Path: ...!news.mixmin.net!eternal-september.org!feeder3.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: "Ian J. Ball" Newsgroups: rec.arts.tv Subject: Re: Selected programming for April 13-16, 2024 Date: Sat, 13 Apr 2024 16:51:40 -0700 Organization: A noiseless patient Spider Lines: 168 Message-ID: References: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Injection-Date: Sun, 14 Apr 2024 01:51:41 +0200 (CEST) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="fba63a7c62f28e8451721f859decac1c"; logging-data="3420670"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX1+drh0+Mysj4BRhJgMwf6o5" User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird Cancel-Lock: sha1:tsoKF+3GI05VKXaYRSxhfD9b4aE= Content-Language: en-US In-Reply-To: Bytes: 7233 On 4/13/24 2:33 PM, Robin Miller wrote: > RM: I should be posting the Wednesday-Friday list later tonight. > > > > > >         Previously released: > > > The Bricklayer      (movie)       (Netflix, April 11) > > To clear its name, the CIA must rely on an edgy ex-agent to root out a > covert enemy who is framing it for the murders of several foreign > reporters. Stars Aaron Eckhart, Nina Dobrev, Clifton Collins Jr., Tim > Blake Nelson, Ilfenesh Hadera, and Oliver Trevena. 2023 film; 1h 50m. > > https://www.netflix.com/title/81691563 > > https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2016303/    [rating 5.1] > > https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G6YfPaucph8 Too bad this is on Netflix, as I would have checked it out... >         Saturday, April 13 > > > Snatched     (movie)        (3:01 am, Tubi) > > When a dangerous criminal from her past breaks out of prison, a former > CIA agent must tap back into her lethal skills to protect her family. > Stars Veronika Bozeman; 1 hr 41 min. [Originally announced for April 6 > (in Tubi's March 19 press release describing Tubi's April additions), > but Tubi's trailer (posted April 10) dates it for today, and it is in > fact available as of 2 am ET today. I think it was released this morning]. > > https://www.yeahimfamous.com/2024/04/06/first-look-tubi-footage-films-unveils-snatched-movie-trailer/ > > https://www.imdb.com/title/tt27300761/ > > https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FyWo44c-DfQ > > https://tubitv.com/movies/100020085/snatched Not sure about this one. > Billion Dollar Bluff      (movie)       (3:01 am, Tubi) > > When a popular influencer gets kidnapped and held for ransom, she grips > the media’s attention by helping the criminals rob luxurious mansions. > Stars Bukola Ayoka; 1 hr 27 min. [This was originally announced for > today (in Tubi's March 19 press release), but Tubi's trailer (posted on > April 10) states (as of 2 am ET today) that the movie is available now, > and it is. Additionally, the director posted the trailer on X on April > 11. I think it's likely that this was released on April 10.] > > https://tubitv.com/movies/100017200/billion-dollar-bluff > > https://www.imdb.com/title/tt30983222/ > > https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jzf9517p9ME > > https://twitter.com/stefanbrogren/status/1778498837205684557 [director's > post] I like the premise, but this stars no one anyone has ever heard of... > Secret Life of the Pastor's Wife       (movie)       (8 pm, Lifetime > Channel) > > Angie, the wife of a charismatic pastor who extols family values yet > maintains an icy demeanor toward his own, seeks solace from her marital > woes in the arms of her recently hired pool boy, a fling that quickly > upsets the idyllic facade of the community, reigniting old jealousies, > and leaving no one’s secrets safe. Stars Jennings Rice, Andrew Fultz, > and Mike Manning. > > [RM: Pool boys certainly seem to have all the fun.] > > https://www.mylifetime.com/movies/secret-life-of-the-pastors-wife > > https://www.imdb.com/title/tt32024054/ I will certainly watch this, though I may have to bump it to recording for later viewing... >         Sunday, April 14 > > > Killer Fortune Teller       (movie)       (8 pm, Lifetime Channel) > > When a tarot card reading leads to unexpected fortune, Shane thinks he’s > found a recipe for success. However, as his business starts to thrive > and the bodies start to pile up, his sister grows suspicious of both the > psychic as well as her brother’s mysterious new girlfriend. Stars Sarah > Murphree, Jonathan Stoddard, Natalie Daniels, and Caina Summer Field. > > https://www.mylifetime.com/movies/killer-fortune-teller > > https://www.imdb.com/title/tt31727946/ Ditto - intend to watch this, but may or may not get to it tomorrow night... > Tracker      (special time)          (8 pm, CBS) > > Airs at 8 instead of 9 pm tonight. Guest starring!... Nobody interesting! > The 100th: Billy Joel at Madison Square Garden        (special) (9-11 > pm, CBS) > > https://www.cbs.com/shows/the-100th-billy-joel-at-madison-square-garden-the-greatest-arena-run-of-all-time/ Billy Joel is 100?!?!?!!!??!! :p > The Sympathizer            [new]           (9 pm, HBO) > > A seven-part adaptation of the 2015 Pulitzer-winning novel by Viet Thanh > Nguyen stars Robert Downey Jr. in multiple roles. A melange of cultural > satire, dark comedy, historical drama, mystery, and espionage thriller, > The Sympathizer follows a half-Vietnamese, half-French communist spy > known as "The Captain" (Cowboy Bebop's Hoa Xuande) in the closing days > of the Vietnam War and his later exile in the United States (and work in > Hollywood) following the fall of Saigon. Sandra Oh also stars. Runs > through May 26. > > https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=47dRkhiERpE > > https://www.metacritic.com/tv/the-sympathizer/     [score 81] > > https://www.imdb.com/title/tt14404618/ Does not sound like my kind of thing. Obveeus will probably watch it... >         Monday, April 15 > > > The Stranger           (movie)            (12:01 am, Hulu) > > You've seen it as a Quibi series (theoretically)—now see it as a movie! > Originally released for the short-lived, short-format streaming service > in 2020, The Stranger has now been re-cut as a feature film (though only > in landscape mode). Written and directed by The Killing's Veena Sud, the > series film finds a rideshare driver (Maika Monroe) picking up the > passenger from hell (Dane DeHaan), leading to a terrifying 12 hours. > > https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LtI3lKX36Ig > > https://www.imdb.com/title/tt10681780/     [rating 6.3] Maybe, based on the casting. But I never did get to the previous Quibi series-to-film, "The Most Dangerous Game", as its >2 hour runtime put me off... >         Tuesday, April 16 Yikes! - This sounds dreary!!