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IDIOTS MOVIE REVIEW From actor/writer/director Macon Blair (I Don't Feel at Home in This World Anymore, The Toxic Avenger) comes Idiots, a twisted road trip comedy about a couple of losers who get more than they bargained for when they accept a job escorting a wealthy teenager to an exclusive rehab clinic. Davis (O'Shea Jackson) […]

THE LAST HOUSE MOVIE REVIEW Home is where the heart is. Unfortunately, it's also where the doors won't open, the windows won't break, and something deeply unpleasant is wandering around outside in the rain. Netflix's The Last House traps Jason (Wagner Moura), Ann (Greta Lee), and their two children inside their family home with absolutely […]

THE DOG STARS MOVIE REVIEW Is just surviving after an apocalyptic pandemic enough? This is the question that Ridley Scott's new film poses. Based on the book by Peter Heller, The Dog Stars follows Hig (Jacob Elordi), a civilian pilot. He and his ex-marine friend Bangley (Josh Brolin) have holed up outside Denver in an […]

BATMAN: KNIGHTFALL PT.1 REVIEW Batman is having a very, very bad week. Can't catch a break! If rehabilitating the murderous vigilante Azrael wasn't enough, some jerk named Bane sets all the inmates of Arkham free. Well, not all of them… there are some confusingly notable exceptions. Raised in prison and deluded by his late mother, […]

TRASH IN THE CAN: INTENSIVE CARE This week, the boys head to the Netherlands for the gloriously goofy 1991 slasher Intensive Care. Filmmaker and stage director Jason Neulander joins us to discuss George Kennedy's easiest paycheck, saxophone seduction, and an entire town's lack of peripheral vision. Plus, Jason tells us about his new show, Treasure […]

BUTTHOLE SURFERS: THE HOLE TRUTH AND NOTHING BUTT MOVIE REVIEW Legendary music journalist Michael Azerrad said about his iconic book Our Band Could Be Your Life, “The most surprising and rewarding chapter to write was the Butthole Surfers chapter. I'd always thought of them as a bunch of drug-addled reprobates – which maybe they were […]

MAKE A NOISE: BLAZING SADDLES (1974) Mel Brooks took the Western and blew it to pieces with Blazing Saddles. Eric Samaniego is joined by Chris Cox, founder of OneOfUs.net, to discuss one of the most outrageous comedies ever made, from its fearless take on race and the American myth to the unforgettable performances of Gene […]

DIGITAL NOISE EPISODE 381: DN SETS A TRAP John and Chris must navigate the tricky waters of the ocean of physical media every show. And this week, there's a storm on the horizon. We take on Chris's complicated feelings about a swingin' 60s version of a famous detective, a film from a director Chris has […]

HELLCAT MOVIE REVIEW How's this for a horror movie setup? Lena (Dakota Gorman) wakes up injured, confused, and locked inside a camper trailer hurtling down the highway. The mysterious Clive (Todd Terry), communicating from the truck ahead, insists she's been infected with something nasty and they have only an hour to reach a doctor. Lena […]

HOUSE OF THE DRAGON SEASON 3 REVIEW It's been two years since season two of House of the Dragon premiered and the world has been waiting with bated breath to finally see some action in the show. We last left our heroes walking into a giant battle and season three picks up immediately in the […]

DON'T SAY GOOD LUCK MOVIE REVIEW There are two kinds of people in this world; those who get excited when they see Adam Sandler's Happy Madison production slate appear before a film, and those who brace themselves for two hours of lowbrow schlock. While neither reaction is entirely warranted, Sandler can be a divisive figure […]

VIVA CARMEN! MOVIE REVIEW Everyone knows the music from Bizet's Carmen—one of the world's most famous operas! Bits of it have riffed their way into everything from trailers to soundtracks and parodies. And of course, everyone knows the classic story of Carmen…Anyone? The story of a beautiful Romani dancer, wanted by the law, who falls […]

INSIDIOUS: OUT OF THE FURTHER MOVIE REVIEW Coming in at entry number six is Insidious: Out of the Further, facing the ultimate horror franchise hurdle: how do you keep malevolent spirits scary after six movies? Quick recap: Generally, ghosts suck, mainly in their attempts to mess with humans and gain entry to our world. Previous […]

