Howdy folks! Welcome to this week’s edition of The Trailer Round Up! We got some cool new stuff this week, so let’s begin!MR. BEAN’S HOLIDAYStarring: Rowan Atkinson, Antoine de Caunes, Willem DafoeTrailer: http://www.workingtitlefilms.com/trailers/beansholiday_large.htmSummary: Bean packs up his suitcase and camcorder to head to Cannes for some sun on the beach. But his trip doesn’t go … Continue reading
Welcome to the revival of CHUD.com’s video game presence, Master Control Program. Since it’s an exciting [and expensive] time to be a video game aficionado, what better time to bring back the column that almost was, a look at all things console and handheld? That is what they call in the business a rhetorical question. … Continue reading
BUY IT AT AMAZON: CLICK HERE!STUDIO: WarnerMSRP: $20.98RATING: RRUNNING TIME: 189 minutesSPECIAL FEATURES:• Commentary by writer/director Frank Darabont • Two deleted scenes with optional commentary by writer/director Frank Darabont • Tom Hanks makeup tests • Michael Clarke Duncan screen test • “Miracles and Mystery: Creating the Green Mile:” A 6-Part documentary • “Walking the Mile: … Continue reading
BUY IT AT AMAZON: CLICK HERE!STUDIO: Warner Bros.MSRP: $59.98RATED: Various The Pitch He has piercing blue eyes, a formerly chiseled jawline, a philanthropic bent, and one of the longest-lasting Hollywood marriages in history. He’s Paul Newman, and he used to be able to blind a convent with the glare of the sun off his oiled … Continue reading
It’s not unusual for prettyboy actors to try and ugly themselves up for credibility. Brad Pitt chipped a tooth on purpose for Fight Club. Jared Leto gained a bunch of weight for Chapter 27. Marlon Brando became a grotesque slob for every role after the mid-70s. I’m not pretty, but I can imagine the frustration … Continue reading
Stuart Townsend may be best known for being fired from the role of Aragorn in Peter Jackson’s Lord of the Rings movies, but he’s looking to make a new name for himself: director. He’s currently shooting a fairly sprawling movie, The Battle in Seattle, based on the true story of the 1999 anti-WTO protests in … Continue reading
Controversy swirls around Dakota Fanning’s next film, which will play the Sundance Film Festival in January. Officially called “Untitled Dakota Fanning Project” but known as Hounddog (“I’m supposed to say Untitled, but it’s basically Hounddog,” Fanning told me), the movie stars the preternaturally mature child actor as a girl who gets raped and then finds … Continue reading
The remake of The Hills Have Eyes was one of the best horror films I’ve seen in some time. It worked for me on almost every level, and I guess it worked for the audience too, since it made enough money to warrant a sequel. I don’t know if that film will be any good … Continue reading
Last week it was announced that George Clooney would star in Joe Carnahan’s adaptation of the great James Ellroy novel, White Jazz. It’s a perfect fit of actor, director and material, and if the film wasn’t starting in 2008 I would be almost unbearably excited about it right now. Yesterday I spoke with George Clooney … Continue reading
One of 2007’s most exciting films is Todd Haynes’ I’m Not There, a movie about Bob Dylan… sort of. A number of actors play Bob at different points in his career, and in the past couple of weeks I have had the chance to talk to two of them. Ben Whishaw plays the lead in … Continue reading