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Ben Hibburd
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Film, literature, music, art - I review films (and sometimes culture) on Letterboxd - https://letterboxd.com/BenHibburd/
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Ben Hibburd @benhibburd.bsky.social · Nov 23
My list of some of the greatest films ever made - letterboxd.com/benhibburd/l...
Great Movies.
I consider all of the films on this list to be as perfect as any film can be. Also this list is in alphabetical order.
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A ★★★★½ review of Back to the Future (1985)
Stuck in the past... back to the future… back to the now… Well, shit, it’s been a rough start to the year, hasn’t it? We’re barely a month in, and the Orangeade Man has gotten pissy at not winning the...
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February 4, 2026 at 11:41 PM
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A ★★★★★ review of Fargo (1996)
"He ain't a crook, son, he's just a shook one." - Mobb Deep. This film gets better with each re-watch. It's the perfect seasonal mood-setter as the long, freezing-cold December nights usher in violent...
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December 2, 2025 at 12:15 AM
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What perfect album came out the year you turned 16?
November 17, 2025 at 10:58 PM
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A ★★★★½ review of Predator: Badlands (2025)
I watched the original “Predator” movie on VHS when I was eleven years old, and it became a core foundational piece in the mosaic of media that took up residence during my formative years. It was a ci...
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November 17, 2025 at 4:21 AM
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A ★★★★★ review of Ring (1998)
Whispers of an urban legend metastasize amongst the youth. A VHS tape with the ability to kill. This ain’t your grandpa’s tale of the old Marsten house. This is a pre-viral, viral curse. An infectious...
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October 23, 2025 at 9:22 PM
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A ★★★ review of Fear Street: Prom Queen (2025)
A spiked punch bowl, with the added flavouring of a severed head. Limbs cleaved straight off the bone, separated by the swift blade of a maniac stalking a high school prom. Strobe lighting pierces the...
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October 22, 2025 at 8:15 PM
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I watched both these Irish folk horror flicks on Shudder, and man, Caveat especially, had some bone-chilling moments. Perfect for spooky season! Damian McCarthy is going to be HUGE in this genre! Fresh, original horror at its best!
October 17, 2025 at 1:14 AM
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And just like that, all is right with the universe again. It took five years, but we're back!
October 14, 2025 at 3:06 AM
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A ★★★★ review of It Follows (2014)
Every conceivable piece of analysis for “It Follows” has already been covered, so there’s nothing I can really add at this point, but I did have a couple of thoughts I wanted to jot down for posterity...
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October 8, 2025 at 8:10 PM
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A ★★★★ review of Pumpkinhead (1988)
A father’s grief overpowers any sense of morality. The all-consuming rage is blinding, and the need for justice is palpable. After a motobozo mows down his boy in a freak accident, affable Hick, Ed Ha...
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October 6, 2025 at 10:16 PM
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A ★★★ review of Apartment 7A (2024)
An appointment with the Devil in "Apartment 7A." The neighbours from hell are back to suffocate with unrelenting sweetness. So sweet, they make your teeth rot. A facade of kindness lures potential vic...
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October 5, 2025 at 8:13 PM
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A ★★★★ review of The Haunting of Bly Manor (2020)
Well, after 365 days, it's that time of year again. The 1st of October is here, and the beginning of spooky season has begun. It's the most fiendish, ghoulish, rapturous time of the year. Fuck Christm...
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October 1, 2025 at 11:45 PM
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A ★★½ review of Salem's Lot (2024)
"Salem's Lot" looks the part. "Salem's Lot" sometimes acts the part. But at no point does "Salem's Lot" FEEL the part. This is like some skin-walking type shit, instead it's using the same modernistic...
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October 1, 2025 at 11:20 PM
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The greatest guitarist of all time!
September 27, 2025 at 3:48 AM
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A ★★★★ review of Faust (1926)
For the most part I’m not a religious or superstitious person. I’m really not. I don’t believe in a creator, aliens, werewolves, witches, or any two-bit mythological schmuck. I’ve tried to have faith ...
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September 22, 2025 at 9:11 PM
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A ★★★★ review of Mr. Holland's Opus (1995)
Every single person has an opus in them, a grand statement contextualising their time upon this floating orb of broken dreams. I truly believe that. Whether it’s a piece of prose, a song, or a paintin...
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September 3, 2025 at 9:33 PM
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"You can only trust yourself and the first four Cypress Hill albums."
August 15, 2025 at 4:50 AM
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A ★★★★ review of Superman (2025)
The DCU is dead, long live the DCU. The full reset is here after a decade of turgid, myopic, depressive storytelling headlined by Zack Synder and his cohorts. Built on a foundation of inherent misunde...
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July 11, 2025 at 9:18 PM
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A ½ review of Attack Force (2006)
Steven Seagal has truly outdone himself here. The cinematic titan has gone above and beyond. He has cemented his legacy with the worst movie I have EVER seen. No jokes, no hyperbole, just the morose d...
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June 16, 2025 at 4:46 AM
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A ★★★★ review of ABBA: The Movie (1977)
One universal truth that I’ve discovered during my thirty-four years upon this Earth is that there are two kinds of people. Those who love ABBA and those who’re straight-up liars. There’s no shot that...
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June 12, 2025 at 8:55 PM
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A ★★★ review of Predator: Killer of Killers (2025)
This review is full of spoilers, you’ve been warned. It’s taken a few years but after testing the water with “Prey,” and eventually “Alien: Romulus,” The House of Mouse has begun to ramp up its convey...
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June 10, 2025 at 1:48 AM
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A ★★★★½ review of Turning Point: The Vietnam War (2025)
Vietnamese lady: " To the West it's just a movie, a John Wayne movie, but to the village it's real." Netflix: Proceeds to play The Rolling Stones "Gimmie Shelter" over her words. Like, I get it, you h...
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May 6, 2025 at 9:31 PM
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A ★★★ review of Havoc (2025)
Gareth Evans channels his inner John Woo for "Havoc," it's just a shame that he picked Hollywood Woo instead of Hong Kong Woo. After the critical and cultural success that were the two "Raid" movies, ...
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April 25, 2025 at 7:53 PM
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A ★★★★ review of The Man Who Changed His Mind (1936)
Man, there's nothing like a Boris Karloff jam to shake me out of a funk. I swear these old-school horror yarns have some kinda mystical healing power that aids in alleviating the cloud of melancholia ...
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March 14, 2025 at 11:22 PM
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Looks like Letterboxd shadow-banned my review...😭 lol. I thought it was perfectly reasonable :) letterboxd.com/benhibburd/f...
A ★★★★ review of Star Trek: First Contact (1996)
Well, ladies and gentlemen it’s the end of another dogshit week upon this rotating husk of rock, water and gas. The living, breathing embodiment of Dante’s ninth circle in the flesh. A cold, callous s...
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March 7, 2025 at 4:45 PM