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MY DEAD FRIEND ZOE MOVIE REVIEW

PTSD or Post Traumatic Stress Disorder according to the online dictionary is a condition of persistent mental and emotional stress occurring as a result of injury or severe psychological shock, typically involving disturbance of sleep and constant vivid recall of the experience, with dulled responses to others and to the outside world. Writer/director, and US Army veteran paratrooper Kyle Hausmann-Stokes presents his short film Merit x Zoe adapted to the full length feature My Dead Friend Zoe. Merit (Sonequa Martin-Green) has been court ordered to attend a veterans group counseling overseen by Dr. Cole (Morgan Freeman). Reluctant to share her past trauma, Dr. Cole reminds her that without participating in the program, she is not only preventing herself the opportunity to share and heal but is sabotaging the leniency and grace the court has offered her for whatever happened during her military service. After isolating herself from others for so long, her only constant companion is her dead friend Zoe (Natalie Morales). Zoe is brash, abrasive, and discouraging, although in Merit’s memory, the most loyal and unconditionally loving friend she has ever had. Merit struggles to come to terms with the ghosts of the past, and with having to be a caretaker for her grandfather Dale (Ed Harris), a Vietnam veteran with dementia who can no longer take care of himself. Bradly, Jordan, and Lewayne discuss the importance of films that ask: in a country that is always ready to thank you for your service, what services can we provide to help those who’ve given everything for that country?

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DIRECTED BY: Kyle Hausmann-Stokes

STARRING: Sonequa Martin-Green, Natalie Morales, Ed Harris, Morgan Freeman, Gloria Reuben, Utkarsh Ambudkar, Thom Tran

YOUR REVIEWERS

Bradly Martin (Screener Squad, 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 Eye on the prize and maybe even provide some comments of his own.

Jordan Cobb (Screener Squad)

Born with a comic book in one hand, a camera in the other, and in front of the television as WrestleMania played out, Jordan Worth Cobb was thus birthed into this crazy world. A Digital Filmmaking major from the University of Central Arkansas, Jordan has done it all in film from directing, writing, editing, and producing in addition to skills involved in film and TV criticism, journalism, and years of podcasting experience. On any given day, her ADHD riddled brain bounces focus from film to pro wrestling to TV to superheroes to noir to video games to espionage and yes, even to sports. She played little league you know. For more of this eccentric nerd, you can follow her on Twitter here and read her original writings on Deepest Corners of My Notebook.

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 BUILDOUT MOVIE REVIEW

Frank Zappa once said the only difference between a cult and a religion is the amount of real estate they own. Out in the middle of the desert, far from prying eyes and cell phone signals is a woman who refers to herself as Cleric Kanner (Natasha Halevi). Through a mysteriously eccentric and purposefully vague monologue she introduces the debut feature film of writer, director, and producer Zeshaan Younus. What is it that Cleric Kanner and fellow acolyte Cleric Barrow are doing and what important work will be built out of it? The Buildout is the story of two women taking a pilgrimage out into the desert to meet the clerics. Cameron (Jenna Kanell) has no intention of staying with what she calls the cult. She mainly wants to make sure her long time friend Dylan (Hannah Alline) is going to be okay, who has found peace and a purpose driven life from the ideals of the cleric’s creed. As they travel and record messages for the audience and to each other, we discover seeds of pain that have grown and bore fruits of trauma. Such a grief may possibly be found, confronted and put to rest at the center of a hole in the desert where superstitious occurrences are haunting all who take the journey. Or it’s possible that everyone is just starving and dehydrated. Bradly, Kate, and Lewayne say no to drugs and yes to films shot on location and try to suss out the meaning of life, the mysteries of death, and the point of this feature film debut.

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DIRECTED BY: Zeshaan Younus

STARRING: Hannah Alline, Ariel Barber, Natasha Halevi, Jenna Kanell, Danielle Evon Ploeger, Michael Sung Ho

YOUR REVIEWERS

Bradly Martin (Screener Squad, 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 Eye on the prize and maybe even provide some comments of his own.

