FILM: Few thrills in anaemic teenage vampire romp

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The first in a burgeoning franchise of anaemic vampire romances taken from a series of tween-lit books written by Stephenie Meyer, director Catherine Hardwicke’s faltering supernatural drama crested a tsunami of hype to break box office records on its American release. But the film ...