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Smile 2 Movie Review

The saying “a smile is worth a thousand words” doesn’t even begin to describe the horror in Parker Finn’s sequel to his 2022 hit Smile. Smile 2 takes place 6 days after where the last film left us and we’re following the lone survivor of the Smile entity, Joel (Kyle Gallner). Since he has a very limited amount of time before the entity takes over his body and makes him kill himself, he tries to murder a criminal in front of another so the curse can be lifted. Of course it doesn’t go as planned and the lone person in the room, Lewis (Lukas Gage), witnessed the horrific events that follow. Cut to Skye Riley (Naomi Scott), a pop sensation that recently fell from grace is on the rise once more on a new tour that is bound to bring her back to the limelight. As she’s struggling with her own demons, she makes a call to her old friend Lewis to score some pain killers. Yet, wouldn’t you know it? Lewis has that pesky Smile entity looming around and one thing leads to another, Sky is now next on the list. With inventive scares and horrific imagery, Finn’s direction is in high gear with this sequel. As we follow Skye struggling with the kickoff of the tour and her mother (Rosemarie Dewitt) breathing down her neck, the Smile entity almost takes delight in torturing someone who has so many eyes on her at all times. Listen as Wright, Alan, Ben, and Nathan discuss the film and wonder if this horror sequel holds a candle to the original or stands tall and smiles as it moves forward.

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DIRECTED BY: Parker Finn

STARRING: Naomi Scott, Rosemarie DeWitt, Kyle Gallner, Lukas Gage, Miles Gutierrez-Riley, Peter Jacobson, Raúl Castillo, Dylan Gelula, Ray Nicholson, Drew Barrymore

YOUR REVIEWERS

Wright Sulek (Screener Squad, Digital Noise, Highly Suspect Reviews, Trash in the Can, Audio Editor)

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.

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.

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.

Alan Galinsky (Highly Suspect Reviews, Screener Squad, Deliberations of Doom)

Born and raised in Texas, Alan Galinsky is a lifetime movie fan. As a youth, he would rent multiple movies every weekend and go to the theater for the latest releases, and that pace has remained steady. When Alan isn’t watching movies, you can find him talking about movies. When he’s not talking about movies, you can find him playing music in the band Delicate Boys.

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WE LIVE IN TIME MOVIE REVIEW

Who knew that what the world needed right now is the ridiculous amount of charisma of Florence Pugh and Andrew Garfield in a romance? Directed by John Crowley (Brooklyn, Boy A), We Live In Time tells the story of Almut (Pugh) and Tobias (Garfield) and how their car crash-cute goes from sweeping romance to a devastatingly bittersweet end. Since their story is told in non-linear fashion, we find out very quickly that Almut has cancer and now has to deal with the fact that she may not live long enough to do everything she’s ever wanted to do. After finding out the news, she pitches to Tobias that maybe she doesn’t want to go through the hell that is chemotherapy and live their best lives together with their insanely cute daughter Ella (Grace Delaney). Resistant at first, Tobias then agrees and accepts the cards Almut has been dealt and the film moves back and forth with them through time. We go through ups and downs in the relationship over the years where we witness how utterly charming and sexy Pugh and Garfield are together. Almut’s ego does get in the way though as she’s one of the UK’s top chefs and has the chance to compete in an international competition. This longing to be the best puts the family’s plan in jeopardy, but the way Crowley handles the sensitive subject is graceful. Wright, Kate, and Nathan discuss We Live In Time and tell if they merely liked it or absolutely loved it.

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DIRECTED BY: John Crowley

STARRING: Florence Pugh, Andrew Garfield, Adam James, Marama Corlett, Aoife Hinds, Nikhil Parmar, Heather Craney, Douglas Hodge, Lee Braithwaite, Grace Delaney, Amy Morgan, Niamh Cusack, Lucy Briers, Robert Boulter, Kerry Godliman

YOUR REVIEWERS

Wright Sulek (Screener Squad, Digital Noise, Highly Suspect Reviews, Trash in the Can, Audio Editor)

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.

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.

