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INFESTATION: FANTASTIC FEST 2023 – ONE-PERCENTER

Fantastic Fest has become known not only for weird and disturbing films, completely surreal foreign comedies, and insane horror, but for some of the most over-the-top great action as well. One-Percenter is one of this year’s entries in the latter category and it sure doesn’t hurt when Tak Sakaguchi (Versus) is your lead kicker of arses, Takuma Toshiro. He plays a very respected but no longer getting work action star. Despite his undeniable skills, no one wants to work with him because his insistence on doing the action ‘for real’ is kinda crazy person stuff. When given an opportunity to work on a small indie filming on a deserted industrial island, he and his young assistant/personal cinematographer get caught up in a yakuza battle and take a side to protect the life of a woman. And no one ever doubted Takuma Toshiro’s ability to handle himself in an actual fight again. His sanity? Yes, still under question. One-Percenter won the hearts of Chris and Wright, so listen to their short review.

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DIRECTED BY: Yûdai Yamaguchi

STARRING: Tak Sakaguchi, Shô Aoyagi, Itsuji Itao, Kenjirô Ishimaru, Keisuke Horibe, Togo Ishii, Tarô Suruga, Kôhei Fukuyama, Norihisa Hiranuma, Rumika Fukuda, Kanon Harumi, Ohji Hiroi

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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HARLEY QUINN SEASON 4 REVIEW

As the old saying goes, people need dramatic examples to shake them out of apathy. Nothing more dramatic than taking the next step in your relationship and having a severe career change! Light up the signal but not for Batman. Bruce is on a Blackgate sabbatical and Harley Quinn (Kaley Cuoco)is freshly off of thwarting a plant zombie apocalypse. Now she’s spelunking down the bat hole to help Dick Grayson (Harvey Guillén) set up a best of thiqq cake instagram, nurturing the bastard boy wonder Damian Wayne (Jacob Tremblay), and pursuing a bracelet-worthy besty friendship with Barbara Gordon (Briana Cuoco). Meanwhile, Poison Ivy (Lake Bell) is spreading her roots and sending her vines up the corporate ladder at the Legion of Doom. With her brand spanking new and trending Social Conscious Crime program, she’ll butt heads with super villain big dog Lex Luthor (Giancarlo Esposito), set up meetings through crass and abrasive secretary Nora (Rachel Dratch), and become the bitch boss that Gotham and the world deserves. Bradly, Jordan, Mike, and Matt toss the salad and shoot the shit over the season’s peaks and valleys and fawn over the best romantic and sexy relationship on television, Harley and Ivy. Then they explain the difference in activism and slacktivism when it comes to the show’s tremendous achievements in representation.

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CREATED BY: Paul Dini, Bruce Timm, Justin Halpern, Patrick Schumacker, and Dean Lorey

STARRING: Kaley Cuoco, Lake Bell, Alan Tudyk, Ron Funches, Tony Hale, Jason Alexander, J.B. Smoove, Briana Cuoco, Giancarlo Esposito, Harvey Guillén, Christopher Meloni, Jacob Tremblay, James Adomian, Diedrich Bader, Krizia Bajos, Tisha Campbell, Andy Daly, Paul W. Downs, Rachel Dratch, Aline Elasmar, Keith Ferguson, Larissa Gallagher, Tom Hollander, Rahul Kohli, Phil LaMarr, Sanaa Lathan, Ben Levin, Vanessa Marshall, Alfred Molina, Natalie Morales, Brad Morris, Matt Oberg, Zeno Robinson, Jim Rash, James Wolk, Jeannie Tirado

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.

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.

Matt Foster (Screener Squad)

Matt Foster is a stand up comic, podcaster, and movie critic currently living in the greater Salt Lake City area. His lifelong love of genre film began early, when he realized they freaked out his mom. He performs (epidemics permitting) regularly on Dungeons and Comedy, a DND live play with standup comedians, and is the slightly less mustache-y half of the Nighthawks Podcast, a cinema-centric discussion cohosted by Trevor T. Trujillo.

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DUMB MONEY MOVIE REVIEW

Nothing like seeing the little guy take on the big guys and land some punches. In this case, a small investor vs Wall Street in the true story (from, like, two years ago) where a social media influencer nicknamed Roaring Kitty (Paul Dano) started getting frustrated with the big money firms trying to squeeze video gaming chain Gamestop out of business in order to make money off their failure. He starts telling his viewers to not let the big boys get away with this and that if everyone starts buying the stock, they’ll not only save Gamestop but REALLY screw over the rich folks trying to make money off of sinking it. And boy, the internet is a wacky thing but who knew it had that much power? Panic sets in and before you know it, powerful men are trying to figure out anything they can do to keep from losing billions and lots of average joes are getting rich. A Robin Hood story? Not completely (unless you count the investor app with that name that is a big part of the tale). Chris, Wright, Frank, and Alan chart the market ups and downs on this new true life comedy Dumb Money.

