Posts Tagged ‘based-on-comic’

Modesty Blaise (1966)

Friday, December 26th, 2008
Genres: Comedy | Crime | Thriller
Countries: UK
Actors: Vitti, Monica | Stamp, Terence | Dirk Bogarde | Andrews, Harry | Craig, Michael | Revill, Clive | Knox, Alexander | Falk, Rossella | Gabel, Scilla | Chow, Michael | Melia, Joe | Urzì, Saro | Aumont, Tina | MacGreevy, Oliver
Directors: Losey, Joseph
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Great Britain is giving 50 million pounds worth of diamonds to a Middle East sheik in return for oil concessions. There are rumors of a plot by arch-criminal Gabriel (Dirk Bogarde) to steal the diamonds, so the Secret Service Chief (Harry Andrews) seeks the help of sexy spy Modesty Blaise (Monica Vitti), who brings along her sidekick Willie Garvin (Terence Stamp).

Hellboy Animated: Blood and Iron (2007)

Wednesday, December 24th, 2008
Genres: Animation | Horror
Countries: USA
Actors: Perlman, Ron | Blair, Selma | Hurt, John | Jones, Doug | Gilpin, Peri | Albrecht, J. Grant | Cummings, Jim | Paulsen, Rob | Taylor, James Arnold | DeLisle, Grey | Rescher, Dee Dee | Soucie, Kath | Summer, Cree
Directors: Cook, Victor
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In 1939, young Professor Bruttenholm destroyed Erzsebet Ondrushko, a female vampire who bathed in the blood of innocents to stay young. Now someone in upstate New York is trying to bring her back, and the elderly Professor Broom has decided to investigate it himself. He takes the top BPRD agents, Hellboy, Liz Sherman and Abe Sapien, who are more worried about his welfare than the return of any vampire. Their tune changes when they face a horde of ghosts, a phantom wolf pack, witches, harpies, a giant werewolf and Erzsebet herself. Hellboy ends up battling the Queen of Witches, the goddess Hecate, who wants him to embrace his true destiny, a destiny that includes the destruction of mankind.

Hellboy Animated: Sword of Storms (2006)

Wednesday, December 24th, 2008
Genres: Action | Adventure | Animation | Fantasy | Horror | Sci-Fi
Countries: USA
Actors: Perlman, Ron | Blair, Selma | Jones, Doug | Gilpin, Peri | Baker, Dee Bradley | Ferguson, Keith | Hagiwara, Michael | Kusatsu, Clyde | LaMarr, Phil | Nakauchi, Paul | Sie, James | Whitfield, Mitchell | Del Mundo, Liza | Guest, Kim Mai | Kim, Yuriana
Directors: Stones, Tad
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A university professor reads a forbidden scroll and becomes possessed by the twin demons of Thunder and Lightning. The demons want to come to the human world to awaken their brothers, the dragons. Hellboy and company travel to Japan to investigate where Hellboy finds the Sword of Storms which transports him to a world of Japanese folklore.

Crow: Wicked Prayer, The (2005)

Wednesday, December 17th, 2008
Genres: Action | Adventure | Fantasy | Thriller
Countries: USA
Actors: Okumoto, Yuji | Chong, Marcus | Ortiz, Tito | Reid, Tara | Boreanaz, David | Salgado, Rosemberg | Furlong, Edward | Chriqui, Emmanuelle | Trejo, Danny | Baez, Dave | Lea, David | Cumba, Richard
Directors: Mungia, Lance
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Set in the Southwest, “Prayer” tells the story of ex-con Jimmy Cuervo (Furlong) and his girlfriend, Lily (Chriqui), who are murdered by Luc Crash (Boreanaz) and his satanic gang Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse as part of a ritual for Crash to become an immortal demon.

Dark Knight, The (2008)

Tuesday, November 25th, 2008
Genres: Action | Crime | Drama | Mystery | Thriller
Countries: USA
Actors: Bale, Christian | Caine, Michael | Ledger, Heath | Eckhart, Aaron | Gyllenhaal, Maggie | Oldman, Gary | Freeman, Morgan | Roberts, Eric | Murphy, Cillian | Hall, Anthony Michael | Curnen, Monique | Carbonell, Nestor | Harto, Joshua | White, Michael Jai | McFarlane, Colin
Directors: Nolan, Christopher
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Right after taking out Ra’s Al Ghul’s plan and the mysterious disappearance of Dr. Jonathan Crane AKA Scarecrow, Batman continues his seemingly-endless effort to bring justice to Gotham’s crime and corrupt with the help of Lt. James Gordon and new appointed District Attorney Harvey Dent. But this time, The Dark Knight faces a rising psychopathic criminal called The Joker, who’s eerie grin makes him more dangerous than what he has yet to unleash. It becomes an agenda to both enemies that only one of them remains and are willing to break every part of what they believe in to stop the other.

