Christopher Cowles

Monster Hunter (& I be Peacockin)

January 29th, 2021  |  Season 1  |  1 hr 44 mins

action, adventure, critics, fantasy, film critic, film review, meagan good, milla jovovich, monster hunter, paul w.s. anderson, review, rotten tomatoes, t.i., tony jaa

Another movie that stuck in Covid hell but managed to crawl its way out has finally hit the big screen and surprisingly enough that's the only place is showing right now! With little to no buzz Monster Hunter hit theatres Christmas day and the Aroused Crew was among the few to see it, and in Dolby for that matter! Open your ear holes and find out if you missed the next Pacific Rim without even realizing it.

Wonder Woman 1984 (& DC strikes again)

January 22nd, 2021  |  Season 1  |  1 hr 51 mins

action, adventure, chris pine, critics, fantasy review, film critic, film review, gal gadot, kristen wiig, pedro pascal, rotten tomatoes, warner bros., wonder woman 1984

It's 3 weeks late and a bunch of dollars short but hot dang you can finally hear what we thought of the mega Christmas day HBO Max spectacular, Wonder Woman 1984!

Tenet (& flaming hot Don Cheeto)

January 8th, 2021  |  Season 1  |  1 hr 29 mins

action, christopher nolan, critics, drama, elizabeth debicki, film critic, film review, john david washington, review, robert pattinson, rotten tomatoes, sci-fi, tenet, thriller, warner bros.

It's the first episode of 2021, we took a little break but we are back with our most anticipated film of ... 2020! Get ready folks it's finally motha friggin Tenet!!!!

Sound Of Metal (& What are my knees?)

December 17th, 2020  |  Season 1  |  2 hrs 13 mins

amazon, critics, darius marder, drama, film critic, film review, olivia cooke, paul raci, review, riz ahmed, rotten tomatoes, sound of metal

Riz Amed is back on the scene to prove to us that his next level performance from The Night Of was not a one off situation and that he can still act his ass off in this Amazon Original indie film.

Cats (& loads of butt stuff)

December 5th, 2020  |  Season 1  |  1 hr 31 mins

cats, critics, film critic, film review, hbo max, idris elba, james corden, jason derulo, judi dench, rebel wilson, review, rotten tomatoes, tom hooper

Yes we know... the 2019 remake of the musical Cats was supposedly was a crapshow but then we asked ourselves, "has a collection a critics as high class and esteemed as the aroused crew actually truly assessed Cats?". So obviously, we came to the conclusion that the answer was NO, and rose to the occasion.

The Dead Don't Die (& The Boxed Wine of Actresses)

November 26th, 2020  |  Season 1  |  1 hr 59 mins

adam driver, bill murray, chloë sevigny, comedy, critics, danny glover, fantasy, film critic, film review, hbo max, horror, review, rotten tomatoes, steve buscemi, the dead don't die, tom waits

This week we dig a bit deeper to talk about the 2019 Jim Jarmusich film The Dead Don't Die which has the self proclaimed "greatest zombie cast ever disassembled" ... an the Aroused Crew felt it was time to see if these bold claims are even remotely accurate.

The Witches ( & The Pinto Scale)

November 13th, 2020  |  Season 1  |  1 hr 46 mins

Check out the new HBO Max remake of The Witches and then check out what The Crew thought! Also, as usual, you get a update on what's streaming and a bit of news to boot!

Evil Eye (& some jive turkey)

October 30th, 2020  |  Season 1  |  2 hrs 5 mins

amazon, bernard white, critics, drama, elan dassani, evil eye, film critic, film review, mystery, omar maskati, rajeev dassani, review, rotten tomatoes, sarita choudhury, sunita mani, thriller

It's round two of Welcome to the Blumhouse as we review the listener voted thriller/drama Evil Eye based on the Amazon Audible original story by Madhuri Shekar... and the crew brings back the age old phrase jive turkey.

Books of Blood (& Spooky vs. Horror)

October 22nd, 2020  |  Season 1  |  2 hrs 4 mins

anna friel, books of blood, britt robertson, critics, drama, film critic, film review, freda foh shen, horror, hulu, mystery, review, rotten tomatoes, yul vazquez

The streaming giants keep rolling out their own Halloween specials and this week it is Hulu's turn at bat with the recreation of Clive Barker's horror spectacular Books of Blood.

The Lie (& Doc Crocs)

October 11th, 2020  |  Season 1  |  1 hr 59 mins

amazon prime, crime, critics, drama, film critic, film review, joey king, mireille enos, mystery, peter sarsgaard, review, rotten tomatoes, the lie, thriller, veena sud

Amazon launches a new October 4 movie extravaganza with Blumhouse, and the aroused crew has decided to check out Veena Sud's The Lie, which is one of the first two to drop!

Utopia (& Sacha Barracuda)

October 4th, 2020  |  Season 1  |  2 hrs 3 mins

action, amazon prime, ashleigh lathrop, christopher denham, critics, dan byrd, desmin borges, drama, film critic, film review, gillian flynn, john cusack, mystery, rainn wilson, review, rotten tomatoes, utopia

Get ready for a show so insanely close to our current reality that it's hard to imagine the creators couldn't see the future!

The Man Who Killed Hitler and then The Bigfoot (& the Meshmellow)

September 27th, 2020  |  Season 1  |  1 hr 53 mins

adventure, aidan turner, caitlin fitzgerald, critics, drama, film critic, film review, hulu, review, rotten tomatoes, sam elliott, sci-fi, the man who killed hitler and then the bigfoot

Try not to judge a book by its cover and let the name fool you, shockingly the film is not (entirely) as wacky as it sounds.

Get Duked (& why is this Greek guy here?)

September 19th, 2020  |  Season 1  |  2 hrs 13 mins

action, amazon, comedy, critics, eddie izzard, film critic, film review, get duked, horror, jonathan aris, lewis gribben, ninian doff, prime video, review, rian gordon, rotten tomatoes, samuel bottomley, viraj juneja

Don't blame us; but the industry decided to get political so we have to dip our toes in for a bit because of Cuties and The Oscars... but we move onto lighter news as well and this week's movie,Get Duked, is one hell of a wacky ride so need to fear!

The New Mutants (& Captain Karen)

September 5th, 2020  |  Season 1  |  2 hrs 3 mins

We actually went to the MOTHER FRIGGIN MOVIES!!!.... and people have clearly forgotten now to act right in public over the past 8 months. If you have not seen The New Mutants yet don't skip this one, we actually did a spoiler free review before our full review!

An American Pickle (& it sadly wasn't David Bowie)

August 20th, 2020  |  Season 1  |  2 hrs 6 secs

an american pickle, comedy, critics, dramedy, film critic, film review, hbo max, review, rotten tomatoes, sarah snook, seth rogen

This week we get the privilege of reviewing our very first HBO Max original film, An American Pickle, and it's got quite an original premise! Seth Rogan takes on Seth Rogan and we try to decide which Seth does it best.

The Vast of Night (& sorry it's rated R)

August 11th, 2020  |  Season 1  |  1 hr 36 mins

amazon, andrew patterson, critics, drama, film critic, film review, jake horowitz, mystery, review, rotten tomatoes, sci-fi, sierra mccormick, the vast of night

It's an R rated review of the PG-13 movie The Vast of Night and the Aroused Crew gets a bit goofy while having a blast talking about this light Amazon original SciFi romp!