The Bride! was always going to be a tough sell. A period piece gothic romance inspired by the 1935 film Bride of Frankenstein, which itself was based on Mary Shelley's 1818 novel Frankenstein, isn't exactly the kind of film that could appeal to the masses and casual moviegoers. All that being
This weekend sees the release of Maggie Gyllenhaal's The Bride!, a film she both wrote and directed that draws inspiration from the 1935 film Bride of Frankenstein. That movie itself drew inspiration from Mary Shelley's 1818 novel, Frankenstein, which was adapted by Universal Pictures in 1931
As we continue the march towards the 2026 Oscars, two of Netflix’s 2025 offerings have also become fan favorites. Those titles will now be immortalized on home entertainment, thanks to the platform's ongoing partnership with the Criterion Collection; with Guillermo del Toro’s Frankenstein being
The nominations for the 98th annual Academy Awards were revealed today. With the Oscars ceremony scheduled for March 15, you have just under two months to catch up on watching the best films of 2025. Here's a guide to where to watch all of this year's Best Picture nominated films. Bugonia About
The Astra Creative Arts Awards happened last night during a ceremony at the Castaway Burbank in Burbank, CA. The event celebrated the artisans whose exceptional work continues to elevate the craft of storytelling across film and television. Nominees for the 2025 Astra Creative Arts Awards
Netflix is giving us all a treat for this Halloween: a new trailer for Guillermo del Toro's Frankenstein. The final trailer reveals a full look at the imposing figure and revealed face of the titular monster, played by Jacob Elordi. Frankenstein was released for a limited theatrical run back
Guillermo del Toro has always been enamored by the story of Frankenstein, describing James Whale's 1931 masterpiece as a formative experience. You can see its fingerprints all over his career. Misunderstood, sympathetic monsters (in Hellboy, the tragic ghosts of Crimson Peak, The Shape of
You can just tell when a creative force like Guillermo del Toro is working with a collaborative force they love. The filmmaker’s partnership with Netflix is one of those connections, as his creative freedom with the streamer turned studio has yielded impressive results. As we prepare to see
At the end of last week's episode of The Pitt, we finally learned what happened to cause Westbridge to shut down. As PTMC preemptively secures itself from a possible cyberattack, the younger doctors and nurses get a trial by fire on how their superiors did their jobs "in the 1900s." With
The trailer for A24's The Drama does a great job of keeping things intentionally vague. We meet Charlie (Robert Pattinson) and Emma (Zendaya), a couple about to get married who seem like they know everything about each other… until they very clearly don’t. One drunken night at dinner with
Cultural phenomena like Elvis Presley simply don't come along very often. As a follow-up to his 2022 Elvis Biopic, energetic director Baz Luhrmann unearthed and restored never-before-seen footage of Presley, including 45 minutes of audio where he discussed his life and work, and made all of
