Starz Studios: When in Rome / Edge of Darkness / Saint John of Las Vegas (2010)

This Starz 12-minute program profiles When in Rome, Spartacus: Blood and Sand, Saint John of Las Vegas, Creation, and Edge of Darkness. The only movies I would choose to see based on these movie clips interlaced with vignettes of actors and directors musing aloud (which is not always done well) are Saint John of Las Vegas and Edge of Darkness. When in Rome looks passably humorous but the preview reveals clunky moments and Kristen Bell comes off as plastic (in every poor sense of the word) -- plus the ensemble cast includes Jon Heder (who mumbles a lot) and Danny DeVito (who grunts once). Spartacus (which has Lucy Lawless in it somewhere) is a 300 wannabe but no one is impressed by two minutes of actors lunging into empty air against a green screen. Creation may be a good Victorian romance but I couldn't tell from real-life couple Paul Bettany's and Jennifer Connelly's inconsequential muttering about their film roles. I did become interested in Saint John of Las Vegas because it's a quirky independent comedy starring Steve Buscemi, though the preview was not that informative (and even confusing). And lastly, from the movie clips, Edge of Darkness seems to be a satisfyingly taut thriller -- even if Mel Gibson has reduced his sound bytes into incomprehensible blurts. 2.5 stars.