And just like that, Rob Zombie’s remake of Halloween is taking Shape. Last week we reported that the young Michael Myers was cast – over the holiday weekend it was revealed that big grown-up Mike is cast as well, and Zombie has gone brawny with one-time wrestler and Sabertooth, Tyler Mane. It’s an interesting choice, … Continue reading
What a year. 2006 didn’t have the greatest depth of good movies – I wasn’t exactly sweating which films would make the 15 – but the ones that were good tended to be very, very good. That’s why I ended up with a tie for first place – and why, quite honestly, any of my … Continue reading
Children of Men is about a miracle. Children of Men is, itself, a miracle. It’s a movie that can single-handedly remove the scales of cynicism from your eyes, reminding you of what wonders cinema is capable. It’s a movie that rejects the two modern directions of the screen – a shrinking to TV size for … Continue reading
BUY IT AT AMAZON: CLICK HERESTUDIO: Miramax Home EntertainmentMSRP: $29.99 RATED: PG-13RUNNING TIME: 97 minutesSPECIAL FEATURES: • "Stories of Pele" SportsCentury interviews• Deleted Scenes• Highlights from New York Cosmos games The Pitch "Americans love soccer! Right?" "Yes, sonny. Once upon a dream." The Humans Pelé, Steve Ross, Marv Albert, Franz Beckenbauer The Nutshell Despite being … Continue reading
***Update***Dave is still gone, but I’m thinking about re-running his ‘Dave’s Underground’ pieces in January. My wife was playing the Christmas mix-CD he made a few years ago and it reminded me just how much it stinks that he bid us adieu. It’s a slow time a year and a 2007 without him sucks just … Continue reading
BUY IT AT AMAZON: CLICK HERE!STUDIO: Manga VideoMSRP: $24.98RATED: Not RatedRUNNING TIME: 150 MinutesSPECIAL FEATURES:• Interviews with the Japanese cast• Promotional materials• Trailers The Pitch A paranormal investigator hunts out demons while simultaneously carrying on creepy, inappropriate relationships with them. The Humans Kouki Miyata, Takahiro Sakurai, Tomoko Kawakami and Nana Mizuki I just blue myself. … Continue reading
Jesus Christ, Rocky Balboa WORKS. Not always, and certainly not consistently, but more often than not Rocky Balboa is a movie that grabs and exhilarates the audience – and that’s despite huge problems like a bizarre structure, rampantly flat acting and sloppy editing. This film just shouldn’t be this enjoyable, and that’s part of its … Continue reading
BUY IT AT AMAZON: CLICK HERE! STUDIO: Warner Home VideoMSRP: $19.98RATED: UnratedRUNNING TIME: 26 MinutesSPECIAL FEATURES:• Horton Hears a Who!• "Dr. Seuss and the Grinch – From Who-ville to Hollywood"• "Who’s Who in Who-ville"• "Grinch Pencil Test"• "TNT’s "How the Grinch Stole Christmas" Special Edition"• "Songs in the Key of Grinch" The PitchWhat if Scrooge … Continue reading
BUY IT AT AMAZON: CLICK HERE!STUDIO: Nat’l Geographic VidMSRP: $19.98RATED: NRRUNNING TIME: 44 minutesSPECIAL FEATURES:◦Available Audio Tracks: English (Dolby Digital 1.0) ◦Sing-Along ◦Toot’s Trip to Scotland THE PITCH “What if the world was populated by animals that were patterned after humans in terms of speech and behavior? Other than being the stuff of nightmares.” THE … Continue reading
The world is changing for documentaries. In the past, not only would the ten best documentaries of any given year have been dry and probably quite boring, most of the people who read CHUD would have no chance to see them. Now docs have gone mainstream – they play all over the country, and DVDs … Continue reading