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Dan Skip Allen

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Dan Skip Allen @dpskipallen.bsky.social · 11d

Here is my review of #TheWomanInCabin10 starring #KieraKnightley & #GuyPearce and written/directed by #SimonStone @netflix.com fromthefourthrow.com/2025/10/09/t...

Dan Skip Allen @dpskipallen.bsky.social · 11d

Here is my review of #TheWomanInCabin10 starring #KieraKnightley & #GuyPearce and written/directed by #SimonStone @netflix.com fromthefourthrow.com/2025/10/09/t...

Dan Skip Allen @dpskipallen.bsky.social · 12d

Here is my review of #TronAres starring #JaredLeto #GretaLee #EvanPeters & #JodieTurnerSmith and directed by #JoachimRonning #Disney #IMAX #NineInchNails fromthefourthrow.com/2025/10/08/t...

Dan Skip Allen @dpskipallen.bsky.social · 16d

Here is my review of #MrScorsese starring #MartinScorsese and directed by #RebeccaMiller #appletv+ fromthefourthrow.com/2025/10/04/m...

Dan Skip Allen @dpskipallen.bsky.social · 20d

Here is my review of #TheSmashingMachine starring #DwayneJohnson & #EmilyBlunt and directed by #BennySafdie @a24movies.bsky.social fromthefourthrow.com/2025/09/30/t...

Dan Skip Allen @dpskipallen.bsky.social · 24d

Here is my review of #AftertheHunt starring #JuliaRoberts #AndrewGarfield & #AyoEdebiri and directed by #LucaGuadagnino @amazonmgmstudios.bsky.social fromthefourthrow.com/2025/09/26/a...

Dan Skip Allen @dpskipallen.bsky.social · 27d

Here is a review of #OneBattleAfterAnother starring #LeonardoDiCaprio #SeanPenn #BenicioDelToro & #ChaseInfinity and directed by #PaulThomasAnderson @warnerbrospictures.bsky.social @theacademyusa.bsky.social
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One Battle After Another Review – PTA’s Wild Ride On A Lost Highway

Paul Thomas Anderson, along with contemporaries Quentin Tarantino, Richard Linklater, and Kevin Smith, make up the VHS generation of directors emerging in the 1990s where they were self-taugh…

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Dan Skip Allen @dpskipallen.bsky.social · Sep 20

Here is my review of #TheLastBus starring #MatthewMcConaughey & #AmericaFerrara and directed by #PaulGreengrass #appletv
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Dan Skip Allen @dpskipallen.bsky.social · Sep 18

Here is my review of #Him starring #TyriqWithers & #MarlonWayans and directed/co-written by #JustinTipping #UniversalPictures #Horror #Football
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Dan Skip Allen @dpskipallen.bsky.social · Sep 16

R[Bert Redford: In Memoriam RIP (August 18th 1936 - September 16th 2025) One Of The Heroes Of My Childhood @RobertRedford
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Dan Skip Allen @dpskipallen.bsky.social · Sep 16

Here is my review of #ABigBoldBeatifulJourney starring #ColinFerrell & #MargotRobbie and directed by #Koganada @sonypicturestv.bsky.social
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Dan Skip Allen @dpskipallen.bsky.social · Sep 10

Here is my review of #DowntonAbbey #TheGrandFinale starring #JimCarter #MichelleDockery #HughBonneville & #PaulGiamatti directed by #SimonCurtis creator/writer #JulianFellowes @focusfeatures.bsky.social
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Dan Skip Allen @dpskipallen.bsky.social · Sep 9

Here is a review of #Hamnet starring #JessieBuckley & #PaulMescal and directed by #ChloeZhao @focusfeatures.bsky.social fromthefourthrow.com/2025/09/09/t...

Dan Skip Allen @dpskipallen.bsky.social · Sep 8

Here is a review of #RentalFamily starring #BrendanFraser #ShannonGorman #AkiraEmoto & #MariYamamoto and written/directed by #Hikari #SearchlightPictures fromthefourthrow.com/2025/09/08/t...

Dan Skip Allen @dpskipallen.bsky.social · Sep 6

Here is a review of #NouvelleVague starring #ZoeyDeutch #AubreyDullin & #GuillaumeMarbeck and directed by #RichardLinklater #tiff50 @netflix.com
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Dan Skip Allen @dpskipallen.bsky.social · Sep 6

Here is a review of #SentimentalValue starring #RenateReinsve #StellanSkarsgard & #ElleFanning and directed by #JoachimTrier #Tiff50 @neon-rated.bsky.social fromthefourthrow.com/2025/09/06/t...

Dan Skip Allen @dpskipallen.bsky.social · Sep 4

Here is my review of #TheLongWalk starring #CooperHoffman #DavidJonsson #BenWang & #MarkHamill and directed by #FrancisLawrences @lionsgate.com #StephenKing fromthefourthrow.com/2025/09/04/t...

Dan Skip Allen @dpskipallen.bsky.social · Aug 28

Here is my review of #TheRoses starring #BenedictCumberbatch & #OliviaColman and directed by #JayRoach and written by #TonyMcNamara #SearchlightPictures
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Luis A. Mendez @mendezmovierpt.bsky.social · Aug 28

I caught up to Spike Lee's latest joint, #Highest2Lowest.

While obviously not at the level of the 1963 Akira Kurosawa masterpiece, Lee and Denzel Washington's team-up give us a solid re-interpretation:

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Film Review: Highest 2 Lowest

All $$ Ain't Good $$

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Dan Skip Allen @dpskipallen.bsky.social · Aug 27

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Dan Skip Allen @dpskipallen.bsky.social · Aug 27

Here is a review of #thetoxicavenger starring #peterdinklage #kevinbacon & #jacobtremblay and directed by #maconblair #legendarypictures fromthefourthrow.com/2025/08/27/t...

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Dan Skip Allen @dpskipallen.bsky.social · Aug 27

Here is my review of #CaughtStealing starring #austinbutler and directed by #DarrenAronofsky #Sony #columbiatristar
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Luis A. Mendez @mendezmovierpt.bsky.social · Aug 26

Reel Consideration season 2 kicked off as @dpskipallen.bsky.social and I spent two and a half hours going through 30+ potential Best Picture contenders, just as the fall festivals are about to kick off:

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Initial Best Picture Outlook | Reel Consideration (2025 Season)

Season 2, Episode 1

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Dan Skip Allen @dpskipallen.bsky.social · Aug 22

Here is my review of #honeydont starring #margaretqualley #aubreyplaza #chrisevans & #charlieday directed by #ethancoen & written by #triciacooke @focusfeatures.bsky.social #neonoir
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Dan Skip Allen @dpskipallen.bsky.social · Aug 22

Here is my review of #thethursdaymurderclub starring #helenmirren #piercebrosnan #benkingsley & #celiaemrie and directed by #chriscolumbus @netflix.com fromthefourthrow.com/2025/08/22/t...

Dan Skip Allen @dpskipallen.bsky.social · Aug 20

Here is a review of #nezha2 starring #michelleyoah #yantinglu #yuyang and written/directed by #Jiaozi @a24movies.bsky.social @nicktok.bsky.social #BeijingEnlightPictures fromthefourthrow.com/2025/08/20/n...