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DIRECTED BY: Craig Gillespie

STARRING: Paul Dano, Pete Davidson, Vincent D’Onofrio, America Ferrera, Nick Offerman, Anthony Ramos, Sebastian Stan, Shailene Woodley, Seth Rogen, Dane DeHaan, Myha’la Herrold, Rushi Kota, Talia Ryder

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.

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.

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

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

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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THE GATHERING: SEASON 4 EPISODE 1

The time is upon us once again to gather groups of geeks together to discuss all things wonderful and terrible in a state of inebriation. This is THE GATHERING. We reconvene, after a long break, with a new season and the promise of more regular installments to come but now in new quarters. Wright Sulek has become the new house-host for these subscriber bonus episodes and things kick off to a raging start. Our first segment is free to all to listen to but there are FOUR more and trust me, things get progressively funnier and wilder as the evening goes on. Subscribers at the Brown Coat level or above can listen to parts 2-5 right here.

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HEELS SEASON 2 REVIEW

From September 4, 1995 to March 26, 2001 Vince McMahon of the WWF waged a ratings battle with WCW’s Eric Bischof. Shady deals, empty hand shakes, and underhanded tactics were used by both companies in an all out brawl to be the world’s number one league in wrestling entertainment. The ongoing conflict was referred to as The Monday Night Wars. Incidentally, Vince and Eric’s epic temper tantrum has echoed into show creator Michael Waldron’s Heels season 2 on Starz. Jack Spade (Stephen Amell) has just come off the DWL’s biggest event resulting in Ace Spade (Alexander Ludwig) humiliated, Crystal Tyler (Kelli Berglund) the new DWL champion, and Wild Bill Hancock (Chris Bauer) fetal positioned in his own feces. Rival wrestling league Dystopia promoter Charlie Gully (Mike O’Malley) would love nothing more than for the DWL to slowly fade away and die but sees an opportunity for elevated profits in a possible collaboration with the DWL. Jack will have to set his ego aside to help himself by helping his enemy. Ace will need to wrestle the demons of his past to triumph as the face of the future, and Crystal will have to step out of the shadows of being a valet to become her own woman in the squared circle. Bradly, Jordan, Neil, and Rae are at ring side with wrestling facts, easter eggs, and surprising twists. If you miss out on this review you better be living under a rock or incarcerated. If you’re incarcerated? Break out of that cage and plug in to Heels season 2!

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CREATED BY: Michael Waldron

STARRING: Stephen Amell, Jaxon McHan, Alexander Ludwig, Mason Gillette, Mary McCormack, Kelli Berglund, Allen Maldonado, Roxton Garcia, Chris Bauer, Robby Ramos, Trey Tucker, David James Elliott, Duke Davis Roberts, CM Punk, Bonnie Somerville, Danielle Gross, Christian Adam, Alice Barrett Mitchell, Erica Pappas, Mike O’Malley, Jeff Holbrook

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.

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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ELEVATOR GAME MOVIE REVIEW

Based off of the urban legend of the same name, Elevator Game shows us a team of YouTubers who test out said urban legends. To play the game, you enter an elevator, punch in a specific combination of floor numbers, and if completed successfully you’ll be in a nether world. And that’s basically it. We’re given characters that are under developed, a boring plot, and endless mundane conversations in an elevator. It’s bad y’all. Not even good/bad, just bad. But hey, you might be one of those types who likes a little punishment… So stick around and listen to Melina, Matt, Chad, and T.C. just rip this movie to shreds… T.C. does give a thoughtful forward in the beginning though. We understand that movies can suck, but getting one produced and released is a giant feat that few have accomplished. So keep that in mind as you listen to us eviscerate this movie.

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DIRECTED BY: Rebekah McKendry

STARRING: Gino Anania, Megan Best, Alec Carlos, Nazariy Demkowicz, Samantha Halas, Madison MacIsaac, Verity Marks, Liam Stewart-Kanigan, Adam Hurtig, Darren Wall, Bradley Sawatzky, Hazel Wallace

YOUR REVIEWERS

Chad Halvorsen (Screener Squad)

Chad Halvorsen currently resides in Milwaukee, WI, where he produces and edits commercials, films, and everything in between. He was always a fan of film/television growing up, spending days in the Summer, making (terrible) home movies with his brothers. Little did he know that passion would carry on into adulthood. Since 2006, Chad has worked for several agencies in various departments. Shooting, producing, editing, production management, directing, and when forced to, writing copy. In 2015, Chad decided to take the big leap and become a freelancer. Since then, he’s produced content for Lyft, AT&T, Target, and Discovery Network. His passion lies in entertaining people, making them feel better, even for a moment. All the pain and suffering of this business is worth it, if even just one person views his work. Chad is a frequent podcaster, most notably posing as a co-host for the podcast “The Film Illogical Society.”

