Posts Tagged ‘dark-horse-comics’

Hellboy (2004)

Saturday, May 5th, 2007
Genres: Action | Adventure | Comedy | Horror | Sci-Fi
Countries: USA
Actors: Perlman, Ron | Hurt, John | Blair, Selma | Evans, Rupert | Roden, Karel | Tambor, Jeffrey | Jones, Doug | Steele, Brian | Beran, Ladislav | Hodson, Biddy | Johnson, Corey | Trainor, Kevin | Caspe, Brian | Babson, James | Fisher, Stephen
Directors: Toro, Guillermo del
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In the final days of World War II, the Nazis attempt to use black magic to aid their dying cause. The Allies raid the camp where the ceremony is taking place, but not before a demon - Hellboy - has already been conjured. Joining the Allied forces, Hellboy eventually grows to adulthood, serving the cause of good rather than evil.

Sin City (2005)

Wednesday, February 14th, 2007
Genres: Action | Crime | Drama | Thriller
Countries: USA
Actors: Alba, Jessica | Aoki, Devon | Bledel, Alexis | Boothe, Powers | Ciccolella, Jude | Dashnaw, Jeffrey J. | Dawson, Rosario | De Luna, Jesse | Del Toro, Benicio | Douglas, Jason | Duncan, Michael Clarke | Flanagan, Tommy | Frankenfield, Christina | Gomez, Rick | Gugino, Carla
Directors: Tarantino, Quentin | Rodriguez, Robert | Miller, Frank
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“Sin City” is Four stories inter-weaved telling tales of corruption in Basin City. The First Story (The Customer is always right)is short, and is based on the depression of women that they need to pay a man to feel loved when they commit suicide. The Next Story is Part 1 of “That Yellow Bastard” starring Bruce Willis as a cop who needs to save a young girl from being raped. The Third Story (The Hard Goodbye) features Mickey Rourke and his revenge on a heartless killer who murdered his one-night stand. The fourth story (The Big, Fat Kill) stars Clive Owen as a man who must dispatch of a cop’s body, but it will be a tough ride to do it. Following that are two conclusions to Sin City, the ending of “That Yellow Bastard” which is set 8 years later, and a short story that ends Sin City.

Virus (1999)

Monday, February 12th, 2007
Genres: Action | Horror | Sci-Fi | Thriller
Countries: France | Germany | Japan | UK | USA
Actors: Curtis, Jamie Lee | Baldwin, William | Sutherland, Donald | Pacula, Joanna | Bell, Marshall | Augustus, Sherman | Curtis, Cliff | Mechoso, Julio Oscar | Chervotkin, Yuri | Flippen, Keith | Rzhepetskaya-Retchin, Olga | Outchaneichvili, Levani | Eggby, David
Directors: Bruno, John
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After losing their payload the ramshackle, sinking, ocean-going salvage tug “Sea Star” takes refuge in the eye of a typhoon in an attempt to make repairs. Whilst trying to find help the tug, captained by Robert Everton (’Donald Sutherland’ (qv)), discovers a Russian science vessel adrift in the eye. The crew believes their troubles are over and they are set for life when the captain informs them of the value of salvaging this apparent ghost-ship. However, the navigator Kit Foster (’Jamie Lee Curtis’ (qv)) and the chief engineer Steve Baker (’William Baldwin’ (qv)) are not convinced that it will be that easy. Once power is restored to the ship strange things start to happen and the crew mysteriously disappear one by one. It isn’t until the discovery of the last remaining Russian crew member, the chief science officer Nadia Vinogradiya (’Joanna Pacula’ (qv)), that the crew realise the enemy ranged against them isn’t the Russians but something far more malevolent…

Mask, The (1994)

Sunday, February 4th, 2007
Genres: Action | Comedy | Crime | Fantasy
Countries: USA
Actors: Carrey, Jim | Riegert, Peter | Greene, Peter | Yasbeck, Amy | Jeni, Richard | Matacena, Orestes | Bagley, Tim | Fish, Nancy | Williams, Johnny | Cathey, Reg E. | Doughan, Jim | Forest, Denis | Diaz, Cameron | Alfieri, Joseph | Barie, B.J.
Directors: Russell, Chuck
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This is the story of a mild-mannered bank clerk Stanley Ipkiss, who has just discovered a mysterious ancient green wooden mask by the sea that is inhabited by Loki, the Norse night god of mischief. But when Stanley puts on the mask, he transforms into an uncontrolled wacky-suited green-skinned cartoony manic superhero “The Mask” that does the craziest things and amazes people in search of justice and a good time too.