Podcast appearances and mentions of Vanessa Taylor

When multiple Christmas episode plans fall through, what's a girl to do? Entering the Jinglefuck vortex for the first time, Vanessa Taylor joins us along with three movies, three Christmas specials, and one Christmas episode of Boy Meets World. We'll be Clusterfucking with the following media properties:-Better Watch Out (2016)-Mistletoe Mixup (2021)-Adult Swim Yule Log (2022)-We Wish You a Turtle Christmas (1994)-A Muppet Family Christmas (1987)-Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: Alpha's Magical Christmas (1994)-Boy Meets World: Season 4, Episode 11, "Easy Street"Strap the fuck in and jingle 'til you jangle! Enjoy a Christmasfuck in your stocking, straight from Movies For When! :)Check us out on Instagram, Twitter, and Facebook, if ya nasty: @moviesforwhen

The Babadook! Or is it Therapy Babadook? Stop me if you've heard this one- Three therapists sit down to discuss The Babadook, but one of them thought they'd be discussing It's the Great Pumpkin Charlie Brown. Upon learning that the topic was the Babadook, they exclaimed, "Good grief!" Anyways, I've been watching a lot of Elvira and I'm working on my kitsch humor. Trent Gardner of Sugarcoat and Producer and Savior of the Show, Vanessa Taylor, join us for a little bit of group therapy. And we could certainly use it after we were haunted by that scary book about wardrobe Batman. Trent Gardner is the man behind the music of Sugarcoat, and you should check out his single, "Sandie K," on Spotify and Youtube. But, only listen to it if you want to feel joyful.And you can see more of our dope ass spooky content by following us on Instagram and Twitter, @movieforwhenKeep slaying those monsters, movie lovers

Dirty Dancing! (30:01) With Greg on paternity leave, we had to call in field expert, Vanessa Taylor, to explain to us how Patrick Swayze turned us gay with his sexy, sweaty dance moves. Boy, does he ever sweat. If you're booting up the podcast now, prepare for the time of your life! (Okay, it's probably not the time of your life, but I can only keep so many promises while remaining on-theme)

As Cersei says: ‘power is power' and she's got it in spades. We investigate how she becomes a master manipulator, and we take an honest objective look at her over-familiar relations with her brother Jaime.  We want to hear about any theories we might have missed, what you've thought of the show so far and your character suggestions. Please drop the team an email (which may be part of the show): shrinkthebox@sonymusic.com NEXT CLIENTS ON THE COUCH. Find out how to view here  Tommy Shelby, Peaky Blinders (Season 1) Larry David, Curb Your Enthusiasm (Season 7) Michael, Office (USA. Season 1) Chandler, Friends (selected episodes) Sydney, The Bear (season 2) CREDITS We used clips from Season 1 and 2 of Game of Thrones.  Starring: Sean Bean as Ned Stark, Mark Addy as Robert Baratheon, Nikolaj Coster-Waldau as Jaime Lannister, Michelle Fairley as Catelyn Stark, Jack Gleeson as Joffrey Baratheon, Peter Dinklage as Tyrion Lannister and Lena Headey as Cersei Lannister Based on: "A Song of Ice and Fire" by George R.R. Martin Created by: David Benioff and DB Weiss Written by: David Benioff, George R.R. Martin, Dave Hill, Bryan Cogman, Ethan J. Antonucci, Gursimran Sandhu, Vanessa Taylor and Jane Espenson.  (S1&2) Directed by: David Nutter, Alan Taylor, Daniel Minahan, Alik Sakharov, Brian Kirk, Timothy Van Patten, Nei Marshall, David Petrarca and Tom McCarthy. Produced by: Home Box Office (HBO), Television 360, Grok! Studio, (Grok! Television), Generator Entertainment and Bighead Littlehead. Find more great podcasts from Sony Music Entertainment at sonymusic.com/podcasts To bring your brand to life in this podcast, email podcastadsales@sonymusic.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Co-executive producer/writer Vanessa Taylor and actors Kit Harington and Rose Leslie

The property market is experiencing some pre-Election jitters.  It seems Kiwis are holding off on making big decisions until after D-Day - with the national average asking price staying flat the whole of September - this is according to realestate.co.nz's last report before the Election.  Vanessa Taylor, head of sales at realestate.co.nz, joined Kate Hawkesby on Early Edition to discuss the report's findings. LISTEN ABOVE  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The property market is experiencing some pre-election jitters.  It seems Kiwis are holding off on making big decisions until after D-Day - with the national average asking price staying flat the whole of September - this is according to realestate.co.nz's last report before the election.  Vanessa Taylor, head of sales at realestate.co.nz, joined Kate Hawkesby on Early Edition to discuss the report's findings. LISTEN ABOVE  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

From August 23, 2022 - Vanessa Taylor is a small business owner, a business technology consultant, an educator, and a mentor. She is well-versed in many aspects of GRC and infosec risk management, and has a mission to aspire to inspire! --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/virtual-ciso-moment/message

Interview with GoYeKids.Com creator Vanessa Taylor

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Vanessa Taylor is a small business owner, a business technology consultant, an educator, and a mentor. She is well-versed in many aspects of GRC and infosec risk management, and has a mission to aspire to inspire! --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/virtual-ciso-moment/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/virtual-ciso-moment/support

Divergent is a 2014 American dystopian science fiction action film directed by Neil Burger, based on the 2011 novel of the same name by Veronica Roth. The film is the first installment in The Divergent Series and was produced by Lucy Fisher, Pouya Shahbazian, and Douglas Wick, with a screenplay by Evan Daugherty and Vanessa Taylor. It stars Shailene Woodley, Theo James, Ashley Judd, Jai Courtney, Ray Stevenson, Zoë Kravitz, Miles Teller, Tony Goldwyn, Ansel Elgort, and Maggie Q. The story takes place in a dystopian and post-apocalyptic Chicago where people are divided into distinct factions based on human virtues. Beatrice Prior is warned that she is Divergent and thus will never fit into any one of the factions. She soon learns that a sinister plot is brewing in the seemingly perfect society.Support the show

Welcome back aboard M Train – a podcast where we look at ways Muslims are still being surveilled and talk to people who are still fighting to abolish it. In this episode, we talk to journalist Vanessa Taylor and her work focusing on the intersections of tech and Black Muslims.Follow Vanessa on Instagram and Twitter @BaconTribe and subscribe to her newsletter https://nazar.substack.com/ • M Train is produced by Shirin Barghi @Shebe86, hosted by Ahmed Ali Akbar @radbrowndads, edited by Karim Douaidy @coffee_and_karim_ and executive produced by Charlie Hoxie @choxie & Kuye Youngblood. This episode featured music composed by Karim Douaidy and from Freesound. You can check out his website here http://karimdouaidy.com/•This miniseries was made with the generous help of the Doris Duke Foundation for Islamic Arts Building Bridges Program. You can learn about their mission here: https://www.ddcf.org/what-we-fund/building-bridges. •M Train is a six-part miniseries from See Something, Say Something and BRIC Radio, in which we take you to different New York City neighborhoods to uncover the stories of American Muslims that can be found on and off the subway line. For more information on this and all BRIC Radio podcasts, visit www.bricartsmedia.org/radio and follow us on twitter @BRICTV.★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

The Shape of Water The Shape of Water is a 2017 American romantic fantasy film directed by Guillermo del Toro and written by del Toro and Vanessa Taylor. It stars Sally Hawkins, Michael Shannon, Richard Jenkins, Doug Jones, Michael Stuhlbarg, and Octavia Spencer. Set in 1962 Baltimore, Maryland, the film follows a mute cleaner at a high-security government laboratory who falls in love with a captured humanoid amphibian creature. Filming took place on location in Ontario, Canada, from August to November 2016. We discuss colour, water and take an interesting look at a variation on the classic three act structure. On the science side we discuss the history of deep sea exploration and diving that started in 1962. To Hear the Episode: https://gravityundone.net/episode-73-the-shape-of-water/ For all other Space Brains Episodes: https://gravityundone.net/space-brains/ https://spacebrains.com.au/ Contact us: Space Brains Podcast (@spacebrainspodcast) Space Brains Podcast - Home spacebrains@spacebrains.com.au Space Brains is recorded in Mandurah, Western Australia. Visit: https://gravityundone.net/ https://www.markregan.com.au/  https://spacebrains.com.au/

Sign up for Peacock TV right here! https://bit.ly/3oRAbVWPeacock TV has a special offer of a 7-day free trial (no credit card required) and plans starting as low as $4.99/month plan so you can get your claws on every episode of Chicago Med on your schedule.Secret Santa Has A Gift for You | The outcome of Halstead's investigation weighs heavily on his mind as he works with Scott to save an infant; Hammer and Taylor both struggle to keep their secrets; Marcel and Blake work with Abrams to save a patient in need of a liver transplant.ChiHard fans may subscribe to The TiVoMike Show Podcasthttps://bit.ly/3n4xpKpThe TiVoMike Show recommends Gopuff for snacks during your #OneChicago viewing:https://bit.ly/3AzmSfbGopuff delivers daily essentials in minutes! Get $10 when you sign up.Support the channel as a Subscriber. Click that Subscribe button and click on the bell icon to be alerted when a new episode posts so you don't miss it. Chicago Med Recap, Review, Breakdown, Timeline, Summary, Explained, Easter Eggs, References, Theories. It will get you ready for the next episode of NBC's Chicago Med in Season 7! Featuring all your favorite characters over the years: Dr. Daniel Charles, Sharon Goodwin, Dr. Will Halstead, Nurse April Saxton, Dr. Ethan Choi, Maggie Lockwood, Dr. Crockett Marcel, Dr. Vanessa Taylor and Dr. Matt Cooper.https://twitter.com/tivomike | https://twitter.com/egmike84https://instagram.com/tivomike | https://instagram.com/entertainmentguru84https://facebook.com/tivomike | https://facebook.com/egmikew

Sign up for Peacock TV right here! https://bit.ly/3oRAbVWPeacock TV has a special offer of a 7-day free trial (no credit card required) and plans starting as low as $4.99/month plan so you can get your claws on every episode of Chicago Med on your schedule.Just as a Snake Sheds Its Skin | hen a teenage sex worker disappears, Rollins and Velasco find a key clue in a pile of neglected missing persons reports.ChiHards/#OneChicago fans may subscribe to The TiVoMike Show Podcasthttps://bit.ly/3n4xpKpThe TiVoMike Show recommends Gopuff for snacks during your #OneChicago viewing:https://bit.ly/3AzmSfbGopuff delivers daily essentials in minutes! Get $10 when you sign up.Support the channel as a Subscriber. Click that Subscribe button and click on the bell icon to be alerted when a new episode posts so you don't miss it. This is Chicago Med Recap, Review, Breakdown, Timeline, Summary, Explained, Easter Eggs, References, Theories. It will get you ready for the next episode of NBC's Chicago Med in Season 7! Featuring all your favorite characters over the years: Dr. Daniel Charles, Sharon Goodwin, Dr. Will Halstead, Nurse April Saxton, Dr. Ethan Choi, Maggie Lockwood, Dr. Crockett Marcel, Dr. Vanessa Taylor and Dr. Matt Cooper.https://twitter.com/tivomike | https://twitter.com/egmike84https://instagram.com/tivomike | https://instagram.com/entertainmentguru84https://facebook.com/tivomike | https://facebook.com/egmikew

Sign up for Peacock TV right here! https://bit.ly/3oRAbVWPeacock TV has a special offer of a 7-day free trial (no credit card required) and plans starting as low as $4.99/month plan so you can get your claws on every episode of Chicago Med on your schedule.A Square Peg in a Round Hole | Marcel helps Blake replace a patient's liver; Taylor tries to prove herself; Halstead continues to pursue the truth about Cooper; Choi gets closer to returning to life in the ED.ChiHards and #OneChicago fans may subscribe to The TiVoMike Show Podcasthttps://bit.ly/3n4xpKpThe TiVoMike Show recommends Gopuff for snacks during your #OneChicago viewing:https://bit.ly/3AzmSfbGopuff delivers daily essentials in minutes! Get $10 when you sign up.Support the channel as a Subscriber. Click that Subscribe button and click on the bell icon to be alerted when a new episode posts so you don't miss it. This is Chicago Med Recap, Review, Breakdown, Timeline, Summary, Explained, Easter Eggs, References, Theories. It will get you ready for the next episode of NBC's Chicago Med in Season 7! Featuring all your favorite characters over the years: Dr. Daniel Charles, Sharon Goodwin, Dr. Will Halstead, Nurse April Saxton, Dr. Ethan Choi, Maggie Lockwood, Dr. Crockett Marcel, Dr. Vanessa Taylor and Dr. Matt Cooper.https://twitter.com/tivomike | https://twitter.com/egmike84https://instagram.com/tivomike | https://instagram.com/entertainmentguru84https://facebook.com/tivomike | https://facebook.com/egmikew

