Brandon King
@bdk45.bsky.social
He/Him // 28 // Currently @ KTAR News, @plotdevicespod // Music @ The End of History, Nick Noodle & The Angelhairs // Class of 2019 Cronkite ASU // IG @ themovieking45 // Letterboxd @ brandon_king // Always try to be nice, never fail to be kind
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Betty Reid Soskin died this week. She was 104. To the world, she was the National Park Service's oldest active ranger when she retired at age 100. To me, she is Aunt Betty open.substack.com/pub/shinebri...
December 25, 2025 at 12:37 AM
Betty Reid Soskin died this week. She was 104. To the world, she was the National Park Service's oldest active ranger when she retired at age 100. To me, she is Aunt Betty open.substack.com/pub/shinebri...
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You might question her methods, but credit to Bari Weiss: her leadership has pushed 60 Minutes into new formats and attracted a bunch of new viewership outside the normal broadcast audience.
here's the 60 minutes cecot video part 1 of 5 - recorded/uploaded by and all credit to @jasonparis.bsky.social
I just reduced background noise, chopped the 14 minutes into 3 minute segments each compressed under 100 mb for bsky's limits, cropped and rotated a few degrees for easier viewing on here
I just reduced background noise, chopped the 14 minutes into 3 minute segments each compressed under 100 mb for bsky's limits, cropped and rotated a few degrees for easier viewing on here
December 22, 2025 at 11:42 PM
You might question her methods, but credit to Bari Weiss: her leadership has pushed 60 Minutes into new formats and attracted a bunch of new viewership outside the normal broadcast audience.
PSA: If you're looking for some of Rob Reiner's filmography, as of now..
-HBO Max has both Spinal Taps and Albert Brooks: Defending Your Life
-Netflix has Stand By Me
-Hulu has The Princess Bride
-Starz has When Harry Met Sally
-Amazon Prime has And So It Goes
-Tubi has Being Charlie and Shock&Awe
-HBO Max has both Spinal Taps and Albert Brooks: Defending Your Life
-Netflix has Stand By Me
-Hulu has The Princess Bride
-Starz has When Harry Met Sally
-Amazon Prime has And So It Goes
-Tubi has Being Charlie and Shock&Awe
December 16, 2025 at 12:59 AM
PSA: If you're looking for some of Rob Reiner's filmography, as of now..
-HBO Max has both Spinal Taps and Albert Brooks: Defending Your Life
-Netflix has Stand By Me
-Hulu has The Princess Bride
-Starz has When Harry Met Sally
-Amazon Prime has And So It Goes
-Tubi has Being Charlie and Shock&Awe
-HBO Max has both Spinal Taps and Albert Brooks: Defending Your Life
-Netflix has Stand By Me
-Hulu has The Princess Bride
-Starz has When Harry Met Sally
-Amazon Prime has And So It Goes
-Tubi has Being Charlie and Shock&Awe
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For today's BUFFERING on @vulture.com, I had some thoughts between today's Bob Iger deal with OpenAI and a disruptive agreement he made with Steve Jobs and Apple 20 years ago this fall. Problem is, Sam Altman? He's no Steve Jobs. www.vulture.com/article/bob-...
Bob Iger Is Doing It Again
The ghost of Steve Jobs haunts Disney’s OpenAI deal.
www.vulture.com
December 11, 2025 at 10:17 PM
For today's BUFFERING on @vulture.com, I had some thoughts between today's Bob Iger deal with OpenAI and a disruptive agreement he made with Steve Jobs and Apple 20 years ago this fall. Problem is, Sam Altman? He's no Steve Jobs. www.vulture.com/article/bob-...