Kate Chambers (Highly Suspect Reviews, Screener Squad)

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

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Saturday Night Movie Review

In the midst of its 50th season on television, Saturday Night Live is without question a staple in American comedy. It’s hard to imagine that the comedy juggernaut was almost an impressive disaster right up until it aired on October 11th, 1975. Saturday Night, directed by Jason Reitman, tells the story of the ninety minutes before the first episode aired and the complete chaos behind the scenes. Led by Lorne Michaels (Gabriel LaBelle), we watch him traverse through a bloated show, an unruly cast, a disinterested crew, and an executive (Willem Dafoe) praying for him to fail. Some of the iconic cast gets to shine here most noticeably Chevy Chase (Cory Michael Smith), Dan Aykroyd (Dylan O’Brien), Garrett Morris (Lamorne Morris), and an understated John Belushi (Matt Wood). Michaels does at least have a steady support by his side in his wife Rosie Shuster (wonderfully played by Rachel Sennott) even when his producer Dick Ebersol (Cooper Hoffman) is breathing down his neck. The film makes use of the entire studio and brings everything to life. Reitman seems to have taken some notes from Aaron Sorkin and Paul Thomas Anderson with the way he shoots the minutes before air with its constant walk-and-talks and background blunders. Wright, Mike, Marco, and Nathan discuss their love and admiration for the legendary show and if the richness of the source material shines through Saturday Night.

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DIRECTED BY: Jason Reitman

STARRING: Gabriel LaBelle, Rachel Sennott, Cory Michael Smith, Ella Hunt, Dylan O’Brien, Emily Fairn, Matt Wood, Lamorne Morris, Kim Matula, Finn Wolfhard, Nicholas Braun, Cooper Hoffman, Kaia Gerber, Andrew Barth Feldman, Tommy Dewey, Willem Dafoe, Matthew Rhys, J.K. Simmons, Jon Batiste, Naomi McPherson, Taylor Gray, Mcabe Gregg, Nicholas Podany, Billy Bryk, Ellen Boscov, Joe Chrest, Catherine Curtin, Leander Suleiman, Paul Rust, Robert Wuhl, Corinne Britti, Kirsty Woodward

YOUR REVIEWERS

Wright Sulek (Screener Squad, Digital Noise, Highly Suspect Reviews, Trash in the Can, Audio Editor)

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.

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.

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!”

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AZRAEL MOVIE REVIEW

Some time after the Rapture, we find civilization in disarray and no one can speak. Azrael follows the titular character (Samara Weaving) and her partner Kenan (Nathan Stewart-Jarrett), as they escape imprisonment from a female-led community of religious zealots. As she’s recaptured, she is due to be sacrificed by an evil entity, but as luck would have it, she makes a narrow escape. Directed by E.L. Katz (Cheap Thrills) and written by Simon Barrett (You’re Next, The Guest), Azrael takes the silent approach to a “chase/horror/thriller” with beautifully shot scenery and compelling physical acting. Since we follow Azrael throughout the film and have no dialogue to understand her character more deeply, the film relies heavily on Weaving’s reactions and choices. The film does trust the audience quite a bit when it comes to the mythic horror that follows and it works for the most part. Wright, Mike, and Drew do have a lot to say, though, about Azrael and discuss whether or not they would ever want to speak of it again.

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DIRECTED BY: E.L. Katz

STARRING: Samara Weaving, Vic Carmen Sonne, Nathan Stewart-Jarrett, Katariina Unt

YOUR REVIEWERS

Wright Sulek (Screener Squad, Digital Noise, Highly Suspect Reviews, Trash in the Can, Audio Editor)

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.

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.

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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HIS THREE DAUGHTERS MOVIE REVIEW

Spooky Scary Fall is upon us and nothing brings about the fall of all things like the number one undisputed King of Horror, Death. Vincent is going to die. From writer director Azazel Jacobs comes a Netflix feature length awards season prospect His Three Daughters. Vincent’s three daughters from two separate marriages must gather as one family to see him off peacefully with respect and dignity as the end of his battle with cancer nears. Katie (Carrie Coon) must always be in control or else. She butts heads with the doctor, the guests, and especially her sister. Rachel (Natasha Lyonne) has been with her father the whole time at his apartment and is struggling to deal with the big emotions of losing a parent and with his other two daughters only visiting to say goodbye. Christina (Elizabeth Olsen) just wants everybody to get along as she struggles with expressing the unbreakable bond of sisterhood and having a cherished husband and daughter back home waiting for her. With the stage set for the inevitable, the three siblings must decide if they’ll have a future together once their father is gone. Bradly, Frank, and Jordan welcome you to attend the service of this film review. Things get personal and heavy but also light hearted, much like the film itself, as the three critics contemplate who will be with them at the end of all things.

