Hellboy, but for adults
Hellboy is celebrating 25 years this 2019, and that’s as auspicious a time as any to reboot the movie adaptations of the beloved character, brainchild of renowned comics creator Mike Mignola.
Hellboy is celebrating 25 years this 2019, and that’s as auspicious a time as any to reboot the movie adaptations of the beloved character, brainchild of renowned comics creator Mike Mignola.
There is something truly elemental in the story at the heart of any version of “A Star is Born.” The idea of a talented unknown being discovered and enabled by a troubled, fading star pulls at the bright and dark in all of us, and this is why there had already been three incarnations of the movie: the 1937 original starring Fredric March and Janet Gaynor, the 1954 film starring James Mason and Judy Garland, and the 1976 film starring Kris Kristofferson and Barbra Streisand.
In romance, the “getting together” is the story, the “falling in love” the end, but in the latest movie from Viva Films, “Never Not Love You,” the love is only the beginning.
The greatest Jedi mind trick writer-director Rian Johnson employs in “Star Wars: The Last Jedi” is to engage in a brilliant act of subversion. Since the franchise debuted in 1977, Star Wars has always played well inside the lines, never really straying from the things that define it. Those lines were drawn in the Tatooine sand by Episodes IV to VI. The much-maligned prequel trilogy (Episodes I to III) played well, well within those lines.
With his long blond hair and magic hammer, the Mighty Thor has always been one of Marvel Comics’ iconic characters. Thor has some serious history, the creation of Stan Lee, Larry Lieber and Jack Kirby in 1962 based on the Norse god of thunder.
Sequels are tough to make. Matthew Vaughn’s “Kingsman: The Golden Circle” tried its best to create a follow-up that would remain as original and engaging as the first movie.
Perhaps the greatest public- private partnership ever, the rescue at Dunkirk sounds like something that could only be made up. In 1940, almost half a million British soldiers were trapped between the channel and advancing German forces.
McDonald’s and Burger King have made fastfood fries more interesting with their new offerings: Shake Shake Fries and Rock It Fries. There’s a DIY aspect to these potato treats—each order
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