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*kicks down the door like Big Bird in that one gif*
VISIT YOUR LIBRARY
WE'VE GOT DVDS
WE'VE GOT CDS
WE'VE GOT BOOKS ON CD
WE'VE GOT THAT TONIES THING FOR YOUR KID
YOUR TAXPAYER DOLLARS AT WORK
VISIT YOUR LIBRARY
WE'VE GOT DVDS
WE'VE GOT CDS
WE'VE GOT BOOKS ON CD
WE'VE GOT THAT TONIES THING FOR YOUR KID
YOUR TAXPAYER DOLLARS AT WORK
“As prices for streaming subscriptions continue to soar and finding movies to watch, new and old, is becoming harder as the number of streaming services continues to grow, people are turning to the unexpected last stronghold of physical media: the public library.”
The Last Video Rental Store Is Your Public Library
Audio-visual librarians are quietly amassing large physical media collections amid the IP disputes threatening select availability.
www.404media.co
December 9, 2025 at 6:56 PM
*kicks down the door like Big Bird in that one gif*
VISIT YOUR LIBRARY
WE'VE GOT DVDS
WE'VE GOT CDS
WE'VE GOT BOOKS ON CD
WE'VE GOT THAT TONIES THING FOR YOUR KID
YOUR TAXPAYER DOLLARS AT WORK
VISIT YOUR LIBRARY
WE'VE GOT DVDS
WE'VE GOT CDS
WE'VE GOT BOOKS ON CD
WE'VE GOT THAT TONIES THING FOR YOUR KID
YOUR TAXPAYER DOLLARS AT WORK
Putting out a potentially really stupid question, do forgive me:
I understand the big reasons WHY Netflix/Paramount are bidding for Warner Bros.
What I don't get is why WB - who from everything I'd read had a fairly strong 2025 financially - is going "yeah go ahead, we'd love to be bought out."
I understand the big reasons WHY Netflix/Paramount are bidding for Warner Bros.
What I don't get is why WB - who from everything I'd read had a fairly strong 2025 financially - is going "yeah go ahead, we'd love to be bought out."
December 9, 2025 at 6:15 AM
Putting out a potentially really stupid question, do forgive me:
I understand the big reasons WHY Netflix/Paramount are bidding for Warner Bros.
What I don't get is why WB - who from everything I'd read had a fairly strong 2025 financially - is going "yeah go ahead, we'd love to be bought out."
I understand the big reasons WHY Netflix/Paramount are bidding for Warner Bros.
What I don't get is why WB - who from everything I'd read had a fairly strong 2025 financially - is going "yeah go ahead, we'd love to be bought out."
Not my own band as my most played song (go stream ‘Wish’ by Cablebox lol)
Also, another year dominated by film scores, this is not shocking, but some of the non-movie omissions are a bit perplexing (no Beatles, Black Country New Road, Florence + The Machine, etc.)
Also, another year dominated by film scores, this is not shocking, but some of the non-movie omissions are a bit perplexing (no Beatles, Black Country New Road, Florence + The Machine, etc.)
December 3, 2025 at 10:22 PM
Not my own band as my most played song (go stream ‘Wish’ by Cablebox lol)
Also, another year dominated by film scores, this is not shocking, but some of the non-movie omissions are a bit perplexing (no Beatles, Black Country New Road, Florence + The Machine, etc.)
Also, another year dominated by film scores, this is not shocking, but some of the non-movie omissions are a bit perplexing (no Beatles, Black Country New Road, Florence + The Machine, etc.)
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NEW VIDEO!📽️
Compiled my Oct. and Nov. movie reviews for KTAR News in this here video, including...
-Wicked: For Good
-Deliver Me From Nowhere
-Now You See Me 3
-Good Fortune.
Give it a watch if you've been curious!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=rJSL...
Compiled my Oct. and Nov. movie reviews for KTAR News in this here video, including...
-Wicked: For Good
-Deliver Me From Nowhere
-Now You See Me 3
-Good Fortune.
Give it a watch if you've been curious!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=rJSL...
Oct and Nov. '25 // Brandon King's Movie Reviews from Arizona's Morning News
YouTube video by Brandon King (TheOfficialBrandonKing)
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November 21, 2025 at 11:06 PM
NEW VIDEO!📽️
Compiled my Oct. and Nov. movie reviews for KTAR News in this here video, including...