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DIRECTED BY: Azazel Jacobs

STARRING: Carrie Coon, Natasha Lyonne, Elizabeth Olsen, Rudy Galvan, Jose Febus, Jasmine Bracey, Jay O. Sanders, Jovan Adepo

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.

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.

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MEGALOPOLIS MOVIE REVIEW

Once heralded as one of the most gifted filmmakers of all time, Francis Ford Coppola has finally achieved his nearly 40 year dream in releasing his epic vision, Megalopolis. The film is jam packed full of incredible actors and some problematic ones. It is led by Adam Driver who plays Cesar Catilina, an architect who’s trying to build a utopia in the fictional city, Megalopolis. With pushback from Mayor Cicero (Giancarlo Esposito) and jealous cousin Clodio (Shia LaBeouf), Cesar struggles to work through politics and his own grief to achieve his dreams. Yet, a shining light comes through with Julia Cicero (Nathalie Emmanuel) who witnesses Cesar’s gift in stopping time and realizes that if he has the ability to achieve his dream then a utopia is within reach. Wow Platinum (Aubrey Plaza) becomes a romantic foil as Cesar and Julia develop their relationship and try to sabotage the plans to build Megalopolis out of spite. The film has already been widely criticized for its flimsy script, wild acting choices, and less than stellar direction, but Coppola did tell the story he wanted to tell. Full of political intrigue, sweeping romance, and awkward boners, Megalopolis doesn’t quite achieve what it was setting out to do. Wright, Nathan, and Marco have an oddly calm discussion about the divisive film.

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DIRECTED BY: Francis Ford Coppola

STARRING: Adam Driver, Giancarlo Esposito, Nathalie Emmanuel, Aubrey Plaza, Shia LaBeouf, Jon Voight, Laurence Fishburne, Jason Schwartzman, Kathryn Hunter, Dustin Hoffman, Talia Shire, Grace VanderWaal, Chloe Fineman, James Remar, D.B. Sweeney, Isabelle Kusman, Bailey Ives, Madeleine Gardella, Balthazar Getty, Romy Mars, Haley Sims

YOUR REVIEWERS

Wright Sulek (Screener Squad, Digital Noise, Highly Suspect Reviews, Trash in the Can, Audio Editor)

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.

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.

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!”

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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Folie à Deux Movie Review

The Clown Prince of Crime has taken on Batman, the Justice League, and the Gotham Police time and time again, but his newest foe…musicals? Joaquin Phoenix is back in his Oscar winning performance as Arthur Fleck in Joker: Folie a Deux. Todd Phillips’ approach to the 2019 film was an even grittier take on the character pulling from various sources primarily from Scorsese films and it paid off big time. This time around with the anticipated sequel, Phillips wanted to deconstruct the character even further and turn the film into a full blown jukebox musical. Joining Phoenix is none other than pop icon Lady Gaga as Lee Quinzel (or Harley Quinn to the fans). The film takes place in 2 distinct settings; Arkham Asylum and a courtroom. Arkham, the iconic prison where Batman’s rogue gallery primarily inhabits, is where Fleck & Quinn have a chaotic meet-cute where they break out into song and dance and build their mad love for each other. The courtroom, though, is where the film loses its footing. The film tries to posit the idea that maybe The Joker isn’t crazy after all and is just a serial killer. It becomes more baffling by the minute as Lee and Arthur go back and forth through fantastical musical numbers and their on and off again romance. Wright, Nathan, and Beau struggled with the film’s tone and approach to the iconic character. Listen as they discuss Joker: Folie a Deux!

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DIRECTED BY: Todd Phillips

STARRING: Joaquin Phoenix, Lady Gaga, Brendan Gleeson, Catherine Keener, Zazie Beetz, Steve Coogan, Harry Lawtey, Leigh Gill, Ken Leung, Jacob Lofland, Bill Smitrovich, Sharon Washington, Connor Storrie

YOUR REVIEWERS

Wright Sulek (Screener Squad, Digital Noise, Highly Suspect Reviews, Trash in the Can, Audio Editor)

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.

