Slim Fandango @scrofini.bsky.social · 1hI'm just going to take a stab here without doing any research and guess 20% is roughly the percentage of generals who are minorities and/or women. 000
Slim Fandango @scrofini.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Watching Deliverance and I don't think Billy Redden gets enough credit for his range. 010
Slim Fandango @scrofini.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Happy #LetterboxdFriday, #filmsky. Here are my #LastFourWatched. My big tip this week is run, don't walk, to archive.org and watch their postage stamp sized avi of Terror Aboard, an honest-to-goodness pre-code slasher with a huge body count. 0241
Slim Fandango @scrofini.bsky.social · 24/09/2026I threw on my blu ray of The Omen then went to look something up and hit my favorite recurring "People Also Ask" bit: 010
Reposted by Slim FandangoKyrie Page @kyriepage.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Rest in peace to Richard Harrison, impeccable B-movie master, part of one of the funniest movie endings of all time. 4163632320
Slim Fandango @scrofini.bsky.social · 19/09/2026Oh heck yeah, the Margaret Rutherford Ms. Marple movies are up on Britbox! 010
Slim Fandango @scrofini.bsky.social · 19/09/2026Finally, someone I'd enjoy catching a movie with. 000
Slim Fandango @scrofini.bsky.social · 15/09/2026Goddammit, I had such a good streak going of "never having had to think about Ed Sheerhan." 000
Reposted by Slim FandangoChris Camposeo @chriscampy.bsky.social · 11/09/2026I am fucking wheezing right now 442097491
Slim Fandango @scrofini.bsky.social · 11/09/2026If you are looking for something 9/11-related to watch today, I can't recommend the musical Come From Away enough. It's an excellent one act musical about grief, hope, and community. There is a terrific live recording of the show on Apple TV+ right now. boxd.it/eLxjrhboxd.itA ★★★★ review of Come from Away (2021)Thoughtful, occasionally exhausting one act 9/11-adjacent musical with some great songs and a game cast. There is a stretch of downbeat, samey songs in the middle but ultimately the show corrects cour... 010
Slim Fandango @scrofini.bsky.social · 11/09/2026Happy #LetterboxdFriday, #filmsky! My #LastFourWatched include - One of the great hostage crisis movies - Vincent Price in House of Wax mode - A ho-hum classic - A much better than expected killer snail movie 0481
Slim Fandango @scrofini.bsky.social · 04/09/2026Happy #LetterboxdFriday, #filmsky! A nice spread of bangers in my #LastFourWatched including a Norwegian horror classic and one of the best teen comedies of the 80s. 0170
Slim Fandango @scrofini.bsky.social · 03/09/2026Thank god we have... <gulp> Kash Patel at the helm to steer us through this. 010
Slim Fandango @scrofini.bsky.social · 02/09/2026WTF? Every episode of The Monkees is just streaming on Prime Video now? Crazy. 131
Slim Fandango @scrofini.bsky.social · 02/09/2026So I guess gas is just more than five bucks a gallon now. Weird not seeing a dozen stories about it every day. 000
Reposted by Slim FandangoElise Cutts @elisecutts.bsky.social · 02/09/2026Wow. $15,000-20,000 refundable tax credit (you get the money like a grant if your taxes aren't as high as the benefit) for keeping journalists hired. $15,000 for hiring new ones. $7,500 for hiring part-time. For-profit, nonprofit, **sole-proprietors** — doesn't matter. How did this happen???rebuildlocalnews.orgCalifornia Legislature Passes Nation’s Largest Proposed Investment in Community NewsHistoric effort provides support to local news outlets for hiring or retaining local journalists, AB 2222 now heads to Gov. Newsom's desk. 13567166
Slim Fandango @scrofini.bsky.social · 01/09/2026I just ran into Madeline Kahn's Senior yearbook picture at Hofstra and I'm going to be thinking about it until I'm dead. 120
Reposted by Slim FandangoACLU @aclu.org · 28/08/2026BREAKING: A federal court granted our emergency request to block USPS from implementing President Trump's order to restrict mail-in voting for the November election. 543207709
Reposted by Slim FandangoPalette Swap @paletteswap.site · 27/08/2026Netflix's newest original series, Grand Theft Auto VI: An Extended Look, will reportedly have a much shorter run than fans have been hoping. paletteswap.site/dif... 2721168
Reposted by Slim FandangoDouble Fine @doublefine.com · 27/08/2026To honor Tim Curry's memory, we are making Brütal Legend FREE on Itch.io, for 666 minutes: itch.io/s/199277/the...itch.ioBrütal Legend | The Tainted Coil shall rule forever! by Double Fine ProductionsA sale by Double Fine Productions, 100% off Brütal Legend 5669674171
Slim Fandango @scrofini.bsky.social · 22/08/2026I can't wait for them to charge this guy with threatening to murder the president 031
Slim Fandango @scrofini.bsky.social · 21/08/2026I hate that I just had the most 70's conspiracy thriller-ass take about where all of this Natalie Harp stuff is headed and my first thought was "no, too obvious." 010
Slim Fandango @scrofini.bsky.social · 20/08/2026Remember that day we all learned about Chet Hanks? 010
Reposted by Slim FandangoPhil Nobile Jr. @philnobilejr.bsky.social · 19/08/2026Sorry sorry everyone I’m sorry 4449
Slim Fandango @scrofini.bsky.social · 18/08/2026I just watched Reacher murder a man with a library. 110
