Kevin Murphy
@murphofilmo.bsky.social
Professional Nerd. Media reviews, criticism, analysis, and goofing off.
Staff Writer at moviejawn.com
https://linktr.ee/murphofilmo
Staff Writer at moviejawn.com
https://linktr.ee/murphofilmo
Forgot to post it when I started so here it is now that I'm finishing it and this shit is still sublime. Set aside everything that's come from it- video games, books, movies, TV- and appreciate it for thr absurd nightmare it is.
The weather is crappy and so is my mood. This might fix at least one of those...
Battle Royale (2000)
Dir: Kinji Fukasaku
Battle Royale (2000)
Dir: Kinji Fukasaku
November 30, 2025 at 9:33 PM
Forgot to post it when I started so here it is now that I'm finishing it and this shit is still sublime. Set aside everything that's come from it- video games, books, movies, TV- and appreciate it for thr absurd nightmare it is.
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simple rule: four favorites 💚
November 30, 2025 at 5:31 PM
simple rule: four favorites 💚
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I don't like romcom, I'm not super keen on Christmas stuff, there's so many issues with characters and actions and improbabilities...
And yet I am an absolute sucker for LOVE ACTUALLY. Makes me laugh, makes me feel all those sappy feelings (but doesn't make me cry),
(1/2)
And yet I am an absolute sucker for LOVE ACTUALLY. Makes me laugh, makes me feel all those sappy feelings (but doesn't make me cry),
(1/2)
November 30, 2025 at 11:33 AM
I don't like romcom, I'm not super keen on Christmas stuff, there's so many issues with characters and actions and improbabilities...
And yet I am an absolute sucker for LOVE ACTUALLY. Makes me laugh, makes me feel all those sappy feelings (but doesn't make me cry),
(1/2)
And yet I am an absolute sucker for LOVE ACTUALLY. Makes me laugh, makes me feel all those sappy feelings (but doesn't make me cry),
(1/2)
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The thing about AI anime dubs and AI Actor Tilly Norwood and AI music is just the fucking disrespect, this is what your industry thinks can replace you and it’s not even good. It’s not even a thing you look at with dread at how the computer has replaced Man, it just sucks ass lol it just blows
November 30, 2025 at 5:44 AM
The thing about AI anime dubs and AI Actor Tilly Norwood and AI music is just the fucking disrespect, this is what your industry thinks can replace you and it’s not even good. It’s not even a thing you look at with dread at how the computer has replaced Man, it just sucks ass lol it just blows
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One of the great “everyone‘s face looks like an old shoe” movies. Bring back old shoe face casts!
November 30, 2025 at 2:15 PM
One of the great “everyone‘s face looks like an old shoe” movies. Bring back old shoe face casts!
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Pretty much ANY statistic you see cited to frighten you about vaccines comes from the VAERS database. (Including the recent evidence-free missive from Vinay Prasad). Here's why VAERS can NEVER be a proper source for population-level vaccine risk estimates.
Thread [1/9]
Thread [1/9]
November 30, 2025 at 3:01 AM
Pretty much ANY statistic you see cited to frighten you about vaccines comes from the VAERS database. (Including the recent evidence-free missive from Vinay Prasad). Here's why VAERS can NEVER be a proper source for population-level vaccine risk estimates.
Thread [1/9]
Thread [1/9]
I don't like romcom, I'm not super keen on Christmas stuff, there's so many issues with characters and actions and improbabilities...
And yet I am an absolute sucker for LOVE ACTUALLY. Makes me laugh, makes me feel all those sappy feelings (but doesn't make me cry),
(1/2)
And yet I am an absolute sucker for LOVE ACTUALLY. Makes me laugh, makes me feel all those sappy feelings (but doesn't make me cry),
(1/2)
November 30, 2025 at 11:33 AM
I don't like romcom, I'm not super keen on Christmas stuff, there's so many issues with characters and actions and improbabilities...
And yet I am an absolute sucker for LOVE ACTUALLY. Makes me laugh, makes me feel all those sappy feelings (but doesn't make me cry),
(1/2)
And yet I am an absolute sucker for LOVE ACTUALLY. Makes me laugh, makes me feel all those sappy feelings (but doesn't make me cry),
(1/2)
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but this? shut the fuck up. guess what, my man, gorgeous young 22 year olds like to fuck. And queer people deserve love stories that are sexy and horny. a "chaste kiss" please be for real.
November 29, 2025 at 9:46 PM
but this? shut the fuck up. guess what, my man, gorgeous young 22 year olds like to fuck. And queer people deserve love stories that are sexy and horny. a "chaste kiss" please be for real.
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The Mystery Science Theater 3000 cast would have a field day with AI dubs like this — and they're robots.
This is what techbros think the future of entertainment is? This is the worst garbage I've ever heard.
This is what techbros think the future of entertainment is? This is the worst garbage I've ever heard.
Welp, a second AI dub on Amazon has apparently been found, and it's a show that already had a perfectly normal (albeit non-union) dub: No Game No Life.
