James Bramble
@bramblejim.bsky.social
Father. Attorney. Human rights. Cyclist. Runner. Triathlon. Cancer survivor. Film Buff. Utes. Jazz. Do what is right let the consequence follow.
#Bales2025MovieChallenge - Mike
Stranger Things - the Finale (2005)
Can’t wait to see this in the theater next week. At its core this series is a coming of age saga about friends sticking together no matter what. Lucas, Dustin, Will, Mike and crew.
Stranger Things - the Finale (2005)
Can’t wait to see this in the theater next week. At its core this series is a coming of age saga about friends sticking together no matter what. Lucas, Dustin, Will, Mike and crew.
December 28, 2025 at 2:11 PM
#Bales2025MovieChallenge - Mike
Stranger Things - the Finale (2005)
Can’t wait to see this in the theater next week. At its core this series is a coming of age saga about friends sticking together no matter what. Lucas, Dustin, Will, Mike and crew.
Stranger Things - the Finale (2005)
Can’t wait to see this in the theater next week. At its core this series is a coming of age saga about friends sticking together no matter what. Lucas, Dustin, Will, Mike and crew.
#Bales2025FilmChallenge - Keith
Some Kind of Wonderful (1987)
As a kid I had a crush on Watts and identified with the awkward, doesn’t fit in with the popular crowd Keith. Plus the soundtrack is amazing.
Some Kind of Wonderful (1987)
As a kid I had a crush on Watts and identified with the awkward, doesn’t fit in with the popular crowd Keith. Plus the soundtrack is amazing.
December 27, 2025 at 2:05 PM
#Bales2025FilmChallenge - Keith
Some Kind of Wonderful (1987)
As a kid I had a crush on Watts and identified with the awkward, doesn’t fit in with the popular crowd Keith. Plus the soundtrack is amazing.
Some Kind of Wonderful (1987)
As a kid I had a crush on Watts and identified with the awkward, doesn’t fit in with the popular crowd Keith. Plus the soundtrack is amazing.
#Bales2025FilmChallenge - something short
Matilda (1996)
They don’t come much shorter than the Wormwood family.
@ithrah69
Matilda (1996)
They don’t come much shorter than the Wormwood family.
@ithrah69
December 20, 2025 at 2:37 PM
#Bales2025FilmChallenge - something short
Matilda (1996)
They don’t come much shorter than the Wormwood family.
@ithrah69
Matilda (1996)
They don’t come much shorter than the Wormwood family.
@ithrah69
#Bales2025FilmChallenge - set in January
When Harry Met Sally (1989)
In memory of the great Rob Reiner I choose one of his best films. The ending, which was going to be different and he actually changed it, is one of the best new year’s moments I’ve ever seen in film.
When Harry Met Sally (1989)
In memory of the great Rob Reiner I choose one of his best films. The ending, which was going to be different and he actually changed it, is one of the best new year’s moments I’ve ever seen in film.
December 19, 2025 at 12:20 PM
#Bales2025FilmChallenge - set in January
When Harry Met Sally (1989)
In memory of the great Rob Reiner I choose one of his best films. The ending, which was going to be different and he actually changed it, is one of the best new year’s moments I’ve ever seen in film.
When Harry Met Sally (1989)
In memory of the great Rob Reiner I choose one of his best films. The ending, which was going to be different and he actually changed it, is one of the best new year’s moments I’ve ever seen in film.
#Bales2025FilmChallenge - the moon
La Luna (2011)
The shorts the began each of the Pixar animated films include some of the best animated work of the last 30 years. I love this one about a boy discovering his family’s job is to sweep falling stars off the moon.
@ithrah69
La Luna (2011)
The shorts the began each of the Pixar animated films include some of the best animated work of the last 30 years. I love this one about a boy discovering his family’s job is to sweep falling stars off the moon.
@ithrah69
December 18, 2025 at 12:28 PM
#Bales2025FilmChallenge - the moon
La Luna (2011)
The shorts the began each of the Pixar animated films include some of the best animated work of the last 30 years. I love this one about a boy discovering his family’s job is to sweep falling stars off the moon.
