Critic’s review: Jacob Elordi’s creature in “Frankenstein” deserves an award
TEMPERATURES ON TUESDAY. TIME NOW FOR A LOOK AT WHAT’S NEW IN THEATERS AND STREAMING THIS WEEKEND. OUR FILM CRITIC, LAUREN VENEZIANI, IS JOINING US LIVE THIS MORNING FROM LA. LAUREN, YOU JUST GO ALL OVER THE PLACE. I LOVE YOUR LIFE. I YEAH, I HAVE BEEN ALL OVER THE PLACE. IT HAS BEEN A VERY HECTIC WEEK. I COVERED NETFLIX’S J. KELLY, I WAS HERE FOR DISNEY’S ZOOTOPIA TWO PREMIERE. I SAW AN EARLY PREVIEW OF WICKED FOR GOOD, SO IT’S BEEN A GOOD WEEK. JANINE. SO JEALOUS AND I LOVE YOUR SWEATER. ALL RIGHT. SO LOOK. THANK YOU. I’VE BEEN HEARING ABOUT THIS FROM A FEW DIFFERENT PEOPLE. THERE’S A NETFLIX HOUSE IN PHILADELPHIA. OH MY GOSH. YES. SO EARLIER THIS WEEK, I ATTENDED THE GRAND OPENING OF NETFLIX HOUSE PHILADELPHIA. THIS IS A 100,000 SQUARE FOOT SPACE RIGHT AT THE KING OF PRUSSIA MALL, JUST A LITTLE LESS THAN TWO HOURS NORTH OF BALTIMORE. A GREAT DAY TRIP. THIS IS WHERE FANS CAN COME AND EXPLORE IMMERSIVE EXPERIENCES FROM THEIR FAVORITE SERIES LIKE WEDNESDAY, SQUID GAME, BRIDGERTON, OF COURSE, STRANGER THINGS, K-POP, DEMON HUNTERS, ALL OF THE THINGS ARE THERE. I GOT A CHANCE TO TOUR THE SPACE, PLAY AROUND AND SPEAK WITH CHIEF MARKETING OFFICER OF NETFLIX MARY ANN LEE. HERE’S A CLIP OF MY EXPERIENCE FOR NETFLIX HOUSE PHILADELPHIA. I HAD THE ABSOLUTE BEST TIME. HEY EVERYONE! IT’S LAUREN WITH DC FILM.COM HERE HERE AT NETFLIX HOUSE PHILADELPHIA. THIS IS THE NEWEST NETFLIX SPACE WHERE YOU CAN DISCOVER ALL OF YOUR FAVORITE FANGIRL AND FANBOY EXPERIENCES, INCLUDING NETFLIX, ONE PIECE WEDNESDAY, SQUID GAMES. RIGHT NOW, I’M HERE IN WEDNESDAY’S EVE OF OUTCAST EXHIBIT. I’M SO EXCITED TO SHOW YOU AROUND. TALK WITH SOME OF THE CREATIVES. SO LET’S GO HAVE SOME FUN AT NETFLIX HOUSE PHILADELPHIA. I KNOW I’M SO HAPPY TO BE CHATTING WITH A TRUE FAN. OH, YES. ABSOLUTELY. CONGRATULATIONS ON THIS AMAZING EXPERIENCE SO MUCH. YES, I’VE LOVED WHAT I’VE SEEN SO FAR. I’M HONESTLY JUST CURIOUS. YOU KNOW, I LOVE HOW NETFLIX ISN’T JUST ABOUT THE AMAZING SERIES AND THE FILMS. IT’S ABOUT BUILDING THAT FAN COMMUNITY. WHAT WAS THE KIND OF LIKE INSPIRATION TO MAKE A NETFLIX HOUSE WHERE FANS CAN KIND OF COME TOGETHER, EXPERIENCE IT, AND HAVING THE FIRST ONE BE HERE IN PHILADELPHIA, IT STARTED EXACTLY AS YOU SAID, THAT NOTION OF COMMUNITY. AND IN 2020, WHEN WE WERE IN THE THROES OF THE PANDEMIC, PEOPLE WANT TO COME TOGETHER AROUND SOMETHING THAT THEY HAVE A COLLECTIVE SHARED JOY AROUND. AND IT COULD BE STRANGER THINGS. IT