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Imagine an entire movie taking place in the cantina from Star Wars. Got it? That movie, in your mind, probably looks a lot like Hellboy 2: The Golden Army. Then again, that’s about what you’d hope for in a movie wherein the heir apparent to Hell is working for the US government on… errrr… anti-monster duty. The elaborate, phantasmagorical visuals are director Guillermo Del Toro’s stock-in-trade and reason enough to see the movie. But there’s actually a story, too.
The story feels like a three hour story crammed into two hours, …

With the moderate success of the first film, and with the popularity of comic book related films on the rise, a sequel to Hellboy is no surprise. And from all the promos, commercials and trailers that have come out, this one looks to be a vast improvement over the first, which was well received in its own right.
From director Guillermo del Toro (Pan’s Labyrinth, Hellboy) comes this jam packed action/humor/character based saga about the kitty loving demon turned superhero. This film has badder weapons, bigger muscle and more …

Over the past several years adapting comic books to the film medium has become more and more increasingly popular. From superhero franchises like Spider-Man, to dramatic stories like Road to Perdition, Hollywood has found a never ending source of original material in the four color world.
Today, Platinum Studios (Cowboys & Aliens) announced a partnership with Vanguard Animation forming Vanguard Comics, which will, yes, translate comic books and graphic novels to film. The Chairman of Vanguard, John H. Williams, who created and produced the Shrek franchise, was one of …

To say that comic book movies have made a huge impact in Hollywood over the past several years would be the understatement of the decade. These days comic properties are one of the most sought after vehicles for popular films in the current days of waning creativity and repetitive cliche films.
While comic films have come and gone for many years, Marvel’s X-Men in 2000 set the bar and the tone for comic films as they exist today. Since then, Marvel has released several popular films including Spider-Man 1-3, two sequels …