Neil Jordan’s newest offering is a blood-soaked, barmy tour de force, anchored firmly by its two leads, Gemma Arterton and Saoirse Ronan. There are definite strains of Jordan’s previous foray into the genre present here, but where Interview with A Vampire was all about male power play, Byzantium is concerned with the struggle of women in a world where men will constantly seek to drag them down. Beautifully filmed, and bolstered by its generally strong cast and a couple of suitably flamboyant touches, Byzantium is – despite belonging to a seriously over saturated genre – a vampire film that you can actually sink your teeth into.
We’re already half-way through our 12 Days of Christmas! Where has the time gone? Let’s take a GANDER (geddit?) at Best For Film’s Top 6 Geese. Are you EGGcited? OK OK no more goose puns. We couldn’t think of anymore anyway. Enjoy!
Tom Hardy in the running to play stupid, naked, jobless, homeless virgin who has never seen toilet paper.
In which Cupid goes on a bloody rampage through downtown New York. Maybe.
Ring, ring, hookah, Lee Daniels is on the line.
Outback murderer forced to turn down role as ‘Policeman’ in film about a murder in the outback
Justin Cronin’s fangtastic novel to be shuffled over to the screen by Matt Reeves instead of rumoured Ridley Scott. Unfortunately there was no battle to the death.
Snipe London
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