For over a year now I’ve been doing weekly appearances on Playboy Radio on Sirius (website), discussing the new releases, chit-chatting with the hosts and Playmates, and on one occasion in studio, not touching the exposed beautiful breast of a naked cover girl. Pussy be thy name. It’s been a lot of fun working without … Continue reading
Just when Jamie Foxx gets back into my good graces with a nice, nuanced performance in The Kingdom, he goes and indulges his worst glory-seeking interests by taking the lead in The Soloist, a true-life biopic (ugh) centered on the heartbreaking tale of Nathaniel Ayers, who tumbled from being a Juilliard prodigy to schizophrenic and … Continue reading
Y’all know me. Know how I feel about men fightin’ in the nude. And now you know how David Cronenberg and Viggo Mortensen – with their second collaboration, Eastern Promises – feel about it, too (courtesy of The Globe and Mail‘s Liam Lacey): "But the scene that will undoubtedly prove the major talking point of … Continue reading
There’s really no point in rehashing the love of Apatow this week, is there? The film to see, undoubtedly, is Superbad. Jump on it. AS SUMMER COMES TO A CLOSE The internet allows for expediency heretofore unimagined, so let’s do an analysis of the summer grosses, shall we? This week: THE WINNERS (sort of)! # … Continue reading
Put yourself in Oliver Hirschbiegel’s shoes. You’ve made several films, two of which broke out of Germany to international success: das Experiment and Downfall. You’re presented with a major studio opportunity to rework Invasion of the Body Snatchers, but with a script that casts the alien invasion as the sort of fascist takeover you’ve already … Continue reading
I have a feeling time is of the essence on this story, so here, sans swipes at Batman Begins‘ moronic third act, are a bunch of highly unauthorized pictures from The Dark Knight (you can find more at Worst Previews): "Nope, that’s just a zit, not a Manitou." "I’m sorry, Joker, but I’m a big … Continue reading
UPDATED! Scroll down below the first poster for the new goods. Alright, this is a lot better. After the filigree and font-heavy design of the first one-sheet, I’m psyched for the old-school simplicity of this new design. It’s stark and simple, like some of the ’60s and ’70s western posters I used to have on … Continue reading
Here’s something slightly different from Der Komedy Kommandant Judd Apatow: a full-blown parody of music biopics. Judging from its just-released trailer, Walk Hard is going to play much more broadly in the Adam McKay/Will Ferrell vein. And following his bravura turn as the puppy-dog faithful Cal Naughton, Jr. in Talladega Nights, I can’t think of … Continue reading
This year has dealt a serious blow to my ability to claim any one film is the ‘best’ anything of this year, especially when it comes to comedies*. 2007 has been bafflingly rich in comic gold, and if you had told me back in February that Hot Fuzz might not be the best comedy of … Continue reading
A note from Devin: Heroes Season 1 is hitting DVD in a couple of days (click here to buy it from CHUD!). To get the word out, we’re participating in a multi-site scenario, where each site examines a different aspect of one Heroes tag line; ours was ‘How do you stop an exploding man?’My take … Continue reading