It is widely acknowledged that the Transformers franchise, while popular at the box office, is far from perfect filmmaking. Director Michael Bay’s bombastic style has led to the creation of a new word: Bayhem! The five films he helmed were loud, nonsensical, lacking in character and depth, and had a testosterone-fuelled attitude to violence, humour…
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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…
Don’t Look Up
Director: Adam McKay Starring: Leonardo DiCaprio, Jennifer Lawrence, Meryl Streep, Cate Blanchett, Rob Morrow, Jonah Hill, Mark Rylance, Tyler Perry, Timothée Chalamet, Ron Perlman, Ariana Grande Written by: (also story) Adam McKay and (account) David Sirota Running Time: 138 mins Cert: 15 Release date: 10th December 2021 If you have been watching social media recently,…
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…
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