Sinners — A Review.

13th June, 2025: Sinners.

The Introduction.

What with one thing and another … ?

There’s things I’ve not done for some time.

Made mad passionate love, for example.

Climbed a mountainous hill in search of washing powder, as another.

Or even … had a shower.

No, I tell a lie: I had one of those, this morning!

But I’m burbling, aren’t I … ?

There’s a few things I haven’t done.

One of those?

Is watch a movie.

The last one I saw was Snow White.

So, having a little time on my hands?

I felt something different could be good.

The trailer that caught my eye?

Was for a film called Sinners.

I’m hoping two things, right now.

One?

That Sinners will hold my attention.

And two?

If it does, I’ll have this review finished by tomorrow night … 

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A Girl Walks Home Alone At Night: Serious Art-house …

11th August, 2015.

You know, I do like seeing a film: every-so-often.

No, really: go hit the tag cloud at the bottom of the page, or click this link.

At any rate, I like watching the occasional film.

Not as many as I’d prefer, I think.   I work shifts: so, sometimes, there’s evenings I’m working.   And others when I’m either doing other things.

My point is, I like watching the odd film:  and I’ve not done that as often as I’d like, just recently.

Apart from the odd one or two, here and there.

And yes.

It’s either just me.

Or A Girl Walks Home Alone At Night is … odd … 

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30 Days of Night: How To Give A Twilight Fan A Headache …. (A Review)

13th December, 2011: 30 Days of Night.

I hate repeating myself, I really do.

Says the man who’s managed to do at least five Teaser question a day for the last three years.

There’s BOUND to be a repeat, there, somewhere.

If there is, I’m just hoping I can gently brush them under the carpet and hope no-one notices them!

At ANY rate … ?

The reason I mention repeats … is that I’ve had the night to myself.

So decided to watch a film I’d already seen: but felt was worth seeing again.

The 2007, David Slade directed, 30 Days of Night, starring Josh Hartnett and Melissa George as its divorced husband and wife heroes, Eben and Stella Olsen.

Who are Sheriff and local Fire Marshall for the small Alaskan town of Barrow, the most northerly town in the US.

One that, for the purposes of the film, sees a month of night in the depths of winter*.

A month of wintery, pitch black nights, when vampires — ones that are VERY unlike the ones you’re used to — decide Barrow is a perfect place to be.

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Now …

I’m thinking I won’t go further than that.

I will, however, give you the link for my original write up on 30 Days of Night.

And SERIOUSLY suggest you catch it … !

30 Days of Night

★★★☆

*        From the little I know, the films makers have taken a few liberties, there: but I’ll let you look that up on Wikipedia, yourself …

Daybreakers

You know, it’s not that often Movie Night Adrian and I get together on a Friday night to catch a movie.

But, given that neither of us are football fans — and with nothing else on TV that caught the attention of either of us — we both thought a film would be something to catch.

Handy Adrian had a copy of the 2009, Spierig brothers directed, Daybreakers going begging, really …

Which, if you’ve a taste for a vampire movie, or two, is a rivetingly good watch.

And one that had me, at least, playing my usual game of ‘Spot the Reference’, as well!

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Not that I’m a trainspotter!

Having an anorak, half a dozen pen-protectors, and at least 18 technical manuals for The Flying Scotsman doesn’t count, before you say anything, Adrian … !!

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Because Daybreakers is a vampire movie that is both a well thought out modern-day take on the idea of fighting this particular movie monster, one that hack’s back to earlier vampire movies — cult Kathryn Bigelow vampire film, Near Dark comes to mind, there, as does the 1971, Boris Sagal film, The Omega Man — and one that has a lot of internal consistency in its world building: something I know I’m always impressed with.

Daybreakers sees vampire hematologist, Dr Edward Dalton, working for pharmaceutical company, Bromley Marks: a pharmaceutical company headed by Charles Bromley — Sam Neill being even more devilish than he was in The Omen 3: The Final Conflict — and one that’s coming more and more to prominence, in the near-future setting of 2019.

Because this near future is one that sees the Earth, after a plague hasn’t exactly killed everyone: the Earth’s population has, instead, all turned into vampires.

And the company that Ethan Hawke’s character, Dr Dalton, works for is desperately searching for a substitute for human blood, as more and more people are becoming vampires.

Food’s running out.

And the company’s supplied of battery-farmed humans is slowly dwindling …

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Which is where the influences really can be felt, actually: because, in a way I thought was definitely reminiscent of Near Dark, there’s a cure.

Or a couple of them.

Helpfully supplied by the Willem Dafoe character, Lionel ‘Elvis’ Cormac, and Edward’s younger brother, Frankie — played by Michael Dorman — both cure’s come into play towards the end of the film …

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Which is where I think I can leave it …

After all, I’d rather not spoil thing’s totally for you … !

All I think I need to say, though, is that this is a very watchable film, for those of us who’d like to see a very well thought out vampire flick.

Granted, that idea of an ostensibly evil being redeemed may be a bit old hat for some*, but Hollywood can do these things rather well.

That makes Daybreakers well worth the money.

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* One of these day’s, we’ll see a European or Bollywood take on the idea: that might just make everyone’s eyes pop out …

30 Days of Night: A month of Blood …

4th June, 2009

I’m thinking Adrian’s missed a treat, here.

He’s managed to break his arm, running for the bus!

Actually, I’m more sympathetic than I sound; he didn’t look too chipper, Tuesday night, and has been on some serious painkillers, for the past few days.

I’m thinking a get well soon’s in order, I know that.

But it did mean I had a quiet night in with a copy of the David Slade directed 30 Days of Night.

Which is both gruesome and horrific; two things that aren’t necessarily the same.

The gruesome part comes in, of course, because this is, after all, a vampire film.

During winter, the small north Alaskan town of Barrow* sees thirty days of night: which is when a small group of vampires manage to cut communications links to the outside world, and attack.

These aren’t the romantic, elegant blood-suckers of “Underworld” or “Dracula” or the party animals of the original “Blade”.

Slade has them as feral, wild animals, howling and screeching at the moon, and attacking their victims in a vicious feeding frenzy.

Intelligent, yes.

But very animalistic.

To the point where the word ‘pack’ is probably appropriate.

There’s also moments of horror.

For me, those included a scene where Eben — the Josh Hartnett character — realises his deputy, Billy, has killed his own family to prevent them being killed or turned by the attacking horde, and where Jake — Eben’s younger brother — suffers the emotional aftermath of having to kill a little girl who’s been turned.

There’s also the realisation, by Stella, Eben’s ex-wife, realises her former husband’s grandmother has been killed.

Which is wonderfully done by Melissa George; very subtle, and possibly only achievable on the big screen.

That mix, for me, makes this a very good film to watch; certainly that combination of elements made this a very good investment, back when I bought it.

I’m just sorry I didn’t suggest it, on Tuesday.

And wondering what language was used as a basis for the one used by the vampires …

Actor	Character
Josh Hartnett	Sheriff Eben Oleson
Melissa George	Stella Oleson
Danny Huston	Marlow
Ben Foster	The Stranger
Mark Boone Junior	Beau Brower
Mark Rendall	Jake Oleson
Amber Sainsbury	Denise
Manu Bennett	Deputy Billy Kitka
Megan Franich	Iris
Joel Tobeck	Doug Hertz
Elizabeth Hawthorne	Lucy Ikos
Nathaniel Lees	Carter Davies
Craig Hall	Wilson Bulosan
Chic Littlewood	Issac Bulosan
Peter Feeney	John Riis