Frank Calvillo (Highly Suspect Reviews, Screener Squad)

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.

Wright Sulek (Da 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.

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SEPTEMBER 5 MOVIE REVIEW

On September 5, 1972 in Munich Germany, the televised world-wide Summer Olympics was ground zero for a terrorist attack known as the Munich Massacre. Writer/Director Tim Fehlbaum with co-writers Moritz Bender and Alex David blend together real news footage with an sizable ensemble cast. The film tackles the ABC sports news teams’ response, from spectating sporting events to covering the hostage negotiations of the Israeli Olympic team. What are the responsibilities of a journalist when breaking news involves immediate danger? The ethical and moral dilemmas of covering violence carried out by militants in a foreign country with its own laws? The duty to report the news weighed against a producer asking their staff if they are willing to put themself in danger to assist in breaking the story? Bradly, Drew, and Nate discuss films covering a history of life changing events from Spotlight to Morning Glory, compare the workman-like occupation hazards of September 5 to another film that has covered the Munich tragedy, and wonder what Bradly Whitford is up to these days. All of this, of course, while trying to keep things light but educational and shine a spotlight of their own on the importance of films that ask us to remember history with honour and respect.

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DIRECTED BY: Tim Fehlbaum

STARRING: Peter Sarsgaard, John Magaro, Ben Chaplin, Leonie Benesch, Zinedine Soualem, Georgina Rich, Corey Johnson, Marcus Rutherford, Daniel Adeosun, Benjamin Walker, Rony Herman, Paul Böhme

YOUR REVIEWERS

Bradly Martin (Screener Squad, 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 Eye on the prize and maybe even provide some comments of his own.

Nathan Flynn (Screener Squad, Highly Suspect Reviews)

A recent transplant to Austin originally hailing from the wretched hive of scum and villainy that is the Midwest, Nathan Flynn has been a movie super freak since he saw “An American Werewolf in London” way too young and grew up worshipping the James Bond franchise and all things related to Cold War-era spycraft. When he’s not watching movies and being a constant defender of the Tron franchise, he can be found practicing his second biggest love: cooking (having been a chef for 10+ years) and hitting his head up against a desk to write screenplays that nobody reads. He also spearheads his own podcast on the Mission Impossible franchise titled “Mission: Impodible”. He can be found rarely posting on his personal twitter.

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.

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YOU’RE CORDIALLY INVITED MOVIE REVIEW

One booking? Two Bookings!? On the same high demand day in a highly desired venue!? Oh my medication! Presented by Amazon Prime and written and directed by R-comedy sensation Nicholas Stoller, You’re Cordially Invited to laugh along with SNL alum Will Ferrell and legally hilarious Reese Witherspoon. Jim (Ferrell) is a single father and long time widower who has shaped his entire life around being there for his daughter Jenni (Geraldine Viswanathan). She surprises her father with her bae Oliver (Stony Blyden), hand-in-hand and ring on finger. Across the country, reality show producer Margot (Reese Witherspoon) is all about her career, but her truest love and passion is being the best big sister to Neve (Meredith Hagner). All little sisters eventually grow up, and Neve announces her engagement to Dixon (Jimmy Tatro) in front of big sister Margot, all her employees, and two-time Superbowl champion Peyton Manning. With their worlds suddenly changing and wedding dates approaching Margot and Jim, though unfortunately tragic circumstances, book the weddings on the same day. Refusing to change dates, both parties try to balance and manage the simultaneous weddings and hilarious hijinks ensue. Bradly, Drew, and Dogget discuss holy matrimonial cinema, the expertise of Reese and Will in R rated comedies, and Drew reminds Bradly that not all streaming services are called Netflix. Save the date and watch this one with someone special who has a sense of humour.

