Update: We added Nashville for a screening! Folks in that town, please use the correct link below! Ever heard heard of a filmmaker named Guillermo Del Toro? Neat! Guillermo is a producer on this Spanish language film [I feel the need to mention this because I think it’s cruddy to not let audiences know they’ll … Continue reading
Well, it looks like this column covering weekly video game releases (that only kicked off last week!) has already hit a wall. See, there are no games coming out this week. None. The fat old man with boots of black has scared off all the releases, and you’re all probably too broke to buy anything … Continue reading
F.I.L.M. D.A.N.C.E Per S.C.R.E.E.N. D.I.V.O.R.C.E. 1 National Treasure: Book of Secrets $45,500,000 $11,873 $45,500,000 2 I Am Legend $34,225,000 (-55.7%) $9,454 $137,490,000 3 Alvin and the Chipmunks $29,000,000 (-34.5%) $8,288 $84,867,000 4 Charlie Wilson’s War $9,618,000 $3,735 $9,618,000 5 Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street $9,350,000 $7,485 $9,350,000 6 P.S. I Love You … Continue reading
Like many people, most of my waking hours in the 1970’s were spent in a hazy, drooling stupor, babbling incoherently while periodically vomiting all over myself. Unlike most, I have a valid excuse: I was only an infant at the time. Thank God for that: I can’t imagine what my life would have been life … Continue reading
BUY IT AT AMAZON: CLICK HERE!STUDIO: LionsgateMSRP: $19.98RATED: GRUNNING TIME: 72 Minutes SPECIAL FEATURES: • Bedtime Story Shortcuts• Music Video• Slumber Party Fun!• Best Friends Q&A• Slumber Party Scavenger Hunt• Sing Alongs The Pitch The Bratz pack, this time back as precocious kidz, meet The Simpsons’ Treehouse Of Horror. The Humans The Director: Mucci FassettThe … Continue reading
Fuckin’ Jake Rossen. For about two years I had been playing with the idea of doing a book about the tortured journey that Superman took from Superman IV to Superman Returns, and had even talked to some friends in publishing about it. Then I get an email from this Rossen guy asking me some questions … Continue reading
Let’s make the magic happen. The magic… of Box Office BATTLE ROYALE – THIS WEEKENDNational Treasure: Book of Secrets – 3832 screens. Prelim report: Well, people liked it the last time… Positives: It’s a sequel to a surprisingly successful first film (final tally $173 million), and though Cage is coming off of Next, Ghost Rider … Continue reading
As craft, Atonement is astonishing. There is no denying that Joe Wright is one of the most visionary and gifted directors working today. His name would certainly be tripping off the tongue of CHUD readers as often as that other, equally talented, Wright if his chosen genre to date wasn’t romance films. And he has … Continue reading
In August we broke the story that a deal was close to happening to bring Dune back to the big screen. Our source said that there was a director attached who was a huge fan of the property; this set off a round of speculation, and many people began to say Peter Berg. Turns out … Continue reading
BUY FROM AMAZON: CLICK HERE!STUDIO: Walt Disney VideoMSRP: $29.99RATED: PG-13RUNNING TIME: 102 min.SPECIAL FEATURES: Commentary by Director David S. Goyer and writer Christine Roum Commentary by writer Mick Davis Over 13 minutes of deleted scenes 30 Seconds to Mars: The Kill music video Sparta: Taking Back Control music video The Pitch Its Stir of Echoes … Continue reading