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: Materialists
MATERIALISTS MOVIE REVIEW Take one professional matchmaker for the rich and superficial (Dakota Johnson), one ex-boyfriend with all the looks and personality but no money (Chris Evans), and one absurdly rich dude who is that rare one that doesn’t seem to be a total schmuck (Pedro Pascal), and you get the love triangle that makes up A24’s latest film Materialists.
Highly Suspect Reviews: The Life of Chuck
THE LIFE OF CHUCK MOVIE REVIEW The latest Stephen King adaptation isn’t a horror movie, although there is an apocalypse underway and a LOT of existential dread in the first (or third, as marked) act. No, it’s a feel-good, tear-jerker, ‘enjoy your life because it doesn’t last forever’ inspirational film. It’s also told in reverse order and is filled with
Highly Suspect Reviews: The Phoenician Scheme
THE PHOENICIAN SCHEME MOVIE REVIEW The thing about Wes Anderson films is, you’re either here for all of them, no matter what, or maybe just a few (probably early ones). His 2025 entry, The Phoenician Scheme, features (as usual) a metric ton of actors, many of them legendary. But the story tightly focuses on only a few. Everything revolves around
Highly Suspect Reviews: Dangerous Animals
DANGEROUS ANIMALS MOVIE REVIEW What’s scarier than being trapped on a boat with a serial killer? How about a serial killer whose fetish is watching you die by shark? Jai Courtney is the killer in question, Tucker. He has a nice little fishing boat in Australia but he is fishing for young girls to abduct, torment for awhile, and then
Highly Suspect Reviews: Ballerina
BALLERINA MOVIE REVIEW Who knew with the kick-ass but (compared to what was to come) low-key John Wick releasing in 2014 that 11 years later it would be a 4-movie, 1-spinoff, 1 tv series franchise with more obviously yet to come? The first spin-off is Ballerina, taking place between the films John Wick 3 and 4. Ana de Armas is
Highly Suspect Reviews: Karate Kid: Legends
KARATE KID: LEGENDS MOVIE REVIEW In the latest chapter of ‘no once-successful IP will ever die’ Karate Kid: Legends marks the sixth film in the franchise. Moving the action at first to Beijing, the film centers on Li Fong (Ben Wang) a teenager training with his great-uncle and shifu of a successful school, Mr. Han (Jackie Chan) who was the
