We’re traveling to hell and back this week with our review of Hellboy, a new R-rated adaptation of the monster-fighting comic book anti-hero, now starring David Harbour. We also catch up on the latest stop-motion animation family film from LAIKA, Missing Link, and cover plenty of other releases worth talking about, including High Life, Guava Island, Little, The Death of Dick Long, The Man Who Killed Don Quixote, and Breakthrough.
Show Notes:
- 00:10:44 – Hellboy
- 00:35:57 – Missing Link
- 00:42:36 – High Life
- 00:52:53 – Guava Island
- 01:01:22 – Little
- 01:05:47 – The Death of Dick Long
- 01:13:07 – The Man Who Killed Don Quixote
- 01:20:46 – Breakthrough
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Jon is the co-host of Cinemaholics and author of two books: the novel Killerjoy and a book about Pixar called The Pixar Theory. His favorite movie is usually The Mask of Zorro (don't ask).
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I’ve never seen any of the other hellboy movies, so I saw this one blind. My brother who saw it with me had only watched the 2004 one. We both loved it! I liked how it was more true to the comics and visually I thought it was extremely unique in a good way. I would definitely recommond to someone who’s sick of the usual marvel movies.
I’m really starting to wonder how much longer Laika will last at this point. Very sad.
I think you guys nailed what didn’t work with this movie, and the main problem really is McShane. This guy is supposed to be the heart of the movie and a character Hellboy should care about, but the performance is just absolutely phoned in and as flat as it gets. That’s the main thing with this movie. The acting is so flat despite the visuals and action being so dynamic. It just doesn’t flow.
AW Hell no. I predict the two guests next week will be Sam Noland and Kimber Myers.
When are you guys reviewing Her Smell?