Dave Davis

TRAILER: A GOOD YEAR

While my sweet tooth has long kept me in the realm of rum (and syrupy flavored vodka), I’ve begun partaking of the grape in my more recent years. But I’m not entirely sure what I’d do with a whole vineyard. Especially since you have to squeeze out the wine yourself. Such a dilemma faces businessman … Continue reading

WEEKEND BOX OFFICE REPORT

Rank Title WeekendGross CumulativeGross Weeks in Release 1 Talladega Nights $47,000,000 $47,000,000 1 2 Barnyard $16,000,000 $16,000,000 1 3 Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest $11,000,000 $379,700,000 5 4 Miami Vice $9,600,000 $45,700,000 2 5 The Descent $8,800,000 $8,800,000 1 6 John Tucker Must Die $6,000,000 $28,600,000 2 7 Monster House $6,000,000 $56,900,000 3 … Continue reading

SET VISIT: THE COVENANT

A strikingly handsome young man in a fashionable black coat stands at the edge of a sheer cliff some four stories high. After a ponderous moment, he steps off and begins plunging to what would ordinarily spell death or grievous injury.  But rather than be greeted with the expected compound fractures at the bottom, his … Continue reading

DIE HARD WITH A LOUSY TITLE

John McClane is dusting off his Beretta and coming out of retirement for a fourth Die Hard, and though it’s been over a decade since he last shot holes through Euro-thieves, Fox is hoping the rickety, irascible cop will provide a sufficient challenge to Autobots and Decepticons – the movie is already scheduled for June … Continue reading

THE CHUD THINKER 8.3.06

I like to believe regular CHUD readers are reasonably smart — astute enough to have found our site, and masochistic enough to keep returning. We’ve been running the Daily Graboid for nearly a year now to test your movie knowledge, but how about straining that noggin? The CHUD Thinker is a puzzle, rebus, pictogram, visual … Continue reading

THOR’S COMIC COLUMN

A Good Start to the Adventures of Jack By Mark Wheaton “Life is a giant, coagulated bowl of suck.” – Jack “Fables” is an acquired taste.  Anyone who reads the earliest trades and stops will regret it as the first couple of arcs really feel like the first few episodes of a network television series … Continue reading

EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW: NEIL MARSHALL (THE DESCENT)

Count your blessings that Devin is so skilled and prolific when it comes to interviews, because I’m pretty terrible at it — I’m never properly prepared, and my questions have less focus than a LASIK waiting room. My rusty interviewing proficiency aside, I was definitely interested in the opportunity to chat with The Descent writer-director Neil … Continue reading

THE CHUD THINKER 8.1.06

I like to believe regular CHUD readers are reasonably smart — astute enough to have found our site, and masochistic enough to keep returning. We’ve been running the Daily Graboid for nearly a year now to test your movie knowledge, but how about straining that noggin? The CHUD Thinker is a puzzle, rebus, pictogram, visual … Continue reading

WORLD OF WEREWOLVES

Who do I have to put a silver bullet in to get a decent werewolf movie? It seems like for every moderate success in the subgenre like Dog Soldiers or Ginger Snaps, there’s a Cursed or an Underworld or a dozen direct-to-video disasters that just don’t have the budget to properly depict raging lycanthropes. The … Continue reading

JESSICA BIEL IS EXTREMELY HOT

Oh, Jessica. Jessica, Jessica, Jessica. I love you as much as I’m allowed (judge says it has to be from at least 500 feet away), but I have to question the thought process when it comes to selecting projects. An Adam Sandler movie? You’re so much better than that. Just look at you. I mean, … Continue reading