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PRACTICAL MAGIC 2 MOVIE REVIEW After 28 years, you would think that a beloved cult classic like Practical Magic would receive a worthy follow up but such is the curse of the…legacy sequel! Practical Magic 2 initially starts after the sudden death of Gary (Aiden Quinn’s character from the original) where Sally (Sandra Bullock) makes […]

DIGITAL NOISE EPISODE 383: WHY DON’T YOU GUYS JUST MARRY REACHER ALREADY? Chris and Wright eat gummies, drink scotch, and review physical media movies and tv shows. And they’re all out of gummies. Wait, no, there’s a huge bag. Ok, the gummy crisis is over, people, stand down. But turn up your volume to hear […]

HOPE MOVIE REVIEW South Korea’s film industry has been unpredictable and kind of amazing at points, especially with some of their genre offerings. One of the best giant monster films of the last 20 years, The Host, showed they know how to deliver rampaging beastie cinema. Now with Hope, another bizarre creature is wreaking death […]

DIGITAL NOISE EPISODE 382: RIP TIM CURRY Chris and Wright want to note that this episode, covering a wonderful doc about the history of The Rocky Horror Picture Show, was recorded before the death of lead actor Tim Curry. Otherwise you can bet we would have been talking about what an absolute treasure that man […]

ONSLAUGHT MOVIE REVIEW The director of You’re Next and The Guest goes back to the action/horror style of his earlier works with Onslaught. The film follows Celeste (Adria Arjona) a super pissed-off single mom and ex-marine now managing a rundown trailer park in the middle of nowhere. Who should interrupt this existence of creeping despair […]

THE DOG STARS MOVIE REVIEW Is just surviving after an apocalyptic pandemic enough? This is the question that Ridley Scott’s new film poses. Based on the book by Peter Heller, The Dog Stars follows Hig (Jacob Elordi), a civilian pilot. He and his ex-marine friend Bangley (Josh Brolin) have holed up outside Denver in an […]

TRASH IN THE CAN: INTENSIVE CARE This week, the boys head to the Netherlands for the gloriously goofy 1991 slasher Intensive Care. Filmmaker and stage director Jason Neulander joins us to discuss George Kennedy’s easiest paycheck, saxophone seduction, and an entire town’s lack of peripheral vision. Plus, Jason tells us about his new show, Treasure […]

HOUSE OF THE DRAGON SEASON 3 REVIEW It’s been two years since season two of House of the Dragon premiered and the world has been waiting with bated breath to finally see some action in the show. We last left our heroes walking into a giant battle and season three picks up immediately in the […]

INSIDIOUS: OUT OF THE FURTHER MOVIE REVIEW Coming in at entry number six is Insidious: Out of the Further, facing the ultimate horror franchise hurdle: how do you keep malevolent spirits scary after six movies? Quick recap: Generally, ghosts suck, mainly in their attempts to mess with humans and gain entry to our world. Previous […]

X-MEN ’97 SEASON 2 REVIEW With such an acclaimed first season of X-Men ’97 and the exit of the showrunner Beau DeMayo, fans were concerned if Disney would be able to replicate if not exceed the success they had with the 2nd season. Well, we’re here to tell you that for the most part they […]

THE RIVALS OF AMZIAH KING MOVIE REVIEW Every generation have a few actors that become icons. Sometimes it’s sheerly because of their skill at the craft. Sometimes it’s because they’ve just got that ‘je ne sais quoi’ that makes them stand apart. Sometimes, they’re just Matthew McConaughey, and you can already just hear that voice […]

THE END OF OAK STREET MOVIE REVIEW Is it odd that director David Robert Mitchell, rightfully celebrated for his films The Myth of the American Sleepover (2010) and It Follows (2014) hasn’t made a film since his severely underrated 2018 film Under The Silver Lake? Yes. Is it even weirder that when you look at […]

