One of Us

THE THURSDAY MURDER CLUB MOVIE REVIEW When four retirees (Helen Mirren, Pierce Brosnan, Ben Kingsley, and Celia Imrie) trade in bingo night for cold-case crime solving, they get more than they bargained for after stumbling into a very real murder. Suddenly, the cozy English village is buzzing with secrets, suspects, and amateur detective work that's […]

BANG BANG MOVIE REVIEW Float like a Butterfly. Sting like a bee. Get your head examined and live with CTE. This quote is not quite right, but it's the reality of what boxers are left with after their time in the ring is at an end and the promoters high tail it outta town. Former […]

HIGHEST 2 LOWEST MOVIE REVIEW Rick Rubin once said “There's a tremendous power in using the least amount of information to get a point across” and Spike Lee once said “I think it is very important that films make people look at what they've forgotten”. Apple Plus presents Highest 2 Lowest a film directed by […]

LOVE, BROOKLYN MOVIE REVIEW Everybody loves a fluff piece, and why not? In these trying times, feeling good is a hallmark of being human and keeping the hope alive. What borough of a city is more of an example of hope and prosperity than Brooklyn?. I know what you're thinking: a lot of parts of […]

THE THREESOME MOVIE REVIEW Have you ever had a crush on someone for so long that you'd be willing to do anything just to hook up with them intimately? Even agree to a third person being invited to the bedroom? Director Chad Hartigan and writer Ethan Ogilby answer this question with a sexy cast in […]

DIGITAL NOISE EPISODE 361: THE EPISODE WHERE WRIGHT FINALLY ADMITS HE NEEDS HELP (OR NOT) Wright and Chris take on a…interesting stack of films. Some classics that are first-timers for Wright. Some films Chris loves but apparently no one else does, especially Wright. And some unbelievable crap. But crap is often the most fun to […]

TWINLESS MOVIE REVIEW It's hard to imagine as a non-twin what it would be like to have a twin sibling and then to lose them, especially unexpectedly. For Roman (Dylan O'Brien) it's shattering. While his brother Rocky couldn't be more different than him, they still had an indescribable bond. Roman is a heterosexual introvert. Rocky […]

THE LONG WALK MOVIE REVIEW Based on the first novel Stephen King ever wrote, although not the first published (later released under the pseudonym Richard Bachman) The Long Walk has had many attempts to bring it to the screen. But it's a challenge: The Long Walk is a conversation film interrupted by occasional brutal killings. […]

THE TOXIC AVENGER MOVIE REVIEW The janitor becomes the hero, the mop becomes the weapon, and the toxic sludge becomes… well, a makeover. The Toxic Avenger returns in a reimagined reboot of the cult classic, telling the story of Winston (Peter Dinklage), an everyman who finds himself transformed into a grotesque but oddly noble vigilante […]

HEART/FELT – IDEA MAN On the premiere episode of Heart/Felt, we kick off our celebration of 70 years of The Muppets by diving into the early creative works of Jim Henson. I'm joined by Wright Sulek to explore Jim's experimental films and how it paved the way for the beloved characters and stories that followed. […]

DIGITAL NOISE EPISODE 360: THE TOXIC SPY WHO LOVED ME John and Chris have a rare and fun assignment: go straight through the first six Sean Connery James Bond films in a newly released 4k set. Aside from that task, which transposes to some extent their feelings about the earliest incarnation of the superspy, they […]

CAUGHT STEALING MOVIE REVIEW Director/writer Darren Aronofsky is known for making really intense and usually very surreal films, like Requiem for a Dream, Black Swan, and Mother!. Sometimes he chills a bit to focus on telling a great character based story like in The Wrestler. Caught Stealing is a bit of an oddball choice for […]

HAPPY GILMORE 2 MOVIE REVIEW Creed, Maverick, The Colour of Money. All defined in film terms as “The Legacy Sequel”. Whether it's an entirely new Star Wars trilogy or Ridley Scott milking his ideas before a big fan of the franchise on the come-up in tinseltown does it for him. The legacy sequel is front-loaded […]

