We are BACK! Officially married and ready to start cranking out more content for you all! Join us today as we discuss James Wan's newest film, Malignant with NO spoilers! Directed by Wan, screenplay by Akela Cooper, based on an original story by Wan, Ingrid Bisu, and Cooper. The film stars Annabelle Wallis as a woman who begins to have visions of people being murdered, only to realize the events are happening in real life. Maddie Hasson, George Young, Michole Briana White, and Jacqueline McKenzie also star. Listen along as we discuss why this film has everyone talking!

September 11th  Documentaries we mentioned:

9/11: One day in America on Hulu
9/11: Inside the President's War Room on Apple TV+

Welcome back to Film Surfing! To kick off Season 2 we discussed I'm thinking of Ending Things on Netflix. 

Brief Synopsis (Non Spoiler):

A psychological horror (?) tale that stars Jessie Buckley as a young woman rethinking her relationship with her boyfriend (Jesse Plemons) before very weird things start happening when they visit his parents (Toni Colette & David Thewlis) family farm.

In this episode we discuss:

Connections
Acting
Those car scenes...
Cinematography 
Like a dream
Imagery
Favorite scene
A puzzle
Charlie Kaufman
Conclusion & Rating

In our first new episode of the new year we do two reviews in one! The first is smash Showtime series Yellowjackets a psychological drama series that tells the story of a team of talented high-school girls soccer players who survive a plane crash deep in the Ontario wilderness. The series chronicles their descent from a complicated but thriving team to warring, cannibalistic clan, while also tracking the lives they have attempted to piece back together. Sophie Nelisse, Jasmin Savoy Brown, Sophie Thatcher and Sammi Hanratty star as the teenagers, while Melanie Lynskey, Tawny Cypress, Christina Ricci, and Juliette Lewis portray their adult counterparts as they reveal the truth about their survival 25 years later. Then we switch gears and review/discuss the new Scream movie! Twenty-five years after a streak of brutal murders shocked the quiet town of Woodsboro, California, a new killer dons the Ghostface mask and begins targeting a group of teenagers to resurrects secrets from the town's deadly past. 

Join us as we discuss Black Widow "a new action-packed spy thriller where Natasha Romanoff aka Black Widow confronts the darker parts of her ledger when a dangerous conspiracy with ties to her past arises. She is pursued by a force that will stop at nothing to bring her down, Natasha must deal with her history as a spy and the broken relationships left in her wake long before she became an Avenger. Scarlett Johansson reprises her role as Natasha/Black Widow, Florence Pugh stars as Yelena, David Harbour portrays Alexei/Red Guardian, and Rachel Weisz is Melina." It becomes the first film in Phase Four of the MCU-and is directed by Cate Shortland and produced by Keven Feige. Find out why we consider it one of our favorite Marvel movies to date. 

**SPOILERS**

In this episode we review our recent viewing of The Invisible Man.

Brief Synopsis: A contemporary adaptation of the novel of the same name by H. G. Wells and a reboot of The Invisible Man film series, it follows a woman who, after the suicide of her abusive rich boyfriend, believes she is being stalked by him. She ultimately deduces that he has acquired the ability to become invisible. The film stars Elisabeth Moss, Aldis Hodge, Storm Reid, Harriet Dyer, Michael Dorman, and Oliver Jackson-Cohen.

Asylums, Ryan Murphy, Peaches & Sarah Paulson!? What more can you ask for!? In this episode we review Ryan Murphy's latest work, Ratched now streaming on Netflix. Sarah Paulson plays the titular role of Nurse Mildred Ratched in this origin story of one of the most hated characters in cinematic history from One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest. Also starring Finn Wittrock Cynthia Nixon Jon Jon Briones Charlie Carver Judy Davis & Sharon Stone.

Brief Synopsis:

In 1947, Mildred arrives in Northern California to seek employment at a leading psychiatric hospital where new and unsettling experiments have begun on the human mind. On a clandestine mission, Mildred presents herself as the perfect image of what a dedicated nurse should be, but the wheels are always turning and as she begins to infiltrate the mental health care system and those within it, Mildred's stylish exterior belies a growing darkness that has long been smoldering within, revealing that true monsters are made, not born.

In this episode we discuss:

Ratched Intro
Louis Fletcher vs. Sarah Paulson's portrayal
Mental Health Industry in the 1940s
AHS Asylum vs. Ratched
AHS: Hitchcock
The aspect of "Too Much?" / Ryan Murphy
That ending though...
Cast Standouts
Sophie Okonedo/Multiple Personalities
Conclusion / Verdict

**SPOILERS**

In this episode we review our recent viewing of The Invisible Man.

Brief Synopsis: A contemporary adaptation of the novel of the same name by H. G. Wells and a reboot of The Invisible Man film series, it follows a woman who, after the suicide of her abusive rich boyfriend, believes she is being stalked by him. She ultimately deduces that he has acquired the ability to become invisible. The film stars Elisabeth Moss, Aldis Hodge, Storm Reid, Harriet Dyer, Michael Dorman, and Oliver Jackson-Cohen.

In our latest Spooky Season episode, we reviewed Mike Flanagan's newest installment of his "Haunting" series, The Haunting of Bly Manor now streaming on Netflix. After the huge success of The Haunting of Hill House, Flanagan took a page out of Ryan Murphy's playbook and brought us a fresh story with some familiar faces. Loosely based on Henry James' 1898 novella, The Turn of the Screw, The Haunting of Bly Manor follows a young governess hired by a man to look after his niece and nephew at the family country house after they fall into his care. Arriving at the Bly estate, she begins to see apparitions that proceed to haunt the premises.... but it's about SO MUCH MORE than that. Just like the first season, Flanagan has delivered a fresh take on horror that draws on trauma and the horrors that we all encounter as human beings. Some notable actors include Victoria Pedretti, Oliver Jackson-Cohen, Amelia Eve, T'Nia Miller and Henry Thomas. 

In this episode we discuss:

Intro / Haunting of Hill House / Mike Flanagan
Love story
Very depressing 
Binge-able / uneven pacing
Amazing visuals
Great mysteries
Outstanding cast
Conclusion/verdict

Do you agree with our verdict? Let us know in the comments!

In our first new episode of the new year we do two reviews in one! The first is smash Showtime series Yellowjackets a psychological drama series that tells the story of a team of talented high-school girls soccer players who survive a plane crash deep in the Ontario wilderness. The series chronicles their descent from a complicated but thriving team to warring, cannibalistic clan, while also tracking the lives they have attempted to piece back together. Sophie Nelisse, Jasmin Savoy Brown, Sophie Thatcher and Sammi Hanratty star as the teenagers, while Melanie Lynskey, Tawny Cypress, Christina Ricci, and Juliette Lewis portray their adult counterparts as they reveal the truth about their survival 25 years later. Then we switch gears and review/discuss the new Scream movie! Twenty-five years after a streak of brutal murders shocked the quiet town of Woodsboro, California, a new killer dons the Ghostface mask and begins targeting a group of teenagers to resurrects secrets from the town's deadly past. 

In our final episode for 2021 we discuss what we enjoyed watching/seeing whether TV or film and a small discussion of a few films we're looking forward to seeing before the year is over in a couple weeks.