Ray Harryhausen: Special Effects Titan (Arrow Video, NR)
Don’t come looking for criticism in this film.
Guillermo del Toro
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I’d really like to see the Harry Potter books remade into films again, and then act like the first round of them didn’t exist.
Crimson Peak (Universal Pictures, R)
I wasn’t really into it at all for the first 90 minutes, but the final 30 or so at least come close to making the whole thing worthwhile.
The Book of Life (Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation, PG)
Praising Halloween just like Tim Burton’s The Nightmare Before Christmas, The Book of Life focuses mainly on impressive visuals.
Phantom of the Paradise (Scream Factory, PG)
The overall experience of the film is so wonderfully weird and unique that you really just have to see it for yourself.
Pacific Rim (Warner Brothers Pictures, PG-13)
It’s the kind of movie that speaks to the imagination of a child, without trying to take itself too seriously or be dark and gritty for the adults.
The Strain #1 (Dark Horse)
When a plane lands with everyone aboard dead, CDC Agent Dr. Ephraim Goodweather is summoned amid reports of a possible bio-terrorist threat with a strange, terrifying twist in this dark tale about an age-old threat […]
The Orphanage (Picturehouse, R)
Produced by Pan’s Labyrinth director Guillermo del Toro, The Orphanage exudes a rare charm and playfulness, particularly in a genre where mean-spirited tricks and laughs prevail.