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ARCHIVE 81 SERIES REVIEW How many pics and vids do we all have on our phones? How many of those were actually worth shooting? Have you ever considered what it means to capture a moment in time like that? To give it an eternity it was never meant to have? What else might we be… Read More »Screener Squad: Archive 81

DEXTER: NEW BLOOD SERIES REVIEW Tonight's the night. 9 years after the end of Dexter Morgan's life in Miami and 8 seasons of one of the most successful and acclaimed Showtime series ever, the Dark Passenger has returned in this 10 part miniseries (and true final season). Dexter: New Blood follows the eponymous character effortlessly… Read More »Screener Squad: Dexter: New Blood

THE RUNNER MOVIE REVIEW Boy Harsher is an American electronic music duo combining the vocals of Jae Matthews and producing savvy of Augustus Muller. They call themselves Dark Wave and consider themselves founders of Minimal Synth. “The Runner (Original Soundtrack)” is the fifth release from the band and is not a traditional album. It's the… Read More »Screener Squad: The Runner

BELLE MOVIE REVIEW The “tale as old as time” gets a futuristic upgrade when shy schoolgirl, Suzu, enters the virtual world of “U,” and transforms into the pop singing sensation, Belle. Unfortunately for Belle, but necessary for the plot, her global VR-world fame draws the attention of The Dragon, a bruised and battered beast who… Read More »Screener Squad: Belle

KING CAR MOVIE REVIEW King Car is a surreal, political allegory from Brazil about sentient cars and Uno, the young man who can telepathically communicate with them. After he was born in the backseat of his father's taxicab, Uno develops a psychic bond with the vehicle, who he names King Car. Years later, the Brazilian… Read More »Screener Squad: King Car

SEARCH PARTY SEASON 5 SERIES REVIEW Welcome to Search Party Season 5! This week's specials are Avocado Toast with Hot Baby hot sauce and a side of near-death experience induced Armageddon. Turns out Dory, Drew, Porsche, and Elliot are poised to pull the rug out on the whole of humanity with “enlightenment in a pill”,… Read More »Screener Squad: Search Party Season 5

SEE FOR ME MOVIE REVIEW See For Me, written by Adam Yorke/Tommy Gushue, and directed by Randall Okita, is a story about Sophie. She's a former athlete whose dreams were crushed by a medical condition, causing her permanent blindness. She makes money by doing odd jobs for rich people, and currently finds herself cat-sitting in… Read More »Screener Squad: See For Me

EYE ON THE PRIZE EP 53 – 2022 GOLDEN GLOBE NOMINEES REACTION Well…that was a whole experience.  Due to the controversy and boycotting of their televised ceremony, the Golden Globes decided to hold an exclusive private ceremony with only their closest supporters (and Jaime Lee Curtis?). The only way everyone else could find out who… Read More »Eye on the Prize Ep. 53 – 2022 Golden Globe Winners Reaction

COBRA KAI SEASON 4 TV SERIES REVIEW QUIET! Pay attention as Justin, Ryan, and Harmoni kick ass and wax on about Cobra Kai Season 4. Continuing where the last season ended, Daniel (Ralph Macchio) and Johnny (William Zabka) have decided to team up to train their students to beat John Krese (Martin Kove) once and… Read More »Screener Squad: Cobra Kai (Season 4)

THE SHRINK NEXT DOOR SERIES REVIEW Based on the popular podcast that originally related these true events, The Shrink Next Door tells the story of a man so desperate for change in his life that he's will to give up everything he loves in life in order to please his therapist. Marty Markowitz (Will Ferrell)… Read More »Screener Squad: The Shrink Next Door

EYE ON THE PRIZE EP 52 – 2022 GOLDEN GLOBE NOMINEES REACTION We know we are recording this late, but the winners will be announced (over social media) on Sunday, so it's about time to get this posted. Justin, Brad, and (in a triumphant return) Shak have a blast as they analyze the nominated films… Read More »Eye on the Prize Ep. 52 – 2022 Golden Globe Nominees Reaction

A HERO MOVIE REVIEW Oscar winning director Asghar Farhadi (A Separation, The Salesman) returns with another moral play film that, in this case, tackles the value of honor and the Iranian justice system. The story follow Rahim (Amir Jadidi), a man who was sent to prison due to failing to pay off a massive debt.… Read More »Screener Squad: A Hero

THE LOST DAUGHTER MOVIE REVIEW Maggie Gyllenhaal makes her directorial debut with this brooding, European-esque adaptation of Elena Ferrante's novel The Lost Daughter. The story follows an English professor named Leda (Olivia Colman) as she travels to Greece for vacation. While there, she meets a family who lose their daughter on the beach. Though Leda… Read More »Screener Squad: The Lost Daughter