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Sign up for Peacock TV right here! https://bit.ly/3oRAbVWPeacock TV has a special offer of a 7-day free trial (no credit card required) and plans starting as low as $4.99/month plan so you can get your claws on every episode of Chicago Med on your schedule.Change is a Tough Pill to Swallow | Scott and Charles treat patients suffering from glass child syndrome and misdiagnosed ADHD; Crockett has to navigate hospital politics when he cares for a surgeon's daughter; Halstead and Hammer must lay egos aside to help save an elderly patient.SVU fans may subscribe to The TiVoMike Show Podcasthttps://bit.ly/3n4xpKpThe TiVoMike Show recommends Gopuff for snacks during your #OneChicago viewing:https://bit.ly/3AzmSfbGopuff delivers daily essentials in minutes! Get $10 when you sign up.Support the channel as a Subscriber. Click that Subscribe button and click on the bell icon to be alerted when a new episode posts so you don't miss it. This is Chicago Med Recap, Review, Breakdown, Timeline, Summary, Explained, Easter Eggs, References, Theories. It will get you ready for the next episode of NBC's Chicago Med in Season 7! Featuring all your favorite characters over the years: Dr. Daniel Charles, Sharon Goodwin, Dr. Will Halstead, Nurse April Saxton, Dr. Ethan Choi, Maggie Lockwood, Dr. Crockett Marcel, Dr. Vanessa Taylor and Dr. Matt Cooper.https://twitter.com/tivomike | https://twitter.com/egmike84https://instagram.com/tivomike | https://instagram.com/entertainmentguru84https://facebook.com/tivomike | https://facebook.com/egmikew

Chicago Med: Season 7 Episode 4 RECAPSign up for Peacock TV right here! https://bit.ly/3oRAbVWPeacock TV has a special offer of a 7-day free trial (no credit card required) and plans starting as low as $4.99/month plan so you can get your claws on every episode of Chicago Med on your schedule.Status Quo, aka the Mess We're In | Charles helps Scott with a longtime patient who was recently diagnosed with schizophrenia; Hammer, Maggie and Vanessa investigate the legitimacy of a patient's cancer diagnosis; Crockett is caught off guard; Will pitches a new medical technology.ChiHards may subscribe to The TiVoMike Show Podcast:https://bit.ly/3n4xpKpThe TiVoMike Show recommends Gopuff for snacks during your SVU viewing:https://bit.ly/3AzmSfbGopuff delivers daily essentials in minutes! Get $10 when you sign up.Support the channel as a Subscriber. Click that Subscribe button and click on the bell icon to be alerted when a new episode posts so you don't miss it. This is Chicago Med Recap, Review, Breakdown, Timeline, Summary, Explained, Easter Eggs, References, Theories. It will get you ready for the next episode of NBC's Chicago Med in Season 7! Featuring all your favorite characters over the years: Dr. Daniel Charles, Sharon Goodwin, Dr. Will Halstead, Nurse April Saxton, Dr. Ethan Choi, Maggie Lockwood, Dr. Crockett Marcel, Dr. Vanessa Taylor and Dr. Matt Cooper.https://twitter.com/tivomike | https://twitter.com/egmike84https://instagram.com/tivomike | https://instagram.com/entertainmentguru84https://facebook.com/tivomike | https://facebook.com/egmikew

Be the Change You Want to See | Scott and Halstead deal with a dishonest patient whose lupus is in remission; a wealthy donor makes inappropriate advances toward Hammer; Vanessa, Marcel and Charles try to convince a young woman to have life-saving surgery. Sign up for Peacock TV right here! https://bit.ly/3oRAbVWPeacock TV has a special offer of a 7-day free trial (no credit card required) and plans starting as low as $4.99/month plan so you can get your claws on every episode of Chicago Med on your schedule.Subscribe to The TiVoMike Show Podcasthttp://tivomike.com The TiVoMike Show recommends Gopuff for snacks for your TV watching and get $10 off your order: Gopuff delivers daily essentials in minutes! Get $10 when you sign up. This is Chicago Med Season 7 Episode 3 Recap, Review, Breakdown, Timeline, Summary, Explained, Easter Eggs, References, Theories. It will get you ready for the next episode of NBC's Chicago Med in Season 7! Featuring all your favorite characters over the years: Dr. Daniel Charles, Sharon Goodwin, Dr. Will Halstead, Nurse April Saxton, Dr. Ethan Choi, Maggie Lockwood, Dr. Crockett Marcel, Dr. Vanessa Taylor and Dr. Matt Cooper. https://twitter.com/tivomike | https://twitter.com/egmike84https://instagram.com/tivomike | https://instagram.com/entertainmentguru84https://facebook.com/tivomike | https://facebook.com/egmikew

In which I ramble about two Netflix films starring The Adorable Amy Adams. First, the 2020 adaptation of J.D. Vance's memoir, Hillbilly Elegy, directed by Ron Howard and written by Vanessa Taylor; co-starring Glenn Close, Gabriel Basso, Haley Bennett, and Frieda Pinto. Then I follow with 2021's The Woman in the Window, based on the novel by A.J. Finn, directed by Joe Wright, and written by Tracy Letts; co-starring Gary Oldman, Julianne Moore, Jennifer Jason Leigh, and Anthony Mackie. 

Scotty is back with another interview on Slasher Scotty and his guest is Emily Classen, who played Vanessa Taylor in the indie film, Smack. Emily discusses with Scotty how she gets into the mindset to connect with her character without being an avid drug user herself, how she disconnects from the emotional acting as a heroin addict, what the most challenging part on playing an addict will be, and much, much more. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/slasherscotty/support

Not only is Oscar-nominated writer Vanessa Taylor's resume impressive, it's beautifully varied. Vanessa has written on serialized network TV shows, high-concept prestige premium cable dramas (GOT anybody??), a YA novel adaptation, and even a creature feature love story w/ celebrated filmmaker Guillermo Del Toro (yes, we are talking about The Shape of Water.) But Vanessa sees powerful themes that tie her work together like a commitment to propulsive story engines driven by high-agency characters who tell us WHO they are, through their behavior. Vanessa offers us BEAUTIFUL advice in today's episode, and we can't wait for you to hear it! --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/thescreenwritinglife/support

Vanessa Taylor (pictured) has written on "Mic" about regenerative agriculture, suggesting it is a blueprint for the future; a blueprint a world deeply troubled by climate change urgently needs to follow. Through her article, Vanessa alerts us to the folly of mono-cropping, a process that strips the soil of its fertility. Listen to the Melbourne-based group, "Music for Warming World".  

Our guest today on Knowledge and its Producers is Vanessa Taylor. She is the founding editor of the Drinking Gourd magazine, and she edits a newsletter called Nazar, which tackles issues of surveillance and the Muslim community in the United States. She is a writer and journalist, tackling topics such as Black Muslim womanhood, Muslim American politics, Afrofuturism, surveillance, and more. Our interview is going to range from the more abstract to the more concrete, the more personal: what is writing like for Vanessa? How much do institutions matter? What can we do to challenge them? Knowledge and its Producers is a limited podcast series from the Maydan hosted by N.A. Mansour. In each episode, we'll be talking to people who are at the forefront of knowledge production, typically away from the traditional educational power structures. It's been an exercise in thinking through how knowledge is constructed & barriers to entry. Most importantly, we highlight people demolishing those barriers. These interviews cover everything from labor to creativity to breakfast. We're going beyond traditional educational systems to really break down how different elements of knowledge production fit together and create community. This show is generously funded by the Henry Luce Foundation.

“As a Black Muslim woman, it gets very exhausting to exist in a world that projects onto you.” In this episode, Vanessa Taylor, a Philadelphia-based writer and the founder and editor-in-chief of the Drinking Gourd, a Black Muslim literary magazine, discusses the paradox of Black Muslim womanhood - being simultaneously hypervisible and invisible. Within that nuance, Black Muslim women carve out spaces where they embrace their multiple identities as Black, Muslim, and women while resisting the impulse of others to reduce their multi-dimensionality. Vanessa chats about this spirit of resistance: how Black Muslims challenge anti-Blackness within the Muslim community and Islamophobia within the Black community, and how she, as a Black Muslim woman, navigates her multiple identities to take up space and create spaces where she and other Black Muslim women can thrive.    Find links and show notes at https://breakconcrete.com/bc039. Topics Covered: Why Vanessa converted to Islam The history of government surveillance of Black Muslims and Islamophobia in the United States The paradox of hypervisibility and invisibility of Black Muslims  How Muslims have created their own spaces to resist surveillance Questions of authenticity and legitimacy of Black Muslimhood Anti-Blackness within the Muslim community How Black Muslim women navigate their multiple identities (race, gender, religion) to take up and create their own space   Defining modest fashion and Black women’s contributions to modest fashion The co-optation of Black Muslim style Why Vanessa developed the Drinking Gourd The meaning of the title the Drinking Gourd How Vanessa breaks concrete   Follow us on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/breakconcrete/ Twitter https://twitter.com/BreakConcrete/ Facebook https://www.facebook.com/breakconcrete/ E-mail feedback to breakconcrete@gmail.com. If you like this episode, please leave a review and rating.

I talked about how the delightful, fevered romance that is ‘The Shape of Water’ honors and inverts the fairytale genre—and how it might be set in the same cinematic universe as ‘Hairspray’ (2007). You’re going to learn more about fairytales than you ever wanted to know. Sorry for that! 3 films down, 392 to go.  Listen and subscribe on Spotify Subscribe to us, rate us, and review us on Apple Podcasts  Follow us on Twitter @PodBestOriginal We’re also available on Stitcher, Google Podcasts, or wherever else you listen to all your silly little shows Best Original Podcast is a proud member of Light Switch Podcasts. Follow us on Twitter @LightSwitchPod, and be sure to check out the other outstanding shows we have to offer: Half Asian Half Hour, Popcorn Restaurant, Long Live King Bitch, and Want To Game Link to Ben Sachs article “The Shape of Water is wondrous, but woefully narrow-minded” Link to Emily Dickinson poem “After great pain, a formal feeling comes — (372)” Link to Jenna Marotta article “Why Guillermo Del Toro and Vanessa Taylor Didn’t Speak While Writing Their Film” Link to Kate Bernheimer essay “Fairy Tale Is Form, Form Is Fairy Tale” Link to Library of Congress article “Who wrote the poem at the end of ‘The Shape of Water?’” Link to Matt Grobar article “‘The Shape Of Water’s’ Guillermo Del Toro On The ‘Biggest Missing Piece’ Co-Writer Vanessa Taylor Brought To The Table” Link to Michelle Ruiz article “In Praise of the Weird and Actually Pretty Underrated Film That Will Definitely Win at Least One Oscar This Year” Link to Sheila O’Malley review for RoberEbert.com

Today we’ll be doing something a bit different. We’re looking at two memoirs made into films in 2020: Between the World and Me, from HBO, based on the book of the same name written by Ta’Nehasi Coates. The film is directed by Kamilah Forbes, and the screenplay adaptation is by David Teague. Hillbilly Elegy is based on a book of the same name by JD Vance, published in 2016. Ron Howard directed the Netflix film, adapted for screen by Vanessa Taylor. Host Aubrey Hicks is joined by Ange-Marie Hancock Alfaro, William Resh, and Jonathan Schwartz.

