2 Cents Critic

Tune in as Andy ( Fat Dude Digs Flicks Movie Podcasts ) heads back to his comfy seat on the program for a review and recap of I Saw the Devil, the 2010 thriller-horror movie about the cat-and-mouse game that a vindictive NIS agent plays with the serial killer who viciously murdered his fiancée. The bleakness of revenge, the grimly humorous edge that this film shows off, and the raw aggression of K...

Tune in as Jessica and Saunya ( Opinionated Lushes ) hop back onto the program to review and recap As Good as Dead, the 2021 YA mystery-thriller novel by Holly Jackson that reunites us with a traumatized and determined Pippa “Pip” Fitz-Amobi as she uncovers more murderous happenings and secrets in this conclusion to the A Good Girl’s Guide to Murder trilogy. Continuing to read Pip as autistic-code...

Tune in as Rolo Tony ( @PoorOldRoloTony ) returns to 2CC for a breakdown of The Innocent, the 2021 Netflix mystery-thriller miniseries about the secrets and violence that burst out into the open after a husband and soon-to-be father, who had served four years in prison for negligent homicide, starts receiving strange texts about his wife. Repeatedly comparing this show to Gone Girl, handling (and...

Tune in as Anna ( @banananna024 / @formergleek ) circles back around to the show for a breakdown of A Quiet Place, the 2018 horror movie about a family’s quest to survive a post-apocalyptic world in which monsters use their acute sense of hearing to hunt down their prey. Pushing back against the pro-gun reading of this movie, asking questions about its many plot and worldbuilding holes, John Krasi...

Tune in as James Willey ( Movie Good or Movie Bad? ) joins the podcast for a discussion on Upgrade, the 2018 cyberpunk action thriller about an auto mechanic’s vengeful quest to uncover who murdered his wife and left him paralyzed in the process—a quest that he pursues with the help of a chip implant that can take over a human’s motor functions. The references that this movie may very well be drop...

Tune in as Betsy Gorham ( Never Seen It with Betsy and Trent ) jumps onboard the program to talk all about Wanted, the 2008 action movie about a miserable office worker who gets to unlock his bullet-curving potential after joining an assassin organization of which his murdered father was a member. The energy of this movie (as well as the Mark Millar/J.G. Jones comic book series that it’s based on)...

Tune in as Marie Nicola ( Alt. Pop. Repeat ) pops back onto 2CC for a breakdown of Shiki, the 2010 horror anime series about a secluded and quiet village that becomes plagued by what initially seems like a fast-moving and ruthless anemia epidemic, but actually turns out to be a growing clan of vampires. The difference between cinema and animation from Western and Eastern regions, the deep pit of m...

Tune in as Pride Month comes to a close on 2CC! It’s been splendid to have this space be dedicated to queer art throughout this past June of 2025. Now we shall wrap that up by bringing back Connor Kujawinski ( @connorkuj ) for a breakdown of Psycho Beach Party, the 2000 comedy-horror beach movie spoof that follows a whirlwind of surfing, dissociative identity disorder, murder, and other shenanigan...

Tune in as Pride Month continues for its third week on 2CC! Katrina ( @katrinaslibrary ) is jumping onboard for a review and recap of Fake Dates and Mooncakes, the 2023 YA fake-dating rom-com novel by Sher Lee that follows an aspiring teenage chef who gets caught up in a fake-dating scheme with a rich crush, all while preparing for a mooncake contest that could help him save his aunt’s Singaporean...

Tune in as Pride Month rolls onward for its second week on 2CC! Anna ( @banananna024 / @formergleek ) is jumping back on the show for a deep dive into The Matrix, the 1999 sci-fi action movie about a computer hacker who’s bestowed with a quest to free humankind from the simulated reality in which they’ve all been imprisoned. The utterly trans layers of this iconic film, Tom Cruise and his represen...

Tune in as 2 Cents Critic kicks off Pride Month! Yes, this month has circled back around for the year 2025, so the program will be focusing on queer art. For this first episode of June, Robyn Zabukovec ( @TheFinalGirly ) strides on back to her guest chair for a breakdown of Hannibal, the horror-thriller show that premiered on NBC in 2013 and spent three seasons diving into the grisly and psycholog...

Tune in as Rolo Tony ( @PoorOldRoloTony ) hops aboard the podcast to review and recap The Last Supper, the 1995 satirical black comedy movie about a friend group of grad school students who launch a scheme to kill off conservatives by inviting them over for the last supper they’ll ever have. The surprisingly cozy atmosphere wrapped around this film, the politeness and hypocrisy of liberals, the re...

Tune in as Seth Vargas ( Movie Friends ) returns to the program to discuss Videodrome, the 1983 sci-fi body horror film about a TV station president whose discovery of an enigmatic and pornographic video broadcast drags his mind and his flesh down a spiral of terror. The David Cronenberg movie that Seth saw as a wee little child with his mom, recommendations for 1997’s Hercules and the Black Mirro...

