Features
Tuesday, March 27 2012
Death to Boring Vampires: The Life and Death Antidote to Contemporary Vampire Culture
Who else is bored with vampires? Guillermo del Toro’s Cronos rescues the vampire myth from boring romanticism.
Wednesday, January 28 2009
Superheroes Versus Comics
There can be no doubt that the summer of 2008 stands as a high-water mark for superheroes. But in the wake of a superhero renaissance and the growing cultural legitimacy of the genre, the question must be posed: Has the superhero genre evolved beyond the comics medium?
Tuesday, January 13 2009
Off the Radar - The Top 30 DVDs of 2008
Oddly enough, while the major studios continue scratching their heads over how to sell yet another new format (Blu-ray) to disinterested consumers, several outside distributors made sure that this would be a digital year to remember.
Wednesday, April 30 2008
The Return of the Popcorn Circus: July 2008
And it just doesn't stop. If part two in this three-ring play was packed with well hyped product, July just keeps the receipt treats coming.
Columns
Monday, December 6 2010
I Am Become Undead: 'Cronos' by Guillermo del Toro
Guillermo del Toro evokes a sense of literary and filmic magic surrealism, one of the core traits of Latin American creative DNA, popularized by writers such Gabriel Garcia Marquez, who probe the painful politics that often prevail in the Latin world.
Thursday, January 15 2009
Convergence Culture: the Many Faces of Hellboy
Different media means different Hellboys. Mike Mignola's versus Guillermo del Toro's.
Reviews
Friday, December 5 2008
Hellboy II: The Golden Army (3 Disc Special Edition)
This limited “3-Disc Special Edition” is as much a tribute to the writer-director as it is a showcase for the film.
Friday, July 11 2008
Hellboy II: The Golden Army
As he loves Liz, life, and TV, Hellboy embodies possibility, faith, and imagination.
Friday, May 25 2007
Pans Labyrinth (2006)
As harsh as it is human, filmmaking doesn’t get any more enlightened than this. Like the Brothers Grimm before him, this is a filmmaker who wants to give fairytales back their teeth.
Friday, January 12 2007
Pans Labyrinth (El Laberinto del Fauno) (2006)
As her belief in herself comes full circle, as she discovers her crucial mythological role as it exists alongside her role alongside her mother, Ofelia becomes more real than her gorgeous allegory can bear.
Monday, July 26 2004
Hellboy: 2-Disc Special Edition (2004)
Speaking in his commentary track, del Toro is keenly passionate about the film, the character, and Hellboy creator Mike Mignola.
Blogs
Wednesday, July 28 2010
Really Guillermo...Really?
Guillermo del Toro is perhaps the closest thing to a true geek God in the current crew of fanboy favorites. He sure knows how to stir their respective grits, goading them along a path less beaten than brief in its intended lasting viability.
Saturday, November 8 2008
Hellboy II: The Golden Army - Three Disc Special Edition
If you ask Guillermo Del Toro what his most personal films are, the answer seems obvious - at first. The Devil's Backbone was a chance…
Friday, July 11 2008
Del Toro Delivers with 'Hellboy 2'
Ever wonder what it would be like if your favorite filmmaker had the creative freedom to realize his or her own inner artistic aims? Ever…
News
Friday, August 26 2011
Del Toro's 'Dark' stamp: A novice director takes a master class
LOS ANGELES , Big breaks rarely happen quite this way: Comic book artist and aspiring director Troy Nixey submitted his short "Latchkey's Lament" to Oscar-nominated…
Thursday, June 18 2009
Director (and now author) Guillermo del Toro: Fantasy is faith
As a youth, Guillermo del Toro "was blessed or cursed with" lucid dreams. "I would go to sleep and wake up in my room and…
Wednesday, June 10 2009
Acclaimed director Guillermo Del Toro sinks his teeth into vampire literature
Forget "Hellboy." Forget "Pan's Labyrinth." Forget directing "The Hobbit," which is why Oscar-nominated director Guillermo del Toro finds himself in New Zealand these days. For…
Wednesday, July 30 2008
Pop 20: Super hero formula evolving
In only 10 days, the Batman defeated the Joker, delivered a one-two punch to Harvey Dent and amassed more than $300 million at the box…
Thursday, July 10 2008
'Hellboy' director Guillermo del Toro credits Mexican heritage for his artistic vision
BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. - Guadalajara, Mexico, native Guillermo del Toro often gets asked if he considers himself simply a filmmaker, an independent filmmaker or a…
