Tag Archives: Guillermo Del Toro

Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio (2022) Review

A FANTASTIC TALE OF LOVE, DISOBEDIENCE, AND THE MEANING OF LIFE   Throughout the many years in the filmmaking industry, Hollywood studios has had a long history of competition, which can sometimes mean producing a movie to outdo and outshine a rival studio. Because of this, some studios have on occasion create similar movies to one another competing studio within

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Nightmare Alley (2021) Review

THE LIES WE WEAVE, THE TRUTHS WE DECEIVE   Amongst the various famous directors out there (i.e. Stephen Spielberg, Christopher Nolan, Ridley Scott, Sam Mendes David Fincher, etc.) known is more visually stunning and mystifying in his directorial works than director Guillermo del Toro. Fascinated with the world of cinema at a young age, del Toro would eventually an interest

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Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark (2019) Review

A DELIGHTFULLY SCARY TALE   Years before literary author R.L. Stine released his ghoulish scary stories for kids in his Goosebumps series, Alvin Schwartz created Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark; scaring up young readers with its spooky tales within. First released in 1981, Schwartz’s creation (in case you didn’t know) is a collection of scary stories that are

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Pacific Rim Review

MAN AND MACHINE BECOME ONE   Another golden oldie from my old movie blog. Enjoy! Giant monster and/or mecha movies are super popular in western society. From the famous yet kind of cheesy Godzilla movies to the flashy Japanese anime, this idea of larger than life creatures / robots has spawned a genre unto itself and has amass a large

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Crimson Peak (2015) Review

HAUNTINGLY BEAUTIFUL   Director Guillermo del Toro has a special affinity towards the realms of horror in his moviemaking. The 51 year old director / screenwriter has touched upon this in several of his media projects, including his fantasy film Pan’s Labyrinth, his graphic novel adaptation Hellboy (and its sequel Hellboy: The Golden Army), and in the FX television show

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