Jess Kroll
@jmskroll.bsky.social
Author. Professor. Screenwriter. Former Stage Poet. Film Reviewer. Satirist. Anti-fascist.
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2025 cinema was loaded with dark comedy, social satire, music, anxiety, revolution, and all the things that only humans can create. Here is my list of the ten (or thereabout) best films of the year.
Pop Mythology’s 10 (ish) Best Films of 2025 - Pop Mythology
This was not an easy list to make. Not because it was difficult to find ten great films released in
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January 26, 2026 at 2:38 PM
2025 cinema was loaded with dark comedy, social satire, music, anxiety, revolution, and all the things that only humans can create. Here is my list of the ten (or thereabout) best films of the year.
Tr*mp could easily win a Nobel Peace Prize by eliminating the most dangerous terrorist in the world: Donald Tr*mp.
January 21, 2026 at 3:11 AM
Tr*mp could easily win a Nobel Peace Prize by eliminating the most dangerous terrorist in the world: Donald Tr*mp.
Post I hope I'll be embarrassed for some day:
Tr*mp is setting up his "Board of Peace" to pull the US out of NATO and into an alliance with Russia, China, Saudi Arabia, Hungary, and other authoritarian nations. While also putting Tr*mp hotels in Gaza.
Tr*mp is setting up his "Board of Peace" to pull the US out of NATO and into an alliance with Russia, China, Saudi Arabia, Hungary, and other authoritarian nations. While also putting Tr*mp hotels in Gaza.
January 20, 2026 at 11:12 PM
Post I hope I'll be embarrassed for some day:
Tr*mp is setting up his "Board of Peace" to pull the US out of NATO and into an alliance with Russia, China, Saudi Arabia, Hungary, and other authoritarian nations. While also putting Tr*mp hotels in Gaza.
Tr*mp is setting up his "Board of Peace" to pull the US out of NATO and into an alliance with Russia, China, Saudi Arabia, Hungary, and other authoritarian nations. While also putting Tr*mp hotels in Gaza.
Tr*mp still owes hundreds of thousands to campaign venues, 1 million for a frivolous lawsuit against Hillary Clinton, 90 million for the assault and defamation of E. Jean Carroll, and several million more to the State of New York.
But he wants to garnish your wage for a 50,000 dollar student loan.
But he wants to garnish your wage for a 50,000 dollar student loan.
January 19, 2026 at 10:17 PM
Tr*mp still owes hundreds of thousands to campaign venues, 1 million for a frivolous lawsuit against Hillary Clinton, 90 million for the assault and defamation of E. Jean Carroll, and several million more to the State of New York.
But he wants to garnish your wage for a 50,000 dollar student loan.
But he wants to garnish your wage for a 50,000 dollar student loan.
A billion dollars isn't buying peace in Gaza.
A billion dollars is buying a piece of Gaza.
Tr*mp never cared about ending a war. Tr*mp only cares about starting a real estate deal.
A billion dollars is buying a piece of Gaza.
Tr*mp never cared about ending a war. Tr*mp only cares about starting a real estate deal.
January 19, 2026 at 11:57 AM
A billion dollars isn't buying peace in Gaza.
A billion dollars is buying a piece of Gaza.
Tr*mp never cared about ending a war. Tr*mp only cares about starting a real estate deal.
A billion dollars is buying a piece of Gaza.
Tr*mp never cared about ending a war. Tr*mp only cares about starting a real estate deal.
The only internal injury Jonathan Ross recieved was a bruised ego.
January 17, 2026 at 9:50 PM
The only internal injury Jonathan Ross recieved was a bruised ego.
ICE: The shootings will continue until everyone is safe.
January 16, 2026 at 1:14 AM
ICE: The shootings will continue until everyone is safe.
Tr*mp is like a Make-A-Wish kid who gets presented an Olympic Medal. Except he thinks he earned it, and is murdering people.
January 16, 2026 at 1:07 AM
Tr*mp is like a Make-A-Wish kid who gets presented an Olympic Medal. Except he thinks he earned it, and is murdering people.
