Tom Beasley takes a look at the winners and losers from the Golden Globes, and what that means for the Oscars… Hollywood’s biggest and brightest starts packed into the Beverly Hilton Hotel last night for the 75th Golden Globes. The spectre of movie industry harassment loomed large over proceedings, whether it was in the stars […]
Oscars 2018: Biggest snubs and surprises from the Academy Award nominations
Tom Beasley takes a look at the twists and turns provided by today’s Oscar nominations, including the biggest snubs and most shocking surprises… The nominations for the 90th Academy Awards were dished out today and it’s fair to say that this was perhaps a more interesting crop of nominees than many expected. The big winners, […]
53rd Chicago International Film Festival Capsule Review – The Shape of Water (2017)
The Shape of Water contains physically intimate expressions of love between two different sets of characters, both inordinately different in tone. One is rather awkwardly aggressive with no real affection shown by either member of a married couple, while multiple other sequences depict Sally Hawkins’ sign language communicating mute Elisa and the film’s centralized human reminiscent amphibian […]
Doug Jones reveals plot details for Guillermo del Toro’s The Shape of Water
With Guillermo del Toro currently in post-production on his next film The Shape of Water, his frequent collaborator Doug Jones has been chatting to Collider about the project, during which he revealed a few plot details for the fantasy adventure, which has been described as “an other-worldly story set against the backdrop of Cold War […]
The Shape of Water officially rated R, Guillermo del Toro says it’s not a horror
Guillermo del Toro has announced on Twitter that his latest film titled The Shape of Water has received an R rating from the Motion Picture Association of America. The rating falls in line with most of the auteur’s previous works and he seemingly has no desire to cut the film down to PG-13. He also clarified […]
Blu-ray Review – The Shape of Water (2017)
The Shape of Water, 2017. Directed by Guillermo del Toro. Starring: Sally Hawkins, Michael Shannon, Richard Jenkins, Doug Jones, Michael Stuhlbarg, and Octavia Spencer. SYNOPSIS: The Shape of Water, fresh off winning Best Picture and Best Director at the Oscars, arrives in a Blu-ray + DVD + Digital edition that has a modest complement of […]
53rd Chicago International Film Festival Review – The Shape of Water (2017)
Publish December 3rd The Shape of Water, 2017. Directed by Guillermo del Toro. Starring Sally Hawkins, Doug Jones, Michael Shannon, Richard Jenkins, Michael Stuhlbarg, Nick Searcy, David Hewlett, and Octavia Spencer. SYNOPSIS: An otherworldly fairy tale, set against the backdrop of Cold War era America circa 1962. In the hidden high-security government laboratory where she works, […]
Toronto International Film Festival Review – The Shape of Water (2017)
The Shape of Water, 2017. Directed by Guillermo del Toro. Starring Sally Hawkins, Doug Jones, Richard Jenkins, Michael Shannon, Michael Stuhlbarg, and Octavia Spencer. SYNOPSIS: An other-worldly fairy tale, set against the backdrop of Cold War era America circa 1962. In the hidden high-security government laboratory where she works, lonely Eliza (Sally Hawkins) is trapped […]
Exclusive Interview with Mr. X, the VFX Company behind The Shape of Water
Mr. X is the visual effects company responsible for the visual storytelling of many films and television series including Vikings, Godless, mother!, Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tells No Tale, Crimson Peak, and Molly’s Game. Guillermo del Toro’s The Shape of Water won big at this year’s Academy Awards, including Best Picture. MR. X […]
Guillermo del Toro’s The Shape of Water gets three Pop! Vinyl figures from Funko
Funko has revealed three Pop! Movies vinyl figures for Guillermo del Toro’s Oscar-nominated ‘other-worldly fairytale’ The Shape of Water which includes director del Toro as well as Doug Jones’ Amphibian Man, and Sally Hawkins’ Elisa; take a look at the Pop! figures here… From master storyteller, Guillermo del Toro, comes THE SHAPE OF WATER – an […]
