Sweeney Todd: Tim Burton's movie version

 Appealingly fleet in pacing, Tim Burton's adaptation of the opera -- filmed in two colors: sepia and BLOOD RED -- plays up the mordant comedy with stylized performances from all principals. Pasty, broody Johnny Depp, distracted by vengeance, anchors film as Sweeney Todd with a very inward, focused melancholy. Pasty, frazzled Helena Bonham Carter holds up much of the comedy with her insouciant, greasy gaiety as mad scientist of pies Mrs. Lovett. Music is competent, but players mumble too much, but that's not a problem because the simple, pantomime-like nature of the story communicates everything you need to know through body language. Cliched objectification of walking plot points Lucy, Sweeney's wife, and Joanna, Sweeney's daughter, severely mars an otherwise lightweight and satisfying feature.

LHF 1.7: "Honest Vampires"

Anneka and Will's dirty little secrets come out. 

BTVS Tarot deck: OH WOW...Oh crap.

Some time ago, someone got the genius idea to do a BTVS Tarot deck and contracted an illustrator who can actually create likenesses of the characters, and the previews of the cards looked intriguing and attractive, and I was instantly ready to drop $30.00 for it, just for the pretty pictures, and then...

Then Dark Horse canceled it. How very disappointing.