You may not find lobster your ideal complexion hue for an action hero. Hellboy, nicknamed Red (Ron Perlman) is not Robert Downey Jr. as Ironman. Nevertheless with his Kojak-style appeal and quick wit, thanks to the clever imagination of writer/director Guillermo del Toro, he has charm galore. Del Toro is, of course, the creative mind behind the 2006 Oscar nominated Pan's Labyrinth, a film that was so astonishingly original that everyone waited to see what del Toro would dream up next. Hellboy, based on the comics by Mike Mignola, is a more formulaic work with a twist: this epic savior as a young boy watches Howdy Dowdy, pondering the nature of existence as if he were an ordinary earthling instead of a demon, and faithfully squelches evildoers despite an ungrateful public. On Sunday night, at a post-screening dinner in East Hampton's Cittanuova, Chuck Scarborough, Tracy Feith, Joe Pintauro, among many others, dined and delighted in the director's work. Del Toro's drawings for the movie's spectacular creatures: elves, goblins, giant beanstalks, and the apish Mr. Wink were featured in Sunday's New York Times. Clearly, he is the right man for "The Hobbit." And, check out the incendiary Selma Blair!
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