WHAT EVER HAPPENED TO BETTE & JOAN – TROG & THE CARETAKERS “An opportunity to lift the veil from the past.” Our exploration through late-era Bette Davis & Joan Crawford comes to a close this week as we say goodbye to the latter with a look at two final offerings from the beloved legend, including […]

MY MOTHER'S WEDDING MOVIE REVIEW Dearly beloved, we are gathered here today not to exchange vows, but to talk about Kristin Scott Thomas's directorial debut, My Mother's Wedding. Three daughters return home for the wedding of their twice-widowed mother, Diana—and with them comes more baggage than could ever fit in the bridal registry. All three […]

HONEY DON'T MOVIE REVIEW Ethan Coen and his wife and co-writer Tricia Cooke return with the second in their Lesbian B-Movie Trilogy (after Drive-Away Dolls), Honey Don't. Again, Margaret Qualley is their lead, this time playing Honey O'Donahue, a gumshoe in the sun-bleached town of Bakersfield California. The useless police detective Marty (Charlie Day) who […]

STICK SERIES REVIEW Mark Twain once said “Golf is a good walk spoiled”. Which is a rude way to open up a show about golf. But perhaps the show in question isn't so much about golf. Perhaps it's about a walk through life, spoiled by the many harsh realities we all endure on our day-to-day […]

WHAT WE HIDE MOVIE REVIEW When it comes to raising a family there's a lot hidden from the children as they come of age, and a lot to teach about what we hide from others when it comes to maintaining innocence and the beauty of childlike wonder. Easter eggs in the spring or the messiness […]

FIXED MOVIE REVIEW Genndy Tartakovsky's Fixed plays like the result of a studio willing to fund the juvenile machinations of a middle school kids' dare. At its center is Bull (Adam Devine), a gentle dog who learns he's slated for neutering the next morning. Facing the end of his manhood, he sets off on a […]

THE PICKUP MOVIE REVIEW Eddie Murphy returns with The Pickup, another straight-to-streaming action-comedy. Murphy stars as Russell, a long-time armored truck driver on the verge of retirement, who finds his last stretch on the job complicated when he's paired with Travis (Pete Davidson). Travis dreams of becoming a cop, but his lack of tact—and basic […]

TRASH IN THE CAN: JOURNEY TO HELL This week, the boys welcome filmmaker Christian Remde as they travel to a horrid place full of the most despicable characters imaginable! No, not the White House (ammirite?)! We go all the way to hell in this low budget “horror” movie that's in such poor taste it could […]

NOBODY 2 MOVIE REVIEW Just give us the Bob Odenkirk & David Cross action team-up already! The team that brought you John Wick and The Fall Guy are back with their follow up to their hit actioner Nobody starring Bob Odenkirk. After the events of the first film, Hutch (Odenkirk) constantly finds himself on high […]

PREVIEW: HEART/FELT Heart/Felt is a limited-series celebrating the 70th anniversary of The Muppets and the enduring legacy of Jim Henson, the quiet visionary who taught us to dream in felt, fur, and foam. Each episode invites a guest to reflect on a different chapter of Jim's creative journey: from his early experimental films to the […]

ANOTHER WORLD MOVIE REVIEW Maciej Kur is back and he is once again covering the Annecy Animation Festival in France! Spidermike joins him to take a look at some of the wild new animated films from around the world coming out soon. Ready for something whimsical yet very dark? Gudo is a child-like spirit guiding […]

ALLAH IS NOT OBLIGED MOVIE REVIEW Maciej Kur is back and he is once again covering the Annecy Animation Festival in France! Spidermike joins him to take a look at some of the wild new animated films from around the world coming out soon. Based on the award winning novel by Ahmadou Kourouma, this story […]

