Jeremy J. Sharp
@jeremyjsharp.bsky.social
Just another silly Canadian.
Oh my... local TV station is now re-airing (of all things) the episode of THE A-TEAM guest starring L.Q. Jones and... wait for it... Boy George.
80s TV was a weird, wild f*cking thing. No wonder my generation turned out the way it did.
80s TV was a weird, wild f*cking thing. No wonder my generation turned out the way it did.
December 16, 2025 at 7:17 PM
Oh my... local TV station is now re-airing (of all things) the episode of THE A-TEAM guest starring L.Q. Jones and... wait for it... Boy George.
80s TV was a weird, wild f*cking thing. No wonder my generation turned out the way it did.
80s TV was a weird, wild f*cking thing. No wonder my generation turned out the way it did.
Was just occasioned to notice that Eva Marie Saint is now 101 years old-- and yet her centenary passed by almost entirely unnoticed. To think: she won her Oscar SEVENTY years ago...
December 10, 2025 at 4:13 AM
Was just occasioned to notice that Eva Marie Saint is now 101 years old-- and yet her centenary passed by almost entirely unnoticed. To think: she won her Oscar SEVENTY years ago...
Was inordinately happy with myself for getting this (i.e., figuring out the connection between the clues) on the second clue. Can't explain why without spoiling it, but I've capped the third clue as well so you can have a go.
December 10, 2025 at 1:57 AM
Was inordinately happy with myself for getting this (i.e., figuring out the connection between the clues) on the second clue. Can't explain why without spoiling it, but I've capped the third clue as well so you can have a go.
Watching Colbert and learned that Sigourney Weaver got her first job in theatre from John Gielgud. Sir John gave many actors their first job, but famously including Alec Guinness about 40 years earlier.
To think, we owe Ellen Ripley and Obi-Wan Kenobi to Hobson from ARTHUR. Funny how it all goes.
To think, we owe Ellen Ripley and Obi-Wan Kenobi to Hobson from ARTHUR. Funny how it all goes.
December 9, 2025 at 10:05 AM
Watching Colbert and learned that Sigourney Weaver got her first job in theatre from John Gielgud. Sir John gave many actors their first job, but famously including Alec Guinness about 40 years earlier.
To think, we owe Ellen Ripley and Obi-Wan Kenobi to Hobson from ARTHUR. Funny how it all goes.
To think, we owe Ellen Ripley and Obi-Wan Kenobi to Hobson from ARTHUR. Funny how it all goes.
Movie you’ve watched more than six times with a gif. Hard mode: no Stars (Wars nor Trek), LOTR, or Marvel.
/ following a very similar theme to Sylvia below, but I could put so many here...
/ following a very similar theme to Sylvia below, but I could put so many here...
December 8, 2025 at 1:40 AM
Movie you’ve watched more than six times with a gif. Hard mode: no Stars (Wars nor Trek), LOTR, or Marvel.
/ following a very similar theme to Sylvia below, but I could put so many here...
/ following a very similar theme to Sylvia below, but I could put so many here...
Tte mind-bend for me is that the first film I saw McGovern in was LOVESICK-- as Dudley Moore's love interest-- when I was a kid back in 1983. And the reason I wanted to see it was that it had Alec Guinness in it.
November 24, 2025 at 8:59 AM
Tte mind-bend for me is that the first film I saw McGovern in was LOVESICK-- as Dudley Moore's love interest-- when I was a kid back in 1983. And the reason I wanted to see it was that it had Alec Guinness in it.
Until the DOJ balked at the price and so they settled for this guy.
November 17, 2025 at 9:58 PM
Until the DOJ balked at the price and so they settled for this guy.
RAN, however, was Kurosawa's last masterpiece and it let Nakadai go all-out King Lear in the most fierce and elemental ways. He should've been Oscar-nominated for it, but sadly wasn't. Nakadai's entire career is exceptional, but Hidetora was Nakadai at his greatest. RIP.
