A month or two ago we ran a story about Jonathan Hensleigh’s Welcome to the Jungle, a down and dirty cannibal movie that was characterized by Fangoria as all but a remake of Cannibal Holocaust. Hensleigh and I actually traded some emails about the whole thing, and in the end I was happy when he … Continue reading
Disney has found their title character for Prince Caspian, the next film in The Chronicles of Narnia. Now they just have to make sure they have some lawyers available, as the actor might be sued by his current employer. The actor’s name is Ben Barnes, and he’s currently appearing in the National Theater’s production of … Continue reading
While we wait for Dan to bring us the weekend box office report, I wanted to give you two bits of exciting news about friends of the site: The Messengers, the first film written by former CHUD journalist Smilin’ Jack Ruby (Mark Wheaton to his bank) debuted this weekend at #1. Morrissey may hate it … Continue reading
BUY IT AT AMAZON: CLICK HERE!STUDIO: Warner Home VideoMSRP: $27.98RATED: PG-13RUNNING TIME: 102 MinutesSPECIAL FEATURES:• Available Subtitles: English, Spanish, French • Available Audio Tracks: Mandarin (Dolby Digital 5.1), English (Dolby Digital 5.1) • "The Making of The Promise" • Additional scenes • Theatrical trailer THE PITCH “It’s like Hero with a fairy tale bent and … Continue reading
It’s weird, but I think I’m starting to come around to the idea of Time/Warner/Turner/AOL owning everything. I feel like Meg Ryan in You’ve Got Mail, and it freaks me out. Over the last year or so, they’ve released a ton of fairly obscure movies on DVD, regardless of whether they were originally Warner Bros … Continue reading
BUY IT AT AMAZON: CLICK HERESTUDIO: New Line Home VideoMSRP: $28.98RUNNING TIME: 89 minutes SPECIAL FEATURES: • Commentary with director Jonathan Liebesman and producers Andrew Form and Brad Fuller• Bad to the Bone: documentary on making of the film• Deleted and extended scenes. The Pitch Grab your favorite hardware and take a trip down memory … Continue reading
It was only a matter of time before Severin Films ran into some trouble. Calling themselves the “Criterion of Smut,” the new DVD label puts out wonderful editions of extremely naughty movies like Just Jaeckin’s legendary Gwendoline and the adult cartoon Once Upon a Girl. This week they ran into some moralist outrage with their … Continue reading
Warner Bros cleaned house on two superhero properties this week – not long after Joss Whedon announced that he was off the Wonder Woman movie, David Goyer chimed in with the news that he was no longer involved in The Flash. For many people this is good news – there’s a lot of anti-Goyer sentiment … Continue reading
This set visit piece will contain minor spoilers for His Dark Materials: The Golden Compass. Standing in a vast expanse of green, the young girl hugs a disembodied polar bear head. She cries and speaks, inaudibly where I’m standing, to the head, which responds to her in an equally disembodied voice that is loud, gravelly … Continue reading
VS. Order Dallas – Season 6 on DVDOrder The Waltons – Season 4 on DVDIn recent years I’ve learned something rather disturbing about myself that has become even more apparent since I signed onto this lovely gig: I hate wholesomeness. Loathe it, despise it, can’t sit through it, even if I had a gun and … Continue reading