Entries from LAist tagged with 'dougjones'
November 11, 2008
All right, let's show this pre-historic bitch how we do things downtown! | Photo courtesy of Universal Pictures After the disaster that was Star Wars: The Clone Wars, I think we can finally all agree that George Lucas has abdicated filmmaking in favor of fattening his already bloated wallet. Guillermo Del Toro, on the other hand, shows such a pure love of cinema that I can't imagine him ever following the same path. Let's hope......
Continue Reading "DVD Tuesday: Go to Hell, George Lucas!"July 14, 2008
In a huge jump from the original Hellboy film, Guillermo del Toro's Hellboy 2: The Golden Army pulled in a big $35.8M to win the weekend box office race. Fellow superhero flick Hancock finished a close second with $33M ($165M) despite the fact that it's mostly derivative, crappy and overlong at only 92 minutes. Newcomer Journey to the Center of the Earth 3D finished a decent third with $20.5M followed by the super Wall-E......
Continue Reading "Box Office Review: Hellboy Blows 'Em Away!"July 11, 2008
Good to have Hellboy back, but can we get better make-up for Abe? | Photo courtesy of Universal Pictures Hellboy was one of the real surprises of 2004--a rollicking interpretation of the Dark Horse comic featuring a knockout performance by Ron Perlman in the title role and great turns by Selma Blair and Doug Jones/David Hyde Pierce as his fellow do-gooders. The whole crew returns in Hellboy II: The Golden Army. Freed from the strictures......
Continue Reading "Weekend Movie Guide: Go to Hell"