I usually don't appreciate a vampire movie with the undead walking freely during the daytime. Byzantium vampires are that different from the classic ones; they don't sleep in coffins, they don't need soil from their birthplaces, and they are not affected by sunlight. They also are capable of making sex. Alas, they differ from the Twilight vampires as well. Their creation has some logic, even if it is not guided by the classic law. They have in common the bloodsucking. The reason you may enjoy it … [Read more...]
Gothic – Solomon Kane
This is not necessarily about a genre per se, it’s about Solomon Kane, a movie that hardly saves face with the impressive cast, better than Van Helsing anyway, which is a stupid fantasy. At least Solomon Kane is a Gothic fantasy, pushed even to the limit of SciFi with a Transformers’ inspired “beast” (one of the multitude of Devil crones) and the Highlander Series inspired soul-energy surge, you’ll see if you have the patience to spend (let say spend, not lose) effectively 94 minutes, or the … [Read more...]