Hellboy II: The Golden Army (2008)

Sunday, November 16th, 2008
Genres: Action | Adventure | Comedy | Drama | Fantasy | Sci-Fi
Countries: USA
Actors: Perlman, Ron | Blair, Selma | Jones, Doug | Dodd, James | Tambor, Jeffrey | Goss, Luke | Walton, Anna | Hurt, John | Alexander, John | Dotrice, Roy | Elek, Ferenc | Herring, Brian | Kamarás, Iván | MacFarlane, Seth | Nagy, Sandor Istvan
Directors: Toro, Guillermo del
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The mythical world starts a rebellion against humanity in order to rule the Earth, so as Hellboy and his team returns they must save the world from the rebellious creatures. Now, as the creatures who inhabit the spiritual realm gear-up for an all out attack on the human plane, the only one capable of saving the Earth is a tough-talking hellspawn rejected by both worlds.

Trailer Park of Terror (2008)

Friday, November 14th, 2008
Genres: Horror
Countries: USA
Actors: Hiltz, Nichole | Adkins, Trace | Carnes, Ryan | Corbin, Ed | Cuchna, Brock | Del Negro, Matthew | Ellison, Brandon | Mabe, Ricky | Manoux, J.P. | McMains, Cody | Miles, J. Brian | Ratcliffe, Barry J. | Sullivan, Corby | Temple, Lew | Walter, Tracey
Directors: Goldmann, Steven
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Based on the Imperium Comics series, Trailer Park of Terror. Six troubled high school students and their chaperon, an optimistic youth ministries Pastor, return from an outdoor character building retreat in the mountains. During a raging storm, their bus crashes, hopelessly stranding them in the middle of the Trucker’s Triangle, a forgotten locus of consummate evil in the middle of nowhere. The hapless group seeks shelter for the night in a seemingly abandoned trailer park they find down the road. However, when the sun sets, it’s not refuge they find. Instead, terror finds them in the form of Norma, a damned redneck reaper with a killer body who dispenses vengeance and death aided by her cursed companions, a bloodthirsty brood of Undead trailer trash.

Open Season (2006)

Saturday, October 11th, 2008
Genres: Adventure | Animation | Comedy | Family
Countries: USA
Actors: Lawrence, Martin | Kutcher, Ashton | Sinise, Gary | Messing, Debra | Connolly, Billy | Engel, Georgia | Favreau, Jon | Krakowski, Jane | Tootoosis, Gordon | Warburton, Patrick | Cameron, Cody | Futterman, Nika | Mann, Danny | McGee, Jack | Murdocca, Michelle
Directors: Allers, Roger
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A grizzly bear named Boog, domesticated by a park ranger, Beth, helps deer friend Elliot escape from the mullet-sporting hunter, Shaw. When the Elliot decides to return the favor to help Boog escape from Beth he finds that Boog is very happy with his domesticated home. After a misunderstanding, Beth is convinced that Boog is reverting to his wild nature and releases him in the woods just as hunting season begins. Boog has no idea how to survive outside of his garage home with his beloved Beth. Elliott and Boog develop a strong bond not only between themselves but also with the wild animals and attempt to drive the hunters out of the forest.

X-Men: The Last Stand (2006)

Saturday, October 11th, 2008
Genres: Action | Adventure | Sci-Fi | Thriller
Countries: UK | USA
Actors: Stewart, Patrick | Jackman, Hugh | McKellen, Ian | Berry, Halle | Janssen, Famke | Paquin, Anna | Romijn, Rebecca | Grammer, Kelsey | Ashmore, Shawn | Page, Ellen | Foster, Ben | Stanford, Aaron | Williams, Olivia | Aghdashloo, Shohreh | Marsden, James
Directors: Ratner, Brett
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It has been several months since The X-Men stopped William Stryker, but that victory came at a price, they have lost Jean Gray when she tried to save them from the collapsed reservoir. Scott Summers (Cyclops) is still grieving about her loss. One day, he came out to the place which is where Jean Gray sacrificed herself. Then, Jean Gray appeared right in front of him. Though, it seemed that after that, Scott had disappeared. Meanwhille, the rift between humans and mutants had finally reached the boiling point. When humans discovered what causes humans to mutate, they have found a cure for the mutation. The X-Men were appalled at this idea. It was not long at all until the news about the cure came to Magneto. He decides to organize an army of mutants and wage his war against the humans. Then, it became clear that Jean Gray evolved into the Pheonix, her new mutant powers are so strong that she can not control her own body. Then, she kills off Professor X with her new powers. Now, The X-Men must stop Magneto again and put an end to the war against the humans, as well as stop Jean Gray’s Pheonix powers.

Creepshow 2 (1987)

Friday, October 10th, 2008
Genres: Animation | Comedy | Fantasy | Horror | Sci-Fi
Countries: USA
Actors: John, Domenick | Savini, Tom | Kennedy, George | Dore, Philip | Napoleon, Kaltey | Napoleon, Maltby | Tonto, Tyrone | Lamour, Dorothy | Salsedo, Frank | McCallany, Holt | Holbrook, David | Harvey, Don | Kamin, Dan | Smith, Dean | Sonderegger, Shirley
Directors: Gornick, Michael
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Three more stories told from a comic book are presented by the Creep. The first is about a dime-store Native American that seeks vengeance on those who killed the store’s owners. The second is about a carnivorous mass of pond scum that attacks four people on a raft. The final tale is about a rich woman who accidentally kills a hitchhiker while speeding home from an affair with a male prostitute.