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POKER FACE SEASON 2 REVIEW

Rian Johnson and Natasha Lyonne are back with another season of Poker Face, their acclaimed murder-of-the-week mystery series. Charlie Cale (Lyonne) has an unusual talent, she’s a human bullshit detector who instantly knows whenever someone is lying. When her gift gets her into trouble with a Las Vegas crime family, she goes on the lam, moving from town to town, looking for work and a hiding place from the hitmen on her trail. Unfortunately for Charlie, people have a way of getting killed whenever she’s around, and given her freaky ability, she inevitably finds herself solving a new murder in a new town every week. Inspired by past shows such as The Fugitive and Columbo, Poker Face is a throwback to classic episodic television that’s built on a tried and true narrative template, anchored by a charismatic leading actor, and boasts more celebrity guest stars than a marathon of Hollywood Squares reruns. But is that enough to sustain the show’s momentum? Must the show change up its formula or should it lean harder into what made it work in the first place? To solve those mysteries, Jordan, Kim, and Marco hit the road, hit their vape pens, and hit the record button. Together, they’ll review the evidence, question the motives, and list their suspects for favorite (and least favorite) episodes of this new season.

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CREATED BY: Rian Johnson

STARRING: Natasha Lyonne, Simon Helberg, Rhea Perlman, Steve Buscemi, Patti Harrison, Cynthia Erivo, Jin Ha, Jasmine Guy, Giancarlo Esposito, Kevin Corrigan, Katie Holmes, John Mulaney, Richard Kind, Chris Bauer, Gaby Hoffmann, Kumail Nanjiani, John Sayles, Simon Rex, Brandon Perea, Gil Birmingham, Carol Kane, Ego Nwodim, B.J. Novak, Noah Segan, Eva Jade Halford, Callum Vinson, David Krumholtz, Margo Martindale, Sam Richardson, Corey Hawkins, James Ransone, Geraldine Viswanathan, Melanie Lynskey, John Cho, Awkwafina, Alia Shawkat, Lauren Tom, David Alan Grier, Myra Lucretia Taylor, Cliff “Method Man” Smith, Jason Ritter, Natasha Leggero, Justin Theroux, Lili Taylor, Haley Joel Osment, Taylor Schilling

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.
“I’m not a film critic. I just play one on the Internet.”

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.

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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WHAT EVER HAPPENED TO BETTE & JOAN – EP 10 – SPECIAL GUEST STARS

“You don’t trust women very much, do you?”

Welcome to another episode of What Ever Happened to Bette & Joan?, our ongoing journey through late-era Bette Davis & Joan Crawford. As we near the end of our exploration, I thought we’d pay tribute to the collection of guest appearances the two actresses made in their post-Baby Jane years. When good screen roles eluded them in the 60s and 70s, the ever-changing medium of television welcomed them with open arms. This gave Bette & Joan the ability to appear in some of the most popular shows of the era, including Perry Mason and The Virginian. These opportunities also allowed the two stars to take on a variety of characters, including businesswomen, vengeful widows, and even a jewel thief. Author of What Ever Happened to Mommie Dearest? and Wicked Becomes Her, John William Law, joins me as we take a look at Bette & Joan on the tube.

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Frank Calvillo (Highly Suspect Reviews, Screener Squad, What Ever Happened to Bette & Joan?)

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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MONSTER ISLAND MOVIE REVIEW

Secluded island paradise? Yes please? Oh wait a sec, it’s in the middle of WWII and instead of a getaway you’re a marooned castaway, chained to an enemy soldier. Maybe not such a great vacation. What could be worse than that? How about a creature from the black lagoon? Monster Island (on Shudder) re-establishes that the enemy of your enemy is your friend, and common enemies make for good conflict resolution. Saito (Dean Fujioka) is a Japanese soldier on a ship full of prisoners of war and traitors to the cause. The ship wrecks and maroons him on an island, chained to a British soldier named Bronson (Callum Woodhouse). Former combatants become brothers in arms as the island unleashes its deadly secret upon them from the darkest parts of the jungle. Living to fight another day is the top priority. Bradly, Lewayne, and Kate bring out the 70’s nostalgia B-movie monster mash references to uplift the film, marvel at the physical performance in a practical suit by Alan Maxson as the mysterious creature, then to close it all off, a lecture on editing. Should there be more cuts to film then bodies in a creature feature? You decide!

