Benjamin Freed
@brfreed.bsky.social
internet clown posting bad/dumb/horny takes about the movies, the Knicks, media, or cyber. not here for work | see you at the movies: http://letterboxd.com/brfreed/
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I’m not traveling for Thanksgiving but DM me your family’s TV brand and I’ll tell you how to get to cinematic mode.
November 27, 2025 at 2:08 AM
I’m not traveling for Thanksgiving but DM me your family’s TV brand and I’ll tell you how to get to cinematic mode.
oh no is Part 3 out?
November 26, 2025 at 11:29 PM
oh no is Part 3 out?
he* died as he lived: begging everyone to draft in the CMS
*: me
*: me
November 25, 2025 at 10:14 PM
he* died as he lived: begging everyone to draft in the CMS
*: me
*: me
My fridge beeps when I leave the door open for too long. Is it in a parasocial relationship with me?
My microwave sings a little song when my Hot Pocket is done. Should it have the right to vote?
can’t fucking catch a breath
make it stop
make it stop
November 25, 2025 at 9:50 PM
My fridge beeps when I leave the door open for too long. Is it in a parasocial relationship with me?
More Downton Abbey movies. They’re all delightful and I don’t know why you would just stop pre-WWII with Lord and Lady Grantham moving into the dowager cottage
If you were a despotic president, what movie would you force Hollywood to make? I want to see Quentin's Star Trek movie or maybe Kill Bill Vol 3.
November 25, 2025 at 9:02 PM
More Downton Abbey movies. They’re all delightful and I don’t know why you would just stop pre-WWII with Lord and Lady Grantham moving into the dowager cottage
Setting aside Trump, Rush Hour 4 seems like a genuinely bad prospect. Even if there's a script ready to go today, it'll be released deep into 2027. Then Paramount has to pay—and insure—Jackie Chan, who will be 72 if this films next year. Tucker probably gets a backend deal. And then there's Ratner.
November 25, 2025 at 6:42 PM
Setting aside Trump, Rush Hour 4 seems like a genuinely bad prospect. Even if there's a script ready to go today, it'll be released deep into 2027. Then Paramount has to pay—and insure—Jackie Chan, who will be 72 if this films next year. Tucker probably gets a backend deal. And then there's Ratner.
congrats again to David Ellison, the dumbest money who ever lived
I teased this last night in What I’m Hearing but now confirmed: Paramount WILL release Rush Hour 4 after prodding from Trump on behalf of Brett Ratner. Distribution deal. Producer Tarak Ben Ammar is lining up financing. Get ready for the dumbest possible state-controlled media.
November 25, 2025 at 5:14 PM
congrats again to David Ellison, the dumbest money who ever lived
Read @alanzilberman.bsky.social’s Letterboxd review on Hamnet, a supposedly Important Movie that is deeply deeply flawed. boxd.it/bCCMIh
A ★★ review of Hamnet (2025)
Now that Hamnet is opening in theaters and I do not plan to review the film, I wanted to expand a little on my thoughts here. Parts of Hamnet are moving, like the tentative nature of Agnes and William...
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November 25, 2025 at 4:48 PM
Read @alanzilberman.bsky.social’s Letterboxd review on Hamnet, a supposedly Important Movie that is deeply deeply flawed. boxd.it/bCCMIh
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Design professionals very politely diss the president's font choice www.washingtonpost.com/style/power/...
What’s going on with Trump’s gold ‘Oval Office’ sign?
We asked design experts to read the writing on the White House wall and tell us what they see
www.washingtonpost.com
November 25, 2025 at 1:54 PM
Design professionals very politely diss the president's font choice www.washingtonpost.com/style/power/...
the most important thing to remember about Bari isn’t that she’s an ideological charlatan. It’s that she has no idea how to make good TV
November 25, 2025 at 3:58 AM
the most important thing to remember about Bari isn’t that she’s an ideological charlatan. It’s that she has no idea how to make good TV
Yep, Rogue One stinks. Didn’t revisit it until this year when I finally dipped into Andor (which is fine, nice-looking TV show), but those first two acts are strung together by the thinnest wire. And while the Vader scene is a banger, it’s also kind of just the ultimate Star Wars YouTube highlight.
rogue one is bad folks. i have believed this since i saw it in theaters and no subsequent rewatch has changed my mind. basically a chop job until the final sequence, which is good (for star wars)
November 24, 2025 at 9:14 PM
Yep, Rogue One stinks. Didn’t revisit it until this year when I finally dipped into Andor (which is fine, nice-looking TV show), but those first two acts are strung together by the thinnest wire. And while the Vader scene is a banger, it’s also kind of just the ultimate Star Wars YouTube highlight.
