Adrian Manuel
@adrianmanuel.bsky.social
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Adrian Manuel
@adrianmanuel.bsky.social
· Feb 26
'The Exorcist' Meets 'Blade Runner': Looking Back At 'Constantine' 20 Years Later
The 2005 film adaptation of 'Constantine' is a glorious take on horror noir. Adrian Manuel explains on Dread Central.
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Before the Warrens there was Keanu Reeves as a hard-drinking, chain-smoking exorcist for hire. I wrote about Constantine’s 20th anniversary for @dreadcentral.bsky.social
lunch break in the car :)
October 17, 2025 at 9:47 PM
lunch break in the car :)
rewatching Assault on Precinct 13…idk how anybody got anything done at that station 😵💫
October 17, 2025 at 12:05 AM
rewatching Assault on Precinct 13…idk how anybody got anything done at that station 😵💫
Be funny if gamers got this whole tariff situation sorted
Statement from Nintendo: Statement from Nintendo: Pre-orders for Nintendo Switch 2 in the U.S. will not start April 9, 2025 in order to assess the potential impact of tariffs and evolving market conditions. Nintendo will update timing at a later date. The launch date of June 5, 2025 is unchanged.
April 4, 2025 at 5:42 PM
Be funny if gamers got this whole tariff situation sorted
Does Marvel realize the more they bring back the Fox X-Men the harder they’re making it to actually recast those roles
March 26, 2025 at 11:53 PM
Does Marvel realize the more they bring back the Fox X-Men the harder they’re making it to actually recast those roles
Funny how so many fanboys cheered on the Disney-Fox merger thinking Marvel will finally do justice to the X-Men franchise and all the studio has done since is reheat Fox’s nachos
March 26, 2025 at 11:26 PM
Funny how so many fanboys cheered on the Disney-Fox merger thinking Marvel will finally do justice to the X-Men franchise and all the studio has done since is reheat Fox’s nachos
Fucking aggravating that Disney blames the talent they hired instead of, idk, taking accountability for their own oversized budgets and billion-dollar expectations and overworking VFX artists and gunning for our nostalgia that the Marvel, Star Wars, and live-action remake shit feels soulless now
March 26, 2025 at 2:16 AM
Fucking aggravating that Disney blames the talent they hired instead of, idk, taking accountability for their own oversized budgets and billion-dollar expectations and overworking VFX artists and gunning for our nostalgia that the Marvel, Star Wars, and live-action remake shit feels soulless now
The call is coming from inside the mouse house
March 26, 2025 at 1:07 AM
The call is coming from inside the mouse house
Variety piece is insane. Goes to great lengths to paint Rachel Zegler as unhinged for daring to speak about Israel-Palestine. Didn’t Gal Gadot do the same thing the same week she got her fucking Hollywood star?????
March 25, 2025 at 11:24 PM
Variety piece is insane. Goes to great lengths to paint Rachel Zegler as unhinged for daring to speak about Israel-Palestine. Didn’t Gal Gadot do the same thing the same week she got her fucking Hollywood star?????
No bigger whiplash this week than Variety reporting on Hamdan Ballal’s release followed by publishing a hit piece on Rachel Zegler
March 25, 2025 at 11:12 PM
No bigger whiplash this week than Variety reporting on Hamdan Ballal’s release followed by publishing a hit piece on Rachel Zegler
kinda mixed on Mickey 17
March 10, 2025 at 9:50 PM
kinda mixed on Mickey 17
Had The Brutalist and Anora on my ballot so I ain’t mad about the win
March 3, 2025 at 11:35 PM
Had The Brutalist and Anora on my ballot so I ain’t mad about the win
Rewatching Daredevil season 1. Shit is like The Wire of Marvel television bruh why Disney had to fuck this up
February 28, 2025 at 10:17 PM
Rewatching Daredevil season 1. Shit is like The Wire of Marvel television bruh why Disney had to fuck this up
Before the Warrens there was Keanu Reeves as a hard-drinking, chain-smoking exorcist for hire. I wrote about Constantine’s 20th anniversary for @dreadcentral.bsky.social
'The Exorcist' Meets 'Blade Runner': Looking Back At 'Constantine' 20 Years Later
The 2005 film adaptation of 'Constantine' is a glorious take on horror noir. Adrian Manuel explains on Dread Central.
