Rivers Of Blood Trailer for 'Byzantium'

A lot of potential.























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Neil Jordan's 'Byzantium'

To me, though probably not many others, 'Byzantium' is must-see. The kind of movie you can settle into on a quiet afternoon (at home. I rarely go to the theater anymore).

Neil Jordan has the touch with deeply character-driven stories and Saoirse Ronan, I believe, will become go to for this kind of work. People will care about the characters she portrays.

May not score at the box office but should do well as a rental, on disc, and TV.





















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Stylish, Unrushed, Lush Yet Restrained Clip from 'Byzantium'

And, what else would you expect from Neil Jordan.

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Poster for the Intellectual's Vampire Flick 'Byzantium'

Directed by Neil Jordan (The Crying Game, Interview with the Vampire), written and adapted from her play, by Moira Bufini (Jane Eyre).

This has got to be good. How is it possible this would not be good?

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The Brave One

The first trailer for 'The Brave One' was a bit superficial and came off too much like a feminist take on 'Death Wish' cut for the new millennium -- and the tagline 'I want my dog back' right before Jodie Foster's character shoots a bad guy didn't help.

Trailer 2 promises more of a contemporary and layered suspense thriller. The secondary plot between Foster and Terrence Howard has sizzle -- Foster wants to confess her crimes and Howard knows she is the vigilante killer (or so I'm guessing) but neither character commits to action. This one has great potential for Story. I'm thinking Foster and director Neil Jordan have raised the bar.