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Cinefantastique Spotlight Podcast: Don't Be Afraid of the Dark

Dan Persons | Posted 10.29.2011 | Culture

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Don't Be Afraid of the Dark, the title urges, but you know they're lying. There are things hiding in the dark, little things, nasty things, things that want nothing better than to drag you down.

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Special "Goodnight Hurricane Irene" Mighty Movie Podcast: Troy Nixey on Don't Be Afraid of the Dark

Dan Persons | Posted 10.26.2011 | Culture

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Guillermo del Toro says that, as a kid, he harbored great affection for the TV-movie version of Don't Be Afraid of the Dark, enough so that he and his...

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Weekend Box Office: Summer 2011 Ends With a Hurricane, Kneecapping Three New Releases (Colombiana, Don't Be Afraid of the Dark, Our Idiot Brother) and All Holdovers

Scott Mendelson | Posted 10.28.2011 | Entertainment

Read More: Box Office (Weekend Rundown), Guillermo Del Toro, Colombiana, Don't Be Afraid of the Dark, Avatar, Emma Stone, Colombiana Movie Review, The Help Film, The Help Movie, The Help Movie Reviews, Entertainment News

It's a tough thing to accurately gauge how well a movie would have done if not for an unforeseen variable, such as in this case a massive hurricane that threatened much of the East Coast of the country and shut down hundreds of movie theaters over the weekend.

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'Don't Be Afraid Of The Dark' Actress Bailee Madison Talks About Scary Movies, Katie Holmes, And More

HuffingtonPost.com | Amy Lee | Posted 10.26.2011 | Culture

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For fans of haunted houses, evil gremlins and tormented children, "Don't Be Afraid of the Dark" is a bagful of joys. But prepare to keep the nightligh...

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Katie Holmes Relates Loving Her On-Screen Daughter To Suri

Posted 10.24.2011 | Entertainment

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Katie Holmes is mother to one of the most famous and fashionable little girls in the world. There is no five year old, at least in the American non-mo...

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Interview: Guillermo del Toro gets Dark

Marshall Fine | Posted 10.24.2011 | Entertainment

Read More: At the Mountains of Madness, Katie Holmes, Guillermo Del Toro, The Devil's Backbone, Don't Be Afraid of the Dark, Hostel, Pan's Labyrinth, Guillermo Del Toro Interview, The Hobbit, The Orphanage, Hellboy, Mimic, Cronos, Entertainment News

With Don't Be Afraid of the Dark, Guillermo del Toro finally got the chance to make the movie he loved as a child -- or, rather, the movie he thought he loved.

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HuffPost Review: Don't Be Afraid of the Dark

Marshall Fine | Posted 10.24.2011 | Entertainment

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Based on a 1973 TV movie of the same name, Don't Be Afraid of the Dark is a horror movie that rarely insults your intelligence. Indeed, it seduces you into thinking you can outsmart the film -- and then zaps you when you least expect it. Now that's fun.

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What Is the Future of Hispanic Filmmaking?

Daniel Cubias | Posted 10.10.2011 | Latino Voices

Read More: Latinos, Latino, Academy Awards, Guillermo Del Toro, J.J. Abrams, Alfonso Cuarón, Hispanic, Hispanic Youth, Jana Diaz Juhl, Hispanics, Hollywood, Hispanic Cinema, William Goldman, Gregory Nava, Miguel Arteta, Cinema, Miguel Angel Caballero, Latino Cinema, Latino Filmmakers, Coen Brothers. Filmmaking, Dga, Alberto Barboza, Cinetico Productions, Hispanic Filmmakers, On the Run, Oscars, Latino Youth, Luis Lopez Aldana, Directors Guild of America, Robert Rodriquez, Cultura, Latino Voices News

The current ranks of Latino filmmakers are thin, and that influences what kinds of stories get told in American cinema. More important, it has an impact on how Hispanic culture is portrayed -- if it is portrayed at all.

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Emma Watson Landing Fairy Tale New Role

Posted 09.17.2011 | Entertainment

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Having just wrapped up a modern day fantasy of epic proportions, Emma Watson is reportedly eyeing a more classic land of make believe for one of her n...

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Katie Holmes' New Horror Story

Posted 07.31.2011 | Entertainment

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The reviews for Katie Holmes' most recent projects, the controversial miniseries "The Kennedys" and Sundance-booed "The Son of No One," have been down...

