It's easy to believe, given the difficulties of making any movie that's halfway decent, let alone a labor of love. (The filmmaker also refused to make it without Ron Perlman, despite pressures to cast a more bankable star.) Among Mr. del Toro's colleagues in this elegant enterprise are the production designer Stephen Scott and the editor Peter Amundson.

WSJ: Entertainment Is 'Hellboy'

Ministers seem reluctant to do anything that threatens Britons' love affair with their cars, let alone challenge the considerable vested interests behind the road lobby.

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