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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 sent Harlan fleeing into outer space. Decades later, one of Harlan’s agents is captured and interrogated by Atlas. She discovers that the robot war monger has escaped to a planet in the Andromeda Galaxy and insists that she accompany the military mission to find and capture the monster. Upon arriving on the planet, Atlas is forced to trust an AI mech suit named Smith in order to survive the harsh conditions of the planet and somehow hunt down her archenemy. It’s your classic Asimov inspired tale of sentient robots realising the best way to save humanity from itself is to whip it out, and only one woman can stop the end of all mankind. T.C., Rae, and Neil gather in the One Of Us/Tyrell Corporation HQ to suss out the good, the bad, and the derivative of this new Netflix/J.Lo production.

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DIRECTED BY: Brad Peyton

STARRING: Jennifer Lopez, Simu Liu, Sterling K. Brown, Gregory James Cohan, Abraham Popoola, Lana Parrilla, Mark Strong

 

YOUR REVIEWERS

 

T.C. De Witt (Screener Squad)

T.C. De Witt is a multi-awarded writer/director originally from Wisconsin and now based in Los Angeles. His life has been devoted to the arts since he was a child. He’s been a stage performer, playwright, stand-up comic, film and television actor, radio DJ, podcaster published author, recorded musician, and comic writer/illustrator. He is now a professional screenwriter and has been thriving for the past decade, regularly offering his talents to production studios in LA, Chicago, Milwaukee, and internationally in Sydney and Poland. He’s provided content for Amazon Prime, Netflix, and several YouTube partners. His films have screened internationally, and his stageplays have been performed across the country. In the last ten years, he has directed 57 films, 23 episodes of his series The One Minute Rewatch, 300+ episodes of podcasts, and his multi-award-winning short film Screen: Righter screened at the Festival de Cannes in 2016. He has released two feature films, The Princess Knight and A Christmas Sunset. He thrives on collaboration and the thrill of sharing stories in all forms.

 

 

Lyrae Anderson (Screener Squad)

You can call me Rae. You can also call me a film lover. I’ll watch it all — small screen; big screen, and everything in between. I have attended and worked for Fantastic Fest and South by Southwest for many years. I married a film geek as well. While we don’t agree on everything, we agree on our love of movies.

 

 

 



 

Neil Anderson (Screener Squad)

I first got hooked on movies when I saw Star Wars at a drive-in theater as a kid. Growing up in a small, rural town meant not having access to a lot of movies. In college, that all changed. I couldn’t get enough. I love it all — flicks, films, movies, and cinema. I still have that wide-eyed wonder of that kid watching movies from the back of a pick-up truck at the drive-in.

 

 

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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. Certainly a lot of this has to do with the unexpectedly gigantic success of the film Furiosa serves as a prequel to, 2015’s Fury Road. But George Miller continuing with stories in this universe has proven to be a smart move, as all of them have received either largely or overwhelming praise. No different is this latest entry. The story takes Charlize Theron’s character from Fury Road and goes back to detail her origins, first played as a very young girl by Alyla Brown, and then as a young woman by Anya Taylor-Joy. We see her ripped from her hidden oasis of a settlement by marauders, led by the warlord Dementus (Chris Hemsworth) and then eventually ending up with Immortan Joe in his all but impregnable mountain fortress. Along the way we see her use her wits and eventually her fighting skills, to survive what the wasteland throws at her in a quest for revenge against Dementus. Chris, Wright, Ben, and Mike take on this latest chapter of the apocalypse and realize they’d die very quickly in the real thing.

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DIRECTED BY: George Miller

STARRING: Anya Taylor-Joy, Alyla Brown, Chris Hemsworth, Tom Burke, Lachy Hulme, Nathan Jones, Josh Helman, John Howard, Angus Sampson, Charlee Fraser, Quaden Bayles, Daniel Webber, Jacob Tomuri, Elsa Pataky

 

YOUR REVIEWERS

 

Christopher Lawrence Cox (Founder, Da Boss)

Born in the wilds of northern Virginia, Chris managed to put all of his survival skills to use and barely escaped with his life to Austin Texas in 1992 where ever since he’s dabbled in everything from plumber’s assistant to sandwich maker, from band to bar management. An opportunity to see theatrical release films for free by becoming a critic on a local public access show called “The Reel Deal” turned into a full-time job when Chris and his friends decided to take it to the internet. They built the site Spill.com, adding multiple podcasts and animated features, to no small amount of success. During this time, a fortuitous friendship sprung up between Chris and young Brian Salisbury, who was also a local film critic, and they merged their forces of will, and their laundry list of ideas for shows, to eventually build this community of critics. While Brian eventually followed his heart to a new family, Chris continues on with a cast of colorful folks from all over the country (and a few others). You can also check out Chris in his videocast, along with Martin Thomas and Danni Danger, that One Of Us does with our friends at Bell of Lost Souls: Crossover Event. He also regularly guests on the video game website Rage Select. Follow Chris on Twitter and Facebook and check out his Amazon Wish List.

