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Moonlight starring Alex O’Loughlin, Sophia Myles and Jason Dohring

Posted on November 14, 2010 Written by ripitup

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Moonlight starring Alex O'Loughlin, Sophia Myles and Jason Dohring.
Moonlight starring Alex O'Loughlin, Sophia Myles and Jason Dohring.

Characters, General Plotline and First Episode

Mick St. John (Alex O’Loughlin) is an 80-something vampire, going on early 30s. He is living in L.A., where hundreds of vampires exist, unknown to many humans. The vampires care about secrecy, and usually if someone is going to drink human blood, it is voluntary. These vampires can’t be killed with wooden stakes. You either need to chopping their head off or set them on fire. Sunlight hurts, but they don’t burst into flames. They prefer the shadows, but going out in the sunlight won’t kill them if they are careful.  Let’s face it; California is a refreshing update to a Vampire’s address.

Mick is a good guy, working as a private investigator. His best friend is one of the oldest vampires around – Josef (Jason Dohring), a rich businessman, in his 400s and going on mid 20s. Josef is a lot more into all things pleasurable and of course, money.

Mick’s existence is pretty uncomplicated, until a big part of his past catches up with him. 25 years ago, he has saved a little girl’s life. Her name is Beth Turner (Sophia Myles). She is now working as an online journalist and dating a lawyer-Josh- from the D.A.’s office (Jordan Belfi). She runs across Mick at a murder scene. A young woman was murdered, with bite marks in her neck. When Beth sees Mick, she knows he is so familiar but can’t make it out yet. Mick only discloses that he is a P.I. While working on the case, their paths cross again. Mick has watched over her for years and seems to have developed a major crush for the adult Beth. And despite being in a happy and steady relationship, Beth is strangely drawn to Mick as well.

The pilot episode comes to a big finale with Mick saving Beth’s life and earning her trust.

As episodes continue, we see the attraction growing between the two. They love working together but Mick is doing his best trying not to get too close. After all, he is a single vampire, and she is a human with a boyfriend. But of course shortly Beth will discover Mick’s secret and this will bring them even closer. However the current complications are multiplied when a freelance photographer comes into the picture, who carries an uncanny resemblance to Mick’s vampire ex-wife/sire Coraline (Shannyn Sossamon – 40 Days 40 Nights, A Knight’s Tale). And even though she seems to be having a lot in common with Mick and Coraline, she is human…

Moonlight starring Alex O'Loughlin, Sophia Myles, Jason Dohring & Shannyn Sossamon
Moonlight characters & actors: from left- Coraline (Shannyn Sossamon), Mick St. John (Alex O'Loughlin), Beth Turner (Sophia Myles) and Josef Kostan (Jason Dohring)

Verdict:

Moonlight has been my favorite vampire-related thing so far, movies and TV series included. It has the great mixture of mystery, action, thrilling factors, romance, friendship and entertaining one-liners. It is a shame it only lasted for 1 season. But unlike the many shows that overstated their welcome, Moonlight offers 16 excellent episodes. The acting is fine and Australian Alex O’Loughlin’s American accent is more than convincing. And a good American accent never goes to waste for an actor, as he is now also playing an American again, this time in the new Hawaii Five-0 TV series.

If you like vampires, give Moonlight TV Show a shot. Unlike the Twilight franchise, Moonlight has a much more unisex audience. But of course it is far away from the sexual and gory scenes of True Blood. You’ll enjoy Moonlight; especially if you like the new generation vampires who are harder to kill, look prettier and don’t burst into flames. But don’t worry, again- unlike Twilight’s ever-pretty, shining under the sun vamps, Moonlight vampires go extremely pale in the face & eyes and show fangs when they want to do their vampire things. They don’t shine in the sun either.

Guest star: The Mentalist’s FBI Agent O’Loughlin, The Ugly Truth’s Colin – Eric Winter- guest-stars for 4 episodes.

8/10 – for all episodes. The music rocks too.

