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FLIGHT RISK is #1 on Prime Video. Mark Wahlberg plays the creepy villain and he's way over the top. Topher Grace is the best thing. It isn't advertised, but the director is Mel Gibson. Overall, it's cheesy and mindless, but not horrible.
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#SIFTER #FlightRiskMovie
THE BEAST IN ME is popular on Netflix, but it's really just an average mystery thriller with a decent cast.
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#SIFTER #TheBeastInMe
SISU: ROAD TO REVENGE is the sequel to the brutally violent original. This time the violence is over-the-top absurd, but still plenty of bloody encounters.
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#SIFTER #SisuRoadToRevenge
Most know Jack Whitehall as a funny guy, but he goes very dark in MALICE (Prime). He plays a tutor who has diabolical plans for the family. Some plot holes, but he's pretty evil and even violent.
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#SIFTER #Malice
TRAIN DREAMS (Netflix) stars Joel Edgerton as a logger. Its self-consciously poetic style brings Terrence Malik's work to mind.
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#SIFTER #TrainDreams
My 2nd review of the day with ALL in the title & women in the forefront. ALL HER FAULT is a drama about a missing child starring Sarah Snook and Dakota Fanning. It does have its compelling elements, but is longer than needed and sometimes repetitive.
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#SIFTER #AllHerFault
ALL'S FAIR is the latest from Ryan Murphy and it's his worst show yet. A stellar cast with soap opera problems dressed in fabulous fashions. It's a soap-opera throwback to "Dynasty" in the worst way.
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#SIFTER #AllsFair
Brendan Fraser stars in RENTAL FAMILY (about the Japanese biz of an actor taking on a role in someone's family). He's the best thing in what was otherwise a gentle, restrained, but not esp. moving. drama.
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#SIFTER #RentalFamily
The last NOW YOU SEE ME was terrible, but this 3rd one NOW YOU SEE ME: NOW YOU DON'T is back to the snappy fun and visual treats of the original.
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#SIFTER #NowYouSeeMeNowYouDont
THE RUNNING MAN stars Glen Powell, who's skillful in the role, but the action scenes aren't as cool as expected. The sci-fi future is kinda interesting, but it's less exciting that I hoped.
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#SIFTER #TheRunningMan
Jason Clarke stars in this series and he's in charge of finding a plane full of violent criminals after it crashes in the barrens of Alaska. The riveting actions scenes are the best aspect of the series.
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#SIFTER #TheLastFrontier
ONE TO ONE: JOHN & YOKO has been streaming for a while, but just dropped on HBO. It features Lennon's last full-length concert and lots of footage from the 70s.
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#SIFTER #OneToOneJohn&Yoko
MURDAUGH: DEATH IN THE FAMILY (Hulu) is a crime drama about a very dysfunctional family with great performances by Jason Clarke & Patricia Arquette.
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#SIFTER #MurdaughDeathIntheFamily
In DIE MY LOVE Jennifer Lawrence is goes all out in an attempt to create a tour de force performance, but the film's random timeline and other edgy elements don't generate much empathy for her character.
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#SIFTER #DieMyLove
This year's POCHONTAS REFRAMED FILM FESTIVAL will feature this cute animated short by writer/director/comic Joey Clift. He offers fun insite into the process and the world of native comics.
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#SIFTER @prsfilmfest
IT WAS JUST AN ACCIDENT won the Palme d'Or at Cannes this year. It's an import from Iran featuring a group with ethical quandaries after they kidnap the man they think tortured them as political prisoners.
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#SIFTER #ItWasJustAnAccident
I watched DEATH BY LIGHTNING (Netflix) on the train back from NYC. It's a fascinating history lesson combined with true crime drama about the assassination of President James Garfield.
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#SIFTER #DeathByLightning
HEDDA (Prime Video) is a very different reworking of the Ibsen classic, but it feels more like an experiment in stylistic presentation than an emotional drama.
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#SIFTER #HeddaPrimeVideo
TASK (HBO) is from the creator of "Mare of Easttown." It's a crime drama that takes a while to get involving, but it's more about the characters that keeps the series interesting.
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#SIFTER #TaskHBO
BALLAD OF A SMALL PLAYER (Netflix) stars Colin Farrell as a con man, but his usual acting skills are pushed to messy situations resulting in too much dramatic intensity. Also disappointing since it was directed by Edward Berger ("Conclave")
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#SIFTER #BalladOfASmallPlayer
Yep, that's a bald Emma Stone in BUGONIA, here latest collab with director Yorgos Lanthimos. There are glimpses of brilliance, but more often mild frustration with the continual banter between here and Jesse Plemons.
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#SIFTER #Bugonia
NOUVELLE VAGUE is French for New Wave, the revolutionary film movement in the 60s. This film by Richard Linklater is about the making of Jean Luc Godard's groundbreaking film "Breathless."
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#SIFTER #NouvelleVagueFilm
Under Guillermo del Toro's masterful direction this new version of FRANKENSTEIN is a tragic tale on a grand scale. 5 stars!
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#SIFTER #Frankenstein2025
This week's podcast is an interview with Andrew D. Kaplan, who wrote/directed this 3-hour doc on Edgar Allan Poe.
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#SIFTER #InSearchOfEdgarAllanPoe
Jeremy Allen White plays Bruce in SPRINGSTEEN: DELIVER ME FROM NOWHERE. He's convincing on stage, but the dramatic moments (and that's most of the movie) are continually sullen without much emotional impact.
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#SIFTER #SpringsteenDeliverMeFromNowhere
2nd review in a row featuring Ethan Hawke. In THE LOWDOWN he plays a guy who's more a mess than a success in this new neo-noir series from Sterlin Harjo.
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#SIFTER #TheLowdown
BLUE MOON stars Ethan Hawke as lyricist Lorenz Hart. It's basically a one-man show, as he embodies the character with admirable skill and lots of talking.
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#SIFTER #BlueMoonmovie
Daniel Poler wrote and directed ESPINA about his best friend. It's a fascinating story and more so because it's true. It'll play at this year's Virginia Film Festival (10-22-26).
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#SIFTER @VirginiaFilmFestival
GOOD FORTUNE has good potential with Aziz Ansari writing/directing/starring along with Keanu Reeves & Seth Rogen. Sadly the most we get is upbeat energy and occasional smirks. Hardly ever funny.
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#SIFTER #GoodFortuneMovie
URCHIN is the first directorial effort for actor Harris Dickinson and I found it an objective, somewhat distanced character study of a young addict living on the streets of London. tvjerry.com/urchin/
#SIFTER #UrchinMovie
