Books are often the source for some of the greatest film and television adaptations, but flip the scenario and it can be said that movies and TV can also be among the greatest sources for books. Behind the scenes nonfiction offers a peak behind the curtain of the dream factory. Art books often enhance a …
In his review of The Grandmaster, Josh Spiegel notes that the American cut of Wong Kar-Wai’s new film “never stops letting its audience know that a fuller cut exists.” The blame for those missing 20 minutes appears to rest squarely on the shoulders of Harvey Weinstein, studio executive and co-founder of The Weinstein Company.
7: Hellboy 2 There’s a palpable joy to Hellboy II: The Golden Army, a tactile love that graces every scene, bringing to life a fantastical world full of wonders and terrors, and enlivening the proceedings with enough cleverness to keep things moving along. Where Hellboy is a servicable comic-book adaptation from the early era of …
The Strain: The Fall #1 Written by Dane Lapham Art by Mike Huddleston, Colour by Dan Jackson, Cover by EM Gist Published By Dark Horse If anything defines Guillermo del Toro, it’s enthusiasm and zeal. When he first envisioned The Strain, he saw a television series. When no one was interested, he had to settle …
If Calvin and Hobbes, those most delightful and beloved comic-strip characters, made a monster movie out of one of their fever-dream playtime japes, it would probably look a great deal like Pacific Rim. The sweaty, breathless determination with which the film’s main concept plays out, as well as how frequently it aims to top itself, is both charming and a mild hindrance. (Cartoonist Bill Watterson was able to get away with such boyhood tomfoolery because he was working with a much shorter amount of space and time.) Co-writer and director Guillermo del Toro has broken free of his almost quaint, homemade style in Pacific Rim, delivering, in many ways, the ultimate summer movie, for good and ill.
The Strain Vol. 2 Story: Guillermo Del Toro & Chuck Hogan Script: David Lapham Artist: Mike Huddleston Colours: Dan Jackson Publisher: Dark Horse Comics Having previously reviewed the entire series, my thoughts on The Strain haven’t changed. So I have added parts of my original review for newcomers who are interested in picking this up. …
Issues: 1-11 Story: Guillermo Del Toro & Chuck Hogan Script: David Lapham Artist: Mike Huddleston Colours: Dan Jackson Now that the filth of Twilight is behind us, horror fans can peek out from their enclaves and reclaim the vampire genre from the greasy clutches of angst-ridden tweens. With Veritgo’s American Vampire taking a hiatus this …
We’ve promoted some of Jeff Victor’s fabulous artwork before on our site. Here are some other great pieces showing the evolution of some of his favorite actors and directors. Jeff has set up an online store, so check out his site if you want to purchase some of his great artwork. Enjoy!
Today’s film is the 2008 short Mamá. The film is written and directed by Andres Muschietti, and produced by Barbara Muschietti. Andres and Barbara Muschietti made their feature film writing debut on the horror film Mama, which was released in American theatres this weekend, under the tutelage of Guillermo Del Toro, who produced the feature …
Mama Directed by Andy Muschietti Written by Neil Cross, Andy Muschietti, and Barbara Muschietti Spain and Canada, 2013 How far do big names get a small movie? That is the question at the core of Mama, a new horror film that wouldn’t exist were it not for executive producer Guillermo del Toro and leading lady/current …
[quote by=”Synopsis”]Sci-Fi Action Adventure. When legions of monstrous creatures, known as Kaiju, started rising from the sea, a war began that would take millions of lives and consume humanity’s resources for years on end. To combat the giant Kaiju, a special type of weapon was devised: massive robots, called Jaegers, which are controlled simultaneously by …
Last weeks release of Halo 4 by Microsoft’s 343 Industries was a huge deal for videogame fans. A trailer released for the game a few weeks earlier was an equally huge deal for completely different reasons. The two-minute and twenty-one second launch trailer, titled “Scanned,” made its debut on “Late Night with Jimmy Fallon” on …
Special Mention: The Fake Trailers from Grindhouse (2007, USA): The four fake trailers featured in the otherwise disappointing Robert Rodriguez/Quentin Tarantino double-feature: Machete by Robert Rodriguez, Werewolf Women of the SS by Rob Zombie, Thanksgiving by Eli Roth and Don’t by Edgar Wright-are all very entertaining trips down horror/exploitation film memory lane and are …
Friday was a big day here at the Con, but today is going to be huge. New York is quickly growing into one of the largest Cons in the country, perhaps even number two behind San Diego. The big event on Friday was the Legendary Comics panel moderated by the Nerdist himself Chris Hardwick. Hardwick …
Miss Bala Directed by Gerardo Naranjo 2011, Mexico You may not know it, but Mexican cinema is alive and has something to tell us. Overshadowed by the big wigs of the American studio system, foreign markets are endlessly trying to compete with the big budgeted, CGI saturated, sequel profiteering that has blindsided artistic talents to …
Miss Bala Directed by Gerardo Naranjo 2011, Mexico You may not know it, but Mexican cinema is alive and has something to tell us. Overshadowed by the big wigs of the American studio system, foreign markets are endlessly trying to compete with the big budgeted, CGI saturated, sequel profiteering that has blindsided artistic talents to …
Don’t Be Afraid of the Dark Directed by Troy Nixey Written by Guillermo del Toro & Matthew Robbins 2011, USA It’s been nearly 40 years since the 1973 ABC telepic Don’t Be Afraid of the Dark terrified youngsters across the globe – one of them being a 9-year-old Guillermo del Toro, who has since cited …
It seems audiences will have an abundance of The Hulk (Marvel’s big green fella, not the mustached wrestler) in the near future as the severely-anticipated adaptation of The Avengers featuring The Hulk bows in 2012 and now much lauded (and very loved around these parts) director Guillermo del Toro has said he is developing with …
Guillermo del Toro, The Jim Henson Company, and Pathe are set to produce a 3D stop-motion animated adaptation of Pinocchio. The film will be based on a 2002 book of the classic fairy tale, and written by Matthew Robbins. Deadline reports that Gris Grimly and Mark Gustafson (animation director for Fantastic Mr. Fox) will direct …
According to Variety, French DVD house We Prods. is partnering with publishing house United Humanoids to produce Metal Hurlant Chronicles, a live-action TV skein based on a French anthology of sci-fi/fantasy graphic novels. Currently David Fincher is trying to produce a reboot/follow-up to the animated 1981 version Heavy Metal (produced by Ivan Reitman), with various …
Director Guillermo del Toro says he might return to the Hellboy film franchises sooner than expected now that he’s dropped out from directing the long-awaited adaptation of The Hobbit. When asked by MTV News about his Hellboy return, del Toro seemed to indicate that its fate rested in the hands of Ron Perlman and whether …
The legions of Tolkien fans who pumped their fists and jumped for joy on receiving news that the visionary director Guillermo Del Toro had signed on to direct The Hobbit will now have to bow their heads in disappointment as he announces today that he is relinquishing the project. TheOneRing.net released a statement today announcing …
The idea of creating family friendly horror has been around for years. The 90’s saw one of its biggest emergence with the highly popular Goosebumps and Fear Street book series and television series such as “Are You Afraid of the Dark” and the short lived “The Nightmare Room.” However, it was rare to see horror …