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THE PUNISHER: ONE LAST KILL REVIEW Marvel’s latest Special Presentation, The Punisher: One Last Kill, puts Frank Castle back in the crosshairs for a brutal, blood-soaked mission that finds the vigilante confronting old ghosts, unfinished business, and a city that seems determined to keep creating new targets. Set between Daredevil: Born Again Season 2 and […]

HOLLYWOOD ROYALTY: EP.11 – IT HAD TO BE YOU/ALIAS/MISC. GUEST APPEARANCES This week on Hollywood Royalty, we tune in to prime time Faye and her two prominent stints on series television in the 90s and 00s. First up, host of Heart/Felt, and co-host of Trash in the Can, Eric Samaniego, and I explore Faye’s short-lived […]

POWER BALLAD MOVIE REVIEW Paul Rudd’s charisma knows no bounds. It’s very evident in the newest film, Power Ballad, by John Carney (Once, Sing Street) where he plays a former rocker, now a moderately successful wedding singer in Ireland. One fateful wedding, Rick Power (Rudd) meets former boy-band superstar Danny Wilson (Nick Jonas) during an […]

NECROMANCER EP 140 – THEY WERE ROOMMATES: ALUCARDA (1977) The Necromancers head to their last stop in the sapphic cinematic universe (for now). This convent may look ordinary, the ladies only roommates, but Bret’s horror pick, Alucarda, proves the devil is in the details. Will Shira share Guillermo del Toro’s admiration for the 1977 cult […]

HOLLYWOOD ROYALTY: MINISODE 10- OKLAHOMA CRUDE Next up on classic 60s/70s Faye, we go way back to turn of the century Oklahoma for Stanley Kramer’s 1973 oil-themed dramedy Oklahoma Crude. In the film, Faye plays the shotgun-bearing Lena, a woman sitting on an oil rig trying to fight off the ruthless oil companies (headed by […]

STOLEN KINGDOM MOVIE REVIEW The odds are you probably have someone in your life who is REALLY into the Disney theme parks experience and is not a child. These folks are called Disney Adults. Perhaps they take it even further and are SO into Disney that they venerate everything they produce and think they can […]

A BETTER YESTERDAY – EP. 3: EXIT THE DRAGON THROUGH THE GIFT SHOP In the third episode of A Better Yesterday, Ross O’Brien and Hong Kong Cinemissimo Bey Logan cover the last three years of Bruce Lee’s life. In this short time, a young leading man transformed himself into an auteur; his death transformed him […]

REMARKABLY BRIGHT CREATURES MOVIE REVIEW Frank, Neil, and T.C. swim to the shallow end of the One Of Us wading pool to discuss a sad woman who works at a facility with an intensely intelligent and sensitive sea creature who wants to escape into the world. The two form an intense bond. Is it… love? […]

DIGITAL NOISE EPISODE 376: STONE COLD CRITICS Chris and Wright would have been great action heroes. Except for their physiques, lack of fighting experience, and coolness, they definitely would have stood toe-to-toe with the likes of 90s, erm, sorta stars like The Boz. Don’t you think? I mean, at least they could do the one […]

HOLLYWOOD ROYALTY EP.10 – SILHOUETTE/ARIZONA DREAM/DUNSTON CHECKS IN This week on Hollywood Royalty, it’s Faye as you’ve never seen her before, starring in a trio of titles that proved uncharted territory for the actress. Up first, we see Faye take on both Jimmy Stewart and Grace Kelly’s roles in the 1990 Hitchcock-influenced Silhouette, a reworking […]

HOLLYWOOD ROYALTY MINISODE 9 – PUZZLE OF A DOWNFALL CHILD Next up on the classic 60s/70s Faye front, 1970s Puzzle of a Downfall Child, the stirring directorial debut from photographer turned writer/director Jerry Schatzberg. Faye stars as Lou Andreas Sand, a once sought-after model whose complicated past and sudden rise to success has resulted in […]

IS GOD IS MOVIE REVIEW In the cinematic debut from multiple award-winning playwright Aleshea Harris comes the unexpected curve ball of Is God Is, based on her 2018 off-Broadway play. Kara Young and Mallori Johnson play two twin sisters (Racine and Anaia). Both have terrible burn scars but Racine’s are easier to cover up. Anaia’s […]

