The Film Yap

Freeman spoke to The Yap about “Skateland,” about his two co-stars who are on the verge of stardom, and making a 1980s film where most of the characters are stuck in the 70s.

With cinematic vampires some suck more than others.

No Dracula. No brides. There is, however, at least one “of.”

The “Twilight Saga: Eclipse” star talks being cast as Quil Ateara, scoring a major franchise role at his first audition, and finally becoming a wolf.

A modest improvement over its predecessor, the mushy “New Moon” at least has action scenes with a little bite.

The 2009 Shia Award winners for Breakout stars of the year.

Twi-hater Caine Gardner and Twi-phile Jamaica Slicer spar on “New Moon.”

In this week’s show, Joe and Chris yap about the history of vampires in cinema, particularly the nosferatu-as-boyfriend trend a la “Twilight: New Moon.”

“Twilight” is the big screen equivalent of Dark Shadows: slow, lame and predictable.

In this guest column, reader Jamaica Slicer says it’s high time someone defends the vampire romance series that people either love or love to hate.