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CRIME 101 MOVIE REVIEW

We love a good heist movie, especially when it focuses on both the cops and the robbers as primary characters. Here, in writer/director Bart Layton’s Crime 101 you’ve got a lot of the genre tropes ticking. There’s the good master thief (Chris Hemsworth) who never lets anyone get hurt and has the heist of a lifetime on the horizon. There’s the bad thief (Barry Keoghan) who doesn’t play by any rules and doesn’t care who gets hurt, including the good thief. There’s the handler (Nick Nolte) who has worked with the good thief for a long time but is a little tired of his code. There’s the good cop (Mark Ruffalo) who KNOWS that there’s a singular clever thief out there who has been pulling off heists for some time but no one at the station believes him and he’s sick of the bureaucratic and immoral decision making. Lastly, there’s the innocent (Halle Berry) whose dissatisfaction with her job may lead her to getting involved despite her better judgement. All this comes together in, unfortunately, an at best mild entry in the genre. Chris, Wright, Spidermike, and Kim discuss the myriad ways this mishandles characterization, some terrible miscasting, and who needs to see a feel-good cops vs robbers crime movie.

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DIRECTED BY: Bart Layton

STARRING: Chris Hemsworth, Mark Ruffalo, Barry Keoghan, Halle Berry, Monica Barbaro, Corey Hawkins, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Nick Nolte, Tate Donovan, Devon Bostick, Payman Maadi, Babak Tafti, Deborah Hedwall, Paul Adelstein, Drew Powell, Matthew Del Negro, John Douglas

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, One Man’s Trash, 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.

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.

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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TRASH IN THE CAN: RAMPAGE

This week, the boys completely lose the plot (through no fault of their own) as they tackle 1997’s Rampage. Comedian Brendan K. O’Grady joins the chaos to help decipher a vigilante thriller where absolutely everyone mumbles, no location is ever established, and all murder investigations begin at Joe’s Crab Shack. Come for the low speed golf cart chase, and stay for the elderly man-butt.

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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.

Eric Samaniego (Trash in the Can, Heart/Felt, 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.

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HEART/FELT – OLD FRIENDS WHO’VE JUST MET: MUPPETS FROM SPACE

In this episode of Heart/Felt, I’m joined by Esther’s Follies writer/performer and Fragile Rock creative Shaun Branigan for a cosmic conversation about Muppets from Space. We explore the film’s impressive puppetry, Gonzos search for identity, and everything from lunch at Caroll Spinney’s house to getting booed off the America’s Got Talent stage.

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Eric Samaniego (Trash in the Can, Heart/Felt, One Man’s Trash, 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.

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WUTHERING HEIGHTS MOVIE REVIEW

There have been a LOT of film and tv adaptations of Wuthering Heights, author Emily Bronte’s single novel from 1847. It’s been translated into different languages, different settings, times, and genres. Like a lot of romantic dramas, the love story is deeply problematic in the sense that these are two very toxic people who are literally so insane for each other that they don’t care who gets hurt along the way. Director Emerald Fennell (Promising Young Woman, Saltburn) has tried to emphasize that this is her own very different interpretation of the book by enclosing the title in the marketing with quotation marks. While it’s time and location remain intact, the film seeks a balance between acknowledging how truly terrible these two lovers are and by sexing it up a lot, even while using visual metaphors to project the sexuality as grotesquerie. So, Chris, Kate, Sarah, and Wright certainly agree in their review that this is not going to be for everyone (although you folks complaining that it’s different from the novel…I mean seriously, see one of the other million adaptations then). The story follows Cathy (Margot Robbie) and Heathcliff (Jacob Elordi) initially as children, as Cathy’s father takes in the mistreated Heathcliff. As adults as they both desperately want to f**k and yet seemingly cannot be together. Cathy’s family fortune is dwindling thanks to the carousing and gambling ways of her father and Heathcliff is a poor servant with no prospects. When a stupidly rich guy named Edgar (Shazad Latif) builds a startling manor of excess nearby and takes an interest in Cathy, well, she’s trapped between her love for HC and her love of being super-comfortable because she is a spoiled brat of a person. Heathcliff overhears part of a conversation and it causes him to take flight in response to the pain of losing Cathy. Eventually, Cathy gives in to the marriage proposals of Edgar and despite some melancholy, she is prepared to live her life in comfort. But then…Heathcliff returns. Now wealthy and somehow even more handsome, he plots to regain Cathy. Suffice it to say, this is not a story with a happy ending, but few romantic dramas end with joy. Check out our review as we dive into the strange world Fennell has created for these two classic moon-eyed douchebags to live in.

