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Kristen Grote
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I don't know how to talk about anything but movies and it's ruining my life.

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Four favorite films of the decade so far:

FIRST COW*
JUDAS AND THE BLACK MESSIAH
AFTERSUN
I SAW THE TV GLOW

*premiered in 2019 but didn't get a theatrical run until 2020
Smoking ice cream truck at night lit with pink lighting lakeith stanfield with a serious expression talking into a 70s-style phone booth a brown cow sniffing a man's jacket pocket a pre-teen girl and a smiling man in his 30s sitting next to each other on a boat looking out into the water
May 5, 2025 at 12:27 AM
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I stand by this
Kristen Grote's Letterboxd review of TOP SECRET (1984) with the text "Objectively Val Kilmer's best performance"
April 2, 2025 at 3:18 PM
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Favorite first-time watches in March

PARIAH (2011)
ANGELS IN AMERICA (2003)
MICKEY 17 (2025)
THE FURY (1978)
A man in a pigeon costume with his arm around Robert Pattinson in Mickey 17 An angel floating above a man in a bed in a destroyed building Amy Irving in The Fury with a terrified expression holding up a hand covered in blood Two teenagers sitting on a couch laughing in a room with pink lighting
April 1, 2025 at 4:40 PM
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If I only could
I'd make a deal with God
And I'd get him to swap our faces
Nic Cage with a maniacal expression in the film Face/Off
March 19, 2025 at 9:51 PM
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Favorite first-time watches in February - boys kissing boys edition!

WILD REEDS (1994)
I'M SO EXCITED! (2013)
BOYS IN THE SAND (1971)
O FANTASMA (2000)
a man's silhouette inside a circular gap in the trees at the end of a long boardwalk three male flight attendants performing a campy dance number a man walks towards another reclining man in a verdant field a figure in all-black creeps through a foggy, grey landscape
March 4, 2025 at 5:09 PM
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Favorite first-time watches in January

FEMME FATALE (2002)
STRANGER BY THE LAKE (2013)
THEATRE OF BLOOD (1973)
PARTING GLANCES (1986)
Rebecca Romijn in FEMME FATALE in a crowded room with slicked back hair, a black leather top, holding an SLR camera Vincent Price in THEATRE OF BLOOD wearing a wide brimmed red velvet hat and coat, talking to a man wearing a mask while looking in a mirror, next to a hippie-looking person with a handlebar mustache and sunglasses Steve Buschemi in PARTING GLANCES standing on the sea shore wearing a leather jacket and looking over his sunglasses a shirtless man sits on a lake shore looking towards the water as another naked man emerges from the water, in silhouette against the glare from the sun
February 1, 2025 at 5:28 PM
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THE YOUNG POPE did everything CONCLAVE does but sexier, bitchier, and campy-er
Jude Law in The Young Pope in an outdoor lounge chair wearing a wide-brimmed white hat, sunglasses, a white papal robe with gold embroidery, and smoking a cigarette
January 27, 2025 at 1:51 AM
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Gonna be getting a lot of use out of this image in the future it seems
MST3K screenshot from "Werewolf" showing the lead actress saying "A whurwilf?"
January 23, 2025 at 12:52 AM
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Thinking about him
Jeffrey Combs as Shran in Star Trek Enterprise
January 11, 2025 at 3:18 AM
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What the actual ever-loving fuck, Tubi?
Tubi app message reading that "explore is on a break until after the game"
January 10, 2025 at 1:08 AM
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Peter who loves ya baby
Letterboxd "most watched actors" with Peter Cushing with 13 films and Guido Alberti with 8 films
January 9, 2025 at 5:58 AM
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Pluto's moon Charon looks like Darth Vader when Luke takes his helmet off
Pluto's moon Charon; grey, craggy, and not quite perfectly spherical with a large rust-red patch at the top pole Anakin Skywalker without his helmet at the end of The Return of the Jedi; pale skin with scars and a red sore at the top of his bald head
January 7, 2025 at 6:24 AM
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Nearing the end of my DS9 rewatch
Vince McMahon meme with panel 1 reading "Jeffrey Combs as Brunt", panel 2 "Jeffrey Combs as Weyoun", and panel 3 "Jeffrey Combs as Weyoun and Brunt"
January 3, 2025 at 6:15 AM
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Be Kind Rewind reminding us that 70s Werner Herzog could get it
late-20s Werner Herzog with scruffy beard and fluffy medium-length hair
January 2, 2025 at 9:32 PM
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Favorite first-time watches in December

WOMAN OF THE HOUR (2024)
QUEER (2024)
MEMOIR OF A SNAIL (2024)
SPERMWORLD (2024)
middle-aged man sitting in a dark room using a computer claymation character with a sad expression wearing a hat with antennae looking at the camera hand reaching towards another person's back as they sleep anna kendrick sitting in a chair on a gameshow set illuminated by a spotlight as a faceless male figure stands behind her
January 1, 2025 at 6:48 PM
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What's your favorite piece of movie trivia? Mine is that Bryant Halliday, the actor who plays The Great Vorelli in MST3K's DEVIL DOLL, is the co-founder of Janus Films
screengrab of MST3K crew watching a closeup of The Great Vorelli during the film DEVIL DOLL the janus films logo (an ancient coin with a two-faced figure)
December 16, 2024 at 6:48 PM
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Got my picture taken with a celebrity
selfie of a smiling woman holding a small mixed-breed dog with a patient expression
December 8, 2024 at 5:44 PM
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Favorite first-time watches in November — Noirvember edition!

52 PICK-UP (1986)
WOMAN ON THE RUN (1950)
SUDDEN FEAR (1952)
SCARLET STREET (1945)
December 1, 2024 at 5:21 PM
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If you're looking for a terrific little hidden gem of a Christmas horror film I highly recommend CHRISTMAS EVIL (1980). An off-kilter character study dressed up as an 80s midwestern slasher. Also has a wonderfully terrible poster to go with its terrible title.
movie poster for "Christmas Evil" depicting an illustration of santa claus with a bloody axe and a decapitated doll, with the words "Merry Christmas" crossed out in black marker
December 1, 2024 at 1:34 AM
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What do you think this guy would think of WICKED?
Sean Connery in ZARDOZ wearing a red diaper
November 19, 2024 at 11:17 PM