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David Bax
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He/him. Battleship Pretension/The One Where I Met Your Mother. Go Blues, fuck ICE, free Palestine http://letterboxd.com/DavidBax/
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The USPS posting a NINE BILLION DOLLAR LOSS!!! sounds terrible. Certainly worse than if you said "USPS costs thirty dollars per person per year" even though that means the same thing and more accurately describes a government service
December 5, 2025 at 1:31 PM
Movie Meltdown: Loaded with Predators battleshippretension.com/movie-meltdo...
December 4, 2025 at 6:08 PM
Home Video Hovel: The 2025 December-to-November Disc Spectacular, by Scott Nye battleshippretension.com/home-video-h...
November 29, 2025 at 3:14 AM
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Remember to thank Rebecda Black today for inventing Fridays, we honor her today on Black Friday
November 28, 2025 at 2:21 PM
Natalie and I compare Ross to Indiana Jones in “The One with the Cooking Class” and compare a woman’s body to the Ark of the Covenant in “Romeward Bound.”

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November 24, 2025 at 6:04 AM
What really stings about the loss of Udo Kier is how vital and exciting his work and choices were right up to the end. This year alone, we’ve got By Design and The Secret Agent. Great performances in great movies
November 24, 2025 at 2:33 AM
Already mad at myself for watching all four Sam Mendes Beatles biopics in 2028
November 24, 2025 at 2:26 AM
Tyler and I discuss notable hats in movies as well as Bruno Dumont’s The Empire.

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November 22, 2025 at 7:18 PM
The Trailer Project with Alexander Miller #56: Gus Van Sant’s Drugstore Cowboy (1989) battleshippretension.com/the-trailer-...
November 21, 2025 at 8:50 PM
November 21, 2025 at 6:06 PM
This week on the Patreon, Tyler and I count down our top 100, 80-76.

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November 20, 2025 at 12:01 AM
Natalie and I feed a baby Indian food with Rachel in “The One with the Baby Shower” and smell Indian food with Ted in “The Time Travelers.”

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November 14, 2025 at 9:59 PM
Tyler and I hash out our differences concerning the professionalism and ethics of writing reviews after discussing Steven Soderbergh’s Black Bag.

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November 13, 2025 at 10:27 PM
This week on the Patreon, Tyler and I count down our top five movies of 1998.

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November 9, 2025 at 7:52 PM
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November 9, 2025 at 6:28 AM
Natalie and I do a crossword puzzle with Rachel in “The One with Joey’s Interview” and do a crossword puzzle with Robin in “The Fortress.”

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November 9, 2025 at 12:56 AM
Favorite new-to-me movies, October 2025:

Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
The Chase (1966)
Downhill Racer
The Getaway (1994)
Jeremiah Johnson
November 6, 2025 at 12:24 AM
Natalie and I talk about our dead grandmother with Monica in “The One in Massapequa” and talk about Ted’s dead grandmother with Jeanette in “Weekend at Barney’s.”

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November 4, 2025 at 11:13 PM
After the Hunt: This movie is very middle-age guy saying “6/7,” if you know what I mean
November 2, 2025 at 12:00 AM
Natalie and I pilfer Mona’s apartment with Ross in “The One with the Tea Leaves” and pilfer the Captain’s apartment with Lily in “The Ashtray.”

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October 31, 2025 at 8:11 PM
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In addition to L.A. food banks, pantries, community fridges, and other food donation programs, we see free Cambodian chicken rice porridge, kids goodie bags, and a program that allows you to buy a meal for someone at a growing chain.

The full story: lataco.com/free-food-la...

By Hadley Tomicki
October 30, 2025 at 10:06 PM
Tyler and I talk about the moment in various movies in which shit gets real as well as JT Mollner’s Strange Darling.

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October 30, 2025 at 9:30 PM
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Actually, seeing a man of color, getting scared, and calling The Police, is pretty typical racist behavior
October 30, 2025 at 2:35 PM
This week on the Patreon, Tyler and I discuss our favorite performances by the late Gene Hackman.

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October 29, 2025 at 7:06 PM