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THE NIGHTINGALE MOVIE REVIEW Writer/director Jennifer Kent hit the ground running with her widely celebrated film in 2014, The Babadook. Lord knows most of us here at Oneofus were HUGE fans. So why did it take 4 years for her next feature? Well, if and when you choose to see The Nightingale, you'll understand. This… Read More »Screener Squad: The Nightingale

THE PEANUT BUTTER FALCON MOVIE REVIEW Shia LaBeouf has had a hard run of it. I mean, due to his own indiscretions, sure. But for a while there, he seemed inescapable and of late, he's seemed…done. Well, we might all reconsider Mr. LaBeouf after seeing him light up the screen in this movie. He plays… Read More »Highly Suspect Reviews: The Peanut Butter Falcon

THE KITCHEN MOVIE REVIEW Based on the Vertigo comic book series, The Kitchen follows three women as they try to make ends meet in 70s Hell's Kitchen NYC after their husbands go to jail for robbery. It becomes apparent quickly that the Irish Mob boss who is supposed to be looking out for them couldn't… Read More »Highly Suspect Reviews: The Kitchen

SCARY STORIES TO TELL IN THE DARK MOVIE REVIEW We went into this adaptation of the children's book series knowing these three things about the source material: #1- We were old enough to be unaware of their existence when they were big. #2- To all reports, the stories themselves were just ok. #3- To all… Read More »Highly Suspect Reviews: Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark

ODE TO JOY MOVIE REVIEW Romantic comedies involving people with diseases has been a mixed bag genre at best. But it's hard not to be enticed by a film starring Martin Freeman and Morena Baccarin. Here, Freeman plays a guy with Cataplexy (he faints when he gets emotionally worked up). When he meets the delightful… Read More »Screener Squad: Ode to Joy

SWAMP THING SEASON 1 REVIEW Ok, I know it says ‘season 1' which is the sorta thing that indicates there might be a season 2. According to the DC streaming network, due to their own mistakes, this is not going to be the case. John Gholson and Chris dive into the controversy behind this as… Read More »Screener Squad – Swamp Thing: Season 1

ANOTHER LIFE SEASON 1 REVIEW It took a little longer getting this review out, but we just had to process our feelings on this new Netflix release, Another Life. The story follows Niko (Katee Sackhoff), an astronaut sent on an intergalactic mission following the arrival of a mysterious spaceship. While she and her crew search… Read More »Screener Squad: Another Life – Season 1

THE NIGHT SITTER MOVIE REVIEW It's spooky Christmas in August…or at least kinda. Ben and Bradley are here to ask the real questions about the new comedy horror film The Night Sitter. Can a babysitter who's not all she seems to be stop a group of witches from killing some kids and her really dumb… Read More »Screener Squad: The Night Sitter

THE BOYS SEASON 1 REVIEW Considering how wildly violent, shocking, and anti-establishment (on, like, EVERY level) comics writer Garth Ennis's output has been, it's really surprising that he has TWO television show adaptations of his work on the air. The second (after Preacher) is The Boys, now streaming on Amazon Prime. It follows Hughie, a… Read More »Screener Squad: The Boys – Season 1

VERONICA MARS SEASON 4 SEASON REVIEW Obviously, I'm dreaming. There's no way there's a whole new season of Veronica Mars on Hulu. They told me it would never happen. And yet, here we are. Maybe. Hold on………..is there a new season of Firefly? No? Well, shit, this is real. Yes, the gang is all (largely)… Read More »Screener Squad: Veronica Mars – Season 4