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GHOST CAT ANZU MOVIE REVIEW

Four adolescents are on a quest to see a dead body gathered around a campfire for the night to discuss one of life’s great mysteries: Mickey is a mouse, Donald is a duck, Pluto is a dog, so what’s Goofy? The world may never know, but dear reader/listener, if you choose to stand by Bradly along with Jordan and Lewayne, you can ponder life, death, childhood abandonment, and what the hell is Ghost Cat Anzu. Eleven year old Karin accompanies her father to Sousei-Ji temple where her grandfather lives. Karin is left with her grandfather while her father attempts to hide from some gangsters and make money to pay off some serious debts. Karin discovers a giant cat that walks around on two legs, and who has a bit of a gambling problem of his own, and rides around on a scooter. Ghost Cat Anzu, based on the beloved manga of the same name by writer Takashi Imashiro and directed by Yōko Kuno, is an enchanting animated movie from Japan showcasing real locations brought to life through stunning animation. Karin and Anzu build a friendship through day-to-day activities ranging from simple errands to a grocery store and encounters with spirits and gods. With Karin’s father’s absence passing from days to weeks, the little girl’s hope in ever seeing him again starts to wane. With the anniversary of her mother’s death quickly approaching, Ghost Cat Anzu will scheme up the purrfect plan to ensure the forgotten child remembers the unconditional love of a parent.

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DIRECTED BY: Yōko Kuno

STARRING: Mirai Moriyama (Jason Simon), Noa Gotō (Evie Hsu), Munetaka Aoki (Andrew Kishino), Miwako Ichikawa (Erica Schroeder), Keiichi Suzuki, Shingo Mizusawa (David Goldstein), Wataru Sawabe (Jon Allen)

YOUR REVIEWERS

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

Bradly Martin was born in the united states and grew up on a healthy diet of sports, films, and books. A rather shy lad who kept to himself, Bradly soon discovered the best way to know a person was to know what people liked. Throughout the years Bradly became a fan of many things and a fanatic of none. From Doctor Dre, to Doctor Strange and the who’s who of Whos. From Playstation to the Dreamcast and Marvel to DC. From LeBron James to James Bond and Lord of the Rings to Lord Palmerston (or Pitt the Elder if you agree with Wade Boggs) and is a huge fan of dad jokes and randomly obscure Simpsons references. Armed with a vast knowledge of comics, films, and pop culture. Bradly traveled the world making friends and sharing takes. As a young man Bradly married the love of his life young and grew older every year with each new child brought into the brood. If trends continue, Scientists predict that .2% of Canada (where Bradly and family reside) will be populated by Bradly’s children by the year 2029. You can hear him leading and listening to his favorite critics on the Screener Squad and Eye on the prize and maybe even provide some comments of his own.

Jordan Cobb (Screener Squad)

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

Lewayne White (Screener Squad)

Lewayne’s earliest memories are of watching movies and reading comics, which instilled in him a sense of wonder, a vivid imagination, and unrealistic expectations. It also means he spends a lot of time watching movies, writing scripts for them, and trying to get them made. He lives in the middle of middle America after landing there as a child, and has remained there mainly because he hates packing.

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RED ONE MOVIE REVIEW

The influx of Xmas movies has begun. With a big cast and with director Jake Kasdan (The Jumanji movies) at the helm, Red One inserts a Marvel movie feel to the proceedings. Dwayne Johnson is Callum Drift, a top agent at E.L.F. who protects Santa Claus (J.K. Simmons) and other mythological entities so they can get business done. When an unknown group manages to infiltrate the very Wakanda-ish North Pole and abducts Santa, and with days to go before Xmas, Callum is on top alert. The only lead they have is a top-hacker, Jack (Chris Evans), who is the kind of bad guy who literally takes candy from babies. But when he is forcibly taken by E.L.F. troops (with no small amount of difficulty) his whole world-view is thrown when he discovers Santa is in fact real, amongst other magical entities. He is forced to work with Callum to track down the kidnappers and get Santa back. While this sort of affair could easily go totally awesome or eye-rollingly awful, Red One hangs somewhere around ‘not terrible, but not terribly good either’. Chris, Wright, Marco, and Ben admit that kids will probably dig the heck out of this. The rest of us, well, I guess it could have been much worse.

