James Barcomb
@jamesbarcomb.bsky.social
Actor, mediocre film geek, anxious bean. He/him
Given the movie’s direct link to “Kind Hearts and Coronets”/“Gentleman’s Guide to Love and Murder,” they missed an incredible opportunity to cast Glen Powell as all the other family members 👎
Watch the trailer for John Patton Ford’s How to Make a Killing starring Glen Powell 👀
In theaters on February 20, 2026 via A24.
In theaters on February 20, 2026 via A24.
November 25, 2025 at 5:37 PM
Given the movie’s direct link to “Kind Hearts and Coronets”/“Gentleman’s Guide to Love and Murder,” they missed an incredible opportunity to cast Glen Powell as all the other family members 👎
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*sighs*
“Are we having… FUN yet?”
“Are we having… FUN yet?”
November 16, 2025 at 1:41 AM
*sighs*
“Are we having… FUN yet?”
“Are we having… FUN yet?”
It’s very funny to me that in the new trailer for the Stranger Things animated show, the Duffer Brothers say they wanted to evoke the feel of an ‘80s cartoon, and then the shiny “What If”-style CG *immediately* betrays that image. Give us actual crappy 2D animation where barely anyone moves, COWARDS
November 6, 2025 at 5:23 PM
It’s very funny to me that in the new trailer for the Stranger Things animated show, the Duffer Brothers say they wanted to evoke the feel of an ‘80s cartoon, and then the shiny “What If”-style CG *immediately* betrays that image. Give us actual crappy 2D animation where barely anyone moves, COWARDS
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this is a reminder that we dont have to settle for newsom in 2028
November 5, 2025 at 2:44 AM
this is a reminder that we dont have to settle for newsom in 2028
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RIP to Dick Cheney and congrats to Mayor Zohran
November 5, 2025 at 2:20 AM
RIP to Dick Cheney and congrats to Mayor Zohran
It’s fun to check the Letterboxd page for Naked Gun ‘25 and see that there really isn’t a consensus on the movie’s best joke, because 90% of the jokes are just *that* good. Quaid Army DOES. NOT. MISS. #RighteousKill
(For the record, Paul Walter Hauser vs. Drunk Kids is currently my favorite moment)
(For the record, Paul Walter Hauser vs. Drunk Kids is currently my favorite moment)
October 26, 2025 at 4:18 PM
It’s fun to check the Letterboxd page for Naked Gun ‘25 and see that there really isn’t a consensus on the movie’s best joke, because 90% of the jokes are just *that* good. Quaid Army DOES. NOT. MISS. #RighteousKill
(For the record, Paul Walter Hauser vs. Drunk Kids is currently my favorite moment)
(For the record, Paul Walter Hauser vs. Drunk Kids is currently my favorite moment)
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High-end fish... no doubt
October 14, 2025 at 7:11 PM
High-end fish... no doubt
Had “Kiss of the Spider Woman” been more than just pretty good or if anyone was actually aware of its existence, Tonatiuh would be getting so much awards attention right now. Incredible performance.
October 13, 2025 at 9:39 PM
Had “Kiss of the Spider Woman” been more than just pretty good or if anyone was actually aware of its existence, Tonatiuh would be getting so much awards attention right now. Incredible performance.
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Was completely on purpose
Threw on the new Criterion of NIGHTMARE ALLEY 2021 and forgot that the reappearance of Richard Jenkins and Mary Steenburgen makes this the Catalina Wine Mixer of Guillermo Del Toro's oeuvre.
October 8, 2025 at 10:48 PM
Was completely on purpose
I don’t usually post about my acting work on here, but I’m gearing up to play Pozzo in “Waiting for Godot” next month, and it’s a lot of fun because I get to spend most of Act 2 doing this:
September 26, 2025 at 1:36 AM
I don’t usually post about my acting work on here, but I’m gearing up to play Pozzo in “Waiting for Godot” next month, and it’s a lot of fun because I get to spend most of Act 2 doing this:
Vulture Movie Fantasy League, 2025 edition, baybeeeeeeee
Tbh, not feeling as confident in my picks this time around, partially because the good folks at @vulture.com made sure rostering was especially tricky this year, and also because THERE’S SO MUCH.
THERE’S. SO. MUCH.
Tbh, not feeling as confident in my picks this time around, partially because the good folks at @vulture.com made sure rostering was especially tricky this year, and also because THERE’S SO MUCH.
THERE’S. SO. MUCH.
September 24, 2025 at 4:08 PM
Vulture Movie Fantasy League, 2025 edition, baybeeeeeeee
Tbh, not feeling as confident in my picks this time around, partially because the good folks at @vulture.com made sure rostering was especially tricky this year, and also because THERE’S SO MUCH.
THERE’S. SO. MUCH.
Tbh, not feeling as confident in my picks this time around, partially because the good folks at @vulture.com made sure rostering was especially tricky this year, and also because THERE’S SO MUCH.
THERE’S. SO. MUCH.