“I cannot pontificate about it, but by the time I'm done, I will have done one movie, and it's all the movies I want.People say, you know, "I like your Spanish movies more than I like your English-language movies because they are not as personal", and I go "Fuck, you're wrong!" Hellboy is as personal to me as Pan's Labyrinth. They're tonally different, and yes, of course you can like one more than the other – the other one may seem banal or whatever it is that you don't like. But it really is part of the same movie. You make one movie. Hitchcock did one movie, all his life.” —Guillermo del Toro, Twitch Film, January 15, 2013 Ok, passengers! First off, if you don’t know who Guermillo Del Toro is, press pause on this show, smack yourself in the mouth and then go watch Pan’s Labrynth, Hellboy or even Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark and then come back to finish. Go on… git! We’ll wait! Del Toro was born in Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico, the son of Guadalupe Gómez and Federico del Toro Torres, an automotive entrepreneur. Both of whom are of Spanish descent. He was raised in a strict Catholic household. Del Toro studied at the Centro de Investigación y Estudios Cinematográficos, at the University of Guadalajara. Having a taste for the macabre at an early age, del Toro decorated his family home with decidedly spooky elements. Del Toro loves monsters. . He claims that monsters used to crowd into his room at night, and he made a pact with them: If they let him go to the washroom, he’d be their friend for life. It worked, and del Toro says, “To this day, monsters are the thing I love most.” Del Toro liked monsters so much as a child that his Catholic grandmother, fearing for his soul, performed a real-life exorcism on him, and when that didn’t work, she actually performed a second one. Del Toro considers himself a book-person first and foremost, and there were two books that shaped his universe as a child. One was an encyclopedia of health (which led to an obsession with anatomy), and the other an encyclopedia of art. When del Toro was about eight years old, he began experimenting with his father's Super 8 camera, making short films with Planet of the Apes toys and other objects. One short focused on a "serial killer potato" with ambitions of world domination; it murdered del Toro's mother and brothers before stepping outside and being crushed by a car.  Del Toro made about 10 short films before his first feature, including one titled Matilde, but only the last two, Doña Lupe and Geometria, have been made available.  He wrote four episodes and directed five episodes of the cult series La Hora Marcada, along with other Mexican filmmakers such as Emmanuel Lubezki and Alfonso Cuarón.Del Toro got his first big break when he made Cronos in 1993.The movie, about the effects of a device that confers immortality, won nine Ariel Awards from the Mexican Academy of Film—including best picture, best director, best screenplay, and best original story—and also received the International Critics’ Week grand prize at the Cannes film festival.  Del Toro studied special effects and make-up with special-effects artist Dick Smith. Dick Smith had been a huge influence on del Toro throughout his life. He bought Smith’s make-up kit when The Exorcist came out in 1973, and applied for his make-up course in New York in 1987.  He spent 10 years as a special-effects make-up designer and formed his own company, Necropia. He also co-founded the Guadalajara International Film Festival. Later in his directing career, he formed his own production company, the Tequila Gang. In 1997, at the age of 33, Guillermo was given a $30 million budget from Miramax Films to shoot another film, Mimic. After turning in a draft of his screenplay for Mimic to Miramax, the studio was not happy with how little was explained about the creatures at the centre of the story, and decided to commission a number of rewrites. One of these drafts was written by none other than Steven Soderbergh, but almost none of his work ended up in the film. Del Toro is not a fan of second unit work, and for his director’s cut of Mimic he managed to excise the majority of the second unit footage. Robert Rodriguez was one of the second unit directors on the film. Mimic was a very troubled production, and del Toro claims that his experience butting heads with studio execs at Miramax was actually more traumatic than his father’s kidnapping( which we'll discuss in a bit): “What was happening to me and the movie was far more illogical than kidnapping, which is brutal, but at least there are rules.” He was ultimately unhappy with the way Miramax had treated him during production, which led to his friend James Cameron almost coming to blows with Miramax co-founder and owner Harvey Weinstein during the 70th Academy Awards. In 2001 Del toro made The Devil's backbone. The Devil’s Backbone, was produced by renowned Spanish filmmaker Pedro Almodovar. Almodovar afforded del Toro a level of creative freedom that he’d never experienced up to that point, and the eternally grateful del Toro has tried to pay this gesture forward as a producer for many directors’ films. The film was an international co-production between Spain and Mexico. Del Toro wrote the first draft before writing his debut film Cronos. This "very different" version was set in the Mexican Revolution and focused not on a child's ghost but a "Christ with three arms". According to del Toro, and as drawn in his notebooks, there were many iterations of the story, some of which included antagonists who were a "doddering ... old man with a needle," a "desiccated" ghost with black eyes as a caretaker (instead of the living Jacinto who terrorizes the orphans), and "beings who are red from head to foot." As to motivation for the villain, according to the actor who portrayed him (Eduardo Noriega), Jacinto "suffered a lot when he was a child at this orphanage. Somebody probably treated him wickedly: this is his heritage. And then there is the brutalizing effect of the War." Noriega further notes that "What Guillermo did was to write a biography of Jacinto (which went into Jacinto's parents, what they did in life, and more) and gave it to me." DDT Studios in Barcelona created the final version of the crying ghost (victim and avenger) Santi, with his temple that resembled cracked, aged porcelain. The response was overwhelmingly positive, though it did not receive the critical success that Pan's Labyrinth would in 2006. Del Toro considers The Devil’s Backbone and Pan’s Labyrinth to be companion pieces, and claims that they reveal “symmetries and reflections” if watched together. His next film was on 2002, Blade 2. directed by Guillermo Del Toro and written by David S. Goyer, it is a sequel to the first film and the second part of the Blade film series, followed by Blade: Trinity. Guillermo del Toro was hired to direct Blade II by New Line production president Michael De Luca after Stephen Norrington turned down the offer to direct the sequel. Del Toro chose not to alter the script too much from the ideas created by Goyer and Snipes. "I wanted the movie to have a feeling of both a comic book and Japanese animation", said the director. "I resurrected those sources and viewed them again. I dissected most of the dailies from the first movie; I literally grabbed about four boxes of tapes and one by one saw every single tape from beginning to end until I perfectly understood where the language of the first film came from. I studied the style of the first one and I think Norrington used a tremendous narrative style. His work is very elegant". Blade II was released on March 22, 2002. This was during a period of the year (months March and April) considered to be a bad time for sequels to be released. Despite this, the film became the highest-grossing film of the Blade series, making $80 million in the United States and $150 million worldwide.  Hellboy is a 2004 supernatural superhero film written and directed by Guillermo del Toro from a story by Del Toro and Peter Briggs. It is based on the Dark Horse Comics graphic novel Hellboy: Seed of Destruction by Mike Mignola. Del Toro and Hellboy creator Mike Mignola envisioned the film as a Ray Harryhausen film. The film was shopped and rejected by various studios for years due to studios disliking the title, script, and the fact that Perlman was cast as Hellboy.[7][8] Del Toro invited Harryhausen to teach the film's animators what made his effects techniques unique but he declined, feeling that modern films were too violent. While writing the script, Del Toro researched occult Nazi philosophies and used them as a reference for the film's opening scene. In an early version of the script, the gyroscope portal was described being made out of rails that formed into pentagrams, hexagrams, and inverted stars to illustrate the film's magic and occult elements. Del Toro chose to alter the origin from the comic to give main characters interconnected origins. Aside from working with Perlman before, Del Toro chose him for the title role because he felt Perlman can deliver subtlety and nuance with makeup.[23] Del Toro assigned his real life friend, Santiago Segura, to play the train driver who assaults Hellboy. The film was shot 6 days a week for 130 days, Mondays through Saturdays without a second unit. Sundays were reserved for editing.  Del Toro noted that the film could have commenced filming in 1998, however, the film had difficulty finding a committed studio due to the stigma Hollywood associated superhero and comic book films with, at the time. The action scenes were staged after Harryhausen films with little to no camera movement using wide shots. The cemetery sequence was filmed in a real cemetery in Prague. Pan's labyrinth is a  2006 dark fantasy film written and directed by Guillermo del Toro. The film is  a Spanish-Mexican co-production. Del Toro stated that he considers the story to be a parable, influenced by fairy tales, and that it addresses and continues themes related to his earlier film The Devil's Backbone, to which Pan's Labyrinth is a spiritual successor, according to del Toro in his director's DVD commentary. The idea for Pan's Labyrinth came from Guillermo del Toro's notebooks, which he says are filled with "doodles, ideas, drawings and plot bits". He had been keeping these notebooks for twenty years. At one point during production, he left the notebook in a taxi in London and was distraught, but the cabbie returned it to him two days later. Though he originally wrote a story about a pregnant woman who falls in love with a faun,[12] Sergi López said that del Toro described the final version of the plot a year and a half before filming. Lopez said that "for two hours and a half he explained to me all the movie, but with all the details, it was incredible, and when he finished I said, 'You have a script?' He said, 'No, nothing is written'". López agreed to act in the movie and received the script one year later; he said that "it was exactly the same, it was incredible. In his little head he had all the history with a lot of little detail, a lot of characters, like now when you look at the movie, it was exactly what he had in his head".  Del Toro got the idea of the faun from childhood experiences with "lucid dreaming". He stated on The Charlie Rose Show that every midnight, he would wake up, and a faun would gradually step out from behind the grandfather's clock. Originally, the faun was supposed to be a classic half-man, half-goat faun fraught with beauty. But in the end, the faun was altered into a goat-faced creature almost completely made out of earth, moss, vines, and tree bark. Some of the  works he drew on for inspiration include Lewis Carroll's Alice books, Jorge Luis Borges' Ficciones, Arthur Machen's The Great God Pan and The White People, Lord Dunsany's The Blessing of Pan, Algernon Blackwood's Pan's Garden and Francisco Goya's works. In 2004, del Toro said: "Pan is an original story. Some of my favourite writers (Borges, Blackwood, Machen, Dunsany) have explored the figure of the god Pan and the symbol of the labyrinth. These are things that I find very compelling and I am trying to mix them and play with them." It was also influenced by the illustrations of Arthur Rackham.There are differing ideas about the film's religious influences. Del Toro himself has said that he considers Pan's Labyrinth "a truly profane film, a layman's riff on Catholic dogma", but that his friend Alejandro González Iñárritu described it as "a truly Catholic film". Del Toro's explanation is "once a Catholic, always a Catholic," however he also admits that the Pale Man's preference for children rather than the feast in front of him is intended as a criticism of the Catholic Church. Additionally, the priest's words during the torture scene were taken as a direct quote from a priest who offered communion to political prisoners during the Spanish Civil War: "Remember my sons, you should confess what you know because God doesn't care what happens to your bodies; He already saved your souls." Hellboy II: The Golden Army is a 2008 American superhero film based on the fictional character Hellboy created by Mike Mignola. The film was written and directed by  del Toro and is a sequel to the 2004 film Hellboy, which del Toro also directed. Ron Perlman reprises his starring role as the eponymous character. Hellboy II: The Golden Army was released by Universal Pictures.The director sought to create a film trilogy with the first sequel anticipated for release in 2006. Revolution Studios planned to produce the film and distribute it through a deal with Columbia Pictures, but by 2006, their distribution deal wasn't renewed and Revolution began refocusing on exploiting their film library. In August 2006, Universal Pictures acquired the project with the intent to finance and distribute the sequel, which was newly scheduled to be released in summer of 2008. Production was scheduled to begin in April 2007 in Etyek, Hungary (near Budapest) and London, England. del Toro explored several concepts for the sequel, initially planning to recreate the classic versions of Frankenstein, Dracula and the Wolf Man. He and comic book creator Mike Mignola also spent a few days adapting the Almost Colossus story, featuring Roger the Homunculus. They then found it easier to create an original story based on folklore, because del Toro was planning Pan's Labyrinth, and Mignola's comics were becoming increasingly based on mythology. Later, del Toro pitched a premise to Revolution Studios that involved four Titans from the four corners of Earth—Wind, Water, Fire, and Earth—before he replaced the Titans with a Golden Army. Mignola described the theme of the sequel, "The focus is more on the folklore and fairy tale aspect of Hellboy. It's not Nazis, machines and mad scientists but the old gods and characters who have been kind of shoved out of our world." Pacific Rim is a 2013 science-fiction monster film directed by del Toro. In February 2006, it was reported that Guillermo del Toro would direct Travis Beacham's fantasy screenplay, Killing on Carnival Row, but the project never materialized.[48] Beacham conceived Pacific Rim the following year. While walking on the beach near Santa Monica Pier, the screenwriter imagined a giant robot and a giant monster fighting to the death. "They just sort of materialized out of the fog, these vast, godlike things." He later conceived the idea that each robot had two pilots, asking "what happens when one of those people dies?" Deciding this would be "a story about loss, moving on after loss, and dealing with survivor's guilt", Beacham commenced writing the film. On May 28, 2010, it was reported that Legendary Pictures had purchased Beacham's detailed 25-page film treatment, now titled Pacific Rim. On July 28, 2010, it was reported that del Toro would next direct an adaptation of H. P. Lovecraft's At the Mountains of Madness for Universal Studios, with James Cameron producing.[51] When del Toro met with Legendary Pictures to discuss the possibility of collaborating with them on a film, he was intrigued by Beacham's treatment—still a "very small pitch" at this point. Del Toro struck a deal with Legendary: while directing At the Mountains of Madness, he would produce and co-write Pacific Rim; because of the films' conflicting production schedules, he would direct Pacific Rim only if At the Mountains of Madness were cancelled. Tom Cruise was attached to star in the Lovecraft adaptation. On March 7, 2011, it was reported that Universal would not proceed with At the Mountains of Madness because del Toro was unwilling to compromise on the $150 million budget and R rating. The director later reflected, "When it happened, this has never happened to me, but I actually cried that weekend a lot. I don't want to sound like a puny soul, but I really was devastated. I was weeping for the movie." The project collapsed on a Friday, and del Toro signed to direct Pacific Rim the following Monday. Del Toro spent a year working with Beacham on the screenplay, and is credited as co-writer. He introduced ideas he had always wished to see in the genre, such as a Kaiju birth and a Kaiju attack seen from a child's perspective. The film was shot using Red Epic cameras.[65] At first Guillermo del Toro decided not to shoot or convert the film to 3D, as the effect would not work due to the sheer size of the film's robots and monsters, explaining I didn't want to make the movie 3D because when you have things that big ... the thing that happens naturally, you're looking at two buildings lets say at 300 feet [away], if you move there is no parallax. They're so big that, in 3D, you barely notice anything no matter how fast you move ... To force the 3D effects for robots and monsters that are supposed to be big you are making their [perspective] miniaturized, making them human scale. It was later announced that the film would be converted to 3D, with the conversion taking 40 weeks longer than most. Del Toro said: "What can I tell you? I changed my mind. I'm not running for office. I can do a Romney."  Del Toro envisioned Pacific Rim as an earnest, colorful adventure story, with an "incredibly airy and light feel", in contrast to the "super-brooding, super-dark, cynical summer movie". The director focused on "big, beautiful, sophisticated visuals" and action that would satisfy an adult audience, but has stated his "real hope" is to introduce the Kaiju and mecha genres to a generation of children. While the film draws heavily on these genres, it avoids direct references to previous works. Del Toro intended to create something original but "madly in love" with its influences, instilled with "epic beauty" and "operatic grandeur". The film was to honor the Kaiju and mecha genres while creating an original stand-alone film, something "conscious of the heritage, but not a pastiche or an homage or a greatest hits of everything". The director made a point of starting from scratch, without emulating or referencing any previous examples of those genres. He cautioned his designers not to turn to films like Gamera, Godzilla, or The War of the Gargantuas for inspiration, stating: "I didn't want to be postmodern, or referential, or just belong to a genre. I really wanted to create something new, something madly in love with those things. I tried to bring epic beauty to it, and drama and operatic grandeur." Crimson Peak is a 2015 gothic romance film directed by  del Toro and written by del Toro and Matthew Robbins. The story, set in Victorian era England, follows an aspiring author who travels to a remote Gothic mansion in the English hills with her new husband and his sister. There, she must decipher the mystery behind the ghostly visions that haunt her new home. Del Toro and Robbins wrote the original spec script after the release of Pan's Labyrinth in 2006. It was sold quietly to Donna Langley at Universal. Del Toro planned to direct the film, but postponed the project to make Hellboy II: The Golden Army, and then again to work on The Hobbit films. Langley suggested that del Toro produce the film for another director, but he could not find one he deemed suitable. While directing Pacific Rim, del Toro developed a good working relationship with Legendary Pictures' Thomas Tull and Jon Jashni, who asked what he wanted to do next. Del Toro sent them his screenplays for a film adaptation of At the Mountains of Madness, a Western adaptation of The Count of Monte Cristo, and Crimson Peak. The producers deemed the last of these "the best project for us, just the right size". Universal allowed del Toro to move the project to Legendary, with the caveat that they could put up money for a stake in the film. Del Toro called the film a "ghost story and gothic romance". He has described it as "a very set-oriented, classical but at the same time modern take on the ghost story", and said that it would allow him to play with the genres' conventions while subverting their rules. He stated, "I think people are getting used to horror subjects done as found footage or B-value budgets. I wanted this to feel like a throwback." Del Toro wanted the film to honor the "grand dames" of the haunted house genre, namely Robert Wise's The Haunting and Jack Clayton's The Innocents. The director intended to make a large-scale horror film in the tradition of those he grew up watching, such as The Omen, The Exorcist, and The Shining. He cited the latter as "another Mount Everest of the haunted house movie", praising the high production values and Stanley Kubrick's control over the large sets. British playwright Lucinda Coxon was enlisted to rewrite the script with del Toro, in hopes of bringing it a "proper degree of perversity and intelligence", but she is not credited on the finished film. The Shape of Water is a 2017 romantic fantasy drama film directed del Toro and written by del Toro and Vanessa Taylor. Set in Baltimore, Maryland, in 1962, the story follows a mute cleaner at a high-security government laboratory who falls in love with a captured humanoid amphibian creature. Filming took place in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, between August and November 2016.  The idea for The Shape of Water formed during del Toro's breakfast with Daniel Kraus in 2011, with whom he later co-wrote the novel Trollhunters. It shows similarities to the 2015 short film The Space Between Us. It was also primarily inspired by del Toro's childhood memories of seeing Creature from the Black Lagoon and wanting to see the Gill-man and Kay Lawrence (played by Julie Adams) succeed in their romance. When del Toro was in talks with Universal to direct a remake of Creature from the Black Lagoon, he tried pitching a version focused more on the creature's perspective, where the Creature ended up together with the female lead, but the studio executives rejected the concept. Del Toro set the film during the 1960s Cold War era to counteract today's heightened tensions: "if I say once upon a time in 1962, it becomes a fairy tale for troubled times. People can lower their guard a little bit more and listen to the story and listen to the characters and talk about the issues, rather than the circumstances of the issues".  In an interview with IndieWire about the film, del Toro said: This movie is a healing movie for me. ... For nine movies I rephrased the fears of my childhood, the dreams of my childhood, and this is the first time I speak as an adult, about something that worries me as an adult. I speak about trust, otherness, sex, love, where we're going. These are not concerns that I had when I was nine or seven." The Shape of Water grossed $63.9 million in the United States and Canada, and $131.4 million in other countries, for a total of $195.2 million. The film had received a universally favorable response from critics and audiences.  Pinocchio is an upcoming stop-motion animated musical dark fantasy film co-written and directed by Guillermo del Toro, based on Gris Grimly’s design from his 2002 edition of the 1883 Italian novel The Adventures of Pinocchio by Carlo Collodi. It was written from a screenplay by del Toro, Gris Grimly, Patrick McHale and Matthew Robbins and a story by del Toro and Robbins. The film marks the animated feature film directorial debut of Guillermo del Toro. In 2008, Guillermo del Toro announced that his next project, a darker adaptation of the Italian novel The Adventures of Pinocchio, was in development. He has called Pinocchio his passion project, stating that: "no art form has influenced my life and my work more than animation and no single character in history has had as deep of a personal connection to me as Pinocchio", and "I've wanted to make this movie for as long as I can remember". On February 17, 2011, it was announced that Gris Grimly and Mark Gustafson would co-direct a stop motion animated Pinocchio film written by Guillermo del Toro and Matthew Robbins based by Grimly's designs, with del Toro producing along with The Jim Henson Company and Pathé. On May 17, 2012, del Toro took over for Grimly. On February 2012, Del Toro released some concept arts with the designs of Pinocchio, Geppetto, the Talking Cricket, Mangiafuoco and the Fox and the Cat. On July 30, 2012, it was announced that the film would be produced and animated by ShadowMachine. On January 23, 2017, Patrick McHale was announced to co-write the script with del Toro. On August 31, 2017, del Toro told IndieWire and at the 74th Venice International Film Festival that the film need a budget increase of $35 million more dollars or it would be cancelled. On November 8, 2017, he reported that the project was not happening, because no studios were willing to finance it.[9] At one point, Matthew Robbins considered making the movie as a 2D-animated film with French artist Joann Sfar to bring the costs down, but del Toro eventually decided that it had to be stop-motion, even if the higher budget made it harder get greenlighted. However, on October 22, 2018, it was announced that the film had been revived, with Netflix acquiring it.  So that's his  film history as a director let's get into some other aspects of his life!!He was married to Lorenza Newton, cousin of Mexican singer Guadalupe Pineda. They have two children. He started dating Lorenza when both were studying at the Instituto de Ciencias in Guadalajara. Del Toro and Newton separated in early 2017, and divorced in September of the same year. He maintains residences in Toronto and Los Angeles, and returns to Guadalajara every six weeks to visit his family. He also owns two houses devoted exclusively to his collection of books, poster artwork and other belongings pertaining to his work. He explains, "As a kid, I dreamed of having a house with secret passages and a room where it rained 24 hours a day. The point of being over 40 is to fulfill the desires you've been harboring since you were 7." Politics EditIn a 2007 interview, del Toro described his political position as "a little too liberal". He pointed out that the villains in most of his films, such as the industrialist in Cronos, the Nazis in Hellboy, and the Francoists in Pan's Labyrinth, are united by the common attribute of authoritarianism. "I hate structure. I'm completely anti-structural in terms of believing in institutions. I hate them. I hate any institutionalised social, religious, or economic holding." Religion EditDel Toro was raised Roman Catholic. In a 2009 interview with Charlie Rose, he described his upbringing as excessively "morbid," saying, "I mercifully lapsed as a Catholic ... but as Buñuel used to say, 'I'm an atheist, thank God.'" Though insisting that he is spiritually "not with Buñuel" and that "once a Catholic, always a Catholic, in a way." He concluded, "I believe in Man. I believe in mankind, as the worst and the best that has happened to this world." He has also responded to the observation that he views his art as his religion by saying, "It is. To me, art and storytelling serve primal, spiritual functions in my daily life. Whether I'm telling a bedtime story to my kids or trying to mount a movie or write a short story or a novel, I take it very seriously." Nevertheless, he became a "raging atheist" after seeing a pile of human fetuses while volunteering at a Mexican hospital. He has claimed to be horrified by the way the Catholic Church complied with Francoist Spain, down to having a character in his film quote what actual priests would say to Republican faction members in concentration camps.[66] Upon discovering the religious beliefs of C.S. Lewis, Del Toro has stated that he no longer feels comfortable enjoying his work, despite having done so beforehand. He describes Lewis as "too Catholic" for him, despite the fact that Lewis was never a Catholic. However, Del Toro isn't entirely disparaging of Catholicism, and his background continues to influence his work. While discussing The Shape of Water, Del Toro discussed the Catholic influence on the film, stating, "A very Catholic notion is the humble force, or the force of humility, that gets revealed as a god-like figure toward the end. It's also used in fairy tales. In fairy tales, in fact, there is an entire strand of tales that would be encompassed by the title 'The Magical Fish.' And [it's] not exactly a secret that a fish is a Christian symbol." In the same interview, he still maintained that he does not believe in an afterlife, stating "I don't think there is life beyond death, I don't. But I do believe that we get this clarity in the last minute of our life. The titles we achieved, the honors we managed, they all vanish. You are left alone with you and your deeds and the things you didn't do. And that moment of clarity gives you either peace or the most tremendous fear, because you finally have no cover, and you finally realize exactly who you are." In 2010, del Toro revealed that he was a fan of video games, describing them as "the comic books of our time" and "a medium that gains no respect among the intelligentsia". He has stated that he considers Ico and Shadow of the Colossus to be masterpieces. He has cited Gadget Invention, Travel, & Adventure, Cosmology of Kyoto, Asteroids and Galaga as his favorite games. Del Toro's favorite film monsters are Frankenstein's monster, the Alien, Gill-man, Godzilla, and the Thing. Frankenstein in particular has a special meaning for him, in both film and literature, as he claims he has a "Frankenstein fetish to a degree that is unhealthy", and that it's "the most important book of my life, so you know if I get to it, whenever I get to it, it will be the right way". He has Brazil, Nosferatu, Freaks and Bram Stoker's Dracula listed among his favourite films. Del Toro is also highly interested in Victorian culture. He said: "I have a room of my library at home called 'The Dickens room'. It has every work by Charles Dickens, Wilkie Collins and many other Victorian novelists, plus hundreds of works about Victorian London and its customs, etiquette, architecture. I'm a Jack the Ripper aficionado, too. My museum-slash-home has a huge amount of Ripperology in it". Father's 1997 kidnapping EditAround 1997, del Toro's father, Federico del Toro Torres, was kidnapped in Guadalajara. Del Toro's family had to pay twice the amount originally asked for as a ransom; immediately after learning of the kidnapping, fellow filmmaker James Cameron, a friend of Del Toro since they met during the production of 1993's Cronos, withdrew over $1 million in cash from his bank account and gave it to Del Toro to help pay the ransom. After the ransom was paid, Federico was released, having spent 72 days kidnapped; the culprits were never apprehended, and the money of both Cameron and Del Toro's family was never recovered. The event prompted del Toro, his parents, and his siblings to move abroad. In a 2008 interview with Time magazine, he said this about the kidnapping of his father: "Every day, every week, something happens that reminds me that I am in involuntary exile [from my country]." Del Toro has directed a wide variety of films, from comic book adaptations (Blade II, Hellboy) to historical fantasy and horror films, two of which are set in Spain in the context of the Spanish Civil War under the authoritarian rule of Francisco Franco. These two films, The Devil's Backbone and Pan's Labyrinth, are among his most critically acclaimed works. They share similar settings, protagonists and themes with the 1973 Spanish film The Spirit of the Beehive, widely considered to be the finest Spanish film of the 1970s. Del Toro views the horror genre as inherently political, explaining, "Much like fairy tales, there are two facets of horror. One is pro-institution, which is the most reprehensible type of fairy tale: Don't wander into the woods, and always obey your parents. The other type of fairy tale is completely anarchic and antiestablishment." He is close friends with two other prominent and critically praised Mexican filmmakers Alfonso Cuarón and Alejandro González Iñárritu. The three often influence each other's directorial decisions, and have been interviewed together by Charlie Rose. Cuarón was one of the producers of Pan's Labyrinth, while Iñárritu assisted in editing the film. The three filmmakers, referred to as the "Three Amigos" founded the production company Cha Cha Cha Films, whose first release was 2008's Rudo y Cursi. Del Toro has also contributed to the web series Trailers from Hell. In April 2008, del Toro was hired by Peter Jackson to direct the live-action film adaptation of J. R. R. Tolkien's The Hobbit. On May 30, 2010, del Toro left the project due to extended delays brought on by MGM's financial troubles. Although he did not direct the films, he is credited as co-writer in An Unexpected Journey, The Desolation of Smaug and The Battle of the Five Armies. On December 1, 2008, del Toro expressed interest in a stop-motion remake to Roald Dahl's novel The Witches, collaborating with Alfonso Cuarón. On June 19, 2018 it was announced that Del Toro and Cuarón would instead be attached as Executive Producers on the remake with Robert Zemeckis helming the project as Director and Screenwriter. On June 2, 2009, del Toro's first novel, The Strain, was released. It is the first part of an apocalyptic vampire trilogy co-authored by del Toro and Chuck Hogan. The second volume, The Fall, was released on September 21, 2010. The final installment, The Night Eternal, followed in October 2011. Del Toro cites writings of Antoine Augustin Calmet, Montague Summers and Bernhardt J. Hurwood among his favourites in the non-literary form about vampires. On December 9, 2010, del Toro launched Mirada Studios with his long-time cinematographer Guillermo Navarro, director Mathew Cullen and executive producer Javier Jimenez. Mirada was formed in Los Angeles, California to be a collaborative space where they and other filmmakers can work with Mirada's artists to create and produce projects that span digital production and content for film, television, advertising, interactive and other media. Mirada launched as a sister company to production company Motion Theory. Del Toro directed Pacific Rim, a science fiction film based on a screenplay by del Toro and Travis Beacham. In the film, giant monsters rise from the Pacific Ocean and attack major cities, leading humans to retaliate with gigantic mecha suits called Jaegers. Del Toro commented, "This is my most un-modest film, this has everything. The scale is enormous and I'm just a big kid having fun." The film was released on July 12, 2013 and grossed $411 million at the box office. Del Toro directed "Night Zero", the pilot episode of The Strain, a vampire horror television series based on the novel trilogy of the same name by del Toro and Chuck Hogan. FX has commissioned the pilot episode, which del Toro scripted with Hogan and was filmed in Toronto in September 2013. FX ordered a thirteen-episode first season for the series on November 19, 2013, and series premiered on July 13, 2014. After The Strain's pilot episode, del Toro directed Crimson Peak, a gothic horror film he co-wrote with Matthew Robbins and Lucinda Cox. Del Toro has described the film as "a very set-oriented, classical but at the same time modern take on the ghost story", citing The Omen, The Exorcist and The Shining as influences. Del Toro also stated, "I think people are getting used to horror subjects done as found footage or B-value budgets. I wanted this to feel like a throwback." Jessica Chastain, Tom Hiddleston, Mia Wasikowska, and Charlie Hunnam starred in the film. Production began February 2014 in Toronto, with an April 2015 release date initially planned. The studio later pushed the date back to October 2015, to coincide with the Halloween season. He was selected to be on the jury for the main competition section of the 2015 Cannes Film Festival. Del Toro directed the Cold War drama film The Shape of Water, starring Sally Hawkins, Octavia Spencer, and Michael Shannon. Filming began on August 15, 2016 in Toronto, and wrapped twelve weeks later. On August 31, 2017, the film premiered in the main competition section of the 74th Venice International Film Festival, where it was awarded the Golden Lion for best film, making Del Toro the first Mexican director to win the award. The film became a critical and commercial success and would go on to win multiple accolades, including the Academy Award for Best Picture, with del Toro winning the Academy Award for Best Director. Del Toro collaborated with Japanese video game designer Hideo Kojima to produce P.T., a video game intended to be a "playable trailer" for the ninth Silent Hill game, which was cancelled. The demo was also removed from the PlayStation Network. At the D23 Expo in 2009, his Double Dare You production company and Disney announced a production deal for a line of darker animated films. The label was announced with one original animated project, Trollhunters. However, del Toro moved his deal to DreamWorks in late 2010. From 2016 to 2018, Trollhunters was released to great acclaim on Netflix and "is tracking to be its most-watched kids original ever". In 2017, Del Toro had an exhibition of work at the Minneapolis Institute of Art titled Guillermo del Toro: At Home with Monsters, featuring his collection of paintings, drawings, maquettes, artifacts, and concept film art. The exhibition ran from March 5, 2017, to May 28, 2017. In 2019, del Toro appeared in Hideo Kojima's video game Death Stranding, providing his likeness for the character Deadman. Upcoming projects EditIn 2008, del Toro announced Pinocchio, a dark stop-motion film based on the Italian novel The Adventures of Pinocchio, co-directed by Adam Parrish King, with The Jim Henson Company as production company, and music by Nick Cave. The project had been in development for over a decade. The pre-production was begun by the studio ShadowMachine. In 2017, del Toro announced that Patrick McHale is co-writing the script of the film. In the same year, del Toro revealed at the 74th Venice International Film Festival that the film will be reimagined during the rise of Benito Mussolini, and that he would need $35 million to make it. In November 2017, it was reported that del Toro had cancelled the project because no studios were willing to finance it. In October 2018, it was announced that the film had been revived, with Netflix backing the project. Netflix had previously collaborated with del Toro on Trollhunters. Many of the same details of the project remain the same, but with Mark Gustafson now co-directing rather than Adam Parrish King. In December 2017, Searchlight Pictures announced that del Toro would direct a new adaptation of the 1946 novel Nightmare Alley by William Lindsay Gresham, the screenplay of which he co-wrote with Kim Morgan. In 2019, it was reported that Bradley Cooper, Cate Blanchett, Toni Collette and Rooney Mara had closed deals to star in the film, which went into production in January 2020. https://aznmodern.com/2017/10/10/13-facts-guillermo-del-toro-may-not-know/ https://editorial.rottentomatoes.com/guide/all-guillermo-del-toro-movies-ranked-by-tomatometer/ The Midnight Train Podcast is sponsored by VOUDOUX VODKA.www.voudoux.com Ace’s Depothttp://www.aces-depot.com BECOME A PRODUCER!http://www.patreon.com/themidnighttrainpodcast Find The Midnight Train Podcast:www.themidnighttrainpodcast.comwww.facebook.com/themidnighttrainpodcastwww.twitter.com/themidnighttrainpcwww.instagram.com/themidnighttrainpodcastwww.discord.com/themidnighttrainpodcastwww.tiktok.com/themidnighttrainp And wherever you listen to your favorite podcasts. Subscribe to our official YouTube channel:OUR YOUTUBE

