Frankenstein: 200 Years Later, It’s Alive

Jacob Elordi. Photo: Netflix The ”Dark Universe” project that Universal started crashed and burned with the release of The Mummy (2017), a critically maligned box-office flop. However, it’s nice to…

The Fantastic 4: First Steps

As Sue Storm and Reed Richards (Vanessa Kirby, Pedro Pascal) learn that they are going to be parents, the Fantastic Four face a cosmic being that devours planets and has…

Nosferatu

Making his own version of the classic 1922 horror adaptation of ”Dracula” has been a lifelong dream for Robert Eggers, who goes all in. Non-fans will be put off by…

The Green Knight: A Christmas Reckoning

Dev Patel. Photo: A24 How do you like your knights, dames and duels? Ridiculous and funny à la Monty Python, or anachronistically tongue-in-cheek in the vein of A Knight's Tale…

The First Omen

In 1971, American novitiate Margaret Daino (Nell Tiger Free) arrives in Rome to work at an orphanage, but Father Brennan (Ralph Ineson) warns her not to trust anyone there. This…

Star Wars: The Last Jedi 

The evil First Order is now in control of the galaxy, but Rey (Daisy Ridley) is trying to convince Luke Skywalker (Mark Hamill) to come out of retirement and help…

Guardians of the Galaxy 

Somewhere in outer space, a human pilot (Chris Pratt) lays his hands on an orb that contains powerful forces and is immediately hunted; along the way, he befriends a motley…

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 1

The treacherous Snape (Alan Rickman) is now running Hogwarts while Harry, Ron and Hermione (Daniel Radcliffe, Rupert Grint, Emma Watson) try to find and destroy the Horcruxes, objects that control…

Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 

When Harry Potter (Daniel Radcliffe) returns to Hogwarts for another year, Dumbledore (Michael Gambon) wants his help in trying to learn what a new teacher knows about Voldemort. Director David…