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The Film: Given the great Guillermo del Toro's fondness for creature features, which has included "Pan's Labyrinth," "The Shape of Water," "Mimic," and a pair of "Hellboy" films, you have to wonder why it took so long for him to come around to making an adaptation of one of the most famous creature tales of them all, Mary Shelley's "Frankenstein." If there ever seemed like a perfect pairing of director & material, this is certainly it, and indeed it was always something that

The Film: Merely a few years after the publication of Frank Herbert's groundbreaking science-fiction novel "Dune" in 1965, filmmakers...

When the new “Star Wars” trilogy began back in 2015, it started on a somewhat shaky note. J.J. Abrams’ “The Force Awakens” ended up being...

The Film: It was something of a cinematic miracle when Matthew Vaughn was able to resurrect the “X-Men” franchise back in 2011 with...

When "X-Men: Apocalypse" was unleashed into theaters just a couple of months ago, it was met with a rather severe backlash from both fans...

It was something of a cinematic miracle when Matthew Vaughn was able to resurrect the “X-Men” franchise back in 2011 with “X-Men: First...

The Film: More often than not, when you mention science-fiction in cinema, people will picture something action-oriented with plenty of...

Writer/director J.C. Chandor became something of an overnight sensation back in 2011 with his sharp economic drama “Margin Call,” for...