By Jack Silbert on December 31, 2021
4.5 stars out of 5During pandemic days, or shall I say nights, I’ve really upped my watching of Eddie Muller’s Noir Alley offerings on TCM. One film I haven’t caught — or didn’t even known about till today — is 1947’s Nightmare Alley. Which is probably for the best, as I strolled into 2021’s Nightmare […]
Posted in movie reviews | Tagged 20s movies, 40s movies, Bradley Cooper, Cate Blanchett, film noir, Guillermo del Toro, neo noir
By Jack Silbert on January 3, 2018
4.5 stars out or 5 In 2006, I saw Pan’s Labyrinth and was absolutely transfixed. In fact, I saw it twice, which I almost never do. Though delivering many screenplays since then, Guillermo del Toro hasn’t truly thrown himself into another movie until now. And though it took me much of the film to realize […]
Posted in movie reviews | Tagged 00s movies, 10s movies, Guillermo del Toro, Michael Shannon, Michael Stuhlbarg, Sally Hawkins
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