The Vampire Always Rings Twice By Sarah Stegall Copyright © 2007 by Sarah Stegall Moonlight Fridays on CBS, 9pm ET/PT “Fleur de Lis” Written by Gabrielle Stanton & Harry Werksman Directed by James Whitmore, Jr. When CBS started marketing Moonlight as a vampire version of film noir, they weren’t kidding around. Two weeks ago, they slapped an homage to the classic film Body Heat into a flashback with Mick and Coraline. This week’s episode includes an almost shot-for-shot recreation of the most iconic scenes of Francis Ford Coppola’s 1974 classic The Conversation. From the circling video surveillance to the dancing Hare Krishnas to the half-heard…
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Moonlight: “Sleeping Beauty”
Waking the Dead By Sarah Stegall Copyright © 2007 by Sarah Stegall Moonlight Fridays on CBS, 9pm ET/PT “Sleeping Beauty” Written by Ron Koslow and Trevor Munson Directed by John Kretchmer When you have to keep constantly reminding your audience of who the primary romantic pairing in your show is, you’re doing it wrong. In the most recent episode of Moonlight, Mick and Josef are discussing the pitfalls of vampire/human love, and Josef wonders if Mick is going to make his “thing with Beth” work. It’s only the latest in a long series (as in, every single episode) of occasions where characters…