Jeremiah Sherman
@jshermancritic.bsky.social
Kansas City yokel living in Bakersfield. Film critic for the Fandomentals and resident Columbo expert. Baseball isn't a sport; it's poetry. He/him pronouns www.thefandomentals.com
Pinned
Lotta words, no coherent thoughts.
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how are you gonna tell me trans women aren't women when every single one i've complimented on a cute outfit has come back with THANKS GIRL IT'S GOT POCKETS
December 8, 2025 at 2:36 AM
how are you gonna tell me trans women aren't women when every single one i've complimented on a cute outfit has come back with THANKS GIRL IT'S GOT POCKETS
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Persistently annoyed by liberal refusal to see the longstanding system of immigration, the one that effectively places undocumented workers outside of the protections of labor law and subjects them to racial terror, as a strategy of labor discipline that affects all workers.
December 7, 2025 at 8:14 PM
Persistently annoyed by liberal refusal to see the longstanding system of immigration, the one that effectively places undocumented workers outside of the protections of labor law and subjects them to racial terror, as a strategy of labor discipline that affects all workers.
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Why do we expect our entertainers to be politicians and our politicians to be entertainers? A good friend of mine said that recently when he spoke to my class. Kinda makes you think.
December 7, 2025 at 1:13 AM
Why do we expect our entertainers to be politicians and our politicians to be entertainers? A good friend of mine said that recently when he spoke to my class. Kinda makes you think.
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Do I want to "dive deeper in AI mode?" No. It's unsanitary and a sin.
December 6, 2025 at 10:51 AM
Do I want to "dive deeper in AI mode?" No. It's unsanitary and a sin.
It's December which means time for a new fav 4 for Letterboxd
December 6, 2025 at 4:51 AM
It's December which means time for a new fav 4 for Letterboxd
OH, I got my hearing aids Wednesday. These have Bluetooth which I've never had before which means I can pair them to my phone laptop, TV and not have to use headphones. HA! I'm in the future mother fuckers, ya'll can't touch me!
a man smoking a cigarette while driving a car at night
ALT: a man smoking a cigarette while driving a car at night
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December 5, 2025 at 10:03 PM
OH, I got my hearing aids Wednesday. These have Bluetooth which I've never had before which means I can pair them to my phone laptop, TV and not have to use headphones. HA! I'm in the future mother fuckers, ya'll can't touch me!
"My response to this is fuckaducknobodywantsanythingnice. The entire goddamn reason I even bring a book out into the world is so that I can hide from view behind it and read and be left alone."
Too true.
Too true.
December 5, 2025 at 9:47 PM
"My response to this is fuckaducknobodywantsanythingnice. The entire goddamn reason I even bring a book out into the world is so that I can hide from view behind it and read and be left alone."
Too true.
Too true.
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Down to $400 that I need TODAY!!!!
Reposting this one more time. I have until the morning to raise $700 to keep our room. I’m sick and have no sick time and have to go to work tomorrow. I need to try to secure our lodging thru til I get paid next. Anything anyone can spare would be tremendously appreciated!
Reaching out for mutual aid to keep our room for the next week as well as some other expenses. Any dollar helps but sharing and reposting is also extremely beneficial. Really cannot overstate how grateful I am for all the support. I know how rough it is out there. Thank you!
December 4, 2025 at 4:20 PM
Down to $400 that I need TODAY!!!!
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Reposting this one more time. I have until the morning to raise $700 to keep our room. I’m sick and have no sick time and have to go to work tomorrow. I need to try to secure our lodging thru til I get paid next. Anything anyone can spare would be tremendously appreciated!
Reaching out for mutual aid to keep our room for the next week as well as some other expenses. Any dollar helps but sharing and reposting is also extremely beneficial. Really cannot overstate how grateful I am for all the support. I know how rough it is out there. Thank you!
December 4, 2025 at 1:04 AM
Reposting this one more time. I have until the morning to raise $700 to keep our room. I’m sick and have no sick time and have to go to work tomorrow. I need to try to secure our lodging thru til I get paid next. Anything anyone can spare would be tremendously appreciated!
