Ray Sidman
@raysidman.bsky.social
College instructor, supporter of DEIB and LGBTQ+, pop-culture geek, dog enthusiast, TTRPG lover, ostensible thinker and philosophizer, reader, raconteur, and occasional writer and filmmaker
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See my cinephile page at filmnerdness101.bsky.social
(he/him)
See my cinephile page at filmnerdness101.bsky.social
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R.I.P. Tom Stoppard. His plays and screenplays have been a personal inspiration since I was in college. In particular, I love the play, screenplay, and movie (which he also directed) of Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead.
Tom Stoppard, sparkling playwright who won an Oscar for 'Shakespeare In Love,' dies at 88
British playwright Tom Stoppard, who won an Academy Award for the screenplay for 1998’s “Shakespeare In Love” has died. He was 88.
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November 29, 2025 at 9:29 PM
R.I.P. Tom Stoppard. His plays and screenplays have been a personal inspiration since I was in college. In particular, I love the play, screenplay, and movie (which he also directed) of Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead.
Post your favorite "Lord of the Rings" character. Wrong answers only.
November 29, 2025 at 5:33 PM
Post your favorite "Lord of the Rings" character. Wrong answers only.
(Oh) Dear GOP,
Here are some Arabic numerals that you may recognize: 1, 2, 3, 47, 100, 435, 2026.
#ohdeargop
Here are some Arabic numerals that you may recognize: 1, 2, 3, 47, 100, 435, 2026.
#ohdeargop
November 28, 2025 at 3:41 PM
(Oh) Dear GOP,
Here are some Arabic numerals that you may recognize: 1, 2, 3, 47, 100, 435, 2026.
#ohdeargop
Here are some Arabic numerals that you may recognize: 1, 2, 3, 47, 100, 435, 2026.
#ohdeargop
There’s a joy I’ve never outgrown of being awake for long hours in the middle of the night, preferring to live life consciously rather than get a good, sensible night of sleep.
November 28, 2025 at 8:07 AM
There’s a joy I’ve never outgrown of being awake for long hours in the middle of the night, preferring to live life consciously rather than get a good, sensible night of sleep.
Introduce yourself with five concerts you’ve seen
Rush
The Rainmakers
Ani DiFranco
Claudio Simonetti and Goblin
Primus
Rush
The Rainmakers
Ani DiFranco
Claudio Simonetti and Goblin
Primus
introduce yourself with five concerts you've seen
Depeche Mode
Nine Inch Nails
The Hooters
John Carpenter
Howard Shore
Depeche Mode
Nine Inch Nails
The Hooters
John Carpenter
Howard Shore
Introduce yourself with 5 concerts you've seen
Nirvana
R.E.M.
NIN
Soundgarden
Elvis Presley
Nirvana
R.E.M.
NIN
Soundgarden
Elvis Presley
November 27, 2025 at 11:13 PM
Introduce yourself with five concerts you’ve seen
Rush
The Rainmakers
Ani DiFranco
Claudio Simonetti and Goblin
Primus
Rush
The Rainmakers
Ani DiFranco
Claudio Simonetti and Goblin
Primus
Let’s give First Blood its due.
In the decades since its release, First Blood has become recognized for its gravitas. It’s not just a template for testosterone-enhanced actiony shit. There’s weight here, and it matters. It. Matters. It means something, as it should, and I’m relieved that time has made that apparent. Now watching …
First Blood (1982) ⭐ 7.7 | Action, Adventure, Thriller
1h 33m | R
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November 27, 2025 at 3:27 AM
Let’s give First Blood its due.
The wedding scene in Alligator might be the greatest scene in American cinematic history*. Discuss.
* - No, not really. That designation goes to the Walken/Hopper scene in True Romance.
* - No, not really. That designation goes to the Walken/Hopper scene in True Romance.
Alligator is generally considered one of the best of the Jaws-knockoff subgenre. And it’s a film I’ve never seen, as I recall. I mean, John Sayles. I’m correcting this rather glaring, longtime oversight right now as a wind-down from the day at work.
Alligator (1980) ⭐ 6.1 | Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
1h 31m | R
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November 25, 2025 at 11:58 PM
The wedding scene in Alligator might be the greatest scene in American cinematic history*. Discuss.
* - No, not really. That designation goes to the Walken/Hopper scene in True Romance.
* - No, not really. That designation goes to the Walken/Hopper scene in True Romance.
I call this photo “Class Is in Session the Week of Thanksgiving.”
November 24, 2025 at 11:52 PM
I call this photo “Class Is in Session the Week of Thanksgiving.”
Couldn’t say it any better myself. R.I.P. Udo Kier.
Udo Kier was one of the great character actors while also being a hell of a character offscreen, too. Truly one of God’s own prototypes. Rest in peace, you magnificent bastard.
November 24, 2025 at 12:44 AM
Couldn’t say it any better myself. R.I.P. Udo Kier.