Si bien el término no es muy común en nuestro país, Hillbilly es un término peyorativo usado en Estados Unidos para definir a los habitantes de ciertas áreas remotas, rurales o montañosas. Esta película, dirigida por Ron Howard (Apolo 13), con guión de Vanessa Taylor (La forma del agua) y basada en el libro autobiográfico de J.D. Vance llamado “Hillbilly, una elegía rural: Memorias de una familia y una cultura en crisis”, nos trae la historia de la familia Vance, cuyos integrantes viven una serie de situaciones que parecieran destinarlos a un fatídico final. Protagonizada por Amy Adams, Glen Close, Gabriel Basso y Haley Bennet.Con actuaciones excelentes de Close y Adams y música de Hans Zimmer, esta película te mantendrá nervioso y a la expectativa por saber su desenlace. ¿Ya la viste? ¿Crees que Adams o Close tengan posibilidad de ganar un Óscar? Queremos leerte y escuchar tu opinión.Recuerda suscribirte, dejarnos tus comentarios y darnos un buen review.También puedes mandarnos un correo a cinemamando@gmail.com y seguirnos en nuestras redes.www.cinemamando.comTikTok: CinemamandoInstagram: CinemamandoTwitter: CinemamandoMXYouTube: CinemamandoSpotify: Cinemamando