COULD BE SQUID GAME, IT COULD BE K-POP DEMON HUNTERS, AND THEY WANT TO BE FULLY IMMERSED IN THAT WORLD. AND WE’VE BEEN, YOU KNOW, IN THE ORIGINAL CONTENT BUSINESS NOW FOR OVER A DECADE. AND WE HAVE NOW ENOUGH IP THAT WE REALLY FELT LIKE BETWEEN ALL OF THE POP UP EXPERIENCES WE WERE DOING AROUND THE WORLD, PLUS, YOU KNOW, ALL OF THE AMAZING SHOWS AND FILMS THAT OUR CONTENT TEAMS HAVE BEEN DELIVERING TO FANS THAT THAT COMBINATION MADE IT THE RIGHT TIME TO OPEN A PERMANENT VENUE. I HAD THE BEST TIME, OBVIOUSLY, WEDNESDAY EVE OF OUTCAST. IT LITERALLY FEELS LIKE YOU’RE WALKING INTO NEVERMORE ACADEMY. I CAN’T WAIT TO GO BACK. IT’S A PERFECT DAY TRIP. IF YOU’RE LOOKING FOR SOMETHING TO DO WITH YOUR FAMILY. LITERALLY FUN FOR ALL AGES. AMAZING FOOD, THE BEST GIFT SHOP. I JUST REALLY WANT TO GO BACK AND SHOP. JANINE. THAT’S REALLY WHAT IT IS. SO WAIT, IS THIS OFFICIALLY OPEN NOW? THIS IS OFFICIALLY OPEN NOW. IT’S OPEN TO THIS WEEK. THEY’RE OPENING ANOTHER ONE IN DALLAS. BUT OBVIOUSLY THIS IS THE FIRST AND THE NEWEST. AND IT’S A VERY, VERY CLOSE DRIVE FROM BALTIMORE. I DEFINITELY RECOMMEND IT. IF YOU ARE A FAN OF ANY OF THESE NETFLIX SERIES. BUT REALLY, EVEN IF YOU’RE NOT, YOU’RE JUST GOING TO GO AND HAVE A GREAT TIME. I’M GOING TO PHILLY WHEN THE SHOW IS OVER. SO LOOK, I’M ADDING THINGS TO MY LIST OF THINGS TO DO, ALL RIGHT? YOU ABSOLUTELY WOULD HAVE THE BEST TIME, JANINE. I KNOW YOU WOULD. I KNOW FROM THOSE PICTURES I WOULD ABSOLUTELY. ALL RIGHT, LOOK, WE’VE GOT SOME GOOD MOVIES OUT RIGHT NOW. YEAH, WE DO NOW YOU SEE ME, NOW YOU DON’T. THE BEST TITLE EVER. THIS IS THE THIRD INSTALLMENT OF THE NOW YOU SEE ME FRANCHISE. IT’S NOW IN THEATERS. THE HORSEMEN ILLUSIONISTS ARE BACK. WOODY HARRELSON, JESSE EISENBERG, DAVE FRANCO, ISLA FISHER IS BACK. SO EXCITED. AND THEY’VE REUNITED WITH SOME YOUNGER MAGICIANS WHO ARE KIND OF GIVING THEM A BIT OF A RUN FOR THEIR MONEY. BUT NOW THEY ARE AFTER A DIAMOND HEIST, AND AFTER THEY’VE REUNITED AS ILLUSIONISTS, THEY’RE TRYING TO TAKE DOWN A NEW BADDIE PLAYED BY ROSAMUND PIKE. SHE’S ABSOLUTELY FANTASTIC IN THIS. MORGAN FREEMAN IS BACK. I THINK THAT THE ALL OF THE ILLUSIONIST SCENES LOOKED SO BEAUTIFUL. IT WAS AMAZING TO SEE THE FOUR OF THEM BACK. IT’S VERY, VERY FUNNY. DEFINITELY KEPT ME GUESSING ALL THE WAY UP UNTIL THE END, WHICH IS REALLY WHAT YOU WANT FROM THESE MOVIES. YOU WANT TO HAVE A SCENES WHERE YOU’RE BEING BLOWN AWAY BY THE MAGIC TRICKS, GUESSING TILL THE VERY END. AND ROSAMUND PIKE IS AN AMAZING VILLAIN I’M GIVING NOW