“Hi, I am Guillermo del Toro, director of “Frankenstein.” “Life!” We are at a disciplinary hearing for Victor at the Royal College of Medicine in Edinburgh. And watch that little ball. I shot this as Victor narrating his past. So it’s idealized the way he remembers it. He remembers himself to be the hero, and … Read more
Jacob Elordi wasn’t feeling so euphoric pre-“Frankenstein.” While filming Prime Video’s World War II miniseries, “The Narrow Road to the Deep North,” he lost a significant amount of weight. The project, however, helped Elordi prepare for the role of the Creature in Guillermo del Toro’s “Frankenstein.” Jacob Elordi attends the launch of the “Frankenstein: Crafting a … Read more
movie review FRANKENSTEIN Running time: <br>149 minutes. <br>In select theaters Oct. 17. On Netflix, Nov. 7. TORONTO — Guillermo del Toro has taken the exhumed limbs of his career and sewn them together into “Frankenstein,” which had its Canadian premiere Monday at the Toronto International Film Festival. There’s the gothic mansion and blood-red costumes from … Read more
Jacob Elordi is feeling euphoric in Venice. The 28-year-old actor broke down in tears as his new movie, “Frankenstein,” received a standing ovation that lasted between 13 and 14 minutes at the Venice Film Festival on Saturday. Elordi, who was dressed in a traditional black suit and matching bowtie, put his hand on his chest … Read more
It’s hare today, gone tomorrow — thanks to a face full of freaky tentacles. The grotesque “Frankenstein”-esque rabbits — once just a Colorado curiosity — are now turning up in Minnesota and Nebraska, their furry faces sprouting grotesque horn- and tentacle-like growths straight out of a B-movie. The unsettling deformities are the calling card of … Read more
The lovelorn sure will go to great lengths for a date. In the new romantic drama “Materialists” starring Dakota Johnson, Pedro Pascal and Chris Evans, there’s conversation around what constitutes a so-called perfect man to date. Johnson’s matchmaker character, Lucy, describes Pascal’s statuesque character, Harry, as a “unicorn” — good-looking, rich and 6 feet tall. … Read more
Actress Teri Garr has died at age 79, Variety reported on Tuesday. Garr passed away in Los Angeles after a long battle with multiple sclerosis. Teri Garr in “Young Frankenstein.” ©20thCentFox/Courtesy Everett Collection Teri Garr is pictured in 2014. WireImage The late star was best known for her roles in the films “Young Frankenstein” and … Read more
Theresia Fischer longed for a leg up in love. So, the model shelled out more than $162,000 on “Frankenstein” leg-lengthening surgeries to become more attractive to her now ex-husband. “[He said] ‘If you do this for me, I will always love you and carry you in my arms,’” Fischer, 32, a reality star from Hamburg, Germany, told her … Read more
“Lisa Frankenstein” didn’t come to life at the North American box office in its first weekend in theaters. The horror comedy written by Diablo Cody and starring Kathryn Newton and Cole Sprouse earned $3.8 million, according to studio estimates Sunday. It debuted in second place on a very slow Super Bowl weekend, behind the spy … Read more
Nobody will leave writer Diablo Cody’s new horror-comedy “Lisa Frankenstein” shouting “it’s alive!” “It’s amusing,” maybe. The “Juno” scribe’s wacky contribution to the litany of riffs on Mary Shelley’s novel — from Boris Karloff to “Young Frankenstein” and “Frankenweenie” — makes the gothic tale into an 1980s teen sex comedy. movie review LISA FRANKENSTEIN Running … Read more
Ever since Mary Shelley wrote “Frankenstein” at age 19, it has functioned as a remarkably versatile Rorschach test, prescient in ways its author could hardly have anticipated. Usually it’s interpreted as a story about hubris, about man playing God and reaping the consequences. But you can just as easily read it as a lucid explication … Read more
A woman in Arizona has sued her plastic surgeon, accusing him of botching her procedure while operating under the influence of alcohol, leaving her in distress, according to local reports. Dr. Bradley Becker is a “Double Board Certified-Plastic Reconstructive surgeon who has been practicing in AZ for 21 years. Specializing in Breast and Body,” according to … Read more
The sun has set on another BravoCon — a Las Vegas weekend of glamorous Bravolebrities and their onstage confessionals. But it should have been called TragiCon. Shannon Beador talking about her DUI arrest. Teresa Giudice shooting down the idea of reconciling with her brother. Kyle Richards crying over the breakdown of her marriage. All typical, … Read more