Pritzker’s got The Last Jedi a little too low and Rogue One way too high but otherwise a very respectable list.
haven’t seen ROS or Solo but this seems like a pretty ball-knowing list from Pritzker, particularly if he volunteered the name “Star Wars” rather than “A New Hope”
November 24, 2025 at 6:36 PM
Pritzker’s got The Last Jedi a little too low and Rogue One way too high but otherwise a very respectable list.
One of the very long movies I'm seeing next week features a main character often mocked for being forgotten by the culture (not by me, I see him) despite the series' profligate worldwide success.
But I can't name anyone on Stranger Things, despite having seen every episode.
But I can't name anyone on Stranger Things, despite having seen every episode.
I will also be doing this, but just to put things in perspective, part 1 of Stranger Things Season 5 (premiering Wednesday) is 271 minutes.
Long movies sound intimidating, until you stop and think how long the average streaming binge sesh can last.
Long movies sound intimidating, until you stop and think how long the average streaming binge sesh can last.
I am seeing two films in theaters next week with a combined runtime of 473 minutes.
This is a healthy way to live.
This is a healthy way to live.
November 24, 2025 at 3:39 PM
One of the very long movies I'm seeing next week features a main character often mocked for being forgotten by the culture (not by me, I see him) despite the series' profligate worldwide success.
But I can't name anyone on Stranger Things, despite having seen every episode.
But I can't name anyone on Stranger Things, despite having seen every episode.
I am seeing two films in theaters next week with a combined runtime of 473 minutes.
This is a healthy way to live.
This is a healthy way to live.
November 24, 2025 at 3:05 PM
I am seeing two films in theaters next week with a combined runtime of 473 minutes.
This is a healthy way to live.
This is a healthy way to live.
You and I have unfinished business, Charlie Brown
We all float down here, Charlie Brown
Second prize is a set of steak knives, Charlie Brown
November 24, 2025 at 4:58 AM
You and I have unfinished business, Charlie Brown
good luck, gen z, fellas! the quarter-zip phase worked out so well for millennials. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/21/s...
Why Are Young Men Embracing the Quarter-Zip Lifestyle?
www.nytimes.com
November 23, 2025 at 10:35 PM
good luck, gen z, fellas! the quarter-zip phase worked out so well for millennials. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/21/s...
Jurassic Park, like Jaws, is a clairvoyant warning about capitalism run amok. Which is a major part of why it’s a perfect film that none of the sequels or spinoffs can match.
Jurassic Park is a perfect example of a great movie whose message is ignored and diluted by a studio that sees dollar signs only. A three-decade franchise that should have been one movie only.
November 23, 2025 at 3:11 AM
Jurassic Park, like Jaws, is a clairvoyant warning about capitalism run amok. Which is a major part of why it’s a perfect film that none of the sequels or spinoffs can match.
I believe the first Scorsese film I saw straight through (on HBO a year after it came out, 12-year-old Ben didn’t get to see Scorsese movies in theaters), and made me obsessed with this director for life.
November 22, 2025 at 7:43 PM
I believe the first Scorsese film I saw straight through (on HBO a year after it came out, 12-year-old Ben didn’t get to see Scorsese movies in theaters), and made me obsessed with this director for life.
Avatar: The Way of Water is a top-three James Cameron movie
November 22, 2025 at 7:38 PM
Avatar: The Way of Water is a top-three James Cameron movie
anyone got a gift link to part two?
November 22, 2025 at 1:08 PM
anyone got a gift link to part two?
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idk, with his bottom v top dynamic Ryan seems to have really pegged it
November 21, 2025 at 11:40 PM
idk, with his bottom v top dynamic Ryan seems to have really pegged it
Mamdani rizzed up Trump
November 21, 2025 at 9:03 PM
Mamdani rizzed up Trump
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Whoever finds a way to put 30g of protein in a cigarette will become the first trillionaire
November 21, 2025 at 6:33 PM
Whoever finds a way to put 30g of protein in a cigarette will become the first trillionaire