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Better late than never, which could be said to be true both for the release date of this review and of the movie Beverly Hills Cop: Axel F. After the dismal third chapter in 1994, and with Eddie Murphy's declining star power...

Now that we've had our run through the animated Superman that would conquer the world and the cartoonishly evil Superman trumping up the place, we're back with the classic boy scout in blue, now animated on Adult Swim with My Adventures with SuperMan season 2.

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, […]

INFESTED MOVIE REVIEW Creature Features are mostly a thing of the past… post-WWII and pre-space race, a lot of films dealt with the fallout (pun intended) of nuclear weapons. In 50’s cinema, you had all sorts of creepy bugs being super-sized by human hubris. Movies like Tarantula, The Deadly Mantis, and Earth Vs. Spider freaked […]

INVINCIBLE SEASON 2 REVIEW Invincible is back! I mean it was back, and then 4 episodes in, Amazon was like “just kidding, still working on it.” but our favorite teenage Viltrumite Mark is back for another soul crushing season. After Omni-Man (Nolan) leaves Earth, Mark deems it crucial to take up the mantle, hopefully without […]

FALLOUT SERIES REVIEW Hey there vault dwellers. I know it’s been a bit much being confined to a Vault-Tec vault for over 2 centuries, but we think it’s time that you zipped up your jumpsuit and wander out to the Wasteland. There’s raiders, rad roaches, and these cute little things called Yao Guai (basically giant, […]

MASTERS OF THE AIR SERIES REVIEW War, huh, good god ya’ll. What is it good for? Absolutely nothing… except when the people behind Band of Brothers make another WWII series, this time focusing on the Mighty Eighth Air Force of the United States Army Air Forces. Okay maybe war still is good for nothing, but […]

SHIRLEY MOVIE REVIEW Shirley Chisholm was a trailblazer in so many ways. She became the first black woman to be elected to US congress back in 1966, back when being an old wrinkly white man was the preferred look of US politics. She’s eventually convinced to run for the Democratic nomination for the ’72 Presidential […]

HISTORY OF EVIL MOVIE REVIEW It’s the not-to-distant future… the year 2045… and guess what ya’ll? Christian fascists have taken over the United States. And if you’re white you’re right. Everyone else is either a pledged convert to the cause, or shot dead. Alegre Dyer is the leader of the Resistance who has recently escaped […]

ORION AND THE DARK MOVIE REVIEW All tucked into the One Of Us bunk beds, Mike, Chad, and T.C. have a whispered conversation about the newest Netflix/Dreamworks animated film Orion and the Dark. Orion is a severely anxious 11-year-old kid with an endless list of irrational fears, including toilets overflowing, public speaking, getting beat up […]

SKELETONS IN THE CLOSET MOVIE REVIEW There’s nothing worse than wasted talent on a dumb movie. Case and point; the movie Skeletons in the Closet, now streaming on Shudder… It’s just bad. Not “good/bad” or “haha funny bad.” It’s just bad. Mark (Terrence Howard) and his wife Valentina (Valery M. Ortiz) are in trouble. They […]

TRUNK – LOCKED IN MOVIE REVIEW Trunk – Locked In is a new thriller streaming on Amazon Prime Video. A German film, this movie is relentless in its pacing. Right out of the gate we meet Malina, in a trunk, dazed and confused. Someone has abducted her for reasons that are unclear but through a […]

ROLE PLAY MOVIE REVIEW Role Play starring Kaley Cuoco and David Oyelowo is a wholehearted attempt at making Cuoco an action star. On one hand, she’s a loving wife to her husband Dave (Oyelowo) and their two children. On the other, she’s secretly a professional assassin. When her lives collide, Dave is having trouble processing […]

LIFT MOVIE REVIEW Since this Netflix Kevin Hart heist movie about a crew of skilled thieves stealing a large amount of gold off a plane mid-flight feels like it was generated using AI, we thought about letting AI write the copy for it, however, after several attempts, it was clear that AI has yet to […]

HUNDREDS OF BEAVERS MOVIE REVIEW Strap on your snowshoes and grab your best raccoon skin hat! Cause we’re hiking up to 19th Century, Green Bay, WI. No Cheese Heads here (yet) just a lot of snow and mascot animals waiting to be harvested. Our protagonist Jean Kayak is thrown into the bowels of winter and […]

DESTROY ALL NEIGHBORS MOVIE REVIEW Welcome to January, or as the industry likes to call it “dump month.” Basically this time of year, studios release their lower budget fair that may not do well during Summer or Holidays, but hey… studio needs to make some money back, or leave it to die so it can […]

LORD OF MISRULE MOVIE REVIEW William Brent Bell (The Devil Inside and The Boy) has a new film out called Lord of Misrule. The plot follows Rebecca Holland, Henry Holland, and their daughter Grace. They’re transplants in a small town where everything seems to be going fine… That is until Grace is abducted during a […]