@ithrah69
La Luna (2011)
The shorts the began each of the Pixar animated films include some of the best animated work of the last 30 years. I love this one about a boy discovering his family’s job is to sweep falling stars off the moon.
@ithrah69
#Bales2025FilmChallenge -festive child
Ma Vie en Rose (1997)
A beautiful, important, hopeful and gentle (even if at times brutal) film. The experience of a transgender child through her own eyes in a time before the current culture of erasure. Please see this if you have not.
Ma Vie en Rose (1997)
A beautiful, important, hopeful and gentle (even if at times brutal) film. The experience of a transgender child through her own eyes in a time before the current culture of erasure. Please see this if you have not.
December 17, 2025 at 12:10 PM
#Bales2025FilmChallenge -festive child
Ma Vie en Rose (1997)
A beautiful, important, hopeful and gentle (even if at times brutal) film. The experience of a transgender child through her own eyes in a time before the current culture of erasure. Please see this if you have not.
Ma Vie en Rose (1997)
A beautiful, important, hopeful and gentle (even if at times brutal) film. The experience of a transgender child through her own eyes in a time before the current culture of erasure. Please see this if you have not.
#Bales2025FilmChallenge -planet with rings
Ad Astra (2019)
I only finally saw Ad Astra this year and it defied my expectations. I was drawn into the quiet and introspective nature and Pitt’s sort of minimalist ability to portray loneliness as he journeys to Neptune.
Ad Astra (2019)
I only finally saw Ad Astra this year and it defied my expectations. I was drawn into the quiet and introspective nature and Pitt’s sort of minimalist ability to portray loneliness as he journeys to Neptune.
December 16, 2025 at 2:07 PM
#Bales2025FilmChallenge -planet with rings
Ad Astra (2019)
I only finally saw Ad Astra this year and it defied my expectations. I was drawn into the quiet and introspective nature and Pitt’s sort of minimalist ability to portray loneliness as he journeys to Neptune.
Ad Astra (2019)
I only finally saw Ad Astra this year and it defied my expectations. I was drawn into the quiet and introspective nature and Pitt’s sort of minimalist ability to portray loneliness as he journeys to Neptune.
#Bales2025FilmChallenge -a river
The ten commandments (1956)
The Nile is a co-star in the DeMille classic. It saves Moses’s life as a means of escape front he Pharaoh’s kill order and then later turns to blood in the first of the plagues.
The ten commandments (1956)
The Nile is a co-star in the DeMille classic. It saves Moses’s life as a means of escape front he Pharaoh’s kill order and then later turns to blood in the first of the plagues.
December 15, 2025 at 2:43 PM
#Bales2025FilmChallenge -a river
The ten commandments (1956)
The Nile is a co-star in the DeMille classic. It saves Moses’s life as a means of escape front he Pharaoh’s kill order and then later turns to blood in the first of the plagues.
The ten commandments (1956)
The Nile is a co-star in the DeMille classic. It saves Moses’s life as a means of escape front he Pharaoh’s kill order and then later turns to blood in the first of the plagues.
#Bales2025MovieChallenge - based on folktale
The Secret of Roan Inish (1994)
Centered on Irish folklores of Selkies. One of the best films in one of the strongest ever years for film. It’s gentle & small & epitomizes all the things I like about John Sayles films.
The Secret of Roan Inish (1994)
Centered on Irish folklores of Selkies. One of the best films in one of the strongest ever years for film. It’s gentle & small & epitomizes all the things I like about John Sayles films.
December 13, 2025 at 11:51 AM
#Bales2025MovieChallenge - based on folktale
The Secret of Roan Inish (1994)
Centered on Irish folklores of Selkies. One of the best films in one of the strongest ever years for film. It’s gentle & small & epitomizes all the things I like about John Sayles films.
The Secret of Roan Inish (1994)
Centered on Irish folklores of Selkies. One of the best films in one of the strongest ever years for film. It’s gentle & small & epitomizes all the things I like about John Sayles films.