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WATCH: How To Make A Monster With Filmmaker Guillermo del Toro

Posted 05.25.2011 | Arts

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It's only Tuesday and already we've already featured several real-life horror stories on the Arts page, with the unfolding story of the Egyptian Museu...

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The Agenda: Guillermo del Toro, A Very Special Episode

Posted 05.25.2011 | Los Angeles

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Today's events list is focused on film and filmmakers in Los Angeles. Catch director Guillermo del Toro talk about his monster movies (past and future...

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The Agenda: Mel Brooks And Dick Cavett, Guillermo Del Toro At Amoeba

Huffington Post | Anna Almendrala | Posted 05.25.2011 | Los Angeles

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Go for laughs with Dick Cavett and Mel Brooks at the Saban Theatre or screams with Guillermo Del Toro and his new film, Cronos. Or transcend both with...

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Going Bump in the Night: More Prime Halloween Movie Fare

John Farr | Posted 05.25.2011 | Entertainment

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My own personal exploration into the movies that petrify me most inspired me to compile a fresh list of skin-crawling entries that in my view do full justice to the spirit of Halloween.

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CFQ Post-Mortem: Prep for Black Sunday; del Toro enters The Haunted Mansion

Dan Persons | Posted 05.25.2011 | Entertainment

Read More: Eyes Without a Face, Guillermo Del Toro, Horror, Drama, Indie, The Haunted Mansion, Despicable Me, Science Fiction, Black Sunday, Disney Theme Parks, Mario Bava, Animation, Entertainment News

Following up on this week's in-depth discussion of Eyes Without A Face, Dan Persons, Lawrence French, and Steve Biodrowski launch into an informal chat about horror, fantasy, and science fiction films.

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Exclusive: A Sci-Fi Horror Hybrid Comes Alive in Splice

Brad Balfour | Posted 05.25.2011 | Entertainment

Read More: Sarah Polley, Inter-Species, Genes, Guillermo Del Toro, Science, Genetics, Splice, Adrien Brody, Vincenzo Natali, Science Fiction, Entertainment News

Vincenzo Natali director of the sci-fi movie Splice, " Unlike a lot of Frankenstein-type stories it's not about the creature escaping into the world and wreaking havoc. It's the opposite."

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Director Guillermo del Toro QUITS 'Hobbit' Film

AP | Posted 05.25.2011 | Entertainment

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WELLINGTON, New Zealand — Hollywood director Guillermo del Toro said Monday that production delays have forced him to quit the planned film vers...

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HuffPost Review: Splice

Marshall Fine | Posted 05.25.2011 | Entertainment

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Splice is flashy and entertaining, but nothing special. It provides the kind of guilty-pleasure thrills that all sci-fi does.

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A Great Lack of Latinos at the Academy Awards

Daniel Cubias | Posted 05.25.2011 | Entertainment

Read More: Denzel Washington, Latinos, Anthony Quinn, Kate Winslet, Guillermo Del Toro, Academy Awards, Hattie McDaniel, Hispanic, Gael Garcia Bernal, The Oscars, Jose Ferrer, Pan's Labyrinth, Viva Zapata, Babel, Rita Moreno, Benicio Del Toro, West Side Story, Penelope Cruz, Halle Berry, Charlton Heston, Cyrano De Bergerac, Oscar Firsts, Adriana Barraza, Touch of Evil, Aimee Mann, Sidney Poitier, Traffic, Movies, Video, Entertainment News

In the eighty-one years the Academy has been handing out awards, just 14 Hispanics have been nominated for acting Oscars. The last was Adriana Barraza in 2007 for Babel.

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The Man And His Muse

Zorianna Kit | Posted 05.25.2011 | Entertainment

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If one is ever lucky enough to spend time with Doug Jones, as I have been on a couple of occasions, you can't help but see all of his previous characters when he's standing in front of you -- you need only to look at the actor's hands.

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"Hellboy II: The Golden Army" Movie Review Roundup: Fun As Hell

Huffington Post | Posted 05.25.2011 | Entertainment

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The long-awaited sequel to "Hellboy" hits theaters tomorrow (July 11), and it looks like it's going to be fun as hell. "Hellboy II: The Golden Army" c...

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"The Hobbit" Gets A Director: Guillermo del Toro

AP | Posted 05.25.2011 | Entertainment

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LOS ANGELES — Guillermo del Toro is directing "The Hobbit" and its sequel, New Line Cinema announced Thursday. The 43-year-old filmmaker will mo...

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