I remember being extremely pissed off at Final Destination 3 for invoking 9/11 in its story, and yet I somehow forgot that the original movie references the Princess Diana and John Denver tragedies, both of which happened THREE YEARS PRIOR TO THE MOVIE’S RELEASE, JESUS CHRIST
September 17, 2025 at 10:11 PM
I remember being extremely pissed off at Final Destination 3 for invoking 9/11 in its story, and yet I somehow forgot that the original movie references the Princess Diana and John Denver tragedies, both of which happened THREE YEARS PRIOR TO THE MOVIE’S RELEASE, JESUS CHRIST
It’s fun to watch something like the OG Toxic Avenger knowing that 2010s me would’ve haaaaaaated it. Bonkers movie that’s so gleefully crass and mean that it tips over into charming and wholesome! A smorgasbord of gonzo character actor performances! So many silly little details! I had a good time 👍
September 17, 2025 at 2:26 AM
It’s fun to watch something like the OG Toxic Avenger knowing that 2010s me would’ve haaaaaaated it. Bonkers movie that’s so gleefully crass and mean that it tips over into charming and wholesome! A smorgasbord of gonzo character actor performances! So many silly little details! I had a good time 👍
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What Robert Redford contributed to American films via Sundance is genuinely immeasurable. He was also an extraordinarily talented director--Ordinary People and Quiz Show are two of the best American studio movies of their eras--and an actor who somehow wore his incredible charisma almost shyly. RIP.
September 16, 2025 at 1:29 PM
What Robert Redford contributed to American films via Sundance is genuinely immeasurable. He was also an extraordinarily talented director--Ordinary People and Quiz Show are two of the best American studio movies of their eras--and an actor who somehow wore his incredible charisma almost shyly. RIP.
On the Lonely Island & Seth Meyers podcast, Andy Samberg mentioned he watched “K-Pop Demon Hunters” and took umbrage with the fact that the version of “Takedown” played over the end credits isn’t the revised one Rumi’s been working on throughout the movie
AND YOU KNOW WHAT, HE’S ABSOLUTELY RIGHT
AND YOU KNOW WHAT, HE’S ABSOLUTELY RIGHT
September 7, 2025 at 1:03 AM
On the Lonely Island & Seth Meyers podcast, Andy Samberg mentioned he watched “K-Pop Demon Hunters” and took umbrage with the fact that the version of “Takedown” played over the end credits isn’t the revised one Rumi’s been working on throughout the movie
AND YOU KNOW WHAT, HE’S ABSOLUTELY RIGHT
AND YOU KNOW WHAT, HE’S ABSOLUTELY RIGHT
Oh man, Jeremy Culhane is a *great* get for the show. If you’re subscribed to Dropout, he’s shown up on “Make Some Noise” a bunch of times and his recent “Game Changer” appearance (“Rulette,” maybe the most chaotic episode to date) was fantastic
September 2, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Oh man, Jeremy Culhane is a *great* get for the show. If you’re subscribed to Dropout, he’s shown up on “Make Some Noise” a bunch of times and his recent “Game Changer” appearance (“Rulette,” maybe the most chaotic episode to date) was fantastic
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Haha, we accidentally arrested you for protesting against genocide when really you were just wearing a funny shirt, how hilarious and embarrassing. This is a perfectly fine reality we live in.
Aardman's iconic clay character Morph was at the center of a terrorism arrest in London earlier this month. Authorities confused a parody “Plasticine Action” T-shirt with the logo of a banned protest group.
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London Protester Arrested Over Morph ‘Plasticine Action’ T-Shirt
A spoof Morph “Plasticine Action” T-shirt led to a protester’s arrest in London after police mistook it for support of a banned activist group.
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August 26, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Haha, we accidentally arrested you for protesting against genocide when really you were just wearing a funny shirt, how hilarious and embarrassing. This is a perfectly fine reality we live in.
Look, I hate spoilers as much as the next guy, but this is starting to get silly
Alan Cumming says he didn’t know who he was acting with half the time when filming ‘Avengers: Doomsday’
“I did the entire film in isolation. Lots of green screen, face replacement. They even gave characters fake names. I don’t know who I was acting with half the time”
(via Gold Derby)
“I did the entire film in isolation. Lots of green screen, face replacement. They even gave characters fake names. I don’t know who I was acting with half the time”
(via Gold Derby)
August 21, 2025 at 4:23 PM
Look, I hate spoilers as much as the next guy, but this is starting to get silly
Everyone’s shocked about A$AP Rocky being good at something other than music, like he didn’t grace us with this nine years ago
August 17, 2025 at 3:28 AM
Everyone’s shocked about A$AP Rocky being good at something other than music, like he didn’t grace us with this nine years ago
Thought FOMO with no local movie theater would hit hardest with Superman, but seeing everyone rave about Naked Gun is killing meeeeeeee 😭
August 2, 2025 at 1:18 PM
Thought FOMO with no local movie theater would hit hardest with Superman, but seeing everyone rave about Naked Gun is killing meeeeeeee 😭
Starting a new Bluesky thread, to be updated periodically: My Old, Bad Letterboxd takes!
First up from 2018: the original Predator! Took me three tries, but all right, fine, it’s basically a masterpiece with several career-best performances, WHAT DO YOU WANT FROM ME
First up from 2018: the original Predator! Took me three tries, but all right, fine, it’s basically a masterpiece with several career-best performances, WHAT DO YOU WANT FROM ME
July 29, 2025 at 1:40 AM
Starting a new Bluesky thread, to be updated periodically: My Old, Bad Letterboxd takes!
First up from 2018: the original Predator! Took me three tries, but all right, fine, it’s basically a masterpiece with several career-best performances, WHAT DO YOU WANT FROM ME
First up from 2018: the original Predator! Took me three tries, but all right, fine, it’s basically a masterpiece with several career-best performances, WHAT DO YOU WANT FROM ME
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My last living musical hero is still my hero but unfortunately no longer living. RIP to the great, great Mr. Tom Lehrer.
July 27, 2025 at 5:33 PM
My last living musical hero is still my hero but unfortunately no longer living. RIP to the great, great Mr. Tom Lehrer.