Lenny Renquist
@lennyrenquist.bsky.social
Comfy couch enthusiast. Movie watcher. Bond fan. Star Wars fan. MCU fan. Amateur wordguy. Comic non-reader. Terrible gamer. Australian person, living on Dharawal land. 🥃 He/him.
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I get that American movie trailers say movies are “in theaters”, but why do Americans always say “I saw that in theaters”? How many “theaters” did you see it in? Just say “in the theater”, or “in a theater.” It sounds like you went around to every cinema you could find to see it over and over again.
December 17, 2025 at 4:33 PM
I get that American movie trailers say movies are “in theaters”, but why do Americans always say “I saw that in theaters”? How many “theaters” did you see it in? Just say “in the theater”, or “in a theater.” It sounds like you went around to every cinema you could find to see it over and over again.
Saw Honey Don’t! Better than Drive-Away Dolls, but still lacks some of that “Coen Brothers-ness” that the joint works have. Plaza gives perhaps my favourite performance of hers. Evans has ranting down to an art. But Qualley is the sexy, husky-voiced glue holding it all together; she’s captivating.
December 15, 2025 at 3:39 PM
Saw Honey Don’t! Better than Drive-Away Dolls, but still lacks some of that “Coen Brothers-ness” that the joint works have. Plaza gives perhaps my favourite performance of hers. Evans has ranting down to an art. But Qualley is the sexy, husky-voiced glue holding it all together; she’s captivating.
Or read the book, which is far better.
Those who appreciate a cozy murder mystery movie would do well to check out this Netflix adaptation starring Pierce Brosnan and Helen Mirren (among others).
Pierce Brosnan's Star-Studded 2025 Murder Mystery Movie Is One Of Netflix's Hidden Gems - SlashFilm
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December 13, 2025 at 4:14 AM
Or read the book, which is far better.
Wake Up Dead Man is SO GOOD. Yet another twist on whodunits while perhaps being the whodunitest whodunit of the series. Another all-great ensemble and another sweet fit for Benoit. Performances are so good and so distinctive it took me a sec to realise Bond and Leiter were on screen together again.
December 12, 2025 at 2:03 PM
Wake Up Dead Man is SO GOOD. Yet another twist on whodunits while perhaps being the whodunitest whodunit of the series. Another all-great ensemble and another sweet fit for Benoit. Performances are so good and so distinctive it took me a sec to realise Bond and Leiter were on screen together again.
Man that new Red Sonja movie is garbage. Not what I waited 30 years to see.
December 11, 2025 at 9:11 AM
Man that new Red Sonja movie is garbage. Not what I waited 30 years to see.
Australia has no jungle, but I’d assumed this garbage was made in the Top End somewhere, or at least somewhere tropical. But northern NSW? Come on.
This year’s batch of campmates on the U.K.’s jungle-set reality show I’m a Celebrity…Get Me Out of Here! has been dealing with some particularly brutal weather.
‘I’m a Celebrity’ Camp Evacuated and Filming Delayed for Hours as Storm Hits the Jungle
This year’s batch of campmates on the U.K.’s jungle-set reality show I’m a Celebrity…Get Me Out of Here! has been dealing with some particularly brutal weather.
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November 26, 2025 at 2:17 PM
Australia has no jungle, but I’d assumed this garbage was made in the Top End somewhere, or at least somewhere tropical. But northern NSW? Come on.
A few eps into the new Robin Hood, I have to say I’m enjoying it, despite - or in part because of - the historical liberties taken. Depicting it as a clash of religions, putting the Celtic sprit stuff in, makes it unique in a way I find fun and interesting even as I disbelieve it from a history POV.
November 17, 2025 at 7:40 PM
A few eps into the new Robin Hood, I have to say I’m enjoying it, despite - or in part because of - the historical liberties taken. Depicting it as a clash of religions, putting the Celtic sprit stuff in, makes it unique in a way I find fun and interesting even as I disbelieve it from a history POV.
Didn’t immediately recognise it as Boris… possibly because everyone is fully dressed. 😬
Boris Vallejo poster for THE EMPIRE STRIKES BACK
November 17, 2025 at 7:31 PM
Didn’t immediately recognise it as Boris… possibly because everyone is fully dressed. 😬
Star Wars: Boatsitter
Ryan Gosling and Shawn Levy on the set of ‘STAR WARS: STARFIGHTER’
November 13, 2025 at 7:42 PM
Star Wars: Boatsitter
Underrated, like the first CM. It’s become a kind of comfort watch for me. Always makes me smile.
2 years ago today, ‘THE MARVELS’ released in theaters.
November 11, 2025 at 4:00 AM
Underrated, like the first CM. It’s become a kind of comfort watch for me. Always makes me smile.
All it took was half a Fanning sister. Next movie, watch the Predator use a waist-down (but somehow still able to talk, perhaps telepathically) Dakota as a gun mount.
But seriously, I really wanna see Badlands.
But seriously, I really wanna see Badlands.