-Wicked: For Good
-Deliver Me From Nowhere
-Now You See Me 3
-Good Fortune.
Give it a watch if you've been curious!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=rJSL...
Compiled my Oct. and Nov. movie reviews for KTAR News in this here video, including...
-Wicked: For Good
-Deliver Me From Nowhere
-Now You See Me 3
-Good Fortune.
Give it a watch if you've been curious!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=rJSL...
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Viola Fletcher, the oldest living survivor of the 1921 Tulsa race massacre, has died. She was 111.
"I have lived through the massacre every day. Our country may forget this history, but I cannot," she told Congress in 2021.
Geoff Bennett has more.
"I have lived through the massacre every day. Our country may forget this history, but I cannot," she told Congress in 2021.
Geoff Bennett has more.
November 24, 2025 at 11:43 PM
Viola Fletcher, the oldest living survivor of the 1921 Tulsa race massacre, has died. She was 111.
"I have lived through the massacre every day. Our country may forget this history, but I cannot," she told Congress in 2021.
Geoff Bennett has more.
"I have lived through the massacre every day. Our country may forget this history, but I cannot," she told Congress in 2021.
Geoff Bennett has more.
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I had a wonderful chat with SINNERS' Miles Caton (SAMMIE!). He shares how brought his city-kid experience to Preacher Boy, embodying the film’s central themes, and co-writing "Last Time (I Seen the Sun)" with Ludwig Göransson and Alice Smith.
Exclusively for Rendy Reviews Subscribers:
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'Sinners' Actor and Songwriter Miles Caton on Self-Reflection and Collaboration in Discovering Sammie's Soul
Caton discusses the process of finding Sammie, what it meant to embody the film’s central themes of balancing religious values with the pursuit of the "Black American dream," and his collaborati...
www.rendyreviews.com
November 24, 2025 at 4:43 PM
I had a wonderful chat with SINNERS' Miles Caton (SAMMIE!). He shares how brought his city-kid experience to Preacher Boy, embodying the film’s central themes, and co-writing "Last Time (I Seen the Sun)" with Ludwig Göransson and Alice Smith.
Exclusively for Rendy Reviews Subscribers:
Exclusively for Rendy Reviews Subscribers:
NEW VIDEO!📽️
Compiled my Oct. and Nov. movie reviews for KTAR News in this here video, including...
-Wicked: For Good
-Deliver Me From Nowhere
-Now You See Me 3
-Good Fortune.
Give it a watch if you've been curious!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=rJSL...
Compiled my Oct. and Nov. movie reviews for KTAR News in this here video, including...
-Wicked: For Good
-Deliver Me From Nowhere
-Now You See Me 3
-Good Fortune.
Give it a watch if you've been curious!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=rJSL...
Oct and Nov. '25 // Brandon King's Movie Reviews from Arizona's Morning News
YouTube video by Brandon King (TheOfficialBrandonKing)
www.youtube.com
November 21, 2025 at 11:06 PM
NEW VIDEO!📽️
Compiled my Oct. and Nov. movie reviews for KTAR News in this here video, including...
-Wicked: For Good
-Deliver Me From Nowhere
-Now You See Me 3
-Good Fortune.
Give it a watch if you've been curious!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=rJSL...
Compiled my Oct. and Nov. movie reviews for KTAR News in this here video, including...
-Wicked: For Good
-Deliver Me From Nowhere
-Now You See Me 3
-Good Fortune.
Give it a watch if you've been curious!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=rJSL...
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Think about this from the perspective of the musicians who create the music & who the monopoly power of the major labels renders relatively powerless. You will be furious.
All three major record labels — Universal Music, Sony Music and Warner Music — have reportedly licensed their works to a music AI streaming service
Major Music Labels Strike Deals With New AI Streaming Service
The world’s largest music companies have licensed their works to a music startup called Klay, which is building a streaming service that will allow users to remake songs using artificial intelligence ...
www.bloomberg.com
November 21, 2025 at 2:23 AM
Think about this from the perspective of the musicians who create the music & who the monopoly power of the major labels renders relatively powerless. You will be furious.
