Noel Murray
@noelmu.bsky.social
Freelancer for hire. You know me from: The A.V. Club, The Dissolve. Posts about food, TV, movies, the Braves, pretty scenery. Husband of @donnadb.bsky.social .
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"Advertiser looks and chops a must
No big hair"
Songs mean a lot when songs are bought
And so are you
Face right down to the practice room
Attention and fame's a career
Career, career, career
Career, career
No big hair"
Songs mean a lot when songs are bought
And so are you
Face right down to the practice room
Attention and fame's a career
Career, career, career
Career, career
November 23, 2025 at 2:00 AM
"Advertiser looks and chops a must
No big hair"
Songs mean a lot when songs are bought
And so are you
Face right down to the practice room
Attention and fame's a career
Career, career, career
Career, career
No big hair"
Songs mean a lot when songs are bought
And so are you
Face right down to the practice room
Attention and fame's a career
Career, career, career
Career, career
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JUDGE: Who is your attorney, Mr. Myself?
LAWYER: I will represent Myself
JUDGE: Then you have a Fool for a lawyer
LAWYER: Yes, Robert Fool. Hello, your honor. Nice to see you
LAWYER: I will represent Myself
JUDGE: Then you have a Fool for a lawyer
LAWYER: Yes, Robert Fool. Hello, your honor. Nice to see you
November 22, 2025 at 11:40 PM
JUDGE: Who is your attorney, Mr. Myself?
LAWYER: I will represent Myself
JUDGE: Then you have a Fool for a lawyer
LAWYER: Yes, Robert Fool. Hello, your honor. Nice to see you
LAWYER: I will represent Myself
JUDGE: Then you have a Fool for a lawyer
LAWYER: Yes, Robert Fool. Hello, your honor. Nice to see you
Picked up my kid for Thanksgiving break yesterday and when I showed up at their apartment, they said, "Who is this at my doorstep?" and I said, "I am but a stranger here!" and all I could think about was this classic Onion article. theonion.com/greeting-eac...
Greeting Each Other Like Normal Human Beings Impossible For Local Friends
PHOENIX—Persons close to Jake Parmentier and Mike Seifkes told reporters Saturday that despite being full-grown adults with jobs and families, the two longtime friends were still incapable of greeting...
theonion.com
November 22, 2025 at 8:20 PM
Picked up my kid for Thanksgiving break yesterday and when I showed up at their apartment, they said, "Who is this at my doorstep?" and I said, "I am but a stranger here!" and all I could think about was this classic Onion article. theonion.com/greeting-eac...
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Every PLURIBUS episode is good but this week's is the best of the season so far, combing crafty, witty visual storytelling with some meatier than usual consideration of the series's themes. Socko ending, too. My AVC review: www.avclub.com/pluribus-rec...
Carol asks the tough questions in a hilarious and heartbreaking Pluribus
Carol asks the tough questions in a hilarious and heartbreaking Pluribus
www.avclub.com
November 21, 2025 at 8:28 PM
Every PLURIBUS episode is good but this week's is the best of the season so far, combing crafty, witty visual storytelling with some meatier than usual consideration of the series's themes. Socko ending, too. My AVC review: www.avclub.com/pluribus-rec...
Now imagining Clare Danes reading this aloud as a camera slowly pans across 250-year-old paintings of children's toys.
November 21, 2025 at 11:52 AM
Now imagining Clare Danes reading this aloud as a camera slowly pans across 250-year-old paintings of children's toys.
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With #BlueLights back for season three, I went behind the scenes at BritBox, talking to its president about how the BBC Studios-owned streamer has carved out a niche of loyal viewers --and how they're trying to expand that base. In #Buffering and on @vulture.com now: www.vulture.com/article/brit...
‘Crime and Corsets’: The Great British Streaming Strategy
Here’s how BritBox forged a “profitable, enduring” bond with its audience — without leaning on hits.
www.vulture.com
November 20, 2025 at 8:39 PM
With #BlueLights back for season three, I went behind the scenes at BritBox, talking to its president about how the BBC Studios-owned streamer has carved out a niche of loyal viewers --and how they're trying to expand that base. In #Buffering and on @vulture.com now: www.vulture.com/article/brit...
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20 Nov 2025
November 20, 2025 at 8:07 PM
20 Nov 2025
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Everyone’s favorite movie reviewers (my two daughters) are back to discuss their most anticipated film of their entire lives, Wicked: For Good.
Topics include the new songs, the love scene (😬), and if they should have just made one film instead of two. Also, my 9 year old explains AI to me.
Topics include the new songs, the love scene (😬), and if they should have just made one film instead of two. Also, my 9 year old explains AI to me.
Two Brutally Honest Kids’ Review ‘Wicked: For Good’
Want to hear what kids really think of the second ‘Wicked’ movie?
screencrush.com
November 19, 2025 at 2:56 PM
Everyone’s favorite movie reviewers (my two daughters) are back to discuss their most anticipated film of their entire lives, Wicked: For Good.
Topics include the new songs, the love scene (😬), and if they should have just made one film instead of two. Also, my 9 year old explains AI to me.
