Horror
Rod Lott
Kicking off a Hollywood trend of fairy-tale reboots that put the Grimm back into their nature is "Red Riding Hood."
Tuesday 21 May
OKG Newsletter
Topic: grimm
Red Riding Hood
This wolf tale comes close to being a ‘woof’ one
Grimm: Season One
These ain't no fairy tales.
Television series
Rod Lott
Marrying Hollywood's current fairy-tale craze to the ever popular crime procedural is Grimm. While it works on both levels, that it blends the two into a unified whole gives the concept so much fizz, as the 22 episodes of its five-disc first season indicate. This one's perfect for marathoning.
Hansel & Gretel: Warriors of Witchcraft
With utterly Grimm results.
Sci-Fi
Rod Lott
At least at press time, Hansel & Gretel: Warriors of Witchcraft is the latest shameless coattails rider of the big-budget Jeremy Renner vehicle Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters, which hits theaters next weekend. By contrast, this DVD premiere stars someone named Booboo Stewart, and that alone should tell you everything.
Blancanieves
Heigh-ho, heigh-ho, it’s off to the arthouse we go, for Spain’s ‘Blancanieves,’ the most unique twist on the Snow White story you’re apt to see.
