Category: Salma Hayek

  • Cirque du Freak: The Vampire’s Assistant (2009)

    By the late 2000s, vampire was the new black. Between the popularity of the Twilight franchise and HBO’s True Blood, bloodsucking hadn’t been this lucky since the Wall Street bailout. … Which brings us to another vampire-centric tale, Cirque du Freak: The Vampire’s Assistant. Truncating the first three novels of Darren Shan’s YA book series,…

  • Ask the Dust (2006)

    Lest you forget that there is no sure thing, we direct your attention to Ask the Dust.  The project must have looked irresistible on paper. Its pedigree is impeccable. After all, the film is based on the 1939 quasi-autobiographical novel by John Fante, whose rabid cult following included Charles Bukowski. Ask the Dust is written and directed by…