Matt Verlaque
Co-Host of Criticless Cast Unhinged
Matt Verlaque, also known as Spicy Meatball, is sassy AF and loves to rebel against main stream opinion even though he indulges in all things stereotypical such as plaid, beards, and craft beer. Want an excellent guide to the local beer scene? Say no more fam. He also enjoys Michael Bay, Wes Anderson, and Guillermo Del Toro. Based on that line up, you could say he’s a jack of all trades.
Matt Verlaque has hosted 111 Episodes.
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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.
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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.
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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!
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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.
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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.
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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!
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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!
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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.
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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!
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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!
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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.
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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!
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Palm Springs (& you'll get the conceit)
August 2nd, 2020 | Season 1 | 2 hrs 1 min
andy samberg, comedy, cristin milioti, critics, fantasy, film critic, film review, hulu, j.k. simmons, max barbakow, mystery, palm springs, review, rotten tomatoes
Get you's silly bones ready for a face full of Andy Samburg in the Hulu Original film, Palm Springs; not only that you get to hear us chat about our very first RomCom ever!
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The Old Guard (& the skyscraper smackdown)
July 19th, 2020 | Season 1 | 1 hr 39 mins
action, charlize theron, critics, drama, film critic, film review, gina prince-bythewood, kiki layne, netflix, review, rotten tomatoes, the old guard, thriller
News outlets are stating The Old Guard had one of the largest opening weeks of any of their original films; the question is, is it actually worth all the hype or does it fall short? Spoiler alert, the crew is a bit divided as usual!
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Crawl (& a few bloody nubs)
July 10th, 2020 | Season 1 | 1 hr 42 mins
alexandre aja, barry pepper, crawl, critics, drama, film critic, film review, horror, kaya scodelario, paramount pictures, review, rotten tomatoes, sam raimi, thriller
It's finally time for our first creature feature/disaster movie combo review... and it it might be our last for a while, sense these movies are not being made much. But don't let Crawl's horrible advertising campaign fool you, there is more than meets the eye to this lean mean little film.
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Artemis Fowl (& pick your Anamorph)
June 23rd, 2020 | Season 1 | 1 hr 29 mins
artemis fowl, colin farrell, critics, disney, family, fantasy, ferdia shaw, film critic, film review, josh gad, kenneth branagh, lara mcdonnell, nonso anozie, review, rotten tomatoes, scifi
Artemis Fowl, similar to many before it, falls victim to the friggin tomato meter but for a movie aimed at tweens the crew has different opinions on how it should be judged.