Jonathan King @jonathanking.bsky.social · 1hSci-fi adjacent:youtu.beBlack Sheeps | Official TrailerYouTube video by Umbrella Entertainment 020
Reposted by Jonathan KingJennifer @jennifilm.nz · 3hIt's shocking how much media attention we give someone who is the political equivalent of a drunk uncle bragging at the bbq. That legislation had the biggest submission campaign in support at the time. Roughly 50% of NZF's total vote count in 2023 submitted in favour. 13810
Reposted by Jonathan KingDr Dean Burnett @drdeanburnett.bsky.social · 06/10/2026"By using AI, tasks like essays that used to take hours can be completed in minutes!" Sure, like how if I arrive at the gym and immediately go for a shower, my workout is done in record time. And if I throw my sandwiches straight in the bin, I can finish my lunch in under 10 seconds. 5151671381
Reposted by Jonathan Kingweinberg @weinbergs.bsky.social · 12hA movie I co-produced is having its world premiere at @austinfilmfest.bsky.social! Adrianne Palicki stars in Remote, an all-in-one-night (and location) horror/thriller about a woman who witnesses a murder on a random live-stream. Or did she? <cue ominous music>fangoria.comAdrianne Palicki To Lead Webcam Horror-Thriller REMOTEFRIDAY NIGHT LIGHTS star Adrianne Palicki is set to star in REMOTE, an upcoming horror-thriller that centers on a woman who witnesses a murder on a live stream. 76312
Reposted by Jonathan KingFolk 'n' Hell @folknhell.bsky.social · 19h31 Days of Folk Horror 6 November November is Estonian folklore rendered in gorgeous monochrome Werewolves, spirits, farm machinery, death, desire and strange bargains Beautiful, funny and very, very strange folknhell.s.gy/november #folktober 0193
Jonathan King @jonathanking.bsky.social · 21hLast week he was saying “I don’t care” about something the, until very recently, UK high Commissioner was saying. What message does that send to the world? Whoa! The big man in the little suit from the very little country is too tuff to care! 020
Jonathan King @jonathanking.bsky.social · 21hLuxon’s always saying ‘I don’t care’ like it’s some hard-man-with-a-job-to-do flex … and it always just amplifies his callousness and cluelessness. 161
Jonathan King @jonathanking.bsky.social · 21hI was watching the new (pretty good) Cape Fear and, after yet another moment of texting, voice memoing etc I literally thought, “jeez, do they have a deal with Apple or … oh. Right.” 030
Jonathan King @jonathanking.bsky.social · 22hI allowed my self a little moment of imagining Donald Trump reading that Ice Cube has a Nobel prize and he doesn’t … 030
Reposted by Jonathan Kingweinberg @weinbergs.bsky.social · 06/10/2026I'd take a stick figure from a human over a "masterpiece" from ai. 26613
Jonathan King @jonathanking.bsky.social · 05/10/2026Here’s an opportunity to support a local / Auckland short film – being completed as part of a Masters:givealittle.co.nz'The Girl From the Beach' a master's short filmWe are looking to fundraise for my master's short, 'The Girl From the Beach', a searing contemporary drama set in suburban Auckland. 011
Reposted by Jonathan KingPhil M 🦻🏼💚 🍉 🏳️⚧️ 🇵🇸 @phillm.bsky.social · 05/10/2026When they talk about reducing red tape, remember this image. 5127501063
Jonathan King @jonathanking.bsky.social · 05/10/2026youtu.beSurvivors (1975) BBC HQ titles and stereo themeYouTube video by Samuel Payne 040
Reposted by Jonathan Kingtrick-is-a-treat-kat @trickykat.bsky.social · 04/10/2026breaking up by subskeet. please repost so he gets the message 411651
Jonathan King @jonathanking.bsky.social · 05/10/2026And let’s not even mention giving Haddock Peter Jackson’s face. Jesus. 040
Jonathan King @jonathanking.bsky.social · 05/10/2026Hot take (from Belgium): if the CGI Tintin movie had gone with this look – rather than the ‘you can see the pores of their skin’ bullshit (and, you know, not decided they could write a better ending than Hergé) – it could have been an all timer. 1121
Reposted by Jonathan KingCheryl Lynn Eaton @cheryllynneaton.bsky.social · 05/10/2026I can't wait until the real estate billionaires start fighting the tech billionaires. Because why do we need offices if we're all supposed to be out of work and replaced by AI within half a decade according to these ghouls? 128081
Jonathan King @jonathanking.bsky.social · 05/10/2026We put Oz on for our daughter when she was quite small and left the room at some point. We came back in during the tornado, where the witch is first glimpsed, and our daughter was literally shuddering in fear. I leapt to turn it off, and she managed to croak, “No … leave it …” 020
Reposted by Jonathan KingClaire Willett @clairewillett.bsky.social · 05/10/2026if I had "Orinoco Flow" money I too would disappear to a castle and you'd never see me on the internet again 139635
Jonathan King @jonathanking.bsky.social · 04/10/2026May I humbly submit:youtu.beBlack Sheeps | Official TrailerYouTube video by Umbrella Entertainment 110