 

Michael Riojas (Screener Squad, Highly Suspect Reviews)

The man with the ever-changing nicknames. Born in Austin, Riojas was rocketed to Del Rio, Texas, a literal Smallville. In his youth, he was bitten by a radioactive… okay, look.

TALES OF THE EMPIRE SERIES REVIEW

Following in the steps of Tales of the Jedi, which told the tales of Count Dooku and Ahsoka Tano in the prequel era, Tales of the Empire offers us another point of view. After losing everything, young Morgan Elsbeth (who we were introduced to in the Ahsoka series as a Night Sister of Dathomir and a zealot of Grand Admiral Thrawn), navigates the expanding Imperial world toward a path of vengeance. Meanwhile, former Jedi Barriss Offee, who we last saw betray the Jedi and locked away for her treason at the end of The Clone Wars Season 5, is recruited into the Inquisitors and does what she must to survive a rapidly changing galaxy. This miniseries shows us the choices these women make and how they define their destinies. This continues the tradition of Dave Filoni improving upon every faucet of the prequels and building the Star Wars galaxy and franchise into a much more complex and extraordinary tapestry. Melina, Bradly, and T.C. gather in the One Of Us Jedi Counsel Chambers to shower this series with praise and discuss the nuances of what it accomplishes.

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CREATED BY: Dave Filoni

STARRING: Meredith Salenger, Diana Lee Inosanto, Rya Kihlstedt, Steve Blum, Shelby Young, Suzie McGrath, Wing T. Chao, Meg Marchand, Katee Sackhoff, Lars Mikkelsen, Zeno Robinson, Matthew Wood, Xander Berkeley, Keith Ferguson, Lydia Look, Anna Graves, Dee Bradley Baker, Cathy Ang, Tom Konkle, Nicolas Cantu, Ry Chase, Keston John, Daisy Lightfoot, Warwick Davis, Jordyn Curet, Jason Isaacs, Regina Hermosillo

 

YOUR REVIEWERS

 

T.C. De Witt (Screener Squad)

T.C. De Witt is a multi-awarded writer/director originally from Wisconsin and now based in Los Angeles. His life has been devoted to the arts since he was a child. He’s been a stage performer, playwright, stand-up comic, film and television actor, radio DJ, podcaster published author, recorded musician, and comic writer/illustrator. He is now a professional screenwriter and has been thriving for the past decade, regularly offering his talents to production studios in LA, Chicago, Milwaukee, and internationally in Sydney and Poland. He’s provided content for Amazon Prime, Netflix, and several YouTube partners. His films have screened internationally, and his stageplays have been performed across the country. In the last ten years, he has directed 57 films, 23 episodes of his series The One Minute Rewatch, 300+ episodes of podcasts, and his multi-award-winning short film Screen: Righter screened at the Festival de Cannes in 2016. He has released two feature films, The Princess Knight and A Christmas Sunset. He thrives on collaboration and the thrill of sharing stories in all forms.

 

 



Melina Eames (Screener Squad)

Melina first discovered that she carried the nerd gene at the tender age of four following her exposure to a little film called A New Hope. In the twenty-some years that followed, Melina continued to grow into her geek identity through the discovery of Batman, Mst3k, Game of Thrones, Lord of the Rings and The Mandalorian. But perhaps her most significant discovery came at the age of fourteen when a night of YouTube mining led her to the review site of Spill.com. Melina became a devoted follower whose fandom did not end with the site’s demise. By then, it had worked its dark magic and left her with a love and appreciation for film criticism that she has yet to shrug.