TEENAGE SEX AND DEATH AT CAMP MIASMA MOVIE REVIEW What happens to an IP (intellectual property) that nobody watches anymore? Sometimes they devolve into so many gradually deteriorating sequels that the characters find themselves in space. Usually the series get bought by some lesser streaming service so scared little children at a sleepover can watch […]

LIFE, LARRY AND THE PURSUIT OF UNHAPPINESS SERIES REVIEW The USA has been a country for 250 years and in that time it has gone through some pretty amazing moments. From the signing of the Declaration of Independence in 1776 to the moon landing in 1969. Some of these major events in American history truly […]

X-MEN '97 SEASON 2 REVIEW With such an acclaimed first season of X-Men '97 and the exit of the showrunner Beau DeMayo, fans were concerned if Disney would be able to replicate if not exceed the success they had with the 2nd season. Well, we're here to tell you that for the most part they […]

HOLLYWOOD ROYALTY: BONUS EP.3 – FAYE'S CONTEMPORARIES On this third bonus episode of Hollywood Royalty, we take a small break from talking Faye to shine a light on a handful of her contemporaries, including Ellen Burstyn, Jane Fonda, Goldie Hawn, Diane Keaton, Liza Minnelli, and Barbra Streisand, all of whom ruled the decade as some […]

NECROMANCER EP.146 – ONES THAT OBSERVE: SMILE 2 (2024) The necromancers honor their pop star film tour obligations with Bret's horror pick, Smile 2. Being a pop star and a scream queen is not for the faint of heart but doing both at the same time, backwards, and in heels is something only Naomi Scott […]

BUFFET INFINITY MOVIE REVIEW Welcome to Westridge County, Alberta, where the lawyers are awkward, the pawn shops have jingles, the local businesses are barely hanging on, and a suspiciously cheap all-you-can-eat restaurant may be devouring considerably more than its endless supply of food. Buffet Infinity tells its entire story through a stream of gloriously terrible […]

COYOTE VS. ACME MOVIE REVIEW Originally scheduled for a summer 2023 release, Coyote Vs. Acme became something of a cause célèbre when Warner Bros announced they were shelving the film as part of a $30M tax write-off. The backlash from filmmakers and fans alike was swift, and eventually, Warner Bros relented. They agreed that the […]

THE OBSESSED MOVIE REVIEW “Are you in love with that girl?”, “No sir, I'm just very obsessed with her!”. Giuseppe loves the things he loves. Whenever something grabs his interest, he throws everything else away and devotes his life to his new passion. From singing and collecting bugs to the oddly specific hobby of “throwing […]

NIMRODS MOVIE REVIEW Do you have the time to listen to three teenagers whine? Inspired by stories from Green Day's own pre-fame touring days, Nimrods follows Tommy, Fred, and Chad, three Kansas City teenagers whose garageband, The Analog Dogs, receives the opportunity of a lifetime: open for Green Day on New Year's Eve in Los […]

THE RIVALS OF AMZIAH KING MOVIE REVIEW Every generation have a few actors that become icons. Sometimes it's sheerly because of their skill at the craft. Sometimes it's because they've just got that ‘je ne sais quoi' that makes them stand apart. Sometimes, they're just Matthew McConaughey, and you can already just hear that voice […]

THE DEVIL'S MOUTH MOVIE REVIEW A wise Pixar fish once sang, “Just keep swimming, just keep swimming.” It's a clever mantra reminding us all that when the storm hits, you've gotta hold onto hope and never give up. Amazon Prime presents The Devil's Mouth, a survival-horror shark attack film set in the beautiful country of […]

BATMAN: CAPED CRUSADER SEASON 2 REVIEW When crime haunts the night, a silent crusader carries the torch of justice. He is vengeance. He is the night. He is Batman! For the second season, executive producers J.J. Abrams with Bruce Timm (creator of the iconic and award-winning Batman: The Animated Series) take us back to the […]

THE END OF OAK STREET MOVIE REVIEW Is it odd that director David Robert Mitchell, rightfully celebrated for his films The Myth of the American Sleepover (2010) and It Follows (2014) hasn't made a film since his severely underrated 2018 film Under The Silver Lake? Yes. Is it even weirder that when you look at […]