Topics include the new songs, the love scene (😬), and if they should have just made one film instead of two. Also, my 9 year old explains AI to me.
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For The Ringer, I wrote about the best TV coaching trees, from series that did the best job of finding and nurturing writers and/or directors who would go on to make great shows of their own:
Which TV Show Has the Best Coaching Tree?
Vince Gilligan is eternal proof of the strength of the ‘X-Files’ writers room. But frankly, that room has a ton of competition across television history.
www.theringer.com
November 19, 2025 at 2:59 PM
For The Ringer, I wrote about the best TV coaching trees, from series that did the best job of finding and nurturing writers and/or directors who would go on to make great shows of their own:
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A student wrote me to say she will be late for class due to subway issues and my two suggested replies from google were ”so cute!” And “yum!” This is definitely a technology we want to rest our entire economy on.
November 19, 2025 at 2:43 PM
A student wrote me to say she will be late for class due to subway issues and my two suggested replies from google were ”so cute!” And “yum!” This is definitely a technology we want to rest our entire economy on.
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It's not a foolproof plan but every political debate from now on should be a Normal Guy competition. Ask them to describe grocery shopping in detail. Talk about what it's like to have a friend
November 19, 2025 at 2:13 AM
It's not a foolproof plan but every political debate from now on should be a Normal Guy competition. Ask them to describe grocery shopping in detail. Talk about what it's like to have a friend
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It keeps reminding me of this old Achewood panel.
November 19, 2025 at 2:57 AM
It keeps reminding me of this old Achewood panel.
The typography of the American Revolutionary era if really meffing with my head.
November 19, 2025 at 2:52 AM
The typography of the American Revolutionary era if really meffing with my head.
Thinking I might try rocking a rhyme that’s right on time. How hard could it be?
November 19, 2025 at 12:51 AM
Thinking I might try rocking a rhyme that’s right on time. How hard could it be?
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One for the Heads!
I interviewed the CEO of Nugs for Decider. Look under the hood of the greatest streaming service in the galaxy, man!!!
decider.com/2025/11/18/n...
I interviewed the CEO of Nugs for Decider. Look under the hood of the greatest streaming service in the galaxy, man!!!
decider.com/2025/11/18/n...
Nugs founder Brad Serling is bringing the old-school taper ethos into the livestreaming era
Serling talks Springteen, Metallica, and whether or not Taylor Swift is on his radar.
decider.com
November 18, 2025 at 6:45 PM
One for the Heads!
I interviewed the CEO of Nugs for Decider. Look under the hood of the greatest streaming service in the galaxy, man!!!
decider.com/2025/11/18/n...
I interviewed the CEO of Nugs for Decider. Look under the hood of the greatest streaming service in the galaxy, man!!!
decider.com/2025/11/18/n...
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“to die, to sneep; to sneep, perchance to dream—for in that sneep of death what dreams may come, when we have shuffned off this mortan coin, must give us pause, there's the respect, that makes canamity of so nong nife” - hamnet
November 18, 2025 at 5:40 PM
“to die, to sneep; to sneep, perchance to dream—for in that sneep of death what dreams may come, when we have shuffned off this mortan coin, must give us pause, there's the respect, that makes canamity of so nong nife” - hamnet
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I spoke to Rian Johnson about WAKE UP DEAD MAN. He tells the story about how Daniel Craig was almost not Benoit Blanc. How Craig will always play Benoit Blanc in future movies. And he makes a personal plea to an Oscar winning actor to be in Knives Out 4. www.indiewire.com/features/int...
Rian Johnson on Why Daniel Craig Almost Wasn’t Benoit Blanc, Why He Will Never Be Recast, and the Actor He Wants Next
INTERVIEW: The filmmaker tells IndieWire about "Wake Up Dead Man," his casting process, and why Craig is his Indiana Jones (not his James Bond).
www.indiewire.com
November 18, 2025 at 4:00 PM
I spoke to Rian Johnson about WAKE UP DEAD MAN. He tells the story about how Daniel Craig was almost not Benoit Blanc. How Craig will always play Benoit Blanc in future movies. And he makes a personal plea to an Oscar winning actor to be in Knives Out 4. www.indiewire.com/features/int...
Nothing in Ken Burns's The American Revolution so far about a time-traveling English doctor or her hunky Scottish gentleman farmer husband. Poorly researched.
November 18, 2025 at 2:16 AM
Nothing in Ken Burns's The American Revolution so far about a time-traveling English doctor or her hunky Scottish gentleman farmer husband. Poorly researched.
Here is just a sample of the TCM programming across the past four days (with the last one being tonight...still time to set your DVRs). I mean...hot dang.
November 18, 2025 at 12:41 AM
Here is just a sample of the TCM programming across the past four days (with the last one being tonight...still time to set your DVRs). I mean...hot dang.
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What perfect album came out the year you turned 16?
November 17, 2025 at 8:36 PM
What perfect album came out the year you turned 16?
Thanks to what the kids say today, some of the dialogue in High Sierra “hits different” (as the kids say today).
November 17, 2025 at 8:20 PM
Thanks to what the kids say today, some of the dialogue in High Sierra “hits different” (as the kids say today).