Other Vampire Shows and Trivia

The Vampire Diaries starring Nina Dobrev, Paul Wesley and Ian Somerhalder

Buffy The Vampire Slayer

Movie Vampires feat. Stuart Townsend, Gerard Butler, Tom Cruise, Kate Beckinsale, Robert Pattinson & More

 

All Posts on Alex O’Loughlin

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The Back-Up Plan starring Alex O’Loughlin and Jennifer Lopez

Hawaii Five-0 starring Alex O’Loughlin and Scott Caan

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Filed Under: TV shows Tagged With: Alex O'Loughlin, eric winter, jordan belfi, mick st john, moonlight, moonlight mick and beth, moonlight tv series, moonlight tv show, Shannyn Sossamon, sophia myles, Twilight, twilight movies, twilight vampires, vampires

11 Celebrity Trivia Articles Not Featured On My Blog

Posted on July 30, 2010 Written by ripitup

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I write on other websites as well so sometimes those sites fall short of my articles or sometimes my blog does. It is still me, so I thought I will feature the links to my trivia articles published online.

  1. Jennifer Aniston: 22 Facts About Jennifer Aniston
  2. Jennifer Connelly 14 Facts About Jennifer Connelly
  3. Keanu Reeves: Getting to Know Keanu Reeves- Keanu 101
  4. Gerard Butler: 25 Fun Facts About The Scottish Actor Gerard Butler
  5. Clive Owen: 21 Facts About The English Actor Clive Owen
  6. Jake Gyllenhaal
  7. Twilight Actors: Robert Pattinson,Taylor Lautner and Kristen Stewart
  8. Twilight Actors: (The Cullens) Peter Facinelli, Elizabeth Reaser, Ashley Greene, Nikki Reed, Kellan Lutz, Jackson Rathbone.
  9. Tom Cruise
  10. Bon Jovi: 52 Facts About The Rock Fan Bon Jovi
  11. Mel Gibson: All About Mel: A fun yet fair Mel Gibson tribute
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Filed Under: For Fun: Celebrities, dating, relationships and everything else Tagged With: Bon Jovi, celebrity trivia, Clive Owen, Gerard Butler, Jake Gyllenhaal, Jennifer Aniston, Jennifer Connelly, Jon Bon Jovi, Keanu Reeves, Mel Gibson, Tom Cruise, Twilight, twilight actors, twilight cast

Can Vampires Suck Rock? : Pre-review of the Twilight Spoof Vampires Suck

Posted on July 24, 2010 Written by ripitup

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Vampires Suck- the Twilight spoof movie
Will Vampires Suck rock or suck?We will all see. Image via divxplanet.com

It was about time someone spoofed the Twilight movies. I actually like the series, but you know Hollywood loves creating spoofs of whatever is the hit movie of the time. Have you ever seen Emilio Estevez in Loaded Weapon? Please check it out – especially if you have seen or heard of Basic Instinct, Lethal Weapon series and any Clint Eastwood action/western. In fact, I watched Loaded Weapon before I saw Lethal Weapon and loved how funny was. I saw Lethal Weapon afterwards and it is now one of my favorite series of all times.

Another two great spoofs I have seen are not movies but Saturday Night Live stunts: One of 300 and one of Braveheart- both starring Gerard Butler. Given that Gerard Butler starred in the original 300 movie and is spoofing his own character and that he is a Scot make both spoofs even more hilarious. And I never thought I would enjoy something that makes fun of Braveheart as it is my favorite movie. But when something is funny as hell, you got to give its due.

So a good spoof is fun to watch, regardless of how you feel about the original. I am actually a fan of the Twilight series. I accept and enjoy the saga for what it is: an absolute female romantic fantasy with some action thrown in.

But even the title of this spoof- Vampires Suck- made me laugh so I checked out its trailer and laughed out loud. Vampires Suck is a brilliant title from whatever meaning you look at it- and the trailer is very funny. They have made fun of the plot, the way the actors are (under)dressed, the villains, the good guys and everything else. And I simply adored the delivery guy, Black Eyed Peas and the contract jokes. The movie is supposed to come out in August and the lead vampire’s name is Edward Sullen. Enjoy.

[pro-player width=’530′ height=’253′ type=’video’]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vHkPJ1ACLrg&feature=related[/pro-player]

Here’s the trailer’s link, in case the video doesn’t work:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vHkPJ1ACLrg&feature=related

But if you want trivia and reviews on the actual Twilight Saga- this is the ultimate link:

The Ultimate Twilight Movies and Cast Resources: 15 Posts on The Twilight Saga

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Filed Under: Movies and Actors Tagged With: 300, 300 movie, 300 spartans spoof, 300 spoof, Danny Glover, emilio estevez, Gerard Butler, gerard butler 300, Lethal Weapon, loaded weapon, Mel Gibson, Saturday Night Live, SNL, Twilight, Twilight saga, twilight spoof, Vampires Suck

The Twilight Saga: Eclipse starring Robert Pattinson, Kristen Stewart, Taylor Lautner, Jackson Rathbone and Xavier Samuel

Posted on July 10, 2010 Written by ripitup

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And the world’s bestselling vampires, shapeshifters and the luckiest plain girl are back!