YOU SEE ME, NOW YOU DON’T. A THREE AND A HALF OUT OF FIVE STARS DEFINITELY ENJOYED IT. I JUST THINK THE FIRST ONE IS ULTIMATELY GOING TO BE THE BEST ONE. WELL, THESE MOVIES HAVE BEEN SO GOOD THAT I REMEMBER WHEN THE THE THE HEIST HAPPENED AT THE LOUVRE, PEOPLE THOUGHT IT WAS MAYBE JUST SOME KIND OF, LIKE, PREMIERE STUNT FOR THIS MOVIE. I’M I FEEL I WISH THAT LIONSGATE THOUGHT OF THAT ON THEIR OWN BECAUSE EVERYONE WAS SAYING THAT, BUT UNFORTUNATELY IT WASN’T. YEAH, UNFORTUNATELY. ALL RIGHT. LOOK. FRANKENSTEINS OUT TO. YES, FRANKENSTEIN WAS OUT. I SAW THIS IN THEATERS A FEW WEEKS AGO. NOW IT IS ON NETFLIX. THIS IS THE STUNNING NEW ADAPTATION ON NETFLIX. OF COURSE, THIS IS ABOUT DOCTOR FRANKENSTEIN, PLAYED BY OSCAR ISAAC. HE’S A BRILLIANT BUT VERY EGOTISTICAL SCIENTIST, AND HE BRINGS THE CREATURE TO LIFE IN THIS HORRIFIC, MONSTROUS EXPERIMENT THAT BASICALLY ULTIMATELY LEADS TO BOTH OF THEIR UNDOING. BOTH DOCTOR FRANKENSTEIN, FRANKENSTEIN’S, AND THE CREATURES. OF COURSE, IT’S BASED OFF OF THE BELOVED MARY SHELLEY NOVEL AND DIRECTED BY GUILLERMO DEL TORO, A FANTASTIC DIRECTOR. THE VISUALS ARE STUNNING. JACOB ELORDI AS THE CREATURE. PLEASE GIVE THIS MAN A BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR NOMINATION. HE IS SO INCREDIBLE AS THE CREATURE. I CAN’T IMAGINE ANYONE ELSE IN THIS ROLE. I TRULY HAVE NEVER SEEN A FRANKENSTEIN LIKE THIS BEFORE. MIA GOTH IT LOOKS STUNNING. THEY DID A COLLABORATION WITH TIFFANY’S AND COMPANY, THE. THE COSTUMES ARE ABSOLUTELY IMPECCABLE. IT’S SOME OF THE BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY COSTUMES I’VE SEEN AND REALLY JUST HOW SOMEONE CAN CONNECT WITH A CREATURE WHO’S NOT HUMAN. BUT YOU KNOW WHO IS THE REAL MONSTER HERE? AND IT REALLY JUST SAYS A LOT ABOUT HUMAN LIFE AND HUMAN CONNECTION AND THE DESIRE TO REMAIN ON EARTH. AND I THINK IT WAS JUST SUCH A BEAUTIFUL FILM. I’M GIVING FRANKENSTEIN A FOUR OUT OF FIVE STARS. DEFINITELY ONE OF MY FAVORITES I’VE SEEN SO FAR THIS YEAR. I’M GLAD TO HEAR YOU GIVE IT SUCH HIGH MARKS, BECAUSE THERE’S BEEN SO MANY ADAPTATIONS OF FRANKENSTEIN TO KNOW THAT IT’S GETTING BETTER IS ALWAYS GOOD NEWS. THIS IS A GREAT ONE, AND IF YOU’RE A FAN OF GUILLERMO DEL TORO. BUT EVEN SO, LIKE EVERYONE IS LOVING JACOB. MELODY’S PERFORMANCES AS THE CREATURE AND I REALLY HOPE THE BEST FOR THIS MOVIE. COME COME AWARDS SEASON. AND LOOK, THE RUNNING MAN IS OUT. I SAW IT YESTERDAY, FINALLY, AND IT WAS REALLY GOOD. IT KIND OF MIRRORS A LOT ABOUT WHAT’S GOING ON IN SOCIETY RIGHT NOW. LIKE