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I'm not here for politics but for movies, art & humor. If those are the focus of your acct I'll probably follow. I'll likely also post about the mindf*ck of getting older.
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This is the mood I come to social media to find. Not politics and what's wrong with the world. So if I don't follow back, it's bc I see a lot of politics on your acct.
What things did you have years ago that you now regret losing along the way because now it's probably worth a pretty penny?
Me, my oversized movie poster of The Omen printed on very heavy paper stock. Maybe about 2x4 or maybe 5 feet in size.
Me, my oversized movie poster of The Omen printed on very heavy paper stock. Maybe about 2x4 or maybe 5 feet in size.
December 19, 2025 at 5:59 AM
What things did you have years ago that you now regret losing along the way because now it's probably worth a pretty penny?
Me, my oversized movie poster of The Omen printed on very heavy paper stock. Maybe about 2x4 or maybe 5 feet in size.
Me, my oversized movie poster of The Omen printed on very heavy paper stock. Maybe about 2x4 or maybe 5 feet in size.
"John 3:16" written on a cardboard sign and posted on a freeway overpass for everyone to see, I want to add a sign next to it: "Atheist 0:00."
December 16, 2025 at 10:40 PM
"John 3:16" written on a cardboard sign and posted on a freeway overpass for everyone to see, I want to add a sign next to it: "Atheist 0:00."
I also fully endorse Jack White's response to T (whose insult to Reiner was not only vile but immature. That m̶a̶n̶'̶s̶ boy's language limitations are embarrassing.)
December 16, 2025 at 4:10 AM
I also fully endorse Jack White's response to T (whose insult to Reiner was not only vile but immature. That m̶a̶n̶'̶s̶ boy's language limitations are embarrassing.)
Sindrome: an arena where naughty things are performed.
December 15, 2025 at 1:15 AM
Sindrome: an arena where naughty things are performed.
On its first release in 1993, "Household Saints" instantly became one of my all time favorite movies. I just watched it for the 2nd time, 32 years later, and now I'm not so impressed. The script isn't as profound and poetic as it tries to be, directing is awkward, and I saw occasional "acting."
December 14, 2025 at 11:30 PM
On its first release in 1993, "Household Saints" instantly became one of my all time favorite movies. I just watched it for the 2nd time, 32 years later, and now I'm not so impressed. The script isn't as profound and poetic as it tries to be, directing is awkward, and I saw occasional "acting."
My absolute favorite Christmas movie of all time is the 1951 version of A Christmas Carol starring Alastair Sim as Scrooge. Watching it just now I, for the first time, realized another reason to love it even more: playing the undertaker waiting for Jacob Marley to die is actor Ernest Thesiger. ❤️❤️
December 14, 2025 at 6:35 PM
My absolute favorite Christmas movie of all time is the 1951 version of A Christmas Carol starring Alastair Sim as Scrooge. Watching it just now I, for the first time, realized another reason to love it even more: playing the undertaker waiting for Jacob Marley to die is actor Ernest Thesiger. ❤️❤️
Watching the Dick Van Dyke show from the 1960s today on his 100th birthday, I'm reminded that perhaps my favorite actor on the show was Ann Morgan Guilbert as next door neighbor Millie. I've always loved supporting players, especially those with big personalities.
December 14, 2025 at 7:30 AM
Watching the Dick Van Dyke show from the 1960s today on his 100th birthday, I'm reminded that perhaps my favorite actor on the show was Ann Morgan Guilbert as next door neighbor Millie. I've always loved supporting players, especially those with big personalities.
2022 movie "Mountain Onion" is a delight. Set in Kazakhstan near the border w China, a family deals with typical problems while the boy approaches adolescence. Not a profound script, but charming overall. Cinematography is vibrant and acting all around is terrific, esp the boy who is the main star.
December 13, 2025 at 9:17 PM
2022 movie "Mountain Onion" is a delight. Set in Kazakhstan near the border w China, a family deals with typical problems while the boy approaches adolescence. Not a profound script, but charming overall. Cinematography is vibrant and acting all around is terrific, esp the boy who is the main star.
Whaaaa??! Actor Peter Greene passed away?! 😮 I've seen him in so many films but "Clean, Shaven" (1993) has always stuck with me. It's pretty extreme & intense and forever gave me an impression of Greene as an "out there" guy.
December 13, 2025 at 9:23 AM
Whaaaa??! Actor Peter Greene passed away?! 😮 I've seen him in so many films but "Clean, Shaven" (1993) has always stuck with me. It's pretty extreme & intense and forever gave me an impression of Greene as an "out there" guy.
Hm. I hadn't thought of this (it's been so long since I've seen a play). But the more that AI creates "entertainment," the more the theatre becomes truthful and important, organic and human. Also, "AI is a plagiarizing mechanism." I love that description and will use it.
“I am so bored by AI. One of the things I love about the theatre is AI can’t do it.”
Ethan Hawke is a dude 👌🏻
Ethan Hawke is a dude 👌🏻
December 10, 2025 at 10:54 AM
Hm. I hadn't thought of this (it's been so long since I've seen a play). But the more that AI creates "entertainment," the more the theatre becomes truthful and important, organic and human. Also, "AI is a plagiarizing mechanism." I love that description and will use it.
Ah! The 2024 movie "Didi" starring Joan Chen (in a role many say ought to earn her an Oscar nomination) is steaming on Peacock. Too late to start watching it now (11pm), but I added it to my watch list. I freaking love Joan Chen, so I'll watch this at my first opportunity.