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DIRECTED BY: Nicholas Stoller

STARRING: Will Ferrell, Reese Witherspoon, Geraldine Viswanathan, Meredith Hagner, Stony Blyden, Leanne Morgan, Rory Scovel, Keyla Monterroso Mejia, Ramona Young, Jack McBrayer, Fortune Feimster, Celia Weston, Bobby Moynihan, Wyatt Russell, Jimmy Tatro, Vinny Thomas, Peyton Manning, Lauren Holt, Wesley Mann, Nick Jonas

YOUR REVIEWERS

Bradly Martin (Screener Squad, 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 Eye on the prize and maybe even provide some comments of his own.

Danny Dogget (Screener Squad)

Hey persons, it’s your favorite canine Dogget! As many of you know, I don’t identify as a critic as much as a classy shock jock. That being said, I do my best to give all of you a well-balanced review filled with my true opinions and hopefully a few laughs. You can occasionally find me on other persons podcast like Mission Impodible (that’ll be 10 dollars Nathan). For the most part, you can find me doing reviews on Oneofus.net.

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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OLD GUY MOVIE REVIEW

An old hitman is tasked to train a young up and comer in the action comedy Old Guy written by Greg Johnson and directed by Simon West. Danny Dolinski (Christoph Waltz) has busted so many caps into so many of his targets for so many years that he’s got chronic pain in his wrist from all the recoil. As if carpal tunnel wasn’t bad enough, his killer-in-training, Wihlborg (Cooper Hoffman) doesn’t think he needs some ancient dinosaur teaching him old tricks. Anata (Lucy Liu) wants the two to just get along and envisions a future with Dolinski if he manages to live past his usefulness. As Dolinski begins to recognize the potential in young Wihlborg he begins to question if he’s really training a future ace assassin or a permanent replacement. Bradly, Mike, and Lewayne pull out the hit list of who’s who on the kill or be killed action comedy scene to see how Old Guy stacks up with past hits. Also they discuss their own experiences with the most frightening killer of all, time.

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DIRECTED BY: Simon West

STARRING: Christoph Waltz, Lucy Liu, Cooper Hoffman, Desmond Eastwood, Tony Hirst, Charlie Hamblett

YOUR REVIEWERS

Bradly Martin (Screener Squad, 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 Eye on the prize and maybe even provide some comments of his own.

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

Mike J. McAllister is a filmmaker, editor, writer and animator. He is also a film junkie, dog lover and Surge-aholic (Hi, Mike). He grew up in a small town in Western Pennsylvania, where he earned the reputation as the “human IMDb” and was on a first-name basis with every video store clerk in town. He later studied film in Pittsburgh. He has since written several unproduced screenplays and TV pilots. He has also produced a number of short films, some of which have appeared in festivals across the country. He is a ninja with Final Cut Pro and is armed with a mind full of mostly useless pop-culture trivia. He also enjoys animation, MST3K, classic video games and being the “music geek” among his friends (which really just means he buys vinyl and listens to music that doesn’t come from an anime soundtrack). He resides in Austin, Texas, and can be followed on the Instamagrams at @ohheyitsmikejm.

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.

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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THE MONKEY MOVIE REVIEW

Director/writer Osgood Perkins is on a roll. Not long after making the horror movie everyone was talking about (good or bad) Longlegs, Perkins is back already with an adaptation of the Stephen King story The Monkey, but this time he’s playing with splatstick comedy-horror. Theo James plays twin brothers Hal and Billy (initially played by Christian Convery when they are boys). After a brief intro scene with their father (Adam Scott) trying to unload the titular toy monkey to a pawn shop with bloody results, we go to some time later. The teen brothers are being raised by their single mother (Tatiana Maslany). Hal is a bit of a sensitive soul but Billy is a bully and his main target is his own brother. They find among their father’s things the toy monkey and before you know it, there are deaths aplenty, as anytime you wind up the monkey with his key, somebody is gonna get it, and get it hard. Unfortunately for anyone in possession of it, there’s no way to aim the thing. The brothers realize they need to dispose of it and, seemingly, succeed. Flash to 25 years later: Hal is a traumatized loner, still afraid the monkey will somehow reappear and start the killings up again. Somehow, he made enough of a connection with someone to have a kid along the way. His son is now an older teen and he is about to completely lose custody, but he has one week to spend with his child who he barely knows. So of course, suddenly during their week, the bizarre deaths start up again. Hal knows it must be tied to the Monkey, but who is turning the key? Chris, Nathan, Mike, and Wright left the theater covered in gore but laughing about it, even if the movie wasn’t nearly as good as we’d hoped, coming from a new horror maestro like Perkins.

