane sets all the inmates of Arkham free. Well, not all of them… there are some confusingly notable exceptions. Raised in prison and deluded by his late mother, Bane spends his life obsessed with Thomas Wayne and the city he created, hoping to rule it one day. Feeling that Bruce has made it weak, Bane takes it upon himself to BREAK the Dark Knight for good. And let’s just say, not just figuratively. Batman: Knightfall Pt. 1 takes one of the most well known Batman stories ever told and gives it a feature-length animated treatment. The first part—arguably the most iconic section of the saga—tries to trim the massive storyline down into roughly 80 minutes. With elements of the story already adapted into Christopher Nolan’s The Dark Knight Rises, this version gets to explore Bane’s rise, Batman’s relationship with his Robins, and the start of Azrael’s redemption arc. It also, rather oddly, adds a new storyline in the form of a romance between Bruce and his psychiatrist. Will the movie be a great installment, a mediocre one, or… well, The Killing Joke adaptation? Okay, that’s a pretty low bar. But with DC’s… errr… interesting track record when it comes to direct-to-video adaptations, anything goes. Batman better watch his back… sorry, sorry.

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DIRECTED BY: Jeff Wamester

YOUR REVIEWERS

Maciej Kur (Infestation)

Maciej Kur is a Polish comic and film script writer, director and reviewer, and decidedly the biggest fan and most loyal supporter of Oneofus.net. A graduate of the Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw with a master’s degree and the Academy of Film and Television. Co-creator of the comic book series Dollicious and Emilka Sza (with Magdalena Kania ) and Lil i Put, (with Piotr Bednarczyk ) and many others. Awarded in 2014 for a comic book in the spirit of Janusz Christa and awarded for “Złoty Puchar” in 2023. He wrote scripts for new comic books in the Polish cult series “Kayko and Kokosh”, as well as episodes of an animated series based on it (available on Netflix). He wrote for many other shows including “Kicia Kocia” (Kitty Kotty), “Pompik the Bison”, “Pucio”, “Hip-Hip and Hurra” and the upcoming animated movies “The Shrew of Destiny” and “Tytus, Romek and A’tomek”. He also directed a documentary about Polish animation legend “Witold Giersz”. Big lover of the art of animation and comic books.

Michael Riojas (Screener Squad, Highly Suspect Reviews)

The man with the ever-changing nicknames. Born in Austin, Riojas was rocketed to Del Rio, Texas, a literal Smallville. In his youth, he was bitten by a radioactive… okay, look. Mike is not very good at this whole “talking about himself” thing. But he has been so obsessed with comics, video games, and anime since childhood- that if one has to choose between listening to Joe Quesada or Mike over any obscure Spider-Man trivia, they go to him (or, at least Martin Thomas once said so). He is also a big fan of “Ghostbusters” (he even owns his own jumpsuit and two, that’s right, TWO proton packs!), collects toys and video games, and will defend “Superman IV: The Quest for Peace” if provoked. He lives in Austin with his beloved Dachshund-Maltese and trusted sidekick, Dean. He can also be heard on RageSelect. He can be found on Twitter and Instagram.

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TRASH IN THE CAN: INTENSIVE CARE

This week, the boys head to the Netherlands for the gloriously goofy 1991 slasher Intensive Care. Filmmaker and stage director Jason Neulander joins us to discuss George Kennedy’s easiest paycheck, saxophone seduction, and an entire town’s lack of peripheral vision. Plus, Jason tells us about his new show, Treasure Island Reimagined: Jane Hawkins and the Pirate’s Gold, having its World Premiere September 18–19 at The State Theater in Austin, TX, before beginning its national tour. Tickets are available for purchase now!

YOUR HOSTS

Wright Sulek (The Other Boss, Trash in the Can, Digital Noise, Highly Suspect Reviews, 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.

