The first season DVD set of Lost revealed what I suspected all along: ABC’s hit show plays best in chunks, without weeks and weeks of reruns and pre-emptions. The show was a carefully woven character drama that had its own sense of pacing, best appreciated a couple of hours at a time. I expected that … Continue reading
The later period novels of Stephen King have been marked with an overblown quality, as well as a tortured attempt to link them all together in a fairly lame mythology. While he’s gone back and included many of his older books in that mythology, he really began going down that road with The Talisman, which … Continue reading
Never trust the devil.
I spent some time drinking and gambling with Narc and Smokin’ Aces director Joe Carnahan in Lake Tahoe about a month back and I learned some things about the guy: he’s got great taste in movies, he’s funny as hell, he gets infectiously excited about his films, and he doesn’t pull his punches. This guy … Continue reading
Polish movie posters are the best thing since the Earth was built by aliens and left cooking in the sun long enough so people thought they were civilized and followed the rules of a God. Let’s just say this… if there is a God, chances are good that he made his daily wage designing polish … Continue reading
C.S. Lewis’ stepson, Douglas Gresham, recently had an interview with Narnia Fans about how the production of The Chronicles Of Narnia: Prince Caspian is coming along.According to the interview, they are pretty far along in pre-production. Concept realization is about done, location choices are being settled, set design is under way. Even the cast is … Continue reading
I’m calling it right now. Patrick Dempsey is going to be a huge movie star. Give it a few years, and he’ll be the one studios go to when they want to make a romantic comedy. Seriously. Note from Nick: Mobsters.McDreamy just signed a pay-or-play deal to star in Columbia Pictures’ Made Of Honor. The … Continue reading
A casting sheet has come out for the sequel to the 2004 hit Harold And Kumar Go To White Castle, and it reveals a bit of interesting information. Will America’s two favorite stoners be making a trip Amercia’s capital? Let’s take a look, shall we? But be warned, spoilers are ahead.President George W. Bush: Late … Continue reading
Good on ya, Daniel Alter, you precocious and hulking mogul, you! Daniel Alter first became a "friend of CHUD" [which is like a "Friend of Dorothy" only more sexy] back in the day when we were tight pals with the original Corona’s Coming Attractions crew of Patrick Sauriol, John "Widget Walls" Robinson, and Suni Sidhu. … Continue reading
Does the Ghost Rider have a catchphrase? Something he says when he turns from Johnny Blaze, stunt bike rider, into a flaming skulled demon? I know “Flame on” is taken, but you would think that a 1970s Marvel Comics character would have a catchphrase of some sort. I only ask because the site for the … Continue reading