Anthony Morris
@morrbeat.bsky.social
Writer of various things (film and TV reviews, occasional op-eds, co-wrote two novels). Intellectual lightweight. Once wrote a short story about the future of road resurfacing that was on a "years best" list
By my count, in 2026 Sam Pang will be appearing on at least five Australian television shows across three networks - including two (Sam Pang Tonight, the just announced sitcom Ground Up) in which he's the star. Who knew that being good at your job pays off in the Australian media?
November 20, 2025 at 6:07 AM
By my count, in 2026 Sam Pang will be appearing on at least five Australian television shows across three networks - including two (Sam Pang Tonight, the just announced sitcom Ground Up) in which he's the star. Who knew that being good at your job pays off in the Australian media?
Buried deep, deep in the announcement of the ABC's programming for 2026 is the news that Kitchen Cabinet is returning, and honestly I don't think anyone would have voted for Labour at the last election if we knew this was the kind of shit we'd get under Albo
November 20, 2025 at 4:37 AM
Buried deep, deep in the announcement of the ABC's programming for 2026 is the news that Kitchen Cabinet is returning, and honestly I don't think anyone would have voted for Labour at the last election if we knew this was the kind of shit we'd get under Albo
There's a moment in the new RUNNING MAN that almost (but not quite) hits the same beat as the ROLLERBALL remake where they say "they're killing them... for the ratings!", which is meant to be grim and futuristic but then you read this: thebaffler.com/salvos/I-Wil...
I Will Disrespect You | Adrian Nathan West
Rap beef now can involve a degree of violence perhaps unimaginable to previous generations.
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November 19, 2025 at 6:28 AM
There's a moment in the new RUNNING MAN that almost (but not quite) hits the same beat as the ROLLERBALL remake where they say "they're killing them... for the ratings!", which is meant to be grim and futuristic but then you read this: thebaffler.com/salvos/I-Wil...
Was about to make a joke about how pathetic any "Morris Files" would be, but then I realised I actually have seen a lot of wild shit over the years involving critics at preview screenings and I probably should gather it all in one place for ease of scandal after I'm gone
November 19, 2025 at 6:07 AM
Was about to make a joke about how pathetic any "Morris Files" would be, but then I realised I actually have seen a lot of wild shit over the years involving critics at preview screenings and I probably should gather it all in one place for ease of scandal after I'm gone
Just a few days until it’ll be possible - more than possible - to have seen both WICKED movies before seeing THE WIZARD OF OZ, and the people who do are going to be very different from those who came before
November 18, 2025 at 1:31 PM
Just a few days until it’ll be possible - more than possible - to have seen both WICKED movies before seeing THE WIZARD OF OZ, and the people who do are going to be very different from those who came before
I probably need to hand in my SF nerd card, but I really haven't had the feeling from Pluribus that it wants me to "engage deeply" with *any* of the world-building stuff - it feels like the bare minimum to stave off obvious questions, not something that's meant to be plausible under a spotlight
November 16, 2025 at 11:24 AM
I probably need to hand in my SF nerd card, but I really haven't had the feeling from Pluribus that it wants me to "engage deeply" with *any* of the world-building stuff - it feels like the bare minimum to stave off obvious questions, not something that's meant to be plausible under a spotlight
Foolishly took a look at the online discourse around Plur1bus and damn, all those puzzle box shows really fucked up a generation. Story elements that are literally explained in the moment are "clearly" signs of deeper mysteries! Character beats are "obviously" distractions from the "real" story!
November 15, 2025 at 12:16 PM
Foolishly took a look at the online discourse around Plur1bus and damn, all those puzzle box shows really fucked up a generation. Story elements that are literally explained in the moment are "clearly" signs of deeper mysteries! Character beats are "obviously" distractions from the "real" story!
Someone sat down and worked out the backstory to the Megan Fox killer sexbot movie SUBSERVIENCE (2024)
*It's really strange that the contemporary tech biz is so science-fictional. This isn't even "strategic forecasting" or "futurism," this is just a flat-out handwavey make-believe sci-fi scheme here.
