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Liam Billingham

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Producer, City Cast Seattle. Host, DIE HARD ON A BLANK and 48 HOURS OF BUDDY MOVIES. Formerly a media teacher. Hope to be again. Dad. LiamBillingham.com Diehardonablank.com Patreon.com/48hoursofbuddymovies

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Die Hard On A Blank & 48 Hours of Buddy Movies! @diehardoab.bsky.social · 18h

100% PURE PODCASTING!

This week on our Patreon show 48 HOURS OF BUDDY MOVIES we dive headfirst into Kathryn Bigelow's iconic 1991 action classic POINT BREAK!

If you want the ultimate, you've got to be willing to pay the ultimate price...$5 a month!
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Liam Billingham @liamgbillingham.bsky.social · 3d

I hope you write about her somewhere!

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Mark Harris @markharris.bsky.social · 4d

I followed up Shoot the Moon with the first half of Reds, a movie that I loved the first time I saw it and have loved on every revisiting. To bed now, savoring one of the great Act I curtains in cinema history, the hat on the chandelier. Solidarity to all who did the same tonight. Part 2 tomorrow!

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Liam Billingham @liamgbillingham.bsky.social · 3d

Can't believe he's wrapping it up. :(

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Mark Harris @markharris.bsky.social · 4d

There are so many Diane Keaton performances to remember, but a lot of people haven't seen Reds, and A) my God, see it, it is a masterpiece and B) her performance as Louise Bryant is one of the bravest, toughest, least sympathy-courting pieces of work by an American actress in the last 50 years.

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Liam Billingham @liamgbillingham.bsky.social · 4d

Fuck, time to watch REDS.

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Barred and Boujee aka Madiba Dennie @audrelawdamercy.bsky.social · 5d

aaand we are officially in the hide-your-neighbors stage

Sophie Sherry @sophiesherry.bsky.social · 5d

During a military-style raid on a building in Chicago’s South Shore, one resident heard a knock on his door.   It wasn’t the feds — it was a mom and her 7-year-old daughter, pleading for help.

He let them hide in his unit for the next 3 days.

chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...

Neighbor shielded 7-year-old during South Shore federal raid: ‘I didn’t want them to take her’

During the Sept. 30 raid one tenant protected a terrified girl and her mom. Remnants at the complex, including a detailed map of all the units, offer clues to what authorities may have known before th...

chicago.suntimes.com

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Liam Billingham @liamgbillingham.bsky.social · 5d

No one paid $5 for under the top.

@katiewalshstx.bsky.social talks to us about Schumacher's cinematic craftsmanship. @diehardoab.bsky.social youtu.be/41eiEjFVPY0?...

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Liam Billingham @liamgbillingham.bsky.social · 6d

What

Liam Billingham @liamgbillingham.bsky.social · 6d

Congrats Matt!

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Josh Gondelman @joshgondelman.bsky.social · 6d

CARDIGAN SEASON HAS RETURNED.

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Liam Billingham @liamgbillingham.bsky.social · 6d

This week on @diehardoab.bsky.social: @katiewalshstx.bsky.social and @oneblakeminute.bsky.social join us to talk Phone Booth!

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Liam Billingham @liamgbillingham.bsky.social · 7d

Patreon.com/48hoursofbuddymovies

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Liam Billingham @liamgbillingham.bsky.social · 7d

Best one?

Liam Billingham @liamgbillingham.bsky.social · 7d

Have a good date!

Liam Billingham @liamgbillingham.bsky.social · 13d

Saw this last night and have been thinking about it all day.

SIFF @siffnews.bsky.social · 13d

📰 New on the blog 📰
CUTTER’S WAY (1981) film notes by Tova Gannana for the L.A. Noir: Shadows in Paradise series, presented by Greg Olson Productions.

Film Notes: Cutter's Way

Cutter's Way (1981) film notes by Tova Gannana for the L.A. Noir: Shadows in Paradise series, presented by Greg Olson Productions. The series runs through November 2025 at SIFF Cinema Uptown.

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Jason Bailey @jasondashbailey.com · 16d

Our GUIDE FOR THE FILM FANATIC episode (with @liamgbillingham.bsky.social) on THE FIREMEN'S BALL, released in the U.S. on this day in 1968:

GUIDE FOR THE FILM FANATIC: “The Firemen’s Ball” with Liam Billingham

Listen to GUIDE FOR THE FILM FANATIC: “The Firemen’s Ball” with Liam Billingham from One Heat Minute Productions wherever you get your podcasts!

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Liam Billingham @liamgbillingham.bsky.social · 18d

6th in line for ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER imax at paci sci.

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Prem Thakker ツ @premthakker.bsky.social · 21d

If you were concerned about Kimmel, here's another for you…

Journalist Mario Guevara has been detained for 100+ days, ironically arrested as he reported on a "No Kings" protest.

The Trump-Vance admin just issued an order of final removal, to send him to El Salvador—where he fled from 21 years ago.

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Liam Billingham @liamgbillingham.bsky.social · 20d

I know exactly what this is.

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Liam Billingham @liamgbillingham.bsky.social · 20d

DIE HARD ON A BLANK is back with special guest Robb Hackett talking REIGN OF FIRE! It's Die Hard With Dragons.

Liam Billingham @liamgbillingham.bsky.social · 22d

Seattle! I live here now, and I've joined City Cast Seattle as a producer! More coming. Subscribe!
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Liam Billingham @liamgbillingham.bsky.social · Aug 13

Just went to a bachelor party with a guy who played a werewolf in one of these. It's wild. They shoot an insane number of pages per day.

Liam Billingham @liamgbillingham.bsky.social · Aug 13

Which film is this?

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