Janet Maslin — American Journalist born on August 12, 1949,

Janet R. Maslin is an American journalist, best known as a film and literary critic for The New York Times. She served as the Times' film critic from 1977 to 1999... (wikipedia)

Eroticism bubbles beneath the surface of every vampire story, but Anne Rice is a writer to make the pot boil.
Beyond its romance, 'Titanic' offers an indelibly wrenching story of blind arrogance and its terrible consequences. It's the rare Hollywood adventure film that brings mythic images of tragedy - the fall of Icarus, the ruin of Ozymandias - so easily to mind.