The One & Rory

A ★½ review of Dracula 2000 (2000) Welcome to the eighth instalment of 🧛Creatures of the Night!🧛 I'll be covering 9 vampire films throughout October, from various countries (Most of them American), with their own interpretation of thes...

"I’ve seen some people defend this picture, but I don’t think it’s worth the effort to argue your case against them, as it’s something you forget about as soon as the credits roll."

🧛Creatures of the Night🧛continues with Dracula 2000! Only on @letterboxd.social: boxd.it/bu4wAB

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A ★★★★½ review of Let the Right One In (2008) Welcome to the third instalment of 🧛Creatures of the Night!🧛 I'll be covering 9 vampire films throughout October, from various countries (Most of them American), with their own interpretation of these...

Let the Right One In is screening this evening @irishfilminstitute.bsky.social Horrorthon.
I can attest that it’s one of the best vampire flicks out there:
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A ★★★½ review of Cronos (1992) Welcome to the seventh instalment of 🧛Creatures of the Night!🧛 I'll be covering 9 vampire films throughout October, from various countries (Most of them American), with their own interpretation of the...

"Considering that his @realgdt.bsky.social Frankenstein adaptation is still in cinemas, why not give this a watch, as it acts as a nice companion piece?"

🧛Creatures of the Night🧛continues with Cronos!
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A ★★ review of Vampires (1998) Welcome to the sixth instalment of 🧛Creatures of the Night!🧛 I'll be covering 9 vampire films throughout October, from various countries (Most of them American), with their own interpretation of these...

"Whereas Near Dark knew how to mesh westerns with vampires, this flick felt like a slapdash of neat ideas, as it needed another rewrite to get it right"

🧛Creatures of the Night🧛 continues with John Carpenter's Vampires!
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A ★★★ review of Near Dark (1987) Welcome to the fifth instalment of 🧛Creatures of the Night!🧛 I'll be covering 9 vampire films throughout October, from various countries (Most of them American), with their own interpretation of these...

"If someone from @studiocanal.com is reading this, re-release it in 4k, as Bigelow’s star is certainly a lot more well-known than in 1987"

🧛Creatures of the Night🧛 continues with Near Dark!
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A ★ review of Vampire Academy (2014) Welcome to the fourth instalment of 🧛Creatures of the Night!🧛 I'll be covering 9 vampire films throughout October, from various countries (Most of them American), with their own interpretation of thes...

"For fans of the book, I’m sure this was probably a conflicting watch, as it’s a faithful adaptation but was adapted by the wrong people."

🧛Creatures of the Night🧛 continues with Vampire Academy! Only on @letterboxd.social: boxd.it/bkJls9

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A ★★★★½ review of Let the Right One In (2008) Welcome to the third instalment of 🧛Creatures of the Night!🧛 I'll be covering 9 vampire films throughout October, from various countries (Most of them American), with their own interpretation of these...

"To quote the old saying, 'It’s a better love story than Twilight'."

🧛Creatures of the Night🧛 continues with Let the Right One In! Only on @letterboxd.social: boxd.it/biYNjL

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A ★★ review of Innocent Blood (1992) Welcome to the second instalment of 🧛Creatures of the Night!🧛 I'll be covering 9 vampire films throughout October, from various countries (Most of them American), with their own interpretation of thes...

"It’s a shame this is what Landis was able to come up with for a vampire film, as everything here just feels unfocused or not living up to its potential."

🧛Creatures of the Night🧛 continues with Innocent Blood! Only on @letterboxd.social: boxd.it/bgiyoT

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Oscar-winning Irish makeup artist Michèle Burke dies Irish makeup artist Michèle Burke, who was the first woman to win an Oscar for her craft, has died aged 75.

Saddened to hear the news of Michèle Burke's passing, as her makeup effects on Quest for Fire and Dracula were top-notch, creating what many consider to be one of the character's iconic film looks.
This county was blessed to have someone like her in the industry.

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Mulholland Drive. If someone asks me for lunch at Winkies, I'd tell them to "feck off".

YouTube video by BritBox Hyacinth Takes A De-Tour | Keeping Up Appearances

Growing up, I watched a lot of Keeping Up Appearances because of my grandad, as he’d be on the couch with his pipe laughing away at Hyacinths’ antics.
Patricia Routledge’s physical comedy is simply unmatched, as she was just perfect casting for this part.
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A ★★★ review of Sinners (2025) This review may contain spoilers. Visit the page to bypass this warning and read the review.

"I think I’ve just angered nearly everyone who loved this film with my criticisms, but Sinners is one that I enjoy half of."

🧛Creatures of the Night🧛 commences with Sinners!
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A ★½ review of The Hangover Part II (2011) A lot of people (Myself among them) believed that The Hangover Part 2 was greenlit after the first film’s success, but that’s not exactly true. It was actually greenlit during the first film’s test sc...

"4 years later, people still have the same thoughts about Hangover 2 as they did back in 2011, with it arguably getting worse by today’s standards."