Tune in as Anna ( @banananna024 / @formergleek ) jumps back into their guest chair for a breakdown of Drive, the 2011 neo-noir crime thriller film about an L.A. stunt driver who moonlights as a getaway driver for criminals. Ryan Gosling’s auramaxxing, what qualifies as neo-noir, the strange misogyny that’s given off by issues like NWR’s original goal of casting a porn star as Blanche, and the horr...

Tune in as Andy ( Fat Dude Digs Flicks Movie Podcasts ) strolls back into the 2CC sphere for a plunge into Maeve Fly, the 2023 horror novel by C.J. Leede that follows a young woman who's harboring grim and bloodthirsty urges while playing an ice princess at a certain Californian theme park and laying an eye on her best friend’s intriguing brother. Why people might read splatterpunk books, comp...

Tune in as Sam Frontera and Shelby Schwieterman ( The Rom Complex ) dive back into another collaboration with 2CC for a review and recap of Wilderness, the Prime Video thriller miniseries about a scorned woman’s revenge plan against her dickweasel husband. Drawing comparisons between this show and Gone Girl, the potential that this could have had to take on a more darkly comedic tone, and the knac...

Tune in as Anna ( @banananna024 / @formergleek ) teams back up with Arthur to review and recap Devs, the 2020 sci-fi techno-thriller miniseries about the mysterious and murderous machinations of a quantum computing company. Anna’s mini-review of Civil War, wishing that Alex Garland could grow a political spine, the choice to cast Cailee Spaeny as a teenage cis boy, and how this show deals with wei...

Tune in as Dustin Holden ( The Rewatch Recap ) returns to 2CC for a breakdown of How to Train Your Dragon, the 2010 animated fantasy movie about the bond that grows between a teenage Viking boy and a dragon. The creatures and their mannerisms that inspired Toothless’s design, worries over the upcoming live-action reboot of HTTYD, the aversion to referring to wild animals that you hunt as “game,” a...

Tune in as Guy Bradford ( Jesters of Ravenloft: A D&D Podcast ) jumps back into his guest chair to discuss Magic, the 1978 psychological horror drama movie starring Anthony Hopkins as Corky Withers, a magician and ventriloquist who becomes a little too obsessed with his dummy Fats. The flop sweat that this film is full of, alternative stars who were in the running for the role of Corky, and th...

Tune in as some good old buddies of 2 Cents Critic return to the program in honor of it turning four years old! Glad to have Andy ( Fat Dude Digs Flicks Movie Podcasts ), Anna ( @banananna024 / @formergleek ), Jessica ( Opinionated Lushes ), Marie Nicola ( Alt. Pop. Repeat ), and Robert “Stew” Stewart ( Stew World Order ) hopping back into their guest seats. It really has been a journey for this s...

Tune in as Brett Salter ( Irish Salt ) jumps back onto the program to break down the 2019 sci-fi thriller movie Synchronic, which follows a couple New Orleans paramedics as they get caught up in the mystery surrounding a new designer drug and the reality-altering impact it’s having on its users. Anthony Mackie’s flair for dark comedy, puzzling out the stylistic choices for elements like nonlinear...

Tune in as Connor Kujawinski ( @connorkuj ) teams back up with Arthur to recap the momentous occasion that is the 2025 Oscars! This past awards season has been brimming with a particularly high amount of chaos and toxicity, and now it’s finally reached its conclusion, allowing people to take a rest from all of this awards hubbub for some time. There was certainly plenty of that hubbub within the O...

Tune in as Clayton Jones II ( Men Who Like Men Who Like Movies Podcast ) heads back to this program for a review and recap of The Killing of a Sacred Deer, the 2017 film that follows a cardiovascular surgeon and his family as their meticulous and pristine life starts to collapse at the hands of a teenage boy. The knack that director Yorgos Lanthimos has for showing the darkest and most grotesque h...

Tune in as Drew and Nino ( Boycott Scream 7 ) join Arthur for a conversation about the campaign that many people are pursuing to boycott Scream 7 (as well as Spyglass in general, considering this production company, which currently owns the rights to the Scream franchise, is a supporter of Zionism). The importance of BDS, how crucial it is to have the boycott appeal to casual horror fans, and excu...

Tune in as Fake-Dating February wraps up on 2CC with the fourth and final episode of the month, where Mama D ( Petals of Support ) hops back into her guest seat for a review and recap of The Wedding Crasher, the 2022 rom-com novel by Mia Sosa that follows Solange and Dean as they create a fake-dating scheme together in the wake of Solange having put a stop to Dean’s wedding. Wondering where the so...