I’m secure enough in my sexuality to admit to man-crushing on certain actors – guys who I think are the shit, have all of the goods, and should be way bigger than they are. And somewhere in my top 10, you’ll find Johnny Messner. This gravelly-voiced stud has been flittering about the margins for years … Continue reading
The church of England has its voluminous panties in a bunch! Okay, that’s not news. The twist is that said panties are knotted over a videogame, specifically the portrayal of Manchester Cathedral in the PS3 game Resistance: Fall of Man. Apparently, Sony didn’t request permission to use the cathedral’s likeness. I love Sony’s ever-so-slightly condescending … Continue reading
In writing for CHUD, you sometimes see news from the same company of the same nature so often that you dismiss it on its face. Ever since Walden Media started up in the “big-budget family entertainment” lane and scored with The Chronicles of Narnia, we’ve seen notice after notice of them snapping up child-oriented fantasy … Continue reading
Tom Wolfe’s inside-mocking-without brand of satire was never more pungently amusing than with The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test, which was published forty-years ago. I haven’t read the book since high school, and can’t imagine how any of it will speak to our intensely connected age; all due respect to Ken Kesey, but to drop out … Continue reading
Just days before I was to interview Peter Cullen, the voice of Optimus Prime on the original Transformers cartoon as well as the upcoming blockbuster, Nick mentioned that he thought Eeyore should kill himself. It turns out that Cullen is the voice of Eeyore in all the modern Pooh stuff – sorry I didn’t bring … Continue reading
Spoilers ahoy for the last episode of The Sopranos. When the last shot of the final episode of The Sopranos, Made in America, suddenly went to black, I thought my cable or my TiVo had just shit the bed. I sat in disbelief for a number of moments as the screen stayed black, and then … Continue reading
Title of Film Gross of Film Per Screen Totale 1 Ocean’s Thirteen $37,080,000 $10,401 $37,080,000 2 Pirates! Caribbean! World! End! $21,316,000 (-51.8%) $5,326 $253,614,000 3 Knocked Up $20,017,000 (-34.8%) $6,960 $66,241,000 4 Surf’s Up $18,000,000 $5,102 $18,000,000 5 Shrek the Third $15,750,000 (-43.8%) $4,012 $281,892,000 6 Hostel: Part II $8,750,000 $3,723 $8,750,000 7 Mr. Brooks … Continue reading
BUY IT AT AMAZON: CLICK HERE!STUDIO: New LineMSRP: $34.98RATED: RRUNNING TIME: 119 MinutesSPECIAL FEATURES:• Commentary by director Guillermo del Toro• Director’s prologue • The Power of Myth featurette• Pan and the Fairies featurette• The Color and the Shape featurette• The Charlie Rose Show with del Toro, Alfonso Cuarón and Alejandro González Iñárritu• Animated comic prequels … Continue reading
Hot on the heels of the teaser poster for 30 Days of Night is the full trailer, which gives you the whole story in a nutshell. Alaska. A month without sunlight. Josh Hartnett. Vampires. Trenchcoats? OK, I have faith in David Slade because Hard Candy was cool, but trenchcoats? Is there a vampire named Louis … Continue reading
Preamble I am easily distracted. Some might say I have ADD. I’d like to hurt these people. And I will. One day, I’ll make the whole world pay. Why No Ocean’s Thirteen Review? What’s there to say? It’s essentially review-proof: more so than the other two, Soderberg has designed this film to evaporate from your … Continue reading