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What I love about most of these choices is that they're not people who rely on a million quick cuts to goose up their action scenes. (And I'll go with Spielberg and Campbell as the pinnacle; "Raiders" and "Casino Royale" are master classes in making action that's easy to follow.)

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Philip Van Munching @philipvm.bsky.social · 02/08/2026

Just digging into Ron Currie's prequel to "The Savage, Noble Death of Babs Dionne." Terrific so far...which is no surprise.

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Philip Van Munching @philipvm.bsky.social · 02/08/2026

I second all of that, Liam...and I'll add how great it was to be in a packed theater with a bunch of cheering fans, again.

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Pete Buttigieg @petebuttigieg.bsky.social · 01/08/2026

Gerrymandering lets politicians choose their voters instead of the other way around. Until we end that, it will remain difficult to achieve the things most Americans already agree on.

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Philip Van Munching @philipvm.bsky.social · 25/07/2026

Especially since I can barely remember what I had for lunch, yesterday.

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Philip Van Munching @philipvm.bsky.social · 25/07/2026

I don't have a cat...but I'm still freaked out by the fact that I just sang the chorus to "One Tin Soldier" - from memory - for the first time in, what, 40 years?

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Philip Van Munching @philipvm.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

Where's the reporter who'll say, "Uh, you've got a picture of - and an attack on - your opponent glued to the front of your podium; why can't you face questions about the race?" (And yes, the hats are fucking sad.)

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Philip Van Munching @philipvm.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

So...he's a real life bad guy, too?

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Philip Van Munching @philipvm.bsky.social · 08/07/2026

Beautiful...and has the added benefit of reminding of Frightened Rabbit's final album, Painting of a Panic Attack. (If you don't know them, Chris, check them out. Scot rock at its finest.)

Cover of Frightened Rabbit's album Painting of a Panoc Attack; a painting of an odd looking, industrial-feeling building.

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Philip Van Munching @philipvm.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

Well, if you can make the effort, so can I: heading in to see you and Grady at the Strand, tonight. (My wife: "Now THAT'S devotion.")

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Philip Van Munching @philipvm.bsky.social · 29/06/2026

How soon can he walk behind the couch humper?

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gamera obscura october edition @ohrobin.bsky.social · 27/06/2026

This Danville, VA city council candidate made a very dramatic video about sidewalks and public safety, and I love it and him. Worrying about a possible milkshake duck situation, I looked at his FB page, but he seems ok. Juneteenth celebrations, community outreach, Methodists. A solid old gent.

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Philip Van Munching @philipvm.bsky.social · 19/06/2026

I sorta dug the flick, but man, that rat scene was completely ripped off from "Hard Candy."

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Adam Sternbergh @sternbergh.bsky.social · 18/06/2026

Mamdani giving a speech at the Knicks victory parade and Obama giving a speech at the opening of his Presidential Library on the same day is the BARBENHEIMER of oratory, it's MAMBAMA

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Philip Van Munching @philipvm.bsky.social · 18/06/2026

Have you considered "fuckalicious"? It's got that 90s vibe.

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Philip Van Munching @philipvm.bsky.social · 06/06/2026

Then the Garden will have to break out in a stirring rendition of Nilsson's "I Guess the Lord Must Be in New York City."

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Philip Van Munching @philipvm.bsky.social · 25/05/2026

Saw it at a theater in NYC when it came out, and at the scene where she gets out of the car and you first hear the wood chipper, exactly two people recognized the sound and laughed really loud: me, and the guy behind me...who turned out to be Gary Sinise.

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Philip Van Munching @philipvm.bsky.social · 25/05/2026

Forgive the language but my late father-in-law used to put me on the floor when he'd get frustrated over something small and blurt out "Fuck Gaspar Gomez, and fuck the fucking Diaz Brothers!"

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Philip Van Munching @philipvm.bsky.social · 07/05/2026

I would give my eternal gratitude to anyone who can help me memoryhole that.

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Philip Van Munching @philipvm.bsky.social · 07/05/2026

Not salacious, you say? Justice Kavanaugh's high school yearbook would like a word.

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Philip Van Munching @philipvm.bsky.social · 22/04/2026

From the blurbs, I gather that any hope of containment was optimistic, at best.

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Philip Van Munching @philipvm.bsky.social · 22/04/2026

I just KNEW I could count on the Union Square B&N to put it on the shelf early. (Can't wait to crack the cover.)

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Philip Van Munching @philipvm.bsky.social · 18/04/2026

That beer-chugging video from the Olympics ain't lookin' so cool now, eh, Kashy-boy?

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Philip Van Munching @philipvm.bsky.social · 16/04/2026

In his spare time, he defiles Robert Parker and Donald Westlake characters.

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Philip Van Munching @philipvm.bsky.social · 14/04/2026

Not sure who made this one, but <chef's kiss>.

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Philip Van Munching @philipvm.bsky.social · 13/04/2026

And appears to be flashing the Nixon double peace sign. My head hurts trying to parse this. Is it 2028, yet?

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Philip Van Munching @philipvm.bsky.social · 13/04/2026

...and WT everlovin' F are those figures above him?

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Philip Van Munching @philipvm.bsky.social · 12/04/2026

"Your blocking is pathetic; NOBODY blocks like Trump. Everyone is saying it. I block straits like the world has never seen. Grown Iranian generals come up to me with tears in their eyes, and say 'Sir...'" (Wow: I just made myself a little nauseous, there.)

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Philip Van Munching @philipvm.bsky.social · 09/04/2026

Excellent choices, though I'd swap out License to Kill for GoldenEye. (13-year-old me is screaming for The Spy Who Loved Me; 63-year-old me knows better.)

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Philip Van Munching @philipvm.bsky.social · 07/04/2026

I used some all caps in my message to my rep. I'm not proud.

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Philip Van Munching @philipvm.bsky.social · 07/04/2026

Have you introduced articles of impeachment, congresswoman? Serious question.

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Philip Van Munching @philipvm.bsky.social · 19/03/2026

“‘The Bride’ is just so pleased with itself,” might be the most succinct - and perfect - review this movie ever gets. You’re the best there is, Walter.

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Philip Van Munching @philipvm.bsky.social · 16/03/2026

Not sure this is the dig the Broken Times thinks it is.

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Philip Van Munching @philipvm.bsky.social · 27/02/2026

Swear to God, I’ve never seen an oddly placed hyphen (Texas-county) cause so many to have the vapors…

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Philip Van Munching @philipvm.bsky.social · 20/02/2026

Wait: I was told he had completely destroyed Iran’s nuclear program, already…

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