It’s a given that Samuel L. Jackson automatically improves the quality of any film or TV show he’s put in, but not only does he steal the show in The Spirit, he’s pretty much the only good thing in the entire film. Well, him and Scarlett Johansson (loved her as Silken Flossy *swoon* *raging hard-on* =^_^;;=)

Perhaps a better title would have been “Professor Snapes School for Wayward Muggles.” (FYI, before any of you Harry Potter fans out there get your hand-knitted scarves all in a bunch, I already know that Professor Snape didn’t like muggles. My wife has already pointed this out to me. I’m just trying to make point here about how much this manga reminds me of the Harry Potter series, except with mad scientists and steampunk technology. Yeesh! =^_^;;=)

Touch Detective is a cute point-and-click game that’s big on charm and short on compelling game play. Although I absolutely adored the character designs and the game’s overall quirky humor, the stories were humdrum at best. To top it off, several of the later chapters suffered from having nearly inscrutable objectives that had me walking in circles tapping everything in sight in the hopes of finding and activating whatever it was that I needed in order to progress the storyline.

Before this, I had only seen one other film from Showtime’s “Masters of Horror” anthology series. That movie, The Fair-haired Child, was actually pretty good for a low budget horror film. Unfortunately, I cannot say the same about the installment I viewed last night, The Screwfly Solution.

Personally, I find that really good vampire stories are a real rarity in the manga and graphic novel world. I’m sure there are those who would disagree with me about this, but that’s my opinion and I’m sticking to it. In fact, the last two good vampire series in the genre that I read were the 30 Days of Night graphic novels and the Hellsing series. Thankfully, I finally have something new to add to that list with Dance in the Vampire Bund.