Articles tagged "ron perlman"

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Superheroes Versus Comics

by shathley Q

[27.Jan.09] :. There can be no doubt that the summer of 2008 stands as a high-water mark for superheroes. But in the wake of a superhero renaissance and the growing cultural legitimacy of the genre, the question must be posed: Has the superhero genre evolved beyond the comics medium?

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Convergence Culture: the Many Faces of Hellboy

by Shaun Huston

[15.Jan.09] :. Different media means different Hellboys. Mike Mignola's versus Guillermo del Toro's.

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PopMatters Picks: The Best TV, Film, and DVD of 2008 Feature

Off the Radar - The Top 30 DVDs of 2008

by PopMatters Staff

[13.Jan.09] :. Oddly enough, while the major studios continue scratching their heads over how to sell yet another new format (Blu-ray) to disinterested consumers, several outside distributors made sure that this would be a digital year to remember.

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Film DVD Review

Hellboy II: The Golden Army (3 Disc Special Edition)

by Shaun Huston

[5.Dec.08] :. This limited “3-Disc Special Edition” is as much a tribute to the writer-director as it is a showcase for the film.

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Hellboy II: The Golden Army - Three Disc Special Edition

by Bill Gibron

[8.Nov.08] :. If you ask Guillermo Del Toro what his most personal films are, the answer seems obvious - at first. The Devil’s Backbone was a chance for the Mexican moviemaker to discuss the impact of...

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Pop 20: Super hero formula evolving

by Aaron Sagers [(MCT)]

[30.Jul.08] :. In only 10 days, the Batman defeated the Joker, delivered a one-two punch to Harvey Dent and amassed more than $300 million at the box office. But despite the enormous success of “The Dark...

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Hellboy II: The Golden Army

by Cynthia Fuchs

[11.Jul.08] :. As he loves Liz, life, and TV, Hellboy embodies possibility, faith, and imagination.

 
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Del Toro Delivers with ‘Hellboy 2’

by Bill Gibron

[11.Jul.08] :. Ever wonder what it would be like if your favorite filmmaker had the creative freedom to realize his or her own inner artistic aims? Ever lament the fact that directors like Terry Gilliam, Tim...

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Ron Perlman is proud to hide his face behind the mask of ‘Hellboy’

by Rick Bentley [McClatchy Newspapers (MCT)]

[7.Jul.08] :. Ron Perlman has a face made for makeup. But he’s OK with that. He says some of the most comfortable roles of his career have been when he wore lots of makeup. That includes parts from the mane...

 

Starz Inside: Comic Books Unbound

by Todd R. Ramlow

[10.Jun.08] :. Comic Books Unbound offers only cursory consideration of the media conglomeration that has made comic-film box office domination possible.

 

The Return of the Popcorn Circus: July 2008

by Bill Gibron

[30.Apr.08] :. And it just doesn't stop. If part two in this three-ring play was packed with well hyped product, July just keeps the receipt treats coming.

 

The Last Winter

by Cynthia Fuchs

[5.Oct.07] :. The Last Winter suggests that the Arctic, the environment itself, has a point of view.

 
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Two Soldiers (2003)

by Erik Hinton

[17.Jul.07] :. Two Soldiers does more for filmmaking and your library of DVDs in under 50 minutes than a shelf full of the three-hour feats of endurance that are now commonplace.

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Hellboy: 2-Disc Special Edition (2004)

by Cynthia Fuchs

[26.Jul.04] :. Speaking in his commentary track, del Toro is keenly passionate about the film, the character, and Hellboy creator Mike Mignola.

 

Hellboy (2004)

by Cynthia Fuchs

[1.Apr.04] :. The latest hero for our time is red. Fire engine red. Looming over the city from a rooftop, he puffs his cigar and glowers.

 

Star Trek: Nemesis (2002)

by Todd R. Ramlow

[13.Dec.02] :. As Nemesis amply demonstrates, the franchise is getting quite long in the tooth.

 

Blade II (2002)

by Cynthia Fuchs

[21.Mar.02] :. The Daywalker has his own agenda, still fever-dreaming and raging, but changed too.

 

Price of Glory (2000)

by Cynthia Fuchs

Price of Glory opens with a boxing match in Phoenix, Arizona, 1977. While the mostly Mexican/Latino ringside crowd yells and hoots, a young man takes a terrible beating. His trainer urges him on, his face is bruised and panicked, and the scene lurches into that boxing film cliche, the eight-frames-per-second knock-out punch: his jaw contorts, his blood flies, and he hits the floor.

 

Enemy at the Gates (2001)

by Mike Ward

This is Enemy at the Gates's most elegant theme, one that its often heavy-handed melodrama almost but not quite diminishes: that to be observed is to die, but to be invisible and quiet as the dead may allow you to survive.