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@astranchida

Movies, horror, sports, music, Tolkien, nerdy stuff, games, sarcasm, dad-life & general shenanigans. The journey is the destination; just keep telling the story. Letterboxd: https://boxd.it/4F43H

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I’m happy to be part of the club now!

06.03.2026 18:56 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Movie posters and ratings for the following films, from my Letterboxd recent activity; all reviewed:
•The Funhouse (3.5*, first-watch)
•Machine Head: Elegies (4.5*)
•The Conversation (4*, first-watch)
•12 Angry Men (5*, first-watch)

Movie posters and ratings for the following films, from my Letterboxd recent activity; all reviewed: •The Funhouse (3.5*, first-watch) •Machine Head: Elegies (4.5*) •The Conversation (4*, first-watch) •12 Angry Men (5*, first-watch)

A nice, weird little collection as usual for my #LastFourWatched this #LetterboxdFriday. Caught up on some great first-watches (but 12 Angry Men blew me away), with a little MfnH tossed in there as well 🤘🏻
#Filmsky 🎥 📽️

06.03.2026 11:34 👍 32 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

My wife and I were way late on Goonies too! I think I had been saying “Hey you guys” like that for 15 years, among other references, without ever knowing why but picking it up from friends.

06.03.2026 11:27 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

What is one of your ultimate comfort movies?

06.03.2026 03:20 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 1

Ha- was literally coming here to mention what feels like about half of all White/Rob Zombie songs.

I’m surprised I haven’t thought of a dozen various other answers by now though. Good one.

06.03.2026 02:59 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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a man in a blue shirt with the number 801027 on the front Alt: Nic Cage in Con Air, smiling as wind hits his face and long hair and the camera zooms in on him.

Yessir! That *click* inside you when you recognize a still or a split second, or suddenly have dozens of previous references which flew over your head come rushing back to you all at once cause you’re finally in on it.

06.03.2026 02:54 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

Nice! Yeah I’m generally skeptical, even going into “classics,” but this one definitely delivered for me. I’m interested to see what you think!

06.03.2026 02:22 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Like every time I meet someone who hasn’t watched The Shawshank Redemption or Breaking Bad etc; I’m JEALOUS. What I wouldn’t give to watch my 100 favorite movies/series for the 1st (or even 2nd) time again.

05.03.2026 21:51 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
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A ★★★★★ review of 12 Angry Men (1957) Hahaha holy shit *Update— that was all I could muster after finishing that last night! It felt like about 30 minutes; such an instant attention-grabber and it didn’t let up until the final moment. The...

People often make fun of others’ odd information/pop-culture-gaps, but I say it’s great when applied to movies.

Filling in the blind spots and seeing some all-timers you’ve missed is such a treat, and that thankfully happened to me last night…

#FilmSky 🎥 📽️

boxd.it/doOvGx

05.03.2026 21:49 👍 7 🔁 0 💬 2 📌 0

My favorite 4 first-watches of February:

•Godzilla vs Destroyah
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•The Gentlemen
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•Send Help
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•Sisu: Road to Revenge
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I was especially most surprised by The Gentlemen. #FilmSky 🎥 📽️

03.03.2026 00:19 👍 4 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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A ★★★★½ review of Machine Head: Elegies (2005) While more of a prelude to my #1 favorite era of Machine Head, this is certainly the 1a. or 1b. lineup (depending on your bass preference), but this show does a fantastic job of showcasing why those o...

#MetalSky 🤘🏻
boxd.it/dn1HnP

02.03.2026 19:09 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

I caved and fixed it…

01.03.2026 23:45 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Ooops guess I didn’t read all the rules haha. Oh well; sticking with it.

01.03.2026 19:04 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

Ok I had to do this one; had some fun with it! I’m excited to read some other entries too- I know there’s a ton I probably never even considered. I worked mine down from a shortlist of about 20 at the start.

#FilmSky 🎥 📽️

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01.03.2026 18:53 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

Fun fact- this was the first movie we ever streamed; when we didn’t even think it would work the first time we tried it after Netflix launched that new option 🤣 Oh how far we’ve come!

01.03.2026 17:23 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
The DVD menu for Abbot & Costello Meet Frankenstein, featuring eerie-tinted Frankenstein’s Monster, Dracula and the Wolfman above vibrantly-colored versions of Abbot and Costello with humorously-enlarged heads.