KING OF THE HILL – SEASON 14 REVIEW From 1997 to 2010, The Hill family has comforted audiences with heart warming and thought provoking episodic adventures about a propane salesman who also sells propane accessories, navigating work life, marriage, and raising a boy that ain't right. No matter what was thrown at Hank Hill (Mike […]

WHAT EVER HAPPENED TO BETTE & JOAN – EP.11 – WICKED STEPMOTHER & THE WHALES OF AUGUST “Memories last forever.” As our journey with these two legendary leading ladies comes to a close, we look at Bette Davis' final movie performances, the infamous dark comedy Wicked Stepmother, which was haphazardly completed despite her walking out […]

SHAMAN MOVIE REVIEW There is missionary work all over the world, bringing the word of God to all sorts of places, even places you would not expect like a remote Ecuadorian volcano! Director Antonio Negret and writer Daniel Negret present another horror summer film feature in limited release, Shaman. Candice (Sara Canning) is all about […]

ET TU MOVIE REVIEW Lou Diamond Phillips is Brent – a miserable director forced to endure weeks of his own awful community theater production of Julius Caesar. Worse still, he suspects his wife is having an affair with his dim-witted leading man. But when the theater's janitor reveals a dark secret, Brent may finally have […]

FREAKIER FRIDAY MOVIE REVIEW If you want a seriously freaky friday this weekend, you should probably go see Weapons. But, if you're looking for a retread of the 2003 film with Jamie Lee Curtis and Lindsay Lohan only now with more folks switching bodies, well, there's Freakier Friday. Anna (Lohan) is now a music producer […]

WEAPONS MOVIE REVIEW Weapons has one of the most intriguing premises in recent memory. At 2:17am in Maybrook, seventeen children in the same class leave their homes and vanish in the middle of the night. Not only does Zach Cregger's newest film sets up the audience for a mysterious and haunting story, but then reveals […]

STRANGE HARVEST MOVIE REVIEW When it comes to successful harvesting, all you need is a strong work ethic, a team of farmers dedicated to the crop, and a handful of teachers with patience to cultivate the next generation of harvesters. This is community, this is life. Every once in a while though that community turns […]

HELL MOTEL SERIES REVIEW It's a dark and stormy night and you'll never make it to your final destination on these roads. Better check into a motel for the night. It would be quite unfortunate if that was your final destination after all! What you never know about these seedy looking places just off the […]

RICK AND MORTY – SEASON 8 REVIEW Since Rick and Morty debuted in 2013 (yes, it's really been that long), it has grown from an absurd sci-fi comedy into a layered, multiverse-spanning saga full of emotional depth, dark humor, and some surprisingly tight continuity. Rick has evolved from a detached god-complex genius to a man […]

DIGITAL NOISE EPISODE 359 – THIS PODCAST, EVERYONE LISTENING TO IT, THEIR EXPERIMENT Chris and Wright have some heavy lifting to do here if humanity is to survive our nightmarish future. That means turning you on to the right home release movies (it's key, don't question it, your ancestors will thank us). That means diving […]

LITTLE AMELIE OR THE CHARACTER OF RAIN Maciej Kur is back and he is once again covering the Annecy Animation Festival in France! Spidermike joins him to take a look at some of the wild new animated films from around the world coming out soon. Finally, a French movie from this very French festival of […]

INTO THE MORTAL WORLD MOVIE REVIEW Maciej Kur is back and he is once again covering the Annecy Animation Festival in France! Spidermike joins him to take a look at some of the wild new animated films from around the world coming out soon. China has been in the CGI game for some time adapting […]

THE NAKED GUN MOVIE REVIEW There's a handful at best of good absurdist spoof comedies after the early reign of the Zucker/Abrahams films (Airplane, Airplane 2, Top Secret, The Naked Gun series). There's a LOT of terrible ones. So, the relaunch of the beloved Naked Gun series without the involvement of the original team, and […]

