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“Crimson Peak” Is A New High For Guillermo del Toro
Guillermo del Toro will not be mistaken. He’d very much like for his new film, the magnificently wrought Crimson Peak, to not be spoken of as a horror film. On Twitter, he clarified that the film is a “Gothic Romance,” and then compared its tense creepiness to...
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7 Movies With the Exact Same Villain
Sometime around 2003, movies hit critical mass for a particular kind of adversary. Beyond a few simple shared traits, and even a reasonable number of examples, a mold began to emerge of extreme specificity of onscreen villainy. Far from revealing some screen...
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Should Superhero Films be Animated Instead?
With the latest trailer of Big Hero 6, another superhero movie has entered the fray, though this time it will be fully animated, as compared to ongoing trend of having these comic book creations filmed in live-action. But as more and more superhero story lines...
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Guillermo del Toro Wants to Distribute PG-13 & Unrated Cuts of “At The Mountains of Madness” Simultaneously
Apparently it's Guillermo del Toro week for me here as I reported on his black & white film he plans to shoot before Pacific Rim 2 just yesterday. In part of it's week long rollout of an exclusive interview with Del Toro, Collider released the particulars ...
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Guillermo del Toro to Shoot Small Black & White Film Before “Pacific Rim 2”
It's been a real great couple of weeks if you're a Guillermo del Toro fan like myself. Not only did he confirm that Pacific Rim 2 will be coming out on April 7, 2017 - he's just confirmed for Collider that he will shoot a smaller project next spring in black &...
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The 20 Best Scenes of 2013
Last year wasn't just a strong year of film; it was also a year of such an eclectic variety of good films of all sorts. While there wasn't a whole lot to chew on in the mainstream American film landscape, the independent and foreign scenes were thriving with g...
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Guillermo Del Toro’s Rousing ‘Pacific Rim’ Is a Joyous Homage to Pacific Inspirations
Any Filipino who grew up as a kid in the early 80s will tell you about their love for giant robots. As a country that was once invaded by Japan, it can seem strange that Philippine culture would wholeheartedly embrace an invasion of mammoth-sized mechas during...
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‘Mama’ Buries Originality Under Formula
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One can't help but admire Guillermo Del Toro. Not only is he a true movie-buff who makes ambitious, original, off-the-wall films, but he also supports the little guys, extending his influence so that emerging directors can make horror films of their own....
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