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.

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

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

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KITE MAN: HELL YEAH! SERIES REVIEW

When you are a villain that’s mocked by the C-list and even ridiculed by the most obscure Robins, sometimes you wanna go where everybody knows your name. Kite Man (Matt Oberg) is an off-again never-again romantic interest from the Adult Swim DC dark comedy show Harley Quinn. With a new found love named Golden Glider (Stephanie Hsu) Chuck is ready to settle down with his doting darling and purchase a bar from Noonan (Michael Bank). The original owner sticks around but is glad to have sold his franchise for 10 million dollars. This animated sitcom sets the bar as a base of operations for several cameos. You’ll see Lex Luthor (Lance Riddick), The Queen of Fables (Janelle James), Moe Dubelz (Michael Imperioli) quirky gothic intern Malice (Natasia Demetriou) everybody’s favorite Bane (James Adomian) and even Darkseid (Keith David). Why Darkseid? Through a very calculated and chaotic turn of events, the source of the anti-life equation may be connected to one of the specials at the bar. Bradly, Dogget, and Mike McAllister discuss their admiration of the original Harley Quinn show, the surprising amount of evolved side gags, and how all of these one-off D-listers could have such heart, character growth, and depth. They muse over the success of a story based around two characters in love who are unapologetically into each other, and also praise the encyclopedic knowledge of one of us: our very own Spider Mike who may or may not make an appearance this week with saucy details about the anti-life equation.

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CREATED BY: Patrick Schumacker, Justin Halpern, and Dean Lorey

STARRING: Matt Oberg, Stephanie Hsu, James Adomian, Jonathan Banks, Natasia Demetriou, Michael Imperioli, Janelle James, Dee Bradley Baker, Maria Bamford, Tisha Campbell, Vic Chao, Margaret Cho, Amuche Chukudebelu, Andy Daly, Keith David, Carla Delaney, Phil LaMarr, Judith Light, Eddie Pepitone, Lance Reddick, Rory Scovel, Rhea Seehorn, Ben Aldridge, Lake Bell, Lacey Chabert, Kaley Cuoco, Brycen Hall, Richard Kind, Araceli Prasarttongosoth, Cristina Pucelli, Jim Rash, Katie Rich, J.B. Smoove, Alan Tudyk, Casey Wilson

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.

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.

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THE CREEP TAPES SERIES REVIEW

After two successful and highly thought of found footage movies, Mark Duplass as Josef with Patrick Brice back in the director’s chair return to tell more stories of the strangest serial killer in The Creep Tapes. Going from films to a six-episode Shudder tv series may seem like an ‘uh-oh’ situation. However, the series branches out in some bizarre and very entertaining directions. And yes, people keep getting killed. Chris and Wright only got to see the first three episodes of The Creep Tapes at Fantastic Fest as a secret screening, but they’re definitely going to be watching the rest of it when it airs.

DIRECTED BY: Patrick Brice

STARRING: Mark Duplass

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 (Screener Squad, Digital Noise, Highly Suspect Reviews, Trash in the Can, Audio Editor)

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.

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ESCAPE FROM THE 21ST CENTURY MOVIE REVIEW

Three High School best friends, after an encounter with some toxic waste, get a super-inconvenient superpower. Whenever they sneeze, their bodies in 1999 fall unconscious and their minds go into their own bodies twenty years in the future. This also apparently wipes out the personalities that exist in the future permanently, because when they go back to 1999 consciousness, their future bodies fall unconscious. And the future is not bright. Mix this with psychedelic visuals, bizarre connections to the game Street Fighter 2, and lots of over-the-top action, and you have the Japanese film Escape From The 21st Century. Wright and Chris are here for it. Gimme more.

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DIRECTED BY: Yang Li

STARRING: Ruoyun Zhang, Elane Zhong, Yang Song, Xiaoliang Wu, Yanmanzi Zhu, Leon Lee, Zhengrong Wen, Liang Shi, Yichen Chen, Zhuozhao Li, Qixuan Kang, Fanding Ma

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 (Screener Squad, Digital Noise, Highly Suspect Reviews, Trash in the Can, Audio Editor)

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.

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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