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Sam Van Haren

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Associate Editor @talkfilmsociety.com Host of Keanu Believe It podcast, featured on various others. Talks too much about movies, cartoons, and Keanu. ♿️ he/him Letterboxd: https://boxd.it/8EtJ

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Latest posts by samshotfirst.bsky.social on Bluesky

You’re better off haha. I try to ignore it but every other person sharing the link makes it tough. Best not to feed the trolls, especially the famous ones

17.02.2026 03:36 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

We don’t need to start discourse every time the edgelord putz obsessed with his filmography shares a bad opinion.

17.02.2026 03:26 — 👍 4    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

An animal in animation narrowing its eyes in focus, aggression, suspicion, etc. like a human is one of my favorite things.

17.02.2026 02:50 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Goddamn PRIMAL, y’all. I love this consistently wild, surprising and badass show so much.

17.02.2026 02:27 — 👍 3    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 1

That’s exactly what happened with my border collie when I was a kid. All his siblings were playing and Tucker fell asleep on me. It was over, he was our buddy.

17.02.2026 02:19 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

*first dog

17.02.2026 01:03 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

I appreciate that in BOB’S BURGERS Tammy started out the worst and has remained the worst, and has if anything become more toxic over the series. Some people just suck.

17.02.2026 00:55 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Oh my goodness! My dog was a black cocker. They have a special place in my heart. She’s precious.

17.02.2026 00:51 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

Good call.

16.02.2026 22:36 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Probably my favorite moment from the most recent season of TASKMASTER

16.02.2026 22:14 — 👍 11    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 0

I knew I couldn’t be the only one.

16.02.2026 20:00 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

One of my grandparents favorite actors, born the same year as my grandpa. Watching SECONDHAND LIONS with them both is one of my dearest memories.

16.02.2026 18:25 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Robert Duvall. What can you even say? One of the best ever, no question.

16.02.2026 18:08 — 👍 6    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 1

Professional athlete or actor says something fucking stupid about Israel. Must be a day ending in Y.

16.02.2026 17:07 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

That’s a good face. A very good face

16.02.2026 03:18 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Was really taken by Patrick Kennedy’s warm and charming turn as E.B. White in BLUE MOON. Could have watched him trade stories with Hawke for another hour.

16.02.2026 01:49 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Still really enjoying THE ARTFUL DODGER but it’s hard for me to believe no one in casting noticed that the actors playing the main couple look like they could be siblings.

16.02.2026 01:21 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
A 5-star letterboxd rating of PREDATOR BADLANDS

A 5-star letterboxd rating of PREDATOR BADLANDS

This is the way

15.02.2026 23:14 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

Happy birthday sir!

15.02.2026 19:55 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

If they label someone antisemitic for calling a genocidally fascist regime what it is, they’re telling on themselves.

15.02.2026 19:33 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

I AM YULAW! I’M NOBODY’S BITCH!

15.02.2026 19:24 — 👍 3    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Richard Linklater is a gift. He’s never content to repeat himself or do what’s expected. A lover of cinema who just went and did the thing with his friends in his hometown and became a household name.

15.02.2026 04:31 — 👍 38    🔁 3    💬 3    📌 0

Hawke really is amazing here. It’s a very dialogue driven performance yet it’s those small silent moments that sneak up and devastate. Last five minutes tie it together beautifully. Respect it more than love it, but it’s a lovely sad little gem. Linklater never stop.

15.02.2026 03:14 — 👍 4    🔁 1    💬 1    📌 0

Now watching BLUE MOON

15.02.2026 01:12 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 1

Been wanting to check THE PLACE BEYOND THE PINES off my list for a long time. A much different, and in turn more interesting, movie than I was expecting. Excellent acting and direction supported by a thoughtful and layered story.

14.02.2026 23:36 — 👍 3    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

No Keanu doing a Québécois accent that drops in and out, no sale

14.02.2026 19:48 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

“Now the fool seeks to return to the past and undo the future that is Aku!”

Yes, I do have the intro to SAMURAI JACK memorized. Why do you ask?

14.02.2026 19:24 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Stopped at a stoplight and Sting was in the next lane over.

OR David Tennant filming a promo as I exited an elevator at SDCC. He gave a sincere smile and thanks for waiting nod.

14.02.2026 19:05 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Watched that one on cable a lot. Movies don’t get more TBS Superstation than that.

14.02.2026 18:47 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

I don’t remember where I heard it but I think of the line “he’s not wrong, but he is white” a lot and laugh.

14.02.2026 18:43 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

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