Dave Davis

WEEKEND BOX OFFICE REPORT

Rank Title WeekendGross CumulativeGross Weeks in Release 1 Inside Man $28,900,000 $28,900,000 1 2 V for Vendetta $12,300,000 $46,100,000 2 3 Stay Alive $11,200,000 $11,200,000 1 4 Failure to Launch $10,800,000 $63,800,000 3 5 The Shaggy Dog $9,100,000 $47,900,000 3 6 She’s the Man $7,400,000 $20,400,000 2 7 Larry the Cable Guy: Health Inspector $7,000,000 … Continue reading

DAILY GRABOID 3.24.06

What is this? Every single day of the week (almost), a new "Graboid", a single moment grabbed from a random movie, appears on this site for you to guess the name of the film, share with your officemates, or discuss on our message boards. Sometimes the Graboid will be very easy and sometimes it’ll be … Continue reading

DVD REVIEW: HISTORY OF VIOLENCE, A

BUY IT AT AMAZON: CLICK HERE!STUDIO: New LineMSRP: $28.99RATED: RRUNNING TIME: 96 min.SPECIAL FEATURES:• Commentary• Featurettes• Deleted scene The Pitch “Middle-American Aragorn is of two minds!” The Humans Viggo Mortensen, Ed Harris, Maria Bello, Ashton Holmes, William Hurt, several eventual corpses The Nutshell Tom Stall (the Vig) owns and operates a diner in a tiny … Continue reading

DAILY GRABOID 3.23.06

What is this? Every single day of the week (almost), a new "Graboid", a single moment grabbed from a random movie, appears on this site for you to guess the name of the film, share with your officemates, or discuss on our message boards. Sometimes the Graboid will be very easy and sometimes it’ll be … Continue reading

SNAKES ON THE INTERNET

UPDATE 2: According to Hollywood Reporter, New Line authorized five days of reshoots to allow the film to wriggle from a PG-13 to a less-profitable but more satisfying R-rating. The trade reports that the footage will feature more gore, more death, more nudity, more snakes and more death scenes. And they shot a scene where … Continue reading

GRIND THE BIEHN

Quentin Tarantino and Robert Rodriguez have remained remarkably tight-lipped when it comes to announcing cast members for their horror hybrid Grind House, and until we hear some official word we’ll have to settle for rumors like this. Robert Rodriguez is currently shooting his segment Project Terror down in Austin, and it seems as though he’ll … Continue reading

MORE SPACED?

You’ve heard plenty of praise on CHUD for the brilliant romzomcom Shaun of the Dead and anticipation for the upcoming Hot Fuzz, but what you might not know is that the creators of those projects started with an equally ingenious UK television series called Spaced. The show was about an aspiring comic artist (Shaun himself, … Continue reading

FINAL DESTINATION: THE STARS

With Serenity and Riddick not exactly returning Lucas-sized profits for the studio (which is not a statement of quality — I prefer those flicks infinitely more than the prequels), Universal is seeking another grand space epic to line their pockets. Time for a field trip to the library! Universal has dusted off Alfred Bester’s influential 1956 … Continue reading

DOUBLING DOWN

Winning big at blackjack seems to be only slightly easier than getting a movie about it made. But now Legally Blonde helmer Robert Luketic is sidling up to the table and placing bets for Columbia’s 21. The movie (whose title sounds more like it should be a sequel to Thirteen, which I’d really be interested … Continue reading

DAILY GRABOID 3.22.06

What is this? Every single day of the week (almost), a new "Graboid", a single moment grabbed from a random movie, appears on this site for you to guess the name of the film, share with your officemates, or discuss on our message boards. Sometimes the Graboid will be very easy and sometimes it’ll be … Continue reading