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Review: Hellboy (2019)
Mike Mignola’s Hellboy is my guy, my favourite comic book character of all time. I’m a fan. I loved that the Guillermo del Toro films hit the key beats of the mythology but remained first and foremost del Toro films. … Continue reading
Review: The Hallow (2015)
Folkloric horror is perhaps the most fascinating and rich sub-category of film’s best-trodden and most mutable genre. Every culture on Earth has their own legends, fables, superstitions and things that go bump in the night ingrained, and film has mined … Continue reading
Top 10 Killer Henchmen (RIP Richard Kiel)
It really has been a tough year to be a film lover. The latest big screen icon to shuffle off his mortal coil is Richard Kiel, who died on Wednesday in hospital aged 74. A man with undeniable presence, Kiel … Continue reading
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Tagged Adrian Rayment, Braveheart, Brett Ratner, Carrie-Ann Moss, Chiaki Kuriyama, Elijah Wood, Film, Gareth Evans, Gert Fröbe, Goldfinger, Guillermo del Toro, Happy Hogan, Harold Sakata, Hellboy, Ian McKellen, Iron Man 3, James Badge Dale, James Bond, Jennifer Lawrence, John Hurt, Jon Favreau, Julie Estelle, Kill Bill Vol. 1, Ladislav Beran, Lawrence Fishburne, Liam Neeson, Lucy Liu, Mickey Rourke, Moonraker, Movies, Neil Rayment, Quentin Tarantino, Randall Duk Kim, Rebecca Romijn, Richard Kiel, Rob Roy, Roger Moore, Shane Black, Sin City, The Matrix Reloaded, The Raid 2, The Spy Who Loved Me, The Wachowskis, Tim Roth, Uma Thurman, Very Tri Yulisman, X-Men, X-Men 2, X-Men: The Last Stand
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Superhero Movies Before They Were Cool
Once upon a time, superhero movies were not the norm. They didn’t dominate. They certainly weren’t the most popular and profitable film genre on the planet. Hollywood had had dalliances with comic book adaptations, for sure – Christopher Reeve’s SUPERMAN … Continue reading
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Tagged Alex Proyas, Batman, Blade, Brandon Lee, Christopher Reeve, Dark City, Darkman, Evil Dead, Film, Frankenstein, Ghost Rider, Heath Ledger, Hellboy, John Leguizamo, Liam Neeson, Martin Sheen, Michael Jai White, Michael Keaton, Michael Wincott, Movies, Night Watch, Phantom of the Opera, Rochelle Davis, Sam Raimi, Spawn, Spider-Man, Superhero Movie, Superman, The Crow, The Dark Knight, The Invisible Man, The Matrix, The Mummy, The Shadow, Tim Burton, Universal Horror
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SSP Thinks Film 
What the Hell, Hollywood?
Last night the news came over social media and via press release that we were finally getting another HELLBOY movie. Settle down folks, it’s not the much-clamoured-for never-movie HELLBOY III. It’s going to be a reboot and Guillermo del Toro … Continue reading →