Martin O'Leary
@strangetea.bsky.social
London based filmmaker working on folk horror, weird shit, punk sci-fi satire and stuff that exudes a cosmic darkness. Progressive humane human. Obsessed with phantasmagoria, perpetually dreich. Sometimes a numpty, always the odd one out. He/him.
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I keep banging my drum about this re: 28 Years Later and no one really believes me. (I only know one person in real life who's given it a shot!) it's so moving, so weird, so compassionate toward its "zombies," which the film uses to explore the way we treat the ill + how we grapple with death
Not what I expected for a zombie movie.
Very deep.
Very deep.
November 27, 2025 at 2:37 AM
I keep banging my drum about this re: 28 Years Later and no one really believes me. (I only know one person in real life who's given it a shot!) it's so moving, so weird, so compassionate toward its "zombies," which the film uses to explore the way we treat the ill + how we grapple with death
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Recently came to VOD here, I don't think it hit theaters where I'm at.
November 27, 2025 at 12:14 AM
Recently came to VOD here, I don't think it hit theaters where I'm at.
I'm insanely excited for this but it doesn't seem to have a planned release in the UK yet...
I had a great time with Steven (PSYCHO GOREMAN) Kostanski's reimagining of DEATHSTALKER, an absurdly awesome practical effects fantasia and excellent starring vehicle for Daniel Bernhardt (seen here with swamp monster friend).
Deathstalker (2025) | VERN'S REVIEWS on the FILMS of CINEMA
I was a child of the 1980s, but not of HBO or Showtime. That’s probly why I never saw DEATHSTALKER (1983) until last week. Still, I knew the idea of
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November 27, 2025 at 12:13 AM
I'm insanely excited for this but it doesn't seem to have a planned release in the UK yet...
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I had a great time with Steven (PSYCHO GOREMAN) Kostanski's reimagining of DEATHSTALKER, an absurdly awesome practical effects fantasia and excellent starring vehicle for Daniel Bernhardt (seen here with swamp monster friend).
Deathstalker (2025) | VERN'S REVIEWS on the FILMS of CINEMA
I was a child of the 1980s, but not of HBO or Showtime. That’s probly why I never saw DEATHSTALKER (1983) until last week. Still, I knew the idea of
outlawvern.com
November 27, 2025 at 12:11 AM
I had a great time with Steven (PSYCHO GOREMAN) Kostanski's reimagining of DEATHSTALKER, an absurdly awesome practical effects fantasia and excellent starring vehicle for Daniel Bernhardt (seen here with swamp monster friend).
Finally! An instrument I can play.
November 27, 2025 at 12:11 AM
Finally! An instrument I can play.
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It's not this platform. It's all of society that hates AI
November 26, 2025 at 6:04 PM
It's not this platform. It's all of society that hates AI
Worried for a friend who faces a difficult situation tomorrow. Throwing this out into the ether in the hope that it will manifest some positivity for her.
November 27, 2025 at 12:07 AM
Worried for a friend who faces a difficult situation tomorrow. Throwing this out into the ether in the hope that it will manifest some positivity for her.
Modern film discourse seems to have forgotten that cinema existed before 1990.
November 27, 2025 at 12:05 AM
Modern film discourse seems to have forgotten that cinema existed before 1990.
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The Exorcist (1973) would like a word
November 27, 2025 at 12:02 AM
The Exorcist (1973) would like a word
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Instead of watching shitty action movies by a rapist, just put on a Johnnie To flick! Hong Kong's action films are some of the best. Action films from Hong Kong, Korea, China and Japan are all superior. Johnnie To is just my #1 of any director in the action genre.
Brett Rattner's rush hour just got distribution so I think it's gonna be a bad 3 years for movies (at least in amerikkka)
November 26, 2025 at 11:53 PM
Instead of watching shitty action movies by a rapist, just put on a Johnnie To flick! Hong Kong's action films are some of the best. Action films from Hong Kong, Korea, China and Japan are all superior. Johnnie To is just my #1 of any director in the action genre.
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Infinite budgets for this man.
"I wanted a real ship, because the ship is a character... I wanted the movie to test the capabilities of every single craft in moviemaking." —Guillermo del Toro @realgdt.bsky.social
More dates/showtimes added for FRANKENSTEIN > 🎟 bit.ly/Belcourt-FRANKENSTEIN
More dates/showtimes added for FRANKENSTEIN > 🎟 bit.ly/Belcourt-FRANKENSTEIN
November 4, 2025 at 3:36 AM
Infinite budgets for this man.
