Weekend Box Office: 'Gone Girl' Nabs $26.8M, 'Dracula Untold' Bites $23.5M

While discussion is going on over in our official Dracula Untold review post, THIS is the place where you can discuss the ending, any spoilers, and the future of Universal's shared monster movie universe without ruining  Universal's Dracula Untold, an origin story of the classic character starring Luke Evans, opened in second place with $23.5 … Read more

'Gone Girl' Charging To Strong Second Weekend;'Dracula' And 'Alexander …

Evans is surprisingly good at smoldering, and special-effects-reliant shots of Vlad turning into a monster are usually pretty enticing. There's not much more to "Dracula Untold," but it does periodically throb with surface-deep  Thus begins the predictable descent of Vlad III “the Impaler” Tepes from noble hero into tortured antihero in Dracula Untold. This debut … Read more

'Dracula Untold' review: The sadness of Vlad's dilemma

Forecasters expect “Dracula Untold” to finish the weekend in the $16 million to $18 million range. Fox's second weekend of “Gone Girl” looks likely to repeat its first-place finish with about $22 million, followed by Disney's launch of family comedy “Dracula Untold” is no campy vampire movie, and the early part of the film is … Read more

'Dracula Untold' review: The sadness of Vlad's dilemma

First, some good news: "Dracula Untold," a sort of "Batman Begins" prequel, isn't as tacky as it sounds. There are glimmers of a brooding and icky horror epic scattered throughout the film, particularly in its surprisingly romantic  http://draculauntold.com/ Dracula Untold – In Theaters And IMAX this October Luke Evans (Fast & Furious 6, Immortals) stars … Read more

'Dracula Untold' review: The sadness of Vlad's dilemma

(Sazama and Burk wrote the just-released “Dracula Untold,” which received 17 negative reviews from the 18 “top critics” polled by Rotten Tomatoes.) No channel is yet involved. The original “Lost in Space,” starring the great  It's sad to see Universal marketing Dracula Untold as some sort of continuation of their classic monster series, which began … Read more