Enough With the Whiny Vampires Already
How much more can an exhausted pop culture take, after the Twilight phenom and its never-ending cavalcade of Walmart-ready tchotkes?
How much more can an exhausted pop culture take, after the Twilight phenom and its never-ending cavalcade of Walmart-ready tchotkes?
Laurence Hughes | Posted 10.27.2009 | Books
Dracula has turned into many things in his time -- a bat, a wolf, a mist. Exactly when did he turn into a wuss?
Greg Archer | Posted 10.26.2009 | Entertainment
Vampire shows, vampire films -- they're all around. The nation loves them and the love affair doesn't show any signs of fading.
Maggie Van Ostrand | Posted 10.23.2009 | Living
Where once the King of Halloween confection was Candy Corn -- selling 8.3 billion kernels a year -- planners of today's Halloween parties lobby their new faves: the latest in gross and disgusting party food.
Reyne Haines | Posted 10.14.2009 | Style
I'm talking about collecting, upcoming auctions, and an authentic piece of vampire history you can acquire this Halloween.
The New York Observer | Emily Geminder | Posted 09.29.2009 | New York
By day, the newest museum in town offers everything a New Yorker might expect guided tours, worldly artifacts, meticulously curated exhibits. But by n...
Mark Blankenship | Posted 11.13.2009 | Entertainment
Seasons can't go on forever, and "Beyond Here Lies' Nothin'" sends True Blood out in style.
Tom Alderman | Posted 11.10.2009 | Entertainment
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?
Mark Blankenship | Posted 09.30.2009 | Entertainment
I can forgive my favorite shows when they have a bad episode or two. And I'll definitely have to forgive True Blood for this week's installment, "Frenzy." It's pretty much a disaster.
Sophie Pollitt-Cohen | Posted 09.27.2009 | Comedy
For a hot minute, I couldn't decide if this strategy is the dumbest thing since "Keeping Up With The Kardashians" or if it's pure genius. I was stuck with an uncomfortable in-between feeling.
Mark Blankenship | Posted 09.16.2009 | Entertainment
What can I say? I wasn't feeling it tonight. "I Will Rise Up" has a few Sucker Punches, but it mostly functions as a placeholder.
Dan Persons | Posted 09.14.2009 | Entertainment
I Sell the Dead has pretty much nothing going for it except a neat cast, plus the visual inventiveness and sheer, audacious wit of its director, Mr. McQuaid. Fortunately, that's more than enough.
Mark Blankenship | Posted 09.09.2009 | Entertainment
Iximng ti pu. See what I did there? I took the phrase "mixing it up," and I mixed it up. That's because True Blood episode 2.8, "Timebomb," mixes up the meaning of two central metaphors. (I know, right? I'm so clever!)
Mike Alvear | Posted 09.03.2009 | Entertainment
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.
Mark Blankenship | Posted 09.02.2009 | Entertainment
Are you serious, True Blood? Are you really going to spring Godric on me in the last moment of Episode 7 ("Release Me") and then cut to the credits? D
Mark Blankenship | Posted 08.26.2009 | Entertainment
There are so many sucker-punchy scenes in this installment that I could get carpal tunnel syndrome writing about them all.
Mark Blankenship | Posted 08.20.2009 | Entertainment
Welcome to Sucker Punch, the only blog post that ranks the gaudiest moments on this week's episode of True Blood.
HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 08.17.2009 | Media
So, did you read about that time that Glenn Beck got a TEENSY BIT PIQUED at a lady who called in to his radio show, forcing him to go to his screechy ...
Mark Blankenship | Posted 08.12.2009 | Entertainment
Almost all the characters are weakened in some way, which creates a queasily exciting energy: We can sense a bomb's about to drop, but we can't quite tell where it's going to fall.
Mark Blankenship | Posted 07.29.2009 | Entertainment
Welcome to Sucker Punch, the only blog post that ranks the gaudiest moments on this week's episode of True Blood.
Holly Robinson | Posted 07.27.2009 | Entertainment
This was a true literary love fest in our book club. Why? Because Edward is a true gentleman, determined to keep his lover safe by not biting her neck, no matter how good she smells.
Mark Blankenship | Posted 07.22.2009 | Entertainment
And now back to the important question: When does "Keep This Party Going" go the furthest over the top?
Mark Blankenship | Posted 07.15.2009 | Entertainment
The series, created by Six Feet Under and American Beauty's Alan Ball, pulses with such reckless, lusty energy that I cannot wait for each new episode.
Michael Giltz | Posted 04.13.2009 | Entertainment
He's had a major role in a string of terrific movies, dating back to Clueless all the way to Knocked Up. And now suddenly, he's the man: the lead in successful movies.
Huffington Post | Jessica Gusman | Posted 04.11.2009 | World
The skull of a "vampire" has been found near Venice among the corpses of 16th century plague victims, reports LiveScience. The leader of the archaeol...
Mark Morford | Posted 10.30.2009 | Entertainment