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DIRECTED BY: Jake Kasdan

STARRING: Dwayne Johnson, Chris Evans, Lucy Liu, J.K. Simmons, Kiernan Shipka, Bonnie Hunt, Reinaldo Faberlle, Kristofer Hivju, Nick Kroll, Wesley Kimmel, Mary Elizabeth Ellis, Marc Evan Jackson, Jenna Kanell, Gursharn Arya

YOUR REVIEWERS

Christopher Lawrence Cox (Founder, Da Boss)

Born in the wilds of northern Virginia, Chris managed to put all of his survival skills to use and barely escaped with his life to Austin Texas in 1992 where ever since he’s dabbled in everything from plumber’s assistant to sandwich maker, from band to bar management. An opportunity to see theatrical release films for free by becoming a critic on a local public access show called “The Reel Deal” turned into a full-time job when Chris and his friends decided to take it to the internet. They built the site Spill.com, adding multiple podcasts and animated features, to no small amount of success. During this time, a fortuitous friendship sprung up between Chris and young Brian Salisbury, who was also a local film critic, and they merged their forces of will, and their laundry list of ideas for shows, to eventually build this community of critics. While Brian eventually followed his heart to a new family, Chris continues on with a cast of colorful folks from all over the country (and a few others). You can also check out Chris in his videocast, along with Martin Thomas and Danni Danger, that One Of Us does with our friends at Bell of Lost Souls: Crossover Event. He also regularly guests on the video game website Rage Select. Follow Chris on Twitter and Facebook and check out his Amazon Wish List.

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

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

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

By day, Marco is a mild-mannered office worker, but by night he is a mild-mannered movie watcher. He does other mild-mannered stuff too.

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

Wright Sulek (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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DIGITAL NOISE EPISODE 348: LATE NIGHT WITH CHRIS AND WRIGHT

Some off-color antics pervade this week’s episode of Digital Noise with Chris and Wright and who can blame them? It’s a tough stack. From a collection of the best-worst 80s tits and teens cheapies, to a rightfully maligned film legend’s daughter giving it her own try. From a duo of genuinely great (definitely greater than “Showgirls“) horror flicks, to the conclusion of a DC series that kills off almost everybody. We got it here for you.

All titles were sent to Digital Noise by the distribution companies in question for the purpose of review. No other compensation was involved. The opinions here are our own.

PLEASE USE OUR IMAGE LINKS TO BUY ANY OF THESE TITLES ON AMAZON. IN FACT, PLEASE USE THEM AS YOUR STARTING POINT FOR ANYTHING YOU BUY OFF OF AMAZON. WE ARE AN AFFILIATE AND RECEIVE COMPENSATION FOR PURCHASES MADE FROM OUR LINKS.

YOUR REVIEWERS

Christopher Lawrence Cox (Founder, Da Boss)

Born in the wilds of northern Virginia, Chris managed to put all of his survival skills to use and barely escaped with his life to Austin Texas in 1992 where ever since he’s dabbled in everything from plumber’s assistant to sandwich maker, from band to bar management. An opportunity to see theatrical release films for free by becoming a critic on a local public access show called “The Reel Deal” turned into a full-time job when Chris and his friends decided to take it to the internet. They built the site Spill.com, adding multiple podcasts and animated features, to no small amount of success. During this time, a fortuitous friendship sprung up between Chris and young Brian Salisbury, who was also a local film critic, and they merged their forces of will, and their laundry list of ideas for shows, to eventually build this community of critics. While Brian eventually followed his heart to a new family, Chris continues on with a cast of colorful folks from all over the country (and a few others). You can also check out Chris in his videocast, along with Martin Thomas and Danni Danger, that One Of Us does with our friends at Bell of Lost Souls: Crossover Event. He also regularly guests on the video game website Rage Select. Follow Chris on Twitter and Facebook and check out his Amazon Wish List.

Wright Sulek (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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AGATHA ALL ALONG SERIES REVIEW

Disney Plus would like to M See U this fall for the WandaVision follow-up, Agatha Coven of Chaos! Wait, was that it? Hold on, let me get Feige on the phone: Mr. Feige, was that Agatha the Darkhold Diaries or Agatha the Lying Witch and the Wardrobe? He has just informed me that they settled on Agatha All Along. Love that title and love that song. Also he has informed me Blade is coming at y’all Fall 2047. Joking aside, Agatha All Along picks up the Agatha story following the conclusion of WandaVision. Agatha (Kathryn Hahn) is trapped in a true crime television inspired spell that has her believing she’s a detective on an important case while her neighbors in Westview believe her completely insane. A mysterious Teen (Joe Locke) shows up and seems to break the spell of mental imprisonment over Agatha. He has sought her out to ask for help in finding the ancient and all powerful Witches Road. Whispers throughout the centuries speak of this road granting any witch willing to face its trials what their heart truly desires. Since Agatha is the only surviving witch that has walked the path, the mysterious Teen demands her help. With a coven of chaos consisting of Jennifer (Sasheer Zamata) Lillia (Patti Lupone) Alice (Ali Ahn) Mrs. Hart (Debra Jo Rupp) and Rio (Aubrey Plaza) the path all fear to take will open up a world of possibilities for our characters and the MCU as a whole. Bradly, Rae, and Neil conjure up a witches brew of double-double opinions and criticism while addressing the fabulous inclusion of a non pandering queer culture. Did Deadpool and Wolverine actually save the ever growing franchise of the MCU series with cameo Marvel jesus hijinks? or was it Agatha all along?

