‘Frankenstein’ review: Guillermo del Toro’s grand, cool, lumbering monster

‘Frankenstein’ review: Guillermo del Toro’s grand, cool, lumbering monster

movie review FRANKENSTEIN Running time: <br>149 minutes. <br>In select theaters Oct. 17. On Netflix, Nov. 7. TORONTO — Guillermo del Toro has taken the exhumed limbs of his career and sewn them together into “Frankenstein,” which had its Canadian premiere Monday at the Toronto International Film Festival. There’s the gothic mansion and blood-red costumes from … Read more

Oscar-winning director Guillermo Del Toro to auction off iconic horror memorabilia he nearly lost to LA wildfires

Oscar-winning director Guillermo Del Toro to auction off iconic horror memorabilia he nearly lost to LA wildfires

Famed director Guillermo Del Toro will auction off part of his coveted horror memorabilia collection that was almost destroyed by the devastating Los Angeles wildfires earlier this year. Del Toro, 60, teamed up with Heritage Auctions for the three-part sale that kicks off Sept. 26 online — and will only empty a small fraction of … Read more

‘Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio’ review: dark, twisted animated epic

‘Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio’ review: dark, twisted animated epic

During “Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio” on Netflix, Disney’s 1940 version of the old tale doesn’t pop into mind much. The House of Mouse film I kept thinking of was “Bambi.”  The “Shape of Water” director, in his brilliant stop-motion animated movie co-directed by Mark Gustafson, harkens back to the good old days of tough-love family … Read more