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Box Office: Hellboy's Journey to Meet Dave
Published 7/9/2008 by Matt Bradshaw at Cinematical
... . The man behind the original Hellboy film is back. In addition to being rejoined by the original cast, Hellboy creator Mike Mignola collaborated on the script. Also, we're talking 90% from Rottentomatoes.com. ...

Spoil the Big Climactic Battle of 'Hellboy II' with This Clip
Published 7/10/2008 at I Watch Stuff - The Best Movie News Ever
... If you trust the critical majority, it looks like Hellboy II should be the clear choice for this weekend's moviegoers not bent on seeing Brendan Fraser inside the Earth's dinosaur-fllled core or Eddie Murphy inside Eddie Murphy. So I would advice not watching this clip that shows over a minute of the big battle between Hellboy and evil Edgar Winter unless you really want to go in having already seen what is likely the climax. But if you're one of those people in the latter, Meet Dave-enthusiastic category, who will probably prove their hypothetical ...

Summer Can Only Get Better as Let-Down Trifecta Storms the Multiplex [Defamer Attractions]
Published 7/11/2008 by STV at Defamer
... as Hellboy II: The Golden Army, Journey to the Center of the Earth and Meet Dave jockey for Top 5 position against holdovers Hancock and Wall-E. We admit: We walked out of Golden Army's LA Film Festival premiere, annoyed with its wisecracking self-awareness and degradation of Selma Blair — but that's just us, it seems, as director Guillermo del Toro and his magical make-believe realm of creatures and bad screenwriting have dazzled most critics and are likely to nab $40 million over the next three days. Journey ...

Summer Movies: Universal Kicks Ass at Boxoffice
Published 7/14/2008 by Variety.com * at Thompson On Hollywood
... opened at number one with an estimated $35.9 million. And the pics scored strong reviews as well: Guillermo del Toro's Hellboy sequel earned 88% fresh on Rotten Tomatoes, and looks likely to ...

This Week in DVD: Hellboy II, Kung Fu Panda, Star Wars: The Clone Wars, and More
Published 20 days ago by orfilms@gmail.com (slashfilm.com) at /Film
... As much as critics may have loved Hellboy II, I felt strangely alone when proclaiming amongst fellow movie geeks that it was one of my favorite releases of 2008. Nobody was claiming it was a bad movie, but audiences just weren’t all that enthusiastic about it. This is a shame since, much like the first film, this sequel managed to flawlessly combine creative and visually stunning action sequences (with a strong focus on practical effects over CGI), cool characters, and a well-told storyline that wouldn’t have been nearly as interesting in another filmmaker’s ...