|Ben Tuthill| In late 1994, high off the box office fumes of Speed, Keanu Reeves took a break from movies to play Hamlet in a two-month run for the Manitoba Theatre Centre in Winnipeg. Opening night was by all accounts a disaster, but Reeves found his nerve in the coming weeks… Continue reading
|Abraham Tueber| Though it embarrasses me to admit it, I own just a single DVD. At one time, I had many more I could proudly hold in my hands. Now, sheaves of plastic collect dust in my parents’ basement, entombing masterpieces like Spy Kids, Ice Age, and Akeelah and the Bee… Continue reading
|Penny Folger| Bram Stoker’s Dracula, a novel that was originally published in 1897, was later adapted to film over 200 times. What led Francis Ford Coppola to make it again in 1992, on the heels of his Godfather III? The answer can be found in then 19-year-old Winona Ryder. After dropping out of Godfather III due to nervous exhaustion… Continue reading
|Hannah Baxter| It’s November 1992, and a new movie with Winona Ryder and Keanu Reeves has just come out. As someone born at the tail end of Gen X, that’s all you need to know. You’ve never heard of Francis Ford Coppola or the male lead, someone unmemorably named Gary Oldman. You have, however, watched Heathers, Edward Scissorhands, … Continue reading
|Chris Polley| Besides both of us being complete dorks, the venerable, legendary auteur Francis Ford Coppola (of Godfather and Apocalypse Now fame) and I have exactly one thing in common: We both forced a group of people to sit down and read Bram Stoker’s iconic gothic novel Dracula out loud together… Continue reading
