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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!”

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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.

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DADDY’S HEAD MOVIE REVIEW

A young boy named Isaac whose father has just died, and who not long before had to deal with the death of his mother, is withdrawn and upset. Laura (Julia Brown) had recently married Isaac’s father and now as the sole caregiver without much of a connection with the boy even before his father’s untimely death, is unsure what to do. Alone in a modern house but deep in the woods, the scenario is already creepy by default. But when strange lights, smoke, and…something…that appears to have the father’s face starts appearing first to Isaac and then to Laura as well, the creep factor amps up exponentially. Chris and Wright take a look at Daddy’s Head and hide their own heads under their blankets.

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DIRECTED BY: Benjamin Barfoot

STARRING: Rupert Turnbull, Julia Brown, Mary Woodvine, Charles Aitken, Kaisa Hammarlund, Nathaniel Martello-White, Ako Mitchell, Nila Aalia, Asha Soetan, James Harper-Jones, Deepica Stephen, Lucy Doyle, Lexi Austin-Jones, Alice Handoll, Phillipa Flynn

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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BETTER MAN MOVIE REVIEW

Oh My God, It Was Earth All Along, You Finally Made a Monkey Out of Me. It was a missed opportunity not to have iconic singer Robbie Williams belt out a version of the Troy McClure song in the biopic about his life Better Man. Why? Because the part of Robbie Williams is played by a chimpanzee. This is not a joke. Really. Ok, a CG chimpanzee but still. It’s a bold choice, to be sure. And while Robbie’s story doesn’t in and of itself break a lot of new ground in the musical biopic genre, the film Better Man, for Chris and Wright, stood out as one of the best examples of it.

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DIRECTED BY: Michael Gracey

STARRING: Robbie Williams, Jonno Davies, Steve Pemberton, Alison Steadman, Damon Herriman, Raechelle Banno, Anthony Hayes, Kate Mulvany, Frazer Hadfield, Jake Simmance, Liam Head, Jesse Hyde, Chase Vollenweider, Adam Tucker, Chris Gun, Jack McMinn, Jamie Condon

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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KAOS SERIES REVIEW

The thing about prophecies is that they tend to come true in spite of a person’s best efforts to stop them, and when it involves the gods, it is often mortals who suffer the consequences. With Prometheus acting as guide, the stories of Orpheus and Eurydice, Caeneus, and Ariadne are woven together by fate (or the Fates, as the case may be) with a common prophecy, one that has the power to destroy the Gods of Olympus themselves: “A line appears, the order wanes, the family falls, and Kaos reigns.” Well, that, and the mystic power of a golden Casio watch. Jeff Goldblum stars as Zeus in this modern reimagining of Greek myth and legend, with guest stars ranging the likes of Billie Piper and Eddie Izzard. Our own OneofUs pantheon, Mindy, Kim, and Mike, come together in their own Lyceum to discuss whether this dramedy deserves to take its place among the Elysium Fields, or tossed into the gloomy depths of Tartarus. So make sure to have your obol in correct change before sailing off towards their review.

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CREATED BY: Charlie Covell

STARRING: Jeff Goldblum, Janet McTeer, Aurora Perrineau, Cliff Curtis, David Thewlis, Rakie Ayola, Killian Scott, Leila Farzad, Nabhaan Rizwan, Debi Mazar, Stephen Dillane, Misia Butler, Mat Fraser, Stanley Townsend, Billie Piper, Suzy Eddie Izzard, Ché, Sam Buttery, Cathy Tyson, Donna Banya, Natalie Klamar, Fady Elsayed, Michelle Greenidge, Gilian Cally, Shila Ommi, Amanda Douge, Daniel Lawrence Taylor, Ramon Tikaram, Joe McGann, Rosie Cavaliero, Daniel Monks

YOUR REVIEWERS

Mindy Rast-Keenan (Screener Squad, Highly Suspect Reviews)

Having grown up in Nairobi, Kenya, and being very disappointed at the lack of riding elephants her cartoons had promised her, Mindy spends the majority of her time as a film, theater, and voice over actress in the Austin, Texas area. They still give her money for being on HBO that one time, with her name in the credits spelled wrong. A nerdy geek, this award-winning actress joined One of Us figuring she’d put her summa cum laude BFA acting degree to good use…by judging other people’s acting. In the few seconds she gets to herself, Mindy bakes for charity, knits eccentric plushies, plays original RPG’s with her gamemaster husband, and spends time with her soulmate, Batman.

Kimberly Brown (Highly Suspect Reviews)

Kimberly wants to live in a world filled with blue telephone boxes, speedsters, and ice dragons but through an ironic twist of fate, she’s stuck in this reality where these wondrous things only exist on page or film. Kim’s perpetual desire to consume sci-fi and fantasy media as a teen led her to the study of illustration/design at university to better understand its creation. Currently an Austin transplant, when she’s not wearing her critic hat you can find her pretending to like hiking, fielding questions about her hair or maybe even enjoying a local brew at the nearest dive bar.

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 PARAGON MOVIE REVIEW

One day you’re crossing the street and the next day you’re eating blue gloppy glippy gloop, going through intensive montage training to stop a conspiracy that transcends the dimension you thought you knew, and befriending a conspiracy theorist that looks like she does her occult make up on a moving train. Also, your wife leaves you. Director/Writer Michael Duignan presents The Paragon. Dutch (Benedict Wall) is in constant pain and walks with a cane ever since a car struck and left him in the road for dead, not only crippling his body but emotionally wrecking his mind as well. His wife Emily did not fall in love with the man he has become so she takes the next break-up flight to divorceville. To bring meaning back to his life, Dutch decides to try to find the car that smashed his life to bits, and rain justifiable holy vengeance down upon the wicked driver. While on his quest he befriends Lyra (Florence Noble) who teaches him all about the box he’s living in and the keys to escape time and relative dimensions in space. Did you see what I did there? Because Lyra did. Lyra sees all! Bradly, Kate, and Lewayne get wibbly wobbly discussing this New Zealand mind melting adventure, compliment the cast, get a bit real with personal experience into the vast unknown areas of the mind, and crack the theory of relativity. Could a film this long really be just under 80 minutes?

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DIRECTED BY: Michael Duignan

STARRING: Benedict Wall, Florence Noble, Jessica Grace Smith, Michelle Ang, Shadon Meredith, Jonny Brugh, Cameron Rhodes, Chloe White, Lucky Lee Morton

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.

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.

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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TRASH ON THE TUBE: THE PEOPLE NEXT DOOR

This week on Trash on the Tube, Master of Horror Wes Craven brings his most terrifying monster to the small screen – Jeffrey Jones! That’s right, noted character actor and pedophile stars as a cartoonist and “family man” whose imagination comes to life in this oddball sitcom that lacks laughs and a star without a criminal record. Join us for 1989’s The People Next Door!

YOUR HOSTS

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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