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Thursday, September 11 2008

Talk, Talk, Talk: November 2008

Like the sainted sigh of relief that comes after another shriek-filled All Hallow's Eve, November usually means the start of the 'nominate me' process for the proposed prestige pictures of 2008.


Columns

Wednesday, January 7 2009

Twilight Takeover

The film is a successful adaptation of the book not only because Pattinson is so talented and dreamy, but also because Hardwicke knows a thing or two about filming adolescents.


Reviews

Monday, March 23 2009

Twilight

While Meyers’ books tend toward formulaic characterizations, Hardwicke takes the material and successfully transforms it into a subtle, layered atmospheric film.


Friday, November 21 2008

Twilight

Fantasy rules in Twilight, fantasy simultaneously delicate and ravishing, chaste and utterly bloody.


Blogs

Friday, November 19 2010

Ten Famous 'Harry Potter' Wannabes

Ten Potter pretenders that were definitely more hogwash than Hogwarts.


Friday, July 2 2010

A Twi-Haters Guide to Twilight: Part 5 - Twilight Explained... Sort of

Today we call them fairytales, exaggerated examples of basic wish fulfillment that play on a reader's (or listeners, or watchers) predetermined level of self-worth and need and then specifically addresses said requirements in an easily understandable way


Tuesday, June 29 2010

A Twi-Haters Guide to Twilight: Part 2 - Rifftrax: A Twi-Haters Sanctuary

Rifftrax turns the entire Twilight experience into a mixed meta media exploration, commenting both on the films themselves and the obvious outside reaction to same.


Monday, June 28 2010

A Twi-Haters Guide to Twilight: Part 1 - The Ten Reasons Twilight is the Scariest Franchise Ever!

Ten Reasons Why You Should Be Afraid of Twilight, Twi-Hater...Very Afraid Indeed!


Thursday, November 20 2008

Vamp-Ire: 'Twilight' vs 'Let the Right One In'

Blame Anne Rice. Blame her for being the literary stake in the original vampire's heart. If it wasn't for her spinster prose take on the…


News

Wednesday, February 10 2010

Brandon T. Jackson is enjoying his key role in the 'Percy Jackson' movie

DETROIT — When a movie based on a popular book series like "Harry Potter" or "Twilight" opens, it can change the lives of the young…


Friday, January 29 2010

Kristen Stewart is belle of the fest with two decidedly un-'Twilight' films

PARK CITY, Utah — Call it a casting fluke, call it kismet. In both of her movies premiering at this year's Sundance Film Festival, Kristen…


Wednesday, March 18 2009

‘Twilight' descends at midnight Friday night

After months of hype and screaming fangirls and barrels of newspaper ink dumped on Robert Pattinson and "Twilight," there was bound to be some backlash.…


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