I Finally Saw Frankenstein (the One Directed by Guillermo Del Toro), and Here’s What I Have to Say About It, In Case You Were Wondering

March 3, 2026

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What’s the vector, Victor? (CREDIT: Ken Woroner/Netflix)

Starring: Oscar Isaac, Jacob Elordi, Mia Goth, Christoph Waltz, Felix Kammerer, David Bradley, Lars Mikkelsen, Charles Dance, Christian Convery, Kyle Gatehouse, Lauren Collins, Sofia Galasso, Ralph Ineson, Burn Gorman, Nikolaj Lie Kaas

Director: Guillermo del Toro

Running Time: 150 Minutes

Rating: R

Release Date: October 17, 2025 (Theaters)/November 7, 2025 (Netflix)

Now that I’ve checked the 2025 filmed version of Frankenstein off my to-watch list, I have finally seen every 98th Academy Awards Best Picture nominee! Despite its two-and-a-half-hour runtime, it did a good job of keeping me awake the entire time, which is quite an accomplishment considering my penchant in recent years for nodding off in the movie theater. Although maybe that also had something to do with the Himalayan sea salt dark chocolate bar I ate…

Anyway, the aspect of this telling that I enjoyed the most was its underlining of how lovely Mia Goth is – something I already believed and now believe even more! It’s a shame about all the violence, though. But that is indeed what the creature and his creator turned to, I suppose. Anyway, overall it was pretty good, I guess.

Grade: 3 out of 5 Frankensteins

Ron Howard Takes Us to ‘Eden,’ Shall We Join Him?

August 26, 2025

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Starring: Jude Law, Vanessa Kirby, Daniel Brühl, Sydney Sweeney, Ana De Armas, Jonathan Tittel, Richard Roxburgh, Toby Wallace, Felix Kammerer, Ignacio Gasparini

Director: Ron Howard

Running Time: 129 Minutes

Rating: R

Release Date: August 22, 2025 (Theaters)

Okay, y’all. You know I love to review movies by asking, “Would I like to live in the world of this film?” And the based-on-a-true-story Eden is just SCREAMING for me to review it that way, as three very different parties settle on the remote Galápagos island of Floreana for three very different reasons. Set in 1928, Jude Law and Vanessa Kirby play a Nietzsche-loving couple who want to save post-World War I humanity, while Daniel Brühl and Sydney Sweeney play another couple who somehow believe this is the best place to raise their family, and Ana de Armas enters the mix as a so-called “baroness” set on building a luxury hotel.

So is this heaven on Earth?

No.

Not at all.

But… this is one of those situations where it’s better to be second than first. Or not necessarily second, but definitely much later than first. Which is to say, I bet 2028 Floreana will be better than 1928 Floreana (spoiler alert, sort of ).

Grade: A Supportive Family Is So Important