Tr*mp kidnapped Maduro for the same reason he's obsessed with the Noble Peace Prize and wants to get rid of the Affordable Care Act: because Obama is better than him.
Also, January 6th was a terrorist attack.
Also, January 6th was a terrorist attack.
January 7, 2026 at 3:41 AM
Tr*mp kidnapped Maduro for the same reason he's obsessed with the Noble Peace Prize and wants to get rid of the Affordable Care Act: because Obama is better than him.
Also, January 6th was a terrorist attack.
Also, January 6th was a terrorist attack.
Five years ago today, Donald Tr*mp incited (1) an insurrection against the American government (2) in an act of domestic terrorism (3).
1: According to Republicans and investigators.
2: According federal convictions (and later pardons)
3. According to the literal definition of terrorism.
1: According to Republicans and investigators.
2: According federal convictions (and later pardons)
3. According to the literal definition of terrorism.
January 6, 2026 at 2:34 AM
Five years ago today, Donald Tr*mp incited (1) an insurrection against the American government (2) in an act of domestic terrorism (3).
1: According to Republicans and investigators.
2: According federal convictions (and later pardons)
3. According to the literal definition of terrorism.
1: According to Republicans and investigators.
2: According federal convictions (and later pardons)
3. According to the literal definition of terrorism.
It's 2026 over here and Tr*mp is a convicted felon who is illegally occupying the White House.
December 31, 2025 at 9:19 PM
It's 2026 over here and Tr*mp is a convicted felon who is illegally occupying the White House.
'Avatar: Fire & Ash' the most amazing 3D animation ever made can't add depth to flat characters.
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‘Avatar: Fire and Ash’ is too much movie - Pop Mythology
In support of his latest 400-million-dollar blockbuster, filmmaker James Cameron told The Hollywood
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December 31, 2025 at 2:33 AM
'Avatar: Fire & Ash' the most amazing 3D animation ever made can't add depth to flat characters.
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Tr*mp wants to force Americans to use his name the way Smurfs use "Smurf."
He can go Tr*mp himself.
He can go Tr*mp himself.
December 30, 2025 at 11:56 PM
Tr*mp wants to force Americans to use his name the way Smurfs use "Smurf."
He can go Tr*mp himself.
He can go Tr*mp himself.
Tr*mp means his "friends would get hurt" by releasing the Epstein files in the same way he says "a lot of people don't know this" when talking about things he didn't know.
Not like he has any friends anyway.
Not like he has any friends anyway.
December 30, 2025 at 2:58 PM
Tr*mp means his "friends would get hurt" by releasing the Epstein files in the same way he says "a lot of people don't know this" when talking about things he didn't know.
Not like he has any friends anyway.
Not like he has any friends anyway.
When they say, "AI is inevitable. Adapt or be left behind."
I hear:
I hear:
December 30, 2025 at 12:18 AM
When they say, "AI is inevitable. Adapt or be left behind."
I hear:
I hear:
Reminder: Fox News had to pay 787 million dollars for lying that the 2020 election was stolen.
December 29, 2025 at 3:10 AM
Reminder: Fox News had to pay 787 million dollars for lying that the 2020 election was stolen.
We could have had an intelligent and qualified former prosecutor who also enjoys dancing and laughing.
Instead we have a lifelong and convicted felon whose happiest day was January 6th, 2021.
Right wingers ruin everything, even their own lives.
Instead we have a lifelong and convicted felon whose happiest day was January 6th, 2021.
Right wingers ruin everything, even their own lives.
December 27, 2025 at 10:44 PM
We could have had an intelligent and qualified former prosecutor who also enjoys dancing and laughing.
Instead we have a lifelong and convicted felon whose happiest day was January 6th, 2021.
Right wingers ruin everything, even their own lives.
Instead we have a lifelong and convicted felon whose happiest day was January 6th, 2021.
Right wingers ruin everything, even their own lives.
Happy holidays to everyone who thinks we can't say "Merry Christmas" anymore.
And a Merry Yule to everyone who knows this was originally a pagan holiday.
