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TRASH ON THE TUBE: THE TIM CONWAY SHOW & LAUGH-IN

On a very special episode of Trash on the Tube, critic Frank Calvillo brings the boys two episodes of television that have been long forgotten, but contain Hollywood Royalty. The short lived The Tim Conway Show has a very special guest star, Joan Crawford, where she gets to play in a few sketches but is more or less utilized as prop for Tim Conway to mug towards. Bette Davis, however, guest starred in the 1977 revival of Laugh-In to oddly great effect where she even has a lackluster musical number! Both episodes of TV showcase each star’s strengths but also make it clear they’re not TV ready. Listen as Eric, Wright, and Frank discuss these two television show relics on their latest episode of Trash on the Tube!

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.

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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DIGITAL NOISE EPISODE 384: A HORROR START AND A ROCKY FINISH

John and Chris visit the world of physical media again this week with a look at some of the magnificent and meh titles available for purchase. From one of the first films to do the Spielberg thing without the man himself and do it right, to the first video game film to actually stick to the rules of the game. From aggravating 60s Italian sex comedies to egregious misuse of Jason Momoa, we’ve got a lot to talk about.

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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TED LASSO SEASON 4 REVIEW

At the conclusion of Ted Lasso Season 3, everyone’s favorite mustachioed Coach Ted (Jason Sudeikis) resigned from London’s AFC Richmond, and moved back to America to raise his son. The Series 3 finale also hinted at a possible spin-off about Richmond’s first ever women’s football team. We do get to meet the Richmond women’s team, but not in their own standalone show. Instead, we get another season of Ted Lasso. Season 4 picks up three years after the events of Season 3, with team owner Rebecca (Hannah Waddingham) wooing Ted back to Richmond to coach the newly formed Lady Greyhounds. Ted’s genial coaching style remains the same, but he’ll have to adapt to coaching women, learn to navigate women’s locker room etiquette, and deal with the fact that professional women’s teams only get a fraction of the attention and support their male counterparts do. He’ll also have to contend with his new assistant coach, the frosty Alice Chilton (Tanya Reynolds).who knows everything there is to know about the game of football, but still has a lot to learn about people. Season 4 brings back a number of beloved characters while introducing a whole team of new players (Abbie Hern, Faye Marsay, and Jude Mack, amongst others) as well as eccentric millionaire investor Zelda Southport (Tracey Ullman). Our reviewers Felix, Eoin, and Marco gathered in the Oneofus Coaches Office to discuss whether Ted Lasso is still a Premiere League franchise, or should be relegated to a lower division.

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CREATED BY: Jason Sudeikis, Bill Lawrence, and Joe Kelly

STARRING: Jason Sudeikis, Hannah Waddingham, Jeremy Swift, Phil Dunster, Brett Goldstein, Brendan Hunt, Nick Mohammed, Juno Temple, Sarah Niles, Toheeb Jimoh, Cristo Fernández, Kola Bokinni, Billy Harris, James Lance, Tanya Reynolds, Abbie Hern, Faye Marsay, Jude Mack, Aisling Sharkey, Rex Hayes, Stephen Manas, Moe Jeudy-Lamour, Charlie Hiscock, David Elsendoorn, Moe Hashim, Shannon Hayes, Mercedes Assad, Annelise Heywood, Annette Badland, Grant Feely, Adam Colborne, Bronson Webb, Kevin Garry, Mary Roscoe, Phoebe Walsh, Elodie Blomfield, Andrea Anders, Edyta Budnik, Katy Wix, Matteo van der Grijn, Harriet Walter, Sofia Barclay, Becky Ann Baker, Laura Haddock, Tracey Ullman

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.”

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.”

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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FINAL FANTASTIC FIVESOME FORUM

I know we have been pretty exhaustive this year (and most years) with our coverage of our favorite movie festival Fantastic Fest. Promise, this is the last thing we’re putting up for it this year. But it’s a big one. We get five of our attending critics, Chris, Wright, Martin, Mike, and Kate, to discuss a whole slew of the films we saw that didn’t get their own separate reviews, about the fun times that we had, and in general say goodbye to the fest for this year. We hope you enjoyed visiting it with us this year and you know we’ll be back in September 2027 for more looks at some of the wildest movies on the planet.

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.

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.

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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ADULT SUPERVISION MOVIE REVIEW

In this Swedish entry this year for Best International Feature Film at the Oscars, we get to explore trauma in a different way then we’re used to seeing it of late (in horror movie after horror movie, natch). In Adult Supervision, three dads are roped into being chaperones for their daughters on a school trip to a remote island. As the trip goes on, the fathers find themselves relating to the childhood dynamics through the lens of their own suppressed childhood traumas. Soon, teasing games turn into something more violent and dangerous. It’s not long before it’s unclear whether the parents or kids are really in charge. Kate and Mike saw this one at Fantastic Fest and let you know what you’re in for with Adult Supervision. Check your own traumas at the door.

