Tag: Hellboy
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Box Office: ‘Hellboy’ Powers to $1.4 Million on Thursday Night
Lionsgate’s “Hellboy” remake launched to $1.4 million at 2,700 North American locations on Thursday night.The number compares favorably with 2017’s “Resident Evil: The Final Chapter,” which scored $1 million in previews and opened with $13.6 million.Universal’s body-swap comedy “Little” opened with $735,000 at 2,200 sites during Thursday previews.“Shazam!” will probably repeat as the box office…
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‘Shazam!’ Poised for Second Weekend at #1, Topping ‘Hellboy’ & ‘Little’
This weekend sees four new wide releases hitting theaters, though it will be WB’s Shazam! enjoying a second go round as the weekend’s number one film. As for the week’s new releases, look for Hellboy and Little in what could be a tight race for runner-up position, while Laika’s latest, Missing Link, vies for a…
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Neil Marshall’s Edgelordy ‘Hellboy’ Is A Dreadful, Juvenile Mess [Review]
Apart from creator Mike Mignola, and maybe the bean counters at Lionsgate, two people, in particular, are going to feel intensely mixed emotions about the abysmal new “Hellboy” movie opening this week. Oscar-winning director Guillermo Del Toro and star Ron Perlman brought “Hellboy” to life in two entertaining films that brought joy to a lot…
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‘Hellboy’ Review: One of the Worst Comic Book Movies Ever Made
In a word, Hellboy is unpleasant. Other appropriate adjectives to describe this reboot include dreadful, obnoxious, unnecessary, and interminable. Considering the shadow cast by the two Hellboy films written and directed by Guillermo del Toro, it might be easy to presume that this new version simply pales in comparison. Though that’s true, let’s not belabor…
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‘Hellboy’ Review: A Bloodier, Sillier Remix of the Guillermo del Toro Films
In the sea of modern superhero movies, Hellboy has unique appeal. Mike Mignola’s Dark Horse comic-book creation, a hard-drinking demon spawn who protects innocents from supernatural threats, could have been a gothic punchline on the big screen; instead, the notion of a devilish monster with good intentions came to vivid life in Guillermo del Toro’s…
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‘Hellboy’ Battles ‘Shazam!’ at Weekend Box Office
It’s about to get crowded at multiplexes.That’s because four movies — Lionsgate’s “Hellboy” remake, Universal’s comedy “Little,” Laika’s stop-motion animation “Missing Link” and Aviron’s romantic drama “After” — are all opening nationwide. The quartet of films joins an already packed box office marquee that includes last week’s champ “Shazam!” and Paramount’s horror pic “Pet Sematary.”Unless…
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‘Hellboy’ Featurette Spotlights the Practical Effects; Listen to the New Theme Music
Lionsgate is making sure Hellboy is a movie that will be seared onto your eyeballs, and your eardrums. The studio released a new Hellboy featurette spotlighting the film’s gruesome practical effects and makeup, crafted by the Academy Award-winning make-up artist Joel Harlow, best known for his work on Star Trek. On top of that, our…
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New ‘Hellboy’ Images Give a High-Def Look at David Harbour’s Big Red Hero
The second trailer for director Neil Marshall’s Hellboy was a vast improvement on the first, working overtime to differentiate itself from Guillermo del Toro’s take on the material by having David Harbour’s horned hero say the fuck word, horrifically impaling a few people, and then making Daniel Dae Kim’s Ben Daimio turn into a damn…
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‘Hellboy’ Trailer: It’s Time to Give Evil Hell
A new Hellboy reboot trailer is here, and it gives us a better look at David Harbour‘s new take on the big red demon. But does it do a better job of selling the movie than the last trailer, which left some people underwhelmed? You’ll have to decide for yourself. Watch the Hellboy trailer below.…
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New ‘Hellboy’ Officially Rated R for “Strong Bloody Violence and Gore Throughout”
Well we know the new Hellboy movie will differ from Guillermo del Toro’s two previous films in one very specific regard: it’s gonna get bloody. We’ve known for a while that Lionsgate and Summit’s new adaptation of the popular comic was aiming for an R rating, and now it’s official. The MPAA has rated Hellboy…