It’s amazing how much people can love a dumb animal – especially single women with no romantic prospects whatsoever (there might be some confusion as to who the dumb animal is here; so be it). Take Barbaro, for instance. This phenomenon was documented tirelessly by the good scoundrels at Deadspin until the mighty colt went … Continue reading
My desire to completely expunge The Hours from memory is so all-consuming that every time I consider Nicole Kidman’s impressive filmography, I completely forget that she’s a Best Actress winner. It’s not easy to get consensus on Kidman. Many people think she’s had a great career; I tend to think she’s had a smart career. … Continue reading
Wait, this is the video that spawned those "Paris Hilton befouls Brett Ratner’s Hugh Hefner biopic" rumors? How in the hell did those dots get connected? And why were people upset about that in the first place? It’s Ratner directing something not called Rush Hour; he’s like 0-for-lifetime in that department. Besides, we already got … Continue reading
If I were J.J. Abrams, right before introducing Zachary Quinto as The New Spock* to the hemorrhoidal Hall H masses at Comic Con, I’d let slip the title of 1-18-08 aka Cloverfield aka Die, Handheld, Die, because, while the mystery surrounding the project is kind of fun, the sheer inscrutability of everything surrounding it is … Continue reading
Speak it, kitty! With Comic Con now less than three weeks away… (sorry, my liver just failed for a second), speculation as to what and who will be revealed at the big Hall H panels is beginning to get way the fuck out of control. And I like it. The only thing better than breaking … Continue reading
1. WIZARD #190 The comic book industry has their glossy, all encompassing magazine and it is this one. They tend to have their formula and stick to it, but sometimes they’ll surprise you. This issue’s strong points: I like the "Skrull or No Skrull" feature because I always thought that Marvel had been squandering the … Continue reading
The word out of Cannes this year was that Leonardo DiCaprio’s we-all-gonna-die environmental documentary, 11th Hour, plays like a well-intentioned, well-researched, somewhat somnambulant companion piece to Al Gore’s An Inconvenient Truth – which sounds about right. It’s always huntin’ season whenever a major movie star attaches himself to a cause, so the smartest course of … Continue reading
Welcome to the next CHUD List. We’ve tackled our our disappointments, our essentials list and slowly exhumed our Kills List from 2003, and now that we’ve begun the beguine, we must continue. Behold: The CHUD.com Top 50 Guilty Pleasures. We’ve all got those little flicks that we know are wrong, but feel so right. And … Continue reading
This morning Comic Con revealed the full line-up of events, and one of the movies being presented by Warner Bros is Watchmen. Zack Snyder will be on hand, and will most likely be making some casting announcements… and one of them will be Billy Crudup as Dr. Manhattan. A very reliable source tells me that … Continue reading