Gentleman Doofus
@GentleDoofus
“Some people say that the silent era was the golden era of film. These people are difficult and insane.”
THE MORTAL STORM, what a film
wow… jimmy stewart and margaret sullavan in a sea of seig heils is about as potent, strange and terrifying an image that i can think of
The student protesters were obviously correct on Gaza. The reaction to them was obviously idiotic and depraved. We're probably still a while out from this being banal conventional wisdom, but it's coming.
Is Holly Hunter the smallest Star Trek captain ever? Did they give her a child’s Halloween costume version of the uniform?
🚨 BREAKING NEWS - First Look at Star Trek: #StarfleetAcademy! 🔷 Holly Hunter plays the lead of the series, a Starfleet Captain & Chancellor of the Academy! 🔷 Paul Giamatti is playing the main villain - no character specifics are given. Via EW #StarTrek
RIP Pope John Paul II, you would have loved the Criterion Closet
I had no idea the Vatican selected 45 “great films” in the mid-1990s. Among them: TARKOVSKY Rublev Sacrifice BERGMAN Wild Strawberries The Seventh Seal PASOLINI [!] The Gospel According to St. Matthew FELLINI La Strada 8 1/2 VISCONTI The Leopard KIESLOWSKI Dekalog
Life has taught me to stop asking for this.
Let’s play: You get to revive ONE cancelled TV show with full cast and crew. What are you resurrecting?
A real issue with my chosen profession is although I LOVE teaching, I don’t actually like writing that much. I’m decent at it, and I can soldier through it when required, but I have very little passion for it.
I lose one weekend to a conference, and the next week I am completely lethargic and mentally useless. Thankfully, the wife has suggested I take a few days off, which tacitly gives me mental permission to do so.
This is Vanessa Kirby and Pedro Pascal
Nintendo says that Mario and Peach are not a couple: “[They] are good friends and help each other out whenever they can.”
Lmao
Gotta say the end of my PTA book from 2020 is looking pretty prophetic