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DIRECTED BY: Mike Wiluan

STARRING: Dean Fujioka, Callum Woodhouse, Alan Maxson, Alexandra Gottardo, Lucky Moniaga

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.

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.

Kate Chambers (Highly Suspect Reviews, Screener Squad)

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

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LAZARUS SERIES REVIEW

Sometimes when the world has got you down you just wanna take the edge off. Doctor Skinner has created a drug called Hapna which has all the benefits of a pain killer without any of the detrimental benefits. Physical or mental pain? Hapna can take it all away, and it’s over the counter FDA approved. Everyone in the world is taking Hapna, but its creator Dr. Skinner mysteriously disappears only to resurface three years later and declare that everyone on Hapna will die in 30 days. From legendary anime creator Shin’ichirô Watanabe (Cowboy Bebop, Samurai Champloo) this 13 episode Sci-Fi thriller puts the agency Lazarus up to the task of finding Dr. Skinner, creating an antibody, and saving the world. The leader of Lazarus, Hersch, is a former colleague of Doctor Skinner. Axel is the parkour houdini who can get out of any cage. Eleina is their hacker extraordinaire. Doug is the weapons and driving expert with extensive knowledge of several criminal syndicates. Christine is an ex spy with enough cool and swagger to infiltrate any situation. Leland is a young high school student smarter than the average yeet. Together they’ll discover each other’s pasts to inspire each other’s futures. Bradly, Kim, and Dogget come together from the love for Cowboy Bebop hoping to view another timeless tale of visually explosive anime and musical excellence. Does Shin’ichirô Watanabe’s modern anime live up to his legacy? Or will fans reject the future stories by clamouring for the past?

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CREATED BY: Shin’ichirô Watanabe

STARRING: Japanese: Mamoru Miyano, Makoto Furukawa, Maaya Uchida, Yuma Uchida, Manaka Iwami, Megumi Hayashibara, Akio Otsuka, Aoi Tada, Koichi Yamadera, Kensho Ono, Koki Uchiyama,Yōji Ueda, Yuichi Nakamura, Yutaka Nakano, Toshiko Sawada, Tomokazu Sugita, Shōya Chiba, Daisuke One, Neeko, Satoshi Hino, Shion Wakayama, Kazuhiko Inoue, Sumire Uesaka, Hidenori Takahashi, Kenji Hamada, Ayane Sakura, Yoshiko Sakakibara. English: Jack Stansbury, Jovan Jackson, Luci Christian, Bryson Baugus, Annie Wild, Jade Kelly, Sean Patrick Judge, Kelly Greenshield, David Matranga, Jay Hickman, Kiba Walker, Brandon Hearnsberger, Nathan Wilson, Luis Galindo, Katelyn Barr, Jeremy Gee, Jasmine Renee Thomas

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.

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.

Danny Dogget (Screener Squad)

An avid defender of modern tv from olds. Shamer of hate watchers. Eager beaver pleaser for anyone who just wants a laugh.

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SAINT CLARE MOVIE REVIEW

You know what they say about walking home alone at night, especially if you are a promising young woman. Always have a buddy. What if a buddy would just get in the way of your calling; a calling by God to take down all the sexual deviants and pathetic men that don’t take no for an answer? List or no list, Clare’s on a mission to cleanse the school campus of sex trafficking cabals. Saint Clare follows Clare Bleecker (Bella Thorne) who has a childhood trauma she’s handling through a kind of exposure therapy…exposing bad guys by killing them! With her trusty, not really their sidekick, Mailman Bob (Frank Whaley), and her legal guardian grandmother, Gigi (Rebecca De Mornay), she’ll have to decide if putting herself at constant risk is worth eliminating the risk of others being put in danger. Especially now that Detective Rich Timmons (Ryan Phillippe) is hot on her trail. Bradly, Frank, and Lewayne dissect the genres mashed up in such a short period of time, the early feature films of Mitzi Peirone, and drop bread crumbs of knowledge regarding another young woman who was called by God and thrust into sainthood through acts of violence against an oppressive patriarch.

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DIRECTED BY: Mitzi Peirone

STARRING: Bella Thorne, Ryan Phillippe, Rebecca De Mornay, Frank Whaley, Bart Johnson, Dylan Flashner, Jan Luis Castellanos

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, What Ever Happened to Bette & Joan?)

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.