Hillbilly Elegy came a callin’ on Netflix in time for Thanksgiving to remind us about how complicated the notion of family really is. Our film critic, Harlan Jacobson, takes us to Kentucky for more. HJ: JD Vance’s memoir, Hillbilly Elegy memoir arrived in 2016 as part of a flotilla of non-fiction books, including Thomas Frank’s What’s the Matter With Kansas in 2004, and Arlie Hochshild’s Strangers in their Own Land in 2016, set in Bayou Louisiana, that addressed the reduced and diminished importance of America’s working class, as a way of foregrounding why since Reagan it had started voting against its own economic interests. The film adaptation of Hillbilly Elegy , from director Ron Howard and writer Vanessa Taylor who wrote the 2018 Oscar-winning The Shape of Water, a fairy tale ode to love and difference or girls and fishes (take your pick), was of course planned as a major release taking aim at the Oscars. Howard’s Hillbilly Elegy puts an anecdotal and human face on what amounts to

Mark and Simon are joined by Jason Isaacs who talks about his new film Skyfire, directed by Simon West, whose previous work includes Con Air. We’ll also have your essential streaming film reviews including Netflix’s Christmas movie Jingle Jangle, Sophia Loren in The Life Ahead and Amy Adams and Glenn Close in Ron Howard’s Hillbilly Elegy, adapted from the J.D.Vance memoir by Vanessa Taylor. Mark and Simon also talk you through the best and worst films on subscription-free TV next week and will recommend a home entertainment purchase in DVD of the Week and count down the top 10 digital films in the Official Film Chart. 00:37:35 Top 10 Current Films 00:46:21 Breathless/A bout de Soufflé 60th Anniversary review 00:49:17 Jason Isaacs Interview 01:08:54 Lennox review 01:11:37 Hillbilly Elegy review 01:18:33 Lobbydown Correspondents 01:22:43 The Life Ahead review 01:25:12 Jingle Jangle review 01:30:36 TV MOVIE OF THE WEEK 01:33:29 To The Ends of the Earth review 01:38:31 Billie review 01;43:22 DVD OF THE WEEK Download our podcast from the BBC Sounds app. We welcome your contributions: Email: mayo@bbc.co.uk Twitter: @wittertainment

Welcome to Reel Reviews, This week on the show we review, Hillbilly Elegy an upcoming drama, which is a modern exploration of the American Dream through three generations of an Appalachian family. Directed by Oscar-winning director Ron Howard, from a screenplay written by Vanessa Taylor, based on the 2016 memoir of the same name written by J.D. Vance. The film stars Glenn Close, Amy Adams, Gabriel Basso, Haley Bennett, Freida Pinto, Bo Hopkins, and Owen Asztalos.

Welcome to Reel Reviews, This week on the show we review, Hillbilly Elegy an upcoming drama, which is a modern exploration of the American Dream through three generations of an Appalachian family. Directed by Oscar-winning director Ron Howard, from a screenplay written by Vanessa Taylor, based on the 2016 memoir of the same name written by J.D. Vance. The film stars Glenn Close, Amy Adams, Gabriel Basso, Haley Bennett, Freida Pinto, Bo Hopkins, and Owen Asztalos.