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DIRECTED BY: Emerald Fennell

STARRING: Margot Robbie, Charlotte Mellington, Jacob Elordi, Owen Cooper, Hong Chau, Vy Nguyen, Shazad Latif, Alison Oliver, Martin Clunes, Ewan Mitchell

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, One Man’s Trash, 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.

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.

Sarah Jane (Highly Suspect Reviews, Screener Squad)

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

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THE WRECKING CREW MOVIE REVIEW

Abraham Maslow once said “I suppose it is tempting, if the only tool you have is a hammer, to treat everything as if it were a nail”. These two brothers just vacated the home depot, and there was a sale on sledgehammers. Also, the hardware store was exploding! Amazon Prime presents the fast paced high-octane action buddy comedy The Wrecking Crew. James Hale (Dave Bautista) is a Navy Seal who eats discipline for his pre-workout, a family man whose eyes remain focused on keeping his family safe from the ever changing politics of the island of Hawaii where he lives. Jonny Hale (Jason Momoa) is a newly dumped alcoholic in constant trouble with the chief of police. Also, he is the police! No girlfriend, no family, no island roots…just a brewski and joy of beating up the underbelly crime syndicate of Oklahoma. An ocean apart, these two brothers will have to come together in order to solve the mysterious death of their father. An ambitious gambling conspiracy and political figures are tied to the deadly hand of the yakuza. If you told these two brothers that the only thing that can solve the chaos of this case is good old fashioned police work, then prepare to get wrecked! Bradly, Chris Ayres, and Drew Shaw dread those January dumping grounds but discuss this surprisingly entertaining beat em up that could have easily body slammed its way onto the big screen. Listen to the crew for the rest of the details on this welcome return to the buddy cop genre.

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DIRECTED BY: Ángel Manuel Soto

STARRING: Jason Momoa, Dave Bautista, Claes Bang, Temuera Morrison, Jacob Batalon, Frankie Adams, Miyavi, Stephen Root, Morena Baccarin, Maia Kealoha, Lydia Peckham, Stephen Oyoung, Mark R. Black, David Hekili Kenui Bell, Roimata Fox, Branscombe Richmond, Josua Tuivavalagi, Brian L. Keaulana

YOUR REVIEWERS

Bradly Martin (Screener Squad Boss, 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 maybe even providing some comments of his own.

Christopher Ayres (Screener Squad)

Born and raised in the suburbs of Hinsdale, Illinois, Chris Ayres would constantly watch movies as a child, and that obsession has only grown over time, even attending Columbia Film School in Chicago during his last couple years of college. Whenever he’s not working his exhausting day job, he’s either watching as many movies as he can squeeze into his free time (preferably movies he’s never seen before due to a never-ending desire to expand his knowledge of the art form), or trying to turn people on to movies they haven’t seen that he thinks are worth their attention. You can find him on Bluesky, Facebook, Instagram and Letterboxd (look for AyresForce or AyresForceOne)

Drew Shaw

As the son of a Coast Guard pilot, Drew has lived everywhere in the US that has a coast that needs guarding. All his childhood travels eventually landed him in Northern Virginia where he works at a brewery by day and watches movies with all the other free time life has to offer him. Drew’s fiance and cats are tired of him ranting and raving about whatever his latest movie obsession is so he is taking to the air waves to make it everybody else’s problem. On the off chance Drew isn’t watching a movie, he likes spending his time reading comics and literature, gaming, and playing around with all his various music making gadgets.

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WONDER MAN SERIES REVIEW

If you’ve been out of the MCU for a few, Marvel’s Wonder Man arrives on Disney+ as not only one of the MCU’s most self-aware projects to date but as a perfect re-entry point that doesn’t require you watching or even knowing anything that took place after Avengers: Endgame. An industry satire wrapped inside a superhero origin story, the series follows Simon Williams (Yahya Abdul-Mateen II), a struggling Los Angeles actor who unexpectedly finds himself pulled into a world of superpowers, celebrity, and corporate heroism. As auditions turn into alter-egos and fame becomes its own battlefield, the show blends Hollywood comedy with MCU spectacle while exploring what it means to “perform” both on-screen and in real life. As Simon navigates auditions, fame, and the current state of public sentiment regarding super-powered individuals, he is befriended by Trevor Slattery (Ben Kingsley), the once and future Mandarin, who has returned to Hollywood in the hopes of reigniting his post-terrorist career. The series carves out a unique space in the post-Endgame MCU, as being more grounded, character-driven, and sharply aware of the machinery behind hero-making. Chris Ayres, Mindy, and T.C. step into the One Of Us casting room to talk ambition, visibility, and possibly which characters they will be playing in future MCU projects… if they nail the auditions.

