‘Hellboy II: The Golden Army’ (2008) enters fantasy and steampunk realm
Superhero Saturday (Movie review): The saga enters a fantasy and steampunk realm for the rockin’ sequel.
Guillermo del Toro
‘Hellboy II: The Golden Army’ (2008) enters fantasy and steampunk realm
del Toro’s ‘Hellboy’ (2004) an artistic feast
Superhero Saturday (Movie review): This comic adaptation is an artistic feast from del Toro and his team.
del Toro’s ‘Blade II’ (2002) deepens vampire mythology
Superhero Saturday (Movie review): del Toro’s sequel ups the cool factor and deepens the vampire mythology in a test run for “The Strain.”
‘The Shape of Water’ reviews
John’s “The Shape of Water” review, Feb. 2, 2018 Michael’s “The Shape of Water” review, Top 20 films of 2017, Jan. 21, 2018
‘The Shape of Water’ turns ‘E.T.’ into a romance for adults (Movie review)
Director and co-writer Guillermo del Toro puts a lot of winning elements from successful films into a blender and delivers “The Shape of Water” (2017), now in theatrical wide release. Mixing familiar substance with loads […]
‘Fear the Walking Dead,’ ‘Strain’ villains want power for power’s sake (TV review)
A couple seasons ago on “The Walking Dead,” Rick and the gang agree to march toward Washington, D.C., on Eugene’s promise that there was a governmental structure in place working against the zombie plague. While […]
2015: The summer of horror TV (Commentary)
Entertainment trends are a funny thing. Horror movie releases have slowed to a trickle, whereas a decade ago there was a new one in theaters every week. But horror TV shows were rare then, whereas […]
‘The Strain’ is breaking out to become great, lights-out horror TV
TV commentary: The battle against the munchers is becoming must-see TV.
del Toro’s ‘The Strain’ deliciously dark and stylish
First episode impressions (TV review): The novel and comic book series now gets a small-screen adaptation.