Movie Gumshoes

This week on Movie Gumshoes , Jackson drags a skeptical Jonathan out of the precinct and into the theater to investigate Memory (2022), where Liam Neeson plays an aging assassin losing his grip, and not just on his targets. But the real mystery? Why would Martin Campbell, once the master behind GoldenEye , Casino Royale , and The Mask of Zorro , take the shot on what looks like a dollar-bin action...

This week, the Movie Gumshoes go airborne, and off the rails, as they investigate John Carpenter’s The Thing (1982) . It all begins with a seductive helicopter drop-off by Dirty Deborah, whose flight credentials are as questionable as her metaphors. After landing on the fog-choked summit of Superstition Mountain, Jonathan and Jared stumble upon a long-lost contact: Jason Stackman of Interpol , who...

When the DA’s office hauls Jared and Jonathan into the hot seat for "misconduct involving poor taste and highly questionable movie selections," the Gumshoes are given one last shot to redeem themselves. Their assignment? Investigate the bizarre 2019 thriller-comedy Butt Boy a film where a mild-mannered IT man develops a highly unusual addiction: making objects (and eventually people) disappear… wh...

The spotlight’s hot and the cuffs are cold. This week, Jonathan "Sourdough" Manno finds himself in the interrogation room , not for a movie review, but as the lead suspect in a scandal the District Attorney calls “gross misconduct of the cinematic variety.” While the DA grills Sourdough under flickering lights, Jared “Ballistic” Jackson pulls a fast one: launching into a full review of Bryan Singe...

The Movie Gumshoes are back on the beat! Jared and Jonathan dive face-first into the cornstalks to uncover the twisted secrets of Clown in a Cornfield (2025), the teen slasher that’s equal parts satire, scream-fest, and social commentary. Was this a case of killer clowns or just a town desperate to stay relevant? Why do the adults hate their kids so much? And did Eli Craig just pull off one of the...

The Movie Gumshoes and Dirty Deborah dive into The Surfer, where masculine waves and Cage-fueled chaos await. Jonathan goes deep undercover with the surfer gang, but somewhere between method acting and heatstroke, he can’t shake his Australian accent... or his new macho swagger. We investigate director Lorcan Finnegan’s sun-scorched vision and Nicolas Cage’s latest existential meltdown. Plus: Jona...

The Movie Gumshoes and their permanently perverted archivist, Dirty Deborah are racing against the clock (and basic HR policies) to crack their next case: Until Dawn . The catch? If they don’t solve it before sunrise , Captain’s gonna finally fire them for shady expense reports, improper evidence handling, and “multiple violations of cinematic integrity.” Now trapped in a relentless time loop (pro...

This week, the Movie Gumshoes take on a barely believable case: a 500-pound apex predator who snorts an ungodly amount of cocaine and goes full Scarface in the woods. The bear’s high, the stakes are higher, and our judgment? Completely obliterated. Early in the investigation, we "accidentally" had the key to the evidence locker... and one thing led to another. and, well, let’s just say we got real...

In this week’s episode, the Gumshoes crack open the digital dossier on Drop (2025), Christopher Landon’s latest thriller that proves romance is dead, and possibly holding your family hostage. Our investigation begins with Violet, a grieving widow looking for love, who ends up on a date from hell when she starts receiving anonymous threats through an app called “DigiDrop.” Someone's got her kid, he...

The Movie Gumshoes had their expectations thoroughly ambushed when they discovered that Death of a Unicorn wasn’t just a bizarre title, it was a full-blown fever dream seemingly inspired by Rian Johnson’s creative hubris. This week on The Movie Gumshoes , we’re investigating the most bizarre cinematic crime yet, Death of a Unicorn . Paul Rudd. Jenna Ortega. One magical creature. One very unfortuna...

This week, the Movie Gumshoes crack open a cold case, literally. We’re diving into Warner Brothers and Bong Joon Ho’s sci-fi snow globe starring Robert Pattinson, Mickey 17 , where a disposable employee is sent to colonize the frozen wasteland of Niflheim. He dies. He respawns. He keeps dying. Rinse, regenerate, repeat. But with each reboot, the real mystery grows: why does this movie feel like it...

The Movie Gumshoes are on the case, trying to solve Hollywood’s latest head-scratcher: why would an Oscar-winning director sign on for what smells suspiciously like a Mark Wahlberg vanity project? A film where Wahlberg struts in, aiming to channel the sinister charm of Nicholson, the chaos of Malkovich, and the gravitas of Hollywood’s great villains... but lands somewhere between annoyed and const...

