Screener Squad: Krampus Origins

0 Submitted by Justin Zarian on Fri, 16 November 2018, 12:48

Tis the season…for horror! In this Christmas horror film, we follow a group of soldiers in World War 1 who accidentally release the demonic Krampus from an artifact. After the soldiers are killed, the artifact is sent to the commanding officer’s widow, who runs a small-town orphanage. When the orphans once again release the Krampus from its prison, they must Continue Reading...

Screener Squad: Mail Order Monster

0 Submitted by Justin Zarian on Fri, 16 November 2018, 12:43

Chris has joined forces with regular Screener Squad reviewer Bradly Martin for two horror movie reviews this week. Their first movie, Mail Order Monster, follows a young girl named Sam (Madison Horcher) dealing with the death of her mother and the harassment of bullies. In addition, her father (Josh Hopkins) is dating a new woman (Charisma Carpenter). Deciding she has had enough, Continue Reading...

Screener Squad: Lasso

0 Submitted by Justin Zarian on Fri, 16 November 2018, 12:38

Yeehaw! Patience and Justin are headed out West to cover this cowboy horror film. A senior citizen tour group and their handlers head out for a fun day at a rodeo, only to realize that the workers may have more sinister intentions for their guests. Can they make it through the night to return home or will they end up Continue Reading...

Screener Squad: The Long Dumb Road

0 Submitted by Justin Zarian on Fri, 16 November 2018, 12:33

What if we told you that you were about to take a trip with Zero from The Grand Budapest Hotel and Derek from The Good Place? Sounds like either a recipe for hilarity or disaster! While driving from Texas to start college in California, Nathan’s (Toni Revolori) car stalls out. With no other options, he enlists the help of a stranger named Continue Reading...

Screener Squad: Jonathan

0 Submitted by Justin Zarian on Fri, 16 November 2018, 12:27

And you thought your life was complicated! In this indie sci-fi, we follow Jonathan (Ansel Elgort) as he goes about his day-to-day life designing architecture. The catch? He has a special condition where he inhabits the same body as his brother John, meaning he is only active between 7AM and 7PM before his brother takes over. They have a simple Continue Reading...

Screener Squad: Cam

0 Submitted by Justin Zarian on Fri, 16 November 2018, 12:22

Not everything is glamorous for this cam girl. Alice (Madeline Brewer), in a desperate move to crack the Top 50 cam girls on her website, teams up with other cam girls at a hub house to attract more viewers. The next day, she discovers that she has not only been locked out of her account, but someone who looks exactly Continue Reading...

Highly Suspect Reviews: The Front Runner

0 Submitted by Chris Cox on Fri, 16 November 2018, 12:14

Hugh Jackman plays the guy who DEFINITELY would have become president in 1988 if he had just been able to keep his fly shut, Democratic nominee Gary Hart. This new Jason Reitman film, after a brief look at Hart’s unsuccessful bid against Walter Mondale for the Democratic nomination in 84, switches to his titular front-running campaign in 88. Vera Farmiga Continue Reading...

Highly Suspect Reviews: A Private War

0 Submitted by Chris Cox on Thu, 15 November 2018, 14:10

Rosamund Pike plays famed war correspondent journalist Marie Colvin in this film about her life, the danger she constantly put herself in so she could get the stories, and her friendship with her photographer (Jamie Dornan) who accompanied her on her final tragic voyage to war-torn Syria. Directed by Matthew Heineman, best known for his award-winning documentaries like City of Ghosts Continue Reading...

Highly Suspect Reviews: The Ballad of Buster Scruggs

0 Submitted by Chris Cox on Thu, 15 November 2018, 13:58

When the Coen brothers get together for a new project it always demands scrutiny and their first project partnering with Netflix is no exception. Taking on their first anthology, The Ballad of Buster Scruggs (premiering on Netflix tomorrow, November 16th) features an impressive line-up of talent (including Tim Blake Nelson as the titular singing cowboy character) and a lot of Continue Reading...

Highly Suspect Reviews: Widows

0 Submitted by Chris Cox on Thu, 15 November 2018, 13:48

Director/writer Steve McQueen (12 Years a Slave) teams up with novelist Gillian Flynn (Gone Girl) for this movie version of an ITV series from 1983. So, there’s this bunch of thieves and they get blow’d up very shortly into the film (featuring an unusual amount of big-name actors in small roles). Left putting the pieces together are their wives. Liam Neeson Continue Reading...