KAYKO AND KOKOSH SERIES REVIEW Amongst the madness of the holiday season, we ended up being a bit late getting to this one, but there was no way we weren't gonna talk about Kayko and Kokosh. Why you ask? Well, our good friend and regular contributor to the website Maciej Kur  not only penned the… Read More »Screener Squad: Kayko and Kokosh

THE WHEEL OF TIME SERIES REVIEW The Wheel of Time turns, and adaptations come and pass, leaving shows that become legend. Legend fades to myth, but will the newest Amazon adaptation of The Wheel of Time become long forgotten after it has been reviewed by the OneOfUs Crew? The new series is based on the… Read More »Screener Squad: The Wheel of Time

LANDSCAPERS MINISERIES REVIEW In 2014 Susan & Christopher Edwards were convicted of murder and sentenced to a minimum of 25 years in prison. To this day, they maintain their innocence. Landscapers is the dramatized retelling of their story. The couple killed Susan's parents and buried them in the rear garden of the elderly couple's home.… Read More »Screener Squad: Landscapers

LICORICE PIZZA MOVIE REVIEW From acclaimed filmmaker Paul Thomas Anderson comes Licorice Pizza, a coming of age romantic comedy set in California's San Fernando Valley in the early 1970s. Gary (Cooper Hoffman, son of the late Philip Seymour Hoffman) is a 15 year old child actor with a chutzpah and entrepreneurial spirit beyond his years.… Read More »Screener Squad: Licorice Pizza

DON'T LOOK UP MOVIE REVIEW Director/Writer Adam McKay goes back to his wackier comedy days while not letting go of his cynical political polemic style with this new Netflix film Don't Look Up. Starring Jennifer Lawrence and Leonardo DiCaprio as astronomers who make the discovery that a comet is headed straight for Earth and it… Read More »Screener Squad: Don't Look Up

RENO 911!: THE HUNT FOR QANON MOVIE REVIEW You wouldn't think in this day and age, where there's a growing demand for oversight in law-enforcement, that a movie like this can still exist. Reno 911! was released on Comedy Central back in 2003. Taking the reality TV look of COPS, the creators and cast injected… Read More »Reno 911!: The Hunt for QAnon

THE WITCHER SEASON 2 TV SERIES REVIEW The Witcher returns to the path on Netflix with season 2. Picking up right where season 1 ended, Geralt (Henry Cavill) and Ciri (Freya Allan) have found each other and are trying to find their way in this dangerous world. New characters and new threats are introduced. What… Read More »Screener Squad: The Witcher Season 2

SOUTH PARK POST COVID PART 1 & 2 TV MOVIE REVIEW The South Park boys are at it again with this epic two part look at a potential future after COVID. Following forty something years after the virus has been eradicated, our favorite group of kids now face the problems of adulthood along with all… Read More »Screener Squad: South Park Post COVID Part 1 & 2

HAWKEYE SERIES REVIEW It's Christmas time in NYC and all poor Hawkeye (Jeremy Renner) wants to do is get home and be with his wife and kids. But here comes this teenager, Kate Bishop (Hailee Steinfeld), to mess up his holiday plans. She's a very young woman who during the process of trying to stop… Read More »Highly Suspect Reviews: Hawkeye

MOTHER/ANDROID MOVIE REVIEW Mother/Android written/directed by Mattson Tomlin (Little Fish), tells the story of Georgia and Sam (Chloë Grace Moretz and Algee Smith) trying to survive an android apocalypse while Georgia is 9 months pregnant. Their goal is to travel to Boston, where there are rumors of boats taking families to Asia, to start anew.… Read More »Screener Squad: Mother/Android

SWAN SONG MOVIE REVIEW Every year there's got to be at least one small, cerebral, somewhat arty sci-fi film that manages to make it to a wide release. And I'm not talking about Dune as that definitely wouldn't count as “small”. No, this is Mahershala Ali and Mahershala Ali starring in Swan Song for Apple… Read More »Screener Squad: Swan Song

DIGITAL NOISE EPISODE 293: FUNKY BLUE MONKEY Poor Wright. Chris always sticks him with the wacky stack. This week is no exception as he and Chris look at the coolest teen girl who runs a Yakuza clan, the most 80s version of Phantom of the Opera ever, JCVD punching out rattlesnakes, Donnie Yen basically kicking… Read More »Digital Noise Episode 293: Funky Blue Monkey

THE SCARY OF SIXTY-FIRST MOVIE REVIEW Directed/Co-Written by Dasha Nekrasova (“Red Scare”), “The Scary of Sixty-First” is a horror mystery that finds two friends, Addie (Betsey Brown) and Noelle (Madeline Quinn), apartment hunting in New York City. They find a beautiful place but there's something about it that seems a bit off. Eventually, with the… Read More »Screener Squad: The Scary of Sixty-First

