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ARCANE SEASON 2 REVIEW

Frederick Douglass once said, “Where justice is denied, where poverty is enforced, where ignorance prevails, and where any one class is made to feel that society is an organized conspiracy to oppress, rob and degrade them, neither persons nor property will be safe.” These words carry weight and wisdom in our own reality but also sum up the ending of Arcane Season 1, a League of Legends animated adaptation of a popular video game presented by Netflix and produced by the animation studio Fortiche. Jinx (Ella Purnell) in the aftermath of her terrorist attack on the council of Piltover, is being heralded by citizens of Zaun. Her sister Vi (Hailee Steinfeld) is being put to task by Caitlyn (Katie Leung), the daughter of a deceased council member, to find Jinx and bring her to justice. Vi, a daughter of Zaun raised by a bartender/revolutionary/martyr named Vander (JB Blanc) must choose to wear the uniform of her people’s oppressors to hunt down her sister, or stand by and watch Jinx laugh as the whole world burns. Meanwhile Jayce (Kevin Alejandro), in the aftermath of the attack, uses hextech to keep his friend and colleague Victor (Harry Lloyd) alive. The misuse of the hextech is discovered by another childhood prodigy and leader of the Firelights, Ekko (Reed Shannon). Ekko teams up with a Yodle named Heimerdinger (Mick Wingert) to discover the disruption of the arcane through the tampering with Hextech. With the politicians of Piltover in ashes and the crime bosses of Zaun in shambles, a foreign warlord named Ambessa will seize the opportunity to take control of the Arcane, Piltover, and the world. It will take an entire league of champions to put aside their differences and work together to become the men and women of legends. Bradly, Harmoni, and Jordan select their champions and discuss the highly anticipated follow up to one of the best video game adaptations of all time. Does season 2 suffer from rushed animation and budget cuts? Or will the visuals acting in harmony with the music from all around the world bedazzle and inspire the audience? Gamer or not, this may very well be a show for everyone.

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CREATED BY: Christian Linke and Alex Yee

STARRING: Hailee Steinfeld, Ella Purnell, Mia Sinclair Jenness, Kevin Alejandro, Faustino Duran, Katie Leung, Molly Harris, Toks Olagundoye, Imogen Faires, Harry Lloyd, Edan Hayhurst, Jason Spisak, JB Blanc, Reed Shannon, Miles Brown, Mick Wingert, Ellen Thomas, Brett Tucker, Amirah Vann, Bill Lobley, Yuri Lowenthal, Dave B. Mitchell, Roger Craig Smith, Fred Tatasciore, Erica Lindbeck, Abigail Marlowe, Kimberly Brooks, Earl Baylon, Robbie Daymond, Stewart Scudamore, Katy Townsend, Lucy Lowe, Ashley Holliday, Minnie Driver, Salli Saffioti, Lenny Citrano, Lex Lang, Eve Lindley, Jeannie Tirado, Keston John

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.

Harmoni Anderson (Screener Squad, Highly Suspect Reviews, Unstabletop Gaming)

Harmoni is a mermaid-haired, millennial, rum drinking, Section 31, Slytherin (who’s divorced J.K. Rowling) preschool/nursery teacher and multi genre geek who also loves all things film, tv, fashion, makeup, and an embarrassingly huge BTS stan. Like really embarrassing. As in, mention them and then sit back and watch the insanity. Harmoni likes being able to game and talk movies/TV with people that aren’t 3 feet tall or all that demanding of her. Plus she can curse at us and not get fired….so bonus!

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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Y2K MOVIE REVIEW

Some of us are old enough to remember New Year’s Eve as we went from 1999-2000. There was a big scare dubbed Y2K that was about fears that all computerized devices were going to shut down (or something) because their internalized clocks were not set up to deal with that calendar change. In retrospective, it seems pretty stupid (they literally just got in there and fixed the problem before it became one) and in fact, nothing happened. But in the new comedy-horror film from A24, Y2K, it’s a different story. Eli (Jaeden Martell) and Danny (Julian Dennison) are two best friends, but they’re not exactly super-popular at school. Eli has a huge crush on popular girl Laura (Rachel Zegler) who does at least treat him like a human being, but more than that seems impossible for love-struck but confidence-less Eli. Well, fortunately for him, at this NYE party they attend, a lot of the competition isn’t gonna live long enough to be in the way. Will he man-up and become a hero as a sentient and murderous computer virus causes all electronic items to rise up against humans? While the premise sounds plausibly fun if realistically pretty f**king far from plausible, we had pretty widely varied reactions ranging from ‘worst movie of the year’ to ‘I liked it’. I’ll just say here that if you’re a millennial and love it when films go ‘remember this? remember this? remember this?’ you might dig on Y2K. Otherwise….probably not. Unless you’re a huge Limp Bizkit fan.

