It's been four years since Guillermo del Toro won a Best Picture Oscar for The Shape of Water, and this is the first feature film he's worked on since. Of course it's not the only film that had to shut down because of the pandemic. Per this Indiewire article, they stopped the shoot when shooting …
Continue reading This Just In! Guillermo del Toro’s ‘Nightmare Alley’ Trailer
Like so many 80's and 90's kids, my sister and I grew up loving the Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark trilogy. While the short stories written by Alvin Schwartz are mostly variations of standard urban legends and folk tales, the original illustrations by Stephen Gammell are what really haunted us; the black and …
Continue reading FlixChatter Review – Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark (2019)
Review by: Vitali Gueron Pacific Rim Uprising is the sequel to the 2013 science-fiction monster movie Pacific Rim, directed by Guillermo del Toro (Academy Award winner for Best Director and Best Picture). Uprising is directed by Steven S. DeKnight (in his feature-film directorial debut) and stars British actor John Boyega (Star Wars: The Force Awakens, …
Continue reading FlixChatter Review: Pacific Rim Uprising (2018)
It's almost 10 o'clock when I started writing this post so this is not gonna be a comprehensive post. I have a busy day ahead tomorrow as my department at work is having a musical chair moment moving a bunch of us to new cubicles. Plus there's also a snowstorm coming tomorrow (gah I sure …
Continue reading Quick thoughts on Oscars 2018 & the winners
Once in a blue moon I fell in love for a film just from the trailer. It happened with The Shape of Water sometime last Fall, but it took a few months before I finally saw it. Forbidden love stories are my thing, but this isn't just a typical star-crossed lovers. Guillermo del Toro created a romance …
Continue reading FlixChatter Review: The Shape of Water (2017)
Heh, why is it only Wednesday 
It's a pretty busy week at work and June is looking to be a hectic one, which is unusual for Summer. In any case, I'm also gonna be blogging a bit less as I'm REALLY trying to get my script done but the race the the finish is usually the …
Continue reading Everybody’s Chattin + Best casting news in ages: John Boyega in Pacific Rim 2!
It’s been almost a decade since Guillermo del Toro made a fantasy/ horror picture; Pan's Labyrinth put his name on the map as a big time filmmaker. After two big budgeted sci-fi action films, he’s back with a smaller fantasy/horror thriller that made him famous. Set in turn-of-the-century New York, a young ambitous woman named …
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