Ray Morton
@raymorton1.bsky.social
Author, film buff. I write books about movies and stuff.
Another terrific, deep-dive documentary from the great Tim Partridge. Check it out!
My latest video is finally here! A 90 minute look at Batman Forever. Many thanks to @oliverharper.bsky.social @morninginbrooklyn.bsky.social @raymorton1.bsky.social @themanfrowns.bsky.social @sceclements-writer.bsky.social @stmoo7.bsky.social @markoconnell.bsky.social
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The Identity Crisis of Batman Forever
YouTube video by Tim Partridge
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November 27, 2025 at 4:32 PM
Another terrific, deep-dive documentary from the great Tim Partridge. Check it out!
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My latest video is finally here! A 90 minute look at Batman Forever. Many thanks to @oliverharper.bsky.social @morninginbrooklyn.bsky.social @raymorton1.bsky.social @themanfrowns.bsky.social @sceclements-writer.bsky.social @stmoo7.bsky.social @markoconnell.bsky.social
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The Identity Crisis of Batman Forever
YouTube video by Tim Partridge
youtu.be
November 25, 2025 at 9:05 PM
My latest video is finally here! A 90 minute look at Batman Forever. Many thanks to @oliverharper.bsky.social @morninginbrooklyn.bsky.social @raymorton1.bsky.social @themanfrowns.bsky.social @sceclements-writer.bsky.social @stmoo7.bsky.social @markoconnell.bsky.social
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Pritzker: Over the last four years, we have seen homicides drop in half. That’s something the President should pay attention to. I know he doesn’t read but I know he watches TV so perhaps if someone from Fox or Newsmax is here
August 25, 2025 at 9:24 PM
Pritzker: Over the last four years, we have seen homicides drop in half. That’s something the President should pay attention to. I know he doesn’t read but I know he watches TV so perhaps if someone from Fox or Newsmax is here
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Pritzker: Trump looked at the cameras and asked for me personally to say, Mr. President, can you do us the honor of protecting our city? Instead, I say, Mr. President, do not come to Chicago.
Your remarks about this effort have betrayed a continuing slip in your mental faculties
Your remarks about this effort have betrayed a continuing slip in your mental faculties
August 25, 2025 at 9:01 PM
Pritzker: Trump looked at the cameras and asked for me personally to say, Mr. President, can you do us the honor of protecting our city? Instead, I say, Mr. President, do not come to Chicago.
Your remarks about this effort have betrayed a continuing slip in your mental faculties
Your remarks about this effort have betrayed a continuing slip in your mental faculties
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“This is about the President of the United States and his complicit lackey, Stephen Miller, searching for ways to lay the groundwork to circumvent our democracy, militarize our cities, and end elections.” – Gov. J.B. Pritzker
August 26, 2025 at 12:58 AM
“This is about the President of the United States and his complicit lackey, Stephen Miller, searching for ways to lay the groundwork to circumvent our democracy, militarize our cities, and end elections.” – Gov. J.B. Pritzker
The release date for the updated version of my book KING KONG: THE HISTORY OF A MOVIE ICON is February 5, 2026. The 2005 chapters have been revised and updated and new chapters added for Jackson's KONG, the Legendary KONG movies, the Broadway musical, and much more. Preorder link in comments.
August 19, 2025 at 11:18 PM
The release date for the updated version of my book KING KONG: THE HISTORY OF A MOVIE ICON is February 5, 2026. The 2005 chapters have been revised and updated and new chapters added for Jackson's KONG, the Legendary KONG movies, the Broadway musical, and much more. Preorder link in comments.
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🧵Today, I joined community leaders in Los Angeles to announce new federal legislation: the No Masks for ICE Act which stops ICE agents from hiding their faces and identities during enforcement.
I’m proud to be helping lead this legislation with Rep. @velazquez.house.gov.
I’m proud to be helping lead this legislation with Rep. @velazquez.house.gov.
July 1, 2025 at 8:09 PM
🧵Today, I joined community leaders in Los Angeles to announce new federal legislation: the No Masks for ICE Act which stops ICE agents from hiding their faces and identities during enforcement.
I’m proud to be helping lead this legislation with Rep. @velazquez.house.gov.
I’m proud to be helping lead this legislation with Rep. @velazquez.house.gov.
@repmikejohnson.bsky.social Trump has violated the Constitution numerous times. The bombing was the most egregious. He is a menace and must be removed. You know this. Grow a spine and do something.
June 23, 2025 at 1:32 PM
@repmikejohnson.bsky.social Trump has violated the Constitution numerous times. The bombing was the most egregious. He is a menace and must be removed. You know this. Grow a spine and do something.
@padilla.senate.gov Trump has violated the Constitution numerous times. This is the most egregious. He is a menace and inside for him to go. You must do all you can to make this happen.
June 23, 2025 at 1:19 PM
@padilla.senate.gov Trump has violated the Constitution numerous times. This is the most egregious. He is a menace and inside for him to go. You must do all you can to make this happen.
@friedman.house.gov Trump has violated the Constitution numerous times. The bombing in the most egregious. He is a menace and must be removed. You must do all you can to make this happen.
June 23, 2025 at 1:18 PM
@friedman.house.gov Trump has violated the Constitution numerous times. The bombing in the most egregious. He is a menace and must be removed. You must do all you can to make this happen.
@schiff.senate.gov Trump has violated the Constitution numerous times. This is the most egregious. He is a menace and inside for him to go. You must do all you can to make this happen.