My ⭐1/2 review of The Hangover Part 2 Only on @letterboxd.social: boxd.it/bbWZqx

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A ★★ review of TRON: Legacy (2010) While Tron wasn’t a big hit with general audiences, it seemed to have resonated among those who grew up with it. One of them was Sean Bailey, as he first watched it with his dad and director Steven Li...

"It’s a project where its passion is misguided, but I at least give Disney kudos for going back to a dark age film"

My ⭐⭐ review of Tron: Legacy! Only on @letterboxd.social: boxd.it/b7KrId

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A very sad farewell to Robert Redford, one of Hollywood’s most dedicated and passionate forces — an award-winning talent who was as gifted at bringing out remarkable performances as he was at delivering them.

📸: Robert Redford in Sydney Pollack's THREE DAYS OF THE CONDOR (1975)

A ★★★ review of Tron (1982) Graduating from the School of the Museum of Fine Arts at Tufts in 1973, Steven Lisberger formed his own animation studio shortly after; going on to make shorts, adverts, title sequences, and a 90-minu...

"It’s an oxymoron for me, as it’s both dated yet 'ahead of its time'"

My ⭐⭐⭐ review of Tron! Only on @letterboxd.social boxd.it/b3BSz9

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A ★★½ review of White Noise (2022) There are certain books out there that have been deemed as “unadaptable”, even though they’ve gone on to develop devoted fan bases in literary circles. Don DeLillo’s White Noise is one of them, as man...

"Some of you will say, 'It’s a faithful adaptation of the book. Noah didn’t deviate from the source or betray the point', to which I say: 'That’s the problem'."

My ⭐⭐1/2 review of White Noise! Only on @letterboxd.social boxd.it/aZi6jX

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Graham Greene, ‘Dances With Wolves’ Actor, Dies at 73 His role as Kicking Bird in the 1990 Kevin Costner film earned him a best supporting actor Oscar nomination.

RIP Graham Greene:

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- The Fly
- The Thing
- True Lies
- True Grit
- Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1978)
- The Beat That My Heart Skipped
- Dirty Rotten Scoundrels
- The Blob

Wasn't Tom Rothman the one who thought "Deadpool was stupid", hence why he had his mouth sewn shut in Origins Wolverine's climax?

A ★★ review of Next Goal Wins (2023) I don’t know if you’ve been paying attention, but Taika Waititi is one director whose reputation has taken quite the dive lately. While Eagle & Shark was his directorial debut, it was 2010’s Boy that ...

"I’m making a bigger deal of being offended by the changes to this than the actual figures, but it’s hard not to, as you feel shortchanged by what you’ve seen in the documentary."

My ⭐⭐ review of Next Goal Wins! Only on @letterboxd.social: boxd.it/aUB4lF

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To the programmer @letterboxd.social who solved that padding issue on Desktop blockquotes:

Just when you think Woody Allen couldn’t sink any lower.

A ★★★★★ review of Sunset Boulevard (1950) In the modern day, film stars have kind of lost that allure for a lot of people. Whether it’s because of how disposable some of them can be or social media giving us a door into their thoughts and liv...

"Wilder’s sense of direction and writing bring out the best in everyone here, as it gives the film this rewatch factor that few of its kind have."

My ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ review of Sunset Boulevard! Only on @letterboxd.social: boxd.it/aPLh6D

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A ★★ review of Cutthroat Island (1995) Film studios come and go in the Hollywood landscape, with some being simple drops in the water, while others create a huge splash. Carolco Pictures was one of those splashes, boasting blockbuster succ...

"Sometimes you’re just dealt with a bad situation and you do your best. Some stuff is your fault, and some of it isn’t; it just happens with disastrous productions."

My ⭐⭐ review of Cutthroat Island! Only on @letterboxd.social: boxd.it/aKGvvn

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Rudyard Kipling, Roger Waters, Graham Linehan, Diego Rivera, Bernardo Bertolucci, John Milius, George Bernard Shaw, Roald Dahl, David Mamet.

A ★★★½ review of Hard Truths (2024) Back when I did My Top 10 Mike Leigh Films list, I was fairly confident that he was somewhat retired from filmmaking. My rationale was that it was over 5 years since Peterloo, his latest film at the t...

"I’m glad Leigh is still able to do films in his early 80s, as he’s still got that creative touch that other contemporaries in his age have lost"

My ⭐⭐⭐1/2 review of Hard Truths! Only on @letterboxd.social: boxd.it/aFnGo5

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A ★½ review of Alice in Wonderland (2010) Something that’s become a norm in cinema is the Disney remakes, where the studio decided to “update their classic stories” into live-action features for modern audiences, wanting to recapture the magi...

"Feels like a misfire, despite being directed by the ideal person"

My ⭐1/2 review of Tim Burton's Alice in Wonderland! Only on @letterboxd.social: boxd.it/azUXi1

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A ★ review of Seventh Son (2014) 2007 was certainly a good year for Russian director Sergei Bodrov, as his Oscar-nominated epic (Mongol) was getting a lot of good reviews and buzz in the industry. Which led him to pop up on Legendary...

"It rightfully deserves its place at the bottom of the results for Fantasy when browsing content on Tubi or Netflix."

My ⭐ review of Seventh Son! Only on @letterboxd.social boxd.it/au8tT1

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