#Bales2025FilmChallenge - wearing a garland
Goin’ Coconuts (1979)
Leis are a type of garland, right? Donny and Marie accidentally stumble upon a crime that needs solving while in Hawaii. I loved it as a kid. Today it’s a “so bad it’s good cult campy classic.
Goin’ Coconuts (1979)
Leis are a type of garland, right? Donny and Marie accidentally stumble upon a crime that needs solving while in Hawaii. I loved it as a kid. Today it’s a “so bad it’s good cult campy classic.
December 12, 2025 at 11:34 AM
#Bales2025FilmChallenge - wearing a garland
Goin’ Coconuts (1979)
Leis are a type of garland, right? Donny and Marie accidentally stumble upon a crime that needs solving while in Hawaii. I loved it as a kid. Today it’s a “so bad it’s good cult campy classic.
Goin’ Coconuts (1979)
Leis are a type of garland, right? Donny and Marie accidentally stumble upon a crime that needs solving while in Hawaii. I loved it as a kid. Today it’s a “so bad it’s good cult campy classic.
#Bales2025MovieChallenge - candles
Howl’s Moving Castle (2004)
While it’s never stated, the world of Howl appears to take place in the late 1800s. Early electric lamps mixed with gas lamps, but still relying on candle light. And magic / supernatural of course.
@ithrah69
Howl’s Moving Castle (2004)
While it’s never stated, the world of Howl appears to take place in the late 1800s. Early electric lamps mixed with gas lamps, but still relying on candle light. And magic / supernatural of course.
@ithrah69
December 11, 2025 at 11:56 AM
#Bales2025MovieChallenge - candles
Howl’s Moving Castle (2004)
While it’s never stated, the world of Howl appears to take place in the late 1800s. Early electric lamps mixed with gas lamps, but still relying on candle light. And magic / supernatural of course.
@ithrah69
Howl’s Moving Castle (2004)
While it’s never stated, the world of Howl appears to take place in the late 1800s. Early electric lamps mixed with gas lamps, but still relying on candle light. And magic / supernatural of course.
@ithrah69
#Bales2025MovieChallenge -mountains
The emperors new groove (2003)
Underrated and one of the most unusual, quirky, unique, not to mention funniest of the Disney animated films. I love it. Takes place in the Andes.
The emperors new groove (2003)
Underrated and one of the most unusual, quirky, unique, not to mention funniest of the Disney animated films. I love it. Takes place in the Andes.
December 10, 2025 at 3:50 PM
#Bales2025MovieChallenge -mountains
The emperors new groove (2003)
Underrated and one of the most unusual, quirky, unique, not to mention funniest of the Disney animated films. I love it. Takes place in the Andes.
The emperors new groove (2003)
Underrated and one of the most unusual, quirky, unique, not to mention funniest of the Disney animated films. I love it. Takes place in the Andes.
#Bales2025MovieChallenge -human rights
Philadelphia (1993)
We need heroes who sacrifice and stand as symbols of justice to fight bigotry. But we also need the ordinary citizens who recognize their biases and evolve to become allies. Hanks deserved his Oscar. But the message lands due to Denzel.
Philadelphia (1993)
We need heroes who sacrifice and stand as symbols of justice to fight bigotry. But we also need the ordinary citizens who recognize their biases and evolve to become allies. Hanks deserved his Oscar. But the message lands due to Denzel.
a man in a suit and tie is standing in front of a courtroom and says `` explain it to me '' .
ALT: a man in a suit and tie is standing in front of a courtroom and says `` explain it to me '' .
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December 9, 2025 at 4:40 PM
#Bales2025MovieChallenge -human rights
Philadelphia (1993)
We need heroes who sacrifice and stand as symbols of justice to fight bigotry. But we also need the ordinary citizens who recognize their biases and evolve to become allies. Hanks deserved his Oscar. But the message lands due to Denzel.
