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We could simply cut and paste stories from Variety, but we don’t. We’re too amazing for that. We RETYPE articles from Variety…

KICK ASS, GUILLERMO

Out in Budapest Guillermo del Toro has begun principal photography on Hellboy 2: The Golden Army. Ron Perlman, Selma Blair and Doug Jones are all back, and they’re joined by a bunch of new cast members, who are part of the sequel’s much more epic story. I enjoyed Hellboy but didn’t fall for it as … Continue reading

BAT-TRON

The Entertainment Weekly that hits the stands tomorrow has a picture of the new Batman suit from The Dark Knight (corporate synergy – Warner Bros owns both!), and someone has scanned the page in and sent it to Superhero Hype!. You can see the image to the left here – to see what those numbers … Continue reading

FOR NO GOOD REASON: HULK V. HULK

I would never push a seventy-two-year-old woman down a flight of stairs without provocation. Marvel Prez Sez "No More Auteurs!" During yesterday’s Iron Man set visit (I am embargoed, so please stow all questions), Kevin Feige, president of production for Marvel Studios, was surprisingly candid when it came to the subject of the company’s Hulk … Continue reading

DELLAMORTE DOES BO – 6/15/07

Is "Clobbering Time" like "Smoke-Thirty?" Obviously, it means that it is time to clobber. But The Thing never says "It’s Cry like an Eight-Year-Old Girl Time" or "It’s Gazpacho Time!" Perhaps the only emotion he’s ready to admit to is stark raving violence. Maybe when he gets mad at his wife, Mrs. Thing, it’s like … Continue reading

BLACK BOOK BEAUTY STILL FIGHTING NAZIS

Sure, it was dying her pubic hair and getting doused in shit that caught everybody’s attention before Paul Verhoeven’s Black Book was released in the US, but it was Carice Van Houten’s masterful performance as a Jewish woman resisting the Nazis by sleeping with an SS officer in WWII Holland that made the movie great. … Continue reading

THE KINGDOM OF THE SERAPH

Ah, the halcyon days of 2000. The Matrix had just come out and blown everybody away. Warner Brothers wanted sequels sooner rather than later, and all of fandom was excited for the promise of even greater action and an expanded scope. It was right about this time that word came that Jet Li was in … Continue reading

ONE TRAILER FOR OLD MEN

I don’t know what happened to No Country For Old Men, Joel and Ethan Coen’s adaptation of Cormac McCarthy’s novel, at Cannes. All I heard about the film was positive, positive, positive, and then the Cannes jury ignored it. The trailer for the film has appeared on Variety, and I have to say that it … Continue reading

MEDIA REPORTS (6.14.07)

1. ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY #939 Sure, their film reviews are hated by geeks. Yes, they follow trends incessantly. And yes, music coverage is generally an afterthought. But it’s surely the most fun weekly read out there, and they have television on lock. Plus, they’ll surprise with every now and then with a great piece on overlooked … Continue reading