Lewayne White (Screener Squad)

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

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THE FANTASTIC FOUR: FIRST STEPS MOVIE REVIEW

In what seems to be fantasy wish fulfillment for fans who’ve been saying what they ACTUALLY want from a Fantastic Four movie, the MCU finally gets into the game with The Fantastic Four: First Steps. Set on a parallel retro-futuristic Earth (don’t expect any ties to the current MCU stuff), the whole world just loves the hell out of the 4. They aren’t just a superhero group but an actual family, who were given superpowers after a trip to space, and they have fought for years against sillier villains (as we see in an early montage). But when the Silver Surfer arrives to Earth to give a message that the Earth has been scheduled for demolition to make way for a hyperspace express route…no wait, that’s a different sci-fi. When they arrive to tell the humans that the mighty Galactus is coming to devour their world so to make their peace now, the FF is on the case. Never having dealt with a threat like this, the first family must find new strength in their bonds together to come up with a solution. Wright, Chris, Drew, and Frank have to do the same and the solution is: go see The Fantastic Four: The First Family. The critics at One Of Us have spoken. Listen to the review for more details.

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DIRECTED BY: Matt Shakman

STARRING: Pedro Pascal, Vanessa Kirby, Ebon Moss-Bachrach, Joseph Quinn, Julia Garner, Sarah Niles, Mark Gatiss, Natasha Lyonne, Paul Walter Hauser, Ralph Ineson, Matthew Wood, Ada Scott

YOUR REVIEWERS

Christopher Lawrence Cox (Founder, Da Boss, Digital Noise, Highly Suspect Reviews, Screener Squad, Deliberations of Doom)

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 and theater 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).

Wright Sulek (The Other Boss, Trash in the Can, Digital Noise, Highly Suspect Reviews, Screener Squad)

Wright hails from the northern suburbs of Dallas, Texas. His passion for filmmaking brought him to Austin to study and make movies. Since then he’s had his hand in acting, writing, and directing his own short films with numerous like-minded film geeks he’s met along his journey. His newest interest has brought him into the podcasting world. He co-hosted a few different movie related podcasts such as ‘And Now This’ and ‘The Match Cut’. He currently co-hosts with longtime friend, Eric Samaniego, where they talk shop about the grimiest, trashiest, lost gems of movies on their show, ‘Trash in the Can’. Wright also guests and hosts reviews on Screener Squad and Highly Suspect Reviews as well as co-hosts Digital Noise with Chris Cox. As of 2024, Wright has now been inducted into the Austin Film Critics Association as well as co-owns the One of Us network with Chris Cox.

Frank Calvillo (Highly Suspect Reviews, Screener Squad, What Ever Happened to Bette & Joan?)

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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OLIVIA AND THE INVISIBLE EARTHQUAKE MOVIE REVIEW

The sad puppet movie of the year from Spain, takes us into lives of 12 year old Oliva and her younger brother Tim. After their mom, an actress past her prime, can’t get a new role, the family is evicted from their building and has to get used to living in the ghetto. In order to keep her brother’s spirits up, Olivia tricks him into thinking what’s going on is just a reality-show like movie. But Olivia has to deal with constant panic attacks visually represented by the entire world falling apart and her falling into the abyss. Olivia and the Invisible Earthquake is a beautiful story about dealing with poverty, community coming together, finding hope in darkest of moments, and dealing with daily injustices like racism. Although, the film is incredibly well handled and wrapped with a proper level of sensitivity, it makes Maciej question how the heck are they going to market the movie to its target audience: children.

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DIRECTED BY: Irene Iborra

STARRING: Emma Suárez, Elvira Mínguez, Biel Pato, Sally Jatta, Ona Bagué

YOUR REVIEWERS

Maciej Kur (Infestation)

Maciej Kur is a Polish comic and film script writer, director and reviewer, and decidedly the biggest fan and most loyal supporter of Oneofus.net. A graduate of the Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw with a master’s degree and the Academy of Film and Television. Co-creator of the comic book series Dollicious and Emilka Sza (with Magdalena Kania ) and Lil i Put, (with Piotr Bednarczyk ) and many others. Awarded in 2014 for a comic book in the spirit of Janusz Christa and awarded for “Złoty Puchar” in 2023. He wrote scripts for new comic books in the Polish cult series “Kayko and Kokosh”, as well as episodes of an animated series based on it (available on Netflix). He wrote for many other shows including “Kicia Kocia” (Kitty Kotty), “Pompik the Bison”, “Pucio”, “Hip-Hip and Hurra” and the upcoming animated movies “The Shrew of Destiny” and “Tytus, Romek and A’tomek”. He also directed a documentary about Polish animation legend “Witold Giersz”. Big lover of the art of animation and comic books.

