Screener Squad: Saccharine

Screener Squad: In The Hand of Dante

IN THE HAND OF DANTE MOVIE REVIEW From painter turned filmmaker Julian Schnabel (Basquiat, The Diving Bell and the Butterfly) comes yet another biographical picture about a tortured artist – two tortured artists, actually. Based on the novel by Nick Tosches, In the Hand of Dante tells two parallel stories; both starring Oscar Isaac as […]

Screener Squad: The Get Out

THE GET OUT MOVIE REVIEW The Get Out stars Russell Crowe as Marco Kapak, a heavy set, viagra popping, hard partying Albanian who runs a popular nightclub in Los Angeles. In the course of a few days, Marco suffers a heart attack and is robbed at gunpoint. This run of bad luck convinces him that […]

Screener Squad: The Audacity

THE AUDACITY SERIES REVIEW Matt Damon once said “Fortune favors the brave” in an ad campaign for a crypto currency exchange. A very cynical outlook on this global phenomenon would be that the tech industry has a lotta nerve taking advantage of celebrities with more money than they know what to do with. The Audacity […]

Make a Noise – Ep 1 – Ten From Your Show of Shows

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 […]

Screener Squad: Maddie’s Secret

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 […]