They’re playing The Decemberists in this Safeway.
Don’t know why, that just feels promising to me.
Don’t know why, that just feels promising to me.
November 20, 2025 at 6:08 PM
They’re playing The Decemberists in this Safeway.
Don’t know why, that just feels promising to me.
Don’t know why, that just feels promising to me.
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I interviewed the Mexican American skaters from El Paso, Texas who appear in ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER. For LA Times’ De Los, we talked about their experience working on a major film and collaborating with PTA, Leonardo DiCaprio, and Benicio del Toro: www.latimes.com/delos/story/...
November 12, 2025 at 1:54 AM
I interviewed the Mexican American skaters from El Paso, Texas who appear in ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER. For LA Times’ De Los, we talked about their experience working on a major film and collaborating with PTA, Leonardo DiCaprio, and Benicio del Toro: www.latimes.com/delos/story/...
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🧵Thread of cafes, restaurants, bars, bagel joints, etc offering free meals to SNAP recipients, for those who might need it, & so those who don't can give 'em their business.
If you know of such offers in your area & don't see them here, please tell us in @'s.
Here's one! toastedseattle.com
If you know of such offers in your area & don't see them here, please tell us in @'s.
Here's one! toastedseattle.com
October 29, 2025 at 10:44 PM
🧵Thread of cafes, restaurants, bars, bagel joints, etc offering free meals to SNAP recipients, for those who might need it, & so those who don't can give 'em their business.
If you know of such offers in your area & don't see them here, please tell us in @'s.
Here's one! toastedseattle.com
If you know of such offers in your area & don't see them here, please tell us in @'s.
Here's one! toastedseattle.com
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Guillermo del Toro’s FRANKENSTEIN captures the queer virtue of belonging, which no iteration has done before. For @autostraddle.bsky.social, I discussed the queer resilience subtext via the creature’s tale, generational trauma, and familial acceptance.
Read here www.autostraddle.com/frankenstein...
Read here www.autostraddle.com/frankenstein...
Frankenstein (2025) and the Queer Pursuit of Being Loved for Your Full Self
Guillermo del Toro's Frankenstein directly draws a line between parental abuse and monster-making.
www.autostraddle.com
October 28, 2025 at 6:53 PM
Guillermo del Toro’s FRANKENSTEIN captures the queer virtue of belonging, which no iteration has done before. For @autostraddle.bsky.social, I discussed the queer resilience subtext via the creature’s tale, generational trauma, and familial acceptance.
Read here www.autostraddle.com/frankenstein...
Read here www.autostraddle.com/frankenstein...
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Daughter of Robin Williams, Zelda Williams 💔
October 6, 2025 at 8:45 PM
Daughter of Robin Williams, Zelda Williams 💔
Self-promo time:
Since August, I've been contributing Friday movie reviews on-air for KTAR's Arizona's Morning News, including this week for #TheSmashingMachine.
So if you've been at all curious about my latest reviews, they're compiled below, check them out! 🍿🎬
www.youtube.com/watch?v=cdny...
Since August, I've been contributing Friday movie reviews on-air for KTAR's Arizona's Morning News, including this week for #TheSmashingMachine.
So if you've been at all curious about my latest reviews, they're compiled below, check them out! 🍿🎬
www.youtube.com/watch?v=cdny...
Aug-Oct. '25 // Brandon King's Movie Reviews from Arizona's Morning News
YouTube video by Brandon King (TheOfficialBrandonKing)
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October 4, 2025 at 12:07 PM
Self-promo time:
Since August, I've been contributing Friday movie reviews on-air for KTAR's Arizona's Morning News, including this week for #TheSmashingMachine.
So if you've been at all curious about my latest reviews, they're compiled below, check them out! 🍿🎬
www.youtube.com/watch?v=cdny...
Since August, I've been contributing Friday movie reviews on-air for KTAR's Arizona's Morning News, including this week for #TheSmashingMachine.
