Highly Suspect Reviews: One Night Only

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ONE NIGHT ONLY MOVIE REVIEW

Filing under the ‘we are running out of ideas for this genre’ department, in One Night Only the premise is that a conservative government has outlawed premarital sex. But one night a year, there’s a “The Purge” but for sex, where (as long as you use protection, which you’ll have to imagine for yourself how they would check that) these singles can get it on. So the whole country starts banging fervently and it’s gotta feel pretty lame not to have anyone. Owen (Callum Turner) wasn’t too worried…he’s got a serious girlfriend, Milika (Maya Hawke), but when she tells him that she wants to use her one night to have sex with someone else instead, he’s pretty bereft. Elsewhere, Allie (Monica Barbaro) who is tired of the yearly one-night-stand and then being ghosted, decides she wants to look for someone who wants something more serious (before banging them…good luck with that). Owen and Allie keep having near-misses with each other as they each search for, you know, SOMEONE they’d want to hook up with, while the banging continues apace all around them. But you know EXACTLY how this is gonna play out. Chris, Wright, Nathan, Mike, and Marco find that the issues with One Night Stand lie more with its weirdly unresolved anti-sex conservative viewpoint than a lack of humor, especially when you contrast it with how freakin’ horny the movie is. While the film has a few (and only a few) chuckle-worthy gags, it’s what’s implied by it that makes it feel so incredibly ill-timed and maybe even a little malicious. If you enjoy our reviews where our staff is almost apoplectic, this one is for you.

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DIRECTED BY: Will Gluck

STARRING: Monica Barbaro, Callum Turner, Maya Hawke, Julia Fox, Molly Ringwald, LeVar Burton, Okieriete Onaodowan, Este Haim, Ziwe, King Princess, Ben Marshall, Nicholas Braun, Quintessa Swindell, Michelle Hurd, Charlie Gillespie, Kam Patterson, Pete Davidson, Bobby Cannavale, Jay Ellis, Radio Man

 

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.

 

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.

 

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.”

 

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Screener Squad: Cape Fear

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CAPE FEAR SERIES REVIEW

Based on John D. MacDonald’s 1957 novel The Executioners, and later adapted for the big screen in 1962 and 1991, Cape Fear introduced audiences to one of cinema’s most memorable monsters, Max Cady, a vengeful ex-con terrorizing the innocent Bowden family. Both the source novel and the original film were lean thrillers with clear delinations of good and evil, but the 1991 version amped up the moral ambiguity, the violence, and the run time. Not to be outdone, this new miniseries from Apple TV is the most lurid, brutal iteration of Cape Fear yet, and it’s definitely the longest, too, with 10 episodes that update the story for the modern age. This Max Cady is the subject of true crime podcasts, and has a large online following, and he seems as intent on cancelling the Bowdens as he does on killing them. Max Cady has previously been played by Robert Mitchum and Robert DeNiro, so whoever took over the role had very large shoes to fill. Fortunately, Javier Bardem is more than up to the task. In this latest version, Anna Bowden (Amy Adams) was Cady’s court appointed defense lawyer, while Tom Bowden was the prosecutor. Shortly after the case ended with a guilty verdict for Max, Anna and Tom got married and started a family. 17 years later Cady still holds a grudge against them, convinced that the Bowdens conspired to get him locked up for a crime he didn’t commit. Now that he’s out of prison, Cady will stop at nothing to publicly expose and humiliate them, while tearing apart their family and their seemingly perfect lives. This miniseries has great actors, a solid premise, a sizable budget, and lots of talent on either side of the camera, but was that enough to win over our reviewers? Acting as judge, jury, and executioners, Kate, Eoin, and Marco have examined the evidence, and are ready to issue their verdict. Listen to their review to find out whether Cape Fear is innocent of all charges or guilty of wasting the audience’s time.

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CREATED BY: Nick Antosca

STARRING: Javier Bardem, Amy Adams, Patrick Wilson, Joe Anders, Lily Collias, CCH Pounder, Malia Pyles, Jamie Hector, Anna Baryshnikov, Dot Cloud, Eric Mendenhall, Paul Schneider, Miles Mussenden, Margarita Levieva, Ron Perlman, Juliette Lewis, Geneva Carr, Jullian Dulce Vida, Lynn Wanlass, Kathleen Scott Paul, Felisha Terrell, Paul Calderón, Wesley Strick, Roberto Sanchez, Jay Huguley, Ted Levine, Ethan Embry, Wynn Everett, Sunny Mabrey, Francesca Scorsese, Mike Pniewski, Judd Lormand, Claire Bronson, Peter Macon, Martha Millan, Clayton Farris, Patrick Fischler, Max Mattern, Teresa L. Graves, Jill Larson

 

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.”

