She often played a particularly British character: a bubbly yet resilient woman facing down the corrosive effects of everyday modern life.Pauline Collins in 1989. She was known for playing everywoman characters on television and in films.

The humanoid creature has been on the big screen since 1987. With “Predator: Badlands” in theaters, here’s the back story on the franchise.

Prince was mysterious, sexy. This adaptation of his 1984 film, onstage in Minneapolis, explains too much and comes off as disorienting.

This month’s picks include a loner on the razor’s edge, a witch on a bloodthirsty mission and an actress walking a doomed path.

The director Guillermo del Toro narrates a sequence in which Dr. Victor Frankenstein presents his findings at a disciplinary tribunal.