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The Onion film critic, Peter K. Rosenthal (Ron E. Rains)
October 15, 2025 at 4:02 PM
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SAVE THE GREEN PLANET! (2003) Korean movie poster This is not quite the same -- for one, it spends most of its time in the conspiracy theorist protagonist's perspective -- but wa sclose enough to come to mind immediately for me.
October 10, 2025 at 3:46 AM
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"Third Amendment Rights Group Celebrates Another Successful Year" from The Onion, published October 5, 2007 https://theonion.com/third-amendment-rights-group-celebrates-another-success-1819569379/
October 5, 2025 at 4:16 PM
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#LetterboxdFriday #LastFourWatched #Filmsky
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Last Four Watched (left to right): — LEVIATHAN (1989) (3 stars) — BLACKTHORN (2011) (3½ stars, liked) — THE BEAST WITHIN (1982) (3½ stars, liked) — THE APPLE (1980) (1½ stars, liked)
September 13, 2025 at 9:56 PM
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"King George III" (1771) portrait by Johan Joseph Zoffany with a speech bubble indicating that he is saying the quoted post.
September 9, 2025 at 4:15 PM
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#LetterboxdFriday #LastFourWatched #Filmsky
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Last four watched (left to right): — CREATURE FROM THE BLACK LAGOON (1954) (3½ stars, liked) — THE MAN IN THE WHITE SUIT (1951) (3½ stars, liked) — THE BARON AGAINST THE DEMONS (2006) (1½ stars) — BACKYARD BARBECUE (1993) (4 stars, liked)
September 5, 2025 at 10:37 PM
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#LetterboxdFriday #LastFourWatched #Filmsky
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Last four watched (left to right): — DAY OF THE DEAD (1985) (4 stars) — FATEFUL FINDINGS (2013) (1½ stars, liked) — BREAKER MORANT (1980) (4 stars, liked) — WE ARE WHAT WE ARE (2013) (3 stars)
August 29, 2025 at 3:32 PM
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#LetterboxdFriday #LastFourWatched #Filmsky
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Last four watched (left to right): — PASSION (2012) (3 stars) — AQUAMAN (2012) (3 stars, liked) — PANIC IN YEAR ZERO! (1962) (3 stars) — SAVE THE GREEN PLANET! (2003) (4½ stars, liked)
August 22, 2025 at 3:09 PM
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It is doubly unfortunate given that Kansas has a pretty good state banner:
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The Banner of Kansas, depicting a sunflower on a blue field.
August 16, 2025 at 6:44 AM
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I also made a fun riff on it a while back:
Flag of Washington State with the seal replaced by three abstract Coast rhododendron (Rhododendron macrophyllum) flowers replacing the stars in George Washington's family coat of arms.
August 16, 2025 at 6:38 AM
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It is a bit unfortunate; you can almost see the hints of a solid idea from the obverse of the first design:
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Obverse of the initial flag of South Dakota (1909-1963), notably seal-less and reading "SOUTH DAKOTA - THE SUNSHINE STATE."
August 16, 2025 at 6:31 AM
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blog.history.in.gov/a-permanent-...
Source: https://newspapers.library.in.gov/?a=d&d=INN19160311-01.1.15&e=-------en-20--1--txt-txIN-------
August 16, 2025 at 6:18 AM
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Interestingly enough, Paul Hadley's original design did not have the name: it was added by the General Assembly.

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Paul Hadley's original design, with the name absent. Image courtesy of the Indiana State Museum
August 16, 2025 at 6:04 AM
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#LetterboxdFriday #LastFourWatched #FilmSky
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Last four watched (left to right): — SONS OF STEEL (1989) (3 stars) — JIN-ROH: THE WOLF BRIGADE (1999) (4 stars) — THE GANGSTER, THE COP, THE DEVIL (2019) (4 stars) — THREE MINUTES: A LENGTHENING (2021) (4½ Stars)
August 15, 2025 at 9:08 PM
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"Come and Take It" flag with a sub sandwich.