 

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.

 

Eoin Daly

Born and raised in Dublin Ireland, Eoin currently lives in London and has been an avid film lover from as far back as they can remember. Eoin enjoys going to the cinema weekly regardless of the film: new, old, or the most random title. They have no preconceived notions when taking in a new film. They tend to look for the good in any film they watch and will always love the art form. They are a major fan of actress-led cinema and will never apologize for this one film bias.

 

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Highly Suspect Reviews: Tony

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TONY MOVIE REVIEW

Everybody knows Anthony Bourdain, probably the best known celebrity chef of the late 20th/early 21st century. Whether it was from his amazing books, like the must-read Kitchen Confidential: Adventures in the Culinary Underbelly or one of his shows about travel and food, Bourdain was universally appreciated…except perhaps by people around him in his early chef days. The A24 biopic Tony begins with a quote from Bourdain, “I was – to be frank – a spoiled, miserable, narcissistic, self-destructive and thoughtless young lout, and badly in need of a good ass-kicking.” and this is the period of Anthony Bourdain’s life that it focuses on. Directed by Matt Johnson (Nirvanna the Band the Show the Movie), the word bildungsroman is a term you’ll hear a lot in the film. Young Tony fancies himself a writer in the making and, at least in this point in his life, generally he is full of shit. Lying constantly to his family and everyone around him, he pretends to have accepted a writing fellowship at Vassar that he was actually turned down for. After ripping some cash out of his father’s wallet in the middle of the night, he takes a bus to Provincetown. He tells everyone, Vassar has him there to work on his novel, but the truth is, he’s following his high school crush, Nancy (Emilia Jones) who is working out there for the summer at a pizza joint. Quickly finding himself down-and-out, he is taken in by Chef (Antonio Banderas) who owns a hole-in-the-wall seafood joint whose seemingly endless well of cranky empathy leads to Tony sleeping for free in a hammock on Chef’s porch and working at his restaurant as a dishwasher. Will Tony get over himself and his unearned massive ego (at this point anyway) long enough to actually start to learn about real cooking? Will he manage to impress the girl despite his constant series of screw-ups while trying? The real question is, what would Bourdain have thought about this film? One of his last long-term assistants, Laurie Woolever has some interesting thoughts on the unpredictability of the man with such things and what he might have said about Tony in her article about the film on the Bon Appétit website. Chris, Wright, Mike, and Eric have thoughts of their own in the movie that they share right here, but not nearly as insightful…mainly that now they’re hungry.

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DIRECTED BY: Matt Johnson

STARRING: Dominic Sessa, Emilia Jones, Dagmara Domińczyk, Rich Sommer, Stavros Halkias, Leo Woodall, Antonio Banderas, Michael Jibrin, Caroline Portu, Monica Raymund, Ava Davey-Bissett

 

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.

 

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.

 

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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Necromancer Ep. 145 – Ones That Entertain: Music & Lyrics

Necromancer Ep. 145: Music & Lyrics

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NECROMANCER EP.145 – ONES THAT ENTERTAIN: MUSIC & LYRICS

The necromancers are going on tour and saved you a seat on the bus, baby. Bret and Shira explore depictions of pop stars on film starting with Shira’s pick, Music & Lyrics (2007). Will Bret pull a Mariah Carey and claim “I don’t know him” when faced with Hugh Grant or find a way back into loving the actor? Listen to find out and then stick around for the duo’s sweet but psycho horror remixes.

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Shira More (Necromancer, Highly Suspect Reviews, Screener Squad)

Shira grew up in Dallas, TX, and need only put her palm to the ground to sense the direction of a semi-annual sale. She knows a little about a lot of things: Mary Shelley, Survivor (yes it’s still on), Otome Isekai’s, Slavoj Zizek. Is she method acting a supporting character in a Hallmark Christmas movie or is she just extremely undiagnosed? We’ll never know. When Shira’s not campaigning for French Kiss (1995) to finally be on streaming, you’ll find her debating the charming and unsettling similarities between rom coms and horror movies with Bret Dorman on the Necromancer podcast.

 

Bret Dorman (Necromancer, Highly Suspect Reviews, Screener Squad)

Bret Dorman was forged in the frost-bound realms of Rochester, New York, tempered in the iron winds of Chicago and the marble-shadowed courts of the Greater DC dominion, before casting his banner beneath the blazing sun of Austin, Texas. There he found not only fellowship in the revels of cinema and story, but his fiercest ally and beloved wife, Sonia Santamaria, with whom he roams the wide roads of the world in restless adventure. Though he lends his voice boldly to the chronicles of film with Necromancer Podcast, he is no mere teller of tales — for he has wrought sagas of his own in moving shadow and light, including Godzilla P.I., The World’s Best, and Violence of the Sun. In his hall dwell three cunning feline familiars — Johnny, Tony, and Ringo — and when not questing abroad, he and his companions wage noble battles of wit and strategy in games both tabletop and arcane.