If you are about to see Eclipse, and haven’t seen or read Twilight or New Moon, I wrote the ultimate background guides. It provides you all the info you need to enjoy the films more:

Twilight Saga 101: 33 Things You Should Know About Twilight Before Seeing New Moon

Twilight Saga 102: 24 Things You Should Know About New Moon Before Seeing Eclipse

Twilight Eclipse starring Robert Pattinson, Kristen Stewart and Taylor Lautner
Twilight Eclipse starring Robert Pattinson, Kristen Stewart and Taylor Lautner. Image via eclipsemovie.org

ECLIPSE PLOT SUMMARY AND REVIEW

Bella Swan the human (Kristen Stewart) and Edward Cullen the vampire (Robert Pattinson) are together and still very much in love. However, they have some problems:

–          After everything Bella has gone through (the dangers in Twilight and the depression in New Moon), her father Charlie (Billy Burke) is not, naturally, fond of Edward. Of course he is still clueless that he is a vampire.

–          Charlie would rather have Bella spend time with his friend’s son-Bella’s best friend -Jacob Black (Taylor Lautner). Well, Charlie is also clueless that Jacob is a shapeshifter that can turn into a wolf. However Bella and Jacob are not exactly in good terms. After all he is in love with her and he despises Edward to the core. And Edward also hates Jacob.

–          The Volturi (led by Dakota Fanning’s Jane) want Bella to turn into a vampire. Bella has been wanting this since the first movie. Edward now has no choice, but he has made one condition. She has to marry him.

–          And Bella is not exactly sure how she will be explain to her parents that she will marry her boyfriend at the age of 18 and she is not even pregnant. And if she does agree to marry Edward, how will Jacob handle it?

Despite the complications, Bella won’t give up on either Jacob or Edward. She makes piece with Jacob again but Jacob still loves pissing Edward off and vice versa. He makes it clear to Bella that he won’t give up the fight for her heart. But as he finds out, she will willingly turn into a vampire and he is disgusted by the idea. Still, he says he will be fighting for her until her heart stops beating (as a human).

While Bella is caught in between the love of her life and her best friend/the second love of her life, there is another and much bigger problem. An army of newborn vampires are terrorizing Seatlle, led by a local Forks boy-turned-vampire led by Riley. As the Cullens explain, newborn vampires are at their strongest, most vicious and most uncontrollable. They are suspecting that their number one vampire enemy Victoria is behind it and they are right. As the Volturi (currently lead by Aro’s sister Jane Volturi) don’t seem to be doing anything so it is up to the Cullens to protect Bella, the town and each other. When Jacob and his friends realize how big the threat is, they decide to join on the fight. After all, as Jacob puts it, they will at least get to kill some vampires.

So it is up to Jasper Cullen (Jackson Rathbone) to train both his family and the werewolves to train  against the newborns. Jasper has a history of fighting wars-both humans and creating/training newborns.

This fight will force Edward and Jacob to try to put their differences behind. But can they manage to deal with Bella’s feelings for each of them and beat a vicious army at the same time?

Trailer:

[pro-player width=’530′ height=’253′ type=’video’]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dJEfrHXgKdE&feature=fvw[/pro-player]

Scene Video:

[pro-player width=’530′ height=’253′ type=’video’]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cBE0PTIcIq8&feature=fvsr[/pro-player]

This movie is fun. It is at the height of mindless entertainment. It is rated a 4.6 on IMDB but if there is something about the movie I will rated below that, it is the wolves. Just like New Moon, they do look ridiculous. Yeah, wolves that big are not meant to be realistic but they should look a bit less funny.

