Ben Haberman

Ben Haberman

Favorite films

  • Sound of Metal
  • Whiplash
  • The Big Lebowski
  • Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby

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  • Palm Springs

    ★★★★½

  • The Lighthouse

    ★★★★½

  • Avengers: Infinity War

    ★★★★

  • Good Will Hunting

    ★★★★★

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  • Palm Springs

    Palm Springs

    ★★★★½

    The textbook standard of taking a simple and commonly used concept and just making a solid refreshing and vibrant new movie out of it.

  • The Lighthouse

    The Lighthouse

    ★★★★½

    It felt like I should’ve been watching this movie a little closer, I’m sure they had all sort of innuendos and meaningful lore I missed. But I think watching the movie as more spectacle of good acting and crazy shit is much more enjoyable instead of breaking down every minute detail on the fly

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  • Old

    Old

    ★½

    There’s nothing “good” about this movie in a traditional sense. It’s a simple conflict, you stay on a beach you get older. Not an easy story to tangle with honestly, I don’t know if this movie could really be done any better then this movie. But this movie falls into that perfect perfect sweet spot of so bad it’s good. The acting is actually fairly good, the dialogue at times is nonsense but they deliver it well enough to sell…