I'd Like To (Blank) The Academy
LightNews LightNews
banner
blanktheacademy.bsky.social
I'd Like To (Blank) The Academy
@blanktheacademy.bsky.social
8 followers 2 following 69 posts
A movie-loving couple on a ridiculous quest to watch every single Best Picture nominee

https://iltbta.substack.com/
https://letterboxd.com/iltbta/
Posts Replies Media Videos
Pinned
blanktheacademy.bsky.social
I'd Like To (Blank) The Academy @blanktheacademy.bsky.social · Feb 23
Greetings Bluesky!

Ya like movies🎬? If so, check us out at ILTBTA.substack.com! If not ... still check us out at ILTBTA.substack.com!

Every other Tuesday, we recap, joke about, and review a random movie nominated for Best Picture by the almighty @theacademyusa.bsky.social. Yes, ALL the nominees.
I'd Like To (Blank) The Academy | Tyler & Ellen | Substack
One movie-loving couple’s quest to watch every Best Picture nominee in whatever order they feel like. Click to read I'd Like To (Blank) The Academy, by Tyler & Ellen, a Substack publication. Launched ...
ILTBTA.substack.com
blanktheacademy.bsky.social
Had a blast at #CrookedCon yesterday! Thanks to everyone at @crooked.com for putting together such a great event and gathering such insightful speakers (@abreezeclayton.bsky.social and Lina Khan being my favorites).

Oh and some newcomer named @barackobama.bsky.social ...
November 8, 2025 at 9:52 PM
blanktheacademy.bsky.social
HUGE night last night for America. The people rose up to speak truth to power and the numbers back it up.

We're of course talking about our latest post on Toy Story 3, what else happened?

iltbta.substack.com/p/toy-story-...

(jk, congrats to our home state @vademocrats.bsky.social!)
Toy Story 3 (2010)
We're not crying, you are
iltbta.substack.com
November 5, 2025 at 4:36 PM
blanktheacademy.bsky.social
We went to Japan. Basil did not. She had feelings about that.

iltbta.substack.com/p/basil-take...
Basil Takes Over ILTBTA: A Japan Recap
The Life of a Furlough-girl
iltbta.substack.com
October 29, 2025 at 6:51 PM
blanktheacademy.bsky.social
Dear Bluesky,

We reviewed Clint Eastwood's"Letters from Iwo Jima." We liked it, even though the suicide scene will haunt our dreams forever.

Best,
ILTBTA

iltbta.substack.com/p/letters-fr...

#filmsky #moviesky #substack 🎬📽️🍿
a black and white photo of soldiers holding an american flag on top of a hill .
ALT: a black and white photo of soldiers holding an american flag on top of a hill .
media.tenor.com
September 23, 2025 at 11:44 PM
blanktheacademy.bsky.social
🎵
Somebody call 911, shawty fire burnin’ on the 81st Floooooooor!
We need to cool it down
Or else glass will hit the ground
From the 135th … Flooooooor!
🎵

iltbta.substack.com/p/the-toweri...

#filmsky #moviesky #substack 🎬📽️🍿
The Towering Inferno (1974)
The Great Fire Escape
iltbta.substack.com
September 9, 2025 at 11:08 PM
blanktheacademy.bsky.social
Hey @sarahbagley.bsky.social and @kirkmcpike.bsky.social, questions for the next podcast ep:
1. Has @alexandriavagov.bsky.social done a rat census or anything else to handle rats/mice? (see: wapo.st/46p7FAe)
2. What can we do to reduce cars running red lights? Besides get them onto bikes of course 😉
Opinion | This centuries-old pest is thriving like never before
A rat census is the first step in combatting them.
wapo.st
September 7, 2025 at 9:06 PM
blanktheacademy.bsky.social
🎵And suddenly we're Shell-ma and Louise ... 🎵

Did my New Jersey bias come through in my evaluation of 1980's "Atlantic City"? Only one way to find out ...

iltbta.substack.com/p/atlantic-c...

