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John Singh
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Husband, son, dog father, movie lover, native Californian, PR type.
Past: Disney, Lucasfilm. Current: Author of 🏳️‍🌈 fiction for all readers.
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John Singh @jjsingh.bsky.social · Mar 5
This is for #GaySky. Or anyone else who cares to read. I don’t know that a gay man in his 50s or 60s or 70s DESERVES any sort of special treatment, any unique consideration … but it might be worth thinking about? Please don’t think I’m slighting lesbians or excluding bisexual or trans people. …
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I'll come right out and say it: I LOVED "Avatar: Fire and Ash." It may be my favorite of the three. If it has one flaw it's that it could have been even longer. Really! It's sometimes rushed and disjointed. On the whole, it's just an amazement. #moviesky
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"Avatar: Fire and Ash"
☆ ☆ ☆ ☆ ½   I walked into Avatar: Fire and Ash as a tired, jaded adult and walked out a 10-year-old kid, having spent three hours staring ...
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December 21, 2025 at 7:41 AM
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One of Disney's oddest and most forgotten films is also among my Favorite Films. This is the first "Favorite Films" post I've written on my blog in years. Let me know your thoughts ... on my writing, or on this unique film. #moviesky #disney
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Favorite Films: "Something Wicked This Way Comes"
As I write this, it's coming up on Christmas, and the ubiquitous A Christmas Story  has begun appearing. It's no longer limited to a 24-hour...
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December 20, 2025 at 2:25 AM
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If "Wake Up Dead Man" lacks a little of the satiric bite of "Glass Onion" or the acid-tongued humor of "Knives Out," it's still awfully fun. **** of *****
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"Wake Up Dead Man"
☆ ☆ ☆ ☆ Peter Falk did it every few weeks for years. Angela Lansbury did it every Sunday night for a decade. Agatha Christie did it 75 times...
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December 17, 2025 at 2:39 AM
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The easiest way to put it is: "Train Dreams" is perfect.
#moviereview #MovieSky
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"Train Dreams"
☆ ☆ ☆ ☆ ☆ Robert Grainier doesn't know who he is. He has no birthday, no parents, no hometown. He has only himself. Most of us aren't like G...
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December 12, 2025 at 5:51 AM
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Don't kill me here, but if not for the two lead performers in the climactic "For Good" number, "Wicked: For Good" wouldn't be very good at all. It constantly mistakes excess for emotion. Still, that song mostly makes it worth seeing. #moviesky
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"Wicked: For Good"
☆ ☆ ☆ Now, wait just a clock tick. On Broadway, Wicked runs 2 hours, 30 minutes with a 15-minute intermission. On film, Wicked: Part 1  an...
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November 24, 2025 at 5:49 AM
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Just when you thought Yorgos Lanthimos couldn't get any weirder...he did. Gloriously so. "Bugonia" is quite a thing to behold—glorious, bewildering, offensive, hilarious, gory, off-putting and thought-provoking, sometimes in the same scene.
***** of *****
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"Bugonia"
☆ ☆ ☆ ☆ ☆ A word of warning for those about to watch Bugonia : Afterward, expect to find yourself falling down a rabbit hole of inquiry abou...
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November 20, 2025 at 3:04 AM
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"Die My Love" is a difficult challenge, a movie that all but dares you to hate it. With performances like the ones given by Jennifer Lawrence, Robert Pattinson and Sissy Spacek (among others), it's worth trying if you're brave. #MovieSky
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"Die My Love"
☆ ☆ ☆ Some people will argue (its director, Lynne Ramsay, says wrongly) that  Die My Love  is about post-partum depression. I agree with Ram...
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November 20, 2025 at 2:23 AM
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"Nuremberg" isn't a bad movie, but it will work best for those who are less familiar with World War II and the Holocaust. Russell Crowe and Rami Malek are rather badly miscast, yet it's worth seeing, if only for the real footage shown during the trial.
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"Nuremberg"
☆ ☆ ☆ It's an awful, damning truth that far too many Americans — and, based on global affairs, it can be assumed citizens of many other coun...
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November 16, 2025 at 7:14 AM
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"Roofman" is a total, disarming, wonderful little surprise. It's not the movie you might think from its marketing, which is the best thing about it. #MovieSky
**** of *****
Full Review:
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"Roofman"
☆ ☆ ☆ ☆ There aren't many pleasant surprises in the world these days, which makes  Roofman something to cherish. It's a disarming surpri...
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November 6, 2025 at 3:46 AM
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Aziz Ansari's "Good Fortune" is charming and funny, with a truly perfect performance by Keanu Reeves at its heart, but falls shy of greatness by tacking a heavy-handed (though fortunately non-religious) "message" on to its lightweight story. #MovieSky
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"Good Fortune"
☆ ☆ ☆½ The easiest and most obvious movie to which to compare Aziz Ansari's  Good Fortune  is Frank Capra's It's a Wonderful Life , but th...
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November 4, 2025 at 3:42 AM
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"Frankenstein" isn't a great movie — it's far too familiar to be that — but it is a very, very good movie. Guillermo del Toro has made a grand, gothic entertainment sadly destined to be experienced in the half-attentive fog of Netflix.
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"Frankenstein"
☆ ☆ ☆ ☆ More and more, the question to ask about movies isn't, "Is it any good?" but, "Can I watch it at home while doing sixteen other th...
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October 23, 2025 at 6:03 AM
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"Lurker" is a tightly wound, effortlessly entertaining movie — despite not quite sticking its landing. It's a fantastic, effective thriller, and that's about all I'm going to say...because it's one you'll want to discover fresh and spoiler-free. #MovieSky
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"Lurker"
☆ ☆ ☆ ½   There's something about the title Lurker  that implies — not quite promises, but more than suggests — a very different movie tha...
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September 8, 2025 at 5:14 AM
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My #shortstory “Skyward” has been named Story of the Week at 50 Word Stories! If you want to read it … it won’t take long!