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DIRECTED BY: Alex Schulman

STARRING: Gustaf Skarsgård, Fares Fares, Linus Wahlgren, Nonni Ardal Hammarström, Baxter Renman, Bruno Sauren, Olof Olingdahl, Melker Pernfors Serngard

YOUR REVIEWERS

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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THE LOVE HYPOTHESIS MOVIE REVIEW

Throughout the years, several students of the pen have been inspired to share their deepest longings with an audience who also longed for a carefree sexy time romance. Some of those ideas may have gained inspiration from works that have already been published. Thus the fanfic was born. Today’s “will they won’t they” inspirations come from the third trilly in the Skywalker saga. Based on the smash hit novel of the same name The Love Hypothesis features a research student named Olive (Lili Reinhart) in a pursuit to destroy pancreatic cancer. Her best friend forever and fellow research student Ahn (Rachel Marsh) has caught heavy feelings from Jeremy (Nicholas Duvernay) but knows that Olive may be crushing on him as well so stays away. Knowing that her ride or die deserves all the happiness, Olive decides to fake a relationship with super grumpy Doctor Adam (Tom Bateman) freeing up Olive for any girl code so she doesn’t throw away her shot at true love. The only problem is the fake relationship between Olive and Tom has some real chemistry. Bradly, Eoin, and Shira discuss the Amazon Prime streaming sensation that is topping the charts and titillating the masses. Does it send their hearts racing or is it a pile of clunky cliches and romantic tropes? They search their feelings and share their truth on The Love Hypothesis.

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DIRECTED BY: Claire Scanlon

STARRING: Lili Reinhart, Tom Bateman, Rachel Marsh, Jaboukie Young-White, Nicholas Duvernay, Arty Froushan, Jeananne Goossen, Aladeen Tawfeek, Kenny Wong, Daniel Brochu, Alexandra Petrachuk, Howard Bilerman

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.

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.

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LANTERNS SERIES REVIEW

For a show about space cops armed with powerful cosmic jewelry, this new DCU show spends a lot of time in rural Nebraska. Pitched as a “True Detective” style series set in the DC Universe, Lanterns is a a small-town murder mystery spanning several decades, multiple generations of family trauma, and dark secrets with world ending implications. Earth’s first Green Lantern, Hal Jordan (Kyle Chandler) and his recently appointed trainee, John Stewart (Aaron Pierre) both have good reasons for resenting one another, but their job requires them to work together. For now. Their first case takes them to the sleepy town of Rushville, where they assist local Sheriff Kerry Kane (Kelly Macdonald) who is investigating a mass shooting with possible ties to a hostile alien threat. Their investigation leads to tragic consequences not just for Hal and John, but for all the residents of Rushville who blame the Lanterns for the destruction of their town, and the lost lives of so many of the townsfolk. A decade later, Hal Jordan is found dead in the same small town, and it’s up to John to find the person responsible for murdering the mentor he despised. There’s no shortage of suspects, as everyone in Rushville still hates the Green Lanterns for what happened to their community, and the secrets of the past won’t stay hidden forever. Our reviewers, Drew Shaw, Lewayne, and Marco have convened the Oneofus Corps, charged up their power rings, and are ready to shed some light on this latest HBO series.

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CREATED BY: Chris Mundy, Damon Lindelof, and Tom King

STARRING: Kyle Chandler, Aaron Pierre, Kelly Macdonald, Garret Dillahunt, Pooma Jagannathan, Ulrich Thomsen, Jason Ritter, J. Alphonse Nicholson, Cary Christopher, Michael Ocampo, Paul Ben-Victor, Laura Linney, Jasmine Cephas Jones, Jared Grimes, Romeo Brown, Hannah Christine Shetler, Chris Coy, Sergio Lanza, Jason Manuel Olazabal, Nathan Fillion, Amie MacKenzie, Jake B. Miller, Matt Rhule

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.”

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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THE SOCIAL RECKONING MOVIE REVIEW

