Have I used that headline already? Possibly. With this gig there’s really only so many witty headlines you can come up with in relation to a single news story, but the same news stories will often surface again and again. Two biggies are both related to the Pirates of the Caribbean sequels – that Chow … Continue reading
Few actors have a following as tenacious as Bruce Campbell’s. There is hardly a genre property that hasn’t had a suggested dreamcasting of “The Chin” (or “The Bruce” or just “The Man”. Campbell’s nicknames tend to start out similarly). If the enthusiasts had their way, we would have Bruce Campbell as Superman, The Comedian and … Continue reading
BUY IT AT AMAZON: CLICK HERE!STUDIO: Universal StudiosMSRP: $29.99 RATED: NRRUNNING TIME: 228 MinutesSPECIAL FEATURES:• Commentaries• 3 Never Before Seen Episodes There is some CHUD debate over the Shrek franchise. Some like the movies and some hate them with fiery passion. Personally, I enjoyed them. I don’t have any desire to watch them again, but … Continue reading
Wheelchair rugby. It sounds like a contradiction in terms. The game is played in post-apocalyptic wheelchairs on basketball courts, as squads of quadriplegic smash into each other to get possession of a ball and deliver it to the other team’s goal line. Fast and brutal, the sport once known as Murderball is thrilling and scary. … Continue reading
Movies are like alchemy. If they were like chemistry, you could add the right ingredients – great actors, a promising director with visual style – and get what you would expect, a good movie. But because movies need some transmutive magic the end result is never obvious. Take for example Dark Water, a movie that, … Continue reading
What is the journalist’s responsibility? Is it to get the best story or is it to help people? This is the question that haunts John Leguizamo in his first Spanish speaking role in Cronicas. A hotshot reporter for a pan-Latin America news station, Leguizamo and his team are in Ecuador doing follow up interviews about … Continue reading
The press day for Fantastic Four was just Wednesday afternoon – not a lot of turnaround time for a movie that’s coming out on Friday. But being the intrepid reporter I am, I dutifully made sure that you got all the goods – and this time I think it was worth it. I am on … Continue reading
The press day for Fantastic Four was just Wednesday afternoon – not a lot of turnaround time for a movie that’s coming out on Friday. But being the intrepid reporter I am, I dutifully made sure that you got all the goods – and this time I think it was worth it. I am on … Continue reading
In the new horror film Dark Water, Tim Roth plays maybe the nicest screen lawyer ever. Hired by Jennifer Connelly to help her through a messy divorce, he becomes her support system as all sorts of plumbing and ghostly weirdness takes over her life. At the Dark Water press day here in New York City, … Continue reading