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DIRECTED BY: Osgood Perkins

STARRING: Theo James, Christian Convery, Tatiana Maslany, Elijah Wood, Colin O’Brien, Rohan Campbell, Sarah Levy, Adam Scott, Oz Perkins, Nicco Del Rio

YOUR REVIEWERS

Christopher Lawrence Cox (Founder, Da Boss)

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 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). You can also check out Chris in his videocast, along with Martin Thomas and Danni Danger, that One Of Us does with our friends at Bell of Lost Souls: Crossover Event. He also regularly guests on the video game website Rage Select. Follow Chris on Twitter and Facebook and check out his Amazon Wish List.

Nathan Flynn (Screener Squad, Highly Suspect Reviews)

A recent transplant to Austin originally hailing from the wretched hive of scum and villainy that is the Midwest, Nathan Flynn has been a movie super freak since he saw “An American Werewolf in London” way too young and grew up worshipping the James Bond franchise and all things related to Cold War-era spycraft. When he’s not watching movies and being a constant defender of the Tron franchise, he can be found practicing his second biggest love: cooking (having been a chef for 10+ years) and hitting his head up against a desk to write screenplays that nobody reads. He also spearheads his own podcast on the Mission Impossible franchise titled “Mission: Impodible”. He can be found rarely posting on his personal twitter.

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

Mike J. McAllister is a filmmaker, editor, writer and animator. He is also a film junkie, dog lover and Surge-aholic (Hi, Mike). He grew up in a small town in Western Pennsylvania, where he earned the reputation as the “human IMDb” and was on a first-name basis with every video store clerk in town. He later studied film in Pittsburgh. He has since written several unproduced screenplays and TV pilots. He has also produced a number of short films, some of which have appeared in festivals across the country. He is a ninja with Final Cut Pro and is armed with a mind full of mostly useless pop-culture trivia. He also enjoys animation, MST3K, classic video games and being the “music geek” among his friends (which really just means he buys vinyl and listens to music that doesn’t come from an anime soundtrack). He resides in Austin, Texas, and can be followed on the Instamagrams at @ohheyitsmikejm.

Wright Sulek (Da 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.

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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DIGITAL NOISE EPISODE 352: HIDDEN GEMS

Chris and Wright get a stack packed with some real winners: some older all-timers that are new to one or both of them, some acknowledged classics with fantastic 4k upgrades, and at least one that has been a bucket-list item for them for a very long time and more than lives up to its reputation. Oh, and for some reason, RFK Jr. guest stars on this week’s show. Sorry.

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)

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 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). You can also check out Chris in his videocast, along with Martin Thomas and Danni Danger, that One Of Us does with our friends at Bell of Lost Souls: Crossover Event. He also regularly guests on the video game website Rage Select. Follow Chris on Twitter and Facebook and check out his Amazon Wish List.

Wright Sulek (Da 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.

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PADDINGTON IN PERU MOVIE REVIEW

