Guillermo Del Toro is one of the last few remnants of a dying breed in Hollywood. He’s a populist director of immense personality and with a very distinct personal style, who primarily makes expensive commercial movies but is still able to imbue such projects with his unique touch. GDT is a filmmaker in the tradition […]
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The 10 Best Netflix Original Movies of 2021
If before the pandemic Netflix, and streaming in general, was already an indispensable force in the cinematic landscape, the last couple of years have only accelerated the inevitable; there is now a clear (and seemingly irreversible) divide between movies that are made for theater and those that can only find life in streaming services. For […]
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10 Great Movie Remakes You’ve Probably Never Seen
It’s a complaint now as cliched as the thing it’s meant to criticize: Hollywood has completely lost its appetite for originality. It’s a statement simultaneously true and exaggerated. On one hand, it’s undeniable that the big studio system seems more interested than ever in mining every conceivable piece of known IP available, to the detriment […]
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10 Great Horror Films Favored By Guillermo del Toro
Guillermo del Toro’s knowledge and passion for horror cinema is too expansive to be contained by a single list – there’s simply too many recommendations of too many great movies to ignore. So here’s a second list of horror movies recommended by del Toro, for your viewing pleasure (listed chronologically). 1. I Walked with […]
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The 10 Best Men On A Mission War Movies
In the canon of dead genres, one of the most sorely missed in the current landscape of cinema is the “men-on-a-mission” war film. The mid-budget, aimed at adult action adventure movie is all but extinct, but there was a time in which they were a regularity; big studios would release these sturdy, terrifically fun pictures […]
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The 15 Most Atmospheric Horror Movies of All Time
There’s a very important principle in cinema that most of the people who work in movies, or who seriously studies the craft, understand, but that somewhat eludes the casual viewer: a good screenplay is meaningless in the face of bad execution. Meaning, having a great story is far from enough to secure an actual great […]