Ben Martin

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“Art is the closest we can come to understanding how a stranger really feels.”

Favorite films

  • The Apartment
  • Unforgiven
  • Dog Day Afternoon
  • Adventureland

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  • Field of Dreams

    ★★★★½

  • Remember the Titans

    ★★★★

  • EuroTrip

  • Ferris Bueller's Day Off

    ★★★★★

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  • Field of Dreams

    Field of Dreams

    ★★★★½

    I grew up loving baseball more than any other sport, and somehow never watched this. Way weirder than I was expecting, but I was absolutely destroyed and left weeping by the end.

  • A Complete Unknown

    A Complete Unknown

    ★★★½

    Fun time, but left me feeling a little empty. Loved all the songs, but I've just never felt like any movie or show has ever been able to get their arms around Dylan and what makes him tick. Part of me just wonders if he's an asshole who people only tolerate because he's unbelievably talented and at this point was writing an all time song every other day and producing two classic albums a year.

    "It Ain't Me Babe" duet with Joan Baez the highlight for me personally.

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  • Shutter Island

    Shutter Island

    ★★★★½

    “Which would be worse, to live as a monster, or to die as a good man?”  

    Holy shit that ending. Incredibly evocative use of colors. This movie also features Ben Kingsley asking Leo “why are you all wet baby?”, which makes it an automatic masterpiece. Lighthouses, as ever, signal doom and dread.

  • Zack Snyder's Justice League

    Zack Snyder's Justice League

    ★★★★★

    This review may contain spoilers. I can handle the truth.