If you’re slow to catch this train, Paddington 1 and 2 rank among the best children’s films ever made. If even Pedro Pascal and Nic Cage cry together about how wonderful they are, you can give them a shot. So, when the most adorable bear ever returns for a third film, we here at One Of Us aren’t afraid to admit that we were very excited to see him come back. Paddington in Peru follows the seemingly growth-stunted bear and his adoptive family, the Browns, as they travel to Peru together to visit his Aunt Lucy. Lucy lives in the jungle in a Home for Retired Bears run by a gaggle of nuns led by the outrageously happy, Reverend Mother Clarissa (Olivia Colman). When the Browns arrive, Clarissa informs them that Lucy disappeared in the night to places unknown in the jungle. Paddington discovers in her room a map to an ancient standing stones ruin in the jungle and so, off they go. With the help of a riverboat captain (Antonio Banderas) and his daughter (Carla Tous), the dangerous journey begins that will take them to places that a proper English family is notably unsuited for, and it might just lead to the fabled City of Gold, El Dorado. Chris, Wright, Ben, and Marco get a little lost in the jungle on this one, but still think it’s an enjoyable romp in the probably never-ending IP of Paddington.
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DIRECTED BY: Dougal Wilson

STARRING: Hugh Bonneville, Emily Mortimer, Madeleine Harris, Samuel Joslin, Julie Walters, Jim Broadbent, Olivia Colman, Antonio Banderas, Carla Tous, Ben Whishaw, Imelda Staunton, Hayley Atwell, Aloreia Spencer, Joel Fry, Sanjeev Bhaskar, Robbie Gee, Ben Miller, Jessica Hynes, Simon Farnaby, Ella Bruccoleri

YOUR REVIEWERS

Christopher Lawrence Cox (Founder, Da Boss)

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 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). You can also check out Chris in his videocast, along with Martin Thomas and Danni Danger, that One Of Us does with our friends at Bell of Lost Souls: Crossover Event. He also regularly guests on the video game website Rage Select. Follow Chris on Twitter and Facebook and check out his Amazon Wish List.

Ben Glasthal (Highly Suspect Review, Screener Squad, Breakfast Pub, Unstabletop Gamers, Video and Audio Editor)

Born in Boston, then ending up in Dallas, Texas in the early 2000s, Ben has always had a passion for film. He started in film school not long after where he launched MovieReelizations.com where he still writes reviews to this day. He’s since moved to Austin where he has been also hopping on podcasts and both editing and shooting videos for One of Us. A fan of films from almost all genres, and many that predate him more than makes sense, he is anything if not eclectic in what he’s watching at any point. For the rest of his free time, he can be found biking, drinking craft beer, being an amateur photographer, and playing video games by himself or on Twitch. He’s best found on Instagram or Twitter as @MovieReelBen.

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.

“You don’t need to follow me. You don’t need to follow anybody!”

Wright Sulek (Da 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.

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CAPTAIN AMERICA: BRAVE NEW WORLD MOVIE REVIEW

Here we are at the 35th film in the MCU and the 4th Captain America film, albeit with a notable change. Sam Wilson (Anthony Mackie) once a partner to Steve Rogers, was chosen by him specifically to take on the mantle of Captain America, after the events of Avengers: Endgame. Sam questioned his worth, notably in the Disney Plus series The Falcon and the Winter Soldier, and again, here to some extent, but there seemed little doubt that super-soldier serum or not, Sam was the right choice to take up the mantle. It’s too bad Disney/Marvel doesn’t seem to think so, at least judging by the half-assedness of this film. After stopping the Serpent Society from selling a mystery item to a buyer who mysteriously chose to never show up, all sorts of things keep not adding up. Sam and his new Falcon, Joaquin Torres, are on the trail after a seeming attack on newly appointed President “Thunderbolt” Ross (Harrison Ford, stepping in for William Hurt). His would-be assassins appear confused and don’t remember what happened, one of them being their old friend and original Captain America, Isaiah Bradley (Carl Lumbly). Clearly, shenanigans of the Manchurian Candidate sort are afoot and with even the President’s actions suspect, it’s up to these two heroes to save the day. But who will save the audience from this terrible script? Chris, Marco, Frank, and Wright have chosen to accept this assignment.

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DIRECTED BY: Julius Onah

STARRING: Anthony Mackie, Danny Ramirez, Shira Haas, Carl Lumbly, Xosha Roquemore, Jóhannes Haukur Jóhannesson, Giancarlo Esposito, Liv Tyler, Tim Blake Nelson, Harrison Ford, William Mark McCullough, Takehiro Hira