
Dracula Untold movie review: it doesn’t suck
A solid action fantasy more elemental and visceral than I expected, thanks to the potent presence of Luke Evans.
handcrafted film criticism by maryann johanson | since 1997
A solid action fantasy more elemental and visceral than I expected, thanks to the potent presence of Luke Evans.
Certainly it’s the funniest Dracula book that isn’t meant to be funny. It’s also ridiculously entertaining.
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So, we have Benicio Del Toro about to land as the Wolfman, and now we get word that Sam Worthington may be playing Dracula in a Summer 2011 flick. What’s going on is this: Universal is trying to reboot its Universal Monsters brand. Besides Dracula and the Wolfman, the Universal Monsters stable includes Frankenstein, the … more…
We know how it is: You’d like to go to the movies this weekend, except the apocalypse has arrived, and you’ll be busy protecting your books from rampaging hoards of desperate readers. But you can have a multiplex-like experience at home with a collection of the right DVDs. And when someone asks you on Monday, … more…
We know how it is: You’d like to go to the movies this weekend, but you were planning to fly around the globe this weekend. But you can have a multiplex-like experience at home with a collection of the right DVDs. And when someone asks you on Monday, “Hey, did you see Amelia this weekend?” … more…
What was intended as dark gothic horror just comes off as something out a Renaissance Festival gone horribly wrong.