THE WRONG GIRLS MOVIE REVIEW I definitely did not have on my scorecard for 2026, NEON releases a stoner superhero movie with Kristen Stewart and Alia Shawkat. But here we are. The Wrong Girls follows these two (Frankie and Molly respectively) who are best friends, roommates, bombed out stoners, and total losers. Rent and bills […]

KING OF THE HILL – SEASON 15 REVIEW Dang ol' new King of the Hill, man. Not just talkin' about dang ol' Hank bein' back talkin' about propane and propane accessories, talkin' about new king as in Bobby Hill, man. Talkin' 'bout season 15 on Hulu and Disney Plus, man. Last season, Hank and Peggy […]

72 HOURS MOVIE REVIEW Another week, another Netflix comedy. And yes, another Netflix comedy starring Kevin Hart. In 72 Hours, Hart plays Joe, a forty-something advertising executive whose career needs a defibrillator. When he accidentally lands in a group chat for a Gen Z bachelor party, he crashes their three-day Miami blowout hoping to save […]

AVATAR AANG: THE LAST AIRBENDER MOVIE REVIEW Water. Earth. Fire. Air. 20 years after Nickelodeon gave us one of the greatest TV series of all-time, Team Avatar is back to the beloved animated continuity, catching up with an older Aang, Katara, Sokka, Toph, and Zuko as they navigate a world still healing from the Hundred […]

THE LAST PICTURE SHOWS MOVIE REVIEW From documentary filmmaker Rustin Thompson comes The Last PIcture Shows, an elegiac tour of old movie theaters in rural America. Thompson logged over 10,000 miles across 10 Southwestern states to document over 100 small town movie theaters and drive-ins that were built in the early 20th century. Some are […]

ONE NIGHT ONLY MOVIE REVIEW Filing under the ‘we are running out of ideas for this genre' department, in One Night Only the premise is that a conservative government has outlawed premarital sex. But one night a year, there's a “The Purge” but for sex, where (as long as you use protection, which you'll have to […]

CAPE FEAR SERIES REVIEW Based on John D. MacDonald's 1957 novel The Executioners, and later adapted for the big screen in 1962 and 1991, Cape Fear introduced audiences to one of cinema's most memorable monsters, Max Cady, a vengeful ex-con terrorizing the innocent Bowden family. Both the source novel and the original film were lean […]

TONY MOVIE REVIEW Everybody knows Anthony Bourdain, probably the best known celebrity chef of the late 20th/early 21st century. Whether it was from his amazing books, like the must-read Kitchen Confidential: Adventures in the Culinary Underbelly or one of his shows about travel and food, Bourdain was universally appreciated…except perhaps by people around him in […]

NECROMANCER EP.145 – ONES THAT ENTERTAIN: MUSIC & LYRICS The necromancers are going on tour and saved you a seat on the bus, baby. Bret and Shira explore depictions of pop stars on film starting with Shira's pick, Music & Lyrics (2007). Will Bret pull a Mariah Carey and claim “I don't know him” when […]

LITTLE BROTHER MOVIE REVIEW Everyone has that one person who mistakes “You're welcome anytime” for a legally binding contract. Little Brother joins the “proud” tradition of unwanted-guest comedies like What About Bob? and Jack & Jill, as a successful real estate agent's carefully curated life is turned upside down when the eccentric “little brother” from […]

HOLLYWOOD ROYALTY: BONUS EP.2- HURRY SUNDOWN/THE DEADLY TRAP On this bonus episode of Hollywood Royalty, we take a look at two of Faye's B-sides, a pair of films that don't readily come to mind when you think of Faye Dunaway. The first of the two titles, 1967's Hurry Sundown for director Otto Preminger, represents Faye's […]

THE DINK MOVIE REVIEW John McEnroe once said “I'm not a convert to pickleball, I think it sucks”. Pickleball is a very simple activity that's a lot like badminton, paddle ball, and table tennis on a smaller court and is much easier on the muscles and joints. Apple Plus' new sports comedy about the sport […]

