With del Toro’s first feature film, we can already see hallmarks of future movies. When a shopkeeper comes into possession of an unusual antique, he unwittingly becomes victim to a means of renewed vitality and immortality. But the cost is great, and others want what he has found… Cronos is the 1992 film written and…
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Review: Guillermo Del Toro’s Pinocchio
Del Toro, I love ya, but what is going on here? Italy, at the peak of World War Two, an old carpenter loses his son in a terrible incident. But when a spirit sees his misery, it blesses a wooden doll with life, and a cricket as its conscience. Often with Hollywood, we get two…
Review: Pacific Rim (2D)
Director Guillermo Del Toro can do no wrong in my book, so when he decides to make a two hour giant robot movie, I have very little to gripe about! Set in the near future, Earth is persistently attacked by giant alien creatures known only to us as Kaiju. They wreck havoc and destroy major…