August 15, 2025 at 3:59 AM
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#LetterboxdFriday #LastFourWatched #Filmsky
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Last four watched (left to right): — BONES AND ALL (2022) (4 stars, liked) — THE WHITE REINDEER (1952) (4 stars, liked) — THE VILLAGE DETECTIVE: A SONG CYCLE (2021) (4 stars, liked) — INGRID GOES WEST (2017) (3½ stars)
August 8, 2025 at 9:49 PM
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PUNISHMENT PARK (1971) French movie poster My review: https://boxd.it/aqpkgH PENDA'S FEN (1974) movie poster My review: https://boxd.it/awARzD BASKET CASE (1982) movie poster My review: https://boxd.it/angxiB EXILED (2006) movie poster My review: https://boxd.it/avIc47
August 2, 2025 at 3:05 PM
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WAX OR THE DISCOVERY OF TELEVISION AMONG THE BEES (1991) movie poster My review: https://boxd.it/ahlf5Z CHINATOWN (1974) movie poster by Gabz My review: https://boxd.it/at0ZYd ORNAMENTAL HAIRPIN (1941) movie poster My review: https://boxd.it/akhzhZ RIVER (2023) movie poster from the Terrorvision US release My review: https://boxd.it/apoC2R
August 2, 2025 at 2:48 PM
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July was a solid month: while I did not see as many as in others, I was able to check off some that had long been languishing in my watchlist. #Filmsky
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FRESH KILL (1994) My review: https://boxd.it/am3nA1 SWEET SMELL OF SUCCESS (1957) movie poster My review: https://boxd.it/ashAPP THE WHALE GOD (1962) My review: https://boxd.it/ay1wCT IKARIE XB-1 (1963) Soviet movie poster My review: https://boxd.it/ajDlzZ
August 2, 2025 at 2:38 PM
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This was an INCREDIBLE week for me. These past four use stylized, fantastical elements to express their themes - & in Dr. Phibes's case, humor.
The fact that THE WHALE GOD has less than 800 logs is wild - please watch it.
#LetterboxdFriday #LastFourWatched #Filmsky
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Last four watched (left to right): — THE WHALE GOD (1962) (4½ stars) — THE ABOMINABLE DR. PHIBES (1971) (4 stars) — PENDA'S FEN (1974) (4 stars) — EXILED (2006) (4 stars)
August 1, 2025 at 4:39 PM
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Dr. Doofenshmirtz "If I Had A Nickel" meme from PHINEAS AND FERB THE MOVIE: ACROSS THE 2ND DIMENSION (2011). The first panel is labeled, "If I had a nickel for every time I saw a film visually reference Henry Fuseli's painting THE NIGHTMARE (1781) as a symbol of desires repressed in the subconscious only to awaken in dreams this year, I would have two nickels," with posters for PENDA'S FEN (1974) & GOTHIC (1987). The lower panel is captioned, "Which isn't a lot, but it's weird that it happened twice. Right?"
July 29, 2025 at 4:49 AM
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Update from the tail end of Friday:
Left to right: — JUICE (1992) (4 stars) — IRAQ FOR SALE: THE WAR PROFITEERS (2006) (3½ stars)
July 26, 2025 at 6:22 AM
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A solid week. #LetterboxdFriday #LastFourWatched #Filmsky
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Last Four Watched (left to right): — CHINATOWN (1974) (4½ stars) — SWEET SMELL OF SUCCESS (1957) (4½ stars) — THE DAY OF THE TRIFFIDS (1963) (3 stars) — THE SHOOTING (1966) (4 stars)
July 25, 2025 at 3:39 PM
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Berries and cream little lad (Jack Ferver)
July 20, 2025 at 9:57 PM
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These past few films have been quite good & were sitting in the watchlist for some time. #LetterboxdFriday #lastfourwatched #FilmSky
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Last four watched (left to right): — BASKET CASE (1982) (4 stars) — RABID (1977) (3½ stars) — FRESH KILL (1994) (4½ stars) — SOMEWHERE IN TIME (1980) (3½ stars)
July 18, 2025 at 1:58 PM