Reposted by Slim Fandango404 Media @404media.co · 17/08/2026SCOOP: 404 Media placed a tracking device in a shipment of rare books to see which AI company was buying it. What did we find? It ended up at an Amazon facility where Amazon scans and destroys books. Yes. This is literally the logo outside the Amazon warehouse door. Read now:404media.coWe Tracked a Shipment of Rare Books. It Ended at an Amazon AI Training FacilityWe placed a tracking device in a shipment of rare books to see which AI company was buying it, and found an Amazon facility where Amazon scans and destroys books. 15162323922
Slim Fandango @scrofini.bsky.social · 16/08/2026I'm old enough to remember when water came with hydrogen. 010
Slim Fandango @scrofini.bsky.social · 16/08/2026I don't think I've seen a film where the final ten minutes justifies its existence quite like William Cameron Menzies' The Maxe (1953). I can't imagine what it would have been like to watch it 3D in a theater. My whole review is in the thumbnail so you don't need to click it. boxd.it/fRCNqFboxd.itA ★★★ review of The Maze (1953)Painfully slow at times but nothing, and I mean NOTHING, could have prepared me for the final ten minutes. 010
Slim Fandango @scrofini.bsky.social · 16/08/2026One of my favorite things in old movies is when characters just know the departure time of airplanes to any destination in the world like "I'll pack a bag and catch the 12:05 flight to London." 010
Slim Fandango @scrofini.bsky.social · 14/08/2026Hi, I'm drove a go kart through a chain link fence at an arcade and ended up on the 10 Freeway. 010
Reposted by Slim FandangoKotaku @kotaku.com · 12/08/2026Twitch Is Now Using Your Content To Train Amazon AI Models And Has Hidden The Option To Opt Outkotaku.comTwitch Is Now Using Your Content To Train Amazon AI Models And Has Hidden The Option To Opt OutFor now at least, you can stop Amazon from using your streams and chat to train its generative AI tools 16933
Reposted by Slim FandangoMichael Clemens @mclem.org · 12/08/2026Incredible. When E—n M—k & his crew obliterated USAID in a weekend, they deleted a vast trove of publicly-funded knowledge: the Development Experience Clearinghouse. A Canadian high school student (!) happened to have downloaded the entire thing for a project. AidData has now posted it for all.aiddata.orgBefore reimagining development data, remember what we’ve learnedWhy we’re publishing a free, searchable, and ungated archive featuring a quarter-century of USAID evaluation reports. 374442808
Slim Fandango @scrofini.bsky.social · 10/08/2026Fox News readers discovering in real time how taxes are supposed to work and boy are they mad about it. 010
Slim Fandango @scrofini.bsky.social · 08/08/2026For the record, I would like it noted that I am perfectly fine with seeing Monica Barbaro and/or Callum Turner naked as often as they'd like. 000
Slim Fandango @scrofini.bsky.social · 07/08/2026My #LastFourWatched is full of great movies but only one of them contains the line "You have the biggest dick I've ever seen on a man." Yep, you guessed it: Sunset Boulevard 1150
Slim Fandango @scrofini.bsky.social · 03/08/2026Makes sense that a 9/2/1 guard would be tight with a fifth place swimmer. 000
Slim Fandango @scrofini.bsky.social · 02/08/2026Sadly, I was a bit underwhelmed by the movie I always knew as Godzilla vs. Monster Zero when Tom Hatten would run it during The Family Film Festival show on KTLA. boxd.it/fBkPy7boxd.itA ★★½ review of Invasion of Astro-Monster (1965)I loved watching the dub of this movie (Godzilla vs. Monster Zero) as a kid when Tom Hatten would run it on KTLA. Watching the Criterion set 45 years later in order I realize not only is the film deat... 010
Slim Fandango @scrofini.bsky.social · 30/07/2026The Criterion 4k of Winchester '73 is a real jaw dropper. boxd.it/fwIMRDboxd.itA ★★★★½ review of Winchester '73 (1950)A lot like The Lord of the Rings if the ring was a gun, Jimmy Stewart was Frodo, Stephen McNally was Gollum, and Rock Hudson was the Balrog but the Balrog is dressed like a Native American for some re... 000
Slim Fandango @scrofini.bsky.social · 28/07/2026My favorite part of Father of the Bride is when George and Nina Banks casually provide their alibis. 010
Slim Fandango @scrofini.bsky.social · 27/07/2026My current thoughts on Emily Wilson are the same as my previous thoughts on Emily Wilson:static.klipy.comLucille Bluth's Iconic 'Good For Her' - Arrested DevelopmentALT: Lucille Bluth's Iconic 'Good For Her' - Arrested Development 030
Reposted by Slim FandangoDaniel Fedor @dcfedor.bsky.social · 24/07/2026Blue Bottle Games, as a policy, does not use generative AI. It's something we've discussed as a team, weighing the pros and cons, and ultimately, we decided it was not for us. Recently, while chatting with a colleague, she mentioned it was useful hearing our reasoning. So: Sharing time! 1/12 121766722
Slim Fandango @scrofini.bsky.social · 25/07/2026Grace would have been my default answer but I rewatched Gilda the other night and... 010
Slim Fandango @scrofini.bsky.social · 24/07/2026Goddammit www.tmz.com/2026/07/24/c...tmz.com'The Mask' Director Chuck Russell Dead at 74Chuck Russell -- the director behind 1994's "The Mask" and other massive films -- is dead ... TMZ has learned. 000
Slim Fandango @scrofini.bsky.social · 24/07/2026Happy #LetterboxdFriday, #filmsky. Here are my #LastFourWatched. I was getting worried that I was overrating things because I had only been watching "good" movies. Luckily, Motor City came out to set my barometer straight. boxd.it/5gbF 1180