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STORY OF THE WEEK: August 24
The story of the week for August 18 to 22 is… Skyward by John Singh
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August 25, 2025 at 1:49 PM
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"Weapons" is a dark, moody, tense, paranoid thriller. It's presented as a horror movie, but it also resembles conspiracy thrillers of the 1970s. It's *intensely* well made, and a puzzle. One that, on first viewing, doesn't offer enough solutions. #moviesky
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"Weapons"
☆ ☆ ☆ ½   It would be hard to conceive of a better set-up for a movie than the one Zach Cregger has dreamed up for his new thriller Weapon...
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August 11, 2025 at 3:53 AM
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"Sketch" is a good family film that's slow out of the gate but builds to a compelling, affecting message about grief and loss. I enjoyed it, though was frustrated and even a little troubled to discover a fundraising message at its end. #moviesky
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"Sketch"
☆ ☆ ☆   Many movies make the mistake of having a great setup with a disappointing payoff. They've got a great idea, communicate it perfe...
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August 11, 2025 at 12:21 AM
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I went to my first AMC "Screen Unseen" screening this week. The film: "East of Wall." On one hand, it's probably not a movie I'd seek out on my own, so I was glad to have my boundaries tested. On the other, I wish it had been ... better. #moviesky
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"East of Wall"
☆ ☆ ½   The indie vibe that suffuses many major film festivals is at the heart of East of Wall , an intriguing and not altogether succes...
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August 9, 2025 at 6:41 AM
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Look! Up in the sky! It's a bird! It's a plane! It's an IP-forward entertainment franchise extension with strong consumer product potential and streaming revenue value!
I didn't love "Superman," though David Corenswet is spot-on for the role. #MovieReview
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"Superman"
☆ ☆ ½   Every generation, it's said, gets the government it deserves. The same, it appears, is true for Superman, whose debut in comic boo...
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July 21, 2025 at 7:30 AM
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"Sorry, Baby" is a slow, odd, quirky little film ... and in its final moments, it becomes almost unbearably profound and meaningful to anyone trying to make sense of a senseless world. It takes patience — and rewards it. #MovieSky #MovieReview
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"Sorry, Baby"
☆ ☆ ☆ ☆   Agnes isn't the most comfortable person to be around. Even when she's trying to get cozy, there's something ever so slightly ...
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July 8, 2025 at 7:47 PM
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The web has the power to push us into echo chambers, and disrupt our shared sense of reality.

Listen to LONG SHADOW: BREAKING THE INTERNET to learn how social media's profit model has turned the internet into what it is. longshadowpodcast.com/podcasts/bre...
Meme with a man in a suit and text Social media companies TRADE OFFER. I receive: your data. You receive: echo chambers that disrupt your shared sense of reality
June 26, 2025 at 4:55 PM
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This place doesn't feel happy, does it? Does ANYplace on the internet feel good? If your answer is "no," you may wonder how we got here. The new season of Long Shadow from
@longlead.com and @vermontgmg.bsky.social, out today, will captivate and stun you.
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Episode 1: The End of the World as We Know It
A history podcast hosted by Garrett Graff that makes sense of America’s most pivotal events including Columbine, 9/11, January 6, and beyond.
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June 24, 2025 at 5:32 PM
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With tough acts to follow from excellent previous seasons, this might be the best Long Shadow season yet.

Episode 1 was great. Looking forward to each one that follows!

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June 24, 2025 at 2:39 PM
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"The Life of Chuck" is a curious film—sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn't. Its sentimentality doesn't quite feel earned. It's worth seeing if you have a high tolerance for really, REALLY sweet things. Like, so sweet you want to brush your teeth after.
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"The Life of Chuck"
☆ ☆ ☆ ½   It seems so long ago, but it wasn't, that TV commercials used to be slick affairs with significant budget, little 30-second mo...
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June 24, 2025 at 5:25 AM
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Here's my effort to understand why "Sinners" has worked such a spell on me, and why I think it's not just the best movie of the year, but maybe the best of the decade. It's a movie that has truly stunned me every time I've seen it. #MovieSky
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"Sinners": A Second (Third and Fourth) Look
The first time I saw Sinners , I was dazzled and numbed by its virtuosity, the bold and brazen but respectful ways it borrows from other dis...
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June 19, 2025 at 5:07 AM
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There's a new season coming very soon of one of the most incredible podcasts I've ever listened to—and @longlead.com and @vermontgmg.bsky.social have absolutely outdone themselves this time around. It's genuinely unmissable. Have a listen to the trailer!
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Long Shadow: Breaking the Internet Trailer (Season 4)
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June 17, 2025 at 4:27 PM
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The best argument @amctheatres.bsky.social can find is, apparently, “People don’t hate this enough for us not to do it.” But AMC clearly hates its audience.

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AMC Theatres to Run Commercials Ahead of Movies, Along With Trailers
The pre-show will go on and on as the exhibition giant will introduce a “platinum spot” advertising window on July 1 alongside film trailers before tentpoles begin.
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June 4, 2025 at 11:28 PM