November 30, 2025 at 7:35 AM
The Mystery Science Theater 3000 cast would have a field day with AI dubs like this — and they're robots.
This is what techbros think the future of entertainment is? This is the worst garbage I've ever heard.
This is what techbros think the future of entertainment is? This is the worst garbage I've ever heard.
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“[Eventually] humanities depts will be forced to accept AI-authored assignments, as part of revised university policy to cooperate with these billionaires. It's already happening, and our response needs to be decisive. Because our students' ability to *think* is at stake.”
really important thread ⬇️
really important thread ⬇️
An issue we're seeing at all levels of university is that many students are simply refusing to do *anything*. They aren't reading the syllabus, aren't following assignment guidelines, aren't engaging with material, ignoring deadlines. And this might seem like old news, but it truly has ramped up.
November 30, 2025 at 8:13 AM
“[Eventually] humanities depts will be forced to accept AI-authored assignments, as part of revised university policy to cooperate with these billionaires. It's already happening, and our response needs to be decisive. Because our students' ability to *think* is at stake.”
really important thread ⬇️
really important thread ⬇️
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If AI usage is so ubiquitous, then why are you opposed to disclosing it? It's not like disclosure costs you anything or is a hard thing to do. Seems more like you know that not everyone uses AI, and that you want to disguise the fact that you do because you know it's a deal breaker for many buyers.
"Why stop at AI use? We could have mandatory disclosures for what shampoo brand the developer uses" — Epic boss Tim Sweeney says Steam should ditch its AI generated content disclosure. https://bit.ly/4a193vt
November 30, 2025 at 10:17 AM
If AI usage is so ubiquitous, then why are you opposed to disclosing it? It's not like disclosure costs you anything or is a hard thing to do. Seems more like you know that not everyone uses AI, and that you want to disguise the fact that you do because you know it's a deal breaker for many buyers.
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Thanksgiving served as a potent reminder for me that daily life feels weird and disconcerting because of how badly our information environment has fragmented society.
A few thoughts below, and a request for ideas at the bottom.
A few thoughts below, and a request for ideas at the bottom.
November 29, 2025 at 6:56 PM
Thanksgiving served as a potent reminder for me that daily life feels weird and disconcerting because of how badly our information environment has fragmented society.
A few thoughts below, and a request for ideas at the bottom.
A few thoughts below, and a request for ideas at the bottom.
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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 6:44 PM
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
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Geoff, what are you talking about? We've got at least another week. December's not until OH CRAP!!!
November 29, 2025 at 7:29 PM
Geoff, what are you talking about? We've got at least another week. December's not until OH CRAP!!!
EXTRA! EXTRA! READ ALL ABOUT IT!
MovieJawn's winter issue is now available for pre-order!
I've got a piece in there that I'm pretty stoked about- and lots of other great pieces by other good writers!
MovieJawn's winter issue is now available for pre-order!
I've got a piece in there that I'm pretty stoked about- and lots of other great pieces by other good writers!
PREORDER our WINTER 2025 PRINT ZINE! featuring CINEMATIC JOURNOS
Available in glorious color! with cover artwork featuring, HIS GIRL FRIDAY by Hugo Marmugi
Each order comes with a limited edition merit badge adorned with the MJ Press Hat logo
Purchase here: www.moviejawn.com/shop/winter-...
Available in glorious color! with cover artwork featuring, HIS GIRL FRIDAY by Hugo Marmugi
Each order comes with a limited edition merit badge adorned with the MJ Press Hat logo
Purchase here: www.moviejawn.com/shop/winter-...
November 29, 2025 at 3:15 PM
EXTRA! EXTRA! READ ALL ABOUT IT!
MovieJawn's winter issue is now available for pre-order!
I've got a piece in there that I'm pretty stoked about- and lots of other great pieces by other good writers!
MovieJawn's winter issue is now available for pre-order!
I've got a piece in there that I'm pretty stoked about- and lots of other great pieces by other good writers!
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Good morning
I had to save my family from this hair tie this morning! Don't worry everyone it safe.
#cat #cats #catsofbluesky
I had to save my family from this hair tie this morning! Don't worry everyone it safe.
#cat #cats #catsofbluesky
November 29, 2025 at 2:55 PM
Good morning
I had to save my family from this hair tie this morning! Don't worry everyone it safe.
#cat #cats #catsofbluesky
I had to save my family from this hair tie this morning! Don't worry everyone it safe.
#cat #cats #catsofbluesky
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Last month, @theguardian.com framed this historical event project the same way; minimizing the years of archival work, the interviews etc it took to be able to do this.
Instead ‘AI solved this historical problem!’
Instead ‘AI solved this historical problem!’
November 29, 2025 at 12:35 PM
Last month, @theguardian.com framed this historical event project the same way; minimizing the years of archival work, the interviews etc it took to be able to do this.
Instead ‘AI solved this historical problem!’
Instead ‘AI solved this historical problem!’
I haven't seen enough new releases this year to make a list of my favorites/the best, but DAMN am I having a hard time narrowing down my list of movies I've only seen for the first time this year. There's so many good ones I've seen.