 

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Screener Squad: Little Brother

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LITTLE BROTHER MOVIE REVIEW

Everyone has that one person who mistakes “You’re welcome anytime” for a legally binding contract. Little Brother joins the “proud” tradition of unwanted-guest comedies like What About Bob? and Jack & Jill, as a successful real estate agent’s carefully curated life is turned upside down when the eccentric “little brother” from his youth mentorship days suddenly reappears and refuses to leave. John Cena and Eric André collide in a comedy built on escalating chaos, awkward encounters, family you never technically asked for, and every trope in this comedy subgenre’s book. Kate, Mike, and T.C. gather inside the One Of Us model home to find out whether Little Brother is worth moving into or if this open house should have stayed closed.

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DIRECTED BY: Matt Spicer

STARRING: John Cena, Eric André, Michelle Monaghan, Christopher Meloni, Sherry Cola, Ego Nwodim, Caleb Hearon, Bryce Gheisar, Pilot Bunch, Ben Ahlers, Brandon Trost, Christina Catechis, Paris Hilton, Eleonora Srugo, Trey Murphy, Evan Ross Katz, Andy Cohen

 

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.

 

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.

 

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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Hollywood Royalty: Bonus Ep. 2 – Hurry Sundown/The Deadly Trap

Hollywood Royalty: Dunaway after Crawford

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HOLLYWOOD ROYALTY: BONUS EP.2- HURRY SUNDOWN/THE DEADLY TRAP

On this bonus episode of Hollywood Royalty, we take a look at two of Faye’s B-sides, a pair of films that don’t readily come to mind when you think of Faye Dunaway. The first of the two titles, 1967’s Hurry Sundown for director Otto Preminger, represents Faye’s screen debut as a poor farmer’s wife in this sprawling 1940s-set southern tale about social and racial divides that also stars Jane Fonda, Michael Caine, Diahann Carroll, Beau Richards, John Phillip Law, Robert Hooks, George Kennedy, and Burgess Meredith. After that, we trade in the American south for contemporary Paris in René Clement’s 1971 thriller The Deadly Trap where Faye stars as the troubled American wife of a successful businessman (Frank Langella) whose fragile mental state is pushed even further when she finds that her two children have been kidnapped. InSession Film‘s Zita Short returns to talk about these little-seen Faye performances.

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YOUR HOST

 

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

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.

 

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Screener Squad: The Dink

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THE DINK MOVIE REVIEW

John McEnroe once said “I’m not a convert to pickleball, I think it sucks”. Pickleball is a very simple activity that’s a lot like badminton, paddle ball, and table tennis on a smaller court and is much easier on the muscles and joints. Apple Plus’ new sports comedy about the sport that’s not quite tennis, The Dink, follows Dustin Boyd (Jake Johnson) who was a childhood prodigy, trained in the ways of the racquet before he could even properly hold one. His father and coach Chuck (Ed Harris), pushed him beyond the limits of weaker men to mold Dustin into the hardest hitting server of his generation. Both their dreams of glory were broken along with his wrist during time out when playing against future tennis hall of famer Andy Roddick (playing himself). Now Dustin is a coach at his father’s country club, and in between teaching kids the forehand, he’s serving backhanded barbs at the adjacent pickleball players. But then, opportunity presents Dustin with a chance to redeem himself in the eyes of his father. In order to do so he’ll need to be in tip top shape and his doctor recommends doing that with pickleball. With his new partner Candace (Mary Steenburgen), Dusty will heal his wrist, and, in a spiritual sense, himself. Bradly, Neil, and Rae hit the courts of criticism and praise the jokes that land and determine if any laughs go out of bounds. They discuss what makes a great sports movie and how comedy can elevate any genre’s performance.

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DIRECTED BY: Josh Greenbaum

STARRING: Jake Johnson, Mary Steenburgen, Aaron Chen, Ben Stiller, Ed Harris, Chloe Fineman, Patton Oswalt, Andy Roddick, John McEnroe, Cleo King, Lynne Marie Stewart, Don Lake, Wayne Wilderson, Lennon Parham, Chris Parnell, Martin Kove, Christine Taylor, Fortune Feimster, Steve Berg, Cayden Romero

 

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.

 

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.