Reposted by Jonathan KingHello, it's Dan McDaid @danmcdaid.bsky.social · 04/10/2026"Captains log, stardate 41553.2. We have found a pod drifting in deep space containing a sole occupant, the entity known only as The Dude. Our sensors indicate that his power levels are beyond our scales of measurement. Nevertheless, he has befriended many of the crew, especially Commander Riker." 2559
Reposted by Jonathan KingJonny Morris @jonnymorris.bsky.social · 04/10/2026in such a superficial and intellectually unsophisticated way. I think that's one reason why so much TV and film drama is superhero or detective-based these days, because the goodies and baddies are clearly delineated and justice always prevails. It's why most of them are so fucking boring too. 2293
Jonathan King @jonathanking.bsky.social · 04/10/2026I’ve made a pilgrimage to Belgium to look at the holy relics. 392
Jonathan King @jonathanking.bsky.social · 04/10/2026“No new taxes!” But the existing taxes will be spent wildly on tiny groups of people in one region. 061
Jonathan King @jonathanking.bsky.social · 04/10/2026How is “we will give a VAST amount of money to service one small group of Aucklanders” a message to appeal to anyone … but a small group of Aucklanders? (Oh, and the donors that will get the roading contract.) 291
Reposted by Jonathan KingAndy Little @andylittle.bsky.social · 04/10/2026It's so funny to see the right paint Chloe Swarbrick as a dangerous radical. I hope it leads more people to learn about crazy Green policies like 'people should be able to afford food' and 'public transport shouldn't suck ass' #nzpol 25516
Jonathan King @jonathanking.bsky.social · 04/10/2026DIGGER tracking to make less than the Roy Andersson films it shamelessly lifts its look from. 2110
Reposted by Jonathan KingPatrick Reynolds for a greater Auckland @patrickreynolds.bsky.social · 04/10/2026This is brilliant. Exactly what the country needs. Invest in great alternatives to always driving. Even benefits drivers: #nzpol youtu.be/LGX6jjJnFBc?...youtu.beGreen Party transport policy sees free travel for children, light rail for key cities and moreYouTube video by nzherald.co.nz 412037
Reposted by Jonathan KingFANGORIA @fangoria.bsky.social · 03/10/2026Check out our exclusive look at the visionary performer as Tiamat in SCORCH MARKS.dlvr.itSCORCH MARKS Soars With Inimitable Dragula Winner, Vander Von Odd [Exclusive]Check out our exclusive look at the visionary performer as Tiamat in SCORCH MARKS. 12611
Reposted by Jonathan KingKip Conlon @kipconlon.bsky.social · 03/10/2026If we're talking Australian opera houses, don't sleep on Sydney. 0135
Jonathan King @jonathanking.bsky.social · 03/10/2026I took the train from Auckland to Wellington and I sure do wish it had been overnight. 010
Reposted by Jonathan Kingevan dahm @evandahm.bsky.social · 02/10/2026i dislike the whole project but his paintings have always overwhelmingly struck me as NAIVE in a way that he doesnt seem to intend-- he's treating the illo as lowbrow and authorless and making a joke of putting it into Fine Art, but all i can see is man this fucker had no grasp of drawing at all lol 14622114
Reposted by Jonathan KingSte Jormur @stejormur.bsky.social · 10/09/2026I'd never seen this Roy Lichtenstein painting before, but it's incredible how he manages unfailingly to make his copies worse than the original comics he's ripping off. 361298252
Jonathan King @jonathanking.bsky.social · 03/10/2026I met with a producer who proudly told me, “we did Bruce Willis’s last three films!” :-/ 010
Reposted by Jonathan KingJohn Bull @garius.bsky.social · 02/10/2026My teacher brother has just informed me that his primary school kids now refer to anything shit or old fashioned as "Brexit". Which has made my morning. 362022443
Jonathan King @jonathanking.bsky.social · 03/10/2026The starving of the towns and cities outside of NZ’s main half dozen is a great crime of the last 40 years – while places like Auckland just bloat and spread endlessly. Thank goodness one party is think about what they can offer the whole country – and how we all win from that. 1223
Jonathan King @jonathanking.bsky.social · 03/10/2026Those wacky Greens – proposing things that [checks notes] normal countries have. 191
Jonathan King @jonathanking.bsky.social · 03/10/2026Harvey Keitel looking back fondly now on the walked-out-Stanley-Kubrick years. 111
Reposted by Jonathan KingAlexandra Heller-Nicholas @horrornonna.com · 03/10/2026A joy to be at an advance screening of Martyn's film before it hits Brooklyn Horror Film Fest. No exaggeration: this film is a true powerhouse spiritual successor to Jamie Blanks's VALENTINE (complimentary). Australian horror isn't just back, baby: it never fucking left. Proud of Martyn! Follow him! 34010
Reposted by Jonathan KingWalter Chaw @mangiotto.bsky.social · 03/10/2026DIGGER is very much the sensation of a very dim person talking to you as though you were the very dim person. It is, in other words, a classic Iñárritu joint. 220831
Jonathan King @jonathanking.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Someone *I didn’t even know* cold-FaceTimed me once and I was so befuddled I actually answered it. 110
