Leninhawk
@leninhawk.bsky.social
Mostly concerned about movies and politics. I have a BA in Film Studies. My cat is very poofy. Celluloid Fetishist.
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#Keeper - An artsy Folk-Horror film that's also a slow burn and includes mild elements of surrealism? Yeah, no wonder normies dislike it. Not sure why people have such a hate boner for Osgood Perkins, but I really liked it.
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My very spoilery review: letterboxd.com/leninhawk/fi...
A ★★★½ review of Keeper (2025)
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November 15, 2025 at 4:31 PM
#Keeper - An artsy Folk-Horror film that's also a slow burn and includes mild elements of surrealism? Yeah, no wonder normies dislike it. Not sure why people have such a hate boner for Osgood Perkins, but I really liked it.
My very spoilery review: letterboxd.com/leninhawk/fi...
My very spoilery review: letterboxd.com/leninhawk/fi...
November 14, 2025 at 2:59 PM
#TheRunningMan - Would have preferred a different tonal take on the material (full cynical Carpenter or full satirical Verhoeven...or even the "Escape from LA" route), but it's a fun time at the movies. 87 version still better. Oh, and the ending is ASS.
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A ★★★ review of The Running Man (2025)
Edgar Wright always seemed like an odd choice to do a more faithful adaptation of Stephen King's novella "The Running Man" considering Wright was mostly known for his comedic work. Sure, "Last Night i...
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November 14, 2025 at 2:32 PM
#TheRunningMan - Would have preferred a different tonal take on the material (full cynical Carpenter or full satirical Verhoeven...or even the "Escape from LA" route), but it's a fun time at the movies. 87 version still better. Oh, and the ending is ASS.
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November 7, 2025 at 2:50 PM
#PredatorBadlands - Why did they make a film that apes every trend in mainstream studio entertainment which has polluted multiplexes and lowered the bar for what normies expect out of the movies? We deserve better! Don't settle!
My review: letterboxd.com/leninhawk/fi...
My review: letterboxd.com/leninhawk/fi...
A ★★ review of Predator: Badlands (2025)
I'm not disappointed that "Predator: Badlands" is PG-13, nor am I disappointed that it went in a new direction for a Predator story. No, what I am disappointed by is that this is the most Marvel-ass, ...
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November 7, 2025 at 2:32 PM
#PredatorBadlands - Why did they make a film that apes every trend in mainstream studio entertainment which has polluted multiplexes and lowered the bar for what normies expect out of the movies? We deserve better! Don't settle!
My review: letterboxd.com/leninhawk/fi...
My review: letterboxd.com/leninhawk/fi...
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November 6, 2025 at 7:20 PM
#ItWasJustanAccident - Serendipitous bit of timing to see this the day Dick Cheney died. Great film about justice, revenge, morality, the efficacy of tactics in fighting oppression, and how responsible individuals are for systemic evils.
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My review: letterboxd.com/leninhawk/fi...
A ★★★★ review of It Was Just an Accident (2025)
I obviously didn't plan it this way, since my ticket was reserved days in advance, but seeing "It Was Just an Accident" on the day Dick Cheney, the biggest cheerleader and spokesperson for the US tort...
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November 5, 2025 at 4:32 PM
#ItWasJustanAccident - Serendipitous bit of timing to see this the day Dick Cheney died. Great film about justice, revenge, morality, the efficacy of tactics in fighting oppression, and how responsible individuals are for systemic evils.
My review: letterboxd.com/leninhawk/fi...
My review: letterboxd.com/leninhawk/fi...
del Toro's #Frankenstein - Wish it was shot on film versus digital, but an interesting take where Victor is an avatar for everything wrong with MANkind in 2025 (sort of a proto-incel) and argues, much like "Superman", that kindness is the real punk rock.
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A ★★★½ review of Frankenstein (2025)
There are some many aspects of Guillermo del Toro's "Frankenstein" that are faithful to the novel, or at least more faithful than most film adaptations are, that I found myself focusing on what was ch...
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November 1, 2025 at 2:47 PM
del Toro's #Frankenstein - Wish it was shot on film versus digital, but an interesting take where Victor is an avatar for everything wrong with MANkind in 2025 (sort of a proto-incel) and argues, much like "Superman", that kindness is the real punk rock.
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October 31, 2025 at 2:13 PM
#Bugonia - One of the few English-language remakes I think improves upon the original, but it still inherits some of the problems I had with "Save the Green Planet!" Very good, but my least fav of Lanthimos's Emma Stone movies.
