Pan's Labyrinth (movie)

Guillermo del Toro talks 'Pacific Rim' visuals and a potential sequel

2013-06-18 16:39:00

Guillermo del Toro, director of the forthcoming sci-fi picture "Pacific Rim," had a� very specific set of parameters for the movie's visuals. For starters, the filmmaker, whose directing credits include "Pan's Labyrinth" and "Hellboy," knew what he...

Guillermo del Toro on ‘Pacific Rim,’ ‘Monster,’ ‘Justice League Dark’

2013-05-12 12:22:07

L.A. Times Hero Complex film fest invades the TCL Chinese 6

2013-05-09 06:00:00

The Los Angeles Times Hero Complex Film Festival kicks off Friday evening at the TCL Chinese 6 Theatres at Hollywood & Highland with a double bill of John Carpenter's 1988 "They Live" and his classic 1978 horror film, "Halloween. Carpenter will appear...

Hero Complex Film Festival 2013: Del Toro, Darabont, Emmerich, more

2013-04-08 09:03:44

Review: 'Blancanieves' (Snow White) has a classic look and feel

2013-03-28 15:30:00

Following hard upon "The Artist," "Blancanieves" is the second silent black-and-white feature to emerge from Europe in little more than two years. A pair of films don't exactly make a trend, but "Blancanieves" has enough going for it to make you wish it...

Film composer Gustavo Santaolalla revels in his rockero role

2013-03-16 10:00:00

When his band mates reach for a way of describing Gustavo Santaolalla, the Oscar-winning musician and producer, they frequently compare him to rock 'n' roll legends: "the Argentine Bob Dylan," the "South American Brian Wilson," and so on. But if they...

Animation: Chris Miller, 'Puss in Boots'

2011-09-04 00:00:00

Puss in Boots, that suavest of swashbuckling cats, surely had a life of adventure before hooking up with Shrek and Donkey and the gang. DreamWorks Animation and director Chris Miller certainly thought so. With that premise in mind, "Puss in Boots," a...

Movie review: 'Gainsbourg: A Heroic Life'

2011-09-02 00:00:00

Unconventional, imaginative, nothing if not audacious, "Gainsbourg: A Heroic Life" is a portrait of creativity from the inside, a serious yet playful attempt to find an artistic way to tell an emotional truth. "Heroic" may seem like an odd word to attach...

'Mama'

2013-04-10 13:22:00

While she was making the award-season rounds for "Zero Dark Thirty," Jessica Chastain projected a much different screen image as the rather Goth heroine of this horror tale from executive producer Guillermo del Toro ("Pan's Labyrinth"). She plays the...

'Mama' reworks rules of effective horror ★★★

2013-01-17 00:00:00

"Mama" breaks a lot of horror movie rules, right off the proverbial bat. It gives us a long back-story opening, and brings up much more back story as the tale progresses. It overexplains. It reveals its supernatural menace, not just in glimpses, but...

Film review: 'Mama' not Oscar-worthy vehicle for Jessica Chastain

2013-01-21 14:27:00

Last week, I spent the better part of my review for "Zero Dark Thirty" talking about Jessica Chastain's chances of winning an Oscar for Best Actress. I will not need to spend the same amount of time talking about Chastain's chance of winning an Oscar...

Google Maps, Golden Globes, the 12-12-12 Concert are rocking the trends today

2012-12-13 06:10:00

Christmas may actually be 11 days away but nerds are getting their gifts early today. Last night, Google released their popular (and relatively danger-free) Google Maps app on the Apple App Store. The wonky and much ridiculed Apple version is still...

"Pan's Labyrinth" is among the films featured at the Los Angeles Times Hero Complex Film Festival this weekend.

2013-05-08 11:30:41

Normally I'm not big on Guillermo Del Toro (the overrated filmmaker behind "Hellboy" and "Pan's Labyrinth"), but jeez, this monster movie looks huge and hugely awesome.

2012-02-02 00:00:00