THE TRAGEDY OF MACBETH MOVIE REVIEW A24 presents a Joel Coen (and only Joel Coen) film. An adaptation of Shakespeare's “The Tragedy of Macbeth” in black and white at 4:3 with Denzel Washington as Macbeth and Frances McDormand as Lady Macbeth. These details about this film alone set my film geek alarm bells a'ringin'. Of… Read More »Highly Suspect Reviews: The Tragedy of Macbeth

SUCCESSION SEASON 3 TV SERIES REVIEW “Succession” has concluded its latest season and we finally got a chance to sink our teeth into it. Following the bombshell Kendall Roy (Jeremy Strong) dropped concerning Waystar's cruise line controversy, he has found a renewed desire to dethrone his tyrannical father Logan (Brian Cox) to become the company's… Read More »Screener Squad: Succession Season 3

THE HAND OF GOD MOVIE REVIEW Oscar winning Italian director Paolo Sorrentino (“The Great Beauty”) returns with his semi-autobiographical film “The Hand of God.” The story follows his stand-in character Fabietto (Filippo Scotti), a teen in 1980's Naples who seems to live a fulfilling, if sometimes nutty, life with his VERY eccentric family. His favorite… Read More »Screener Squad: The Hand of God

THE TENDER BAR MOVIE REVIEW Lily Rabe is Dorothy Moehringer and (initially) Daniel Ranieri is her young son in this memoir (remember that word, you'll hear it a lot in this movie) based on the book by J.R. Moehringer. She's taken him away from his dead beat Radio DJ dad (Max Martini) and brought him… Read More »Highly Suspect Reviews: The Tender Bar

THE MATRIX RESURRECTIONS MOVIE REVIEW There's a lot to say about what's going on in this fourth film which is DECIDEDLY a sequel to the Matrix trilogy (sorry to the marketing folks trying to be confusing about it). Neo (Keanu Reeves) is alive again somehow as is Trinity (Carrie-Anne Moss) only they're trapped in the… Read More »Highly Suspect Reviews: The Matrix Resurrections

SPIDER-MAN: NO WAY HOME MOVIE REVIEW In retrospect, it seems like it would have made more sense to record this entirely as a spoiler review. Because those anxious to avoid spoilers aren't looking at ANYTHING that even potentially could spoil something about “Spider-Man: No Way Home” and the rest of you already saw it. Some… Read More »Highly Suspect Reviews: Spider-Man: No Way Home

SANTA INC SERIES REVIEW Merry Christmas you f****** animals! Are you ready to deck the halls with your balls(ack)? Sorry to be so vulgar… There's this new show streaming on HBO Max called “Santa Inc.”, and oh boy… are there a lot of words that parents will have to explain to the little ones. If… Read More »Screener Squad: Santa Inc

RED ROCKET MOVIE REVIEW This new cringe comedy from the director of the lauded “Tangerine” and “The Florida Project” follows Mikey (Simon Rex). He's an ex-porn actor, broke as a joke, and has been forced to vacate Los Angeles for reasons presumably dire and make his way to the doorstep of his ex-wife and ex-porn… Read More »Highly Suspect Reviews: Red Rocket

DIGITAL NOISE EPISODE 292: THE SEDUCTION OF JOHN GHOLSON John and Chris get all the home releases to talk about and this week's they are going for a double-dip of classic Alan Alda, a goofy 80s horror gem that was new to both of them, Charles Bronson defending his watermelons, one of the best 70s… Read More »Digital Noise Episode 292: The Seduction of John Gholson

TRASH IN THE CAN: SILENT NIGHT, DEADLY NIGHT 5: THE TOYMAKER It's the holiday season and Trash in the Can is celebrating with the greatest gift of all – watching Mickey Rooney drink himself to death in a Santa costume. The boys and special guest Samia Abu-Shawish get into the spirit(s) with a surprise prostate… Read More »Trash in the Can: Silent Night, Deadly Night 5: The Toymaker

CHUCKY SERIES REVIEW The creator of Chucky, the doll possessed by a serial killer, created this new tv season for USA Network, that picks up right where the last film, “Cult of Chucky” left off. Back in the town where it all started, Jake is a teen with a hard home life but a desire… Read More »Screener Squad: Chucky

THE UNFORGIVABLE MOVIE REVIEW Movies about people getting out of prison usually paint a couple of pictures. One, that life on the inside can turn even the nicest person into a hardened con who will kick the crap out of anyone who crosses them. And Two, once a person gets out of prison after decades… Read More »Screener Squad: The Unforgivable