NECROMANCER EP 139 – DESIRE LINES: Imagine Me & You (2005) The necromancers embrace Sapphic cinema on this week’s episode. The belief in love at first sight is a core tenet of many romantic comedies and Shira’s pick, Imagine Me & You, delivers an original spin on the age-old premise. But can Bret separate Lena […]

HOLLYWOOD ROYALTY: MOTHER FAYE – BURNING SECRET/THE TWILIGHT OF THE GOLDS/THE YARDS This week on Hollywood Royalty, Faye is mother. Literally. In this episode, we look at three notable times the actress took on mother/matriarchal roles in the years since Mommie Dearest‘s release. First up is the 1988 arthouse film Burning Secret, where Faye plays […]

DIGITAL NOISE EPISODE 375: THIS ONE GOES OUT TO ZACH Chris vs Wright in the ultimate mano y mano critic showdown! Ok, well, not so much as both of your critics largely agree on everything in physical media we take a look at this week. From a reimagining of a long-running slasher series, to a […]

BALLS UP MOVIE REVIEW To compete with a product that’s the best known of its type in all countries you’d have to come up with a brand new innovation and a very popular sponsor. This is the premise of the new Amazon Prime Video film about a brand new prophylactic, Balls Up. Brad (Mark Wahlberg) […]

APEX MOVIE REVIEW Charlize Theron heads deep into the wild in this straight to Netflix survival thriller, where isolation turns into something far more dangerous. Sasha (Theron), a grieving climber seeking solitude in the Australian wilderness, finds herself thrust into a brutal game of predator and prey when a mysterious hunter (Taron Egerton) targets her […]

OUTCOME MOVIE REVIEW Reef Hawk (Keanu Reeves) is one of the nicest and most successful actors in Hollywood who has managed to keep his private life private — a rare feat in the world of the movie making machine. Secretly five years sober and trying to rebuild his life, literally and emotionally, he has stepped […]

A BETTER YESTERDAY – EP. 2: THE ONCE AND FUTURE DRAGON In this second episode of A Better Yesterday, Ross O’Brien continues his deep-dive with Hong Kong Cinemissimo Bey Logan, focusing on how Bruce Lee swam through the streams of both Hong Kong and American pop culture to become the most iconic figure in martial […]

HOLLYWOOD ROYALTY: MINISODE 8 – CHINATOWN Our next stop through 60s/70s Faye sees us taking a visit to Chinatown, the 1974 Oscar-winning movie that recreates 1937’s Los Angeles for a tale of murder and corruption. An Oscar-nominated Faye enjoys one of the best roles of the decade as a femme fatale harboring dark secrets, which local […]

ROOMMATES MOVIE REVIEW High School graduation: that’s the time to steel yourself with courage, say goodbye to those lifelong friendships you made next to the bleachers, the lockers, in algebra, and of course in the confines of your heart. But wait! What if you don’t have any BFF’s to bid adieu to? Roommates on Netflix […]

NECROMANCER EP 138 – SUBCULTURED: SHE’S THE MAN (2006) Shira introduces Bret to the cult of Amanda Bynes comedies to round out the necromancers’ tour of cult classic films. Her pick, She’s the Man, came out more than 20 years ago but remains timeless for romcom fans and Gouda cheese lovers. Listen to find out […]

HOLLYWOOD ROYALTY: EP.8 – ON A MOONLIT NIGHT/GIA/THE RULES OF ATTRACTION On this episode of Hollywood Royalty we look at Faye as the quintessential director’s actress; the kind of screen performer whose choices and collaborations tended to challenge traditional movie conventions. We begin with 1989’s On a Moonlit Night, where Faye plays an executive blackmailed by […]

THRASH MOVIE REVIEW It’s been 4 decades since Jaws chomped beach goers to an iconic John Williams score. Netflix is reminding us that it’s still not safe to get back into the water with the survival horror original feature Thrash. Dr. Dale Edwards (Djimon Hounsou) is an expert on the oldest predator on the planet, […]

THE CHRISTOPHERS MOVIE REVIEW From prolific filmmaker Steven Soderbergh comes a dramatic comedy about elderly artist, Julian Sklar (Ian McKellan) and his newly hired assistant Lori Butler (Michaela Coel). Unbeknownst to Julian, his greedy children Barnaby and Sallie (James Corden and Jessica Gunning) hired Lori not because of her experience as a personal assistant, but […]