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CREATED BY: Jac Schaeffer

STARRING: Kathryn Hahn, Joe Locke, Debra Jo Rupp, Aubrey Plaza, Sasheer Zamata, Ali Ahn, Okwui Okpokwasili, Patti LuPone, Evan Peters, Maria Dizzia, Paul Adelstein, Miles Gutierrez-Riley

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.

Lyrae Anderson (Screener Squad)

You can call me Rae. You can also call me a film lover. I’ll watch it all — small screen; big screen, and everything in between. I have attended and worked for Fantastic Fest and South by Southwest for many years. I married a film geek as well. While we don’t agree on everything, we agree on our love of movies.

Neil Anderson (Screener Squad)

I first got hooked on movies when I saw Star Wars at a drive-in theater as a kid. Growing up in a small, rural town meant not having access to a lot of movies. In college, that all changed. I couldn’t get enough. I love it all — flicks, films, movies, and cinema. I still have that wide-eyed wonder of that kid watching movies from the back of a pick-up truck at the drive-in.

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MEMOIR OF A SNAIL MOVIE REVIEW

There are some filmmakers out there that appear to have an agenda to make the audience feel utter despair and sadness. Much like his previous film Mary & Max, Adam Elliot’s newest picture, Memoir of a Snail, drives home how truly terrible it can be to just exist in this world. Elliot again uses stop-motion animation to deliver a devastatingly heartfelt and tragic story surrounding our main character, Grace Pudel (Sarah Snook). As Grace’s only friend Pinky (Jacki Weaver) dies, she begins to tell her pet snail how she ended up there with Pinky. Through brilliant flashback sequences and a deft comedic outlook on her offbeat upbringing, Grace describes her relationship with her brother Gilbert (Kodi Smit-McPhee). After their father passes away, they’re split up and sent to separate parts of Australia, where the film is based, and have to deal with very different situations. Grace has a more or less stable relationship with her swinging foster parents whereas Gilbert grows up in an extreme religious household that tests his patience and sanity every step of the way. They keep in contact through letters and build each other’s hope that they will one day see each other again. It’s an extraordinarily bittersweet tale that our critics Wright, Beau, Marco, and Eric could not get enough of. Traditionally, Elliot’s films end on a tragically bittersweet moment, but this time around, when we need it most, he ends on a hopeful note.

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DIRECTED BY: Adam Elliot

STARRING: Sarah Snook, Kodi Smit-McPhee, Eric Bana, Magda Szubanski, Dominique Pinon, Tony Armstrong, Paul Capsis, Bernie Clifford, Davey Thompson, Charlotte Belsey, Mason Litsos, Nick Cave, Jacki Weaver

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.

Eric Samaniego (Trash in the Can, Highly Suspect Reviews)

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.

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.

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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YOUR MONSTER MOVIE REVIEW

Thomas Fuller once said “abused patience turns to fury”. Adapted from a short film by writer director Caroline Lindy and coming to a theater near you is the rom-com horror film, Your Monster. Breaking up is hard to do, or at least you’d think so when your partner is diagnosed with cancer. Jacob (Edmund Donovan) has just dumped his muse and girlfriend Laura (Melissa Barrera) on the worst day of her life. In a deep and dark place, she returns to her childhood home to recuperate only to find that a monster is living in her closet. Monster (Tommy Dewey) explains he has always lived in the closet where Laura abandoned him when she was a little girl. As Laura plans to audition for what for all intents and purposes should be her part in her ex Jacob’s musical, the monster helps Laura recognize her true worth and leave behind the toxic relationships she’s put up with for far too long. On that stage under that spotlight and madly in love with her rage, Laura will fight for her chance to roar. Melina, Frank, and Bradly discuss the comedic star turn of Melissa Barrera, how big emotions, strong feelings, art and discussion can lead to emotionally healthy results, and how even a genre mashup like a horror comedy musical can be a top 10 film of the year.

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DIRECTED BY: Caroline Lindy

STARRING: Melissa Barrera, Tommy Dewey, Edmund Donovan, Kayla Foster, Meghann Fahy

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.