 

Neil Anderson (Screener Squad)

I first got hooked on movies when I saw Star Wars at a drive-in theater as a kid. Growing up in a small, rural town meant not having access to a lot of movies. In college, that all changed. I couldn’t get enough. I love it all — flicks, films, movies, and cinema. I still have that wide-eyed wonder of that kid watching movies from the back of a pick-up truck at the drive-in.

 

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Trash in the Can: The Garbage Pail Kids Movie

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TRASH IN THE CAN: THE GARBAGE PAIL KIDS MOVIE

This week, we dive headfirst into a movie that’s so perfectly suited to our show we can’t believe it took us this long. Podcaster, artist, and actor John Gholson joins us to marvel at nightmare-fuel puppets, an alarming age gap romance, and state of the art piss special effects. It’s gross, it’s baffling, and it’s almost impossible to believe this movie actually exists. We watched 1987’s The Garbage Pail Kids Movie!

 

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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Screener Squad: Maximum Pleasure Guaranteed

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MAXIMUM PLEASURE GUARANTEED SERIES REVIEW

Camboy (plural camboys): noun – A man who publishes webcam photographs or videos of himself. Apple Plus presents a series starring former She-Hulk Tatiana Maslany as Paula. She’s a single mother with a laptop and private relationship with a camboy named Trevor. Paula doesn’t seem like the type. She has an outstanding relationship with her elementary school daughter Hazel (Nola Wallace). She’s fun, yet a voice of discipline. She’s spontaneous yet very aware of Hazel’s schedule. She’s respectful (mostly) and cordial to her ex-husband Karl (Jake Johnson) and his new wife Mallory (Jessy Hodges). Unfortunately for Paula, no matter how much she shines as a single mother and career gal, Karl and Mallory want full custody and to move to Idaho, taking Hazel with them. Paula is absolutely not going to let that happen and is preparing for the court date to make her case. She’s got nothing to worry about… except the camboy she has been seeing has been beat up, abducted, and is blowing up Paula’s phone with texts and voicemails asking her to send money now or the abductors will kill him. No matter who you are or where you come from, being tied to such a scandal does not look good when read back by the court stenographer. Bradly, Eoin, and Dom discuss the inner workings of sex work on the internet, the deep dive conspiracy that pulls Paula into its clutches, and how effective a web-based detective thriller works as a series.

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CREATED BY: David J. Rosen

STARRING: Tatiana Maslany, Jake Johnson, Jessy Hodges, Jon Michael Hill, Charlie Hall, Kiarra Hamagami Goldberg, Nola Wallace, Dolly de Leon, Brandon Flynn, Murray Bartlett, Tara Summers, Nina Bloomgarden, Kapil Talwalkar, Daniel Dale, Remy Auberjonois, Grace Porter, Raymond Lee

 

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.

 

Eoin Daly

Born and raised in Dublin Ireland, Eoin currently lives in London and has been an avid film lover from as far back as they can remember. Eoin enjoys going to the cinema weekly regardless of the film: new, old, or the most random title. They have no preconceived notions when taking in a new film. They tend to look for the good in any film they watch and will always love the art form. They are a major fan of actress-led cinema and will never apologize for this one film bias.

 

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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Highly Suspect Reviews: A Curious Mix of People

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A CURIOUS MIX OF PEOPLE DOCUMENTARIES REVIEW

The 90s were a wild time. Austin Texas certainly saw a boom during the decade on many different fronts but one of the wildest and most unique was what was going on in its music and club scene. Bands like The Butthole Surfers and The Big Boys set the stage in the 80s for the weird revolution that began there and it just kept getting weirder. After much anticipation from Gen X locals, a project to document this crazy time dubbed A Curious Mix of People was created by Greg Beets, Richard Whymark, and long-time friend of this site Chepo Peña. Beginning as a series of zines, the full book was released in 2023 accompanied by tons of photos and fascinating tidbits from both locals involved and touring musicians. Now, director Richard Whymark has begun to release a series of short documentaries, each focusing on a chapter of the book and a specific club. Fortunately for you, local scenesters during this period Chris and Beau are here to discuss the three films and they bring along their buddy Marc Savlov, legendary multi-award winning Austin Chronicle film critic and all around great guy who was there for all the madness as well. Focusing on the clubs Emo’s, The Blue Flamingo, and The Cavity, the trio of critics discuss the films but more than anything add their own two cents as to what it was like to be part of this unique environment and tell some great stories.

SEE MORE ABOUT THE BOOK AND THE FILMS “A CURIOUS MIX OF PEOPLE” HERE

CREATED BY: Greg Beets, Richard Whymark, and Chepo Peña

 

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).

 

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.

 

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