Ben Hess

Ben Hess

Nothing but hot takes here.

Favorite films

  • Harakiri
  • Adaptation.
  • Singin' in the Rain
  • The Empire Strikes Back

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  • Novocaine

    ★★★

  • True Stories

    ★★★★

  • Pretty Woman

    ★★★

  • Seven Psychopaths

    ★★½

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  • Novocaine

    Novocaine

    ★★★

    Battle of the nepo Babis. Between this and last year’s Boy Kills World it feels like 2005 action movies are alive and well for some reason. Not mad I saw it but it felt like a movie you’d get on dvd in a 4 for 20 deal, not like something you’d go out of your way to see.

  • Pretty Woman

    Pretty Woman

    ★★★

    “Big mistake. HUGE.” Iconic. This movie was just like Fast Five.

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  • Trap

    Trap

    ½

    This movie is nonsense. The core conceit of the movie is, what, the FBI arresting literally every fucking male at an arena? Thousands? Just hoping one of them is the serial killer and happens to confess when arrested? Like even if they screened him why would we believe they’d catch him? Even if they figured out his psych eval matched their profile, that doesn’t mean they have sufficient evidence to make an arrest. There are just so many levels at…

  • Us

    Us

    ★½

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

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