Eric Samaniego (Trash in the Can, Heart/Felt, Make a Noise, Highly Suspect Reviews)

Eric Samaniego is a multi-award show watching, sometimes comedian, sometimes writer who began life as a Muppet and 1930s screwball comedy obsessed goon and still carries a torch for all things felt, funny, and a little bit unhinged. With a passion for genre films, poor taste, and whiskey, he co-hosts Trash in the Can, a podcast that digs through cinema’s dustbin in search of the best worst movies alongside longtime co-conspirator Wright Sulek. Eric and Wright also bring their love of cinematic oddities to the big screen with One Man’s Trash, a monthly live screening series at Violet Crown Cinema in Austin, Texas, spotlighting cult classics, forgotten flops, and anything proudly wearing the label “so bad it’s good.” He also hosted Heart/Felt, a limited podcast series celebrating the 70th anniversary of The Muppets and the enduring legacy of Jim Henson. He has a new limited series on One of Us that explores the films and life of comedy legend Mel Brooks called Make a Noise. When not podcasting, Eric serves as an American military officer, statesman, and Founding Father who was the first president of the United States from 1789 to 1797.

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BUTTHOLE SURFERS: THE HOLE TRUTH AND NOTHING BUTT MOVIE REVIEW

Legendary music journalist Michael Azerrad said about his iconic book Our Band Could Be Your Life, “The most surprising and rewarding chapter to write was the Butthole Surfers chapter. I’d always thought of them as a bunch of drug-addled reprobates – which maybe they were – but it turned out to be more complicated than that.”. The new documentary about the band, Butthole Surfers: The Hole Truth and Nothing Butt, feels like this quote was the mission statement. Directed by Tom Stern, who had worked with the band and various members in the past, takes what may be the craziest music history on record, and makes a fast-moving, sometimes animated, sometimes told by puppets, funny as hell documentary that genuinely has some really emotionally devastating moments as well. The band’s legend grew from their one of a kind Texas-fried psychedelic punk to the anarchic surrealist spectacle of their live shows. But their journey behind the scenes was almost as crazed as their public personas. Filled with interviews from some genuinely impressive gets, and more honesty about what all this was really like that you’re typically used to seeing in a band documentary, The Hole Truth and Nothing Butt deserves to be held up as a classic of the genre. Chris, Marco, Drew Tinnin, and Beau gather to discuss the film and, of course, their own Butthole Surfers related experiences that thankfully, the statute of limitations has run out on them being charged for any of their admittances.

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DIRECTED BY: Tom Stern

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).

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.”

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 Instagram or Facebook.

Drew Tinnin (Screener Squad, Highly Suspect Reviews, Deliberations of Doom)

Drew Tinnin is a Rondo Award nominated interviewer and critic who has worked at SiriusXM’s Fangoria Radio and Fangoria magazine in NYC, as well as the London-based Dazed Digital. Currently a regular contributor to the Dread Central Network, he’s excited to join up with some old friends and other film fans on One of Us as a new contributor to Screener Squad.

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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MAKE A NOISE: BLAZING SADDLES (1974)

Mel Brooks took the Western and blew it to pieces with Blazing Saddles. Eric Samaniego is joined by Chris Cox, founder of OneOfUs.net, to discuss one of the most outrageous comedies ever made, from its fearless take on race and the American myth to the unforgettable performances of Gene Wilder, Cleavon Little, and Madeline Kahn. Saddle up for a look at why Blazing Saddles remains a comedy classic and a whole lot of noise.

YOUR HOST

Eric Samaniego (Trash in the Can, Heart/Felt, Make a Noise, Highly Suspect Reviews)

Eric Samaniego is a multi-award show watching, sometimes comedian, sometimes writer who began life as a Muppet and 1930s screwball comedy obsessed goon and still carries a torch for all things felt, funny, and a little bit unhinged. With a passion for genre films, poor taste, and whiskey, he co-hosts Trash in the Can, a podcast that digs through cinema’s dustbin in search of the best worst movies alongside longtime co-conspirator Wright Sulek. Eric and Wright also bring their love of cinematic oddities to the big screen with One Man’s Trash, a monthly live screening series at Violet Crown Cinema in Austin, Texas, spotlighting cult classics, forgotten flops, and anything proudly wearing the label “so bad it’s good.” He also hosted Heart/Felt, a limited podcast series celebrating the 70th anniversary of The Muppets and the enduring legacy of Jim Henson. He has a new limited series on One of Us that explores the films and life of comedy legend Mel Brooks called Make a Noise. When not podcasting, Eric serves as an American military officer, statesman, and Founding Father who was the first president of the United States from 1789 to 1797.

