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JUROR #2 MOVIE REVIEW Whenever a jury duty summons comes in, I’m annoyed, aren’t we all, but definitely not mad about it either. However, if I received this notice while my wife was enduring a second pregnancy in the third trimester, I’d be quite angry. Enter our protagonist Justin Kemp (Nicholas Hoult). A recovering alcoholic,… Read More »Screener Squad: Juror #2

QUEER MOVIE REVIEW Director Luca Guadagnino dives into the world of transgressive author William S Burroughs with his latest film, Queer. The story follows Burroughs, as his literary stand-in William Lee (Daniel Craig). The writer drinks his way through his days, living in Mexico, and looking for love. Well, sex anyway. He forms an irresistible… Read More »Highly Suspect Reviews

Y2K MOVIE REVIEW Some of us are old enough to remember New Year’s Eve as we went from 1999-2000. There was a big scare dubbed Y2K that was about fears that all computerized devices were going to shut down (or something) because their internalized clocks were not set up to deal with that calendar change.… Read More »Highly Suspect Reviews: Y2K

THE ORDER MOVIE REVIEW Bank robberies, car heist, a disappearance, a terrible work of fiction called The Turner Diaries…What connects them? An offshoot Aryan Nation group calling themselves The Order. The film The Order tells the story of FBI Agent Terry Husk (Jude Law) investigating the rise of a Nazi militia led by young charismatic… Read More »Screener Squad: The Order

GET AWAY MOVIE REVIEW Boring families go on vacations to well known attractions surrounded by fellow tourists and the safety of park security. An adventurous family, like Richard (Nick Frost), Susan (Aisling Bea), Sam (Sebastian Croft), and Jessie (Maisie Ayres), prefer something a little more off the beaten path. They take a vacation to a… Read More »Screener Squad: Get Away

MOANA 2 MOVIE REVIEW It’s not usually a good sign when an animation company repurposes a planned tv series into a sequel film to one of their hits. I mean, I think. It’s happened before, right? Regardless, that’s the case with Moana 2. We were nervous because of that, Lin-Manuel Miranda not returning to do… Read More »Highly Suspect Reviews: Moana 2

GLADIATOR II MOVIE REVIEW After 24 years, Ridley Scott decided to dust off the old Gladiator garb and make a sequel to his 2000 epic that won the gold at the Oscars. Does Gladiator II have the same chances at becoming the best film of the year? Highly unlikely. Paul Mescal takes on the titular… Read More »Highly Suspect Reviews: Gladiator II

WICKED MOVIE REVIEW Seems like a holiday season can’t go by anymore without a big event musical film. Not that Chris, Frank, Wright, and Kim are complaining (note: these four end up together on a lot of the musical releases). This year though, one of the biggest musicals of the past few decades that has… Read More »Highly Suspect Reviews: Wicked

GHOST CAT ANZU MOVIE REVIEW Four adolescents are on a quest to see a dead body gathered around a campfire for the night to discuss one of life’s great mysteries: Mickey is a mouse, Donald is a duck, Pluto is a dog, so what’s Goofy? The world may never know, but dear reader/listener, if you… Read More »Screener Squad: Ghost Cat Anzu

RED ONE MOVIE REVIEW The influx of Xmas movies has begun. With a big cast and with director Jake Kasdan (The Jumanji movies) at the helm, Red One inserts a Marvel movie feel to the proceedings. Dwayne Johnson is Callum Drift, a top agent at E.L.F. who protects Santa Claus (J.K. Simmons) and other mythological… Read More »Highly Suspect Reviews: Red One