#filmsky #moviesky #substack #Bastille 🎬📽️🍿🎵
Atlantic City (1980)
Shell-ma & Louise
iltbta.substack.com
August 28, 2025 at 1:10 AM
blanktheacademy.bsky.social
In honor of our latest post on "The Pride of the Yankees" (and because I'm a sicko Phillies fan) we caught some baseball at Nats Park this weekend!

iltbta.substack.com/p/the-pride-...

Of course, no trip to the ballpark is complete without some Rita's wooder ice.

#filmsky #moviesky #substack 🎬📽️🍿⚾
August 19, 2025 at 10:58 PM
blanktheacademy.bsky.social
Did Ellen allow me to attach our signature "Sounds like my ex-wife!" footnote to the phrase "the hot dog princess of Chicago"?

Only one way to find out! Check out our latest post on "The Pride of the Yankees."

iltbta.substack.com/p/the-pride-...

#filmsky #moviesky #substack #GoPhillies 🎬📽️🍿⚾
The Pride of the Yankees (1942)
Lou’s Hits Win ‘Ships
iltbta.substack.com
August 12, 2025 at 11:21 PM
blanktheacademy.bsky.social
Alternate subtitles for our post on 1933's "State Fair" included:
-Babe: Like a Pig In Shitty
-Io-know What You Did Last Summer
-Io-wanna go on a roller coaster

Click below to see what we went with & don't forget to subscribe!

iltbta.substack.com/p/state-fair...

#filmsky #moviesky #substack 🎬📽️🍿
State Fair (1933)
Wet Hog American Summer
iltbta.substack.com
July 30, 2025 at 1:37 AM
blanktheacademy.bsky.social
With it being hot AF around the country today, why not stay in and cool off with the nautical adventure "Master and Commander"?

When you're done, check out our post, if only to play another round of That Guy From That Thing!

iltbta.substack.com/p/master-and...

#filmsky #moviesky #substack 🎬📽️🍿
a man in a military uniform is walking on a ship
ALT: a man in a military uniform is walking on a ship
media.tenor.com
July 26, 2025 at 3:31 PM
blanktheacademy.bsky.social
Ahoy mateys! Set sail with our post on "Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World." Unless ye be a dastardly land lubber, yo ho ho and a bottle of rum? Now we're just quoting the Pirates of the Caribbean ride at Disney.

iltbta.substack.com/p/master-and...

#filmsky #moviesky #substack 🎬📽️🍿
Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World (2003)
Below Deck: Galápagos
iltbta.substack.com
July 15, 2025 at 11:58 PM
blanktheacademy.bsky.social
"Problematic fave" or just problematic? Our post on "Seven Brides for Seven Brothers."

iltbta.substack.com/p/seven-brid...

(h/t to @claireefallon.bsky.social (I think?) on an old episode of "Love To See It" for the framing.)

#filmsky #moviesky #substack 🎬📽️🍿
Seven Brides for Seven Brothers (1954)
Y-oregon-na regret this
iltbta.substack.com
July 2, 2025 at 2:36 PM
blanktheacademy.bsky.social
Never thought we'd laugh at a movie involving Nazis but here we are: our post on 1998's "Life Is Beautiful."

iltbta.substack.com/p/life-is-be...

#filmsky #moviesky #substack 🎬📽️🍿
Life Is Beautiful (1998)
Dad-bo Italiano
iltbta.substack.com
June 17, 2025 at 11:56 PM
blanktheacademy.bsky.social
Politics of seeing something at The Kennedy Center aside, we had a blast last week seeing "Amadeus" with a live orchestra and chorus! We both liked the movie better the second time around, maybe the theatrical cut is better?

iltbta.substack.com/p/amadeus-1984

#filmsky #moviesky #substack 🎬📽️🍿
June 11, 2025 at 11:02 PM
blanktheacademy.bsky.social
Make sure you read all the way to the end (the "Post-Credits Scene") of our latest post on "The Nun's Story" for some cute pics of our recent birthday girl, Basil!

iltbta.substack.com/p/the-nuns-s...

My personal favorite? Basil in "Babushka Mode."