You can subscribe to the Make A Noise podcast on iTunes, Spotify, and more, or use our RSS feed on whatever podcast service you use: https://oneofus.net/feed/makeanoise/ and please leave us a review!

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DIGITAL NOISE EPISODE 381: DN SETS A TRAP

John and Chris must navigate the tricky waters of the ocean of physical media every show. And this week, there’s a storm on the horizon. We take on Chris’s complicated feelings about a swingin’ 60s version of a famous detective, a film from a director Chris has never liked anything from but everyone says this might be the one he does, a musical version of a classic film that nobody saw, a high-profile dark “comedy” that has real script problems but everyone else seemed to like for some reason, and so much more.

All titles were sent to Digital Noise by the distribution companies in question for the purpose of review. No other compensation was involved. The opinions here are our own.

PLEASE USE OUR IMAGE LINKS TO BUY ANY OF THESE TITLES ON AMAZON. IN FACT, PLEASE USE THEM AS YOUR STARTING POINT FOR ANYTHING YOU BUY OFF OF AMAZON. WE ARE AN AFFILIATE AND RECEIVE COMPENSATION FOR PURCHASES MADE FROM OUR LINKS.

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).

John Gholson (Digital Noise)

John Gholson is a writer and cartoonist with bylines at Movies.com, Moviefone, and Vice and illustration work for GQ and Fandango. As an actor, John can be seen in Zero Charisma, Hidden America With Jonah Ray, F**k My Son, Man Finds Tape, and The Suplex Duplex Complex. He writes and performs sketch comedy regularly at The New Movement Theater. John currently lives in Austin with his beloved comic book collection and a cat named after Peter Cushing.

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HELLCAT MOVIE REVIEW

How’s this for a horror movie setup? Lena (Dakota Gorman) wakes up injured, confused, and locked inside a camper trailer hurtling down the highway. The mysterious Clive (Todd Terry), communicating from the truck ahead, insists she’s been infected with something nasty and they have only an hour to reach a doctor. Lena has a slightly different theory: maybe don’t trust the guy who locked you in an RV. Good start, right? But can this go the distance? Writer-director Brock Bodell’s feature debut turns that wonderfully nasty setup into a claustrophobic game of shifting realities, unreliable memories, bodily horror, and the gradually emerging realization that there may be a monster in this trailer. Caroline, Lewayne, and T.C. speed down the highway in the One Of Us RV discussing their feelings about this creature feature and just how much creature needs to be featured in order to make it a worthwhile viewing.

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DIRECTED BY: Brock Bodell

STARRING: Dakota Gorman, Todd Terry, James Austin Johnson, Elise Horn, Liz Atwater, Jordan Mullins, Janet Ivey

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.

Caroline Sulek (Screener Squad, Trash in the Can)

Caroline Sulek resides in Mckinney, TX with her son Henry and two cats: Sally and Rocky. As a mom, corporate baddie, and unabashed lover of all things silly, spooky, and creative, she brings a unique perspective to the One of Us network. Her love of art and movies started long ago when she and her brother, Wright, would spend entire summer vacations in front of the TV and she would draw portraits of Wright as he sat watching for hours. Caroline has been a frequent guest and fan favorite of the Trash in the Can podcast with her brother, Wright, and his life podcast partner, Eric Samaniego. Caroline enjoys the most gruesome of horror movies and the most bingeable of reality shows and anywhere in between!

