Guillermo del Toro

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Why You Need to Go See Pacific Rim and Elysium

There are two times a year where Hollywood really rolls out their Big Tentpole Franchise Movies: summer and the holidays. This summer, we’ve already seen Iron Man 3, The Great Gatsby, Star Trek Into Darkness, The Hangover Part III, Fast and Furious 6, and Man of Steel. We still have World War Z, The Lone Ranger, and The Wolverine.

For those of you keeping score at home, that’s comic-book movie sequel, book adaptation, sequel to a reboot of a 60s TV show, REALLY unnecessary sequel, another sequel, comic-book movie reboot, another book adaptation, another TV adaptation, and another comic-book movie sequel. Continue reading

Don’t Be Afraid…to Let Actors Find Their Own Way

People think that a great actors’ director is a guy that comes in every time and gives you an insight… it’s the guy that knows when to stay the fuck out of there if he’s not needed, and directors make the mistake of thinking that after every take they need to go in and really have an Elia Kazan moment with their actor. It’s about stay the fuck away until they need you, you know? And that’s it.

That’s Guillermo del Toro talking to Movieline about directing children specifically, and what good child actors are capable of. Head over there to read the full piece; Katie Holmes was also part of the interview. Don’t Be Afraid of the Dark (scripted and produced by del Toro) hits theaters this Friday. Do you plan to see Dark? What do you make of the MPAA’s decision to slap it with an R rating for “pervasive scariness?”