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Highly Suspect Reviews

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.

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You Can See Everything movie review

Highly Suspect Reviews: You Can See Everything

YOU CAN SEE EVERYTHING MOVIE REVIEW Elizabeth Holmes sits in prison for what seems to be a pretty open and shut case of fraud. Her company, Theranos, claimed it had a device that revolutionized blood testing by being able to take a fingerprick worth of blood and do a giant battery of tests on it. The problem was, it didn’t
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Whalefall movie review

Highly Suspect Reviews: Whalefall

WHALEFALL MOVIE REVIEW Let’s get it out of the way right now: Whalefall is a movie about a guy who gets swallowed by a whale and has to figure out how to escape before his air runs out. Sounds like a Tubi original, right? But no, this is a wide theatrical release with big name stars, based on a well
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Misty Green movie review

Highly Suspect Reviews: Misty Green

MISTY GREEN MOVIE REVIEW It’s not hard to see, given the immense talent of actress Rosalind Eleazar, that despite her mainly having a notable presence just on TV (check out Slow Horses if you haven’t yet, it’s amazing), she definitely can carry the weight of an entire film on her shoulders. She is the titular Misty Green in this new
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The Social Reckoning movie review

Highly Suspect Reviews: The Social Reckoning

THE SOCIAL RECKONING MOVIE REVIEW It’s been 16 years since David Fincher’s masterpiece, The Social Network, hit the silver screen. It felt timely and acted as a cautionary tale of how one’s ego could effect millions of people. Now, Aaron Sorkin, the original screenwriter, wanted to go back into the Facebook feed and tell another story about the drastic effects
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Digger movie review

Highly Suspect Reviews: Digger

DIGGER MOVIE REVIEW Director/Co-writer of Digger Alejandro G. Iñárritu (Birdman) has made a film that is structured in such a way that it is completely impossible to discuss without giving away the game it plays with the audience. Thus, this Highly Suspect Review of the film spends only a little time upfront in non-spoiler territory before diving into a review
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Practical Magic 2 movie review

Highly Suspect Reviews – Practical Magic 2

PRACTICAL MAGIC 2 MOVIE REVIEW After 28 years, you would think that a beloved cult classic like Practical Magic would receive a worthy follow up but such is the curse of the…legacy sequel! Practical Magic 2 initially starts after the sudden death of Gary (Aiden Quinn’s character from the original) where Sally (Sandra Bullock) makes Gillian (Nicole Kidman) promise to
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