David Phillips
@phillipsreframe
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Writer of irish descent who scribes on entertainment (The Contending & ReelReframe) and boxing (FightsAroundTheWorld). Author of Goodnight to the Peoples.
Joined October 2025
Can any movie beat One Battle After Another for Best Picture? I’m not sure, but I know where I’d place my bets for an upset. @TheContending @SinnersMovie #sinners #ryancoogler @TheAcademy #oscars #OBAA
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thecontending.com
At this moment, the race for Best Picture would appear to be One Battle After Another’s to lose. Paul Thomas
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I wonder what that might be.
Elon Musk, a South African immigrant born in Africa who votes in Texas, is annoyed that Somali immigrants born in Africa get to vote in Minnesota. There's only one thing he doesn't have in common with his fellow African immigrants in Minnesota.
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Cut back on pencils and dolls, he sez. But everything is fine. Nothing to see here. @WhiteHouse @realDonaldTrump @POTUS
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The president expects Americans to make sacrifices but doesn’t appear willing to make any sacrifices of his own.
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My interview with the great casting director of A House of Dynamite. @netflix @TheAcademy #Oscars #ahouseofdynamite #kathrynbigelow #idriselba #gretalee #gabrielbasso #jaredharris #kaitlyndever #RebeccaFerguson #tracyletts #jasonclarke
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thecontending.com
Kathryn Bigelow’s unnerving nuclear disaster film A House of Dynamite is a true ensemble. There are primary characters, but no
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I think Quentin Tarantino is just mad that Paul Dano is still making movies.
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My interview with #RheaSeehorn for @TheContending. @goldenglobes #Pluribus @rheaseehorn #appletv @AppleTV @TheEmmys @DorianAwards #vincegilligan @BetterCallSaul #GoldenGlobes #GoldenGlobes2026
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thecontending.com
In playing a sci-fi novelist who suddenly finds herself in a world where every human being, save a select few,
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I miss the Tarantino who made Jackie Brown. #tarantino #pamgrier #jackiebrown #quentintarantino #robertdeniro #samuelljackson #bridgetfonda #elmoreleonard #christucker #robertforster
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reelreframe.com
Of all the films Quentin Tarantino has made, Jackie Brown is probably the least Tarantino of them all. But that doesn’t mean the movie doesn’t have his fingerprints on it. The story of the ti…
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Tarantino is wildly talented. He’s also a guy who makes movies for little boys who have reached an adult age. He reduces everything since Jackie Brown to “Look what I can do!” He has reduced the Holocaust, slavery, and the brutal murder of Sharon Tate to masturbatory fan service.
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For those unsure, Suriname is not located anywhere near the United States. So, these supposed drug runners who were murdered by the United States government were not bringing the alleged drugs to the United States at all. Murder. Murder. Murder. https://t.co/wJwwv8Qqs8
cnn.com
The alleged drug traffickers killed by the US military in a strike on September 2 were heading to link up with another, larger vessel that was bound for Suriname — a small South American country east...
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Resistance to Eternity is futile. #eternity #ElizabethOlsen #milesteller #callumturner @DUALIPA #dualipa #a24 @A24COM @TheContending
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thecontending.com
In 2025, Eternity feels like a lost movie from a time before capes, remakes, and the supernatural dominated the multiplex.
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Proud to be a member of this gang.
Team Contending shares the 2025 films and television shows for which they're most thankful on this #ThanksgivingDay. #Thanksgiving #Thanksgiving2025
@heydudemeg @JoeyMoser83 @fayeslittlehomo @phillipsreframe @head_wizard @ClarenceMoye
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All due credit to Watchmen, but it will never not offend me that I only learned about the 1921 Tulsa Massacre through a superhero story that aired on HBO. #tulsa #tulsa1921 @HBO @watchmen
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For Jimmy Cliff, the man who brought reggae to the masses through film & song. @jimmycliff #jimmycliff #RIP #reggae #thehardertheycome #manyriverstocross #wonderfulworldbeautifulpeople #Jamaica #BobMarley
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thecontending.com
I’ve got many rivers to cross But I can’t seem to find my way over It’s a tough gig, being
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My wife rehearsing David Bowie’s “Strangers When We Meet” for a performance at a sizable gathering later in the evening. @DavidBowieReal #DavidBowie
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You'll definitely have a good time watching Being Eddie, but you'll be left wanting more. My review for @TheContending
#eddiemurphy #Netflix #beingeddie
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thecontending.com
As a child of the ‘80s, I can firmly say there were five rock stars: Michael Jackson, Prince, Madonna, Bruce
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I came back to this app because I have friends here. After having thousands of followers, I am now starting from scratch. Fine. But WTF is going on with all the MAGA folk following me? Either they be bots, or they are too dumb to pick up what I’m putting down. Could be both.
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