Michael Riojas (Screener Squad, Highly Suspect Reviews)

The man with the ever-changing nicknames. Born in Austin, Riojas was rocketed to Del Rio, Texas, a literal Smallville. In his youth, he was bitten by a radioactive… okay, look. Mike is not very good at this whole “talking about himself” thing. But he has been so obsessed with comics, video games, and anime since childhood- that if one has to choose between listening to Joe Quesada or Mike over any obscure Spider-Man trivia, they go to him (or, at least Martin Thomas once said so). He is also a big fan of “Ghostbusters” (he even owns his own jumpsuit and two, that’s right, TWO proton packs!), collects toys and video games, and will defend “Superman IV: The Quest for Peace” if provoked. He lives in Austin with his beloved Dachshund-Maltese and trusted sidekick, Dean. He can also be heard on RageSelect. He can be found on Twitter and Instagram.

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THE BEAR – SEASON 4 REVIEW

The kitchen is open, the countdown is ticking, and the heat has never been higher. After last season’s rocky launch of The Bear, the dream is still alive—but barely. Uncle Jimmy’s slapped a ticking clock on the whole operation, Sydney’s eyeing the exit, and Ritchie’s trying to plate leadership while watching his ex tie the knot. And Carmy? He’s still chasing perfection. This season isn’t just about whether the restaurant will survive—it’s about whether it deserves to. Ryan, Nathan, and T.C. are gathered at the One Of Us pickup window to discuss fine dining and finely crafted television.

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CREATED BY: Christopher Storer

STARRING: Jeremy Allen White, Ebon Moss-Bachrach, Ayo Edebiri, Lionel Boyce, Liza Colón-Zayas, Abby Elliott, Matty Matheson, Edwin Lee Gibson, Jon Bernthal, Corey Hendrix, Oliver Platt, Carmen Christopher, José Cervantes, Richard Esteras, Chris Witaske, Molly Gordon, Robert Townsend, Annabelle Toomey, Will Poulter, Mitra Jouhari, Ricky Staffieri, Jamie Lee Curtis, Gillian Jacobs, Sarah Ramos, Andrew Lopez, Rene Gube, Adam Shapiro, Christopher Zucchero, Paulie James, Bob Odenkirk, Sarah Paulson, John Mulaney, David Zayas, Brian Koppelman, Josh Hartnett, Rob Reiner, Danielle Deadwyler, Ario King, Kate Berlant, Brie Larson

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.

Nathan Flynn (Screener Squad, Highly Suspect Reviews)

Nathan Flynn is the resident goofball of One of Us. Net, often found overly caffeinated, slightly stoned, and ready to unleash the hottest takes imaginable. As the resident Letterboxd Lunatic, his movie opinions are as bold as his love for Top Gun: Maverick — a film he considers less of a movie and more of a religion. When he’s not passionately defending his latest cinematic obsession, Nathan manages a comedy club in downtown Austin, where he’s somehow avoided being heckled… so far. Around here, he’s usually the punching bag, but hey, someone’s gotta do it.

Ryan Aleck Hill (Screener Squad, Video and Audio Editor)

Ryan is a Washington D.C. based filmmaker & video editor who loves watching and talking about movies more than just about anything. He currently works at a creative agency as a director of photography/video editor, and does freelance video editing for Anthony Fantano/TheNeedleDrop. He also has a YouTube channel (Downhill Media) where he works on a weirdo art explainer series called “Artsplained” with his partner Michelle. He was a part of the Spill.com community way back in the day, where he was cursed with an obsession for movies. In an effort to break the curse, he shows up on the Screener Squad podcast every once in a while and edits for One Of Us. Chris Cox claims that this is the only way it can be broken. You can follow him on Twitter but you’ll probably regret it.

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MOBLAND SERIES REVIEW

Oi, pull up a chair, mind the blood on the floor, and keep your voice down—we’re talkin’ business. Serious business. The kind with blokes in leather coats, dodgy accents, and enough bullets flying to make Tarantino blush. Lewayne and T.C. gather in the smoky One Of Us backroom, conspirin’ in hushed tones, cappuccinos in hand, pinkies very much not out, to share their thoughts on the bloody first season of this Paramount Plus crime caper: MobLand. The series stars Tom Hardy as Harry Da Souza, a fixer for the Harrigan crime family led by Conrad (Pierce Brosnan) and Maeve Harrigan (Helen Mirren). It’s Guy Ritchie doing what Guy Ritchie does best—or at least trying to. We’ve got gangsters, geezers, and gory glamour, all wrapped in one big cigar-smoke-stained package.

