The Bride! is Maggie Gyllenhaal’s second film as a writer/director. She goes from an awards-contending drama to a big-budget Gothic romance inspired by Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein and the 1935 movie The Bride of Frankenstein. Frankenstein’s Monster (Christian Bale) arrives in Chicago in 1936 to find a brilliant but controversial scientist, Dr. Euphronious (Annette Bening). Frank […]
Tag: Penélope Cruz
Parallel Mothers Review
Parallel Mothers is a Spanish drama that sees the acclaimed filmmaker Pedro Almodóvar and Penelope Cruz team up for the seventh time. This time Almodóvar creates a personal drama and an examination of issues affecting Spain. Janis Martínez (Cruz) is a middle-aged photographer who becomes pregnant after having an affair with Arturo (Israel Elejalde). Ana Ferreras (Milena […]
The 355 Review
Universal Pictures’ spy-thriller The 355 is the first major cinematic release of 2022. It is also set to be one of the first box-office flops of the year despite its all-star cast. A special program on a hard drive that can hack any network has disappeared after a raid in Colombia. It appears again when a DNI […]