Maria and Julio talk with Alicia Garza, special projects director for the National Domestic Workers Alliance, co-creator of Black Lives Matter, and co-host of the Sunstorm podcast, and Ai-jen Poo, co-founder and executive director of the National Domestic Workers Alliance and co-host of the Sunstorm podcast. They discuss the latest news with the White House as the latest coronavirus hotspot. They also talk about the impact of women of color organizers from the domestic worker movement to Black Lives Matter, and if this historic moment will bring an opportunity for change in this country. SAVE THE DATE: Our next virtual LIVE ITT show is on Wednesday, Oct. 14th at 7:30pm ET! Maria and Julio will be joined by All-Star guests Imara Jones, creator of TransLash Media, and Jenni Monet, founder of Indigenously to discuss the 2020 election and the POC vote. For more info and to RSVP, click here.ITT Staff Picks: “Domestic workers are organizing to make care work a 2020 election issue,” writes Sheila Bapat in a recent article for Truthout. “Rather than being politically inactive, many non-voters organized outside of electoral spheres long before Trump took office, and argue that Trump is not exceptional,” writes Vanessa Taylor in this piece for Mic that sheds light on why some Black and brown voters are opting out.Ben Mathis-Lilley gives an update on the presidential election in a round-up for Slate.Photo credit: Ashlee Rezin Garcia/Chicago Sun-Times via AP See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Anarchists and anti-fascists in general, and CrimethInc. in particular, have been the focus of intense hostile government and right-wing attention and censorship efforts in recent weeks. The latest salvo comes from the New York Times, which on June 30th published “The Truth About Today's Anarchists,” drawing on conspiracy theorists and right-wing talking points to argue that violent anarchists are somehow controlling the ongoing countrywide protests, but don't actually care about Black lives. The article actually calls out The Ex-Worker Podcast by name! While we're flattered for the attention—who knew we were such a threat?—the article is both inaccurate and dangerous; more importantly, it touches on critical issues about today's movements for liberation that we need to clarify. So in this episode, the Ex-Worker lays out the truth about “The Truth About Today's Anarchists”, refuting the article's bogus claims one by one, and offering a more accurate perspective on the relationships between anarchists and the ongoing movement to end white supremacy and police violence. We conclude with an audio version of an article we published with Agency in June called This Is Anarchy: Eight Ways the Black Lives Matter and Justice for George Floyd Protests Reflect Anarchist Ideas in Action. This episode challenges the myths and distortions about anarchism offered across the spectrum from Trump to the New York Times to provide insight into what anarchists today are really fighting for. {October 5, 2020}   -------SHOW NOTES------   Table of Contents: Introduction {0:01} The Truth About ‘The Truth About Today's Anarchists': The Ex-Worker Responds to the New York Times {6:21} This Is Anarchy: Eight Ways the Black Lives Matter and Justice for George Floyd Protests Reflect Anarchist Ideas in Action {40:52} Conclusion {1:02:15} This episode focuses on our response to the wretched New York Times opinion piece “The Truth About Today's Anarchists” by Farah Stockman. We published our rebuttal the following day as “The Truth About ‘The Truth About Today's Anarchists': The Ex-Worker Responds to the New York Times.” Our colleagues at It's Going Down have published a lengthy thread going into many of the specific problems with amateur conspiracy theorist Jeremy Lee Quinn's reporting (which is Stockman's main source) in detail, if you want to dig deeper. For a laugh, you can also check out the appallingly bad Network Contagion Research Institute report “NETWORK-ENABLED ANARCHY: How Militant Anarcho-Socialist Networks Use Social Media to Instigate Widespread Violence Against Political Opponents and Law Enforcement”—which Stockman also uncritically promotes. To offer a different perspective on anarchist participation in the Black Lives Matter rebellions of the past months, we've also included an audio version of a piece co-published with Agency back in June, “This Is Anarchy: Eight Ways the Black Lives Matter and Justice for George Floyd Protests Reflect Anarchist Ideas in Action.” To read our own account of how the uprising spread and why the authorities themselves were chiefly responsible for the widespread adoption of confrontational tactics, check out the CrimethInc. article “Snapshots from the Uprising.” If you want to know more about what anarchists believe and desire, start with To Change Everything: An Anarchist Appeal. On Facebook's decision to ban and censor anarchist pages, including CrimethInc.'s, check out our response, “On Facebook Banning Pages Associated with Anarchism, and the Digital Censorshop to Come.” Also check out the open letter of support signed by hundreds of publuishers, journalists, educators, and activists to show solidarity. Also check out media projects like It's Going Down, who've also been under heavy fire from the right wing, as well as The Final Straw, Rebel Steps, and all the other excellent podcasts from the Channel Zero Network. You can find a reference to CrimethInc. around {2:50:46} during the Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on “Protecting Speech by Stopping Anarchist Violence”, during testimony by one Kyle Shideler, a staffer for the Center for Security Policy—an anti-Muslim hate group, according to watchdog organizations, moonlighting as experts on violent left-wing extremism. For more information on Black anarchism, check out Lorenzo Kom'boa Ervin's Anarchism and the Black Revolution, the recent Anarkata Statement, Vanessa Taylor's excellent Mic.com article “How Black Anarchists Are Keeping the Protest Movement Alive,” and the recent AK Press books As Black As Resistance: Finding the Conditions for Liberation by Zoe Samudzi and William Anderson and *Anarcho-Blackness: Notes Toward a Black Anarchism by Marquis Bey. For an articulate portrayal of exactly why government elites and right-wing authoritarians feel so threatened by us these days, check out the recent essay “Why Anarchism Is Dangerous.”

Great Scott! It's time for the Crooked Table Podcast to go Back to the Future! We don't need money, fame, or even a flux capacitor to travel through the space-time continuum to discuss this classic. In fact, while we have the Delorean all fired up at 88mph, we'll even look back at director Robert Zemeckis' entire trilogy. Vanessa Taylor from The Geeky Waffle helps us tackle the original 1985 sci-fi comedy that introduced audiences to Marty McFly (Michael J. Fox) and Doc Brown (Christopher Lloyd). We'll talk about why the movie is so damn perfect, explore whether it's problematic in today's day and age, and reflect on how Zemeckis and co-writer Bob Gale crafted such an influential trilogy. So watch out for lightning storms because things are about to get heavy. This episode, it's all about the Back to the Future trilogy! Even if you aren't ready for this episode yet, your kids are going to love it. SYNOPSIS Back to the Future: In this 1980s sci-fi classic, small-town California teen Marty McFly (Michael J. Fox) is thrown back into the '50s when an experiment by his eccentric scientist friend Doc Brown (Christopher Lloyd) goes awry. Traveling through time in a modified DeLorean car, Marty encounters young versions of his parents (Crispin Glover and Lea Thompson), and must make sure that they fall in love or he'll cease to exist. Even more dauntingly, Marty has to return to his own time and save the life of Doc Brown. Back to the Future Part II: In this zany sequel, time-traveling duo Marty McFly (Fox) and Dr. Emmett Brown (Lloyd) return from saving Marty's future son from disaster, only to discover their own time transformed. In this nightmarish version of Hill Valley, Marty's father has been murdered and Biff Tannen (Thomas F. Wilson), Marty's nemesis, has profited. After uncovering the secret to Biff's success -- a sports almanac from the future -- Marty and the Doc embark on a quest to repair the space-time continuum. Back to the Future Part III: In this final chapter, Marty McFly (Fox) obtains a 70-year-old message from the time-traveling Dr. Emmett Brown (Lloyd), in which he informs Marty that he has retired to a small town in the Old West. Marty then finds out that the Doc was murdered shortly after sending the letter. In order to save his friend, Marty will have to travel back in time, disentangle a lovestruck Doc from a local schoolmarm (Mary Steenburgen), and repair the DeLorean -- all while avoiding a posse of gunslingers. SHOW NOTES Join the Crooked Table Crew by becoming an official patron over at Patreon.com/CrookedTable Subscribe to the Crooked Table Podcast on Apple Podcasts so that you never miss a moment! Listen to the Crooked Table Podcast on Spotify! The Crooked Table Podcast is also on Stitcher! Reach Robert Yaniz Jr. on Twitter at @crookedtable. Connect with Crooked Table on social media

On this edition of Top of the Stretch, Ohio Harness Horsemen's Association Brand Ambassador Roger Huston and Outreach and Public Relations Coordinator Frank Fraas talk with the connections of the Delvin Miller Adios winner Catch the Fire. Roger talks with driver Mike Wilder about the win, while Frank talks with Charles and Vanessa Taylor of CT Stables about the victory.

Peter and Vanessa Taylor spent nearly 5 years in Shanghai, China … on a delicate work assignment. Dealing with the cultural issues, significant commercial pressures and living away from their two teenage daughters, it was an adventure that really influenced their lives. Peter even lost a quarter of his body weight in a personal quest for health and fitness. Interesting times in an interesting place.

Killamanjaro Collection Story: "When The Buildings Began to Bleed". Written by Vanessa Taylor and narrated by Ellen Chamberlain. "At the end of the day, their mistake was simple: they sent her body to the masjid"Follow Vanessa on twitter @bacontribe . Our theme song was created by YANJU.This project is supported by a 2019 Rubys Artist Grant, which is a program of the Robert W. Deutsch Foundation @ https://www.rwdfoundation.orgThis episode’s sounds included the following: "Wind Chime, Gamelan Gong, A.wav" and "Door, Wooden, Close, A (H1).wav" by InspectorJ (www.jshaw.co.uk), "Wooden Door - Closing" by angelkunev, "Wind blowing through castle tower" by Astounded, "Light Rain.mp3" by babuababua, "sssh.wav" by elliedixon, "Shhhhh.wav" by PlumForestPodcast, and "Shush Better.wav" by ymyogev. All on Freesound.org

A new report about the property market suggests New Zealanders are continuing their love affair with houses. Data from the website RealEstate.co.nz shows asking prices in seven regions are at all-time average highs. The online property sales website says demand appears to still be strong. RealEstate.co.nz head of sales Vanessa Taylor speaks to Corin Dann.

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Nashwa and Basim are joined by Drinking Gourd editor and Philly-based activist Vanessa Taylor about the NGO Industrial complex, what it's like to be threatened by Rabia O'Chaudry, and more. Subscribe to our Patreon for the 2nd part: https://www.patreon.com/rumspringa

Best Pick with John Dorney, Jessica Regan, Tom Salinsky and our special guest Sarah Bennetto Episode 53: The Shape of Water (2017) Released 29 January 2020 For this episode, we watched The Shape of Water, written by Guillermo del Toro and Vanessa Taylor (nominated) and directed by Del Toro (won). It starred Sally Hawkins (nominated), Michael Shannon, Richard Jenkins (nominated), Doug Jones, Michael Stuhlbarg, Octavia Spencer (nominated) with music by Alexandre Desplat (won) and cinematography by Dan Lausten (nominated). It also won for its production design (Paul Denham Austerberry, Shane Vieau, Jeff Melvin). In total it was nominated for thirteen Academy Awards, one less than the all-time record. https://twitter.com/sarahbennetto Next time we will be discussing All the King’s Men. If you want to watch it before listening to the next episode you can buy the DVD or Blu-Ray on Amazon.co.uk, or Amazon.com, or you can download it via iTunes (UK) or iTunes (USA). To send in your questions, comments, thoughts and ideas, you can join our Facebook group, Tweet us on @bestpickpod or email us on bestpickpod@gmail.com. You can also Tweet us individually, @MrJohnDorney, @ItsJessRegan or @TomSalinsky. You should also visit our new website at https://bestpickpod.com and sign up to our mailing list to get notified as soon as a new episode is released. Just follow this link: http://eepurl.com/dbHO3n

Join us as we discuss Phase 1 with three guests; Vanessa Taylor (@bacontribe) as a community commentator, Simone Ebongo-Bayehe (@SimonesFiasco) as an Episode 2 cast member, and Jason Charney (@jcharney) as the Episode 3 Sound Designer. We address some questions submitted by fans. And we end with announcing the title of Phase 2!This project is supported by a 2019 Rubys Artist Grant, which is a program of the Robert W. Deutsch Foundation @ https://www.rwdfoundation.org

Best Pick with John Dorney, Jessica Regan, Tom Salinsky and our special guest Sarah Bennetto Episode 53: The Shape of Water (2017) Released 29 January 2020 For this episode, we watched The Shape of Water, written by Guillermo del Toro and Vanessa Taylor (nominated) and directed by Del Toro (won). It starred Sally Hawkins (nominated), Michael Shannon, Richard Jenkins (nominated), Doug Jones, Michael Stuhlbarg, Octavia Spencer (nominated) with music by Alexandre Desplat (won) and cinematography by Dan Lausten (nominated). It also won for its production design (Paul Denham Austerberry, Shane Vieau, Jeff Melvin). In total it was nominated for thirteen Academy Awards, one less than the all-time record. https://twitter.com/sarahbennetto Next time we will be discussing All the King's Men. If you want to watch it before listening to the next episode you can buy the DVD or Blu-Ray on Amazon.co.uk, or Amazon.com, or you can download it via iTunes (UK) or iTunes (USA). To send in your questions, comments, thoughts and ideas, you can join our Facebook group, Tweet us on @bestpickpod or email us on bestpickpod@gmail.com. You can also Tweet us individually, @MrJohnDorney, @ItsJessRegan or @TomSalinsky. You should also visit our new website at https://bestpickpod.com and sign up to our mailing list to get notified as soon as a new episode is released. Just follow this link: http://eepurl.com/dbHO3n

This week we talk with Vanessa Taylor about what it takes to be a film colourist. Vanessa's credits include LADY MACBETH, THE GREAT GATSBY, ADULT LIFE SKILLS and AVENGERS: AGE OF ULTRON.

In this episode of the Strange Horizons podcast, editor Ciro Faienza presents Vanessa Taylor's “Between the Wires”. You can read the full text of the poem and more about Vanessa here.

