Eccentric Director Robert Eggers Devises Unique Imagery and a Peculiar Storyline for His Re-imagining of Nosferatu As legendary characters go, few offer as much inspiration as does the vampire. The notion of an undead bloodsucker preying on the innocent and ignorant provokes endless variations. Credit has to be given to the late Irish author Bram … Continue reading
NOSFERATU (2024) Starring Bill Skarsgård, Nicholas Hoult, Lily-Rose Depp, Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Emma Corrin, Willem Dafoe, Ralph Ineson, Simon McBurney, Adéla Hesová, Milena Konstantinova, Stacy Thunes , Gregory Gudgeon, Robert Russell, Curtis Matthew, Claudiu Trandafir, Georgina Bereghianu, Jordan Haj, Katerina Bila, Maria Ion, Tereza Duskova and Liana Navrot. Screenplay by Robert Eggers. Directed by Robert Eggers. … Continue reading
DRACULA, A COMEDY OF TERRORS Starring Jordan Boatman, Arnie Burton, James Daly, Ellen Harvey and Andrew Keenan-Bolger. Written by Gordon Greenberg and Steve Rosen. Directed by Gordon Greenberg. Playing at New World Stages – Stage 5 – 340 West 50th Street – New York. Run: Through January 7th, 2024. A New Live Production, Dracula, A Comedy … Continue reading
Celebrate Halloween With A Night for Horror Masked by Cinema by Brad Balfour When I recently found a new edition of Irish author Bram Stoker’s Dracula, it led me back into one of the greatest stories ever told. It’s a classic tome about a legendary character who’s the quintessential embodiment of horror. I love horror, … Continue reading
Tricia Helfer Confessions of a Scream Queen by Jay S. Jacobs The last time we spoke with Tricia Helfer, about a decade ago, she was working on Burn Notice, Inseparable and in the early phases of Battlestar: Galactica – The Plan. At the time I wondered when she had time for sleep. That kind of … Continue reading
Frank Langella Transforms in Frost/Nixon by Brad Balfour Few performances can rival veteran actor Frank Langella’s portrait of the late President Richard Nixon in the Ron Howard film, Frost/Nixon. Originally a stage play — based on the actual interviews conducted by British TV talk show host David Frost in 1977 — the cinematic version fleshes out … Continue reading
THE LEAGUE OF EXTRAORDINARY GENTLEMEN (2003) Starring Sean Connery, Naseeruddin Shah, Peta Wilson, Tony Curran, Stuart Townsend, Shane West, Jason Flemyng, Richard Roxburgh, Max Ryan, Tom Goodman-Hill, David Hemmings, Terry O’Neill, Rudolf Pellar and Winter Ave Zoli. Screenplay by James Dale Robinson. Directed by Stephen Norrington. Distributed by Twentieth Century Fox Pictures. 110 minutes. Rated … Continue reading
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