Maggie Gyllenhaal's The Bride! creates a monster of a film by piecing together romance, feminism, and a whole lot of wacky as ...

Maggie Gyllenhaal’s sophomore film unrelenting look at feminine rage, how hard it is to carry, how it consumes you, and how you survive it. The Bride! (2026) is a reimagining of Mary Shelley’s ...

On March 15, Jessie Buckley almost surely will be presented with the Academy Award for Best Actress for her terrific performance in last year’s “Hamnet.” She’s already getting a jump on the race for ...

The Bride! is in theaters on March 6. Frankenstein's lightning-streaked bride has been an enduring image on screen ever since James Whale, the director of the original 1931 Frankenstein film, ...

Jessie Buckley's anguished scream of a performance can't sustain an ambitious feminist opera that feels unintentionally, conspicuously tailor-made to align with Warner Bros.' neighboring DC properties ...

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 ...

There are more movies based on Mary Shelley’s “Frankenstein” than nearly any other story ever published. But something’s missing from a lot of them. Most “Frankenstein” movies have a mad scientist, ...

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 ...

If you love classic movies, THE BRIDE! is pure delight, fun with a brain that is a treat deluxe for those who love both classic movies and Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley’s original book “Frankenstein.” ...