Ben
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Ben
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Movie aficionado & Baseball fan
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Jul 31 Sees or watches a volcano eruption

The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003) Gollum falls into Mount Doom with the One Ring, vanishing into the lava of the erupting volcano.
July 30, 2025 at 3:09 PM
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Jul 30 Any movie character

The Good, the Bad, the Weird (2008) The story of two outlaws and a bounty hunter in 1940s Manchuria and their rivalry to possess a treasure map while being pursued by the Japanese army and Chinese bandits.
July 29, 2025 at 2:52 PM
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Jul 29 Played by Warren Beatty

Reds (1981) A sweeping historical epic about John Reed, the American journalist involved in the Russian Revolution. Beatty directed, co-wrote, and won the Oscar for Best Director.
July 28, 2025 at 3:06 PM
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Jul 28 Mysterious background/origins

Teorema (1968) A stranger arrives unannounced, seduces each member of a bourgeois family, and then vanishes just as suddenly, leaving behind spiritual, emotional, and existential upheaval.
July 27, 2025 at 3:38 PM
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Jul 27 Movie character played by Deborah Kerr

A group of nuns struggle to establish a convent in the Himalayas, while isolation, extreme weather, altitude, and culture clashes all conspire to drive the well-intentioned missionaries mad.
July 26, 2025 at 2:46 PM
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Jul 26 Music box

The Music Box (1989) A lawyer defends her father, accused of war crimes, but there is more to the case than she suspects.
July 25, 2025 at 2:48 PM
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Jul 25 Director/Actor

I Killed My Mother (2009) 16-year-old Hubert (Xavier Dolan) is surly and makes life difficult for his mum, loudly contradicting or objecting to nearly everything she says or does.
July 24, 2025 at 1:48 PM
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Jul 24 Texas Ranger

Extreme Prejudice (1987) A Texas Ranger and a ruthless narcotics kingpin - they were childhood friends, now they are adversaries.
July 24, 2025 at 1:09 AM
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Jul 23 Pool

The Color of Money (1986) – Sequel to The Hustler, again starring Paul Newman (now older) alongside Tom Cruise as a cocky protégé. Directed by Scorsese.
July 23, 2025 at 2:54 AM
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Jul 22 Penguin

Batman Returns (1992) The Penguin (Danny DeVito) is flanked by trained penguins armed with explosives. Dark, surreal, and iconic.
July 21, 2025 at 1:13 PM
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Jul 22 Vacation on tropical island

The Spanish Prisoner (1997) An employee who develops a process for his corporation is tempted to betray the company when higher-ups attempt to take the process from him. Dastardly intrigue ensues.
July 21, 2025 at 1:06 PM
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Jul 22 Bank or ATM

Wanted (2008) James McAvoy is feeling miserable. At one point, he checks his bank balance at an ATM; it’s humiliating: he's overdrawn, broke, and powerless.
July 21, 2025 at 12:57 PM
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Jul 21 Favourite Robin Williams role

The Fisher King (1991)—a wild, soulful quest through grief, madness, and redemption. Directed by Terry Gilliam, it’s a modern fairy tale where New York becomes Camelot.
July 20, 2025 at 2:06 PM
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Jul 21 Absent-minded

Jackie Brown (1997) Robert De Niro portrays an absent-minded character who forgets where he parked the car, leading to deadly consequences.
July 20, 2025 at 2:00 PM
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Jul 21 Pigging out

Marie Antoinette (2006) – Let Them Eat Cake (and Champagne, and Macarons…) Lavish, pastel-colored scenes of indulgence and excess, featuring characters pigging out on sweets and delicacies.
July 20, 2025 at 1:45 PM
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Jul 20 Native American

Blood Quantum (2019) A smart twist on the zombie genre where Indigenous people are immune. Visceral and politically charged.
July 19, 2025 at 12:56 PM
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Jul 20 Played by Toshiro Mifune

Hell in the Pacific (1968) On a deserted island in the Pacific during WWII, two enemy soldiers are stranded. Initially hostile, they are forced to coexist and cooperate to survive.
July 19, 2025 at 12:53 PM
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Jul 20 character shopping for food

Punch-Drunk Love (2002) – Adam Sandler obsessively buys pudding in bulk to exploit a frequent flyer loophole.
July 19, 2025 at 12:46 PM
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Jul UFO in a movie

Liquid Sky (1982) Tiny aliens arrive in New York City to feed on the endorphins released in the human brain during heroin use and orgasm. They land on a punk model’s rooftop apartment in the East Village and begin harvesting.
July 18, 2025 at 2:10 PM
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Jul 19 unfaithful

The Mother and the Whore (1973) – A long, talky exploration of a ménage à trois full of infidelity, set in post-1968 Paris.
July 18, 2025 at 2:01 PM
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Jul 19 fall in love

Portrait of a Lady on Fire (2019, Céline Sciamma) A painter and her subject fall in love in 18th-century France. No music, just the crash of waves and tension so rich it’s flammable.
July 18, 2025 at 1:45 PM
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Jul 18 Civil War Movie

The Outlaw Josey Wales (1976) A Confederate guerrilla becomes an outlaw after the war. Revisionist Western with Civil War undertones.
July 17, 2025 at 2:01 PM
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Jul 18 Aging Cowboy

Junior Bonner (1972) Steve McQueen as a fading rodeo star returning home for one last ride. This one is bittersweet, character-driven, and deeply American in its portrayal of failure, family, and dignity.
July 17, 2025 at 1:52 PM
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Jul 18 bundled up

Wind River (2017)

Elizabeth Olsen and Jeremy Renner deal with murder and -30°C winds. Everyone looks frozen to the bone.
July 17, 2025 at 1:35 PM
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Jul 17 Plane Crash

FEARLESS (1993): After surviving a plane crash, a man feels invincible—but detaches from life, love, and fear itself. A haunting, lyrical study of trauma and transcendence. Jeff Bridges is sublime.
July 16, 2025 at 2:28 PM