Ben Grimes
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Firebirds. Energy weapons. Both of these things are interesting to me.
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The thing I love about George Lucas the most is that you only ever see him in two settings: being interviewed about Star Wars, or a cryptid sighting
April 25, 2025 at 5:48 AM
The thing I love about George Lucas the most is that you only ever see him in two settings: being interviewed about Star Wars, or a cryptid sighting
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“this whole thing smacks of a gender” i holler as i overturn the global economy and turn the down jones industrial average into the industrial shit
April 7, 2025 at 1:38 PM
“this whole thing smacks of a gender” i holler as i overturn the global economy and turn the down jones industrial average into the industrial shit
On my way back from lunch in downtown Austin, and a lady stopped me on the sidewalk saying “hey sir, just a gentle reminder,” and she gave me this?
April 6, 2025 at 6:29 PM
On my way back from lunch in downtown Austin, and a lady stopped me on the sidewalk saying “hey sir, just a gentle reminder,” and she gave me this?
From the “Hands Off” protest in Austin yesterday… this is by no small margin the largest protest I’ve seen in person here. Massive crowd.
April 6, 2025 at 6:10 PM
From the “Hands Off” protest in Austin yesterday… this is by no small margin the largest protest I’ve seen in person here. Massive crowd.
There are so few artists whose names are invoked just to describe a tone or a feeling the way David Lynch’s has been for years… one of the greatest storytellers in the history of his craft. We were lucky to have him, and he’ll be sorely missed.
January 17, 2025 at 2:15 AM
There are so few artists whose names are invoked just to describe a tone or a feeling the way David Lynch’s has been for years… one of the greatest storytellers in the history of his craft. We were lucky to have him, and he’ll be sorely missed.
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Complete Trek sets are important because nobody can take them from you when the companies buy each other.
Pull my DS9 dvds from my cold, dead hands.
Pull my DS9 dvds from my cold, dead hands.
January 6, 2025 at 7:10 PM
Complete Trek sets are important because nobody can take them from you when the companies buy each other.
Pull my DS9 dvds from my cold, dead hands.
Pull my DS9 dvds from my cold, dead hands.
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people who say “why do we need [fine arts, humanities degrees, mid-budget films] when they don’t make a ton of money?” are insufferable. why do we need chrysanthemums? why do we need bonfires or baleen whales or the color blue? we just do. we just do.
December 21, 2024 at 2:49 PM
people who say “why do we need [fine arts, humanities degrees, mid-budget films] when they don’t make a ton of money?” are insufferable. why do we need chrysanthemums? why do we need bonfires or baleen whales or the color blue? we just do. we just do.
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I have to say that I actually love how Batman can't turn his head in the suit in the Burton movies. What makes Michael Keaton a genius is the way he incorporated it into his physical performance. Dude moved so distinctively, almost looked like a silent movie vampire.
December 5, 2024 at 10:29 PM
I have to say that I actually love how Batman can't turn his head in the suit in the Burton movies. What makes Michael Keaton a genius is the way he incorporated it into his physical performance. Dude moved so distinctively, almost looked like a silent movie vampire.
May have gone slightly overboard with my deep dive into Lupin the Third this year…
December 5, 2024 at 8:12 PM
May have gone slightly overboard with my deep dive into Lupin the Third this year…
I’ll stand by this… K.D. Lang wrote the best Bond song by a wide margin with Surrender, and if it was placed front and center in the opening titles like it deserved, that alone would bump Tomorrow Never Dies way higher in everybody’s ranking of the series.
July 29, 2024 at 5:46 AM
I’ll stand by this… K.D. Lang wrote the best Bond song by a wide margin with Surrender, and if it was placed front and center in the opening titles like it deserved, that alone would bump Tomorrow Never Dies way higher in everybody’s ranking of the series.
Furiosa is fantastic, but people expecting the nonstop drive of the last film are in for a shock, as this is very much the pacing and tone of classic Mad Max. Imagine the grit of Fury Road married to the weirdness and world building of Thunderdome. Loved it.
May 31, 2024 at 3:02 PM
Furiosa is fantastic, but people expecting the nonstop drive of the last film are in for a shock, as this is very much the pacing and tone of classic Mad Max. Imagine the grit of Fury Road married to the weirdness and world building of Thunderdome. Loved it.
Really surprised by The Fall Guy… I don’t think anything is going to top that for me this year? Just a phenomenal crowd pleaser. A thrilling, hilarious, joyful celebration of movies and the people who work behind the scenes to make them.
May 4, 2024 at 8:28 PM
Really surprised by The Fall Guy… I don’t think anything is going to top that for me this year? Just a phenomenal crowd pleaser. A thrilling, hilarious, joyful celebration of movies and the people who work behind the scenes to make them.
Favorite films of the year so far in no particular order: Monkey Man, Late Night with the Devil, Love Lies Bleeding.
