Zelda Williams

The lifespan of a movie these days can be very unpredictable. Take for instance Sydney Sweeney’s surprise hit Anyone But You (not Madame Web) and Pixar’s Elemental—two films which ended up getting legs after a few weeks of release. Here’s hoping that’s the case with Lisa Frankenstein, that it chops off some legs and runs. Lisa Frankenstein's Crew on Casting the Right Stars The sharp, darkly comedic film written by Jennifer’s Body scribe Diablo Cody and directed by Zelda Williams is a swerve unlike anything in theaters…

Teen romance isn’t dead anymore in Zelda Williams’ Lisa Frankenstein, the first-time feature filmmaker’s dark horror comedy. Written by Diablo Cody, it stars Kathryn Newton (Freaky) as a high schooler who spends her time hanging with the dead in a local cemetery. When lightning strikes the tomb of her favorite bachelor, it cracks open—and the suddenly living corpse played by Cole Sprouse (Riverdale) makes his way to woo Lisa.Lisa Frankenstein's Crew on Casting the Right Stars Lisa Frankenstein is a hyper-violent (yet…

Photo: Brendon Thorne/Getty Images for AFI (Getty Images), Image: Prime Video, Lego, Fox, Paramount, Lego, Warner Bros., Screenshot: Paramount, YouTube GQ/Universal Pictures, ParamountThis week, DC cast a House of the Dragon standout as superhero Supergirl, Lego shared Dune and Star Wars sets worth adding to your collection, 28 Years Later notched an important update to its zombie saga—and Star Trek marked the anniversaries of two of its most memorably weird episodes. - Cheryl Eddy Photo: Brendon Thorne/Getty Images…

Zelda Williams has wonderful memories of being on film sets as a kid, watching her father, Robin Williams, shoot movies like Hook and Bicentennial Man. But that doesn’t mean she inherited his bombastic sense of humor. “I’m a bit darker,” says Williams, 34. “I’m the person who laughed during Hereditary.” Williams is putting those dark impulses on full display in her feature directorial debut, Lisa Frankenstein, in theaters Feb. 9. Written by Diablo Cody, the film is an Eighties retelling of the Mary Shelley classic…

Argylle (February 2)Director Matthew Vaughn has made a name for himself making off-the-wall spy films like Kingsman, but Argylle is something new entirely. Or so we think. The film, following an spy author whose work is happening in real life, has been marketed with an odd mystery at its center. The only mystery we’re worried about is whether it’ll be as good as most of Vaughn’s previous films.She Is Conann (February 2, limited)A queer, surrealist take on the legend of Conan the Barbarian.Skin Deep (February 2,…

Phantom Of The Paradise (1974) - Clip: Life At Last (HD)Brian De Palma’s Phantom of the Paradise is a Phantom of of the Opera and Dante’s Inferno send-up, but within it there’s an homage in a fake play where one of the film’s most standout characters, Beef, performs a Frankenstein-inspired song “Life at Last,” penned by the film’s songwriter, composer, and star Paul Williams (who also wrote The Muppets’ “Rainbow Connection”). Phantom Of The Paradise (1974) - Clip: Life At Last (HD)Brian De Palma’s Phantom of the…