This week, we’ll hear from two of the writers behind The Shape of Water, which was developed simultaneously as a novel and film. First up, New York Times bestselling author, Daniel Kraus who originally approached Guillermo del Toro with the story about a sea creature locked in a laboratory based on an idea he had when he was 15 years old. And later we’ll hear from screenwriter Vanessa Taylor who co-wrote the film version of The Shape of Writer and was nominated for an Academy Award® for Best Original Screenplay. Daniel Kraus is a New York Times bestselling author who started his career as a documentary filmmaker. In 2015 he collaborated with genre director Guillermo del Toro on the novel Trollhunters. Del Toro is best known for his dark fantasy films Pan’s Labyrinth, Crimson Peak and the Hellboy series. In March of 2018 the pair reteamed to release a novelized version of The Shape of Water, which was based on an original idea that Kraus had when he was 15 years old. The novel was developed at the same time as the Academy Award winning film. I caught up with Daniel Kraus over the phone earlier this year. Clips of The Shape of Water courtesy of Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation & TSG Entertainment Finance LLC. While Daniel Kraus was working on The Shape of Water novel Guillermo del Toro was writing a screenplay for the film version with Vanessa Taylor. Taylor has an extensive background in television; having written for Alias, Jack & Bobby and Game of Thrones. I spoke with Vanessa Taylor at the premiere party for the 8th season of On Story at the beautiful KLRU Studios in Austin, Texas.  

This week's guest is Vanessa Taylor of the Geeky Girl Gab podcast. (geekygirlgab.com) Back to the Future is part of that upper echelon of genre films and really encapsulates what made the 80's such a great time for film. And stay tuned for our next episode with a totally new form

***This episode has NO SPOILERS*** Our Oscar Category Review of the Best Original Screenplay Category is SPOILER FREE Best Adapted Screenplay Intro - 1:23 Original Screenplay Nominees: Get Out, Jordan Peele - 5:14 Lady Bird, Greta Gerwig - 12:44 The Big Sick, Emily V. Gordon & Kumail Nanjiani - 21:03 The Shape of Water, Guillermo Del Toro & Vanessa Taylor - 27:03 Three Billboards Outside Ebbing Missouri, Martin McDonagh - 33:28 Perfecting Perfection, AKA our Re-Rank - 39:14 This is our category overview of the nominees for Best Original Screenplay at this year’s Academy Awards. The format for this episode is simple. We make the arguments for and against each nominee. Then we re-rank them. In this episode, we open with a few thoughts on the Best Adapted Screenplay category because it is closely related, albeit less podcast-about-able (which I’m demanding becomes a word). We begin this Original Screenplay discussion with the favorite and rave over Jordan Peele’s storytelling prowess. Greta Gerwig’s balanced composition shouldn’t take away from the expertise she demonstrates in this story. Emily V. Gordon and Kumail Nanjiani tell one of the funniest movies of the year, and although it’s perhaps not what you’d expect from a romcom, it warmed our hearts. Then for all our criticisms of the scripts for The Shape of Water and Three Billboards, both stories create some of the highlights of the year. Our re-rank section, which we’ve pompously entitled “Perfecting Perfection” debates how we view the five nominees, and we drive home our arguments with gusto. Stay tuned for our upcoming Best Director and Best Picture category overview pods, as well as our Oscar Predictions and how this academy of two would vote in the upcoming Mike, Mike, & Oscars, where we’ll share our top picks on the year that was. We’ll continue to cover the movie events of the day, like we just did with our two part review of Black Panther. Our podcast will do a 2018 year in preview episode after the Oscars to give you some early favorites for next year’s awards, and we’ll get back to our retrospectives, which mine through the best and most entertaining races from the Academy’s history. As always, please help us spread the word about our little show here. We so appreciate our growing audience, and we thank you for all your help. Feel free to chat with us on social media as we’re on Facebook, reddit, twitter, gmail, and instagram. We always love hearing from you, and we vow to read some more of your thoughts in our upcoming episodes. Finally, don’t forget our slogan during these troubled times. When reality sucks, watch movies with us. We’re Mike, Mike, and Oscar!

Screenwriter Vanessa Taylor joins UCSB’s Matt Ryan for a Script-to-Screen discussion of "The Shape of Water" (2017) which Taylor co-wrote with Guillermo Del Toro. Taylor recounts her experience sharing the screenwriting duties with the director and developing characters to round out the initial vision of the film. They discuss at length the challenges of writing the unusual two main characters, their human/non-human romance, and the desire to craft a relationship that felt transgressive enough while still seeming authentic and translating well to the screen. Series: "Carsey-Wolf Center" [Humanities] [Show ID: 33232]

Screenwriter Vanessa Taylor joins UCSB’s Matt Ryan for a Script-to-Screen discussion of "The Shape of Water" (2017) which Taylor co-wrote with Guillermo Del Toro. Taylor recounts her experience sharing the screenwriting duties with the director and developing characters to round out the initial vision of the film. They discuss at length the challenges of writing the unusual two main characters, their human/non-human romance, and the desire to craft a relationship that felt transgressive enough while still seeming authentic and translating well to the screen. Series: "Carsey-Wolf Center" [Humanities] [Show ID: 33232]

Screenwriter Vanessa Taylor joins UCSB’s Matt Ryan for a Script-to-Screen discussion of "The Shape of Water" (2017) which Taylor co-wrote with Guillermo Del Toro. Taylor recounts her experience sharing the screenwriting duties with the director and developing characters to round out the initial vision of the film. They discuss at length the challenges of writing the unusual two main characters, their human/non-human romance, and the desire to craft a relationship that felt transgressive enough while still seeming authentic and translating well to the screen. Series: "Carsey-Wolf Center" [Humanities] [Show ID: 33232]

Screenwriter Vanessa Taylor joins UCSB’s Matt Ryan for a Script-to-Screen discussion of "The Shape of Water" (2017) which Taylor co-wrote with Guillermo Del Toro. Taylor recounts her experience sharing the screenwriting duties with the director and developing characters to round out the initial vision of the film. They discuss at length the challenges of writing the unusual two main characters, their human/non-human romance, and the desire to craft a relationship that felt transgressive enough while still seeming authentic and translating well to the screen. Series: "Carsey-Wolf Center" [Humanities] [Show ID: 33232]

Check out this film's post @ MovieJeff.com here » https://themoviereviewshow.blogspot.com/2017/11/the-shape-of-water.html and leave a comment The Shape of Water is a 2017 American romantic fantasy film directed by Guillermo del Toro and written by del Toro and Vanessa Taylor. It stars Sally Hawkins as a dirty little fish fucker. Follow the show... @ Twitter https://twitter.com/MovieJeffDotCom @ YouTube https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCpONT6Yp423GzUrHDDqBL3g @ LetterBoxd https://letterboxd.com/jeffmovie AND, FOR AS LITTLE AS $1/MONTH » https://patreon.com/dad SUPPORT THIS SHOW AND OTHER VENTURES FROM HTTPS://WWW.MYAMERI.CA INDUSTRIES • THANK YOU --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/the-movie-review-show/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/the-movie-review-show/support

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On this week's episode of Totally Useless Movie Trivia, we coundtdown the top ten of Guillermo del Toro's The Shape Of Water. The Shape of Water (2017) R | 2h 3min | Adventure, Drama, Fantasy | 22 December 2017 (USA) At a top secret research facility in the 1950s, a lonely janitor forms a unique relationship with an amphibious creature that is being held in captivity. Director: Guillermo del Toro Writers: Guillermo del Toro (screenplay by), Vanessa Taylor (screenplay by) Stars: Sally Hawkins, Octavia Spencer, Michael Shannon

On this week's episode of Totally Useless Movie Trivia, we coundtdown the top ten of Guillermo del Toro's The Shape Of Water. The Shape of Water (2017) R | 2h 3min | Adventure, Drama, Fantasy | 22 December 2017 (USA) At a top secret research facility in the 1950s, a lonely janitor forms a unique relationship with an amphibious creature that is being held in captivity. Director: Guillermo del Toro Writers: Guillermo del Toro (screenplay by), Vanessa Taylor (screenplay by) Stars: Sally Hawkins, Octavia Spencer, Michael Shannon

The Shape of Water (2017) R | 2h 3min | Adventure, Drama, Fantasy | 8 December 2017 (Canada) In a 1960s research facility, Elisa, a mute janitor, forms a relationship with a mysterious aquatic creature. Director: Guillermo del Toro Writers: Guillermo del Toro (screenplay by), Vanessa Taylor (screenplay by) Stars: Sally Hawkins, Octavia Spencer, Michael Shannon Our predictions for Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle based solely off of the trailers Joe's Take- This is what happens when you neglect your old board games; they mutate into a 90's style videogame system and wait for some poor teenagers on detention, to go all Guns N' Roses while welcoming them to the jungle. A nerd, a basic nobody, a jock, and a spoiled valley girl, are all transformed into their complete opposites to hilarious consequences. Forget all of the perils that come with a Jumanji based game like Rhinos and giant snakes, because these primadonnas have bigger problems to deal with like pollen, wet backpacks, middle-aged weight problems, and above all else, pound cake. Will three lives each be enough to make it through to the end? Will there be upgrades? And will The Rock do another one of his patented titty dances that we all love to stare at? My Prediction- No Robin Williams (Jumanji), no Dax Shepard (Zathura), and a stupid title? Should we be worried? The Rock (The Rundown), Jack Black (Tenacious D in The Pick of Destiny) Kevin Hart (Get Hard), and that angry cyborg chick from Guardians of the Galaxy (Karen Gillan), make it seem like a a good idea, yet we've seen disastrous ensemble comedies before. I don't have a bunch of faith in this, but that pound cake scene and good word of mouth have me looking forward to this one. Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle will not be a Piece Of Shit, I think. Mike's Take - When it comes to sequels, anything that uses a cool song title for the name of a movie usually means that it's going to be terrible. Taking the concept of the original movie Jumanji, where the board game threw different challenges at the characters and they had to play the game until it was finished. that was the great part of the movie. The characters had to drag the board game with them wherever they went. Now, the studios want to put all new characters into a "video" game version of the board game. While there seems to be some cool scenes, especially the Kevin Hart scene where one of his weaknesses is cake and he eats cake and explodes. That was funny. Aside from the title, this movie actually looks pretty funny. I liken it to what I call a "popcorn movie". You go to see this type of film to just forget about the day or the week and have some popcorn and enjoy the moment. Then again, the trailer could be nothing but a sham and totally give away the best parts, but it seems that this won't be a piece of shit. I mean Rotten Tomatoes couldn't be wrong could it? NAAAAH. Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle (2017) PG-13 | 1h 59min | Action, Adventure, Comedy | 20 December 2017 (USA) Four teenagers are sucked into a magical video game, and the only way they can escape is to work together to finish the game. Director: Jake Kasdan Writers: Chris McKenna (screenplay by), Erik Sommers (screenplay by) Stars: Dwayne Johnson, Karen Gillan, Kevin Hart

The Shape of Water (2017) R | 2h 3min | Adventure, Drama, Fantasy | 8 December 2017 (Canada) In a 1960s research facility, Elisa, a mute janitor, forms a relationship with a mysterious aquatic creature. Director: Guillermo del Toro Writers: Guillermo del Toro (screenplay by), Vanessa Taylor (screenplay by) Stars: Sally Hawkins, Octavia Spencer, Michael Shannon Our predictions for Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle based solely off of the trailers Joe's Take- This is what happens when you neglect your old board games; they mutate into a 90's style videogame system and wait for some poor teenagers on detention, to go all Guns N' Roses while welcoming them to the jungle. A nerd, a basic nobody, a jock, and a spoiled valley girl, are all transformed into their complete opposites to hilarious consequences. Forget all of the perils that come with a Jumanji based game like Rhinos and giant snakes, because these primadonnas have bigger problems to deal with like pollen, wet backpacks, middle-aged weight problems, and above all else, pound cake. Will three lives each be enough to make it through to the end? Will there be upgrades? And will The Rock do another one of his patented titty dances that we all love to stare at? My Prediction- No Robin Williams (Jumanji), no Dax Shepard (Zathura), and a stupid title? Should we be worried? The Rock (The Rundown), Jack Black (Tenacious D in The Pick of Destiny) Kevin Hart (Get Hard), and that angry cyborg chick from Guardians of the Galaxy (Karen Gillan), make it seem like a a good idea, yet we've seen disastrous ensemble comedies before. I don't have a bunch of faith in this, but that pound cake scene and good word of mouth have me looking forward to this one. Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle will not be a Piece Of Shit, I think. Mike's Take - When it comes to sequels, anything that uses a cool song title for the name of a movie usually means that it's going to be terrible. Taking the concept of the original movie Jumanji, where the board game threw different challenges at the characters and they had to play the game until it was finished. that was the great part of the movie. The characters had to drag the board game with them wherever they went. Now, the studios want to put all new characters into a "video" game version of the board game. While there seems to be some cool scenes, especially the Kevin Hart scene where one of his weaknesses is cake and he eats cake and explodes. That was funny. Aside from the title, this movie actually looks pretty funny. I liken it to what I call a "popcorn movie". You go to see this type of film to just forget about the day or the week and have some popcorn and enjoy the moment. Then again, the trailer could be nothing but a sham and totally give away the best parts, but it seems that this won't be a piece of shit. I mean Rotten Tomatoes couldn't be wrong could it? NAAAAH. Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle (2017) PG-13 | 1h 59min | Action, Adventure, Comedy | 20 December 2017 (USA) Four teenagers are sucked into a magical video game, and the only way they can escape is to work together to finish the game. Director: Jake Kasdan Writers: Chris McKenna (screenplay by), Erik Sommers (screenplay by) Stars: Dwayne Johnson, Karen Gillan, Kevin Hart