April 13, 2024 at 11:45 PM
Favorite films of the year so far in no particular order: Monkey Man, Late Night with the Devil, Love Lies Bleeding.
Feel like I’ve seen this somewhere before…
February 21, 2024 at 6:47 PM
Feel like I’ve seen this somewhere before…
I don’t want to pick on the author or anything, but I can’t get past how absolutely bizarre it is to assert that this particular genre has never had a camp classic before.
February 15, 2024 at 3:59 PM
I don’t want to pick on the author or anything, but I can’t get past how absolutely bizarre it is to assert that this particular genre has never had a camp classic before.
Excited to share this trailer, and incredibly grateful to have been involved in bringing Holly Charles-Pearson’s bold vision to the screen in this short film. It’s an experience I’ll never forget, and I can’t wait until people get to see it this June.
vimeo.com/907671618
vimeo.com/907671618
If They Took Us Back | Trailer
Starting June 19th, 2024, Fourth Industrial Pictures invites you to experience If They Took Us Back, a powerful alternate history drama from writer/director Holly…
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February 5, 2024 at 8:16 PM
Excited to share this trailer, and incredibly grateful to have been involved in bringing Holly Charles-Pearson’s bold vision to the screen in this short film. It’s an experience I’ll never forget, and I can’t wait until people get to see it this June.
vimeo.com/907671618
vimeo.com/907671618
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It’s called elevated horror, T. It’s when the dracula is actually that your mom died.
January 23, 2024 at 6:04 PM
It’s called elevated horror, T. It’s when the dracula is actually that your mom died.
Look, Japanese labor laws are absolutely a factor, but the whole “no you don’t understand, Godzilla Minus One only cost so little because the entire Japanese film industry is basically a sweatshop” thing feels like an *extremely* gross excuse not to ask how they did it.
January 23, 2024 at 8:38 PM
Look, Japanese labor laws are absolutely a factor, but the whole “no you don’t understand, Godzilla Minus One only cost so little because the entire Japanese film industry is basically a sweatshop” thing feels like an *extremely* gross excuse not to ask how they did it.
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My top 10 films of 2023:
1) Godzilla Minus One
2) Oppenheimer
3) Evil Dead Rise
4) GotG Volume 3
5) Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning
6) D&D: Honor Among Thieves
7) Barbie
8) John Wick: Chapter 4
9) Jawan
10) Beau Is Afraid
1) Godzilla Minus One
2) Oppenheimer
3) Evil Dead Rise
4) GotG Volume 3
5) Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning
6) D&D: Honor Among Thieves
7) Barbie
8) John Wick: Chapter 4
9) Jawan
10) Beau Is Afraid
January 1, 2024 at 7:01 AM
My top 10 films of 2023:
1) Godzilla Minus One
2) Oppenheimer
3) Evil Dead Rise
4) GotG Volume 3
5) Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning
6) D&D: Honor Among Thieves
7) Barbie
8) John Wick: Chapter 4
9) Jawan
10) Beau Is Afraid
1) Godzilla Minus One
2) Oppenheimer
3) Evil Dead Rise
4) GotG Volume 3
5) Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning
6) D&D: Honor Among Thieves
7) Barbie
8) John Wick: Chapter 4
9) Jawan
10) Beau Is Afraid
Finally getting around to Rebel Moon on Netflix… absolutely baffled by the idea of giving this material a PG-13 cut. Very pulpy stuff. Seven Samurai by way of Robert E. Howard. The kind of thing that’s usually my jam, but it’s not allowed to spread its wings here for some reason.
December 31, 2023 at 2:31 AM
Finally getting around to Rebel Moon on Netflix… absolutely baffled by the idea of giving this material a PG-13 cut. Very pulpy stuff. Seven Samurai by way of Robert E. Howard. The kind of thing that’s usually my jam, but it’s not allowed to spread its wings here for some reason.
Finally catching up with For All Mankind… the worldbuilding in this show is incredible. I adore Battlestar Galactica, but this might be even better? Excited to see where it goes.
December 24, 2023 at 12:38 AM
Finally catching up with For All Mankind… the worldbuilding in this show is incredible. I adore Battlestar Galactica, but this might be even better? Excited to see where it goes.
Seated for The Boy and the Heron. Really looking forward to this one!
December 18, 2023 at 12:50 AM
Seated for The Boy and the Heron. Really looking forward to this one!
If you loved Godzilla Minus One this weekend, I highly recommend checking out Takashi Yamazaki’s Lupin III: The First (which incidentally would be a fantastic double feature with Spielberg’s Tintin).
December 4, 2023 at 2:08 AM
If you loved Godzilla Minus One this weekend, I highly recommend checking out Takashi Yamazaki’s Lupin III: The First (which incidentally would be a fantastic double feature with Spielberg’s Tintin).