www.dreadcentral.com
February 26, 2025 at 7:35 PM
Before the Warrens there was Keanu Reeves as a hard-drinking, chain-smoking exorcist for hire. I wrote about Constantine’s 20th anniversary for @dreadcentral.bsky.social
Good thing about Captain America 4 is that it’s far from the worst thing I saw this weekend. Dog doodoo honor goes to the NBA all-star game like what the fuck was that
February 18, 2025 at 12:58 AM
Good thing about Captain America 4 is that it’s far from the worst thing I saw this weekend. Dog doodoo honor goes to the NBA all-star game like what the fuck was that
Post-Endgame the MCU movies have really tested my tolerance for the “big CGI finale.” Think I’m done after Brave New World
February 17, 2025 at 10:26 PM
Post-Endgame the MCU movies have really tested my tolerance for the “big CGI finale.” Think I’m done after Brave New World
Fantastic Four trailer makes it impossible to look at Thunderbolts. Or any Brave New World tv spots 😬
February 6, 2025 at 7:58 PM
Fantastic Four trailer makes it impossible to look at Thunderbolts. Or any Brave New World tv spots 😬
Kiyoshi Kurosawa saying this is so funny. My man you made the scariest movie I saw last year
February 6, 2025 at 6:53 PM
Kiyoshi Kurosawa saying this is so funny. My man you made the scariest movie I saw last year
All in on Fantastic Four nobody show me those AI posters
February 5, 2025 at 3:07 AM
All in on Fantastic Four nobody show me those AI posters
These two gonna have a banner movie & tv year huh
February 4, 2025 at 10:20 PM
These two gonna have a banner movie & tv year huh
Genuinely surprised by how good Fantastic Four looks. Haven’t been this psyched for a Marvel movie in some time
February 4, 2025 at 8:50 PM
Genuinely surprised by how good Fantastic Four looks. Haven’t been this psyched for a Marvel movie in some time
Shared a blog link and got way more clicks on BlueSky in the last couple hours than I ever did on Twitter in the past 2 years lol
January 28, 2025 at 1:59 AM
Shared a blog link and got way more clicks on BlueSky in the last couple hours than I ever did on Twitter in the past 2 years lol
Still compiling my list of favorite movies from last year. (Save me, The Brutalist.) In the meantime, these were my favorite movie moments of 2024 adrianinreeltime.wordpress.com/favorite-mov...
Favorite Movie Moments of 2024
I’m just about done wrapping up 2024 in movies. Only one more stop before I get there: Movie Moments. Every movie has its moments, but I’m talking about the scenes—or sometimes, single shots—that I…
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January 27, 2025 at 8:40 PM
Still compiling my list of favorite movies from last year. (Save me, The Brutalist.) In the meantime, these were my favorite movie moments of 2024 adrianinreeltime.wordpress.com/favorite-mov...
Can’t stop thinking about Cloud. Kiyoshi Kurosawa’s No Country for Young Men, or Battle Royale for rise n grinders. In the end times of consumer capitalism, we’re all just chronically online dogs eating each other
January 24, 2025 at 6:26 PM
Can’t stop thinking about Cloud. Kiyoshi Kurosawa’s No Country for Young Men, or Battle Royale for rise n grinders. In the end times of consumer capitalism, we’re all just chronically online dogs eating each other
Find it very fascinating that John Woo and Kiyoshi Kurosawa did French remakes of their own movies last year
January 22, 2025 at 9:51 PM
Find it very fascinating that John Woo and Kiyoshi Kurosawa did French remakes of their own movies last year
Think after tomorrow imma start using BlueSky more
January 19, 2025 at 7:18 PM
Think after tomorrow imma start using BlueSky more