Melina Eames (Screener Squad)

Melina first discovered that she carried the nerd gene at the tender age of four following her exposure to a little film called A New Hope. In the twenty-some years that followed, Melina continued to grow into her geek identity through the discovery of Batman, Mst3k, Game of Thrones, Lord of the Rings and The Mandalorian. But perhaps her most significant discovery came at the age of fourteen when a night of YouTube mining led her to the review site of Spill.com. Melina became a devoted follower whose fandom did not end with the site’s demise. By then, it had worked its dark magic and left her with a love and appreciation for film criticism that she has yet to shrug.

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.

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ONLY MURDERS IN THE BUILDING SEASON 4 REVIEW

They say the first rule of real estate is “location, location, location”. While that’s mostly true for Season 4 of Only Murders in the Building, the showrunners seem to have embraced the second rule of sitcom television: “guest stars, guest stars, guest stars”. Considering the number of murders that have occured in Manhattan’s most deadly upscale apartment complex, it’s surprising that anyone would still want to move into the Arconia. Nevertheless, it continues to attract new celebrity tenants and visitors, and all of them are potential suspects – or murder victims. Season 4 picks up right where Season 3 left off, with our intrepid trio of podcasting investigators Charles (Steve Martin), Oliver (Martin Short) and Mabel (Selena Gomez) investigating yet another murder in the building. This time though, it’s personal, as this season’s special guest corpse is Sazz Pataki (Jane Lynch), Charles’ former stunt double and best friend. Meanwhile, the success of the podcast has attracted the attention of Hollywood filmmakers who want to adapt their story for the big screen. As usual, this season throws a plethora of characters, subplots, and red herrings at the viewer, but has the show’s well established formula grown deadly? Has the show become clueless, or is it still killing it? To find out, listen to our own trio of podcasters, Frank, Harmoni, and Marco as they examine the evidence, and render their verdict.

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CREATED BY: Steve Martin and John Hoffman

STARRING: Steve Martin, Martin Short, Selena Gomez, Michael Cyril Creighton, Paul Rudd, Meryl Streep, Zach Galifianakis, Eugene Levy, Eva Longoria, Da’Vine Joy Randolph, Jackie Hoffman, Teddy Coluca, Jane Lynch, Molly Shannon, Catherine Cohen, Jin Ha, Siena Werber, Desmin Borges, Richard Kind, Kumail Nanjiani, Daphne Rubin-Vega, Lilian Rebelo, Amy Ryan, Scott Bakula, John McEnroe, Griffin Dunne, Jason Kravits, Melissa McCarthy, Alexandra Templer, Ron Howard, Jeremy Shamos, Téa Leoni

YOUR REVIEWERS

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

By day, Marco is a mild-mannered office worker, but by night he is a mild-mannered movie watcher. He does other mild-mannered stuff too.

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

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!

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.

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HERETIC MOVIE REVIEW

Just because Halloween is over, that doesn’t mean random young people won’t come knocking on your door; only this time they aren’t asking for candy, they’re asking if you have a moment to talk about their Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. That’s right, we’re talking about Mormon missionaries. When Sister Barnes (Sophie Thatcher) and Sister Paxton (Chloe East) knock on the door of one Mr. Reed (Hugh Grant), they get more than they bargained for. Despite promising the girls some of his unseen wife’s delicious blueberry pie, there will be no treats this evening, only a series of horrible tricks as Mr. Reed sets out to systematically undermine the girls’ religious and spiritual beliefs. What starts off as an uncomfortable theological discussion turns into a twisted game of cat and mouse as the girls try to escape Mr. Reed’s maze-like house and his even more labyrinthine schemes. Writing/directing duo Scott Beck and Bryan Woods (story and script for A Quiet Place) have crafted a visually effective cerebral thriller and assembled a fine trio of actors, especially Grant, who is surprisingly good as a monster-next-door type. But was that enough to convert our trio of reviewers and lapsed Catholics: Mike, Frank, and Marco? They’ve lit some scented candles, and gathered in the parlor to discuss whether Heretic is worthy of your veneration, or should be excommunicated from your must-watch list.

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DIRECTED BY: Scott Beck and Bryan Woods

STARRING: Hugh Grant, Sophie Thatcher, Chloe East, Topher Grace, Elle Young

YOUR REVIEWERS

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

By day, Marco is a mild-mannered office worker, but by night he is a mild-mannered movie watcher. He does other mild-mannered stuff too.

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

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.

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.

