I met Noah Baumbach at the afterparty for the LA premiere of Margot at the Wedding. I hadn’t seen the movie – the theater had been filled to capacity and I had been turned away – but I still introduced myself anyway, like a doofus. Baumbach wasn’t impressed with the guy at his party who … Continue reading
I’m almost ashamed to admit it, but the thought of Gary Winick directing Anne Hathaway and Kate Hudson in a comedy about two friends who have it out over conflicting wedding dates makes me kind of happy. Not to hype him up as the next Howard Hawks, bit I thought Winick evinced a shockingly light … Continue reading
The Speed Racer trailer is online in a format that doesn’t really give you a good sense of the visuals. First the trailer, then my confession: So here’s the problem I’m running in to: I don’t know what sort of stance to take on Speed Racer. I think the Wachowskis are trying to do something … Continue reading
BUY IT AT AMAZON: CLICK HERE!STUDIO: Warner Home VideoMSRP: $27.98RATED: PG-13RUNNING TIME: 98 minSPECIAL FEATURES: Previews The Pitch It’s a chick flick with the kid from The O.C. The Humans Adam Brody, Kristen Stewart, Meg Ryan The Nutshell When Carter is dumped by his actress girlfriend Sofia, he leaves the craziness of Los Angeles for … Continue reading
BUY IT AT AMAZON: CLICK HERE!STUDIO: LionsgateMSRP: $26.98RATED: RRUNNING TIME: 96 min.SPECIAL FEATURES: Deleted Scenes Outtakes The Slaughter trailer Other previews from Lionsgate The Pitch It’s The Evil Dead with a less talented director. The Humans Jessica Ellis, Zak Kilberg, The Nutshell A group of young people go to clean an abandoned house and find … Continue reading
Two pieces of Wolverine news in one day! As you may know, the script for X-Men Origins: Wolverine* got a last minute pre-strike workover. I don’t know of anyone who has been able to get their hands on the latest draft, which means that we don’t know what changes have been made from David Benioff’s … Continue reading
That article title is my own way of suggesting that, contrary to all expectations (assuming I had any, though such an assumption would be false), this new Punisher almost looks like the real thing. And by ‘the real thing’ I mean the character I will forever hold in mind having been first exposed to the … Continue reading
The Pursuit of Happyness came to screens wearing a bulletproof vest. Instead of the bright yellow letters of law enforcement (FBI, POLICE, etc) it had that most deflective phrase scribed on the back in large letters: ‘based on a true story’. What kind of heartless dick would criticize such a touching, heartfelt tale? (Dicks like … Continue reading
Here’s a rundown, in language CHUD can understand, of what’s happened since the last time we got a new, numbered Street Fighter game: The Coen Brothers were great. Batman got nipples. Cop Land. DVD arrived. The Coen Brothers started to suck. George Lucas raped everyone, everywhere, at once. The Manitou arrived on DVD. The Coen … Continue reading
A man stands before a large group of enemies out to do him harm, all carrying weapons of some sort. Our hero is wearing sunglasses, a leather jacket and a take-no-shit scowl on his lips. He pulls out his own weapon, a beam katana, a similar weapon to a lightsaber except with multiple "blades", and … Continue reading