Ben Butler

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You know, I’m something of a cinephile myself.

Favorite films

  • Ghost Squad
  • The Godfather
  • The Godfather: Part II
  • Nathan for You: Finding Frances

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  • Too Late

    ★★★

  • Amélie

    ★★★★★

  • Oldboy

    ★★★★★

  • Moulin Rouge!

    ★★★★½

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  • Too Late

    Too Late

    ★★★

    Rani is doing some talks today at my school and it was really funny because he’s talking to us about working at Dreamworks on Madagascar and shiz and then he’s like “here check this out, it’s from like 2013 so please don’t be mean” and turns on this gore short lmao but luckily it had a nice twist. He told us that basically he made these shorts with work buddies after work to experiment in live action film and he…

  • Amélie

    Amélie

    ★★★★★

    “Sorry Madame, I don't work on Sundays.”

    This is my fourth time watching the masterpiece that is Amélie. It was the first French film I ever saw and certainly left a big impression on my young mind as to French cinema.

    Immaculately shot and color graded. The attention to detail Jeunet and Co. took towards creating an idealized nostalgic version of Paris should not go overlooked as it adds so much to the tone of the film.

    Audrey Tautou is…

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  • Dune: Part Two

    Dune: Part Two

    ★★★★★

    “May thy knife chip and shatter."

    First off, a big FUCK YOU to the man child at my screening who hissed “Shut up!” at me after I said woah during a big moment in the movie and then hid behind his elderly mommy when I confronted him after the film. Shook me up and made me uncomfortable for the whole second half of the movie. Shit makes me not want to go to the movies. It’s a communal experience, the…

  • Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse

    Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse

    ★★★★★

    “I love chai tea.”
    “What did you just say? Chai tea? Chai means ‘tea’! You are saying ‘tea tea’! Would I ask you for a ‘coffee coffee’ with room for ‘cream cream’?”

    Managed to live up to its predecessor in being another landmark achievement in animation. Instead of merely relying on the already exhilarating kinetic style of the first film, they look for opportunities to innovate with every setting, action sequence, and character.

    Now, I have to give some criticism…

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