“It’s alive!” says a scientist played by Sarah Polley in “Splice,” just in case you didn’t notice that this is a Frankenstein story. If you do notice it’s a Frankenstory, you’re already smarter than ...
Steven Weintraub launched Collider in the summer of 2005. As Editor-in-chief, he has taken the site from a small bedroom operation to having millions of readers around the world. Over the years, he ...
It is the classic monster-movie ending — the lab in shambles, the young scientist dead on the floor and his old mentor sadly pronouncing, “He meddled in things man must learn to leave alone.” There’s ...
“Splice” is a hybrid that works. It’s a smart, slickly paced, well-acted science-fiction cautionary tale-horror movie-psychological drama. In its mix are ethical quandaries in biotechnology, nature ...
The DNA mashup in the fright flick "Splice" is more of a sausage grinder than the delicate conjoining the title implies. Kind of a "let's mix together human genetic stuff and a bunch of animal ...
Rollo Tomasi is a Connecticut-based film critic, TV show critic, news, and editorial writer. He will have a MFA in Creative Writing from Columbia University in 2025. Rollo has written over 700 film, ...
Mad science meets motherhood in "Splice," a slice of pulp storytelling in which Dr. Frankenstein is replaced by a pair of lovers too hip for lab coats. By THR Staff More Sundance reviews PARK CITY — ...