My review: letterboxd.com/leninhawk/fi...
My review: letterboxd.com/leninhawk/fi...
A ★★★½ review of Bugonia (2025)
Two months ago I watched "Save the Green Planet!" for the first time, and I found it to be a very good movie with muddled messaging. With "Bugonia", I was hoping Yorgos Lanthimos and screenwriter Will...
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October 31, 2025 at 2:14 AM
#Bugonia - One of the few English-language remakes I think improves upon the original, but it still inherits some of the problems I had with "Save the Green Planet!" Very good, but my least fav of Lanthimos's Emma Stone movies.
My review: letterboxd.com/leninhawk/fi...
My review: letterboxd.com/leninhawk/fi...
#DreamEater - Sophomore stumble for The Horror Section as the film features poor dialogue and even worse performances, alongside several formal issues (non-diegetic music? mystery B-roll?) that break the found footage style.
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My review: letterboxd.com/leninhawk/fi...
A ★½ review of Dream Eater (2024)
A certain amount of suspension of disbelief is necessary for most found footage films because at some point it's hard to justify why the characters continue to film. At one in "Dream Eater", Alex (Ale...
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October 29, 2025 at 2:09 PM
#DreamEater - Sophomore stumble for The Horror Section as the film features poor dialogue and even worse performances, alongside several formal issues (non-diegetic music? mystery B-roll?) that break the found footage style.
My review: letterboxd.com/leninhawk/fi...
My review: letterboxd.com/leninhawk/fi...
#AHouseOfDynamite - I am BEGGING Kathryn Bigelow to move away from films about the military and intelligence community. The film is ultimately schlock with a coat of Oscar-bait paint on it. Weirdly outdone by an episode of "Paradise" on Hulu.
My review: letterboxd.com/leninhawk/fi...
My review: letterboxd.com/leninhawk/fi...
A ★★★ review of A House of Dynamite (2025)
I am BEGGING Kathryn Bigelow to move away from films about the military and intelligence community. While I don't think "A House of Dynamite" is propaganda like some detractors are claiming, it does g...
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October 25, 2025 at 3:44 PM
#AHouseOfDynamite - I am BEGGING Kathryn Bigelow to move away from films about the military and intelligence community. The film is ultimately schlock with a coat of Oscar-bait paint on it. Weirdly outdone by an episode of "Paradise" on Hulu.
My review: letterboxd.com/leninhawk/fi...
My review: letterboxd.com/leninhawk/fi...
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Also, in the aftermath of the HFBS situation, I asked Kathy Kennedy if LFL had ever turned in a finished movie script for greenlight to Disney and had it rejected. She said no, this was a first.
October 22, 2025 at 9:01 PM
Also, in the aftermath of the HFBS situation, I asked Kathy Kennedy if LFL had ever turned in a finished movie script for greenlight to Disney and had it rejected. She said no, this was a first.
October 24, 2025 at 2:20 PM
#ShelbyOaks - Feels like M. Night Shyamalan tried to make an Osgood Perkins version of "Hereditary", but it's the Shyamalan who wrote his shittier films like "The Visit" or "Old". Dialogue is 90% exposition, and there's a lack of emotion.
My review: letterboxd.com/leninhawk/fi...
My review: letterboxd.com/leninhawk/fi...
A ★★ review of Shelby Oaks (2024)
At least there wasn't an ad for BetterHelp at the start of the film. Filmmaking and film criticism and analysis are two very separate skillsets, despite the obvious overlap. In terms of critics who su...
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October 24, 2025 at 1:48 AM
#ShelbyOaks - Feels like M. Night Shyamalan tried to make an Osgood Perkins version of "Hereditary", but it's the Shyamalan who wrote his shittier films like "The Visit" or "Old". Dialogue is 90% exposition, and there's a lack of emotion.
My review: letterboxd.com/leninhawk/fi...
My review: letterboxd.com/leninhawk/fi...
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Letterboxd has now joined the Three Billion Watched Club 🥳
October 24, 2025 at 1:34 AM
Letterboxd has now joined the Three Billion Watched Club 🥳
#Match - Tubi Original that's sort of "Castle Freak" meets "Don't Breathe". Horrendous beige color palette and some script logic issues hold it back.
My review: letterboxd.com/leninhawk/fi...
My review: letterboxd.com/leninhawk/fi...