SCOTT PILGRIM TAKES OFF SERIES REVIEW What’s up subspace travelers? If you don’t know who Scott Pilgrim is, stop reading this, pick up the comics and watch Edgar Wright’s movie… Are you finished? Did you get all the plot points? Great, now forget everything you just learned because Scott Pilgrim Takes Off has nothing to […]

IT’S A WONDERFUL KNIFE MOVIE REVIEW Ever since Scream took a stab at flipping the tired slasher genre on its head, more and more millennial filmmakers have come along drawing inspiration from Wes Craven’s Ghostface. Horror comedies have become a genre unto themselves. And then there is the rare mashup of slasher, comedy and a […]

BUTCHER’S CROSSING MOVIE REVIEW Ah, the American frontier at the end of the 19th century. where men were men and rode horses into dusty sunsets over sweeping plains, ignoring their emotions and clearly suffering from deep traumas. America! Legends were made while history was written more often than not in blood and tears. And just […]

THE CONFERENCE MOVIE REVIEW Have you ever been forced to go to a stupid retreat with your stupid co-workers because your stupid boss wants to promote more “synergy” within the workplace? While sitting there, you take a sip from the one free alcoholic drink your employer is covering for the weekend, and while wallowing in […]

TOTALLY KILLER MOVIE REVIEW It’s that time of year where people are watching as many horror, thriller, and/or slasher movies as they can for the Halloween season, and we’ve got a new one for you to add to your list. We can sell it to you as simply as this: Scream meets Back to the […]

V/H/S 85 MOVIE REVIEW Welcome One of Us listener, and Happy Halloween. Traditionally we dress up in costumes, wear some makeup, and head out to the streets to ask strangers for free candy. Everything is as it should be… but wait, it wouldn’t be Halloween without another spooky sequel. Today we Have V/H/S/85 which I’m […]

NANDOR FODOR AND THE TALKING MONGOOSE For all the famed historical figures who’ve seen biopics made of their lives and times, it’s always a pleasure to discover a lesser known individual of significance who’s been little more than a footnote in world history. Such is the case of Nandor Fodor and his experience with the […]

THEY CLONED TYRONE MOVIE REVIEW I don’t know if you are aware of this, but the United States has a history of oppressing those who are not white/anglo-saxons. I know, crazy to read in print but it’s true. Trail of Tears, the Tulsa Massacre, the Tuskegee experiments, Japanese internment camps during WWII, the list goes […]

SLOTHERHOUSE MOVIE REVIEW It feels like there’s a cavalcade of great horror premises out there… You’re sitting there, scrolling through a streaming platform and oh… look at this movie called “Cariboo?” The idea of a dead reindeer haunting a small town makes your soul jump for joy. Then you proceed to watch a 90 min […]

ELEVATOR GAME MOVIE REVIEW Based off of the urban legend of the same name, Elevator Game shows us a team of YouTubers who test out said urban legends. To play the game, you enter an elevator, punch in a specific combination of floor numbers, and if completed successfully you’ll be in a nether world. And […]

SATANIC HISPANICS MOVIE REVIEW El Paso police come in and raid a building full of dead Latinos, finding one lone survivor know as “The Traveler.” He’s brought to the station for interrogation. The Traveler informs the police that they only have 90 minutes before their world comes to an end. The cops thinking this person […]

BAD THINGS MOVIE REVIEW Bad Things is a “Shinning” example of what not to do if you like the movie The Shining. Imagine a movie where Jack Torrence doesn’t get a character setup, we don’t find out about his abusive past, and we just show up at The Overlook Hotel. It’s not that compelling of […]

THE RIGHTEOUS GEMSTONES SEASON 3 REVIEW Everyone’s favorite dysfunctional, evangelical, family is back here to separate you from your disposable income… you know… for Jesus or something. This season, the siblings (Danny McBride, Adam DeVine, Edi Patterson) are at odds over running the kingdom now that dad (John Goodman) has “retired.” We’re also introduced to […]

CORNER OFFICE MOVIE REVIEW Pour a drip of hurt, clock in, cram yourself into a cubicle, and start living with purpose. After all, without the rat race and daily grind of nine to five we’d have all the free time in the world to love, laugh, cry, smile, hope, despair, and dream. Have ever seen […]

THE BEANIE BUBBLE MOVIE REVIEW It seems like Hollywood has a never ending barrage of “Company Biopics” it wants to melt our eyeballs with. Something that gently plucks a little nostalgia out of your brain, and gives you a fleeting moment from your past… all while being bombarded with messages of “American Dreams” and “Capitalism […]

SCREENER SQUAD: THE OUT-LAWS There’s a very, very excellent action spy flick out right now. It’s got high stakes, impressive action set pieces, and a surprising amount of comedy interspersed with the car chases and gunfire. The movie is called Mission: Impossible Dead Reckoning, and we highly recommend it. Seriously, it’s one of the best […]

BIOSPHERE MOVIE REVIEW So there’s this movie about a couple buddies locked inside a self-sufficient dome…No, not that movie. This one is a serious examination of masculinity, gender, race and Super Mario Bros starring Mark Duplass as Billy and Sterling K. Brown as Ray. These long-time friends seemingly find themselves the only humans left on […]