November 11, 2025 at 6:22 AM
RAN, however, was Kurosawa's last masterpiece and it let Nakadai go all-out King Lear in the most fierce and elemental ways. He should've been Oscar-nominated for it, but sadly wasn't. Nakadai's entire career is exceptional, but Hidetora was Nakadai at his greatest. RIP.
Regardless, RELAY plays best not as a thriller but as an ode to the USPS and, especially, to the phone relay services for the deaf. Pretty sure the latter's never been so well or so prominently used in a film before.
November 7, 2025 at 2:41 AM
Regardless, RELAY plays best not as a thriller but as an ode to the USPS and, especially, to the phone relay services for the deaf. Pretty sure the latter's never been so well or so prominently used in a film before.
You know who we all need to see right now? Enrico Palazzo.
November 2, 2025 at 2:56 AM
You know who we all need to see right now? Enrico Palazzo.
It remains true that the best thing about Tubi is that it's the only streamer where you'll find older oddball stuff that's pretty much otherwise been forgotten. Tonight, I stumbled on this-- and, sure, it's bad, but it's a real curio now, esp. for shots of mid-70s Hong Kong and Amsterdam.
October 25, 2025 at 8:27 AM
It remains true that the best thing about Tubi is that it's the only streamer where you'll find older oddball stuff that's pretty much otherwise been forgotten. Tonight, I stumbled on this-- and, sure, it's bad, but it's a real curio now, esp. for shots of mid-70s Hong Kong and Amsterdam.
Who robbed the Louvre? Wrong answers only.
October 20, 2025 at 10:16 PM
Who robbed the Louvre? Wrong answers only.
All correct about Josephine Hutchinson, but in the picture from ARSENIC AND OLD LACE from the post you quoted, the Brewster sisters are played by Jean Adair and Josephine HULL. Hull did only a handful of films, with her only other major one being HARVEY with Jimmy Stewart.
October 13, 2025 at 6:40 AM
All correct about Josephine Hutchinson, but in the picture from ARSENIC AND OLD LACE from the post you quoted, the Brewster sisters are played by Jean Adair and Josephine HULL. Hull did only a handful of films, with her only other major one being HARVEY with Jimmy Stewart.
Well, Colin Hanks' I LIKE ME, his doc about John Candy, is now on Prime. Technically, I could watch it now, but I'm just not ready for it yet. 30+ years later, and it still hurts.
October 10, 2025 at 8:28 AM
Well, Colin Hanks' I LIKE ME, his doc about John Candy, is now on Prime. Technically, I could watch it now, but I'm just not ready for it yet. 30+ years later, and it still hurts.
Prime has a flick called BLOOD OF REDEMPTION which may be the most ridiculously bad film I've seen in ages. Sure, the writing, directing, acting and effects are all laughable, but it's the "action" sequences which are truly hilarious. It looks like stage-fighting kids would do in a home movie.
October 9, 2025 at 2:57 AM
Prime has a flick called BLOOD OF REDEMPTION which may be the most ridiculously bad film I've seen in ages. Sure, the writing, directing, acting and effects are all laughable, but it's the "action" sequences which are truly hilarious. It looks like stage-fighting kids would do in a home movie.
Hard to believe that Dame Julie turned 90 today. Wow.
October 1, 2025 at 4:59 PM
Hard to believe that Dame Julie turned 90 today. Wow.
Finally watched last year's delightful THELMA, then-94y/o June Squibb's first starring vehicle. Sweet, sad, funny, and every moment between Squibb and Fred Hechinger (as her grandson) is beautifully done. Plus, you get Squibb cavorting with Richard Roundtree...
It deserved a much wider release.
It deserved a much wider release.
September 28, 2025 at 12:58 AM
Finally watched last year's delightful THELMA, then-94y/o June Squibb's first starring vehicle. Sweet, sad, funny, and every moment between Squibb and Fred Hechinger (as her grandson) is beautifully done. Plus, you get Squibb cavorting with Richard Roundtree...
