[pullquote cite="" type="left, right"][amazon text=Amazon&template=carousel&chan=that film guy&asin=B001G136LC][/pullquote] The original Hellboy released in 2004 was a moderate success commerically, but further established Guillermo Del Toro as a master story-teller and film-maker. His first foray into Hollywood was the sequel to the hugely successful film Blade. … [Read more...]
Review: The Orphanage (2007)
[pullquote cite="" type="left, right"][amazon text=Amazon&template=carousel&chan=that film guy&asin=B0019GJ3ZM][/pullquote] The Orphanage (El Orfanato to give it its Spanish title) is a horror film presented by horror aficionado and all-round fantasy legend Guillermo Del Toro. As part of his plan to seemingly force through a horror film revolution in … [Read more...]
Review: Don’t Be Afraid of the Dark (2011)
[pullquote cite="" type="left, right"][amazon text=Amazon&template=carousel&chan=that film guy&asin=B007C17YLI][/pullquote] Secretly, most loath being stuck in the dark, no matter how old or young. Guillermo del Toro takes the audience back to childhood with memories of monsters under the bed in his version of Don't Be Afraid Of The Dark. Children of the past and … [Read more...]
Review: Pan’s Labyrinth (2006, Spain)
[pullquote cite="" type="left, right"][amazon text=Amazon&template=carousel&chan=that film guy&asin=B000UYBP0K][/pullquote] Pan's Labyrinth begins a long time ago in an underground world a princess escaped to the world above, the sunlight blinded her and she forgot who she was. She grew sick and eventually died but her father, the King of the subterranean, knew that … [Read more...]