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Fellas, is it gay to save lives
SCOOP: The Trump administration has instructed employees and grantees not to use U.S. funds to commemorate World AIDS Day — because the observance was started by the World Health Organization.
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Trump Administration Cancels U.S. Observance of World AIDS Day
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November 26, 2025 at 10:19 PM
Fellas, is it gay to save lives
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November 26, 2025 at 10:24 PM
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This instantly cured my depression. The greatest fuck you I have seen in a long time. I hope she is having a blessed day.
Good morning to Brazilian reporter Manuela Borges, who’s been waiting eleven years for this petty moment. ❤️ 🇧🇷
November 26, 2025 at 6:15 PM
This instantly cured my depression. The greatest fuck you I have seen in a long time. I hope she is having a blessed day.
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Remember when things ended?
Plans are already underway for the future of the Wicked franchise, following the smash-hit debut of Wicked: For Good. https://bit.ly/4rrUWpg
November 26, 2025 at 9:38 PM
Remember when things ended?
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Brett Ratner outed Eliot Page as gay (before Page came out as a trans man,” is accused by six women of sexual assault and harrassment, and in 2018 lost all his deals with WB. Now Trump and his fellow rapists and rape apologists are demanding Ratner be fully funded to make movies.
its so weird how everyone connected with trump has SA allegations in their history
November 26, 2025 at 9:29 PM
Brett Ratner outed Eliot Page as gay (before Page came out as a trans man,” is accused by six women of sexual assault and harrassment, and in 2018 lost all his deals with WB. Now Trump and his fellow rapists and rape apologists are demanding Ratner be fully funded to make movies.
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Lots of people sharing this clip because it's funny and cathartic but I also genuinely believe it's important.
We have to win the narrative battle between "I live in a corrupt society and that's just how it is" and "I live in a corrupt society and we are going to defeat and humiliate these ghouls."
We have to win the narrative battle between "I live in a corrupt society and that's just how it is" and "I live in a corrupt society and we are going to defeat and humiliate these ghouls."
Good morning to Brazilian reporter Manuela Borges, who’s been waiting eleven years for this petty moment. ❤️ 🇧🇷
November 26, 2025 at 4:07 PM
Lots of people sharing this clip because it's funny and cathartic but I also genuinely believe it's important.
We have to win the narrative battle between "I live in a corrupt society and that's just how it is" and "I live in a corrupt society and we are going to defeat and humiliate these ghouls."
We have to win the narrative battle between "I live in a corrupt society and that's just how it is" and "I live in a corrupt society and we are going to defeat and humiliate these ghouls."
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No idea how I'm going to pay my tax bill in January. I am beyond fucked. If anyone needs an editor, give me a shout.
November 24, 2025 at 1:04 AM
No idea how I'm going to pay my tax bill in January. I am beyond fucked. If anyone needs an editor, give me a shout.
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Working on my tax return and using all the powers of my imagination to conjure up a way how I will pay the fucking thing by January 31st.
November 26, 2025 at 2:11 AM
Working on my tax return and using all the powers of my imagination to conjure up a way how I will pay the fucking thing by January 31st.
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Why does everything have to be so much?
November 26, 2025 at 2:14 AM
Why does everything have to be so much?
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The effect of gravity on my knackered spine and the harm of every day posture (fucking chairs...) means that the zero g simulation when wrapped in a duvet, lying on a soft mattress and your back is blissfully bereft of pain makes the whole getting-up-and-seize-the-day thing a trillion times harder.
November 26, 2025 at 2:18 AM
The effect of gravity on my knackered spine and the harm of every day posture (fucking chairs...) means that the zero g simulation when wrapped in a duvet, lying on a soft mattress and your back is blissfully bereft of pain makes the whole getting-up-and-seize-the-day thing a trillion times harder.
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Video games were a mistake.
November 25, 2025 at 9:44 PM
Video games were a mistake.
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This is grief.
November 25, 2025 at 9:20 PM
This is grief.
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I think this is why he burned his dignity with that visit. I have mixed feelings about all of this but it has, in some ways, weakened the enemy as it has stained Mamdani's reputation. I couldn't have done it but I suspect Zohran is a better man than me.
📎 WATCH — Ryan Grim discusses the two major takeaways from Zohran Mamdani's meeting with President Donald Tump in the White House.
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Trump BACKS OFF Threat to Bankrupt, Occupy New York City After Mamdani White House Meeting
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November 26, 2025 at 1:04 PM
I think this is why he burned his dignity with that visit. I have mixed feelings about all of this but it has, in some ways, weakened the enemy as it has stained Mamdani's reputation. I couldn't have done it but I suspect Zohran is a better man than me.