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Rundown: Chris and Sonia announce our new format, then dive into today's Golden Globe nominations... the ridiculous, ridiculous Golden Globe nominations. 2018 Golden Globe Nominations:  Best Motion Picture, Drama“Call Me by Your Name”“Dunkirk”“The Post”“The Shape of Water”“Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri”Best Motion Picture, Musical or Comedy“The Disaster Artist”“Get Out”“The Greatest Showman”“I, Tonya”“Lady Bird”Best Director, Motion PictureGuillermo del Toro, “The Shape of Water”Martin McDonagh, “Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri”Christopher Nolan, “Dunkirk”Ridley Scott, “All the Money in the World”Steven Spielberg, “The Post” Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture, DramaJessica Chastain, “Molly’s Game”Sally Hawkins, “The Shape of Water”Frances McDormand, “Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri”Meryl Streep, “The Post”Michelle Williams, “All the Money in the World”Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture, Musical or ComedyJudi Dench, “Victoria & Abdul”Helen Mirren, “The Leisure Seeker”Margot Robbie, “I, Tonya”Saoirse Ronan, “Lady Bird”Emma Stone, “Battle of the Sexes”Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in Any Motion PictureMary J. Blige, “Mudbound”Hong Chau, “Downsizing”Allison Janney, “I, Tonya”Laurie Metcalf, “Lady Bird”Octavia Spencer, “The Shape of Water”Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture, DramaTimothée Chalamet, “Call Me by Your Name”Daniel Day-Lewis, “Phantom Thread”Tom Hanks, “The Post”Gary Oldman, “Darkest Hour”Denzel Washington, “Roman J. Israel Esq.”Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture, Musical or ComedySteve Carell, “Battle of the Sexes”Ansel Elgort, “Baby Driver”James Franco, “The Disaster Artist”Hugh Jackman, “The Greatest Showman”Daniel Kaluuya, “Get Out”Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in Any Motion PictureWillem Dafoe, “The Florida Project”Armie Hammer, “Call Me by Your Name”Richard Jenkins, “The Shape of Water”Christopher Plummer, “All the Money in the World”Sam Rockwell, “Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri”Best Screenplay, Motion PictureGuillermo del Toro and Vanessa Taylor, “The Shape of Water”Greta Gerwig, “Lady Bird”Liz Hannah and Josh Singer, “The Post”Martin McDonagh, “Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri”Aaron Sorkin, “Molly’s Game”Best Original Score, Motion PictureCarter Burwell, “Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri”Alexandre Desplat, “The Shape of Water”Jonny Greenwood, “Phantom Thread”John Williams, “The Post”Hans Zimmer, “Dunkirk”Best Original Song, Motion Picture“Home” — “Ferdinand”“Mighty “River” — “Mudbound”“Remember Me” — “Coco”“The Star” — “The Star”“This is Me” — “The Greatest Showman”Best Motion Picture, Animated“The Boss Baby”“The Breadwinner”“Coco”“Ferdinand”“Loving Vincent”Best Motion Picture, Foreign Language“A Fantastic Woman”“First They Killed My Father”“In the Fade”“Loveless”“The Square”Best Television Series, Drama“The Crown,” Netflix“Game of Thrones,” HBO“The Handmaid’s Tale,” Hulu“Stranger Things,” Netflix“This Is Us,” NBCBest Television Series, Musical or Comedy“black-ish,” ABC“The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel,” Amazon“Master of None,” Netflix“Smilf,” Showtime“Will & Grace,” NBCBest Television Limited Series or Motion Picture Made for Television“Big Little Lies,” HBO“Fargo,” FX“Feud: Bette and Joan,” FX“The Sinner,” USA Network“Top of the Lake: China Girl,” SundanceTVBest Performance by an Actress in a Television Series, DramaCaitriona Balfe, “Outlander”Claire Foy, “The Crown”Maggie Gyllenhaal, “The Deuce”Katherine Langford, “13 Reasons Why”Elisabeth Moss, “The Handmaid’s Tale”Best Performance by an Actress in a Television Series, Musical or ComedyPamela Adlon, “Better Things”Alison Brie, ”Glow”Rachel Brosnahan, “The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel”Issa Rae, “Insecure”Frankie Shaw, “Smilf”Best Performance by an Actress in a Limited Series or Motion Picture Made for TelevisionJessica Biel, “The Sinner”Nicole Kidman, “Big Little Lies”Jessica Lange, “Feud: Bette and Joan”Susan Sarandon, “Feud: Bette and Joan”Reese Witherspoon, “Big Little Lies”Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Series, Limited Series or Motion Picture Made for TelevisionLaura Dern, “Big Little Lies”Ann Dowd, “The Handmaid’s Tale”Chrissy Metz, “This Is Us”Michelle Pfeiffer, “The Wizard of Lies”Shailene Woodley, “Big Little Lies”Best Performance by an Actor in a Television Series, DramaJason Bateman, “Ozark”Sterling K. Brown, “This Is Us”Freddie Highmore, “The Good Doctor”Bob Odenkirk, “Better Call Saul”Liev Schreiber, “Ray Donovan” Best Performance by an Actor in a Television Series, Musical or ComedyAnthony Anderson, “black-ish”Aziz Ansari, “Master of None”Kevin Bacon, “I Love Dick”William H. Macy, “Shameless”Eric McCormack, “Will & Grace”Best Performance by an Actor in a Limited Series or Motion Picture Made for TelevisionRobert De Niro, “The Wizard of Lies”Jude Law, “The Young Pope”Kyle MacLachlan, “Twin Peaks”Ewan McGregor, “Fargo”Geoffrey Rush, “Genius”Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Series, Limited Series or Motion Picture Made for TelevisionDavid Harbour, “Stranger Things”Alfred Molina, “Feud: Bette and Joan”Christian Slater: “Mr. Robot”Alexander Skarsgard: “Big Little Lies”David Thewlis: “Fargo”   Find The Dorking Out Show here...Dorking Out Show Bloghttp://dorkingoutshow.com/ Dorking Out Show Twitterhttps://twitter.com/dorkingoutshow Dorking Out Show YouTubehttps://www.youtube.com/channel/UC3ufLeNHiA59ANCMPlAdAOQ Dorking Out Show Facebookhttps://www.facebook.com/dorkingoutshow Dorking Out Show Patreonhttps://www.patreon.com/DorkingOutShow Sonia’s Twitterhttps://twitter.com/TheSoniaShow The Sonia Show Bloghttp://www.thesoniashow.com/ The Sonia Show Facebook Pagehttps://www.facebook.com/TheSoniaShow Chris’ Twitter:https://twitter.com/JettJergens The Jett Jergens Bloghttps://jettjergens.com/ Jett Jergens Facebook Pagehttps://www.facebook.com/JettJergens/

This episode is sponsored by Colorist Society International and Mixinglight.com. Vanessa Taylor, freelance colorist for the films The Great Gatsby and Lady Macbeth, joins me on this episode of the Colorist Podcast.  Vanesa has over 20 years experience in the industry. She got her start working at Animal Logic, working on the Quantel Henry as an Online Editor. After that, she moved on to the DI department at Park Road Post.  She’s worked on projects from Joss Whedon, Baz Luhrmann and Peter Jackson. She’s based out of the UK, but travels worldwide to work on a variety of different independent films.  On this podcast, we talk about: Her experience with Quantel Henry, Pablo, eQ and iQ served as a basis for her career How she moved on to Park Road Post Knowing when to do a visual effects shot in a color grading application Working on a big budget feature film and where your contribution can fit it Learning several color systems Balancing the tech and art of color grading HDR and what it means creativity for colorists Working in other countries and their perceptions of color Running a session and how to keep it flowing The lowering cost of color grading systems and what it means for working colorists today The formation of the colorist society and how we benefit from joining together   Vanessa Taylor - Website LinkedIn Twitter   This episode is sponsored by: Colorist Society International For more information on how you can become a member, visit, www.coloristsociety.com. and by:  Mixinglight.com Use the coupon code “josh15” for 15% off the first term of any Premium Color library subscription.  

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in this Episode we welcome political expert and ghost enthusiast Vanessa Taylor. We discuss the recent election and Donald Trump. More like "Make America HATE Again".... anywayyy... we then tell some ghost stories and do our best to waste another hour of your precious time.. Enjoy.. If you want us to answer any questions and you want to remain anonymous, go here to submit any question and we'll answer it on the podcast! http://ask.fm/ChrisEricPodcast you can also email us at cnelivinthedream (at) gmail dot com

Patricia Harmon, author of Arms Wide Open, shared her sadness and joy in her three young adult sons developing their own lives and leaving home. Nothing would ever be the same again after they left home. We talked about how to grieve their absence without hanging on. Then I spoke with Vanessa Taylor, author of the dating book Text. Love. … Read more about this episode...

Special guest Vanessa Taylor, author of Text. Love. Power: The Ultimate Guide for Texting and Dating in the New Millennium, shares her experience and expertise to: i) guide women to employ the power of texting—and not texting—to pique a man’s interest, ii) overcome fears of stopping the free flow of texts to men, and iii) find empowerment using technology … Read more about this episode...

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The Shape of Water (2017) R | 2h 3min | Adventure, Drama, Fantasy | 8 December 2017 (Canada) In a 1960s research facility, Elisa, a mute janitor, forms a relationship with a mysterious aquatic creature. Director: Guillermo del Toro Writers: Guillermo del Toro (screenplay by), Vanessa Taylor (screenplay by) Stars: Sally Hawkins, Octavia Spencer, Michael Shannon Our predictions for Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle based solely off of the trailers Joe's Take- This is what happens when you neglect your old board games; they mutate into a 90's style videogame system and wait for some poor teenagers on detention, to go all Guns N' Roses while welcoming them to the jungle. A nerd, a basic nobody, a jock, and a spoiled valley girl, are all transformed into their complete opposites to hilarious consequences. Forget all of the perils that come with a Jumanji based game like Rhinos and giant snakes, because these primadonnas have bigger problems to deal with like pollen, wet backpacks, middle-aged weight problems, and above all else, pound cake. Will three lives each be enough to make it through to the end? Will there be upgrades? And will The Rock do another one of his patented titty dances that we all love to stare at? My Prediction- No Robin Williams (Jumanji), no Dax Shepard (Zathura), and a stupid title? Should we be worried? The Rock (The Rundown), Jack Black (Tenacious D in The Pick of Destiny) Kevin Hart (Get Hard), and that angry cyborg chick from Guardians of the Galaxy (Karen Gillan), make it seem like a a good idea, yet we've seen disastrous ensemble comedies before. I don't have a bunch of faith in this, but that pound cake scene and good word of mouth have me looking forward to this one. Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle will not be a Piece Of Shit, I think. Mike's Take - When it comes to sequels, anything that uses a cool song title for the name of a movie usually means that it's going to be terrible. Taking the concept of the original movie Jumanji, where the board game threw different challenges at the characters and they had to play the game until it was finished. that was the great part of the movie. The characters had to drag the board game with them wherever they went. Now, the studios want to put all new characters into a "video" game version of the board game. While there seems to be some cool scenes, especially the Kevin Hart scene where one of his weaknesses is cake and he eats cake and explodes. That was funny. Aside from the title, this movie actually looks pretty funny. I liken it to what I call a "popcorn movie". You go to see this type of film to just forget about the day or the week and have some popcorn and enjoy the moment. Then again, the trailer could be nothing but a sham and totally give away the best parts, but it seems that this won't be a piece of shit. I mean Rotten Tomatoes couldn't be wrong could it? NAAAAH. Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle (2017) PG-13 | 1h 59min | Action, Adventure, Comedy | 20 December 2017 (USA) Four teenagers are sucked into a magical video game, and the only way they can escape is to work together to finish the game. Director: Jake Kasdan Writers: Chris McKenna (screenplay by), Erik Sommers (screenplay by) Stars: Dwayne Johnson, Karen Gillan, Kevin Hart

On this week's episode of Totally Useless Movie Trivia, we coundtdown the top ten of Guillermo del Toro's The Shape Of Water. The Shape of Water (2017) R | 2h 3min | Adventure, Drama, Fantasy | 22 December 2017 (USA) At a top secret research facility in the 1950s, a lonely janitor forms a unique relationship with an amphibious creature that is being held in captivity. Director: Guillermo del Toro Writers: Guillermo del Toro (screenplay by), Vanessa Taylor (screenplay by) Stars: Sally Hawkins, Octavia Spencer, Michael Shannon