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Pan’s Labyrinth Gets a Third Dimension and Absolutely No Goddamn AI
Twenty years on, the Pale Man is coming back to British cinemas, and this time he can reach out of the screen for…
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Guillermo del Toro
Guillermo del Toro is a filmmaker whose work includes fantasy, horror and stories of monsters. Browse SFcrowsnest’s coverage of his films.
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October 2026
October 2025
NewsHorror
Frankenstein by Guillermo del Toro – It’s Alive (Again): Mark Kermode’s film review (video).
Our man-of-many-horror-movies is back with a review of Frankenstein, as Guillermo del Toro has done it. After nearly two decades of sketching, brooding,…
February 2025
ReviewHorror
Cronos (1992) (film review).
This is a 4K Ultra HD restoration of the film ‘Cronos.’. This is a Spanish film running with English dialogue. Well, except when…
December 2022
NewsFantasy
Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio (film review by Mark R. leeper).
Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio: This is called “Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio” to distinguish it from the *other* 2022 Pinocchio film, Pinocchio, which is…
November 2022
ReviewFantasy
Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio (a Mark Kermode movie review).
Pinocchio, also known as Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio, is a new stop-motion animated musical fantasy film that del Toro directed. Fascist Italy in…
June 2022
ReviewMovie books
Hellboy II: The Art Of The Movie (book review).
I’ve been sitting on my copy of ‘Hellboy II: The Art Of The Movie’ for sometime and finding time to read it problematic…
May 2022
NewsHorror
Nightmare Alley (2021) : a film mini-review by Mark R. Leeper and Evelyn C. Leeper.
‘Nightmare Alley’ is described by its makers as a new adaptation of the book by William Lindsay Gresham, not a remake of the…
NewsMEDIA
Nightmare Alley (2021): a film mini-review by Mark R. Leeper and Evelyn C. Leeper.
‘Nightmare Alley’ is described by its makers as a new adaptation of the book by William Lindsay Gresham, not a remake of the…
January 2022
NewsHorror
Nightmare Alley (a dark horror movie review by Mark Kermode).
Our man of many movies, Mark Kermode, sits down to review the dark fantasy-horror film Nightmare Alley from Guillermo del Toro. A vagabond…
September 2021
TrailerHorror
Nightmare Alley (horror film by Guillermo del Toro, trailer).
Nightmare Alley is a forthcoming horror thriller film directed by Guillermo del Toro and written by del Toro and Kim Morgan. It is…
January 2019
ReviewFantasy
Crimson Peak: limited edition (2015) (Blu-ray film review).
We only have one blu-ray disk advance copy, although the bumf insists there are two and the rest of the extras are on…
December 2017
NewsMEDIA
The Shape Of Water (2017) (a film review by Mark R. Leeper).
SPOILER WARNING: This review gives away a big piece of the plot of the film. A military project is examining a captive amphibian-man.…