Justin Muschong
@justinmuschong.bsky.social
Writer of funny novels and plays. Sometimes I have thoughts on movies.
He got mad at me for prioritizing chores over pets.
November 19, 2025 at 5:38 PM
He got mad at me for prioritizing chores over pets.
The wife is in the middle of directing her high school's annual musical. We watched MR. SCORSESE ("The Scorzaza Show") and she seems to have taken real inspiration from it. Not from his style, but from the WORK required, the dedication and passion and attention to detail. It warms my cold heart.
November 15, 2025 at 8:01 PM
The wife is in the middle of directing her high school's annual musical. We watched MR. SCORSESE ("The Scorzaza Show") and she seems to have taken real inspiration from it. Not from his style, but from the WORK required, the dedication and passion and attention to detail. It warms my cold heart.
The rescue organization gave our cat the name Merv the Perv. We changed it, but it still haunts us.
November 13, 2025 at 6:28 PM
The rescue organization gave our cat the name Merv the Perv. We changed it, but it still haunts us.
This has moved into "playing it for my puzzled wife" territory for me.
second verse on this is one of the funniest things i've ever heard
November 11, 2025 at 7:48 PM
This has moved into "playing it for my puzzled wife" territory for me.
I genuinely gasped at this. One of my favorite actors of all time who was in many of my favorite films of all time. I was very lucky to see him in person at the Museum of the Moving Image when they showed RAN some years ago. It's a treasured memory.
hearing reports out of Japan that Tatsuya Nakadai has passed away at 92. RIP to a legit legend.
November 11, 2025 at 3:27 AM
I genuinely gasped at this. One of my favorite actors of all time who was in many of my favorite films of all time. I was very lucky to see him in person at the Museum of the Moving Image when they showed RAN some years ago. It's a treasured memory.
Idly listening to Bernstein's recording of "The Sorcerer's Apprentice" and I keep hearing bits of the STAR WARS main theme. Is it me or is this a known influence for John Williams?
November 11, 2025 at 3:02 AM
Idly listening to Bernstein's recording of "The Sorcerer's Apprentice" and I keep hearing bits of the STAR WARS main theme. Is it me or is this a known influence for John Williams?
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November 10, 2025 at 8:49 PM
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TRAIN DREAMS: A bit like "What if the montages in ASSASSINATION OF JESSE JAMES were the whole movie?," so naturally I loved it. A meditation on the beauty of life, common and uncommon. Very glad I saw it on a big screen.
November 10, 2025 at 9:03 PM
TRAIN DREAMS: A bit like "What if the montages in ASSASSINATION OF JESSE JAMES were the whole movie?," so naturally I loved it. A meditation on the beauty of life, common and uncommon. Very glad I saw it on a big screen.
A HOUSE OF DYNAMITE - The ending convinced me: ZERO DARK THIRTY is definitely pro-torture.
November 9, 2025 at 4:17 AM
A HOUSE OF DYNAMITE - The ending convinced me: ZERO DARK THIRTY is definitely pro-torture.
I was very much struck by this while touring Nazi sites in Berlin back in 2012. "Oh, they weren't smart, they were just brutal and shameless."
When you read about the Nazis it's shocking how much of what they did was just rank gangsterism in terms of both motive and method. As a practical matter the Night of the Long Knives is indistinguishable from the baptism/massacre montage in The Godfather. "Today I settled all Party business."
Went back to the history of the Sicilian Mafia to illustrate something obvious but worth stating explicitly: The Trump administration behaves like an organized crime syndicate running a protection racket, not a representative government www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
November 8, 2025 at 3:53 PM
I was very much struck by this while touring Nazi sites in Berlin back in 2012. "Oh, they weren't smart, they were just brutal and shameless."
One episode in, DEATH BY LIGHTNING is an ideal miniseries for me: historical, funny, "handsomely mounted," and most important, it put Johnny Cash's version of "Mister Garfield" in my head.
November 7, 2025 at 5:03 AM
One episode in, DEATH BY LIGHTNING is an ideal miniseries for me: historical, funny, "handsomely mounted," and most important, it put Johnny Cash's version of "Mister Garfield" in my head.
A group of people were clapping and cheering outside and I can only assume they just heard the good news.
🚨🚨🚨 The jury has reached a verdict. Sean Dunn, aka the DC Sandwich Guy, has been found NOT GUILTY of assault.
November 6, 2025 at 7:54 PM
A group of people were clapping and cheering outside and I can only assume they just heard the good news.
I was just tempted to meme, but then I remembered it's best to leave posting to the professionals. 🫡
November 6, 2025 at 7:07 PM
I was just tempted to meme, but then I remembered it's best to leave posting to the professionals. 🫡
I might get this framed.
November 5, 2025 at 3:11 AM
I might get this framed.
Bringing this one back.
November 5, 2025 at 2:33 AM
Bringing this one back.
Dressed for the job he wants (Pets Receiver)
October 29, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Dressed for the job he wants (Pets Receiver)
I saw FLASH GORDON for the first time right before the pandemic, and when he popped up at the beginning I was like, "Okay, this is gonna be good." (PS He passed in 2005; this is the anniversary.)
RIP William Hootkins. Thanks for all the memories!
October 23, 2025 at 11:26 PM
I saw FLASH GORDON for the first time right before the pandemic, and when he popped up at the beginning I was like, "Okay, this is gonna be good." (PS He passed in 2005; this is the anniversary.)
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been thinking about this a lot and want to (again) plug Astoria Food Pantry which will need extra funding to help our neighbors if/when SNAP benefits are cut off. we've already been running out of food faster than usual this month—any donation amount will help! givebutter.com/afp2025
October 22, 2025 at 3:45 PM
been thinking about this a lot and want to (again) plug Astoria Food Pantry which will need extra funding to help our neighbors if/when SNAP benefits are cut off. we've already been running out of food faster than usual this month—any donation amount will help! givebutter.com/afp2025
Did the Leo point when I saw the SWEETHEART OF THE RODEO cover.
Happy Birthday to the great Jo Mora, cowboy, Old West historian & artist, born Joseph Jacinto Mora in Uruguay 149 years ago today
October 23, 2025 at 1:01 AM
Did the Leo point when I saw the SWEETHEART OF THE RODEO cover.
This cardboard box is sarcastic in three languages.
October 22, 2025 at 1:40 AM
This cardboard box is sarcastic in three languages.
My mother had never been to Europe when we took a family trip to Italy that began in Rome. We stepped into a random church and the grandeur of it stunned her so much she started crying. "This is bullshit," she said. (Not as commentary but more like "How can something make me feel this much?!")
One thing about Rome is you can take a detour into any random church and suddenly take in absolutely GOATed sculptures, paintings, and more. The Catholic Church really went off!!!
October 19, 2025 at 2:29 PM
My mother had never been to Europe when we took a family trip to Italy that began in Rome. We stepped into a random church and the grandeur of it stunned her so much she started crying. "This is bullshit," she said. (Not as commentary but more like "How can something make me feel this much?!")
Doing the damn thing.
October 18, 2025 at 3:37 PM
Doing the damn thing.
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October 18, 2025 at 12:09 AM
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October 16, 2025 at 4:11 PM