Philadelphia (1993)
We need heroes who sacrifice and stand as symbols of justice to fight bigotry. But we also need the ordinary citizens who recognize their biases and evolve to become allies. Hanks deserved his Oscar. But the message lands due to Denzel.
#Bales2025MovieChallenge - a cruise
Wall-E (2008)
The entire population of the earth lives on the Axiom, essentially a space cruise ship including shows, activity rooms and endless buffets.
Wall-E (2008)
The entire population of the earth lives on the Axiom, essentially a space cruise ship including shows, activity rooms and endless buffets.
December 8, 2025 at 12:25 PM
#Bales2025MovieChallenge - a cruise
Wall-E (2008)
The entire population of the earth lives on the Axiom, essentially a space cruise ship including shows, activity rooms and endless buffets.
Wall-E (2008)
The entire population of the earth lives on the Axiom, essentially a space cruise ship including shows, activity rooms and endless buffets.
#Bales2025MovieChallenge - light on water
Nyad (2023)
One of my favorite scenes in Nyad is the eerie and dreamlike underwater night swimming sequence where the dark ocean glows with the blue and green light swirling around each stroke. Gorgeous.
Nyad (2023)
One of my favorite scenes in Nyad is the eerie and dreamlike underwater night swimming sequence where the dark ocean glows with the blue and green light swirling around each stroke. Gorgeous.
December 7, 2025 at 2:33 PM
#Bales2025MovieChallenge - light on water
Nyad (2023)
One of my favorite scenes in Nyad is the eerie and dreamlike underwater night swimming sequence where the dark ocean glows with the blue and green light swirling around each stroke. Gorgeous.
Nyad (2023)
One of my favorite scenes in Nyad is the eerie and dreamlike underwater night swimming sequence where the dark ocean glows with the blue and green light swirling around each stroke. Gorgeous.
#Bales2025MovieChallenge - a temple
A New York Doll (2006)
This doc about Arthur “Killer” Kane of the New York Dolls could have been just a Behind the Music episode. Instead it’s a gentle and human story of a real life miracle. The LDS LA temple on the poster.
A New York Doll (2006)
This doc about Arthur “Killer” Kane of the New York Dolls could have been just a Behind the Music episode. Instead it’s a gentle and human story of a real life miracle. The LDS LA temple on the poster.
December 4, 2025 at 12:06 PM
#Bales2025MovieChallenge - a temple
A New York Doll (2006)
This doc about Arthur “Killer” Kane of the New York Dolls could have been just a Behind the Music episode. Instead it’s a gentle and human story of a real life miracle. The LDS LA temple on the poster.
A New York Doll (2006)
This doc about Arthur “Killer” Kane of the New York Dolls could have been just a Behind the Music episode. Instead it’s a gentle and human story of a real life miracle. The LDS LA temple on the poster.
#Bales2025MovieChallenge - theme park
Snoopy Come Home (1972)
The carnival scene touches on painfully familiar unrequited love. Patti clearly loves a clueless Chuck. He misses snoopy & feels snoopy doesn’t miss him. And the whole story about his dad’s first crush.
Snoopy Come Home (1972)
The carnival scene touches on painfully familiar unrequited love. Patti clearly loves a clueless Chuck. He misses snoopy & feels snoopy doesn’t miss him. And the whole story about his dad’s first crush.
December 3, 2025 at 10:40 AM
#Bales2025MovieChallenge - theme park
Snoopy Come Home (1972)
The carnival scene touches on painfully familiar unrequited love. Patti clearly loves a clueless Chuck. He misses snoopy & feels snoopy doesn’t miss him. And the whole story about his dad’s first crush.
Snoopy Come Home (1972)
The carnival scene touches on painfully familiar unrequited love. Patti clearly loves a clueless Chuck. He misses snoopy & feels snoopy doesn’t miss him. And the whole story about his dad’s first crush.
#Bales2025MovieChallenge - caregiver
The Phantom Thread (2017)
The film before his 2nd retirement solidified Day-Lewis’s as one of the GOATS. I love the portrayal of the beautiful, uneasy and power shifting relationships he has with his caregivers. Alma and Cyril.