TRASH IN THE CAN: THE GARBAGE PAIL KIDS MOVIE This week, we dive headfirst into a movie that's so perfectly suited to our show we can't believe it took us this long. Podcaster, artist, and actor John Gholson joins us to marvel at nightmare-fuel puppets, an alarming age gap romance, and state of the art […]

MAXIMUM PLEASURE GUARANTEED SERIES REVIEW Camboy (plural camboys): noun – A man who publishes webcam photographs or videos of himself. Apple Plus presents a series starring former She-Hulk Tatiana Maslany as Paula. She's a single mother with a laptop and private relationship with a camboy named Trevor. Paula doesn't seem like the type. She has […]

A CURIOUS MIX OF PEOPLE DOCUMENTARIES REVIEW The 90s were a wild time. Austin Texas certainly saw a boom during the decade on many different fronts but one of the wildest and most unique was what was going on in its music and club scene. Bands like The Butthole Surfers and The Big Boys set […]

MAKE A NOISE: THE TWELVE CHAIRS (1970) Mel Brooks followed the outrageous success of The Producers with his most personal film, a bittersweet treasure hunt about greed, obsession, and the things people spend their lives chasing. Eric Samaniego is once again joined by Trash in the Can co-host Wright Sulek to discuss The Twelve Chairs. […]

SPIDER-MAN: BRAND NEW DAY After the spell caused everyone to forget who he is, Peter (Tom Holland) has fully submerged himself in being Spider-Man all of the time. Constantly on the prowl for crime, he still is haunted by the loss of his friendship with Ned (Jacob Batalon) and his girlfriend M.J. (Zendaya) who are […]

DIGITAL NOISE EPISODE 380: FLAWLESS VICTORY Chris and Wright review physical media and they have got an interesting stack of recent releases to tell you about today. From an upgraded release of the first faintly enjoyable video game based movie (and it's unfortunate sequel) to one of the most freaky Japanese horror films ever made. […]

A BETTER YESTERDAY – EP 5: THE KILLER'S CURSE The conversation series about the origins and evolution of Hong Kong action cinema culture continues! In this episode, Ross O'Brien sits down again with the Chronicler of Kung Fu Cinema Bey Logan in his Lantau lair to trace how Hong Kong's post-kung fu boom birthed a […]

THE VAMPIRE LESTAT SEASON 1 REVIEW String and tune up the guitar for utter chaos. Whether you're a groupie, a new listener, or a tourist that wandered off from the group tour. Time to mosh in the pit, and wail along with the children of the night, oh what music they make. AMC Plus presents […]

THE BEAR SEASON 5 REVIEW The kitchen is closing for one final service. The Bear returns for its fifth and final season, with Carmy, Sydney, Richie, Sugar, Marcus, Tina, and the rest of the crew racing against the clock to prove that The Bear can become the restaurant they've all sacrificed so much to build. […]

NECROMANCER EP. 144 – GHOULFRIEND EXPERIENCE WITH DREW SHAW: EVIL DEAD II (1987) The necromancers take a ghouls trip with Drew Shaw to a little cabin in the woods which may or may not be inhabited by incorporeal terrors and a hero made of 100% boyfriend material. That's right, we're talking Evil Dead II: Dead […]

AVATAR: THE LAST AIRBENDER SEASON 2 Team Avatar is back on the road! Their destination is Ba Sing Se, an Earth Kingdom city where the Avatar Aang (Gordon Cormier) can learn earth bending from a master. Netflix is back on the live action adaptation track by bringing to life one of the most popular animated […]

HOLLYWOOD ROYALTY – BONUS EP.1: THE WOMAN I LOVE/THE DISAPPEARANCE OF AIMEE Hollywood Royalty returns with the first in a series of bonus episodes where we'll be looking at, among other things, more 60s/70s Faye. We're kicking things off with made-for-TV Faye and two TV movies the actress made during her 1970s glory days that […]

DIGITAL NOISE EPISODE 379: OUR FANTASY LIFE IS BEING JACKIE CHAN John and Chris may, to appearances here, seem to have a smaller stack this week. But with a big Jackie Chan set we actually go carefully through all the films involved. You also get to hear us decide whether a cult classic that everyone […]