Our Austin, TX team of critics and close friends go see theatrical release early screenings in person and then gather together, often with the assistance of a bit of whiskey, to record podcast reviews. If you’re looking for a dead-serious scholarly treatise on new films, this is not what you want. If you want some seriously funny folks with an extensive knowledge of the medium giving you the low-down, Highly Suspect Reviews is your one-stop shop for movie reviews.
Highly Suspect Reviews: Bring Her Back
BRING HER BACK MOVIE REVIEW The Philippou brothers, who brought us one of the biggest horror surprises of 2023 with their debut film Talk to Me, return with a considerably more sinister and mature second film. Bring Her Back follows step-siblings Andy (Billy Barratt) and his mostly blind sister Piper (Sora Wong). Their father suddenly dies and they are left
Highly Suspect Reviews: Clown in a Cornfield
CLOWN IN A CORNFIELD MOVIE REVIEW A clown? In MY cornfield? It could happen to you. Is your small town kept barely functional by the existence of a corn syrup manufacturing plant with a clown as the logo? Did that plant recently burn down and it at least appears that some local troublesome kids were responsible? You may already have
Highly Suspect Reviews: Friendship
FRIENDSHIP MOVIE REVIEW So, this is why men shouldn’t have friends. Friendship is the new film by Andrew DeYoung starring the ever chaotic Tim Robinson and Paul Rudd in an absurdist comedy that delves into the nightmare territory of a metaphorical (and occasionally literal) sandbox and just let them weird each other out for 90 minutes. Craig Waterman (Robinson) is
Highly Suspect Reviews: Final Destination: Bloodlines
FINAL DESTINATION: BLOODLINES REVIEW 2025 is surprisingly turning out to be a big year for horror, and while returns to franchises that haven’t had a new entry in well over a decade certainly hasn’t consistently had gold results, we always hold out hope that a formerly great series can regain its glory once more. We didn’t expect one to surpass
Highly Suspect Reviews: Thunderbolts*
THUNDERBOLTS* MOVIE REVIEW The final film of Marvel’s Phase 5 (is anyone keeping track anymore) follows a group of d-listers gathered together reluctantly because of forces arrayed against all of them. No, this isn’t The Suicide Squad, it’s Thunderbolts*. Yelena Belova (Florence Pugh) is our central character and first point of contact, as we watch her take on a mission
Highly Suspect Reviews: The Shrouds
THE SHROUDS MOVIE REVIEW David Cronenberg does not make normal movies. This is a given. But the question always is going into one, what KIND of abnormal is this gonna be? With The Shrouds, Cronenberg directs one of his most personal films, perhaps a conduit for his grief after the death of his wife. Vincent Cassel plays Karsh, a widower