POKER FACE SEASON 2 REVIEW Rian Johnson and Natasha Lyonne are back with another season of Poker Face, their acclaimed murder-of-the-week mystery series. Charlie Cale (Lyonne) has an unusual talent, she's a human bullshit detector who instantly knows whenever someone is lying. When her gift gets her into trouble with a Las Vegas crime family, […]

WHAT EVER HAPPENED TO BETTE & JOAN – EP 10 – SPECIAL GUEST STARS “You don't trust women very much, do you?” Welcome to another episode of What Ever Happened to Bette & Joan?, our ongoing journey through late-era Bette Davis & Joan Crawford. As we near the end of our exploration, I thought we'd […]

MONSTER ISLAND MOVIE REVIEW Secluded island paradise? Yes please? Oh wait a sec, it's in the middle of WWII and instead of a getaway you're a marooned castaway, chained to an enemy soldier. Maybe not such a great vacation. What could be worse than that? How about a creature from the black lagoon? Monster Island […]

LAZARUS SERIES REVIEW Sometimes when the world has got you down you just wanna take the edge off. Doctor Skinner has created a drug called Hapna which has all the benefits of a pain killer without any of the detrimental benefits. Physical or mental pain? Hapna can take it all away, and it's over the […]

SAINT CLARE MOVIE REVIEW You know what they say about walking home alone at night, especially if you are a promising young woman. Always have a buddy. What if a buddy would just get in the way of your calling; a calling by God to take down all the sexual deviants and pathetic men that […]

THE FANTASTIC FOUR: FIRST STEPS MOVIE REVIEW In what seems to be fantasy wish fulfillment for fans who've been saying what they ACTUALLY want from a Fantastic Four movie, the MCU finally gets into the game with The Fantastic Four: First Steps. Set on a parallel retro-futuristic Earth (don't expect any ties to the current […]

OLIVIA AND THE INVISIBLE EARTHQUAKE MOVIE REVIEW The sad puppet movie of the year from Spain, takes us into lives of 12 year old Oliva and her younger brother Tim. After their mom, an actress past her prime, can't get a new role, the family is evicted from their building and has to get used […]

THE BEAR – SEASON 4 REVIEW The kitchen is open, the countdown is ticking, and the heat has never been higher. After last season's rocky launch of The Bear, the dream is still alive—but barely. Uncle Jimmy's slapped a ticking clock on the whole operation, Sydney's eyeing the exit, and Ritchie's trying to plate leadership […]

MOBLAND SERIES REVIEW Oi, pull up a chair, mind the blood on the floor, and keep your voice down—we're talkin' business. Serious business. The kind with blokes in leather coats, dodgy accents, and enough bullets flying to make Tarantino blush. Lewayne and T.C. gather in the smoky One Of Us backroom, conspirin' in hushed tones, […]

A MAGNIFICENT LIFE MOVIE REVIEW Maciej Kur is back and he is once again covering the Annecy Animation Festival in France! Spidermike joins him to take a look at some of the wild new animated films from around the world coming out soon. From Sylvain Chomet, the brilliant mind behind The Triplets of Belleville, The […]

CHAO MOVIE REVIEW Maciej Kur is back and he is once again covering the Annecy Animation Festival in France! Spidermike joins him to take a look at some of the wild new animated films from around the world coming out soon. From the innocent and unsuspecting country of Japan comes Yasuhiro AOKI's first full-length feature […]

I KNOW WHAT YOU DID LAST SUMMER MOVIE REVIEW With the Scream franchise on temporary (but probably not VERY temporary) hiatus, Hollywood in their quest for continuing the trend of 90s nostalgia is forced to turn to some of the not-even-as-close-to-as-good horror franchises of the time. Naturally, you'd first go to the one by the […]

EDDINGTON MOVIE REVIEW No matter how much some of us may want it, Ari Aster seems to be done with horror for now. He certainly isn't done with horrifying though. His latest film Eddington reteams him with Joaquin Phoenix, this time playing Joe Cross, the sheriff of the titular small town in New Mexico. When […]