 

 

Bradly Martin (Screener Squad, Eye on the Prize, Breakfast Pub)

X-MEN ’97 SERIES REVIEW

In the late fall of 1992 after a previous failed pilot, the X-Men animated series hit the airwaves, ushering in a new phase of animated Marvel cartoons. Despite being plagued with production, budget, and time constraints it remained popular enough to last until 1997. A few years later, X-Men the movie was released giving X-Men fans a new era of live action adventures. Then the MCU entertainment juggernaut came along, reshaped superhero movies, and renegotiated rights for popular characters held by other corporations. Once Spiderman swung into The Avengers, it was only a matter of time before people began calling for Disney/Marvel to bring in the X-Men. And Disney finally answered that call by restarting the X-Men animated series, setting it in 1997, and picking up where the series left off. Was it still going to have the cool opening? The same character actors? Was it just meant to collect nostalgia bucks? Wright takes Bradley and Lewayne along on this little trip down memory lane to see if the X-Men animated series holds up, or if we should keep our fingers crossed for whatever live-action X-Men movies get released with Hugh Jackman’s Wolverine and some other people with superpowers. Listen as they discuss the new Marvel animated series, X-Men ’97.

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CREATED BY: Beau DeMayo

STARRING: Ray Chase, Jennifer Hale, Alison Sealy-Smith, Cal Dodd, J.P. Karliak, Lenore Zann, George Buza, A.J. LoCascio, Holly Chou, Isaac Robinson-Smith, Matthew Waterson, Ross Marquand, Adrian Hough, Gui Agustini, Catherine Disher, Gavin Hammon, Eric Bauza, Donna Jay Fulks, Christopher Britton, Gil Birmingham, Christine Uhebe, Chris Potter, Theo James, Ron Rubin, Todd Haberkorn, David Errigo Jr., Courtenay Taylor, Martha Marion, Lawrence Bayne, Kimberly Woods, Abby Trott, Travis Willingham, Moria Gorrondonna, Cari Kabinoff, Jeff Bennett, Kari Wahlgren, Anjali Bhimani, Rama Vallury, Gates McFadden, Adetokumboh M’Cormack, Josh Keaton, Michael Patrick McGill

YOUR REVIEWERS

 

Wright Sulek (Screener Squad, Digital Noise, Highly Suspect Reviews, Trash in the Can, Audio Editor)

Wright hails from the northern suburbs of Dallas, Texas. His passion for filmmaking brought him to Austin to study and make movies. Since then he’s had his hand in acting, writing, and directing his own short films with numerous like-minded film geeks he’s met along his journey. His newest interest has brought him into the podcasting world. He co-hosted a few different movie related podcasts such as ‘And Now This’ and ‘The Match Cut’. He currently co-hosts with longtime friend, Eric Samaniego, where they talk shop about the grimiest, trashiest, lost gems of movies on their show, ‘Trash in the Can’. Wright also guests and hosts reviews on Screener Squad and Highly Suspect Reviews as well as co-hosts Digital Noise with Chris Cox.

 

 

Bradly Martin (Screener Squad, Eye on the Prize, Breakfast Pub)

Bradly Martin was born in the united states and grew up on a healthy diet of sports, films, and books. A rather shy lad who kept to himself, Bradly soon discovered the best way to know a person was to know what people liked. Throughout the years Bradly became a fan of many things and a fanatic of none. From Doctor Dre, to Doctor Strange and the who’s who of Whos. From Playstation to the Dreamcast and Marvel to DC. From LeBron James to James Bond and Lord of the Rings to Lord Palmerston (or Pitt the Elder if you agree with Wade Boggs) and is a huge fan of dad jokes and randomly obscure Simpsons references. Armed with a vast knowledge of comics, films, and pop culture. Bradly traveled the world making friends and sharing takes. As a young man Bradly married the love of his life young and grew older every year with each new child brought into the...

TRASH IN THE CAN: THE KILLER EYE

It’s hard to describe this week’s movie, but it’s similar to the Tommy Bahama shirt Wright was wearing as we recorded. Painful to look at, confusing, and surprisingly sexual. Jarred Schiff joins us for a movie he brought with him, so don’t blame us. We watched the tentacle heavy, The Killer Eye!

 

YOUR HOSTS

 

Wright Sulek (Screener Squad, Digital Noise, Highly Suspect Reviews, Trash in the Can, Audio Editor)

Wright hails from the northern suburbs of Dallas, Texas. His passion for filmmaking brought him to Austin to study and make movies. Since then he’s had his hand in acting, writing, and directing his own short films with numerous like-minded film geeks he’s met along his journey. His newest interest has brought him into the podcasting world. He co-hosted a few different movie related podcasts such as ‘And Now This’ and ‘The Match Cut’. He currently co-hosts with longtime friend, Eric Samaniego, where they talk shop about the grimiest, trashiest, lost gems of movies on their show, ‘Trash in the Can’. Wright also guests and hosts reviews on Screener Squad and Highly Suspect Reviews as well as co-hosts Digital Noise with Chris Cox.