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CREATED BY: Ronan Bennett

STARRING: Tom Hardy, Pierce Brosnan, Paddy Considine, Joanne Froggatt, Lara Pulver, Anson Boon, Jasmine Jobson, Mandeep Dhillon, Daniel Betts, Helen Mirren, Geoff Bell, Janet McTeer, Jordi Mollà, Toby Jones, Antonio González Guerrero, Emily Barber, Lisa Dwan, Emmett J. Scanlan, Peter Ferdinando, Dritan Kastrati, Arnold Oceng, Bradley Turner, Teddie Allen, Luke Mably, Gemma Knight, Grégoire Colin, Steven Pacey, Nigel Lindsay, Alex Fine, Annie Cooper, Alex Jennings, Tim Delap, Tommy Flanagan, Felix Edwards, Ethan Moorhouse, Ellen Costa, Lia Williams

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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.

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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A MAGNIFICENT LIFE MOVIE REVIEW

Maciej Kur is back and he is once again covering the Annecy Animation Festival in France! Spidermike joins him to take a look at some of the wild new animated films from around the world coming out soon. From Sylvain Chomet, the brilliant mind behind The Triplets of Belleville, The Illusionist, The Old lady and the Pigeons and the only good part of Joker 2 comes A Magnificent Life. Marcel Pagnol was one of France’s most celebrated stage writers, moviemakers and novelists. When an elderly Pagnol is asked to write an essay about his life, he gets a visit from his younger self who takes him on a trip into his past. Unfortunately, the movie spends more time having the characters tell us that Pagnol is important, rather than showing us why, making him the most dull person in his own story. It’s pretty baffling coming from Chomet, once the master of show-don’t-tell in his many wonderful films. A Magnificent Life is still rich in beautiful visuals, detailed-filled backgrounds, and many great caricatures of famous French cinema icons. But we had to ask why it is accompanied by a slow moving script, the plot jumping all over the place, and some questionable statements from the director about evil Americans corrupting French children, “luring them with their coca cola and hamburgers”. (editor’s note: for the record, it was not an American who wrote this intro)

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DIRECTED BY: Sylvain Chomet

STARRING: Laurent Lafitte, Géraldine Pailhas

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Maciej Kur (Infestation)

Maciej Kur is a Polish comic and film script writer, director and reviewer, and decidedly the biggest fan and most loyal supporter of Oneofus.net. A graduate of the Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw with a master’s degree and the Academy of Film and Television. Co-creator of the comic book series Dollicious and Emilka Sza (with Magdalena Kania ) and Lil i Put, (with Piotr Bednarczyk ) and many others. Awarded in 2014 for a comic book in the spirit of Janusz Christa and awarded for “Złoty Puchar” in 2023. He wrote scripts for new comic books in the Polish cult series “Kayko and Kokosh”, as well as episodes of an animated series based on it (available on Netflix). He wrote for many other shows including “Kicia Kocia” (Kitty Kotty), “Pompik the Bison”, “Pucio”, “Hip-Hip and Hurra” and the upcoming animated movies “The Shrew of Destiny” and “Tytus, Romek and A’tomek”. He also directed a documentary about Polish animation legend “Witold Giersz”. Big lover of the art of animation and comic books.

Michael Riojas (Screener Squad, Highly Suspect Reviews)

The man with the ever-changing nicknames. Born in Austin, Riojas was rocketed to Del Rio, Texas, a literal Smallville. In his youth, he was bitten by a radioactive… okay, look. Mike is not very good at this whole “talking about himself” thing. But he has been so obsessed with comics, video games, and anime since childhood- that if one has to choose between listening to Joe Quesada or Mike over any obscure Spider-Man trivia, they go to him (or, at least Martin Thomas once said so). He is also a big fan of “Ghostbusters” (he even owns his own jumpsuit and two, that’s right, TWO proton packs!), collects toys and video games, and will defend “Superman IV: The Quest for Peace” if provoked. He lives in Austin with his beloved Dachshund-Maltese and trusted sidekick, Dean. He can also be heard on RageSelect. He can be found on Twitter and Instagram.

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