I love this scene because it takes the infamous "one more thing" and gives it a little twist. Instead of it being a dire omen, it's an act of kindness. www.youtube.com/watch?v=asZn...
For What It's Worth | Columbo
YouTube video by Columbo
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December 3, 2025 at 4:21 AM
I love this scene because it takes the infamous "one more thing" and gives it a little twist. Instead of it being a dire omen, it's an act of kindness. www.youtube.com/watch?v=asZn...
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I still have $750 to raise in the next two days. Thank you again to all who have donated and shared so far! Any dollar helps, even just sharing this when you see it.
Reaching out for mutual aid to keep our room for the next week as well as some other expenses. Any dollar helps but sharing and reposting is also extremely beneficial. Really cannot overstate how grateful I am for all the support. I know how rough it is out there. Thank you!
December 2, 2025 at 2:11 PM
I still have $750 to raise in the next two days. Thank you again to all who have donated and shared so far! Any dollar helps, even just sharing this when you see it.
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BEST FIRST FILM: Eephus
December 2, 2025 at 3:24 PM
BEST FIRST FILM: Eephus
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I have come to the idea that we have to collectively, brutally, ritualistically kill Target just to show capital that we truly aren’t fucking around.
December 1, 2025 at 7:39 PM
I have come to the idea that we have to collectively, brutally, ritualistically kill Target just to show capital that we truly aren’t fucking around.
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Reaching out for mutual aid to keep our room for the next week as well as some other expenses. Any dollar helps but sharing and reposting is also extremely beneficial. Really cannot overstate how grateful I am for all the support. I know how rough it is out there. Thank you!
December 1, 2025 at 7:41 PM
Reaching out for mutual aid to keep our room for the next week as well as some other expenses. Any dollar helps but sharing and reposting is also extremely beneficial. Really cannot overstate how grateful I am for all the support. I know how rough it is out there. Thank you!
Love it when I see this man in print
Despite me not really loving the film’s ending, Timmy is so insanely good in this movie. Easily one of the year’s best. My review for Looper:
www.looper.com/2040271/mart...
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Marty Supreme Review: Timothée Chalamet Delivers A Career-Best Turn In A24's Biggest Movie - Looper
A24's sports dramedy "Marty Supreme" may feature Timothée Chalamet's best performance of his career so far.
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December 1, 2025 at 5:23 PM
Love it when I see this man in print
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NEW EPISODE! The Boys are in full force (and joined ever so briefly by @brndnstrssng.bsky.social to say hi) this week to welcome a guest whose credits inlcude LOVE LIES BLEEDING, MI: DEAD RECKONING PART 2, QUEENS OF THE DEAD, and THE RUNNING MAN: Katy O'Brian!
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Katy O'Brian by Action for Everyone
The Boys are in full force this week (with a special and brief appearance by Brandon Streussnig) to chat with an actress who almost needs no introduction. You know her from LOVE LIES BLEEDING, TWISTER...
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November 23, 2025 at 9:00 PM
NEW EPISODE! The Boys are in full force (and joined ever so briefly by @brndnstrssng.bsky.social to say hi) this week to welcome a guest whose credits inlcude LOVE LIES BLEEDING, MI: DEAD RECKONING PART 2, QUEENS OF THE DEAD, and THE RUNNING MAN: Katy O'Brian!
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The degree in which the hearing aid place continues to call and leave voicemails despite knowing that I CAN NOT hear-they know this because they tested me and helped me pick out my hearing aids-is troubling.
a man with a mustache is sitting in front of a bulletin board .
ALT: a man with a mustache is sitting in front of a bulletin board .
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November 30, 2025 at 6:05 PM
The degree in which the hearing aid place continues to call and leave voicemails despite knowing that I CAN NOT hear-they know this because they tested me and helped me pick out my hearing aids-is troubling.
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This one of many reasons why critics are still important. It’s our job to seek out art that’s outside the algorithm, because most people don’t even know what their options are anymore.