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.

Matt Foster (Screener Squad)

Matt Foster is a stand up comic, podcaster, and movie critic currently living in the greater Salt Lake City area. His lifelong love of genre film began early, when he realized they freaked out his mom. He performs (epidemics permitting) regularly on Dungeons and Comedy, a DND live play with standup comedians, and is the slightly less mustache-y half of the Nighthawks Podcast, a cinema-centric discussion cohosted by Trevor T. Trujillo.

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.

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A HAUNTING IN VENICE MOVIE REVIEW

Poirot is tired. And I don’t mean because of the last two Kenneth Branagh starring/directed films being so blah. I mean, in this third installment of his adaptations starring Agatha Christie’s famous detective character, he’s hung up his magnifying glass. Hidden away in Venice and refusing to accept any new cases, his reverie on Italian sweets is interrupted by the arrival of an old friend, mystery writer Ariadne (Tina Fey). She compels him to attend a Halloween party with her held at the palazzo of a once famous opera singer Rowena Drake (Kelly Reilly). The reason is not just so he gets out of the house and actually interacts with other people, although he certainly could use that, but because a famed psychic, Joyce Reynolds (Michelle Yeoh) will be holding a seance to contact Drake’s deceased daughter. Ariadne wants to prove her a sham, but so far she hasn’t been able to and she needs the skills of Poirot to see through what MUST be flim-flam, right? Only things go terribly wrong, murder is afoot, the palazzo is famous for being extremely haunted and even Poirot is seeing weird stuff happening. Are there murderous ghosts as the legends say or is one of the seance attendees, now locked into the palazzo because of a violent storm, a killer? Chris, Spidermike, and Alan take up the case of A Haunting in Venice and surprise: they all genuinely liked it a lot. At least they were surprised. Be careful going into this one as there are spoilers for who the first victim is, as it’s difficult to talk about the film without revealing that much.

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DIRECTED BY: Kenneth Branagh

STARRING: Kyle Allen, Kenneth Branagh, Camille Cottin, Jamie Dornan, Tina Fey, Jude Hill, Ali Khan, Emma Laird, Kelly Reilly, Riccardo Scamarcio, Michelle Yeoh, Rowan Robinson

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.

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

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

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 small ville. 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 AFTERPARTY SEASON 2

The songs off the playlist are winding down. The frantic dancing has slowed to a shuffling of feet in the drunken embrace of a lover that never was, and all the kegs are empty. You know what that means, catch me at the AFTERPARTY! Apple TV presents Season 2 of Chris Miller’s Who-Done-hit, The Afterparty. Aniq (Sam Richardson) and Zoe (Zoe Chao) are attending Zoe’s sister Grace’s (Poppy Liu) wedding to the tech boy millionaire Edgar (Zach Woods). This timeless love is not to be as Grace finds her newly betrothed Edgar has run out of time forever. Edgar and his beloved Pet lizard have been poisoned and everyone at the after party is a suspect: A crypto-cursed ex boyfriend Travis (Paul Walter Hauser). Estranged uncle and man of the land Ulysses (John Cho). The mother and father of the bride, Feng (Ken Jeong) and Vivian (Vivian Wu). Best man and British charmer Sebastian (Jack Whitehall). The quirky adopted sister Hannah (Anna Konkle). And lastly the mother of the victim with a glass in her hand and a trigger happy accusational pointer finger (Isabel Elizabeth Perkins). Each suspect will recount their time at the afterparty in the stylings of your favorite film genre. Aniq, Zoe, and returning detective Danner (Tiffany Haddish) are on the case to solve the mystery of the murdered groom in The AfterParty Season 2. Bradly, Dogget, and Jordan discuss the inspirations of Agatha Christie, their favorite vantage points and character actors, and how surprised they were when the killer is revealed in the season finale.

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CREATED BY: Christopher Miller

STARRING: Tiffany Haddish, Sam Richardson, Zoë Chao, John Cho, Paul Walter Hauser, Ken Jeong, Anna Konkle, Poppy Liu, Elizabeth Perkins, Jack Whitehall, Zach Woods, Vivian Wu, John Early, Will Greenberg, John Gemberling, Zack Calderon, Jade Wu, Gemma Chan, Keke Palmer, Elijah Wood, Jaleel White

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.