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November 14, 2025 at 6:52 AM
Someone sat down and worked out the backstory to the Megan Fox killer sexbot movie SUBSERVIENCE (2024)
Every single time I see SHOGUN mentioned anywhere I automatically think "SHOGUN ASSASSIN?" and having my hopes constantly dashed is really starting to depress me
November 14, 2025 at 6:30 AM
Every single time I see SHOGUN mentioned anywhere I automatically think "SHOGUN ASSASSIN?" and having my hopes constantly dashed is really starting to depress me
SISU: ROAD TO REVENGE features a sequence where a truck destroys two fighter-bombers, which doesn’t sound that impressive until you find out both times the planes are destroyed while flying through the air
November 13, 2025 at 10:17 AM
SISU: ROAD TO REVENGE features a sequence where a truck destroys two fighter-bombers, which doesn’t sound that impressive until you find out both times the planes are destroyed while flying through the air
I'm assuming THE DEVIL WEARS PRADA 2 is about how the magazine is sold to private equity, downsizes repeatedly over the course of a month, goes digital-only, replaces all content with AI and then folds and quietly becomes a spam site directing people to an online casino. Run time: 12 minutes
November 13, 2025 at 1:32 AM
I'm assuming THE DEVIL WEARS PRADA 2 is about how the magazine is sold to private equity, downsizes repeatedly over the course of a month, goes digital-only, replaces all content with AI and then folds and quietly becomes a spam site directing people to an online casino. Run time: 12 minutes
Last night I heard one of Melbourne's best-known - not best - critics tell someone (who hadn't asked) that The Running Man was the worst movie of the year after Predator: Badlands, and the fact society lets this chump act like his opinions didn't just fall out the arse of a passing cow is on us all
November 12, 2025 at 6:45 AM
Last night I heard one of Melbourne's best-known - not best - critics tell someone (who hadn't asked) that The Running Man was the worst movie of the year after Predator: Badlands, and the fact society lets this chump act like his opinions didn't just fall out the arse of a passing cow is on us all
The Punisher (1989), The Punisher (2004), Punisher: War Zone, Strawberry Shortcake: The Sweet Dreams Movie
Pope Leo has shared his four favorite movies of all time, as the Vatican prepares to host dozens of actors and directors in a “World of Cinema” gathering on Saturday at his official residence. See which films made the pope's list. nyti.ms/4p3exK9
Pope Leo Shares His Favorite Movies Ahead of Vatican Event
The list leans heavily on uplifting classics.
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November 12, 2025 at 1:12 AM
The Punisher (1989), The Punisher (2004), Punisher: War Zone, Strawberry Shortcake: The Sweet Dreams Movie
This was stuffed down beside my seat on the train. There’s nothing worse than overthinking in German
November 11, 2025 at 4:16 AM
This was stuffed down beside my seat on the train. There’s nothing worse than overthinking in German
Authentic Australian culture on the world stage! Oglaf is 1000 times better than Tim Winton #fact
Talking Oglaf with Trudy Cooper and Doug Bayne: ‘We’d stay up all night drawing stuff to make each other laugh’ by Jason Bergman www.tcj.com/talking-ogla...
Talking Oglaf with Trudy Cooper and Doug Bayne: 'We'd stay up all night drawing stuff to make each other laugh' - The Comics Journal
Other than some time off every year for Christmas, Trudy Cooper and Doug Bayne have delivered a new Oglaf comic, skewering fantasy tropes with absolutely not safe for work humor, every week since 2008...
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November 11, 2025 at 2:21 AM
Authentic Australian culture on the world stage! Oglaf is 1000 times better than Tim Winton #fact
This just in: billionaires always have an agenda, and when they buy *any* media organisation they make sure it promotes their agenda
Under new head of Paramount David Ellison, the studio has drawn up a list of actors who opposed the Gaza genocide and will not allow them to appear in its films and TV shows.
Does this sound familiar?
Also, "Ellison is reportedly aiming to take over Warner Bros. next."
Does this sound familiar?
Also, "Ellison is reportedly aiming to take over Warner Bros. next."
