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Don't be Afraid of the Dark

Don't be Afraid of the Dark

Unimaginitive reboot of 70s cult horror film

(2 stars)13 Sep 2011

(15) 99min Looming large in the childhood memories of many US pop culture aficionados, the original Don’t Be Afraid of the Dark was a minor but effective 1973 TV movie in which Jim Hutton and Kim Darby played a couple menaced by demonic creatures in…

Julia's Eyes

Julia's Eyes

A very well made chiller in the stalk ‘n’ slash tradition

(3 stars)1 Jul 2011

(15) 112min In addition to directing visionary adult horror-fantasies (The Devil’s Backbone, Pan’s Labyrinth) and outstanding Hollywood blockbusters (Hellboy and its sequel), Mexican filmmaker Guillermo del Toro is also carving a second career for…

Guillermo del Toro

Guillermo del Toro's monster attraction

Celebrity Gossip

21 Jun 2009

Guillermo del Toro is "kinky". The 'Hellboy' director is proud of his obsession with everything strange and supernatural because it helps him make sense of his life. The 44-year-old filmmaker said: "When mankind needed to eat and sleep as cavemen…

Ewan Morrison

Preview 2009 - Books

8 Jan 2009

It’s another hot year for the Scottish contingent with Denise Mina, Irvine Welsh and Ewan Morrison all bringing out books (July) although arguably the country’s most intriguing 2009 publication comes from Dundee debutant Gavin Bain. California Schemin…

Hellboy II: The Golden Army

Hellboy II: The Golden Army

(3 stars)21 Aug 2008

Fresh from the critical and commercial success of his Oscar-feted Spanish horror-fantasy Pan’s Labyrinth, Mexican filmmaker Guillermo del Toro returns to Hollywood with a second blockbuster adaptation of Dark Horse Comics’ cult supernatural title. A…

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Hellboy
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Mexican horror film auteur del Toro's labour of love adaptation of Mike Mignola's cult horror comic delivers on every level, remaining true to the spirit of Mignola's inspired strip and rich with supernatural hocus pocus, wisecracking one-liners and the dark visual styling of German Expressionist cinema.
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1 Jul 8.30pm
Part of Edinburgh International Film Festival: Atmosphere Programme. 		Inspace, Edinburgh
Puss in Boots
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(4 stars) Puss (Banderas) and Humpty Dumpty (Galifianakis) attempt to steal magic beans from Jack and Jill, with Hayek as feline accomplice Kitty Softpaws. Given the slackening quality of the Shrek franchise, the surprise is that this imaginative romp was one of the 2011's best animated family films.
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