#filmsky #moviesky #substack #dogs 🎬📽️🍿🐶
June 8, 2025 at 1:55 PM
blanktheacademy.bsky.social
A wimple favor: our thoughts on the amazing Audrey Hepburn in "The Nun's Story": iltbta.substack.com/p/the-nuns-s...

Alternate sub-title that we didn't go with because it's "too niche" and "technically doesn't make any sense": Belgian Con-go to the polls.

#filmsky #moviesky #substack 🎬📽️🍿
The Nun’s Story (1959)
A Wimple Favor
iltbta.substack.com
June 3, 2025 at 11:15 PM
blanktheacademy.bsky.social
In which neither of us can get it up for Paul Thomas Anderson: our thoughts on "Phantom Thread."

iltbta.substack.com/p/phantom-th...

#filmsky #moviesky #substack 🎬📽️🍿
Phantom Thread (2017)
Only Girl in the ‘Shroom
iltbta.substack.com
May 21, 2025 at 1:32 AM
blanktheacademy.bsky.social
How did we shoehorn a "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" reference to our post on the 1966 Michael Caine vehicle "Alfie"?

Only one way to find out: iltbta.substack.com/p/alfie-1966

#filmsky #moviesky #substack 🎬📽️🍿
Alfie (1966)
If you’re a bird, I’m a turd
iltbta.substack.com
May 6, 2025 at 11:35 PM
blanktheacademy.bsky.social
Finally got around to watching Mufasa this weekend!

Was this movie strictly necessary? No.
Did I nevertheless enjoy it because I was a Lion King kid? Yes.
Did I also tear up at the end? Yes.
Do I miss my parents and never met most of my grandparents? Also yes.
a disney movie called mufasa the lion king
ALT: a disney movie called mufasa the lion king
media.tenor.com
April 28, 2025 at 1:16 AM
blanktheacademy.bsky.social
New post alert new post alert!

Check out in what way I compared "The Russians Are Coming, The Russians Are Coming" to a Christopher Nolan movie:

iltbta.substack.com/p/the-russia...

#filmsky #moviesky #substack 🎬📽️🍿
The Russians Are Coming the Russians Are Coming (1966)
Dumbkirk
iltbta.substack.com
April 22, 2025 at 11:02 PM
blanktheacademy.bsky.social
The British are running! The British are running!

ILTBTA went for a run on the beach and watched "Chariots of Fire": iltbta.substack.com/p/chariots-o...

#moviesky #filmsky #substack 🎬📽️🍿
Chariots of Fire (1981)
The British are running! The British are running!
iltbta.substack.com
April 10, 2025 at 1:24 AM
blanktheacademy.bsky.social
Yesterday we procrastinated writing about movies by ... going to the movies.

First up on our AMC double-feature: #BlackBag. Whew what a sleek, sexy, fun movie with a perfect runtime. Also, if Regé-Jean Page isn't the next Bond, what are we even doing? He's suave AF & got us pregnant with dem eyes.
a man in a suit and tie is sitting in a chair and says this isn 't normal
ALT: a man in a suit and tie is sitting in a chair and says this isn 't normal
media.tenor.com
April 6, 2025 at 3:34 PM
blanktheacademy.bsky.social
Back on our Random Movie From The 30s bullshit: this time, we watched 1931's "The Front Page."

Come for the jokes, stay for the "Citizen Kane" quasi-comparison.

iltbta.substack.com/p/the-front-...

#filmsky #moviesky #substack 📽️🎬🍿
The Front Page (1931)
Citizen Plain
iltbta.substack.com
March 25, 2025 at 11:45 PM
blanktheacademy.bsky.social
We back babyyy!

In honor of the kerfuffle over Mozart's Lacrimosa at the Oscars, we present: "Amadeus." Did we unknowingly get the Director's Cut from the library? Maybe, but S/O to @alexandriavagov.bsky.social for having it to begin with!

iltbta.substack.com/p/amadeus-1984

#filmsky #moviesky 📽️🎬
a man in a pink wig is dancing in a theater
ALT: a man in a pink wig is dancing in a theater
media.tenor.com
March 13, 2025 at 1:37 AM