Imagine if someone has never read a Hellboy comic before. Even if that person enjoyed Guillermo del Toro’s two adaptations in 2004 and 2008, they never really felt the urge to pick up Mike Mignola’s cartoon creation. But with the…
First Trailer For Hellboy Reboot Released
Everyone’s favorite heroic spawn of Satan is back with a new look, new tone and new horns! Lionsgate released the first official trailer for its new version of Hellboy. Based on Mike Mignola’s Dark Horse comic of the same name, this…
TV Review: The Strain 1×7, “For Services Rendered”
The Strain’s Episode 7 has the most interesting opening of them all. We see a new guy introduced who doesn’t feel suddenly out of place or forced, but directly related to characters we’ve already seen, namely the lawyer Joan Luss,…
TV Review: The Strain 1×4 “It’s Not for Everyone”
When this episode began, I wished it featured the episode’s title in its credits as Ephraim Goodweather performed his autopsy of Del Toro’s biological hot mess of a vampire, because calling this episode of The Strain “It’s Not for…
The Strain 1×3 “Gone Smooth”
Now we’re getting somewhere. Where last week we dealt with a slew of cliches, this week’s episode of The Strain gave us some higher quality melodrama, but also successfully fleshed out some vampire moments it had been building up to.…
TV Review: The Strain 1×2 “The Box”
The second episode of The Strain did a select number of fascinating things, while achieving equal amounts of cliches that put a strain on my brain. Speaking of which, I forgot to mention that last week’s premiere episode, “Night Zero,”…
TV Review: The Strain Premiere 1×1 “Night Zero”
Let’s get this out of the way: Corey Stoll’s wig is slightly ridiculous, and we need to get beyond that to enjoy the murderously intricate toy box that is Guillermo Del Toro’s The Strain. I’ll try not to bring it up…