The box office of ‘PREDATOR: BADLANDS’
• Earned $15.6M in its domestic opening day - the highest ever for a Predator film.
• Earned $40M in its domestic opening weekend - the highest ever for a Predator film.
• Earned $80M in its worldwide opening weekend - the highest ever for a Predator film.
• Earned $15.6M in its domestic opening day - the highest ever for a Predator film.
• Earned $40M in its domestic opening weekend - the highest ever for a Predator film.
• Earned $80M in its worldwide opening weekend - the highest ever for a Predator film.
November 9, 2025 at 5:08 PM
All it took was half a Fanning sister. Next movie, watch the Predator use a waist-down (but somehow still able to talk, perhaps telepathically) Dakota as a gun mount.
But seriously, I really wanna see Badlands.
But seriously, I really wanna see Badlands.
This is really sad. I loved him in everything I saw him in, especially as Uncle Bob in Nikita and the general in Luc Besson’s underrated Joan of Arc. And GoldenEye. And Bad Boys. And a bunch of other things. Great actor. Vale, Tchéky. 😔
Tchéky Karyo, the Turkish-born French actor who sparkled as a detective on the harrowing BBC series The Missing and had solid supporting turns in films including La Femme Nikita, Addicted to Love and Bad Boys, has died. He was 72.
Tchéky Karyo, French Actor in ‘The Missing,’ ‘La Femme Nikita’ and ‘Addicted to Love,’ Dies at 72
Tchéky Karyo, the Turkish-born French actor who sparkled as a detective on the harrowing BBC series The Missing and had solid supporting turns in films including La Femme Nikita, Addicted to Love and Bad Boys, has died. He was 72.
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November 2, 2025 at 9:00 AM
This is really sad. I loved him in everything I saw him in, especially as Uncle Bob in Nikita and the general in Luc Besson’s underrated Joan of Arc. And GoldenEye. And Bad Boys. And a bunch of other things. Great actor. Vale, Tchéky. 😔
Started watching The Residence. Interesting to see that Julian McMahon’s final role is not only as an Australian (which I can’t recall him ever doing in an American production), but as an Australian Prime Minister… and involves him appearing in scenes with his ex-sister-in-law. 😬
October 21, 2025 at 9:03 AM
Started watching The Residence. Interesting to see that Julian McMahon’s final role is not only as an Australian (which I can’t recall him ever doing in an American production), but as an Australian Prime Minister… and involves him appearing in scenes with his ex-sister-in-law. 😬
The most dramatic revelation in Celebrity Traitors UK is that Stephen Fry talks with his mouth full. 😖
October 11, 2025 at 6:50 AM
The most dramatic revelation in Celebrity Traitors UK is that Stephen Fry talks with his mouth full. 😖
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need this to boost planetary morale
Keanu Reeves and Alex Winter Open to ‘Bill & Ted 4’ After Reuniting on Broadway
Takeaways from Variety's Business of Broadway Breakfast.
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October 7, 2025 at 12:58 AM
need this to boost planetary morale
They’re doing it! I just saw on IMDb that Christopher McQuarrie is REMAKING THE GAUNTLET! With Tom Cruise (of course) and Scarlett Johansson! The age difference is a bit gross… but Tom’s character is supposed to be an old burnout, and Scarj is in her 40s now, which in Hollywood just means OLD. 😬
Looks like fun. My only familiarity with the story is the Arnie movie (the book has been on my to-read pile for ages), and this looks like a cool update.
I’ve been wanting a remake of Clint Eastwood’s The Gauntlet (kinda this sans TV show with a romcom element), but this should tide me over nicely.
I’ve been wanting a remake of Clint Eastwood’s The Gauntlet (kinda this sans TV show with a romcom element), but this should tide me over nicely.
The first trailer for Edgar Wright's adaptation of Stephen King's The Running Man is here, and it seems that Wright's film is making a big change from the book.
October 5, 2025 at 9:15 AM
They’re doing it! I just saw on IMDb that Christopher McQuarrie is REMAKING THE GAUNTLET! With Tom Cruise (of course) and Scarlett Johansson! The age difference is a bit gross… but Tom’s character is supposed to be an old burnout, and Scarj is in her 40s now, which in Hollywood just means OLD. 😬
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Sad to hear about the passing of the Michelangelo of Movie posters, RENATO CASARO. The Man painted so many iconic posters, specially in the 70s/80s: CONAN, TERMINATOR, DUNE, TOTAL RECALL, DANCE WITH THE WOLVES, BLOW OUT, FLASH GORDON, RAMBO, NEVER-ENDING STORY, and the list goes on and on. 1/2
September 30, 2025 at 10:59 PM
Sad to hear about the passing of the Michelangelo of Movie posters, RENATO CASARO. The Man painted so many iconic posters, specially in the 70s/80s: CONAN, TERMINATOR, DUNE, TOTAL RECALL, DANCE WITH THE WOLVES, BLOW OUT, FLASH GORDON, RAMBO, NEVER-ENDING STORY, and the list goes on and on. 1/2
Saw Mission: Impossible: The Final Missioning.
