Subject: Angela Bassett

• The Five Worst Movie Vampires

  With the release of Twilight, we're seeing a continuation of the metaphorical "defanging" of the vampire in modern culture. Vamps used to be terrifying creatures of the night, bent on evil and slaking their undead thirst. Now they're brooding fops who want to talk about their feelings. Here are five of the worst: 5. Maximillian -- Vampire in Brooklyn (1995) One assumes Angela Bassett fired her agent shortly after she appeared in this (though Tyler Perry movies are hardly a step up). And no

  November 21, 2008

• To Coldly Go

  July 10, 1997

• In the Groove

  August 13, 1998

• Biggie, Small

  January 15, 2009

• String Along

  Maudlin Music hardly matches the Craven image

  October 28, 1999

• Shallow Pop

  Bernie Mac needs three more hits. He won't likely find one here.

  September 23, 2004

• Sunny Delight

  Developers battle over Florida, and John Sayles gets the last laugh

  July 11, 2002

• Two for the Road

  In which our man in Dallas joins Sofia Staks, Kayla Kleevage and other noted First Amendment activists on a mission to rescue Houston from the pashas of prudery. Or something like that.

  January 2, 1997