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THE SHADOW STRAYS MOVIE REVIEW

You like the John Wick movies? How about The Raid movies and a touch of Taken? Action. Violence. Extreme violence. And like, a Ninja Scroll amount of blood? The Shadow Strays might be exactly what you need to satisfy your masochist cinematic action itch. It certainly did for the One Of Us Ninjas, Kate, Lewayne, and T.C. Codename 13 is a 17-year-old trained assassin known as a Shadow. She is part of an international organization of assassins. While on a mission in Japan, she successfully eliminates her primary target. However, 13 is dazed after accidentally killing a bystander and is incapacitated. Umbra, 13’s mentor, rescues her and reprimands the young ninja for her lapse in focus. 13 is put on suspension for psych retraining in Jakarta. There, she waits and waits and waits for her next mission, until one of her own making presents itself in witnessing a young boy’s mother being attacked by a group of high ranking underworld criminals. 13 begins a mission of revenge that’s not unlike John Wick’s righteous retribution on the entire Russian mob over the death of his sweet, little puppy. Throughout her bloody rampage, her evil-doing victims beg and scream and demand to know WHY she is doing this. But maybe 13 doesn’t even know the answer to that. And maybe it doesn’t matter. With action sequences this complex, it probably doesn’t.

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DIRECTED BY: Timo Tjahjanto

STARRING: Aurora Ribero, Hana Malasan, Taskya Namya, Agra Piliang, Andri Mashadi, Chew Kin Wah, Naomi Hitanayri Christy, Mawar Eva de Jongh, Adipati Dolken, Daniel Ekaputra, Evy Fauziah, Ali Fikri, Banon Gautama, Tanta Ginting, Kristo Immanuel, Anty Indah, Hiroaki Kato, Eva Celia, Yayan Ruhian

YOUR REVIEWERS

T.C. De Witt (Screener Squad)

T.C. De Witt is a multi-awarded writer/director originally from Wisconsin and now based in Los Angeles. His life has been devoted to the arts since he was a child. He’s been a stage performer, playwright, stand-up comic, film and television actor, radio DJ, podcaster published author, recorded musician, and comic writer/illustrator. He is now a professional screenwriter and has been thriving for the past decade, regularly offering his talents to production studios in LA, Chicago, Milwaukee, and internationally in Sydney and Poland. He’s provided content for Amazon Prime, Netflix, and several YouTube partners. His films have screened internationally, and his stageplays have been performed across the country. In the last ten years, he has directed 57 films, 23 episodes of his series The One Minute Rewatch, 300+ episodes of podcasts, and his multi-award-winning short film Screen: Righter screened at the Festival de Cannes in 2016. He has released two feature films, The Princess Knight and A Christmas Sunset. He thrives on collaboration and the thrill of sharing stories in all forms.

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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WOMAN OF THE HOUR MOVIE REVIEW

Back in the decade of disco balls and bell bottoms, the reality tv landscape on the boob tube was the game show! Unlike the modern day vetting of today to keep psychopaths off the air (unless that would translate into great ratings), the questioning process to participate used to be “Can you smile for the camera and answer some questions with charm and flair?”. In Anna Kendrick’s directorial debut, Netflix presents a film inspired by a true story, Woman of the Hour. On an episode of The Dating Game in 1978, bachelor number three’s hobbies included freelance photography, poetry, and murder. Sheryl (Anna Kendrick) is a struggling actress and reluctant contestant on the show in which Rodney (Daniel Zovatto) looks to win his prize and continue his murder spree. The film is told in a nonlinear fashion in order to build tension and study the methods of which Rodney stalks his victims. Also the film doesn’t treat the women in it as merely victims, but as realistic people, before their encounters with Rodney, to emphasize how evil this guy really was. Bradly, Neil, and Jordan discuss how much misogyny and red flags have changed, if at all, since the 70s and what the purpose of true crime story telling is on the same streaming service as shows like Love is Blind. They discuss a fantastic ensemble that includes Tony Hale, and Nicolette Robinson and put Anna Kendrick’s directorial choices under a microscope.

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DIRECTED BY: Anna Kendrick

STARRING: Anna Kendrick, Daniel Zovatto, Tony Hale, Nicolette Robinson, Pete Holmes, Autumn Best, Kathryn Gallagher, Kelley Jakle, Matt Visser, Jedidiah Goodacre

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.

Neil Anderson (Screener Squad)

I first got hooked on movies when I saw Star Wars at a drive-in theater as a kid. Growing up in a small, rural town meant not having access to a lot of movies. In college, that all changed. I couldn’t get enough. I love it all — flicks, films, movies, and cinema. I still have that wide-eyed wonder of that kid watching movies from the back of a pick-up truck at the drive-in.

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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