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MEET CUTE MOVIE REVIEW What would you do if you could travel through time? Kill Hitler? That’s a classic, but then you might end up with a real Smitson. Who? Exactly. Okay, well how about using the ability to loop back on your own life to recapture the magic of your chance meeting with the […]

THE GREATEST BEER RUN EVER MOVIE REVIEW There’s this fine center line that one can ride while drinking copious amounts of alcohol. It’s basically like purgatory for your sobriety. On one side, you’re not drunk enough. Which means you are still capable of making smart decisions. Go to the other side of the line, you’re […]

RESIDENT ALIEN SEASON 2 SERIES REVIEW Get ready for socially awkward conversations about human anatomy and overindulgence of over processed snack foods from the gas station.  Harry the Alien is back in Resident Alien Season 2.  Last season concluded with Harry (Alan Tudyk) locating his doomsday device and putting a stop to the end of […]

HARLEY QUINN SEASON 3 REVIEW Harley Quinn and the cob squad are back busting heads and wreaking havoc all throughout the grimy streets of Gotham.  We shall all celebrate their return in the ways of Themyscira.  We’re going to have a F*#ck’n Rager.  Harley Quinn (Kaley Cuoco) and Poison Ivy (Lake Bell) want the world […]

SEE HOW THEY RUN MOVIE REVIEW Between Kenneth Branagh’s Hercule Poirot adaptations and Rian Johnson’s Benoit Blanc movies, famed author Agatha Christie and Christie-inspired mysteries are enjoying something of a resurgence. You know the type of story I’m talking about: a prominent person is murdered, a star studded ensemble of suspects gather in a remote […]

CONFESS, FLETCH MOVIE REVIEW For those of you who don’t know Fletch, let me give you a brief: Fletch is an investigative journalist (former in this movie) that has quick wit and big mouth. A lot of times that mouth gets him the information he seeks. Other times it gets him in more trouble. There […]

WHAT WE DO IN THE SHADOWS SEASON 4 REVIEW Season 3 of What We Do In The Shadows ended with each of our favorite vampire roommates leaving home to embark on their own voyages of self discovery. Except for Colin Robinson. Who died. Again. Sort of? Season 4 wastes no time getting Staten Island’s wackiest […]

THE GOOD BOSS MOVIE REVIEW It has to be hard to be the boss… the head honcho… the big cheese. Whatever pet name you have for your superior at work, just know that they have a tough life. Making sure your employees are satisfied with their work/life balance, meeting deadlines with the warehouse, and even […]

CLERKS III MOVIE REVIEW Back in 1994, a young Kevin Smith made a black and white indie movie set in a convenience store. Inspired by his life, work experiences, friends, and customers, it became a huge hit — one of the most important independent films ever made — and, ostensibly one of the most frequently […]

FUNNY PAGES MOVIE REVIEW Writer/Director Owen Kline brings the awkward dark and funny with his full length feature debut Funny Pages.  Daniel Zolghadri plays Robert, a high school cartoonist with the inspired style of Robert Crumb and the independent dreams of Bill Watterson.  After the tragic demise of a close inspirational friend.  Robert puts his […]

I LOVE MY DAD MOVIE REVIEW I Love My Dad is a story about Franklin (writer/director James Morosini), a young man struggling with depression and suicidal thoughts. To aid his recovery, Franklin cuts all negative influences and toxic people out of his life. Specifically, that means his ne’er do well father, Chuck (Patton Oswalt). Despite […]

BULLET TRAIN MOVIE REVIEW The co-director of John Wick and director of Deadpool 2 and Atomic Blonde (David Leitch) helms this new action comedy based on a Japanese novel, Maria Beetle. Now, most action comedies don’t seem like there’s enough plot going on to have been based on a novel, but Bullet Train has so […]

LIGHTYEAR MOVIE REVIEW Pixar’s latest is the story of Buzz Lightyear. Not the Toy Story Buzz, but the character that the toy was merch of. You see, an opening scrawl informs us that the young Andy’s favorite movie was…this movie. I guess in the context of the Toy Story universe, the original voice actor for […]

