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is this anything letterboxd.com/benq31/list/...
A screenshot of a Letterboxd list by benq31, entitled "2025 films in which acclaimed actors use the bathroom in real time." It lists Blue Moon, Die My Love, and Frankenstein.
November 20, 2025 at 1:31 AM
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Wanted to participate in the 10 Films to Get to Know Me thing over at Letterboxd. Link below. 👇
October 17, 2025 at 12:22 AM
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From the boys’ chat last night
A screenshot from a group chat. At 6:27 pm one user writes “Seeing Eddington tonight,” and the other people in the chat added two fire-emoji reactions to it. At 10:36 pm the same user writes “Bro wtf lmao”
August 7, 2025 at 9:23 PM
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I watched The Naked Gun (2025) letterboxd.com/benq31/film/...
A 4.5-star Letterboxd review of The Naked Gun (2025) by benq31 It's easy for me to recall the last comedy I saw in a theater that made me laugh this hard: Hundreds of Beavers. It is much harder, however, to recall the last studio comedy that killed me as much as The Naked Gun did. Apart from being extremely funny--there are a million jokes and I'm pretty sure all of them landed????--there are other virtues here. The score by Lorne Balfe, the fact that it's lit and shot like an actual movie instead of an insurance commercial, the fact that the jokes are written instead of just being the result of filming the actors riffing ad nauseum until one of their riffs lands. Overall it's clear that the filmmakers and performers took a lot of care with the film, which is one reason why I believe it'll become a classic. It's too early to say studio comedies are back, but The Naked Gun offers hope for a brighter, funnier future at the multiplex.
August 3, 2025 at 8:24 PM
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I saw Fantastic Four: First Steps letterboxd.com/benq31/film/...
a 3.5-star review of The Fantastic Four: First Steps on Letterboxd. Impressive visuals (grading on a curve for Marvel here but there’s far less uncanny CG sheen), lovely score, and a solid story about family. Far less action than you’d expect. Joseph Quinn should get a Razzie nom for this; absolutely awful in a role almost anyone could play. I do feel like this movie might grow on me on further viewings, but at first blush I am surprised (pleasantly or not; still have to suss that out) at how melancholy it is.
July 25, 2025 at 12:09 AM
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I watched Gun Crazy letterboxd.com/benq31/film/...
A five-star review of Gun Crazy (1950) on Letterboxd Taut, sexy, dangerous, and beautiful, Gun Crazy is one for the ages.
July 12, 2025 at 12:55 AM
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I saw Superman letterboxd.com/benq31/film/...
A 4.5-star review of Superman (2025) on Letterboxd Overstuffed, poorly paced, and doesn't have a single memorable image--with apologies, but you can tell it's lensed by the guy responsible for The Flash--but damn does James Gunn's Superman ever have its heart in the right place. Your mileage may vary based on your tolerance for earnestness and Silver Age comic book bullshit, but this ticked almost every box for me. The brain is telling me this is a gentleman's 3.5-star film but the heart is telling me it's so much more. I mean, my God, the cast. Picking a favorite is damn near impossible but Nicholas Hoult's Lex Luthor has to be on the pantheon of comic-book villains, right? No, he won't win an Oscar or anything, but as someone who hasn't loved any live-action Luthor performance I thought he was essentially perfect in the role. Yeah, I'd watch another few of these.
July 9, 2025 at 2:57 AM
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Top 20 films of the 2020s in alphabetical order. Toughest omissions were La Chimera, The Beast, and Evil Does Not Exist.
American Fiction, The Batman, Black Bag, The Brutalist, Challengers, Dune, Dune Part Two, The Fabelmans, Furiosa, Godzilla Minus One, The Holdovers, Hundreds of Beavers, I Saw the TV Glow, John Wick Chapter 4, Oppenheimer, Past Lives, Prey, Red Rooms, Sinners, Titane
June 18, 2025 at 12:01 AM
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They got Capri Sun for burnouts now
A box of Mizo Hard Juice pouches. The pouches resemble Capri Sun pouches.
March 29, 2025 at 5:23 PM
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I watched Christine (1983)
A Letterboxd review from benq31: “Extremely rad effects and score. Literally hooting and hollering as a flaming Christine charged after the head bully as the gas station erupted in the background. Immediately one of my favorite John Carpenters.”
March 10, 2025 at 5:16 PM
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I saw Mickey 17 boxd.it/92XcVB
A letterboxd review of Mickey 17 by benq31: Kind of messy and unfocused, as some of Bong's English-language films tend to be, but still a great time with some bonkers laugh-out-loud moments. Is Mark Ruffalo our greatest active screen doofus? Ben Affleck might give him a run for his money.
