HeyJaredThe Free Movie Idealist
Writing about screen storytelling every ten days or so, from your friend Emerson.
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FMI Radio: Legacy (opens the original)
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An FBI recruit gets a tip that the USA’s most prolific serial killer works for the FBI.Notes:<img alt="" class="sizing-normal" height="1334" src="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!81lg!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progre
Hot Damn It’s Every Movie I Watched in August 2026 (opens the original)
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Another weird month of movie-watching for me, not a lot I loved, but I’m out of my slump by now and anyway you still want to know what I saw and what I thought of it, right? Here goes: NiagaraMarilyn Monroe is, you know, Marilyn Monroe, but after last month’s Last Embrace, I am 0 for 2 when it comes to lurid-yet-mannered romantic thrillers that take place at or around Niagara Falls. Looks great but didn’t do much for me in the noir or thrills departments, so after a long hour, I turned it off. T
FMI Radio: Spiritual Gangster feat. Lauren Servideo (opens the original)
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On her way home from yoga, a woman wearing a “Spiritual Gangster” t-shirt is nabbed by the multiverse police after she is mistaken for an actual dimension-hopping spiritual gangster. Notes:<img alt="" class="sizing-normal" height
Coyote vs. Monsanto (opens the original)
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On Tuesday mornings, NYC Tape Fair’s Ricky Marrero and I join forces at Regal Cinemas to see whatever’s playing for $10. After the film, we reassemble over food to discuss what we just saw, be it autistic savant piano tuners, lecherous grey aliens, or total hokum.This Tuesday, we saw Coyote vs. Acme, the live-action/animation hybrid originally produced in 2022, which Warner Bros. Discovery honcho David Zaslav threw in the garbage before indie studio Ketchup Entertainment rescued and released it
Look! Everything I watched in July 2026 (opens the original)
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Get 28% off for 1 yearAugust is Aulmost Auver, but here’s the buzzer-beater. Not a great month of movie-watching for me. Few titles (15 is still not bad), even fewer that I loved. But the bad ones…phew! The problem with watching great movies is when you run out. Thankfully, Tubi has the complete series of both Miami Vice and Tales from the Crypt. I’ll live. KaliforniaGone in 60 Seconds and Swordfish<
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