Review: 'Victor Frankenstein' Recasts a Tale That Keeps On Giving

This swaggering steampunk treatment is now applied to another British literary-turned-pop icon in "Victor Frankenstein." Here, the reclusive mad scientist is now a hunky medical student (James McAvoy), and even poor hunchback Igor gets a makeover, 

This week is boom time at the box office before we fall into the standard December pre-holiday funk that precedes Star Wars: The Force Awakens. Close to 100% of students are off from school and college per RentrakĀ 

There's something alarming in 'Victor Frankenstein' but it isn't the reanimated bits of corpse that make up a monster. It's James McAvoy's acting: It's like he's been locked in a castle with a lot of bad Nicolas Cage movies.

Daniel Radcliffe shows his thanks to the crowd of fans at the premiere of Victor Frankenstein held at Expo Bancome

This week is boom time at the box office before we fall into the standard December pre-holiday funk that precedes Star Wars: The Force Awakens. Close to 100% of students are off from school and college per RentrakĀ