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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THE GOOD MOTHER MOVIE REVIEW

What is a good mother? Webster has no definition. I mean sure the words ‘good’ and ‘mother’ are both in the pages but separately and never defined together. Stuffy old Oxford is no better. Is a ‘good mother’ a baker of pies, sewer of buttons, assorter of sack lunches? Maybe a ‘good mother’ is just being there? Maybe all the mothers reading this should watch the episode “Baby Race” of an Australian kids cartoon called Bluey and have a nice healthy cry. Director/Writer Miles Joris-Peyrafitte presents a New York crime thriller about the death of a son and mother’s journey to find out the truth of white happened to him. Hilary Swank is Marissa, a widowed writer we meet at the funeral of one of her sons. Her child was a junkie and died while taking a routine jog. Also attending the funeral is Paige (Olivia Cooke) who wants to pay her respects to her former lover and let Marissa know that she is about to give birth to her grandchild. Paige, who has experience in narcotics and how to take them, will team up with Marissa to uncover the truth behind this mysterious death while Marissa’s other son Toby (Jack Reynor) , a police officer, will try to help his mother get over her grief and live for the family that’s still here. Bradly, Frank, and Melina open up their own investigation with plenty of paper, yards of twine, and post-it notes on what makes an intense slow burn female led thriller, discuss the pieces necessary to make a short film puzzler, and ponder if it’s even possible to top the masterpiece mini series Mare of East Town.

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DIRECTED BY: Miles Joris-Peyrafitte

STARRING: Hilary Swank, Olivia Cooke, Jack Reynor, Hopper Penn, Dilone, Norm Lewis, Karen Aldridge

YOUR REVIEWERS

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

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

Frank Calvillo (Highly Suspect Reviews, Screener Squad)

Born and raised in South Texas, Frank currently lives in Austin and has been in love with movies ever since his father showed him some Three Stooges shorts when he was five years old. Today he loves all kinds of film, regardless of era, country, budget or genre. He believes every film has an audience and is at least one person’s favorite movie. After writing for Sight & Sound and Slackerwood, he now writes for Cinapse where his increasingly random taste in all flavors of cinema (from Rashomon to Mars Attacks!) continues to thrive. His ultimate goal is to write a script for his boyhood crush, Michelle Pfeiffer.

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.

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SATANIC HISPANICS MOVIE REVIEW

El Paso police come in and raid a building full of dead Latinos, finding one lone survivor know as “The Traveler.” He’s brought to the station for interrogation. The Traveler informs the police that they only have 90 minutes before their world comes to an end. The cops thinking this person is crazy, keep questioning him, who gives answers through 4 different short stories. The whole movie is an anthology of short horror stories based on traditions and folklore of different Hispanic sects. Join Mike the Editor, Jordan, and Chad as they set up Fall with a good scare.

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DIRECTED BY: Alejandro Brugués, Mike Mendez, Demián Rugna, Gigi Saul Guerrero, Eduardo Sánchez

STARRING: Efren Ramirez, Jonah Ray, Hemky Madera, Patricia Velasquez, Greg Grunberg, Ari Gallegos, Jacob Vargas, Sonya Eddy, Demián Salomón, Vince Lozano, Chaton Anderson, Ken Arnold. Lombardo Boyar, Alejandro Brugués, Jessica Cameron, Danielle Chaves, Graham Denman, Tihomir Dukic, Thomas Haley, Christopher Huff, Morgana Ignis, Pedro Joaquín, Sean Keller, Sam Lukowski, Luis Machin, Victoria Maurette, Kent McGuire, Daniela Medeiros, Mike Mendez, Missy Merry, Jesus Meza, Marcio Moreno, Christian Rodrigo, Darien Rothchild, Gabriela Ruíz, Lucas Sanchez, Noel Jason Scott, Carlos Segane, William Bond Seltzer, Mark Steger, Ace Underhill, Carlos L. Vasquez, Michael C. Williams, Richard Zane

YOUR REVIEWERS

Chad Halvorsen (Screener Squad)

Chad Halvorsen currently resides in Milwaukee, WI, where he produces and edits commercials, films, and everything in between. He was always a fan of film/television growing up, spending days in the Summer, making (terrible) home movies with his brothers. Little did he know that passion would carry on into adulthood. Since 2006, Chad has worked for several agencies in various departments. Shooting, producing, editing, production management, directing, and when forced to, writing copy. In 2015, Chad decided to take the big leap and become a freelancer. Since then, he’s produced content for Lyft, AT&T, Target, and Discovery Network. His passion lies in entertaining people, making them feel better, even for a moment. All the pain and suffering of this business is worth it, if even just one person views his work. Chad is a frequent podcaster, most notably posing as a co-host for the podcast “The Film Illogical Society.”

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.

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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