This week, the Movie Gumshoes cuff a suspect with a lot of hair and even more nostalgia, a werewolf caught howling over Teen Wolf (1985), the Michael J. Fox flick that rode the coattails of his Back to the Future fame faster than a DeLorean on nitro. It’s less about full moons and more about full marketing strategy. Was it a charming underdog story, or just a quick cash-in with extra fur? Let’s in...

While the Movie Gumshoes were hard at work launching their totally legitimate, not-at-all-illegal side hustle, BoxOfficeBetsDotCom , they stumbled onto a psychological thriller that had “bad vibes” written all over it. In Scott Beck and Bryan Woods’ latest flick, two young missionaries knock on the wrong door and wind up in a theological cage match with the sinister Mr. Reed, played by none other...

The Movie Gumshoes have cracked the case on Knock at the Cabin , and the biggest twist? There isn’t one. That’s right, M. Night Shyamalan, the king of the third-act rug pull, leaves the twist card on the table. Instead, the film plays it straight, exploring sacrifice, faith, and the cruel roulette of life’s disasters. Is it a bold narrative choice... or just the cinematic equivalent of showing up...

This week, the Movie Gumshoes go deep undercover into one of the most important crime scenes in cinematic history, a place where live action rubbed elbows with animation, and Hollywood’s biggest studios called an uneasy truce. That’s right, we’re investigating the wild, ambitious, ink-splattered masterpiece that rewrote the rules of filmmaking. We’re digging into the cast, the chaos, and the creat...

The Movie Gumshoes are diving into a cult case file from 1975, originally known as The Jezebels , but later resurrected by Quentin Tarantino under a sharper name: Switchblade Sisters . What we uncovered? A gritty, gutsy, gloriously chaotic slice of cinema, courtesy of exploitation legend Jack Hill. It’s got girl gangs, eye patches, switchblades, and a whole lotta attitude. Turns out, before Hollyw...

After collaring the elusive Trinity Twins in a sting operation, the Movie Gumshoes return to the precinct as heroes. In a rare show of gratitude, the Captain rewards Jared’s bravery and Sourdough’s relentless sarcasm, by letting them take the afternoon off to watch 8MM instead of chasing down another perp. Written by Andrew Kevin Walker, yes, the twisted mind behind Se7en and 8MM was a $125 millio...

The Movie Gumshoes were hot on the trail of the Panty Face Killer, a menace haunting their sleepy little town with questionable fashion choices, when a cold case from 1979 landed on their desk. That case? The Warriors , a cult classic from the legendary Walter Hill. With the streets of New York crawling with color-coded gangs and a war council gone sideways, The Warriors is less a movie, more a ne...

While prowling the neon-lit alleys of the Junk on a sting operation to catch the elusive Panty Face Killer, the Movie Gumshoes find themselves sidetracked by another menace entirely— Hobo with a Shotgun (2011). Starring Rutger Hauer as a vengeance-fueled drifter with a heart full of justice and a pump-action attitude, this grindhouse fever dream doesn’t just cross the line—it runs it over in a fla...

This week, the Movie Gumshoes dig into the ashes of yet another reanimated cinematic corpse The Crow (2024). This time, it stars Hollywood’s latest Skarsgård export, Bill, brooding, bloodied, and contractually obligated to wear eyeliner. Behind the camera? Rupert Sanders, the director who somehow keeps getting handed iconic properties only to return them dead on arrival. After Ghost in the Shell a...

This week, the Movie Gumshoes investigate the legendary 1984 cult classic Ghostbusters movie , but things get... supernatural. While decoding proton packs and spiritual bureaucracy, they’re forced to confront an ancient, horn-playing menace: Kokopelli, the mischievous sex god accidentally conjured by the local cult known only as the Knight Stars, operating out of the Junk beneath Superstition Moun...

The Movie Gumshoes make an unannounced visit to the District Attorney’s estate, fueled by a hunch and two lukewarm cups of vending machine coffee. They suspect he’s the mastermind behind their recent entrapment in Dirty Deborah’s safe house, where they were chained to a radiator and forced to review Saw (2004). No popcorn. No bathroom breaks. Just pure Jigsaw torture. But during the interrogation,...

After one too many botched busts and an incident involving zero warrants, the captain lays down the law: the Movie Gumshoes are being benched forced to sit through Hardcore (1979), Paul Schrader’s descent into the sleazy underworld of 1970s California. The film follows a desperate father played by George C. Scott, who dives headfirst into the porn industry’s shadowy depths to find his missing daug...

The Movie Gumshoes are trapped again. This time, it’s not in a warehouse or a back alley... it’s inside Dirty Deborah’s fortified safe, and the only way out is through a movie review. An ominous voice crackles through the speakers, offering no mercy and even less popcorn. "Hello, Gumshoes. I want to play a game..." Their assignment? James Wan’s Saw (2004) a twisted little debut that hacked its way...