And a Merry Yule to everyone who knows this was originally a pagan holiday.
December 25, 2025 at 1:33 AM
Happy holidays to everyone who thinks we can't say "Merry Christmas" anymore.
And a Merry Yule to everyone who knows this was originally a pagan holiday.
And a Merry Yule to everyone who knows this was originally a pagan holiday.
In screenwriting, one page of writing is one minute of dialog.
Nixon was impeached for 18 pages worth of missing dialog.
There are over 100 pages entirely redacted in released Epstein files, with thousands more still missing.
Tr*mp makes Nixon look like Mr. Rogers.
Nixon was impeached for 18 pages worth of missing dialog.
There are over 100 pages entirely redacted in released Epstein files, with thousands more still missing.
Tr*mp makes Nixon look like Mr. Rogers.
December 23, 2025 at 4:37 AM
In screenwriting, one page of writing is one minute of dialog.
Nixon was impeached for 18 pages worth of missing dialog.
There are over 100 pages entirely redacted in released Epstein files, with thousands more still missing.
Tr*mp makes Nixon look like Mr. Rogers.
Nixon was impeached for 18 pages worth of missing dialog.
There are over 100 pages entirely redacted in released Epstein files, with thousands more still missing.
Tr*mp makes Nixon look like Mr. Rogers.
Every time the DOJ says they are "protecting the victims" remember: Tr*mp always thinks he is the victim.
#EpsteinFiles
#EpsteinFiles
December 19, 2025 at 10:22 PM
Every time the DOJ says they are "protecting the victims" remember: Tr*mp always thinks he is the victim.
#EpsteinFiles
#EpsteinFiles
'Wake Up Dead Man' and how stories shape our world.
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#WakeUpDeadMan #RianJohnson #KnivesOut #BenoitBlanc
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#WakeUpDeadMan #RianJohnson #KnivesOut #BenoitBlanc
‘Wake Up Dead Man’ puts faith in its story (about horrible people) - Pop Mythology
There are few things in existence more powerful than a story. Far beyond entertainment, stories are
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December 19, 2025 at 8:18 AM
'Wake Up Dead Man' and how stories shape our world.
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#WakeUpDeadMan #RianJohnson #KnivesOut #BenoitBlanc
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#WakeUpDeadMan #RianJohnson #KnivesOut #BenoitBlanc
Anyone remember when the President of the United States giving a prime time address was something important? Or coherent?
Trump’s primetime diatribe against immigrants is straight up unvarnished Nazi stuff
December 18, 2025 at 3:55 AM
Anyone remember when the President of the United States giving a prime time address was something important? Or coherent?
Hundred bucks says Tr*mp can't spell "Venezuela" or find it on a map.
You know, just like he couldn't spell his own name or find his ex-wife in a picture of two women.
You know, just like he couldn't spell his own name or find his ex-wife in a picture of two women.
December 17, 2025 at 11:14 PM
Hundred bucks says Tr*mp can't spell "Venezuela" or find it on a map.
You know, just like he couldn't spell his own name or find his ex-wife in a picture of two women.
You know, just like he couldn't spell his own name or find his ex-wife in a picture of two women.
Since Jack Smith is back in the news, let's remember one important thing: January 6th was a terrorist attack.
December 17, 2025 at 9:06 PM
Since Jack Smith is back in the news, let's remember one important thing: January 6th was a terrorist attack.
Beyond the obvious cruelty and narcissism, there is something much worse in Tr*mp's statement about Rob Reiner.
"due to the anger he caused others"
This is the President of the United States telling his supporters that they are not responsible for violence done in their support of him.
"due to the anger he caused others"
This is the President of the United States telling his supporters that they are not responsible for violence done in their support of him.
December 16, 2025 at 3:47 AM
Beyond the obvious cruelty and narcissism, there is something much worse in Tr*mp's statement about Rob Reiner.
"due to the anger he caused others"
This is the President of the United States telling his supporters that they are not responsible for violence done in their support of him.
"due to the anger he caused others"
This is the President of the United States telling his supporters that they are not responsible for violence done in their support of him.