The hype behind Emerald Fennell’s adaptation of Emily Brontë’s classic novel of forbidden love has been huge. Some have taken it upon themselves to criticise the casting immediately, and some have mentioned the content’s steaminess, but until you see the film, can you truly make a constructive decision about whether these concerns are warranted? Now…
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Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio
Carlo Collodi’s 1883 novel Pinocchio, has been a source of many a film adaptation. Disney’s 1940 version is probably the most famous, although their recent remake by Robert Zemeckis is a pointless exercise. Now, merely months after that version, Academy award-wining director Guillermo del Toro has delivered a stop-motion animated film that takes the premise…
Nightmare Alley
Director: Guillermo del Toro Starring: Bradley Cooper, Cate Blanchett, Rooney Mara, Toni Collete, Willem Dafoe, Richard Jenkins, Ron Perlman, Mary Steenburgen, David Strathairn Written by: Guillermo del Toro, Kim Morgan and (based on the novel) William Lindsay Gresham Running Time: 150 mins Cert: 15 Release date: 21st January 2022 Guillermo del Toro is one of…
Hellboy
Director: Neil Marshall Starring: DavidHarbour, Milla Jovovich, Ian McShane, Sophie Okonedo, Sasha Lane, Daniel Dae Kim, Stephen Graham, Penelope Mitchell. Written by: Andrew Cosby and (based on the Dark Horse Comic Book “Hellboy”) Mike Mignola Running Time: 120 mins Cert: 15 Release date: 11th April 2019 With everyone jumping on the superhero bandwagon, how about…
Pacific Rim: Uprising
Director: Steven S. DeKnight Starring: John Boyega, Scott Eastwood, Callee Spaeny, Burn Gorman, Charlie Day, Tian Jing, Jin Zhang, Adria Arjona, Rinko Kikuchi Written by: Steven S. McKnight, Emily Carmichael, Kira Snyder, T.S.Nowlin and (based on the characters created) Travis Beacham Running Time: 111 mins Cert:12A Release date: 23rd March 2018 In 2013, now Oscar-winning…
The Shape of Water
Director: Guillermo Del Toro Starring: Sally Hawkins, Michael Shannon, Richard Jenkins, Octavia Spencer, Michael Stuhlberg, Doug Jones, David Hewlett, Nick Searcy Written by: Vanessa Taylor and (also story) Guillermo Del Toro Running Time: 123 mins Cert: 15 Release date: 14th February 2018 One of the reasons I love cinema is that sometimes it can produce…
78/52
Director: Alexandre O. Philippe Starring: Alfred Hitchcock, Anthony Perkins, Janet Leigh, Peter Bogdanovich, Jamie Lee Curtis, Elijah Wood, Danny Elfman, Bret Easton Ellis, Guillermo del Toro Written by Alexandre O. Philippe Running Time: 91 mins Cert: 15 Release date: 3rd November 2017 When you talk about horror films, there are a few movies that always…
Crimson Peak
Director: Guillermin del Toro Starring: Mia Wasikowska, Jessica Chastain, Tom Hiddleston, Charlie Hunnam, Jim Beaver, Burn Gorman Written by Guillermo del Toro and Matthew Robbins Running Time: 119 mins Cert: 15 Release date: 16th October 2015 Guillermo del Toro doesn’t make many films, so when he does step behind the camera, it should be a…
The Hobbit: The Battle Of The Five Armies
Director: Peter Jackson Starring: Martin Freeman, Ian McKellan, Richard Armitage, Luke Evans, Benedict Cumberbatch, Orlando Bloom, Evangeline Lily, Lee Pace Written by: Fran Walsh, Phillipa Boyens, Peter Jackson, Guillermo Del Toro and (based on the book) J.R.R. Tolkien Running Time: 144 mins Cert: 12A Release date: 12th December 2014 It has been 13 years since…
Pacific Rim
Director: Guillermo del Toro Starring: Charlie Hunnam, Idris Elba, Rinko Kikuchi, Charlie Day, Burn Gorman, Ron Perlman Written by: Guillermo del Toro and (also story) Travis Beacham Running Time: 132 mins Cert: 12A Release date: 12th July 2013 A few weeks ago I wrote a review about Man Of Steel, in which I complained that the…
Mama
Director: Andy Muschietti Starring: Jessica Chastain, Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, Megan Charpentier, Isabelle Nelisse, Daniel Kash Written by: Neil Cross (and story) Andy Muschietti and Barbara Muschietti Running Time: 99 mins Cert: 15 Release date: 22nd February 2013 There is nothing more creepy in a horror than a child or two. Look back in history and the…
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