December 10, 2025 at 7:04 AM
Ah! The 2024 movie "Didi" starring Joan Chen (in a role many say ought to earn her an Oscar nomination) is steaming on Peacock. Too late to start watching it now (11pm), but I added it to my watch list. I freaking love Joan Chen, so I'll watch this at my first opportunity.
We're living in a time of truth decay.
December 9, 2025 at 7:55 PM
We're living in a time of truth decay.
Imagine how beautiful this would be to walk under. Imagine living in a place that would do this instead of your (my) boring ol' city.
Crochet mandala street decorations, a collective creation by women in Licata, Italy #WomensArt
(via Howtofeelgood. net)
(via Howtofeelgood. net)
December 9, 2025 at 12:25 PM
Imagine how beautiful this would be to walk under. Imagine living in a place that would do this instead of your (my) boring ol' city.
Terrific actor Dylan Baker had a weird October 1998. His fantastic performance in the Todd Solondz movie "Happiness" as an abuser of his own young son premiered within a week of his appearance on a Law and Order episode as a man who *killed* his own young son.
December 7, 2025 at 9:52 PM
Terrific actor Dylan Baker had a weird October 1998. His fantastic performance in the Todd Solondz movie "Happiness" as an abuser of his own young son premiered within a week of his appearance on a Law and Order episode as a man who *killed* his own young son.
The 1980 horror movie "The Children" might have the absolute worst cast of any movie ever. Every performance is delivered with precisely the bad acting line delivery and expressions that comedy actors use to depict archetypically bad acting. The lines they're given and directing doesn't help.
December 6, 2025 at 10:20 PM
The 1980 horror movie "The Children" might have the absolute worst cast of any movie ever. Every performance is delivered with precisely the bad acting line delivery and expressions that comedy actors use to depict archetypically bad acting. The lines they're given and directing doesn't help.
Okay Millennial. Try again. You don't "get someone onboard" with your plan. You get them "on board."
December 5, 2025 at 11:19 PM
Okay Millennial. Try again. You don't "get someone onboard" with your plan. You get them "on board."
I just watched the 2019 Belgian (?) movie "Yummy." I'm not a fan of zombie movies but this was outrageous gory fun. Certainly not high culture but who expects that? I loved the Eastern European setting and occasional language. Adds to the creepy. Effectively directed. If you like the genre, try it!
December 4, 2025 at 7:34 AM
I just watched the 2019 Belgian (?) movie "Yummy." I'm not a fan of zombie movies but this was outrageous gory fun. Certainly not high culture but who expects that? I loved the Eastern European setting and occasional language. Adds to the creepy. Effectively directed. If you like the genre, try it!
What I'm wearing to the Bluesky Christmas Party:
December 2, 2025 at 1:34 PM
What I'm wearing to the Bluesky Christmas Party:
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I turned on the TV and the movie "Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back" written & directed by Kevin Smith was on. However, his IRL friend & co-star Jason Mewes was apparently such a dick while filming - on heroin, drinking, and abusive - that I don't care to watch this movie. I lived w siblings like that.
November 30, 2025 at 5:02 PM
I turned on the TV and the movie "Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back" written & directed by Kevin Smith was on. However, his IRL friend & co-star Jason Mewes was apparently such a dick while filming - on heroin, drinking, and abusive - that I don't care to watch this movie. I lived w siblings like that.
I don't think I've ever heard of this Kubrick film! 🤔
• Fear and Desire (Miedo y deseo) (1953) de Stanley Kubrick.
November 30, 2025 at 10:26 AM
I don't think I've ever heard of this Kubrick film! 🤔
A NY Times review of the 2024 film "Thelma" focuses mainly on the unlikely caper part of the storyline and not in what I think is the entire point: adjusting to old age, which is handled beautifully. Also growing up out of childhood, thru the grandson. Not a weak performance anywhere in the cast.⭝
November 28, 2025 at 9:22 PM
A NY Times review of the 2024 film "Thelma" focuses mainly on the unlikely caper part of the storyline and not in what I think is the entire point: adjusting to old age, which is handled beautifully. Also growing up out of childhood, thru the grandson. Not a weak performance anywhere in the cast.⭝
I just watched the 2024 movie "Thelma" starring Jane Squibb. Terrific. As I get older and think very much (worriedly) about aging into my 80s and perhaps 90s, this movie, while not falsely glorifying old age, addresses many facets of it with compassion & acceptance and, therefore, a sort of comfort.
November 28, 2025 at 8:40 PM
I just watched the 2024 movie "Thelma" starring Jane Squibb. Terrific. As I get older and think very much (worriedly) about aging into my 80s and perhaps 90s, this movie, while not falsely glorifying old age, addresses many facets of it with compassion & acceptance and, therefore, a sort of comfort.
One of the Warner Brothers #animation directors that never became famous as the others was Art Davis. I can spot his animation style in other directors' films (look for big teeth, like only 3 across the entire mouth) but some of my fave Looney Tunes are his, e.g.:
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November 28, 2025 at 2:17 AM
One of the Warner Brothers #animation directors that never became famous as the others was Art Davis. I can spot his animation style in other directors' films (look for big teeth, like only 3 across the entire mouth) but some of my fave Looney Tunes are his, e.g.:
www.dailymotion.com/video/x606gx5
www.dailymotion.com/video/x606gx5
Mel Blanc was one of the greatest geniuses of the 20th century. The GOAT of voice actors. Period and full stop. #animation #voiceover
November 28, 2025 at 2:01 AM
Mel Blanc was one of the greatest geniuses of the 20th century. The GOAT of voice actors. Period and full stop. #animation #voiceover