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THE GHOST OF PETER SELLERS MOVIE REVIEW No, this movie is not about the ghost of Peter Sellers haunting a film studio by reenacting his famous characters. As fun as that would have been, this is actually a very personal documentary about the catastrophic production of the 1973 movie, “The Ghost in the Noonday Sun”. […]

YOU DON’T NOMI MOVIE REVIEW In 1995, Paul Verhoeven’s “Showgirls” opened to terrible reviews, and poor box office. A notorious bomb, it derailed the careers of its writer, director, and leading lady, swept the Razzies, and has since become a byword for abject failure. Despite “Showgirls” horrible reputation (or perhaps because of it), the film […]

KATE NASH UNDERESTIMATE THE GIRL MOVIE REVIEW Back in the old days of 2007, a star had been born. Kate Nash flew onto the world stage with her hit pop song Foundations and a popular Myspace page. Unfortunately, like many rising artists, she went through many of the pitfalls that come with new celebrity status: […]

HAVE A GOOD TRIP: ADVENTURES IN PSYCHEDELICS MOVIE REVIEW There has been a decent amount of documentaries made about psychedelic drugs. Most chart the history or the science behind them. Some chart the cultural impact. This one should have been called, “So, You’ve Decided You’re Taking Psychedelic Drugs…”. A vast array of famous faces came […]

SPACESHIP EARTH MOVIE REVIEW On September 26, 1991, a group of eight scientists locked themselves into a giant vivarium in the Arizona desert. The purpose of their two-year experiment was to see if people could sustain life in an ecosystem completely closed off from the outside world. They named it Biosphere 2, and as time […]

TIME WARP: THE GREATEST CULT FILMS OF ALL TIME PART 2 – HORROR & SCI-FI MOVIE REVIEW Our crew from the Time Warp Part 1 review returns to delve back into this documentary series. Part 2 narrows its focus to horror and science fiction films (so you know Chris is happy). Taking a look at […]

A SECRET LOVE MOVIE REVIEW When Terry Donahue was drafted into the Peoria Redwings (a team within the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League) in 1946, she thought she was living a dream come true. She never expected to find the love of her life, and she certainly never expected that love to be another woman. […]

CURSED FILMS TV SERIES REVIEW Who doesn’t love the idea and stories around films that were ‘cursed’, where they angered some dark spirit and so were cursed by accidents and deaths? You know who doesn’t? The people who made them, generally speaking. There’s not exactly a dearth of the actors, writers, and directors of the […]

MISS AMERICANA REVIEW Taylor Swift has spread to Sundance and Netflix with the release of her new documentary Miss Americana. Built around the recording and release of her album Lover, the documentary also details much of Swift’s personal life from her sexual assault trial, her weight challenges, and opening up on discussing politics. This documentary […]

FOR SAMA MOVIE REVIEW The Screener Squad got a chance to watch one of the nominees for Best Documentary at the Oscars with For Sama. The majority of the story follows Waad Al-Kateab, a young woman in Syria during the Syrian Civil War. Over the course of five years, we see her fall in love, […]