Apart from that, this is an enjoyable experience, especially if you try and not to get tangled up in the hype of hatred. So vampires shine in the sun instead of bursting into flames? Get over that already! There are vampires who fall in love with humans and refuse to suck human blood and try to make amends for their past mistakes and sins. I’d have thought after Buffy, Moonlight and True Blood, people would get used to the idea of nice vampires. And yes, pretty vampires. If you love Dracula’s make-up, fine. Watch that. The ugly vampire faces from Buffy are so 90s and as much as I love True Blood, the teeth look ridiculous. Oh sure, the vampires in Twilight get unflattering make-up too but hey they are vampires. They do have to look at least a little off and unnatural.

Are you bothered with the almost fairy tale like romance? Fine. Don’t see the movie. Or if it makes you happy to hate it and then complain about it, sure-by all means go for it. But don’t go saying the movie has been the worst experience of your life because

a) If this movie has been the worst movie you have ever seen, you take everything far too seriously and  b) you have done it to yourself.

This movie is not a horror film and it is not a thriller. It is a romance movie with vampires that happen to have some nice fighting sequences attached to it. Twilight was never meant to be scary or impressive in the horror/thriller department.

Could it be done better? Probably. But is it just alright the way it is? Yeah. It involves pretty people Not just for girls- guys are bound to find at least one of the female characters pretty. The blonde Rosalie Cullen (Nikki Reed), the adorable Alice (Ashley Greene), the fiery redhead Victoria (Bryce Dallas Howard) and of course the plain yet pretty brunette Kristen Stewart.

Frankly, I found this movie’s most interesting character to be Jasper. He no longer looks like Edward Scissorhands but more like a little made-up but gorgeous glam rocker. He is cool, charismatic, fun and has a better haircut. His past and his training scenes make for a nice sub-plot. And as if the girls were complaining about the lack of the pretty men, we know get another hunk in the form of Riley, played by Australian Xavier Samuel. One of my friends even complained that he should be playing Edward.

The movie also includes decent jokes and fun moments:

–          Bella claims to be Switzerland.

–          Edward complains about Jacob’s shirtlessness.

–          Edward kisses Bella to mark his territory and Jacob hugs her tight and carries her around to mark his.

–          Jacob says that he can feel Bella’s attraction towards him. Yeah, like Bella could hide it… I mean her gorgeous yet old-fashioned boyfriend is withholding sex until marriage whereas Jacob is all muscles and well, more than ready for anything physical with Bella…

–          Charlie’ s awkward but hilarious conversation about protection and his reason to love Edward.

–          And the best line ever:

From Jacob to Edward: I am hotter than you.

I am underlining 4 things: mindless, entertainment, eye candy, romance. Keep your expectations rational and you might have a good time. I went to see the movie with 2 friends, one female and one male. Now, the girl does like the movie. And the guy did have fun. He was busy lusting over Alice (Ashley Greene), joking about how horny vampires were (as in Riley and Victoria), what a faggot Edward was, how slutty Bella was and how she should have picked Jacob. I do agree on most accounts.

Also keep in mind the novels were written by a female by the name of Stephenie Meyer. Yes, it is after all one woman’s romantic fantasy. But then again, so fucking what?

Ratings:

10/10 for eye candy for girls

7/10 for eye candy for boys

2/10 – as for the lack of sexuality

3/10 for wolves effects, 7/10 for the rest

7/10 for all over entertainment

2/10 for the poster

9/10 for the romance.

Enjoy!

Buy New Moon on Amazon

Posts on the Twilight Saga and Cast

Robert Pattinson vs. Taylor Lautner

Twilight Mania: Twilight Movie Review

New Moon Movie Review: New Moon Dissected

Robert Pattinson vs. Edward Cullen: The Cute Robert Pattinson, The Beautiful Edward Cullen

Robert Pattinson isn’t vain. He is British.

Twilight Saga and The Rest of The Cullen Family

Twilight Saga 101: 33 Things You Should Know About Twilight Before Seeing New Moon

Twilight Saga 102: 24 Things You Should Know About New Moon Before Seeing Eclipse

Remember Me Review starring Robert Pattinson

Valentine’s Day review co-starring Taylor Lautner

My Own Worst Enemy co-starring Taylor Lautner

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Filed Under: Movies and Actors Tagged With: Ashley Greene, Bella Swan, Bryce Dallas Howard, Dakota Fanning, Eclipse, Edward Cullen, Jackson Rathbone, Jacob Black, Kristen Stweart, Nikki Reed, Robert Pattinson, Stephenie Meyer, Taylor Lautner, the volturi, Twilight, vampire, vampires, Xavier Samuel

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