Tag: vampire

  • Why Doesn’t Anybody Remember True Blood?

    Why Doesn’t Anybody Remember True Blood?

    True Blood was one of HBO’s biggest hits, but just six years after the final episode aired, it seems like nobody talks about it anymore. Why did the show go from sexy, campy classic to fizzled-out and forgotten?

  • ‘Twilight’ finally comes to a close with ‘Breaking Dawn Part 2’

    ‘Twilight’ finally comes to a close with ‘Breaking Dawn Part 2’

    Twi-hards everywhere are shedding a collective tear with the release of The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part 2, the fifth and final film in the Twilight series, adapted from the massively best-selling young adult book series by Stephenie Meyer. The series, which began with a mousey teenager falling in love at first sight with a…

  • Burton’s ‘Dark Shadows’ disappoints

    Burton’s ‘Dark Shadows’ disappoints

    Back in the 1990s, Hollywood started taking old TV shows and making them into movies, set in present day, and making fun of just how outdated they seemed by today’s standards. The Brady Bunch Movie, The Adams Family and even Pleasantville showed us that the characters of old would have a tough time fitting in…

  • Sex and morality collide in ‘Breaking Dawn’

    Sex and morality collide in ‘Breaking Dawn’

    If you have eyes and ears, chances are you’re familiar with the Twilight film series, adapted from the hugely successful books. The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part I, the fourth of five films, is the beginning of the end for our sparkly vampire and his clumsy fiancée. This time, Edward (Robert Pattinson) and Bella…

  • Let Me In far exceeds expectations

    Let Me In far exceeds expectations

    When people heard director Matt Reeves was remaking Let The Right One In, the popular vampire movie from Sweden, there was an immediate uproar. People were afraid it would be Americanized and dumbed down. I was skeptical as well. Based on the previous work of Reeves, I felt Let Me In would definitely be a…

  • New Moon is no Romeo + Juliet but it’s still teenage fun

    You might find this hard to believe because I’m such a classy, dignified lady, but I was once a giggling teen with a major crush on a young Leonardo DiCaprio. Like so many girls (and some guys) of my generation, I was convinced that there was no greater heartthrob than Leo. Today, it seems the…


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