Thoughts…
It’s great. But it’s LONG.
I like how CMcQ took advantage of JJ’s trademark lack of detail to retcon M:I3.
Funny that the film refers back to all pre-CMcQ movies… apart from MI:2.
P Klementieff needs to lead her own massive action series.
Thoughts…
It’s great. But it’s LONG.
I like how CMcQ took advantage of JJ’s trademark lack of detail to retcon M:I3.
Funny that the film refers back to all pre-CMcQ movies… apart from MI:2.
P Klementieff needs to lead her own massive action series.
September 28, 2025 at 1:16 PM
Saw Mission: Impossible: The Final Missioning.
Thoughts…
It’s great. But it’s LONG.
I like how CMcQ took advantage of JJ’s trademark lack of detail to retcon M:I3.
Funny that the film refers back to all pre-CMcQ movies… apart from MI:2.
P Klementieff needs to lead her own massive action series.
Thoughts…
It’s great. But it’s LONG.
I like how CMcQ took advantage of JJ’s trademark lack of detail to retcon M:I3.
Funny that the film refers back to all pre-CMcQ movies… apart from MI:2.
P Klementieff needs to lead her own massive action series.
Hey, look, it’s ALL OF THE DEFENDERS. 😐
Charlie Cox, Mike Colter and Krysten Ritter reunite at LA Comic Con.
September 28, 2025 at 10:42 AM
Hey, look, it’s ALL OF THE DEFENDERS. 😐
YES.
ANDOR creator Tony Gilroy likes the idea of a Kleya and Vel ‘Nazi hunters’ spin-off series in which the duo hunt after former Imperials following the fall of the Empire with the assistance of Dedra Meero in a Hannibal Lector-esque role.
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September 9, 2025 at 10:19 AM
YES.
Saw Superman.
Love Krypto, but I think we got too much of a good thing. And since he’s technically Kara’s dog, does that mean he’ll be in Supergirl even MORE? 😧
Apart from that, I thought it was great. Cast all great. Well shot. Awesome action. Bravo, James Gunn.
Love Krypto, but I think we got too much of a good thing. And since he’s technically Kara’s dog, does that mean he’ll be in Supergirl even MORE? 😧
Apart from that, I thought it was great. Cast all great. Well shot. Awesome action. Bravo, James Gunn.
September 2, 2025 at 9:23 AM
Saw Superman.
Love Krypto, but I think we got too much of a good thing. And since he’s technically Kara’s dog, does that mean he’ll be in Supergirl even MORE? 😧
Apart from that, I thought it was great. Cast all great. Well shot. Awesome action. Bravo, James Gunn.
Love Krypto, but I think we got too much of a good thing. And since he’s technically Kara’s dog, does that mean he’ll be in Supergirl even MORE? 😧
Apart from that, I thought it was great. Cast all great. Well shot. Awesome action. Bravo, James Gunn.
Rather than recast Bond, Nomi should carry on as 007 with the existing support team.
What is your most controversial James Bond opinion?
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September 1, 2025 at 12:35 AM
Rather than recast Bond, Nomi should carry on as 007 with the existing support team.
Watched The Force Awakens again. Still no closer to knowing the state of the galactic government at the time. Lucas had his issues, but excelled at worldbuilding. Abrams has no concept of ‘big picture’. The OT was like peering into a fully realised world. Here, we’re just watching a movie.
August 25, 2025 at 8:33 AM
Watched The Force Awakens again. Still no closer to knowing the state of the galactic government at the time. Lucas had his issues, but excelled at worldbuilding. Abrams has no concept of ‘big picture’. The OT was like peering into a fully realised world. Here, we’re just watching a movie.
Watched Mission: Impossible: Dead Reckoning: Part 1: The Movie again. I reckon C McQ watched a lot of Bond and played a bunch of Uncharted and thought, “Let’s do that” more than once.
August 23, 2025 at 4:13 PM
Watched Mission: Impossible: Dead Reckoning: Part 1: The Movie again. I reckon C McQ watched a lot of Bond and played a bunch of Uncharted and thought, “Let’s do that” more than once.
As an Australian, I find this appropriation of the name of our national wild dog highly offensive. The dingo is majestic and powerful, not a teeny little lapd… Wait. Is he wearing a NAPPY?! Like a BABY?! Is this some kind of SICK JOKE?!
This is Dingo. He gets very anxious if he doesn't have a lap to sit on. In order to meet his lap needs, his family made him an emotional support dummy using pre-worn clothes donated from his grandpa. Dingo couldn't be happier, and we're happy for him. 13/10 #SeniorPupSaturday
(FB: Janelle Grace)
(FB: Janelle Grace)
August 23, 2025 at 4:04 PM
As an Australian, I find this appropriation of the name of our national wild dog highly offensive. The dingo is majestic and powerful, not a teeny little lapd… Wait. Is he wearing a NAPPY?! Like a BABY?! Is this some kind of SICK JOKE?!