THE WRONG GIRLS MOVIE REVIEW I definitely did not have on my scorecard for 2026, NEON releases a stoner superhero movie with Kristen Stewart and Alia Shawkat. But here we are. The Wrong Girls follows these two (Frankie and Molly respectively) who are best friends, roommates, bombed out stoners, and total losers. Rent and bills […]

ONE NIGHT ONLY MOVIE REVIEW Filing under the ‘we are running out of ideas for this genre’ department, in One Night Only the premise is that a conservative government has outlawed premarital sex. But one night a year, there’s a “The Purge” but for sex, where (as long as you use protection, which you’ll have to […]

TONY MOVIE REVIEW Everybody knows Anthony Bourdain, probably the best known celebrity chef of the late 20th/early 21st century. Whether it was from his amazing books, like the must-read Kitchen Confidential: Adventures in the Culinary Underbelly or one of his shows about travel and food, Bourdain was universally appreciated…except perhaps by people around him in […]

TRASH IN THE CAN: THE GARBAGE PAIL KIDS MOVIE This week, we dive headfirst into a movie that’s so perfectly suited to our show we can’t believe it took us this long. Podcaster, artist, and actor John Gholson joins us to marvel at nightmare-fuel puppets, an alarming age gap romance, and state of the art […]

MAKE A NOISE: THE TWELVE CHAIRS (1970) Mel Brooks followed the outrageous success of The Producers with his most personal film, a bittersweet treasure hunt about greed, obsession, and the things people spend their lives chasing. Eric Samaniego is once again joined by Trash in the Can co-host Wright Sulek to discuss The Twelve Chairs. […]

SPIDER-MAN: BRAND NEW DAY After the spell caused everyone to forget who he is, Peter (Tom Holland) has fully submerged himself in being Spider-Man all of the time. Constantly on the prowl for crime, he still is haunted by the loss of his friendship with Ned (Jacob Batalon) and his girlfriend M.J. (Zendaya) who are […]

DIGITAL NOISE EPISODE 380: FLAWLESS VICTORY Chris and Wright review physical media and they have got an interesting stack of recent releases to tell you about today. From an upgraded release of the first faintly enjoyable video game based movie (and it’s unfortunate sequel) to one of the most freaky Japanese horror films ever made. […]

THE ODYSSEY MOVIE REVIEW Director Christopher Nolan has become one of the biggest ‘event’ directors of his generation. Pretty much no matter what he’s helming, he’ll get exactly the cast he wants, the budget he wants, people will pre-buy tickets for the first few weeks, and it will be showered in awards. I mean, how […]

EVIL DEAD BURN MOVIE REVIEW The sixth entry (I say 7th since I am counting the great tv series Ash vs The Evil Dead) in the consistently good Evil Dead horror franchise is here and fans are excited. As has become the tradition, producers Raimi, Tapert, and Campbell have pulled from the horror indie scene […]

MAKE A NOISE: TEN FROM YOUR SHOW OF SHOWS Before the movies, before the legend, Mel Brooks was a young writer in the chaotic world of live television. In the premiere episode of Make a Noise, Eric Samaniego and his Trash in the Can co-host Wright Sulek explore Ten from Your Show of Shows, the […]

MADDIE’S SECRET MOVIE REVIEW Leave it to John Early to make a melodramatic film that feels like a cross between Showgirls and a John Waters movie that can still produce oddly poignant moments. Written, directed, and starring Early, Maddie’s Secret tells the story of Maddie Ralph and her rise to stardom from humble dishwasher for […]

DIGITAL NOISE EPISODE 378: DN THE BAND THE SHOW THE PODCAST Wright and Chris take on a mighty stack of physical releases, getting into what may be Oliver Stone’s least seen but possibly best film, a Jimmy Stewart western that fell off everyone’s radar but should get back on it, one of the best new […]

TRASH IN THE CAN: THE SPIDER LABYRINTH This week, the boys descend into the creepy crawly madness of 1988’s The Spider Labyrinth. Writer and critic Sarah Jane is game to discuss baby monsters, inadvertent slurs, and her own personal Hollywood Babylon. Join us for the worst spider related movie since Madame Web!   YOUR HOSTS […]