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DIRECTED BY: Kyle Mooney

STARRING: Jaeden Martell, Julian Dennison, Rachel Zegler, Daniel Zolghadri, Lachlan Watson, Eduardo Franco, Fred Durst, Kyle Mooney, Mason Gooding, The Kid Laroi, Miles Robbins, Alicia Silverstone, Tim Heidecker, Lauren Balone, Kevin Mangold

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.

Sarah Jane (Highly Suspect Reviews, Screener Squad)

Sarah Jane was born and raised in Southern California but currently calls Austin, TX her home. She’s seen over 5,700 movies so far with zero plans on stopping. She has a penchant for all things exploitation, and she loves Godzilla with all her heart. Her favorite films are Deep Red, Le Samourai, and Miller’s Crossing. When she isn’t watching movies, she’s busy herding her four cats, her husband, and her 11-year-old kiddo. She’s been a contributor to TalkFilmSociety, Daily Grindhouse, FThisMovie!, Looper, and the Austin Chronicle. You can find her on Twitter and Letterboxd at @fookthis.

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

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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THE ORDER MOVIE REVIEW

Bank robberies, car heist, a disappearance, a terrible work of fiction called The Turner Diaries…What connects them? An offshoot Aryan Nation group calling themselves The Order. The film The Order tells the story of FBI Agent Terry Husk (Jude Law) investigating the rise of a Nazi militia led by young charismatic second generation bigot-boy Bob Mathews (Nicholas Hoult) in the way back time of 1983-84. It wasn’t all kids on bikes, hair bands, and sewer clowns back then, kids. Sometimes evil lurked in broad daylight carrying a message of hope wrapped in fear with instructions for violence. If Terry is going to safely infiltrate the locals and dig up some dead bodies, he’ll have to befriend bright eyed family man Jamie Bowen (Tye Sheridan). Meanwhile Bob gathers men, money, and armaments for his six stage plan to take over the government and fulfill the promise of his grand delusions. Bradly, Frank, and Drew feel young again discussing the early 80’s and recognize the film’s reverent focus on the pacific northwest’s violent history. Bradly shoots down the worship of charismatic leaders while ironically praising Jude Law while Frank and Drew shout out Marc Maron’s powerful performance of real life martyr and radio personality Alan Berg.

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DIRECTED BY: Justin Kurzel

STARRING: Jude Law, Nicholas Hoult, Tye Sheridan, Jurnee Smollett, Alison Oliver, Marc Maron, Odessa Young, Huxley Fisher, Sebastian Pigott, Phillip Forest Lewitski, George Tchortov, Victor Slezak, Philip Granger, Daniel Doheny

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.

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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TRASH IN THE CAN: DEMONS AT THE DOOR

What do you get when you throw Satan, rubber puppets, a pug, and Richard Elfman into a blender? Nothing good! Guest Josh Santo helps the boys make sense of this Juggalo directed battle of good against evil. Crack open a bottle of Faygo and join us for 2004’s Demons at the Door!

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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.

Eric Samaniego (Trash in the Can)

Eric is a multi-award show watching, sometimes comedian, sometimes writer that began life as a Muppet and 1930’s screwball comedy obsessed goon and continues to carry a torch for all things felt and funny. With a passion for genre films, poor taste, and whiskey, he and co-conspirator, Wright Sulek, indulge in the best/worst films the world has to offer with One of Us’s podcast, ‘Trash in the Can’. When not podding, Eric works as an American military officer, statesman, and Founding Father who served as the first president of the United States from 1789 to 1797.