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CREATED BY: Destin Daniel Cretton and Andrew Guest

STARRING: Yahya Abdul-Meteen II, X Mayo, Zlatko Burić, Ben Kingsley, Arian Moayed, Joe Pantoliano, Byron Bowers, Josh Gad, Ashley Greene, Béchir Sylvain, Olivia Thirlby, Phumzile Sitole, Jon A. Abrahams, Dane Larsen, Shola Adewusi, Demetrius Grosse, Dan Donohue, Charlotte Ross, Mario Lopez, Joseph D. Reitman, Brandon Wardell, Carlito Olivero, Bradley Tejeda, Alex Polcyn, Carlos Leal, Simon Templeman, Juliette Ortega, Lauren Weedman, Blake Robbins, Torrey Vogel

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.

Christopher Ayres (Screener Squad)

Born and raised in the suburbs of Hinsdale, Illinois, Chris Ayres would constantly watch movies as a child, and that obsession has only grown over time, even attending Columbia Film School in Chicago during his last couple years of college. Whenever he’s not working his exhausting day job, he’s either watching as many movies as he can squeeze into his free time (preferably movies he’s never seen before due to a never-ending desire to expand his knowledge of the art form), or trying to turn people on to movies they haven’t seen that he thinks are worth their attention. You can find him on Bluesky, Facebook, Instagram and Letterboxd (look for AyresForce or AyresForceOne)

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

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

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COSMIC PRINCESS KAGUYA! MOVIE REVIEW

Teenagers these days have all sorts of wild ambitions that blur the lines of dreaming big and living in a fantasy world. They want to get rich as young as possible and retire in your early 20’s. Fear not young listeners, such ambitions can be achieved! You could become a globally known pop star idol. Or perhaps a major social media influencer that goes more viral then the most contagious fad. Maybe you could hit that number one spot on the leaderboards and monetize your let’s play channel. If none of those things seem plausible, maybe you could find an abandoned child who happens to be excellent at all three! For 17 year old Iroha, this American dream on steroids happens to take place in the lovely country of Japan, and the orphan she finds just so happens to be a magical manic pixie dream girl princess from the moon. Netflix is proud to present an anime film feature, Cosmic Princess Kaguya. Iroha, a school student with a part time job discovers a baby within a utility pole on her way home from work. Iroha, not one to turn away from more stressful living, takes the baby home with her and raises the child which seems to be aging 2 to 3 years per night. Eventually the baby becomes the teenage pop idol gamer sensation, Kaguya, with origins that resemble an ancient Japanese myth. Together the two become the number one players in an online game which they also use to propel their pop idol and influencer career to the moon and back. Bradly, Felix, and Neal praise the fluid, kinetic, and explosive colours of this well paced anime. Neal, the expert, follows the rabbit trails with no trouble at all while Felix gives life saving advice to any of our listeners that cross paths with an abandoned infant.

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DIRECTED BY: Shingo Yamashita

STARRING: (Japanese) Yūko Natsuyoshi, Anna Nagase, Saori Hayami, Rie Kugimiya, Miyu Irino, Yuma Uchida, Yoshitsugu Matsuoka, Yoshino Aoyama, Konomi Kohara, Fairouz Ai, Natsuki Hanae (English) Jeannie Tirado, Dawn M. Bennett, Ryan Bartley, Frankie Kevich, Cassandra Lee Morris, Max Mittelman, A.J. Beckles, Casey Mongillo, Cassandra Lee Morris, Anairis Quiñones, Kieran Regan

YOUR REVIEWERS

Bradly Martin (Screener Squad Boss, 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 maybe even providing some comments of his own.

R.Felix Finch (Screener Squad)

A native of Sacramento, California, and having spent his post-pubescent years in Virginia, Nevada, Texas, and New York, Felix now finds himself pursuing his Juris Doctor at Emory University School of Law in Atlanta, Georgia. Nothing is more calming to Felix than the comfort of Chaos, as his time in professional wrestling and on other podcasts has demonstrated, and Felix brings a love for the most absurd outings in the realms of cinema, finding his escape in things such as the overly complex world of Jupiter Ascending and perusing the unbelievably low-budget offerings of Tubi, which Felix is fully convinced is a Psi-Op. In addition to finding Felix here on OneOfUs.net, you can Check him out on TikTok, Instagram, and YouTube sharing his life in Law School as “TheBrokeLawStudent.”

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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HOLLYWOOD ROYALTY: MINISODE 2 – EYES OF LAURA MARS

For the second in our series of minisodes in which we explore the 60s and 70s films that helped make Faye Dunaway a star, we take a look at the 1978 supernatural cult thriller Eyes of Laura Mars. In the film, Faye plays the title character, a renowned New York fashion photographer whose works spark controversy due to a melding of high fashion and striking violence. However, when Laura starts to experience horrific visions in which she sees the people in her life murdered, she turns to a handsome detective (Tommy Lee Jones) for help. Co-host of Pfeiffer Pfridays, Jerry Downey, returns to talk about this unique late-70s slasher, specifically its heavy giallo influences, its comment on what constitutes art, and how well this project served Faye as a follow-up to her Oscar win.

