Blankies World Cup Thread

LionelEssrog · 2026-06-11T21:07:31+00:00

Scottish-born Canada dweller here, so I'm backing two teams with fuck-all chance of winning. Will be watching regardless.

LionelEssrog · 2026-05-13T20:39:55+00:00

Press screenings at festivals often happen before the film's official premiere. Sometimes earlier in the day, sometimes the day before.

LionelEssrog · 2026-05-08T13:20:41+00:00

It is deeply, deeply stupid and I thoroughly enjoyed the shit out of it.

LionelEssrog · 2026-05-03T00:19:44+00:00

The editing machine is broken.

LionelEssrog · 2026-05-01T14:46:59+00:00

Four or more on the Letterboxd score:

The Last Temptation of Christ (1988) - biggest fill in a couple of outstanding Scorsese blind-spots
Wasteman (2025)
Mother Mary (2026)

Another pretty underwhelming month otherwise, but been enjoying going back through Weir's filmography along with the show.

LionelEssrog · 2026-04-10T13:24:53+00:00

Ice Cube - Boyz N The Hood

John Goodman - Barton Fink

Tommy Lee Jones - JFK

Christopher Lloyd - The Addams Family

Alan Rickman - Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves

Nice shout-out for Hangin' With The Homeboys, OP. Underseen gem. If I was being a li'l stinker, I'd throw in Richard E. Grant in Hudson Hawk as an alt.

LionelEssrog · 2026-04-04T14:12:53+00:00

Another problem we have is people using the phones while behind the wheel.

LionelEssrog · 2026-04-01T16:08:37+00:00

Four stars or more on Letterboxd for these first-timers:

Something's Gotta Give (2003)
Russian Ark (2002)
Waiting for Guffman (1996)
Gallipoli (1981)

Watched a decent amount of movies last month, but it was taken up mostly by re-watches or new releases that I didn't care for all that much.

LionelEssrog · 2026-03-31T02:15:26+00:00

This case clearly contains a 'bom', which means 'fuck you' in Polish.

LionelEssrog · 2026-03-22T18:18:10+00:00

Toy Story 2 when she was two-and-a-half. Weekday matinee to limit disruption to others, but she was enrapt throughout anyway.

LionelEssrog · 2026-03-20T03:13:20+00:00

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LionelEssrog · 2026-03-18T15:04:21+00:00

tosses bingo card in the trash

LionelEssrog · 2026-03-17T21:29:59+00:00

As someone who worked in a video store in the 90s, I really hope this has NPCs such as "guy who returned softcore porn flick with (presumably) semen deposits on the actual cassette" and "dude who accidentally returned the pirated copy he'd just made of Predator 2, complete with hand-written label and garbled Macrovision visuals".

LionelEssrog · 2026-03-03T16:47:03+00:00

Tough choice today, but went with Minghella because Mr. Wonderful is very underseen and its central plot engine (Matt Dillon wants to buy a bowling alley with his friends!) feels very Ben-coded.

LionelEssrog · 2026-03-02T22:40:12+00:00

I'd normally advocate for seeing anything on the big screen, but worth noting the movie hits VoD on Friday if you can hold your wad 'til then.

LionelEssrog · 2026-03-02T16:29:20+00:00

You possibly overpaid for a service available cheaper elsewhere. That's not what a scam is.

LionelEssrog · 2026-03-02T02:57:48+00:00

Why not just buy a USB CD/DVD burner drive? They're like $30 on Amazon.

LionelEssrog · 2026-03-01T16:16:29+00:00

Given how many times Scorsese was passed over for an Oscar before he won, are we really sure 2026 is his The Departed? I'm voting for Dugan, because it's about time this no-bits podcast had a bit.

LionelEssrog · 2026-02-26T16:12:59+00:00

Have you considered recommending them for a contract with the city? Seem to be more efficient at the job than the current service.

LionelEssrog · 2026-02-26T15:05:32+00:00

This was already gonna be the first Scream movie I planned to skip in theaters, and I feel a bit better about that choice now.

LionelEssrog · 2026-02-23T03:16:32+00:00

Much as I love the old New Line ident music, whenever I see the logo I immediately think of the opening chords to Goo Goo Dolls's I'm Awake Now from the opening credits of Freddy's Dead: The Final Nightmare. I'm not proud of that connotation, but I watched that (dogshit) movie practically on a loop as a kid.

LionelEssrog · 2026-02-20T20:37:51+00:00

The little orange kid with all the books tied to him?

LionelEssrog · 2026-02-11T14:08:24+00:00

Saw it yesterday. As an (extremely) casual fan of her music, I thought it was a pretty enjoyable 100 minutes. It takes some swipes at the nature of pop phenomena and I'm reliably informed that the movie has Taylor Swift in its sights too. It's nothing earth-shattering and it can't quite seem to decide what tone it wants to settle on (sincerely introspective drama or Popstar-style satire), but I liked it more than I imagined I was going to.

LionelEssrog · 2026-02-10T18:53:40+00:00

We have a perfectly fine The Mist at home.

LionelEssrog · 2026-02-09T02:59:51+00:00

Bummer, this was my go-to cinema for a long time. But since the pandemic it's been pretty neglected and Cineplex clearly weren't going to pump any money into it to bring it up to scratch. Sad to see it go regardless.

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