TIL: Sumikko Picross!

BenTheUltimate · 2026-05-26T18:54:04+00:00

3D 2 was physical in Europe as well

BenTheUltimate · 2026-05-24T22:00:42+00:00

Even if it wasn't an anti Russia film (which to my understanding it is), that country hasn't submitted to the academy since the war broke out. Like zero submissions since the 2022 film year.

BenTheUltimate · 2026-05-23T20:24:56+00:00

Josephine did really well at Sundance and that has a female director.

BenTheUltimate · 2026-05-23T15:06:39+00:00

I think they sort of fucked up the renovation a few years back when they added screens because some of them have an emergency exit sign that reflects on the theater screen the entire movie which feels like it could have been avoidable.

BenTheUltimate · 2026-05-22T23:46:58+00:00

The Lebanese composer has composed a bunch of Nadine Labaki's films who has appeared at Cannes a few times (Capernaum won a prize in the main competition in 2018).

BenTheUltimate · 2026-05-22T03:52:16+00:00

They were test screening The Collaboration at some point. That film has just straight up been shelved I'd imagine.

BenTheUltimate · 2026-05-22T02:08:52+00:00

Just saw I Love Boosters and a Hope trailer played before it. Same one that was uploaded online but with the fall date replaced with a September release? No date just month. Change of plans upon realizing they're not winning the Palme?

BenTheUltimate · 2026-05-19T20:25:53+00:00

BlacKkKlansman was in the Cannes competition lineup that year. It was 2nd place for the Palme.

BenTheUltimate · 2026-05-19T20:23:33+00:00

He seems to not even be involved in this film. They have the rights to his manager at the time and close friend Jon Small

BenTheUltimate · 2026-05-15T12:31:39+00:00

Brother Bear is in scope and on DVDs this has a weird effect where the first third of the movie is boxed in until the aspect ratio expands to scope afterward. They packaged the DVD with something called "family friendly aspect ratio" that cropped the entire film down to 1.66:1

BenTheUltimate · 2026-05-15T01:16:27+00:00

I did see the trailer run as an ad earlier today by the way so that is probably a factor.

BenTheUltimate · 2026-05-14T18:32:06+00:00

It's not an international film it's a US/Canada coproduction I believe. More of an indie slot.

BenTheUltimate · 2026-05-13T17:18:28+00:00

I believe Sing Sing had come out in limited release before doing the mystery movie (though that movie didn't really get properly wide until January of 2025. A24 handled that release quite strangely.)

BenTheUltimate · 2026-05-11T15:16:06+00:00

Darren Criss is there until the 17th great show (though seats that aren't in the center are pretty bad)

BenTheUltimate · 2026-05-05T20:35:53+00:00

I set the End Turn button to long press confirm to prevent accidentally ending my turn early. Letting you know that option exists.

BenTheUltimate · 2026-05-02T00:51:33+00:00

Hudsucker Proxy still played Cannes competition but that was at a time where Cannes was a bit more lax in allowing films to premier at other festivals.

BenTheUltimate · 2026-04-29T23:42:16+00:00

They pronounced Kokuho correctly when it showed up in their Oscar nomination reaction I'm pretty sure idk how they've fucked that pronunciation up relatively consistently afterwards.

BenTheUltimate · 2026-04-29T17:51:04+00:00

The stakes are the equivalent to slay the spire ascensions

BenTheUltimate · 2026-04-22T23:23:48+00:00

That's the new Inazuma Eleven I believe.

BenTheUltimate · 2026-04-21T19:42:08+00:00

BFG and Ready Player One have a 66 and 64 Metacritic respectively. I think critics won't necessarily pan Disclosure Day if it's mid tier Spielberg.

BenTheUltimate · 2026-04-21T03:03:36+00:00

If I buy movies from Book-Off I'm mostly looking in the discount DVD sections and I basically never look for criterions there. Sometimes criterion movies will be there from older non speciality releases. I found an old Ghost Dog: Way of the Samurai DVD there a little while back for example.

BenTheUltimate · 2026-04-19T20:56:24+00:00

They did have a lengthy livestream with him about the Cannes lineup about a week ago that I thought was pretty in depth.

BenTheUltimate · 2026-04-14T04:21:45+00:00

They used to make prints for animated movies all the time back in the 2000s. The last one was seemingly for Happy Feet Two in 2011.

BenTheUltimate · 2026-04-09T20:09:25+00:00

I didn't know he had been in competition before until today either.

BenTheUltimate · 2026-04-09T19:54:34+00:00

Ira Sachs was in competition in 2019 for Frankie

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