The Phantom Thread (2017)
The film before his 2nd retirement solidified Day-Lewis’s as one of the GOATS. I love the portrayal of the beautiful, uneasy and power shifting relationships he has with his caregivers. Alma and Cyril.
December 2, 2025 at 12:36 PM
#Bales2025MovieChallenge - caregiver
The Phantom Thread (2017)
The film before his 2nd retirement solidified Day-Lewis’s as one of the GOATS. I love the portrayal of the beautiful, uneasy and power shifting relationships he has with his caregivers. Alma and Cyril.
The Phantom Thread (2017)
The film before his 2nd retirement solidified Day-Lewis’s as one of the GOATS. I love the portrayal of the beautiful, uneasy and power shifting relationships he has with his caregivers. Alma and Cyril.
#Bales2025MovieChallenge - sisters
James and the Giant Peach (1996)
They say Dahl could be difficult, blunt, and even cruel. If so, art imitates life as many adults in his books were absurd and negative obstacles to the child hero or villains. Aunts Sponge and Spike fit that bill.
James and the Giant Peach (1996)
They say Dahl could be difficult, blunt, and even cruel. If so, art imitates life as many adults in his books were absurd and negative obstacles to the child hero or villains. Aunts Sponge and Spike fit that bill.
two women are standing next to each other and making funny faces . one of the women has blood on her face .
ALT: two women are standing next to each other and making funny faces . one of the women has blood on her face .
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December 1, 2025 at 9:50 AM
#Bales2025MovieChallenge - sisters
James and the Giant Peach (1996)
They say Dahl could be difficult, blunt, and even cruel. If so, art imitates life as many adults in his books were absurd and negative obstacles to the child hero or villains. Aunts Sponge and Spike fit that bill.
James and the Giant Peach (1996)
They say Dahl could be difficult, blunt, and even cruel. If so, art imitates life as many adults in his books were absurd and negative obstacles to the child hero or villains. Aunts Sponge and Spike fit that bill.
#Bales2025MovieChallenge - conquering fear
Coco (2017)
Coco is a work of art and it’s a tribute to conquering fear. Miguel fears that being true to himself will disappoint family. The dead fear they will be forgotten. Miguel’s family fear confronting their past.
Coco (2017)
Coco is a work of art and it’s a tribute to conquering fear. Miguel fears that being true to himself will disappoint family. The dead fear they will be forgotten. Miguel’s family fear confronting their past.
November 30, 2025 at 4:52 PM
#Bales2025MovieChallenge - conquering fear
Coco (2017)
Coco is a work of art and it’s a tribute to conquering fear. Miguel fears that being true to himself will disappoint family. The dead fear they will be forgotten. Miguel’s family fear confronting their past.
Coco (2017)
Coco is a work of art and it’s a tribute to conquering fear. Miguel fears that being true to himself will disappoint family. The dead fear they will be forgotten. Miguel’s family fear confronting their past.
#Bales2025MovieChallenge - watch with Sinna and crew
The Never Ending Story (1984)
Between nostalgia for the Gen Xers in the group and the story of Atreyu’s horse Artax, probably the most emotional moment in fantasy movie history, for Cinn, this is a winner.
The Never Ending Story (1984)
Between nostalgia for the Gen Xers in the group and the story of Atreyu’s horse Artax, probably the most emotional moment in fantasy movie history, for Cinn, this is a winner.
The Never Ending Story Atreyu GIF
ALT: The Never Ending Story Atreyu GIF
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November 28, 2025 at 10:35 AM
#Bales2025MovieChallenge - watch with Sinna and crew
The Never Ending Story (1984)
Between nostalgia for the Gen Xers in the group and the story of Atreyu’s horse Artax, probably the most emotional moment in fantasy movie history, for Cinn, this is a winner.
The Never Ending Story (1984)
Between nostalgia for the Gen Xers in the group and the story of Atreyu’s horse Artax, probably the most emotional moment in fantasy movie history, for Cinn, this is a winner.