So if you've been at all curious about my latest reviews, they're compiled below, check them out! 🍿🎬
www.youtube.com/watch?v=cdny...
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Sometimes I see posts where people advocate for creative folks or journalists to divest from the larger systems of employment and "start your own!" and I understand the sentiment! But then there's never any discussion of the logistics (which are a *substantial* challenge even for existing entities)
September 29, 2025 at 5:37 PM
Sometimes I see posts where people advocate for creative folks or journalists to divest from the larger systems of employment and "start your own!" and I understand the sentiment! But then there's never any discussion of the logistics (which are a *substantial* challenge even for existing entities)
(eh-hem)
LEEETTTTTSS GOOOOOOOOOO!!!
LEEETTTTTSS GOOOOOOOOOO!!!
EVERYONE STOP EVERYTHING Mychal the Librarian is hosting the Reading Rainbow revival!!!
reactormag.com/reading-rain...
reactormag.com/reading-rain...
Reading Rainbow Is Back, With Mychal the Librarian Hosting! - Reactor
The butterfly is back in the sky; can’t wait to fly twice as high.
reactormag.com
September 30, 2025 at 1:00 AM
(eh-hem)
LEEETTTTTSS GOOOOOOOOOO!!!
LEEETTTTTSS GOOOOOOOOOO!!!
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“We are told by leaders that we are the future. But when it comes to the ongoing pandemic, our present is being stolen right in front of our eyes.”
Incredible speech by Violet Affleck who warned about the ongoing dangers of COVID & Long Covid, & advocated for masks and clean air at the UN today!
Incredible speech by Violet Affleck who warned about the ongoing dangers of COVID & Long Covid, & advocated for masks and clean air at the UN today!
September 23, 2025 at 9:53 PM
“We are told by leaders that we are the future. But when it comes to the ongoing pandemic, our present is being stolen right in front of our eyes.”
Incredible speech by Violet Affleck who warned about the ongoing dangers of COVID & Long Covid, & advocated for masks and clean air at the UN today!
Incredible speech by Violet Affleck who warned about the ongoing dangers of COVID & Long Covid, & advocated for masks and clean air at the UN today!
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wrote about robert redford bit.ly/redfordfamin...
a famine of beauty
Robert Redford represented all that was good—and fleeting—about America
bit.ly
September 17, 2025 at 1:39 AM
wrote about robert redford bit.ly/redfordfamin...
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If it’s run for profit, then it’s profiting off of … us.
When I hear that the post office lost money, I think this: Good. We already paid for it. Why on earth should it make even more money from us? Who would keep the money? Would we see it?
When I hear that the post office lost money, I think this: Good. We already paid for it. Why on earth should it make even more money from us? Who would keep the money? Would we see it?
I don't want to start a thing so I'll just say that there will never be a good argument for privatizing USPS. That would be like privatizing libraries. The aim of services isn't to be run for profit, they are for serving the greater good, which USPS has been extremely successful at.
September 8, 2025 at 1:55 AM
If it’s run for profit, then it’s profiting off of … us.
When I hear that the post office lost money, I think this: Good. We already paid for it. Why on earth should it make even more money from us? Who would keep the money? Would we see it?
When I hear that the post office lost money, I think this: Good. We already paid for it. Why on earth should it make even more money from us? Who would keep the money? Would we see it?
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Today's #WeAreAllDC protest in downtown Washington, D.C. demanding an immediate withdrawal of federal troops from the District and an end to the federalization of the local police department.
September 6, 2025 at 5:42 PM
Today's #WeAreAllDC protest in downtown Washington, D.C. demanding an immediate withdrawal of federal troops from the District and an end to the federalization of the local police department.
Me hearing the ‘Superman’ sequel drops a few months ahead of ‘The Batman P2,’ and doing the math in my head, and wait what if-
September 3, 2025 at 11:40 PM
Me hearing the ‘Superman’ sequel drops a few months ahead of ‘The Batman P2,’ and doing the math in my head, and wait what if-