The death of browsing is part of the reason art is the way it is now. Our opinions are largely fed to us by algorithms. Spending a spare 15 minutes wandering around a bookstore or comic shop or video rental place was how you found stuff you wouldn't ordinarily pick up and thereby expanded your taste
Bookselling is like the most "people go to the store and buy what looks cool to them without a particular agenda" type business left, and your purchases have a huge influence on what is ordered, what is displayed, and what is recommended.
November 29, 2025 at 6:53 PM
This one of many reasons why critics are still important. It’s our job to seek out art that’s outside the algorithm, because most people don’t even know what their options are anymore.
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“A man becomes preeminent, he's expected to have enthusiasms. Enthusiasms. Enthusiasms. What are mine? What draws my admiration? What is that which gives me joy? … Baseball!”
November 29, 2025 at 1:25 PM
“A man becomes preeminent, he's expected to have enthusiasms. Enthusiasms. Enthusiasms. What are mine? What draws my admiration? What is that which gives me joy? … Baseball!”
I was snowed in for the weekend and watched McCabe & Mrs. Miller, something like, seven times. Or the time I saw Rules of the Game and watched either a special feature from the DVD or the commentary, or a couple of scenes that would lead to just watching the movie from there everyday for a week.
There's talk of "victory of the nerds" but something got lost along the way. Time was "nerd" meant "enthusiast" (is "otaku" clearer?). US massmarket nerd-dom isn't for enthusiasts. Disney/Sony sells you a pipe of things you probably like. Enthusiasts don't want to like things, they want to love them
November 29, 2025 at 2:28 AM
I was snowed in for the weekend and watched McCabe & Mrs. Miller, something like, seven times. Or the time I saw Rules of the Game and watched either a special feature from the DVD or the commentary, or a couple of scenes that would lead to just watching the movie from there everyday for a week.
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We act like the “Murder, She Wrote” and “Magnum, P.I.” crossover wasn’t the apex of western culture.
November 28, 2025 at 10:28 PM
We act like the “Murder, She Wrote” and “Magnum, P.I.” crossover wasn’t the apex of western culture.
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what i love is that in 1990 judas priest got brought to trial over the claim that subliminal messages in the recording "better by you better than me" caused two suicides and now in 2025 openai seems to be generating a suicide a week with its superliminal messages and the US government is funding it
November 27, 2025 at 8:23 AM
what i love is that in 1990 judas priest got brought to trial over the claim that subliminal messages in the recording "better by you better than me" caused two suicides and now in 2025 openai seems to be generating a suicide a week with its superliminal messages and the US government is funding it
My wife bought this new maple bacon coffee, and I tell you what, I'd step over my own mother for a cup of that.
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November 27, 2025 at 10:32 PM
My wife bought this new maple bacon coffee, and I tell you what, I'd step over my own mother for a cup of that.
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On this particular day I want to say that a critic's job is to criticize art, and an artist's job is to make something that resonates with specific people, which necessarily means it won't resonate with others. If every critic liked a piece of art, one or the other of us would not be doing our jobs.
November 18, 2025 at 7:04 PM
On this particular day I want to say that a critic's job is to criticize art, and an artist's job is to make something that resonates with specific people, which necessarily means it won't resonate with others. If every critic liked a piece of art, one or the other of us would not be doing our jobs.
One of the first things I'm doing when I get my hearing aids
The competitive / collaborative construction of the longest list in show history begins TODAY!
ROBERT ALTMAN
SUPER DRAFT
PART ONE
Picks 35-29
Drafted by Ryan Marker & @mitchellbeaupre.bsky.social, with guest commish @aduralde.bsky.social
Listen everywhere!
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ROBERT ALTMAN
SUPER DRAFT
PART ONE
Picks 35-29
Drafted by Ryan Marker & @mitchellbeaupre.bsky.social, with guest commish @aduralde.bsky.social
Listen everywhere!
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/s...
November 27, 2025 at 6:56 PM
One of the first things I'm doing when I get my hearing aids