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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HOUSE OF THE DRAGON SEASON 3 REVIEW

It’s been two years since season two of House of the Dragon premiered and the world has been waiting with bated breath to finally see some action in the show. We last left our heroes walking into a giant battle and season three picks up immediately in the thick of it. Rhaenyra’s (Emma D’Arcy) allies have banded together to crush King’s Landing’s forces from land, sea, and air and quite impressively does so but with a great cost. Where the first two seasons took their time plotting away everyone’s desires to rule the seven kingdoms, season three takes a firm stand in ramping up the action and story to sprint towards the finish line. Through Rhaenyra’s faith in Alicent (Olivia Cooke), she and Daemon (Matt Smith) almost single handedly take over the iron throne. It’s quite shocking to see House of the Dragon speed up the story and bring our characters to their final destinations and yet, the middle of this season brings back familiar plotting and pacing. Now that Queen Rhaenyra has taken over King’s Landing, she finally experiences what it’s like to rule and deal with all of the daily troubles a kingdom goes through. Luckily, we have multiple storylines that carry the show on it’s back. Surprisingly, the most interesting is the side quest of King Aegon (Tom Glynn-Carney) and Lord Larys (Matthew Needham) as they try to find refuge away from the chaos. What we’re left with is a more action forward season that still suffers from boring story structure, but at least this time the show knows how to stick the landing. Listen as Wright, Dom, and Ryan discuss the third season of House of the Dragon!

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CREATED BY: Ryan Condal, George R. R. Martin

STARRING: Matt Smith, Emma D’Arcy, Olivia Cooke, James Norton, Steve Toussaint, Fabien Frankel, Matthew Needham, Sonoya Mizuno, Tom Glynn-Carney, Ewan Mitchell, Harry Collett, Phia Saban, Bethany Antonia, Jefferson Hall, Abubakar Salim, Clinton Liberty, Phoebe Campbell, Kurt Egyiawan, Freddie Fox, Gayle Rankin, Kieran Bew, Tom Bennett, Joplin Sibtain, Ellora Torchia, Tommy Flanagan, Simon Russell Beale, Dan Fogler, Benjamin Evan Ainsworth

YOUR REVIEWERS

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.

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.

Dominic Rizzi (Screener Squad, Highly Suspect Reviews)

Born and raised in the Hudson Valley, NY, Dom “the Movie Nerd” Rizzi fell in love with film at a young age. After majoring in film in both community college and achieving a Bachelor’s degree in film from SUNY Oswego, Dom went on to start his own podcast Talkin’ TV during Covid before studying acting at the Neighborhood Playhouse in New York City. Relentlessly passionate about everything related to film, Dom has shot and produced several short films, as well as having written several scripts. Working at a liquor store by day, Dom has continued to pursue his passion for cinema in any capacity he can, because to follow his dreams, in the words of Shia LaBeouf pre-descent into insanity, “just do it.”
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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Highly Suspect Reviews: Idiots

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

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

Dominic Rizzi (Screener Squad, Highly Suspect Reviews)

Screener Squad: The Last House

T.C. De Witt (Screener Squad)

Lyrae Anderson (Screener Squad)

Lewayne White (Screener Squad)

Highly Suspect Reviews: The Dog Stars

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

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

Nathan Flynn (Screener Squad, Highly Suspect Reviews)

Martin Thomas (Highly Suspect Reviews, The Original Gentlemen)

Infestation: Annecy Animation Fest 2026 – Batman: Knightfall Pt.1

Maciej Kur (Infestation)

Michael Riojas (Screener Squad, Highly Suspect Reviews)

Trash in the Can: Intensive Care

TRASH IN THE CAN: INTENSIVE CARE

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

Eric Samaniego (Trash in the Can, Heart/Felt, Make a Noise, Highly Suspect Reviews)

Highly Suspect Reviews: Butthole Surfers: The Hole Truth and Nothing Butt

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

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

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

Drew Tinnin (Screener Squad, Highly Suspect Reviews, Deliberations of Doom)

Make a Noise – Ep 4 – Blazing Saddles (1974)

MAKE A NOISE: BLAZING SADDLES (1974)

Eric Samaniego (Trash in the Can, Heart/Felt, Make a Noise, Highly Suspect Reviews)

Digital Noise Episode 381: DN Sets a Trap

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

John Gholson (Digital Noise)

Screener Squad: Hellcat

T.C. De Witt (Screener Squad)

Caroline Sulek (Screener Squad, Trash in the Can)

Lewayne White (Screener Squad)

Screener Squad: House of the Dragon Season 3

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

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

Dominic Rizzi (Screener Squad, Highly Suspect Reviews)