Ben Sangwich

Ben Sangwich

Auteur of the strange.

Favorites are my favorites at the moment/of the year.

Favorite films

  • Mad God
  • La Haine
  • A Different Man
  • Woman in the Dunes

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  • Birth

    ★★★★

  • Fantastic Four

    ★★★

  • She and Her Cat

    ★★★

  • Run Lola Run

    ★★★★½

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  • Birth

    Birth

    ★★★★

    I feel dirty for giving it such a high rating, and it's subject matter does creep me the fuck out, don't be doing that to a child, but it's also just a powerful display of grief and love. It really could be viewed with both answers to the question it asks. Gonna be thinking about this one for a while. Glazer is great.

  • Fantastic Four

    Fantastic Four

    ★★★

    Initially I gave this 2 and a half stars, but now rewatching this I just can't. As a kid I watched the shirt out of this, I rented it for Christmas and I loved it. It had boring parts yes, but even as a kid I thought the jokes were funny, like Johnny being naked in the snow, and Ben Grimm getting so pissed off at Johnny. Now as an adult I chuckle at Reed complimenting Sue's suit instead of…

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  • Army of the Dead

    Army of the Dead

    ★★★★★

    I fucking loved this. It got me engaged from the start and didn't stop after that. The film was super dumb and had bonkers ideas and I loved that about the film. Made me saying phrases I had no idea I would be saying...for the sake of spoilers I won't say them. All you gotta know is that it got me hooked and I loved every stupid minute of this dumb Synder fest. I didn't think this was overlong at…

  • Longlegs

    Longlegs

    ★★★★½

    Sequel to Mandy's pretty wild y'all.

    I saw an advanced screening of this and I have to say that I'm impressed. I will admit that the comparisons and the marketing ruined it a little, like it was fine but then YouTube and Neon themselves got a little too ahead of themselves and just kinda shat the bed. But despite that, this is the most tense and scared I've been in a theater since Talk to Me. It's tense, shocking, odd…