Dark Shadows

Vampires: Why Here, Why Now?

Tom Alderman | Posted 11.10.2009 | Entertainment


Tom Alderman

If fiction often reflects a nation's culture, why, oh-why-oh, do we have so many vampires, in so many places, sucking up so many entertainment dollars with such blazing success today?

Why America Bares Its Neck for Alexander Skarsgard

Mike Alvear | Posted 09.03.2009 | Entertainment


Mike Alvear

There's a rash of plunging necklines across the country as women (and men) try to bait the dark eroticism they see in Alexander Skarsgard, the vampire Eric Northman on HBO's True Blood.

An Open Letter to Johnny Depp

Marshall Fine | Posted 08.23.2009 | Entertainment


Marshall Fine

I recognize that Hollywood ran out of original ideas years ago, but I always assumed that you, Johnny Depp, had a little more integrity.

NYC Gripes: The Digital TV Scam

R. B. Stuart | Posted 08.16.2009 | New York


R. B. Stuart

The digital TV conversion is no less than a ploy in deregulation to screw you via remote control.