THERE’S THESE LITTLE THINGS THAT YOU CAN PULL FROM IT. INTERESTING. OKAY, SO YOU’LL HAVE TO TELL ME WHAT YOU ACTUALLY THOUGHT, JANINE, BECAUSE I HAVEN’T GOTTEN A CHANCE TO SEE IT YET BECAUSE OF ALL OF MY THINGS THIS WEEK. BUT YES, RUNNING MAN IS ANOTHER MAJOR FILM IN THEATERS THIS WEEK. AND OF COURSE, BASED OFF OF THE STEPHEN KING ADAPTATION, I CANNOT WAIT TO SEE IT BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, I’M OBSESSED WITH GLEN POWELL. GLEN POWELL PLAYS A MAN WHO ENTERS A GAME, AND HE’S BEING HUNTED THROUGHOUT THE WORLD. HE’S LITERALLY RUNNING THROUGHOUT THE WORLD. IT KIND OF REMINDS ME OF KIND OF, YOU KNOW, LIKE A HUNGER GAMES TYPE TYPE FILM. BUT GLEN POWELL LOOKS SO FANTASTIC. I LOVE HIM AS AN ACTOR. WE’VE GOT COLMAN DOMINGO, JOSH BROLIN, THE CAST IS STACKED. IT LOOKS ACTION PACKED. I CAN’T WAIT TO SEE IT IN THEATERS THIS WEEKEND. OF COURSE. DIRECTED BY EDGAR WRIGHT, WHO HAS DONE BABY DRIVER SO MANY GREAT FILMS AND I’M REALLY LOOKING FORWARD TO IT. DID YOU THINK IT WAS A GOOD ADAPTATION? JANINE I THINK IT WAS A GREAT MOVIE. NOW, SEE, I DIDN’T READ THE BOOK AND I HAVEN’T SEEN ANY OTHER VERSIONS OF IT. SO THIS WAS MY FIRST TASTE OF THE RUNNING MAN. HOWEVER, I CAN SAY THAT IT WAS VERY INTERESTING TO SEE, YOU KNOW, WHO WAS THERE TO HELP, WHO WAS THERE TO HURT, AND JUST KIND OF LIKE HOW HOW THE STRINGS WERE BEING PULLED AND WHAT THE MOTIVATION BEHIND THAT WAS. AND HOW DID IT WERE YOU HAPPY WITH THE ENDING? I THOUGHT THE ENDING WAS PHENOMENAL. OKAY, GOOD. NO SPOILERS, BUT YES, I WILL BE. I WILL BE TWEETING AND INSTAGRAMMING MY REVIEWS WHEN I SEE THE RUNNING MAN. BUT SO MANY GOOD THINGS TO WATCH. DEFINITELY LET ME KNOW WHAT YOU GUYS ARE WATCHING. SO EXCITED FOR WICKED FOR GOOD NEXT WEEK OF COURSE. ZOOTOPIA TWO. SO MANY FILMS ARE COMING OUT THAT I’M EXCITED FOR. I’LL JUST. I’LL JUST BE LIVING AT THE MOVIE THEATER FOR THE NEXT MONTH. OKAY? GIRL, ME AND YOU BOTH. I ALREADY GOT MY TICKETS FOR WICKED. YOU ALREADY KNOW WE’RE GOING TO SEE. OF COURSE YOU DID. I KNOW YOU’RE GOING MULTIPLE TIMES. ALL RIGHT, LAUREN, THANKS SO MUCH FOR JOINING US, AS ALWAYS. AND YOU CAN FOLLOW LAUREN, KNOWN AS THE DC FILM GIRL, ON FACEBOOK, TWITTER, INSTAGRAM AND YOUTUBE AND
Critic’s review: Jacob Elordi’s creature in “Frankenstein” deserves an award
Film critic Lauren Veneziani shares her reviews of recent releases including “Frankenstein” and “The Running Man.”
Film critic Lauren Veneziani shares her reviews of recent releases including “Frankenstein” and “The Running Man.”