The DVD menu for Abbot & Costello Meet Frankenstein, featuring eerie-tinted Frankenstein’s Monster, Dracula and the Wolfman above vibrantly-colored versions of Abbot and Costello with humorously-enlarged heads.

Good Sunday morning decisions.
#NowWatching #FilmSky 🎥 📽️

01.03.2026 17:16 👍 7 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
Movie posters and ratings from my Letterboxd “recent activity”:

•Tomorrow Never Dies (3.5*)
•Eternal Sunshine of the spotless Mind (5*)
•Sisu: Toad to Revenge (3.5*, first-watch)
•The Muppet Show ‘26 (4.5*)

Movie posters and ratings from my Letterboxd “recent activity”: •Tomorrow Never Dies (3.5*) •Eternal Sunshine of the spotless Mind (5*) •Sisu: Toad to Revenge (3.5*, first-watch) •The Muppet Show ‘26 (4.5*)

Putting not feeling good to good use at least. #LastFourWatched #FilmSky 🎥 📽️

01.03.2026 15:48 👍 23 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Oh I just meant for the setlist at my Spinal Tap-curated cremation haha🤘🏻

Very excited to see what you’ve put together for this set- I’m sure it’s all gold.

01.03.2026 02:48 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Book/movie/collectible resale shops which use the shitty sticker-tags that are impossible to ease-off without ruining the case/artwork are the worst. Respect your domain.

I admit the irony is almost amusing though.

01.03.2026 02:42 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

The whole thing is Spinal Tap- themed, obviously, so we’ll get to them all sooner or later. Tempting to keep Stonehenge for the encore/closer.

01.03.2026 01:48 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
Colored-pencil card drawing of Mr. Bill, in the style of the 1976 Kellogg’s 3-D Super Stars set

Colored-pencil card drawing of Mr. Bill, in the style of the 1976 Kellogg’s 3-D Super Stars set

50 years ago tonight, Mr. Bill made his first “Saturday Night Live” appearance.

01.03.2026 01:27 👍 90 🔁 13 💬 3 📌 3

Kinda saw that coming.

27.02.2026 19:01 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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SD rainstorm

27.02.2026 14:52 👍 189 🔁 30 💬 1 📌 0
Thick, early-morning fog surrounding a little cemetery,with parking lot lights pushing through from the background and a tall, dark and leafy. tree in the left-foreground; all blurred and fuzzied by the fog.

Thick, early-morning fog surrounding a little cemetery,with parking lot lights pushing through from the background and a tall, dark and leafy. tree in the left-foreground; all blurred and fuzzied by the fog.

This picture doesn’t do today’s thick, earlier-AM fog the proper justice, but it still looked cool enough to share from behind this little cemetery on my way to work.

27.02.2026 14:40 👍 7 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
Movie posters and ratings from my recent Letterboxd activity, all with reviews:
•A Hard Day’s Night (4*)
•Godzilla vs Megaguirus (3*, first-watch)
•Thunderball (3.5*)
•Predator: Badlands (3*, first-watch)

Movie posters and ratings from my recent Letterboxd activity, all with reviews: •A Hard Day’s Night (4*) •Godzilla vs Megaguirus (3*, first-watch) •Thunderball (3.5*) •Predator: Badlands (3*, first-watch)

About to move on from my primarily-Godzilla/Bond rotation the last month+, but it’s been a lot of fun & made sprinkling-in other choices (Fab 4/Yautja) even more enjoyable.

The (seemingly) random similarities between the two franchises has been amusing
#Last4Watched #LetterboxdFriday #FilmSky 🎥 📽️

27.02.2026 10:59 👍 21 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Words are cool.

26.02.2026 20:17 👍 5 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Where’d you get those coconuts? 🤔

26.02.2026 03:20 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

59/??? Bookending last night’s show with the two records we own.

It was a good concert, though probably not matching those peak performances from last decade. Fun to see that gypsy punk staying alive though.

#NowPlaying #NowSpinning #vinyl

Gogol Bordello - Seekers and Finders

25.02.2026 23:38 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Happy birthday- hope it’s a great one!

24.02.2026 11:20 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

58 of ??? (all our #vinyl alphabetically by artist)

Crazy how these things work out; started this little quest however long ago & here we are landing on one of my favorite live acts 1 day before I see them again for the first time in years. #NowPlaying #NowSpinning

Gogol Bordello - Super Taranta!

23.02.2026 23:40 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 1