Benedict Cumberbatch voices a persnickety but more relatable Grinch in a version that (unlike Jim Carrey’s) stays true to the Seuss spirit.
In an era when awards-bait films, and even junky FX-laden franchise fantasies of the week, are often half an hour too long for their own good, it’s worth recalling certain examples of pop-culture storytelling that were, in their way, miracles of brevity. The original 1931 “Frankenstein” has a fairly involved storyline (Dr. Frankenstein preparing to […]