MAD HEIDI MOVIE REVIEW Hey everyone. I don’t know if you heard… here, come in closer, I don’t want anyone else to pick up on our intimate conversation. Listen… you know Heidi? Yeah, well some assholes killed her boyfriend Goat Peter, burned down her house with her grandfather still inside. Well that just boiled Heidi’s […]

FLAMIN’ HOT MOVIE REVIEW Do as Nelly says with today’s film everyone: “It’s getting hot in here, so take off all your clothes.” Wait… scratch that. Put your Chester Cheeto shirt back on. Nobody wants to see that. Anyways, today’s film is Flamin’ Hot directed by Eva Longoria (yes that Eva Longoria). It’s the story […]

INFLUENCER MOVIE REVIEW So let’s get it out of the way; being an influencer is a double edged sword when it comes to making a living. On one hand, you’re paid by viewers and advertisers to basically be a proxy for the audience, living the life we all would enjoy if we had a disposable […]

MASTER GARDENER MOVIE REVIEW Joel Edgerton plays Narvel Roth, the titular gardener of this new Paul Schrader directed film. He tends to the palatial estate of wealthy widow Mrs. Haverhill (Sigourney Weaver). But his very structured life is upended when she orders him to take her great-niece Maya (Quintessa Swindell) on as an apprentice. Narvel […]

KIDS VS ALIENS MOVIE REVIEW With a title like this, you’d make assumptions. You’d assume there are kids in this movie. Correct. You’d guess there are aliens. Well, eventually. And by the look of it, you might assume an 80’s vibe. Yeah, that stylistic choice is certainly there, though it’s set in 2023. What you […]

BEEF SERIES REVIEW BEEF is what you get when you can’t just let some petty shit go. You know what I’m talking about… that one time you were dissed in front of your paramour or when your boss (the one that hates your guts), yells at you in front of your peers. Sure, maybe replacing […]

RYE LANE MOVIE REVIEW Raine Allen-Miller’s directorial debut, Rye Lane, tells the story of Dom and Yas. Brought together by an emotional breakdown of Dom’s design, in a gender neutral, bathroom, Dom is having a terrible time getting over his ex, and Yas wants to let him know that it will be okay. Rom-coms tend […]

THE SUPER MARIO BROS. MOVIE REVIEW It’s been 30 years since the critical and commercial failure of the Super Mario Bros movie. And because of that absolute bomb, Nintendo has been very, very reluctant to license one of its properties for any sort of adaptation, film or otherwise. Mario creator Shigeru Miyamoto was finally convinced […]

MALUM MOVIE REVIEW Writer/Director Anthony DiBlasi has been making horror movies for a while now. One of them is called Last Shift, released in 2014. Well apparently he liked the idea so much, he essentially re-(made/booted) his own film. Which brings us to today’s film, Malum. It tells the story of a rookie cop’s first […]

THE LOST KING MOVIE REVIEW Based on a true story, The Lost King follows Philippa Langley (Sally Hawkins), a middle aged woman just stuck… Until she sees a performance of Richard III, and now the dead King follows her around. She takes it as a sign that she needs to find Richard’s body, which was […]

CHAMPIONS MOVIE REVIEW Champions (a Bobby Farrelly joint) tells the story of Marcus (Woody Harrelson). After a tiff on the court and a drunk driving charge, Marcus is sentenced to 90 days coaching a local community center’s intellectually challenged basketball team. It’s a very formulaic situation for a sports/underdog movie, but that doesn’t take away […]

YOU PEOPLE MOVIE REVIEW You People (directed by Kenya Barris, and written by Jonah Hill/Barris) is a rom com about Ezra (Jonah Hill) and Amira (Lauren London), and how they must navigate each other’s families before they get married. Ezra is a dude down with the culture but grew up in privilege with his parents […]

MAYBE I DO MOVIE REVIEW There comes a time in every cisgendered, white male’s, life where he has to settle down with an equally boring cisgendered, white, woman. At least, in this universe, the woman is expecting a lifelong commitment, but that comes to halt when Allen (Luke Bracey) intercepts the bouquet at a wedding, […]

HOUSE PARTY MOVIE REVIEW In 1990, cinema was given a generation defining comedy that brought together hip hop duo Kid ‘n Play and the comedic chops of legends like Robin Harris and John Witherspoon. It was a teen romp about a fez-shaped fade-wearing kid going to a party at his friend’s house. However, after a […]

THE WHITE LOTUS SEASON 2 SERIES REVIEW Welcome back to The White Lotus, a crown jewel of luxury, this time nestled in Sicilian town of Taormina. There’s new faces but don’t worry, everything isn’t black and white. Speaking of White, of the Mike variety… Mike White returns to write and direct all 7 episodes and […]

A CHRISTMAS STORY CHRISTMAS MOVIE REVIEW It is really hard to live up to what has been dubbed by society as a “classic.” Especially when the original has been on a constant loop, every Christmas Day, on Ted Turner’s Broadcast Station. I know I know… what’s a broadcast station (traditional television) and who the fuck […]