June 23, 2025 at 1:16 PM
@schiff.senate.gov Trump has violated the Constitution numerous times. This is the most egregious. He is a menace and inside for him to go. You must do all you can to make this happen.
The news is leading their Los Angeles coverage with lines like "L.A. on edge as the Marines move in." From what I'm seeing around me, folks here are not on edge. They are, however, really pissed off. At the presence of said Marines and the convicted felon who sent them here.
June 10, 2025 at 5:10 PM
The news is leading their Los Angeles coverage with lines like "L.A. on edge as the Marines move in." From what I'm seeing around me, folks here are not on edge. They are, however, really pissed off. At the presence of said Marines and the convicted felon who sent them here.
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why is the president the only person testing the limits of his power? everyone should see what they can get away with. what if zookeepers gave helicopters to gorillas? nobody has tried this
June 10, 2025 at 2:50 AM
why is the president the only person testing the limits of his power? everyone should see what they can get away with. what if zookeepers gave helicopters to gorillas? nobody has tried this
I live in Los Angeles. Everything Trump is saying about the situation here is a lie.
June 9, 2025 at 1:13 PM
I live in Los Angeles. Everything Trump is saying about the situation here is a lie.
Hi Folks,
The updated edition of my King Kong book was supposed to come out May 13, but has been rescheduled for fall. However, Amazon didn't change the listing and is saying its out of stock. It's not. It's coming and I hope you will love it.
I apologize for the confusion.
The updated edition of my King Kong book was supposed to come out May 13, but has been rescheduled for fall. However, Amazon didn't change the listing and is saying its out of stock. It's not. It's coming and I hope you will love it.
I apologize for the confusion.
May 15, 2025 at 9:02 PM
Hi Folks,
The updated edition of my King Kong book was supposed to come out May 13, but has been rescheduled for fall. However, Amazon didn't change the listing and is saying its out of stock. It's not. It's coming and I hope you will love it.
I apologize for the confusion.
The updated edition of my King Kong book was supposed to come out May 13, but has been rescheduled for fall. However, Amazon didn't change the listing and is saying its out of stock. It's not. It's coming and I hope you will love it.
I apologize for the confusion.
MOVIE OF THE DAY: The best screen version of a Tennessee Williams play, Brando in the role that made him a star, Leigh in one of her two great screen performances, and Kazan working at the top of his powers. And great work as well from Kim Hunter and Karl Malden.
May 10, 2025 at 3:32 PM
MOVIE OF THE DAY: The best screen version of a Tennessee Williams play, Brando in the role that made him a star, Leigh in one of her two great screen performances, and Kazan working at the top of his powers. And great work as well from Kim Hunter and Karl Malden.
MOVIE OF THE DAY: If you get it, you get it.
May 1, 2025 at 7:48 PM
MOVIE OF THE DAY: If you get it, you get it.
MOVIE OF THE DAY: Very silly sex comedy from 1966 that contains a 5 minute slow motion sequence of Sharon Tate (in her debut film) in a bikini jumping up and down on a trampoline that (almost) makes it worth sitting through the rest of the movie.
April 25, 2025 at 3:05 AM
MOVIE OF THE DAY: Very silly sex comedy from 1966 that contains a 5 minute slow motion sequence of Sharon Tate (in her debut film) in a bikini jumping up and down on a trampoline that (almost) makes it worth sitting through the rest of the movie.
MOVIE OF THE DAY: Posting this for Easter -- a silent movie made the year my Dad was born and that made a huge impression on him when he first saw it in a religion class years later. It deepened his Catholic faith, which was an important piece of his life. The power of cinema. This is for him.
April 20, 2025 at 6:24 PM
MOVIE OF THE DAY: Posting this for Easter -- a silent movie made the year my Dad was born and that made a huge impression on him when he first saw it in a religion class years later. It deepened his Catholic faith, which was an important piece of his life. The power of cinema. This is for him.
MOVIE OF THE DAY: Happy Superman Day.
April 18, 2025 at 4:31 PM
MOVIE OF THE DAY: Happy Superman Day.
MOVIE OF THE DAY: Agnes Varda's 1962 Nouvelle Vague classic, told in real time, about a singer who spends two anxious hours waiting to learn he results of a medical test to determine whether or not she has cancer.
April 16, 2025 at 4:20 PM
MOVIE OF THE DAY: Agnes Varda's 1962 Nouvelle Vague classic, told in real time, about a singer who spends two anxious hours waiting to learn he results of a medical test to determine whether or not she has cancer.
MOVIE OF THE DAY: THIS 1975 adaptation of Nathaniel West's novel is a sprawling epic: a vast portrait of the sad people living on the fringes of Hollywood in the 1930s.
It's a strange movie that begins in realistic fashion, then becomes more and more baroque before turning absolutely grotesque.
It's a strange movie that begins in realistic fashion, then becomes more and more baroque before turning absolutely grotesque.
April 11, 2025 at 4:15 AM
MOVIE OF THE DAY: THIS 1975 adaptation of Nathaniel West's novel is a sprawling epic: a vast portrait of the sad people living on the fringes of Hollywood in the 1930s.
It's a strange movie that begins in realistic fashion, then becomes more and more baroque before turning absolutely grotesque.
It's a strange movie that begins in realistic fashion, then becomes more and more baroque before turning absolutely grotesque.