Just occasionally, a director is able to grow their reputation enough to pitch a weird film for a major release. Master of pulpy macabre Guillermo del Toro has done this superbly with The Shape of Water, a delightful romance between ...
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Stories are wild creatures, the monster said. When you let them loose, who knows what havoc they might wreak? First published in 2011, A Monster Calls was a figment of Siobhan Dowd’s imagination before her death. Her editor at Walker Books, ...
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Before we get into anything else about this film there is one thing I want to say first: this is quite possibly the worst title for a science fiction film ever. Edge of Tomorrow is the most generic, bland, unappealing ...
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