#Bales2025MovieChallenge - quiet and thoughtful
Perfect Days (2023)
This movie was such a pleasant surprise for me. It’s calm and meditative and deeply human glimpse of one ordinary life is pure poetry.
Perfect Days (2023)
This movie was such a pleasant surprise for me. It’s calm and meditative and deeply human glimpse of one ordinary life is pure poetry.
November 27, 2025 at 1:14 PM
#Bales2025MovieChallenge - quiet and thoughtful
Perfect Days (2023)
This movie was such a pleasant surprise for me. It’s calm and meditative and deeply human glimpse of one ordinary life is pure poetry.
Perfect Days (2023)
This movie was such a pleasant surprise for me. It’s calm and meditative and deeply human glimpse of one ordinary life is pure poetry.
#Bales2025MovieChallenge - unforgettable ending
Harold and Maude (1971)
The brilliance of the ending of Harold and Maude is that it is somehow both emotionally devastating and also incredibly uplifting and life affirming. Love the banjo and the Ferris Bueller moment. Maude would approve.
Harold and Maude (1971)
The brilliance of the ending of Harold and Maude is that it is somehow both emotionally devastating and also incredibly uplifting and life affirming. Love the banjo and the Ferris Bueller moment. Maude would approve.
a man in a car looking out the window
ALT: a man in a car looking out the window
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November 26, 2025 at 11:46 PM
#Bales2025MovieChallenge - unforgettable ending
Harold and Maude (1971)
The brilliance of the ending of Harold and Maude is that it is somehow both emotionally devastating and also incredibly uplifting and life affirming. Love the banjo and the Ferris Bueller moment. Maude would approve.
Harold and Maude (1971)
The brilliance of the ending of Harold and Maude is that it is somehow both emotionally devastating and also incredibly uplifting and life affirming. Love the banjo and the Ferris Bueller moment. Maude would approve.
#Bales2025MovieChallenge - a snow scene
The Wizard of Oz (1939)
When the wicked witch of the west (we didn’t yet know her proper name) drugs Dorthy and crew with opium (family movie?) Glinda can’t outright stop her. But she can make it snow to wake them up.
The Wizard of Oz (1939)
When the wicked witch of the west (we didn’t yet know her proper name) drugs Dorthy and crew with opium (family movie?) Glinda can’t outright stop her. But she can make it snow to wake them up.
a woman is laying in a field of flowers with flowers on her face
ALT: a woman is laying in a field of flowers with flowers on her face
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November 25, 2025 at 7:52 PM
#Bales2025MovieChallenge - a snow scene
The Wizard of Oz (1939)
When the wicked witch of the west (we didn’t yet know her proper name) drugs Dorthy and crew with opium (family movie?) Glinda can’t outright stop her. But she can make it snow to wake them up.
The Wizard of Oz (1939)
When the wicked witch of the west (we didn’t yet know her proper name) drugs Dorthy and crew with opium (family movie?) Glinda can’t outright stop her. But she can make it snow to wake them up.
#Bales2025FilmChallenge - dance scene
Jojo Rabbit (2019)
The ending scene with David Bowie is so satisfying.
“Let everything happen to you: beauty and terror. Just keep going. No feeling is final.”
Rainer Maria Rilke
Jojo Rabbit (2019)
The ending scene with David Bowie is so satisfying.
“Let everything happen to you: beauty and terror. Just keep going. No feeling is final.”
Rainer Maria Rilke
a young boy is standing in front of a green door with jojo rabbit written on it
ALT: a young boy is standing in front of a green door with jojo rabbit written on it
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November 24, 2025 at 2:51 PM
#Bales2025FilmChallenge - dance scene
Jojo Rabbit (2019)
The ending scene with David Bowie is so satisfying.
“Let everything happen to you: beauty and terror. Just keep going. No feeling is final.”
Rainer Maria Rilke
Jojo Rabbit (2019)
The ending scene with David Bowie is so satisfying.
“Let everything happen to you: beauty and terror. Just keep going. No feeling is final.”
Rainer Maria Rilke