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

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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FALLOUT SEASON 2 REVIEW

Who needs a nuclear armageddon to turn America into a barren wasteland when water-hungry AI data centers belonging to Amazon and other tech giants can do the job just as well? It’s an irony befitting the world of Fallout, the long running video games series and now critically acclaimed TV show… from Amazon. Like the games that inspired them, the show violently satirizes corporate greed, consumerism, the military-industrial complex, and America’s most jingoistic, nativist impulses. Inevitably (perhaps intentionally), those things brought about the end of the world. Fallout Season 2 moves the story to New Vegas, location of one of the franchise’s most beloved (and buggiest) games. They say “whatever happens in Vegas, stays in Vegas” but that was the old Vegas. Whatever happens in New Vegas threatens to spread across the Mojave Wasteland until shadowy forces can reclaim whatever remains of the American Southwest. Are a naive Vault Dweller, a disillusioned Knight of the Brotherhood of Steel, and an amoral, gunslinging ghoul enough to beat the house at its own game? Our critics crawled out of the Oneofus Vault long enough to find out. Rae is a recently emerged “Vaultie” who is acclimating well to the apocalypse, while Neil and Marco are grizzled wastelanders and experienced loot goblins. Check out their review before they become ghoulified or eaten by rad roaches!

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CREATED BY: Graham Wagner and Geneva Robertson-Dworet

STARRING: Ella Purnell, Grace Kelly Quigley, Aaron Moten, Amir Carr, Moisés Arias, Cody Alexander Guevara, Frances Turner, Kyle MacLachlan, Walton Goggins, Leslie Uggams, Princess Bey, Annabel O’Hagan, Dave Register, Rodrigo Luzzi, Justin Theroux, Rafi Silver, Leer Leary, Michael Cristofer, Xelia Mendes-Jones, Rachel Marsh, Adam Faison, Rajat Suresh, Jeremy Levick, Johnny Pemberton, Martha Kelly, Jon Gries, Jon Daly, Sarita Choudhury, Michael Esper, Susan Berger, Jared Bankens, Christopher Matthew Cook, Teagan Meredith, Kumail Nanjiani, Bashir Salahuddin, Brian Thompson, Sisa Grey, Chris Browning, Judson Mills, Tim Soergel, Macaulay Culkin, Barbara Eve Harris, Dallas Goldtooth, Guy Heilweil, Zach Cherry Ciel Shi, Dale Dickey, Edythe Jason, Edwin Lee Gibson, Tony Robinette, Michael Emerson, Ron Perlman, Clancy Brown, Natasha Henstridge

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.”

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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PILLION MOVIE REVIEW

One of the biggest award winning and best reviewed films of 2025 was one that might not be on your radar at all. With an American release from A24 this directorial debut by Harry Lighton has garnered lots of attention in the indie cinema world. But why have you not heard about Pillion? The story is about a very timid gay man named Colin (Harry Melling). His parents support him but he can’t seem to find his romantic niche. That is, until he spots Ray (Alexander Skarsgård), an unbelievable hunk of a guy and a biker clad in awesome leathers that seem almost out of a sci-fi movie, who seems worlds out of Colin’s league. But, much to his surprise, Ray spots Colin too and passes him his phone number and an invitation to meet-up. What Ray is looking for is a sub to his dom and Colin, while largely inexperienced in general but completely inexperienced in this BDSM world, finds he really likes it. Soon they are pretty much living together as Ray treats Colin full-time as a servant. But despite how strongly Colin feels about Ray, he’ll start to ask himself some questions about what he really wants and if this is how he wants things to be, even if Ray is physically a golden god of a guy. Chris, Wright, Kate, and Nathan strap on the leather and sit together to discuss Pillion, a film that is expertly crafted for a first-time director, but should not surprise anyone that most Americans remained largely sheltered from its existence.

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DIRECTED BY: Harry Lighton

STARRING: Harry Melling, Alexander Skarsgård, Douglas Hodge, Lesley Sharp, Jake Shears, Mat Hill, Nick Figgis, Zoe Engenrer, Jake Sharp, Jacob Carter, Cristina Carty, Zamir Mesiti, Rosie Sheehy, Miranda Bell, Monica Purcell, Anthony Welsh

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, One Man’s Trash, 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.

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.

Nathan Flynn (Screener Squad, Highly Suspect Reviews)

Nathan Flynn is the resident goofball of OneofUs.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.

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