IKATAN DARAH MOVIE REVIEW This Indonesian action film from legend Iko Uwais’s new production banner follows Mega, a talented athlete and fighter whose career is sidelined from an injury. Her brother is a serious but unsuccessful gambler and after gambling the deed to their house away, goes to the gangster he owes money to in […]

INFESTATION: FANTASTIC FEST 2025 – COYOTES Justin Long and Kate Bosworth both are a married couple and play one in this horror film set in the Hollywood Hills. When coyotes suddenly start showing up in their neighborhood and attacking/killing the neighbors, the family must band together, with the additional aid of a ‘lady of the […]

TRASH IN THE CAN: WHAT’S THE MATTER WITH HELEN? This week, the boys welcome Shira More of the Necromancer podcast for a cautionary tale about why you should never be roommates with Shelley Winters. Murder! Tap dancing! The world’s lowest wig line! All this and more as they watch 1971’s What’s The Matter With Helen? […]

HIM MOVIE REVIEW First, you need to be clear: despite the deceptive marketing, Him is not directed or written by Jordan Peele. It’s coming out under his production label and that’s it. Second: football is America’s #1 religion. At least, it certainly seems that way. Third: Him wants that to be scary. The story follows […]

A BIG BOLD BEAUTIFUL JOURNEY MOVIE REVIEW Welcome to yet another review where Chris is absolutely correct in his opinion and Wright is not (editor: I think you got that backwards). A Big Bold Beautiful Journey is a trip into magical realism on a path well, and much better, trod by films such as Eternal […]

DIGITAL NOISE EPISODE 361: THE EPISODE WHERE WRIGHT FINALLY ADMITS HE NEEDS HELP (OR NOT) Wright and Chris take on a…interesting stack of films. Some classics that are first-timers for Wright. Some films Chris loves but apparently no one else does, especially Wright. And some unbelievable crap. But crap is often the most fun to […]

TWINLESS MOVIE REVIEW It’s hard to imagine as a non-twin what it would be like to have a twin sibling and then to lose them, especially unexpectedly. For Roman (Dylan O’Brien) it’s shattering. While his brother Rocky couldn’t be more different than him, they still had an indescribable bond. Roman is a heterosexual introvert. Rocky […]

THE LONG WALK MOVIE REVIEW Based on the first novel Stephen King ever wrote, although not the first published (later released under the pseudonym Richard Bachman) The Long Walk has had many attempts to bring it to the screen. But it’s a challenge: The Long Walk is a conversation film interrupted by occasional brutal killings. […]

HEART/FELT – IDEA MAN: JIM HENSON’S SHORT FILMS On the premiere episode of Heart/Felt, we kick off our celebration of 70 years of The Muppets by diving into the early creative works of Jim Henson. I’m joined by Wright Sulek to explore Jim’s experimental films and how it paved the way for the beloved characters […]

CAUGHT STEALING MOVIE REVIEW Director/writer Darren Aronofsky is known for making really intense and usually very surreal films, like Requiem for a Dream, Black Swan, and Mother!. Sometimes he chills a bit to focus on telling a great character based story like in The Wrestler. Caught Stealing is a bit of an oddball choice for […]