Bond Girls are a phenomenon of their own devising. They come with enormous hype at casting time, but when it’s all said and done, their roles never seem to leave a mark beyond the film’s expiration date and the Bond-verse they inhabit. As such, their casting isn’t as much news as it is the Babe … Continue reading
BUY IT AT AMAZON: CLICK HERE!STUDIO: Warner Home VideoMSRP: $65.98RATED: Not RatedRUNNING TIME: 417 minutesSPECIAL FEATURES:• Audio Commentaries• Documentaries• Featurette• Music Only Track• Music and Effects Only Track• Private Snafu shorts• Mr. Hook shorts• The Bugs Bunny Show featurettes • 3 TV Specials The Pitch Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck, Bob Clampett, Chuck Jones, Tex Avery, … Continue reading
This is Spinal Tap completely ruined the mystery of Stonehenge for me, but I’ll give the elaborately stacked group of rocks another shot if Ridley Scott’s interested in divining their purpose. The big question here is "if", since Scott has a tendency to attach himself to more projects than he actually makes. Stones, based on … Continue reading
There’s a lot of buzz around a young woman named Diablo Cody, and for good reason: her screenwriting debut, Juno, is completely fucking terrific. Cody manages to walk the line of being indie and precious and giving her characters quirky, perhaps overstylized dialogue while keeping everything emotionally real and honest. I saw the film with … Continue reading
BUY IT AT AMAZON: CLICK HERE!STUDIO: Turner Home EntertainmentMSRP: $14.98RATED: Not RatedRUNNING TIME: 90 minutesSPECIAL FEATURES:• Shaggy and Scooby-Doo’s Crooked Capers Challenge The Pitch “Let’s try Scooby-Doo for the 11th time. We’re bound to get it right this time.” The Humans Scott Menville, Frank Welker, Casey Kasem, Jim Meskimen and Jeff Bennett The Nutshell Scooby-Doo … Continue reading
BUY IT AT AMAZON: CLICK HERE!STUDIO: Universal StudiosMSRP: $14.98RATED: Not RatedRUNNING TIME: 24 minutesSPECIAL FEATURES• Nothing The Pitch “Bloom County goes Christmas.”The Humans Michael Bell, Tress MacNeille, John Byner, Alexandria Simmons, Dustin Hoffman and Robin Williams That’s when Gonzo said it was time to get things started. That’s when I lost my innocence The … Continue reading
BUY IT FROM AMAZON: CLICK HERE!MSRP: 14.95AUTHOR: Craig McDonaldPUBLISHER: Bleak House BooksPAGES: 300Author website You’ve never heard of Hector Lassiter? Pulp novelist. Screenwriter. The man who lied about his age to ride in the Pershing Expedition? Who went overseas to fight in Europe? Notorious womanizer. He had that famous falling out with Hemingway and had a … Continue reading
BUY IT FROM AMAZON: CLICK HERE!STUDIO: DOCURAMA MSRP: $26.95RATING: NRRUNNING TIME: 132 minutesSPECIAL FEATURES: Interview with Michael Apted Casting Interviews: Love at First Sight? Photo Gallery The PitchIt’s the Up series but with married couples and happens every five years.The HumansNine couples and the voice of director Michael Apted.The NutshellIn 2001, Michael Apted followed nine … Continue reading
While John McTiernan’s remake of The Thomas Crown Affair (co-written by CHUD fave Kurt Wimmer) was one of summer 1999’s more pleasant surprises, the clamor for a sequel wasn’t exactly deafening. And, yet, Pierce Brosnan persisted, figuring that Eric Ambler’s novel The Light of Day (subsequently made as Topkapi by Jules Dassin), would be perfect … Continue reading