Hellboy: The Crooked Man - A Second Reboot that Sadly Felt Unnecessary and Unentertaining

This week, there were only few new movies released in Indonesian cinemas with only this one that caught my attention. As my wife and I got some things to do during the weekend and although it was a familiar title, I was not that persistent in seeing the film. However since we managed to clear our schedule, we still get to see it in the theater very near our home yesterday. OK, let's just get to it then.

Brief Story Line

Set in the 1950s, Hellboy (Jack Kesy - The Outpost, The Strain TV series etc) along with his partner Bobbie Jo (Adeline Rudolph - Resident Evil TV series etc) from Bureau for Paranormal Research and Defence (BPRD) had just finished an assignment, when they somehow ended in the Appalachia mountains where strange things were occurring and seemed to be related to witches. They later met with Tom Ferrel (Jefferson White - Yellowstone TV series etc) who had some knowledge on the witches. 

(2019) Hellboy - A Very Violent Reboot of the Wisecracking Superhero from Hell

I heard about this movie some time ago but completely forgotten about it until few days ago when I saw the poster in the coming soon section on Indonesia's biggest cinema chain website. Without any prior notification or trailer shown earlier, it suddenly popped out of nowhere and premier on last Wednesday. But since me and my wife were already invited to screening of new movie in another cinema, we postponed seeing this until yesterday. Well now we should get on with the movie.

Brief Story Line

Hellboy (David Harbour - Stranger Things TV series, A Walk Among the Tombs etc) was a creature with super strength and working for Bureau for Paranormal Research and Defense (BPRD) to solve supernatural cases and fight against dangers they created. Hellboy's superior was also his adoptive father Trevor (Ian McShane - Deadwood TV series, John Wick: Chapter 2 etc). This time Hellboy was given a very difficult and dangerous assignment as he had to face against an immortal & powerful witch called Nimue (Milla Jovovich - Resident Evil series, Future World etc) who tried to destroy the world and humans in it while giving the demons chance to rule the earth.

(TV SERIES) The Umbrella Academy Season 1 - A Unique, Dark & Unconventional Superhero Series

I saw the news about this series a couple of weeks ago and I thought it seemed quite interesting. Again it was one of those Netflix original series which nowadays translate to a good quality show. Since it was about superheroes and I am definitely a fan of those genre, I was pretty excited and decided to binge watch this on Saturday and finished it in 2 days time. So how was this series? Let us find out more below.

Brief Story Line

Seven children who were born on the same day in 1989 were adopted by billionaire Sir Reginald Hargreeves (Colm Feore - Anon, Trudeau mini series etc). Six of them apparently have some kind of power which made Reginald decided to form them into superhero team called The Umbrella Academy. In 2019, the children who were now adult were reunited once again. Number one aka Luther (Tom Hopper - Black Sails TV series etc) had become astronaut, Number Two aka Diego (David Castañeda) was a vigilante, Number Three aka Allison (Emmy Raver-Lampman) was a successful actress, Number Four aka Klaus (Robert Sheehan - Mortal Engines, The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones etc) was a drug addict and Number Seven aka Vanya (Ellen Page - Flatliners, Juno etc) was now a struggling violinist.