A ★★½ review of Match (2025)
I had seen certain corners of the horror community talking about “Match”, a random Tubi Original horror film, and figured if people were talking about it that it might be worth checking out. One of th...
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October 23, 2025 at 2:50 PM
#Match - Tubi Original that's sort of "Castle Freak" meets "Don't Breathe". Horrendous beige color palette and some script logic issues hold it back.
My review: letterboxd.com/leninhawk/fi...
My review: letterboxd.com/leninhawk/fi...
#TheHandThatRockstheCradle 2025 - Fun throwback to a type of film I miss that cut its own path while maintaining the basic concept of the original. Just wish it wasn't afraid to be trashier, sleazier, and more transgressive and offensive.
My review: letterboxd.com/leninhawk/fi...
My review: letterboxd.com/leninhawk/fi...
A ★★★ review of The Hand That Rocks the Cradle (2025)
The new "The Hand That Rocks the Cradle" might be trash, but it's MY kind of trash. I know I already said that a few weeks ago about "Bone Lake", which was a better film than this, but I miss movies l...
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October 22, 2025 at 4:10 PM
#TheHandThatRockstheCradle 2025 - Fun throwback to a type of film I miss that cut its own path while maintaining the basic concept of the original. Just wish it wasn't afraid to be trashier, sleazier, and more transgressive and offensive.
My review: letterboxd.com/leninhawk/fi...
My review: letterboxd.com/leninhawk/fi...
Crossed 450 movies watched this year.
October 22, 2025 at 3:02 PM
Crossed 450 movies watched this year.
#AfterTheHunt - Film not about Me Too, but rather how rich scumbags use identity politics and social justice concerns as a performative playground for their goals and grievances.
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My spoiler review: letterboxd.com/leninhawk/fi...
A ★★★ review of After the Hunt (2025)
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October 21, 2025 at 2:08 PM
#AfterTheHunt - Film not about Me Too, but rather how rich scumbags use identity politics and social justice concerns as a performative playground for their goals and grievances.
My spoiler review: letterboxd.com/leninhawk/fi...
My spoiler review: letterboxd.com/leninhawk/fi...
Another #DismembertheAlamo in the books! #DismembertheAlamoRaleigh
October 19, 2025 at 5:04 PM
Another #DismembertheAlamo in the books! #DismembertheAlamoRaleigh
Composed mainly of police bodycam footage or other source materials, #ThePerfectNeighbor allows its commentary to rise to the surface organically as opposed to through forward messaging and editorializing. Captivating and infuriating.
My review: letterboxd.com/leninhawk/fi...
My review: letterboxd.com/leninhawk/fi...
A ★★★★ review of The Perfect Neighbor (2025)
"The Perfect Neighbor" is a feature-length documentary told largely through police body cameras, though interrogation footage and news broadcasts are included as well among some other sources. Music i...
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October 17, 2025 at 9:03 PM
Composed mainly of police bodycam footage or other source materials, #ThePerfectNeighbor allows its commentary to rise to the surface organically as opposed to through forward messaging and editorializing. Captivating and infuriating.
My review: letterboxd.com/leninhawk/fi...
My review: letterboxd.com/leninhawk/fi...
October 17, 2025 at 1:55 PM
#BlackPhone2 - highly enjoyed, even if I sense the film fell victim to an unconscious and insidious need to capitulate to the modern US conservative zeitgeist. Love the Super 8 and character-driven focus. Wish body count higher and more Hawke.
My review: letterboxd.com/leninhawk/fi...
My review: letterboxd.com/leninhawk/fi...
A ★★★½ review of Black Phone 2 (2025)
The most pleasant surprise I had watching "Black Phone 2" had to be that the Super 8 footage made up far more of the movie than I expected it to. The Super 8 (and apparently sometimes Super 16) film i...
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October 17, 2025 at 1:21 PM
#BlackPhone2 - highly enjoyed, even if I sense the film fell victim to an unconscious and insidious need to capitulate to the modern US conservative zeitgeist. Love the Super 8 and character-driven focus. Wish body count higher and more Hawke.
My review: letterboxd.com/leninhawk/fi...
My review: letterboxd.com/leninhawk/fi...
Favorite Diane Keaton movie. Should probably carve over 3+ hours to rewatch it again.
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October 13, 2025 at 2:12 PM
Favorite Diane Keaton movie. Should probably carve over 3+ hours to rewatch it again.
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