benjoseph

benjoseph

Favorite films

  • The Social Network
  • Spirited Away
  • Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse
  • Raiders of the Lost Ark

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  • Lilo & Stitch

    ★★★★

  • My Old Ass

    ★★★★

  • The Substance

    ★★★★

  • The Wild Robot

    ★★★

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  • Lilo & Stitch

    Lilo & Stitch

    ★★★★

    After watching the trailer for the live action remake of this have unilaterally decided the era of “get your bag” is over. There are fascists in the White House. Integrity is all we have left. No more shrugs of understanding for filmmakers who sign onto slop. Stay ambitious, stay interesting, don’t waste our time or 200 million dollars. Greta Gerwig managed to make Barbie, for god’s sake. No more excuses, until I’m hired to write the Splorks in 2028, a…

  • My Old Ass

    My Old Ass

    ★★★★

    They had Aubrey Plaza for a brisk afternoon at most but damn they made the most of it

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  • Longlegs

    Longlegs

    ★★★

    A throwback 90s thriller shot like an A24 film with a script written by Nic Cage's twin brother from Adaptation.

  • Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny

    Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny

    ★★★

    Your dad tells you a story he's told many times before, and, even though it's still a good story, he fumbles some beats, and blows some punchlines, because he's older now, you both are, and as you sit there, suddenly wondering if he's humoring you or you're humoring him, you start thinking about time, and age, and loss, experienced and yet to come, and even though the story is fun, and he's smiling, and you're laughing, there's still something sad…

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