I considered yesterday some of the implications of the rising costs of game development, and today I’ve got an article to show you that stands as a convergence point for CHUD’s fascinations: movies, games, television, and John Saxon. This article from Japanmanship (via GameSetWatch) proposes a game development business model that emulates the current Hollywood … Continue reading
White America got a pretty good glimpse at so-called “chitlin’ plays” (gospel music-based morality tales that play almost exclusively to black audiences in smaller theatrical venues) once Tyler Perry and the film adaptations of his sledgehammer-subtle Medea stage productions starting making a whole lot of money for Lionsgate. But he’s not the only hack around … Continue reading
Unicorns rock. Whether they’re bouncing off rainbows, adorning black velvet paintings, the folders of fifth grade girls or the gaudy websites of way too many lonely, 38-year-old women, unicorns equal super-magical. So where have the movies been? I remember Legend having unicorns, I remember The Last Unicorn — shoot, even Anchorman took a bold crack … Continue reading
Danny Boyle has always needed to make a sci-fi picture, if only because he uses Brian Eno’s sountrack to For All Mankind more thoughoughly than even that film’s director did. Watching the latest clip and trailer for Sunshine, Boyle’s apparently massive excursion into space, I’m more curious than ever to see what’s come of his … Continue reading
Fresh off their wins at the Academy Awards last night, Martin Scorsese and William Monahan have reteamed to jam on The Long Play – a movie that spans forty years of popular music history. The movie started with Mick Jagger’s Jagged Pictures, based on an idea by the pillow-lipped street fightin’ man himself. The Long … Continue reading
BUY IT AT AMAZON: CLICK HERE!STUDIO: Lions GateMSRP: $26.98 RATED: RRUNNING TIME: 94 minutes SPECIAL FEATURES: • The Making of Open Water 2The PitchFatigue. Hypothermia. Death. Fun. For. The. Whole. Family. Turns out there’s a reason that the concept of mermen hasn’t been explored too much… The Humans Susan May Pratt, Richard Speight, Niklaus Lange, … Continue reading
If you’ve ever looked at Lena Headey’s ass and said, ‘I could eat a meal off that,’ you are very much in luck today, my friend. We’re giving away another round of 300 goodies, including a set of four collectable 300 plates, perfect for the nights you’re dining in hell. 300 opens next week and … Continue reading
Here’s the new entertainment journalist sport – trick an actor into revealing more about an upcoming movie than they should. It’s called Dunsting, and Aaron Eckhart hath been Dunsted, at least a little. MTV News caught up with Eckhart at the Independent Spirit Awards (this year’s motto: “Throwing Away All Our Credibility With a Bunch … Continue reading
The official announcement of JJ Abrams as the director of the Star Trek prequel would bring a flurry of more news, I predicted over the weekend. If IGN’s scoopers are correct, my prediction could be about to come true – the site claims to have the names of the five front runners for roles in … Continue reading