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THE LEGEND OF VOX MACHINA SEASON 3 REVIEW

Last time on Vox Machina, our band of fearless warriors rolled the dice against the dragons that would rule the world and it was all kinds of super effective. However, all is not well in the world of Exandria. The most wicked and powerful of all dragons, Thordak (Lance Reddick) and his followers known as the Chroma Conclave, see the pestering heroes as nothing more than the sniveling cries of a dying race that doesn’t understand the concept of the inevitable. However, not all in the Chroma Conclave believe in the conquest of Thordak. Cree Summer, a rogue dragon, has offered to assist the heroes in stopping Thordak and saving the world. The Ashari elf, Keyleth (Marisha Ray) doesn’t trust the dragons but spitefully follows her friends into the fires of fate. Percy (Taliesin Jaffe) remains haunted by a once thought vanquished curse from his past but hopes to smother it with a love he desires in the future. The elf twins Vex (Laura Bailey) and Vax (Liam O’Brien) must mend the broken bonds of their family to retrieve an ancient vestige to fight the dragons. Scanlon (Sam Riegel) is on a quest to discover the true worth of raising his guitar pick to protect the things and people worth fighting for. Pike (Ashley Johnson) must master the Vestige armour at the cost of her loyalty to the Everlight, and Grog (Travis Willingham) is ready to rage! Dungeon Master Bradly with players Harmoni and Dogget venture into the Dungeons & Dragons universe and praise the game and the intriguing stories that a group of companions have created for all of us to enjoy.

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CREATED BY: Chris Prynoski

STARRING: Laura Bailey, Taliesin Jaffe, Ashley Johnson, Matthew Mercer, Liam O’Brien, Marisha Ray, Sam Riegel, Travis Willingham, Stephanie Beatriz, Indira Varma, Sunil Malhotra, Gina Torres, Esmé Creed-Miles, Kelly Hu, Lance Reddick, Cree Summer, Will Friedle, Mary Elizabeth McGlynn, Aisling Franciosi, Ike Amadi, Luis Carazo, Eugene Byrd, Troy Baker, Fred Tatasciore

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.

Harmoni Anderson (Screener Squad, Highly Suspect Reviews, Unstabletop Gaming)

Harmoni is a mermaid-haired, millennial, rum drinking, Section 31, Slytherin (who’s divorced J.K. Rowling) preschool/nursery teacher and multi genre geek who also loves all things film, tv, fashion, makeup, and an embarrassingly huge BTS stan. Like really embarrassing. As in, mention them and then sit back and watch the insanity. Harmoni likes being able to game and talk movies/TV with people that aren’t 3 feet tall or all that demanding of her. Plus she can curse at us and not get fired….so bonus!

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.

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GET AWAY MOVIE REVIEW

Boring families go on vacations to well known attractions surrounded by fellow tourists and the safety of park security. An adventurous family, like Richard (Nick Frost), Susan (Aisling Bea), Sam (Sebastian Croft), and Jessie (Maisie Ayres), prefer something a little more off the beaten path. They take a vacation to a secluded remote Swedish island just prior to an anniversary celebration of islanders who long ago survived a pandemic by turning to cannibalism. Written by Nick Frost and directed by Steffen Haars, Get Away is a dark comedy you can catch in select theaters and soon streaming on Shudder. Shockingly, all is not what it seems among the townsfolk of the island. Aggressively angry that outsiders may ruin their festival, the inhabitants led by the matriarch of the celebration Klara (Anitta Suikkari) warn fellow islander Mads (Eero Milonoff), who’s housing the tourists in an Airbnb, that if they interfere then blood will spill. Mads however perhaps has some nefarious intentions of his own with the guests and Richard gets kinda unhinged when dealing with confrontation. Susan seems to have no problem overlooking the strange things going on while both kids just enjoy f**king with people. It’s anyone’s guess who will make it to the end once the chaos sets in. Mike, Bradly, and Drew discuss the stress of putting on a show when chaotic variables are about, discuss Nick Frost’s writing and career throughout the years, and of course deliberate whether or not this deserves a standing ovation or rotten tomatoes.

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DIRECTED BY: Steffen Haars

STARRING: Nick Frost, Aisling Bea, Sebastian Croft, Maisie Ayres, Jouko Ahola, Eero Milonoff, Ville Virtanen, Anitta Suikkari, Maisie Ayres