 

 

Eric Samaniego (Trash in the Can)

Eric is a multi-award show watching, sometimes comedian, sometimes writer that began life as a Muppet and 1930’s screwball comedy obsessed goon and continues to carry a torch for all things felt and funny. With a passion for genre films, poor taste, and whiskey, he and co-conspirator, Wright Sulek, indulge in the best/worst films the world has to offer with One of Us’s podcast, ‘Trash in the Can’. When not podding, Eric works as an American military officer, statesman, and Founding Father who served as the first president of the United States from 1789 to 1797.

 

 

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KNUCKLES SERIES REVIEW

It’s been thirty years since Knuckles made his Sega Genesis debut in Sonic the Hedgehog 3. Now the chaotic mascot races onto Paramount Plus in a 6 episode mini series before Sonic The Hedgehog 3 lands in theaters this December. The master emerald has been protected and the evil Doctor Robotnik has been defeated. Sonic (Ben Schwartz) and Tails (Colleen O’Shaughnessey) enjoy their new found family and soak in the sunshine’s rays of peace. Knuckles the Echidna (Idris Elba) however is having an existential crisis. A warrior wishes not for down time, but rather enemies to challenge their warrior spirit and light ablaze their fire of passion. After being visited by ghost Chief Pachacamac (Christopher Lloyd) , Knuckles realizes that to maintain focus he must teach his tribe’s ways to a new champion. Enter Wade Whipple (Adam Pally). After losing a spot on the bowling team, the Deputy of Green Hill Zone is feeling like a total loser. Together with Knuckles he’ll learn the power within and discover that the true hero doesn’t earn all the trophies but rather refuses to give up when the chips are down. It’s a road trip to enlightenment featuring the comedic hijinks of Stockard Channing, Edi Patterson, Kid Cudi, Ellie Taylor, Rory McCann, Rob Huebel, Paul Scheer, Cary Elwes, and more. Bradly, Jordan, and Mike discuss their history with Sega, their favorite actor cameos and gags from the show, and ponder why so many major icons from Japan take a back seat as secondary characters in Hollywood productions.

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CREATED BY: John Whittington and Toby Ascher

STARRING: Idris Elba, Adam Pally, Kit Rakusen, Julian Barratt, Christopher Lloyd, Rory McCann, Scott Mescudi, Ellie Taylor, Alice Tregonning, Stockard Channing, Edi Patterson, Cary Elwes, Darcy Castle, Rob Huebel, Paul Scheer, Ben Schwartz, Colleen O’Shaughnessey, Tika Sumpter

 

YOUR REVIEWERS

 

Bradly Martin (Screener Squad, Eye on the Prize, Breakfast Pub)

Bradly Martin was born in the united states and grew up on a healthy diet of sports, films, and books. A rather shy lad who kept to himself, Bradly soon discovered the best way to know a person was to know what people liked. Throughout the years Bradly became a fan of many things and a fanatic of none. From Doctor Dre, to Doctor Strange and the who’s who of Whos. From Playstation to the Dreamcast and Marvel to DC. From LeBron James to James Bond and Lord of the Rings to Lord Palmerston (or Pitt the Elder if you agree with Wade Boggs) and is a huge fan of dad jokes and randomly obscure Simpsons references. Armed with a vast knowledge of comics, films, and pop culture. Bradly traveled the world making friends and sharing takes. As a young man Bradly married the love of his life young and grew older every year with each new child brought into the brood. If trends continue, Scientists predict that .2% of Canada (where Bradly and family reside) will be populated by Bradly’s children by the year 2029. You can hear him leading and listening to his favorite critics on the Screener Squad and Eye on the prize and maybe even provide some comments of his own.

 

 

Jordan Cobb (Screener Squad)

Born with a comic book in one hand, a camera in the other, and in front of the television as WrestleMania played out, Jordan Worth Cobb was thus birthed into this crazy world. A Digital Filmmaking major from the University of Central Arkansas, Jordan has done it all in film from directing, writing, editing, and producing in addition to skills involved in film and TV criticism, journalism, and years of podcasting experience. On any given day, her ADHD riddled brain bounces focus from film to pro wrestling to TV to superheroes to noir to video games to espionage and yes, even to sports. She played little league you know.