HACKS SEASON 2 REVIEW We never got around to reviewing the first season of HBO’s magnificently clever series Hacks, probably because we had no inkling of how great it would turn out to be ahead of time. But now that the second season is out, Chris, Neil, and Frank were raring to go to review […]

SHORESY SERIES REVIEW Give yer balls a tug boys, “Shoresy” (yes, THAT Shoresy from Letterkenny) is here to make sure that the Sudbury Bulldogs, never lose another game. If it happens, the team will fold… If that happens, all Shoresy will have left is to tell your mom to top up the cell phone she […]

ATLANTA SEASON 3 REVIEW Pour yourself a bowl of coconut Crunch O’s and blow up the speakers with your favourite white girl at a college cover of Paper Boi! Atlanta has returned on FX. Alfred ‘Paper Boi’ Miles (Brian Tyree Henry) an Atlanta rapper looking to make a splash on the rap scene with his […]

THE FLIGHT ATTENDANT SEASON 2 REVIEW The Flight Attendant season 2 is here and Kaley Cuoco’s Cassie Bowden is moving to Los Angeles, The Screener Squad is following right behind her with with a moving van full of haunting family trauma, more international murders, even more family trauma, and a full cast of old friends […]

THE VALET MOVIE REVIEW One of the tried and true rom-com formulas is taking two people from different worlds and contriving a reason for them to have to pretend to be a couple. And now, there’s a new entry into the genre, Hulu’s much smaller albeit more charming The Valet, starring Eugenio Derbez (How To […]

GEORGE CARLIN’S AMERICAN DREAM SERIES REVIEW From directors Judd Apatow and Michael Bonfiglio comes George Carlin’s American Dream, a two part documentary about the legendary stand-up comedian. Clocking in at nearly four hours, this is as definitive a documentary as we’re likely to get on Carlin’s life and career. Made with the participation of Carlin’s […]

CHIP ‘N DALE: RESCUE RANGERS Don’t be fooled. This isn’t a reboot. This is a continuation of the characters Chip and Dale from the old Rescue Rangers series, but in this reimagining, those lil’ chipmunks were actors in a Roger Rabbit style world co-populated by humans and toons, Chip (voiced by John Mulaney)and Dale (Andy […]

SENIOR YEAR MOVIE REVIEW For some people, high school was the best time of their life. They were queens and/or kings of the world, even though they were in fact underdeveloped children with a very narrow world view. And those people who still cling to the magic of those four awkward and uncomfortable adolescent years […]

THE UNBEARABLE WEIGHT OF MASSIVE TALENT MOVIE REVIEW In The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent, actor Nicholas Cage, the man, the myth, the meme, plays the role of a lifetime – himself. Sort of. Here he plays the meta-fictional Nic Cage, a once popular movie star whose career has stalled. Nic can’t find work, his […]

THE BUBBLE MOVIE REVIEW Director/Writer Judd Apatow calls in every last favor to assemble this huge cast to tell the story of a dying franchise slopping out another chapter of their big ‘Jurassic Park‘-esque series, only they’re trying to make it during the height of COVID. As the actors are brought together in a stately […]

OUR FLAG MEANS DEATH SERIES REVIEW The Screener Squad is setting out on the open seas with the new comedy/drama Our Flag Means Death. Stede Bonnet has left his family behind to become a pirate, but not just any kind of pirate. He wants to become the first “gentleman pirate.” From paying his crew a […]

THE MARVELOUS MRS. MAISEL SEASON 4 REVIEW Rose, Melina, Justin, and T.C. take the stage to trade jokes and commentary about the fourth season of Amy Sherman-Palladino’s dramedy about the foul mouthed, fast-talking, mother/wife/daughter/stand-up comic, The Marvellous Mrs. Miriam Maisel. After being left on the tarmac by Shy Baldwin at the end of season three, Rachel Brosnahan’s Midge [&...