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The best books about being a teenager – according to our experts

Awkwardness and acne are the first things that spring to mind when thinking of adolescence, but they’re not always the full picture. We asked eight of our experts to tell us which book they feel best represents the experience of being a teenager.

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Steven Spielberg reveals ambition to direct a pure horror film

Legendary director Steven Spielberg - who gave us Jaws, Jurassic Park and Close Encounters of the Third Kind - has admitted he wants to "someday" direct a horror film.

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Steven Spielberg hails Dune films as two of his ‘favourite science-fiction movies of all time’

The acclaimed science-fiction director has heaped huge praise upon blockbusters starring Timothée Chalamet

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'They are among my favourite science-fiction movies': Steven Spielberg lavishes praise on Denis Villeneuve's Dune films

Legendary director Steven Spielberg considers Denis Villeneuve's Dune flicks to be "among (his) favourite science-fiction movies of all time".

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Steven Spielberg Shared Glowing Thoughts On The Dune Movies (And Somebody Check On Denis Villeneuve)

Pretty high praise.

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Mary Shelley is often underestimated on screen – does The Bride! finally get her right?

Ostensibly, Maggie Gyllenhaal’s second film, The Bride! offers a reimagining of the 1936 film The Bride of Frankenstein, in which the bride appears only briefly and does not say a single word.

The Conversation

The “Frankenstein” Identity: How Scammers Mix Your SSN with a Fake Name

“Frankenstein” isn’t just referring to Mary Shelley’s monster in today’s day and age. It can actually be a word referring to a dangerous type of...

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'The Bride!' review: this feminist creature feature proves that all monsters aren't created equal

Maggie Gyllenhaal's latest film, 'The Bride!', explores agency, identity and feminism in the messy 1930s world of monsters and men.

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129 Years Later, The First-Ever Sci-Fi Film Has Finally Been Found

Considered lost for over a century, Georges Méliès' 'Gugusse and the Automaton' features cinema’s earliest robot.

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Maggie Gyllenhaal Explains One Change She Made To The Bride! After Getting Feedback On Her Original Cut

A worthy addition to the Frankenstein spinoff.

Cinemablend

A brief cinematic history of Frankenstein’s Bride as a feminist icon

Frankenstein’s female creature, also known as “the Bride”, was the first female monster to appear on screen, in the 1935 Frankenstein sequel: The Bride of Frankenstein. An unruly and rebellious figure, she has inspired dozens of adaptations since.

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From 5 Stars To 0 Stars, Critics Can Only Agree That The Bride! Is ‘Meant To Push Viewers’ Buttons’

Maggie Gyllenhaal directs Jessie Buckley in the new adaptation.

Cinemablend

91 Years Later, HBO Max Just Quietly Added The Original Feminist Frankenstein Story

Before you see 'The Bride!' watch James Whale's original 'Bride of Frankenstein,' now streaming on HBO Max.

Inverse

Euronews Culture's Film of the Week: 'The Bride!’ - MOTHERF*%#ING geometry

Following Guillermo del Toro’s stunning take on Mary Shelley’s “Frankenstein” last year, here comes the bride...

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Christian Bale on exploring the more "comedic" sides of Frankenstein's monster in new sci-fi horror The Bride: "He's rotting, he stinks to high heaven, and he can't die"

Exclusive: The Bride's Peter Sarsgaard and Christian Bale unpack their unlikely "gentlemen" in Maggie Gyllenhaal's monster movie

Total Film

New horror-romance The Bride earns mixed first reviews, as critics call it everything from "a modern classic" to a "wokified, Jokerfied Folie-a-deux"

It's a monster mash-up of opinions

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The Bride! star Christian Bale 'cherry-picked' from previous Frankenstein depictions

Christian Bale has revealed that he took his favourite bits from previous portrayals of Frankenstein into his depiction of Mary Shelley's famous monster in Maggie Gyllenhaal's new movie The Bride!.

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Is The Bride! A Love Story? Christian Bale Has Some Harsh Thoughts About The Romance Genre

The new movie reimagines The Bride Of Frankenstein.

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The Bride! Review: Maggie Gyllenhaal Stitched Together The Most Fun, Feral And Fantastic Frankenstein Movie Yet

A masterpiece on every level.

Evening Standard

The Bride! review: Everybody do the monster mash!

4/5 Jessie Buckley is a graveyard smash in this balls-to-the-wall retelling of Mary Shelley’s feminist fever dream

The Guardian - UK

The Bride! review – Jessie Buckley is electrifying as frizzy-haired, black-tongued monster’s wife

The actor has a blast as bride to Christian Bale’s lonely creature in Maggie Gyllenhaal’s darkly comic and gleefully bizarre reimagining of the 1935 film

Inverse

91 Years Later, The Definitive Horror Sequel Just Got The Reimagining No One Asked For

Maggie Gyllenhaal's 'The Bride!' is a stylish, garish, and soulless "sequel" to Mary Shelley's 'Frankenstein.'

The Independent UK

The Bride! review – Jessie Buckley and Maggie Gyllenhaal’s punky revival isn’t as feminist as it thinks it is

3/5 The ‘Hamnet’ star reunites with her ‘Lost Daughter’ director on this playful and imaginative yet somewhat baffling experiment

The Mary Sue

‘The Bride!’ Review: A Joyful Celebration of Female Rage and Adaptations

Punk rock love is the best kind

Total Film

Christian Bale "cherry-picked" his version of Frankenstein's monster from the bits Mary Shelley and Boris Karloff "got right" for The Bride: "'Oh, apparently he's got a flat head'? That's wrong"

Exclusive: The Bride star Christian Bale opens up on his more human version of Frankenstein's monster

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