Nightmare Alley
Bradley Cooper stars in this remake about a carnival drifter turned psychic grifter who cons the wealthy elite into a baffling Best Picture nomination. Watching a Guillermo del Toro movie […]
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Marrowbone
Set in 1969, Marrowbone follows an English family fleeing to America. Remember when that was a good idea? This Spanish-produced but English-language (debatable given some of the dialogue) chiller is written […]
Pacific Rim: Uprising
Despite the name, Pacific Rim: Uprising is not a porn sequel, no matter how much it sucks ass. The sequel to Guillermo del Toro’s 2013 robots vs. monsters movie is […]
The Shape of Water
Sally Hawkins plays Elisa, a cleaner in a military research facility who develops an affinity with the new ‘asset’ – an aquatic humanoid from the Amazon. Think ET or Free […]
The Orphanage
To quote my co-goblin Alex: “Why do people find orphans so scary?” From the shrill hysteria of Orphan to the shrill hysteria of Annie, cinema is rife with stories of […]
Hellboy II: The Golden Army
This week, Guillermo del Toro announced that the long-mooted Hellboy 3 was officially dead, which seems unfair considering properties as tedious as Captain America get a whole trilogy. Yeah I went there, what’s he going to […]
Julia’s Eyes
Julia’s Eyes (Los ojos de Julia) is a Spanish horror film about a woman going blind, directed by Guillem Morales and produced by Guillermo Del Toro, who likes to promote promising filmmakers (with […]
Crimson Peak
Guillermo goes gothic in this new mystery tale starring Mia Wasikowska, Jessica Chastain and Tom Hiddleston. Set around the turn of the 20th century, Crimson Peak is not a sequel to submarine movie Crimson Tide – […]
Blade II
Some time after Blade, that old bloke who we all thought was dead is back, and that woman we thought would take his place is gone to make way for a new […]
Hellboy
What’s big, red and will kill you if it falls out of a tree? A firetruck. Or alternatively Hellboy, the Dark Horse Comics anti-superhero who made his movie debut in […]
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