Paramount Has Blacklist for Stars Deemed “Overtly Antisemitic” — World of Reel
It sure looks like the likes of Javier Bardem, Joaquin Phoenix, Emma Stone, and Mark Ruffalo won’t be making movies for Paramount in the foreseeable future.
www.worldofreel.com
November 7, 2025 at 7:30 AM
This just in: billionaires always have an agenda, and when they buy *any* media organisation they make sure it promotes their agenda
Before tonight's screening of PREDATOR: BADLANDS the Disney publicist introduced it by saying "Set in the future! Filmed in New Zealand!" but before it started we got the latest trailer for AVATAR: FIRE AND ASH and I reckon they can pretty much just reuse the same intro when they launch that
November 5, 2025 at 12:29 PM
Before tonight's screening of PREDATOR: BADLANDS the Disney publicist introduced it by saying "Set in the future! Filmed in New Zealand!" but before it started we got the latest trailer for AVATAR: FIRE AND ASH and I reckon they can pretty much just reuse the same intro when they launch that
Maybe now they can get around to imposing a local content quota on free-to-air broadcasters - pretty sure both Nine and Seven have *zero* scripted dramas or comedies lined up for 2026
The Australian government has announced it will impose a 10% local content quota on video streamers operating in Australia. It will apply to services with more than 1 million local subscribers. The bill will be introduced to Parliament this week.
November 4, 2025 at 6:32 AM
Maybe now they can get around to imposing a local content quota on free-to-air broadcasters - pretty sure both Nine and Seven have *zero* scripted dramas or comedies lined up for 2026
There’s a certain highbrow approach to genre film where the director has seemingly thought “what if I made this story really relentlessly grim and unpleasant just to punish the audience for enjoying exploitation films” and whenever people talk those films up I pretty much lose all respect for them
November 3, 2025 at 4:23 AM
There’s a certain highbrow approach to genre film where the director has seemingly thought “what if I made this story really relentlessly grim and unpleasant just to punish the audience for enjoying exploitation films” and whenever people talk those films up I pretty much lose all respect for them
We need a word for when the light hits a youthful friend or acquaintance just right and suddenly you can see exactly what they’re going to look like in 30 years time
November 2, 2025 at 4:57 AM
We need a word for when the light hits a youthful friend or acquaintance just right and suddenly you can see exactly what they’re going to look like in 30 years time
Now rewatching THE WILD BUNCH, a movie released by Warner Brothers, a studio about to be sold to Netflix because movies will be replaced by AI slop in a few years so the owners need to cash in now. Which is odd, as there’s zero chance of AI ever creating anything like this (55 year old) movie
November 1, 2025 at 11:04 AM
Now rewatching THE WILD BUNCH, a movie released by Warner Brothers, a studio about to be sold to Netflix because movies will be replaced by AI slop in a few years so the owners need to cash in now. Which is odd, as there’s zero chance of AI ever creating anything like this (55 year old) movie
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I've never seen it but I did a few weeks on rushes for it & I agree with this.
Nathan Saidden might be the 2nd best 'Tom Hardy performance giver' that we have, next to Tom Hardy.
Nathan Saidden might be the 2nd best 'Tom Hardy performance giver' that we have, next to Tom Hardy.
October 31, 2025 at 10:42 AM
I've never seen it but I did a few weeks on rushes for it & I agree with this.
Nathan Saidden might be the 2nd best 'Tom Hardy performance giver' that we have, next to Tom Hardy.
Nathan Saidden might be the 2nd best 'Tom Hardy performance giver' that we have, next to Tom Hardy.
Increasingly obvious that this image is going to be more and more useful in the coming years
October 31, 2025 at 10:23 AM
Increasingly obvious that this image is going to be more and more useful in the coming years
As one of the few people over... lets say 30 who actually enjoys Superwog, their new Netflix series is exactly what you'd expect, which is not something I'd say about everything else they've done. I fumble towards deeper understanding for @screenhub.bsky.social: www.screenhub.com.au/news/reviews...
Son of a Donkey review: Superwog goes bigger ... and better? | ScreenHub: Film, TV, Streaming and Games
Theo and Nathan Saidden have consistently produced comedy that’s smarter than it looks – and Son of a Donkey is no exception.
www.screenhub.com.au
October 31, 2025 at 6:16 AM
As one of the few people over... lets say 30 who actually enjoys Superwog, their new Netflix series is exactly what you'd expect, which is not something I'd say about everything else they've done. I fumble towards deeper understanding for @screenhub.bsky.social: www.screenhub.com.au/news/reviews...
HOUSE OF DYNAMITE (2025)
At this it no longer seems outrageously out of the question they would drop a nuclear bomb on just any old random target on a whim. And at that point you have to hope someone throws their body on the football because we are fuuuuucked.
October 30, 2025 at 3:42 AM
HOUSE OF DYNAMITE (2025)