The Bride lying on the table in the lab - Warner Bros. Let's be clear on one thing: "The Bride!" is a wild ride. Courtesy of director Maggie Gyllenhaal, it offers up a frenzied take on the "Bride of ...

The Bride! starts with Buckley conveying Mary Shelley, the author of Frankenstein, in an inspired sequence that is best left to be discovered than analyzed in a review like this. We meet Buckley’s ...

Get the latest entertainment news with our free Culture newsletter Her screaming, resuscitated corpse is brought back into 1930s Chicago to right, what Gyllenhaal would argue, is a cinematic wrong.

Last November, Guillermo del Toro’s faithful adaptation of Mary Shelley’s Gothic classic premiered on Netflix to lukewarm critical reception. Nevertheless, 2025’s Frankenstein is nominated for nine ...

In 1930s Chicago, Frankenstein’s Monster (Christian Bale) and a mad scientist (Annette Bening) resurrect a recently deceased woman (Jessie Buckley), who has ties to the Mob — and Mary Shelley. The ...