THE NOVICE MOVIE REVIEW In Lauren Hadaway's writing and directorial debut “The Novice”, college freshman Alex Dall (Isabelle Fuhrman) joins in her university's rowing and is shown to be very motivated and competitive, often to physical and psychological levels of obsession to be on the top varsity boat. It's all she cares about and that… Read More »Screener Squad: The Novice

THE KING'S MAN MOVIE REVIEW We're curious. Why would you make the third film in a reasonably successful franchise a prequel that doesn't actually include any of the cast from the first two? We're guessing it was to keep the IP topical while they put all the necessary ducks in a row for the third… Read More »Highly Suspect Reviews: The King's Man

PEN15 SEASON 2 PART 2 REVIEW Remember how amazing and non-dramatic middle school was? Neither does the Screener Squad. Take a squeamish and heart-rending stroll down memory lane with Wright, Tessa, Eliot, and Bob as they review Pen15 season 2, part 2 (and check out their review for part 1 right here). Will the show… Read More »Screener Squad: Pen15 – Season 2 Part 2

THE POWER OF THE DOG MOVIE REVIEW Jane Campion (“The Piano,” “Top of the Lake”) returns to filmmaking after a twelve year hiatus with her newest poetic epic “The Power of the Dog.” Adapted from the book by Thomas Savage, the story focuses on the Burbank brothers Phil (Benedict Cumberbatch) and George (Jesse Plemons). They… Read More »Screener Squad: The Power of the Dog

ENCOUNTER MOVIE REVIEW Riz Ahmed plays a soldier back from the war but who is on the run. Alien microbes have weaponized Earth's mosquito population and they are biting people and injecting these microbes which lead to the people being controlled by the aliens. To do, I don't know, alien stuff. Regardless, he's not having… Read More »Screener Squad: Encounter

DIGITAL NOISE EPISODE 291: 4K CHRISTMAS IN THE HOUSE John and Chris knock out a quick one this week with a look at a stack of new 4k discs including a long-awaited horror sequel, an upgrade to one of the greatest Batman stories ever told, the film that (arguably) started “The Brat Pack”, and more… Read More »Digital Noise Episode 291: 4k Christmas in the House

BEING THE RICARDOS MOVIE REVIEW The numbers don't lie: “I Love Lucy” was one of the most successful tv shows of all time. It was groundbreaking with having a mixed-race couple as its stars and it largely was the show that begat the television staple of syndication. It made its stars and creators, Lucille Ball… Read More »Highly Suspect Reviews: Being the Ricardos

DEATH VALLEY MOVIE REVIEW A squad of mercenaries sent in to extract a scientist from a secured bunker/lab, while fighting off opposing forces, a horrific creature, and infected humans, unravels a twisty conspiracy involving weaponized science, and maybe something supernatural. On which system did you play this video game? Trick question… it's not a game.… Read More »Screener Squad: Death Valley

WEST SIDE STORY MOVIE REVIEW This second filmed adaptation of the classic 1957 stage musical by Arthur Laurents, Leonard Bernstein, and Stephen Sondheim is helmed by Steven Spielberg, and apparently this has been on his wish-list to do since he saw it as a young man. A loose adaptation of “Romeo and Juliet”, the story… Read More »Highly Suspect Reviews: West Side Story

WOLF MOVIE REVIEW In a specialty psychiatric institute for people who believe they are actually animals (not a real life thing), Paddy Considine rules with an iron fist and no small amount of intellectual contradictions and insanely toxic treatments. Newcomer Jacob (George MacKay) willingly allows his parents to put him there, as his instincts to… Read More »Highly Suspect Reviews: Wolf

SUPER CROOKS SERIES REVIEW It seems crime doesn't pay, even when you have superpowers. Johnny Bolt has made a habit of getting in and out of prison ever since an unfortunate “mishap” caused by his electricity powers meant that he could never be a hero. With his girlfriend, Kasey, Johnny lives stuck as a petty… Read More »Screener Squad: Super Crooks

BRUISED MOVIE REVIEW If you've seen one fighting movie, you've probably seen them all, so when a new one comes along, you gotta wonder, “What is it about this entry into the well trodden genre that will make it stand out?” “Bruised” is the latest in the boxing/MMA movie genre that continues to be produced,… Read More »Screener Squad: Bruised

THE ADVENT CALENDAR MOVIE REVIEW Eva is a paraplegic ex-dancer that is gifted an advent calendar from her bestie who scored it from a weird shop in Munich on a lark. (Don't get objects from weird shops while on vacation, just don't do it!) Unbeknownst to them, this calendar will make them rue the day… Read More »Screener Squad: The Advent Calendar