POOLMAN MOVIE REVIEW The Screener Squad has gathered in the One Of Us City Hall to go to the very bottom of the weekly agenda and discover that they have a review collecting dust and algae. Poolman is a “comedy” mystery film starring, produced by, written by ,and directed by one of our many cinematic… Read More »Screener Squad: Poolman

TRASH IN THE CAN: MOSQUITO We kickoff the summer with camping, barbecues, and giant mutant mosquitoes! A cluess biologist, Leatherface, and Iggy Pop’s bassist team up for a rubber monster roulette. Chris Cox returns to Trash in the Can with 1994’s Mosquito!   YOUR HOSTS   Wright Sulek (Screener Squad, Digital Noise, Highly Suspect Reviews,… Read More »Trash in the Can: Mosquito

STAR TREK DISCOVERY – SEASON 5 REVIEW These are the voyages of the starship Discovery. Its five-season mission: to set-up spin-off shows; to seek out new fans and new demographics, to boldly go where no Trek series has gone before: the streaming era! While some may prefer the episodic format of Strange New Worlds, the… Read More »Screener Squad: Star Trek Discovery – Season 5

THE WATCHERS MOVIE REVIEW Nepotism is alive and well with Ishana Shyamalan, daughter of M.Night Shyamalan, in her first feature film, The Watchers. Based on the book by A.M. Shine, the story follows grief stricken Mina, played by Dakota Fanning, as she wastes her days in a pet shop job that she doesn’t care about… Read More »Highly Suspect Reviews: The Watchers

HIT MAN MOVIE REVIEW Director Richard Linklater is a director who pretty much always turns out a good film, even if it’s not terribly populist entertainment. Hit Man certainly isn’t for the kids, but it’s surprising that Netflix buried its theatrical run considering how endearing the film really is, not to mention the star vehicle… Read More »Highly Suspect Reviews: Hit Man

BAD BOYS: RIDE OR DIE MOVIE REVIEW The bad boys return for this fourth movie (shouldn’t they have saved “for life” for this one) from the same director/writers as the previous entry. This time, Mike (Will Smith) is tying the knot with the beautiful Christine (Melanie Liburd) and it’s a lovely wedding except that Marcus… Read More »Highly Suspect Reviews: Bad Boys: Ride or Die

DEAD BOY DETECTIVES SERIES REVIEW This new Netflix series is based on the Neil Gaiman/Matt Wagner comic books, which are themselves spin-offs of The Sandman (and some cameo casting establishes that the same is true of the show). Dead Boy Detectives is the story of Edwin and Charles, two youths cut dead in their prime,… Read More »Screener Squad: Dead Boy Detectives

IN A VIOLENT NATURE MOVIE REVIEW What do you get when you combine Friday the 13th, the serene cinematography of Terrence Malick, and the brooding dread of It Follows? Chris Nash’s In a Violent Nature of course! The film, literally, follows the undead murderer Johnny on a slow and methodical rampage through the woods. He… Read More »Screener Squad: In a Violent Nature

ATLAS MOVIE REVIEW Atlas Shepherd (Jennifer Lopez), is an analyst with a deep distrust of artificial intelligence. She has committed her life to Blade Runn-er-um-searching for fugitive AI terrorists, specifically Harlan (Simu Liu), the AI who gained sentience 28 years ago and led a robot rebellion that left 3 million Earthlings dead before military forces… Read More »Screener Squad: Atlas

FURIOSA: A MAD MAX SAGA MOVIE REVIEW I don’t think anyone could have even begun to imagine back in 1979 when the original Mad Max was released that this series would go on for decades (albeit with only five movies thus far) and become what it is now: arguably THE event movie of the year.… Read More »Highly Suspect Reviews: Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga