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 said,
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 and
Maggie Gyllenhaal’s The Bride is fantastically unhinged in the most delicious and deliberate way. This is not a nostalgic retread of Frankenstein. It is a reclamation project. A gothic romance filtered through 1930s Chicago Mob grit, stitched together with satire, horror, and a sharp awareness of
This weekend, Christian Bale returns to the big screen in Maggie Gyllenhaal's gothic romance The Bride!, which sees Bale being a chameleon of a performer again, portraying Frankenstein's monster. Bale's ability to slip into different roles effortlessly has made him one of the best actors of his
The full trailer for The Bride! has finally landed. Avant-garde, punky, and bold, this is not your traditional Mary Shelley adaptation. Following up her directorial debut, 2021’s The Lost Daughter, Maggie Gyllenhaal returns as writer/director with a reimagining of the Bride of Frankenstein. The
With 2025 coming to a close, it's time to look ahead to 2026 in the world of cinema. The new year looks to be a strong year for film, with a little something for everyone. From popcorn tentpole releases, sequels, adaptations, and prestige offerings, all signs point to 2026 topping 2025 in terms of
Warner Bros. has brought to life the official teaser trailer for The Bride, the highly anticipated new take on the Frankenstein mythos from director Maggie Gyllenhaal. The gothic romance brings Christian Bale, Jessie Buckley, Annette Bening, Jake Gyllenhaal, Penélope Cruz, and Peter Sarsgaard
It is day two of this year's CinemaCon, and we've had plenty of exciting announcements so far from studios such as Lionsgate and Sony. Kicking off with a sizzle reel of upcoming films such as Superman and F1, Warner Bros. gave us a more in-depth sneak peek of their upcoming slate, including films
Remaking Faces of Death is a hell of a move in 2026. Although, this movie doesn't really remake that diabolical film from 1978, it instead takes inspiration from it and it even exists in the universe that this film takes place in. So getting that out of the way so that the horror "diehards" who
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
When Margaret Atwood returned to Gilead almost 35 years later, with her book The Testaments, the sequel to her seminal The Handmaid’s Tale, they said she could never match its genius. The story more than matched her 1985 dystopian classic, winning the 2019 Booker Prize, feeling horrifically timely
