Tag Archives: Dracula

Dracula: If It’s Not Going To Be Faithful, At Least Make It Fun

Posted on January 4, 2020 by

(Spoilers) When watching the BBC’s most recent literary adaptations – The War of the Worlds, His Dark Materials and A Christmas Carol – I couldn’t help but compare them to the original source material. His Dark Materials was the most … Continue reading →

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Films I Saw In July

Posted on August 6, 2015 by

American Psycho (2000) Christian Bale stars as Patrick Bateman, a 1980s investment banker who is secretly a serial killer. Bale himself delivers some brilliant acting in this film: he’s very believable as a sociopath who has to fake whatever emotion … Continue reading →

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Films I Watched In June

Posted on July 19, 2015 by

The Phantom of the Opera (1925) This is a silent film, starring Lon Chaney – the “Man of a Thousand Faces” – as the Phantom. I’m most familiar with the musical, but since that obviously didn’t exist at this point, … Continue reading →

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