A trip to your local tax office is typically not exciting. Somehow, though you're there in the middle of the workday, there's a long line and the lights are too bright. Nothing new. But for one Texan, ...

The monsters cinematic universe is here to stay. We’ve been treated to Robert Eggers’ Nosferatu and even Guillermo del Toro’s spin on Frankenstein. Now sinking her teeth into the fold is Maggie ...

"Here comes the motherf***ing bride!" insists a spectral Mary Shelley, the quasi-narrator of Maggie Gyllenhaal's The Bride!, who lives solely in the conscience of our titular character. Frankenstein's ...

After years of talk about Hollywood reimagining The Bride of Frankenstein for the modern age, Maggie Gyllenhaal's The Bride! is among new 2026 movies out this week, and it’s time to talk about the ...

There’s a new Frankenstein in town and she’s a lot. Feeling dizzy after watching Jessie Buckley and Christian Bale’s new film The Bride!, directed by Maggie Gyllenhaal? Morbidly curious and looking to ...

Titular punctuation is the bane of a movie critic’s existence. Is it 28 Days Later or 28 Days Later … ? Do we really have to put quotation marks around “Wuthering Heights,” no matter how often Emerald ...

Instead, her creation is an amalgam of disparate concepts, brought together in defiance of storytelling logic (and the opinions of test-screen audiences). Jessie Buckley stars as Ida, a gangster’s ...

Christian Bale went deep into Frankenstein history for his role in The Bride! Set in 1930s Chicago, the Maggie Gyllenhaal-directed film sees a lonely Frankenstein (Bale) enlist Dr. Euphronious to ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I cover Hollywood and entertainment. The Bride! also earned a “fresh” critic score from Caryn James of the BBC, who writes in her ...

No score yet, be the first to add. Reuniting with some old collaborators, the horror legend crafts a spiritual sequel to 1998’s Hellbilly Deluxe—but this time, the demon is speeding on cruise control.

Fever Ray has shared a pair of songs they contributed to The Bride!, a new spin on The Bride of Frankenstein directed by Maggie Gyllenhaal. Listen to “The Lake” and “Wrong Flower” in the playlist ...

Candace Owens has stirred major controversy after releasing the trailer for her YouTube investigative series The Bride of Charlie, centered on Erika Kirk. The preview quickly went viral, prompting ...