BREAKING NEWS: The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services is urging Americans to address any medication and vitamin supplement needs by taking Trioxin 245.
November 20, 2025 at 10:12 PM
BREAKING NEWS: The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services is urging Americans to address any medication and vitamin supplement needs by taking Trioxin 245.
1925 is one of my favorite years for literature. So many amazing works, and I’ve read and reread a lot of them. Plus, I’ve read at least a few Virginia Woolf novels, and loved them. Yet somehow, I’ve never read Mrs. Dalloway … until now.
Mrs. Dalloway
Heralded as Virginia Woolf's greatest novel, this is a …
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November 20, 2025 at 1:51 AM
1925 is one of my favorite years for literature. So many amazing works, and I’ve read and reread a lot of them. Plus, I’ve read at least a few Virginia Woolf novels, and loved them. Yet somehow, I’ve never read Mrs. Dalloway … until now.
Let be be finale of seem.
The only emperor is the emperor of ice-cream.
The only emperor is the emperor of ice-cream.
November 19, 2025 at 3:29 AM
Let be be finale of seem.
The only emperor is the emperor of ice-cream.
The only emperor is the emperor of ice-cream.
Tonight’s chill formula.
November 18, 2025 at 1:51 AM
Tonight’s chill formula.
Prelim grading the latest batches of student papers while listening to the John Carpenter Anthology. What could possibly go wrong.
November 14, 2025 at 4:15 PM
Prelim grading the latest batches of student papers while listening to the John Carpenter Anthology. What could possibly go wrong.
Now watching one of my all-time favorite action movies …
The Rock (1996) ⭐ 7.4 | Action, Adventure, Thriller
2h 16m | R
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November 14, 2025 at 1:34 AM
Now watching one of my all-time favorite action movies …
Hell yeah, I’m watching Sudden Death!
#vandamme
#vandamme
This checks so many boxes including:
- in-his-prime Van Damme
- “Die Hard in a …” subgenre
- Hockey film
- directed by Peter Hyams
- Big bad played by Powers Boothe
Haven’t revisited Sudden Death in a couple decades. I’m literally excited to be doing so tonight!
- in-his-prime Van Damme
- “Die Hard in a …” subgenre
- Hockey film
- directed by Peter Hyams
- Big bad played by Powers Boothe
Haven’t revisited Sudden Death in a couple decades. I’m literally excited to be doing so tonight!
Sudden Death (1995) ⭐ 5.9 | Action, Crime, Thriller
1h 51m | R
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November 13, 2025 at 10:53 PM
Hell yeah, I’m watching Sudden Death!
#vandamme
#vandamme
With Gremlins 3 in development, wonder whether the studio’ll bring in Key & Peele to brainstorm story ideas.
November 11, 2025 at 11:49 PM
With Gremlins 3 in development, wonder whether the studio’ll bring in Key & Peele to brainstorm story ideas.
“Thus did a handful of rapacious citizens come to control all that was worth controlling in America. Thus was the savage and stupid and entirely inappropriate and unnecessary and humorless American class system created. Honest, industrious, peaceful citizens were classed as bloodsuckers, if
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November 10, 2025 at 2:36 AM
“Thus did a handful of rapacious citizens come to control all that was worth controlling in America. Thus was the savage and stupid and entirely inappropriate and unnecessary and humorless American class system created. Honest, industrious, peaceful citizens were classed as bloodsuckers, if
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And it’s snowing. First of the season.
November 9, 2025 at 1:14 AM
And it’s snowing. First of the season.
Tonight, watching Tugg Speedman, Jeff Portnoy, and Kirk Lazarus do their thing. ❤️🤘🏼
November 8, 2025 at 2:02 AM
Tonight, watching Tugg Speedman, Jeff Portnoy, and Kirk Lazarus do their thing. ❤️🤘🏼
I can see the headlines tomorrow:
“GOP gets a preview of just how fucking fucked they’re going to be at the mid-terms.”
“GOP gets a preview of just how fucking fucked they’re going to be at the mid-terms.”
November 5, 2025 at 3:42 AM
I can see the headlines tomorrow:
“GOP gets a preview of just how fucking fucked they’re going to be at the mid-terms.”
“GOP gets a preview of just how fucking fucked they’re going to be at the mid-terms.”
We
are
fighting
back.
One day at a time.
One race at a time.
Never give up.
are
fighting
back.
One day at a time.
One race at a time.
Never give up.
November 5, 2025 at 2:41 AM
We
are
fighting
back.
One day at a time.
One race at a time.
Never give up.
are
fighting
back.
One day at a time.
One race at a time.
Never give up.
AP calls Mamdani the winner for NYC!❤️
November 5, 2025 at 2:39 AM
AP calls Mamdani the winner for NYC!❤️
Watching election results roll in from around our country, and seeing multiple glimmers of hope for us.
November 5, 2025 at 2:19 AM
Watching election results roll in from around our country, and seeing multiple glimmers of hope for us.