It deserved a much wider release.
It deserved a much wider release.
PEACEMAKER 2.6 is the series' best episode so far, in no small part because finally gave its not-so-secret weapon much more to do. Freddie Stroma's Vigilante has been largely sidelined for far too long and finally letting him a bit loose brought so much back to the show. (cont'd)
September 27, 2025 at 6:41 PM
PEACEMAKER 2.6 is the series' best episode so far, in no small part because finally gave its not-so-secret weapon much more to do. Freddie Stroma's Vigilante has been largely sidelined for far too long and finally letting him a bit loose brought so much back to the show. (cont'd)
Just finished watching THE STUNT MAN for the first time in decades... and it's still a lot of fun, despite a few icky suggestions in it.
But I so miss what Peter O'Toole could do with a role: that mad, impish twinkle; that perfect crunchy line delivery; even his neck movements were GREAT. *sigh*
But I so miss what Peter O'Toole could do with a role: that mad, impish twinkle; that perfect crunchy line delivery; even his neck movements were GREAT. *sigh*
September 21, 2025 at 1:57 AM
Just finished watching THE STUNT MAN for the first time in decades... and it's still a lot of fun, despite a few icky suggestions in it.
But I so miss what Peter O'Toole could do with a role: that mad, impish twinkle; that perfect crunchy line delivery; even his neck movements were GREAT. *sigh*
But I so miss what Peter O'Toole could do with a role: that mad, impish twinkle; that perfect crunchy line delivery; even his neck movements were GREAT. *sigh*
WTF IS HAPPENING WITH GOOGLE, Vol. 714,982: A simple search of "wiki him film" does bring up the correct link, but what emerges on the side panel is baffling.
September 19, 2025 at 6:44 PM
WTF IS HAPPENING WITH GOOGLE, Vol. 714,982: A simple search of "wiki him film" does bring up the correct link, but what emerges on the side panel is baffling.
When it comes to enabling, there's no one better than Ezra.
September 18, 2025 at 12:46 PM
When it comes to enabling, there's no one better than Ezra.
Okay, I've succumbed somewhat, but I'm going to try to control myself. I'll resist THE STING, etc., and call attention to Robert Redford's nearly-wordless performance in the one-man film ALL IS LOST (2013), which he shot, stunts and all, at age 76.
Few saw it. Do change that. A helluva film.
Few saw it. Do change that. A helluva film.
September 16, 2025 at 6:17 PM
Okay, I've succumbed somewhat, but I'm going to try to control myself. I'll resist THE STING, etc., and call attention to Robert Redford's nearly-wordless performance in the one-man film ALL IS LOST (2013), which he shot, stunts and all, at age 76.
Few saw it. Do change that. A helluva film.
Few saw it. Do change that. A helluva film.
One of the bizarre things to remember now is that one Robert Redford's early films was a very oddball (and not particularly good) Alec Guinness comedy called SITUATION HOPELESS BUT NOT SERIOUS.
Odder still: it was an adaptation of a novel by Robert Shaw-- yes, Quint from JAWS.
Odder still: it was an adaptation of a novel by Robert Shaw-- yes, Quint from JAWS.
September 16, 2025 at 5:53 PM
One of the bizarre things to remember now is that one Robert Redford's early films was a very oddball (and not particularly good) Alec Guinness comedy called SITUATION HOPELESS BUT NOT SERIOUS.
Odder still: it was an adaptation of a novel by Robert Shaw-- yes, Quint from JAWS.
Odder still: it was an adaptation of a novel by Robert Shaw-- yes, Quint from JAWS.
And the "old woman" in that was played by Gladys Cooper, perhaps best remembered now as Rex Harrison's mother in MY FAIR LADY. Overall, it's one of the underappreciated episodes of the series.
September 16, 2025 at 5:22 PM
And the "old woman" in that was played by Gladys Cooper, perhaps best remembered now as Rex Harrison's mother in MY FAIR LADY. Overall, it's one of the underappreciated episodes of the series.