March 8, 2025 at 12:54 AM
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I didn’t realize James Garfield had the Mamba Mentality (from Destiny of the Republic, by Millard)
"If at any time I began to flag in my effort to master a subject," he wrote, "I was stimulated to further effort by the thought, 'Some other fellow in the class will probably master it.'”
March 6, 2025 at 8:49 PM
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@teamziller.bsky.social hey Tom is it good when the superstar’s mom is tweeting about coaching like this?
A tweet from Paolo Banchero’s mother which reads “If roles are undefined, everyone thinks they can play the lead character.” It has 19 replies, 22 retweets, and 162 likes on 13k views.
March 3, 2025 at 1:27 PM
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/Dark Souls voice
A cup of Wawa mango tea. A sticker on it says “Mango Displayed”
February 9, 2025 at 7:37 PM
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I saw The Last Showgirl letterboxd.com/benq31/film/...
A 3.5-star Letterboxd review of The Last Showgirl Such warmth from Dave Bautista; I hope he gets the late-career renaissance he so richly deserves. And my god, Pamela Anderson. She’s imbues her nothing character with such life! Pretty bad script but those two performances, plus lovely cinematography, production design, and score make this one worth seeking out.
January 31, 2025 at 1:35 AM
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S-tier spread
A jam jar, filled with yellow-orange jam, on a shelf. The label says “Amish Farmhouse Kitchens Florida Sunshine Jam” and indicates it has apricots, oranges, peaches, and pineapples.
January 30, 2025 at 10:54 PM
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@maris.bsky.social visited the Writers Block in Winter Garden today. How’d I do?
The cover of Freedom is a Feast by Alejandro Puyana
January 25, 2025 at 8:19 PM
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Here's where I'm at letterboxd.com/benq31/list/...
A Letterboxd list ranking the 2025 Best Picture nominees. 1. Dune: Part 2; 2. The Brutalist; 3. The Substance; 4. Nickel Boys; 5. Anora; 6. Conclave
January 23, 2025 at 10:44 PM
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A poster for Rogue One: A Star Wars Story A poster for Star Wars: The Force Awakens A poster for Wonder Woman (2017) A poster for Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice featuring Wonder Woman
January 20, 2025 at 1:42 AM
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really don't want to have to re-activate my Facebook to put these movie posters on Marketplace. Taking a real shot in the dark. Anyone in Orlando interested in these movie posters? Can't ship due to risk of dmg.
A teaser poster for Beauty and the Beast (2017) A collage of four different movie posters: Captain America: The Winter Soldier; Captain America: Civil War; and two different posters for Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 A collage of five different posters for Solo: A Star Wars Story
January 20, 2025 at 1:40 AM
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I saw Wolf Man boxd.it/8wANNl
I had to laugh when they cut to black and the credits begin to roll with a giant white L. Yeah, I should say so!
January 18, 2025 at 9:14 PM
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These are on eBay now but I’m happy to pull them down and sell directly if there’s any interest
January 10, 2025 at 12:21 AM
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taking a total shot in the dark, but do any film people of Bluesky have interest in posters for Two Days, One Night; American Honey; Brooklyn; La La Land; Birdman; Snowpiercer; or Under the Skin? Asking $5/each+shipping. Only have photos of TDON and AH for now but can take more.
the poster for Two Days, One Night, featuring star Marion Cotillard in a pink tank top and holding a brown handbag. the poster for American Honey, featuring star Sasha Lane viewed from the waist up, from behind, holding her right fist in the air
January 8, 2025 at 10:58 PM
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Favorite movies of 2024 boxd.it/vKAuo
1. Furiosa 2. I Saw the TV Glow 3. Dune: Part II 4. Hundreds of Beavers 5. Challengers 6. La Chimera 7. The People's Joker 8. The Beast 9. Love Lies Bleeding 10. Rebel Ridge 11. The Order 12. Evil Does Not Exit 13. Hit Man 14. Trap
December 18, 2024 at 12:32 AM
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Posted this on Twitter too but here’s my favorite books of the year 👍
There’s Always Next Year by Hanif Abdurraqib The Message by Ta-Nehisi Coates Small Rain by Garth Greenwell Blue Ruin by Hari Kunzru Intermezzo by Sally Rooney Monstrilio by Gerard Sámano Córdova Worry by Alexandra Tanner Rejection by Tony Tulathimutte State of Paradise by Laura van den Berg The Coin by Yasmin Zaher
December 15, 2024 at 12:20 AM