It’s been 16 years since David Fincher’s masterpiece, The Social Network, hit the silver screen. It felt timely and acted as a cautionary tale of how one’s ego could effect millions of people. Now, Aaron Sorkin, the original screenwriter, wanted to go back into the Facebook feed and tell another story about the drastic effects of social media with The Social Reckoning. Starting in 2019 and spanning a few years until 2021, the film follows data engineer Frances (Mikey Madison) whose growing concerns of Facebook’s manipulation of it’s algorithm to force negative information to the public, drives her to reach out to anyone who will listen. Then enters Jeff Horwitz (Jeremy Allen White), a political journalist assigned to uncover how Facebook has become so addictive to the public. What starts to occur is more of a two-hander between Frances and Jeff much like All The President’s Men where they find more and more nefarious actions that Facebook has taken to expose the world to misinformation. While all of this is taking place, we jump to 2021 and watch Mark Zuckerberg (Jeremy Strong) prepare for his infamous congressional hearing regarding the effects of Facebook. It’s an electrifying chamber piece where his handlers are trying to make him somewhat likable while his old colleague, Bill Burr, challenges him every step of the way. The film is structured more as an investigative journalism film as opposed to The Social Network‘s character study which is where the film could turn some viewers off. Sorkin’s distinctive writing style flourishes in this type of story, but at times becomes overwritten and eye-rolling. The performances are up to task and even Strong’s Zuckerberg is more mature and diabolical which fits with the character as so much time has passed since the creation of Facebook. Listen to Rhett, Rod, and Wright discuss if the film is worth a ‘like’ emoji.

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DIRECTED BY: Aaron Sorkin

STARRING: Mikey Madison, Jeremy Allen White, Jeremy Strong, Bill Burr, Wunmi Mosaku, Betty Gilpin, Billy Magnussen

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.

Rod Nunley (Highly Suspect Reviews, Screener Squad)

An Austin native born military brat, Rod Nunley picked up his first comic book in Holland while waiting for his father to get out of work and was thrust into a world of nerdom. Now a full time single father he spends his days educating his son in the ways of being a geek with great bombast. Teaching his young pasawan the ways of D&D, sci-fi, fantasy books and all the great nerd films and content rivers he himself swam in his whole life. A karaoke singing, photo shoot taking, apartment locating and every doggo/kitty petting fan of all of all things geeky.

Rhett O’Hara (Highly Suspect Reviews, Screener Squad, Trash in the Can)

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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WHAT EVER HAPPENED TO BETTE & JOAN? – WHAT EVER HAPPENED TO KENNETH HYMAN?

On the second episode of this bonus season, we look at the career of Kenneth Hyman, the influential movie producer who spearheaded the production of What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?, as well as many other classic titles. First up, the 1962 Gene Kelly-directed dramedy Gigot, which stars Jackie Gleason as a mute French janitor who finds himself with an unexpected family. After that, a look at the stark 1965 Sidney Lumet military prison drama The Hill starring Sean Connery. Hosts of the podcast From Beneath the Hollywood Sign, Steve Cubine and Nan McNamara, join me as we break down these unique films and the producer behind them.

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YOUR HOST

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.

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WITHOUT BLOOD MOVIE REVIEW

Ernest Hemingway once wrote, “When you go to war as a boy you have a great illusion of immortality, other people get killed; not you”. A more modern writer, multiple award winning Alessandro Baricco, examines the fallout of war in his work Without Blood which now has been adapted and directed by Angelina Jolie and starring Salma Hayek and Demián Bichir. In a remote countryside farmhouse, three men arrive to kill a man who they believe is the architect of atrocities during the war. Nina witnesses the acts of these three men and the violence they commit against the man, her father. Decades later, Nina who is now a grown woman and war survivor, visits one of the men that killed her father, but the one who chose to spare her own life. She’s bringing her truth, her story, and justice. Nina takes the man to a restaurant and the two exchange the moments of their lives that brought them together. Bradly, Eoin, and Frank discuss the best and worst of Angelina Jolie’s career, how her craft has improved and how it has not, and what can be learned from this story of two people surviving a war with nothing but memories of death and horror.

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DIRECTED BY: Angelina Jolie

STARRING: Salma Hayek, Angelica Pisilli, Karolay Fernandez, Demián Bichir, Ariel Perez Lima, Patricio Jose, Juan Minujin

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.

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.

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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Trash on the Tube: The Tim Conway Show & Laugh-In

TRASH ON THE TUBE: THE TIM CONWAY SHOW & LAUGH-IN

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)

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

Digital Noise Episode 384: A Horror Start and a Rocky Finish

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

John Gholson (Digital Noise)

Screener Squad: Ted Lasso Season 4

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

R.Felix Finch (Screener Squad)

Eoin Daly

Infestation: Fantastic Fest 2026 – Final Fantastic Fivesome Forum

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)

Kate Chambers (Highly Suspect Reviews, Screener Squad)

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

Martin Thomas (Highly Suspect Reviews, The Original Gentlemen)

Infestation: Fantastic Fest 2026 – Adult Supervision

Kate Chambers (Highly Suspect Reviews, Screener Squad)

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

Screener Squad: The Love Hypothesis

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

Eoin Daly

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

Screener Squad: Lanterns

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

Drew Shaw

Lewayne White (Screener Squad)

What Ever Happened to Bette & Joan?: Bonus Season 2, Ep.2- What Ever Happened to Kenneth Hyman?

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

Screener Squad: Without Blood

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

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

Eoin Daly