DVD REVIEW: THE KUBRICK COLLECTION, DAY THREE – EYES WIDE SHUT
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MIST OPPORTUNITIES
It’s encouraging to see The Weinstein Company marketing Frank Darabont’s The Mist with such gusto. Though this material offers its own challenges, they’ve at least learned from the mistakes of Grindhouse in that the TV spots are plentiful (at least during the weekend football games) and unambiguous: they’re selling the monster movie first, and the … Continue reading
CHUD'S FORGOTTEN MONSTERS OF FILMLAND, DAY THIRTEEN
DVD REVIEW: EMMANUELLE
BUY IT AT AMAZON: CLICK HERE!STUDIO: LionsgateMSRP: $19.98 RATED: NRRUNNING TIME: 94 minSPECIAL FEATURES: An Erotic Success: The Making of Emmanuelle Soft Sell: Emmanuelle in America The Pitch It is the Citizen Kane of soft-core porn The Humans Alain Cuny, Sylvia Kristel, Marika Green, Daniel Sarky The Nutshell Emmanuelle is a model who travels to … Continue reading
DVD REVIEW: BLUE PLANET, THE: SEAS OF LIFE
WOODY HIRES A COUPLE OF DO-DIRT NIGGAS!
Evidently, cold-blooded murder is awfully rough on the conscience. Worse, mental duress experienced in the weeks and months following the act can cause the executor to make a series of disastrous decisions that will either lead to a) his apprehension, b) more murder or c) his murder – thus, defeating the purpose of the initial … Continue reading
FIT, IN-SHAPE PEOPLE ONLY WANTED FOR STAR TREK XI
Do you want to be in Star Trek XI? Are you skinny? That’s the only hard and fast requirement for being an extra in the film, although being super ugly while being skinny is helpful. A casting call has gone out for the film, and it’s looking like they need a bunch of aliens and … Continue reading
HIGHER NOON
I don’t think anyone got that up in arms about a remake of 3:10 to Yuma because the original wasn’t a hardcore classic (although any movie ages enough and someone will argue for its inclusion in the canon). You can’t say that about High Noon, a movie that is considered one of the best mainstream … Continue reading
CULTIVATING A GARDEN OF CRAZY
Here’s a movie I don’t understand at all: the dramatic re-working of Grey Gardens, the Maysles Brother’s amazing documentary portrait of the two Edith Beales, who lived in a decrepit mansion in East Hampton, NY. First-time feature guy Michael Sucsy is behind the ‘remake’, which has already cast Jessica Lange and Drew Barrymore as Big … Continue reading
INTERVIEW: TIMOTHY OLYPHANT (HITMAN)
The hair has begun growing back on Timothy Olyphant’s head, but he still has what looks like a very tight buzz cut. He has been bald for the last few months shooting Hitman, an adaptation of the video game about – well, I think the title sums it up. The head had to stay bald … Continue reading