November 29, 2025 at 2:05 PM
I haven't seen enough new releases this year to make a list of my favorites/the best, but DAMN am I having a hard time narrowing down my list of movies I've only seen for the first time this year. There's so many good ones I've seen.
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The Doctor is right and correct
Always love to see great talent using their platform for unabashed good.
'F*** Off And Let People Be': David Tennant Doubles Down On Support For Trans People
"People are trying to create division... and it's so f***ing unnecessary."
www.huffingtonpost.co.uk
November 29, 2025 at 12:51 PM
The Doctor is right and correct
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Might be thinking about this more than usual because of a project that will probably be announced next year, but I am ALSO thinking about the rapid invisibilization of survivors of both these things, and the fact that history has largely forgotten about encephalitis lethargica.
Been thinking a lot about how the pandemic fundamentally broke our brains and our collective response; in a way it reminds me of the frenzied excess of the 1920s as people reeled from WWI and the influenza pandemic, and the hard fall we took at the end of that decade is coming for us this time too.
November 29, 2025 at 4:13 AM
Might be thinking about this more than usual because of a project that will probably be announced next year, but I am ALSO thinking about the rapid invisibilization of survivors of both these things, and the fact that history has largely forgotten about encephalitis lethargica.
My coworker told me about Dragula earlier this week. I'd overlooked it because I don't really enjoy reality TV or these kind of competition shows and haven't really found an "in" for drag that works.
Turns out I just needed horror campiness to make it an absolute blast for me.
Turns out I just needed horror campiness to make it an absolute blast for me.
November 28, 2025 at 11:33 PM
My coworker told me about Dragula earlier this week. I'd overlooked it because I don't really enjoy reality TV or these kind of competition shows and haven't really found an "in" for drag that works.
Turns out I just needed horror campiness to make it an absolute blast for me.
Turns out I just needed horror campiness to make it an absolute blast for me.
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PREORDER our WINTER 2025 PRINT ZINE! featuring CINEMATIC JOURNOS
Available in glorious color! with cover artwork featuring, HIS GIRL FRIDAY by Hugo Marmugi
Each order comes with a limited edition merit badge adorned with the MJ Press Hat logo
Purchase here: www.moviejawn.com/shop/winter-...
Available in glorious color! with cover artwork featuring, HIS GIRL FRIDAY by Hugo Marmugi
Each order comes with a limited edition merit badge adorned with the MJ Press Hat logo
Purchase here: www.moviejawn.com/shop/winter-...
November 28, 2025 at 9:27 PM
PREORDER our WINTER 2025 PRINT ZINE! featuring CINEMATIC JOURNOS
Available in glorious color! with cover artwork featuring, HIS GIRL FRIDAY by Hugo Marmugi
Each order comes with a limited edition merit badge adorned with the MJ Press Hat logo
Purchase here: www.moviejawn.com/shop/winter-...
Available in glorious color! with cover artwork featuring, HIS GIRL FRIDAY by Hugo Marmugi
Each order comes with a limited edition merit badge adorned with the MJ Press Hat logo
Purchase here: www.moviejawn.com/shop/winter-...
Happy #LetterboxdFriday! What's YOUR #LastFourWatched?
Saw a mostly-good adaptation that's less fun than the cheesy first adaptation; a long-overdue watch of DBZ at its best; one hell of a stark work from Denis; and a banger of a car chase thriller.
#Letterboxd
Saw a mostly-good adaptation that's less fun than the cheesy first adaptation; a long-overdue watch of DBZ at its best; one hell of a stark work from Denis; and a banger of a car chase thriller.
#Letterboxd
November 28, 2025 at 10:37 PM
Happy #LetterboxdFriday! What's YOUR #LastFourWatched?
Saw a mostly-good adaptation that's less fun than the cheesy first adaptation; a long-overdue watch of DBZ at its best; one hell of a stark work from Denis; and a banger of a car chase thriller.
#Letterboxd
Saw a mostly-good adaptation that's less fun than the cheesy first adaptation; a long-overdue watch of DBZ at its best; one hell of a stark work from Denis; and a banger of a car chase thriller.
#Letterboxd
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When you see it all laid out, after point after points, it's mind-blowing. And you'll notice that didn't even get into how AI steals from writers and artists. There's so much. How anyone, confronted with all of this, could support AI is baffling
November 28, 2025 at 4:21 PM
When you see it all laid out, after point after points, it's mind-blowing. And you'll notice that didn't even get into how AI steals from writers and artists. There's so much. How anyone, confronted with all of this, could support AI is baffling
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I don’t know if anyone else notices or cares, but when I see a presentation in which the speaker uses obviously generated-AI images to illustrate their slides, it makes me immediately less confident in whatever other content they’re presenting.
November 28, 2025 at 3:07 PM
I don’t know if anyone else notices or cares, but when I see a presentation in which the speaker uses obviously generated-AI images to illustrate their slides, it makes me immediately less confident in whatever other content they’re presenting.