Before The Deer Hunter, Bobby DeNiro was only known for small overlooked films like Taxi Driver and The Godfather Part II. An unflinching look at Vietnam and its impact on a group of small-town friends, this powerful drama won all sorts of awards and helped propel the careers of DeNiro, Meryl Streep, Christopher Walken and John … Continue reading
I’ve started fresh with the Graboid, going for a more polished and tougher perspective. If you get them from now on it’ll be because you’re an astute fan of movies. I’m not going to make it easy and it’s going to be from something I either like or find it fun to put on the … Continue reading
It seems like just a few months ago that we had a Tim Burton movie in theaters. Get it? It WAS just a few months ago! And that film, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, featured some of the same people who ended up in Tim Burton’s new stop-motion film, The Corpse Bride. Johnny Depp plays … Continue reading
I’ve already expressed my disappointment and disdain for Steve Carell leaping at the 10x paycheck for the completely needless semi-sequel Evan Almighty in response to his sudden StarMeter boost from The 40 Year Old Virgin. And as funny as he is, he’s still not exactly wowing me with his decisions. The former Produce Pete will now … Continue reading
BUY IT FROM AMAZON: CLICK HERE!STUDIO: New LineMSRP: $19.99RATING: RRUNNING TIME: 93 min.SPECIAL FEATURES:-Not really The Pitch “It’s urban legends meets Urban Legends!” The Humans Ron Livingston (Dill Scallion, Body Shots), Christopher Masterson (Scary Movie 2, Dragonheart: A New Beginning), Christine Taylor (The Brady Bunch Movie, Night of the Demons 2), Glenn Quinn (Dr. Giggles, … Continue reading
Though it’s usually a favorite destination, I wasn’t that wild about Las Vegas when I recently got stuck there overnight in 117 degree heat while on a layover from LA, but walking away from a poker table nearly $1,000 heavier made the unanticipated delay more tolerable. Vegas has so much going for it: the accessibility of … Continue reading
Peter Berg was previously slotted to helm the movie adaptation of the megapopular Splinter Cell videogame series, but now he’s apparently looking elsewhere for his espionage fix. And he found it in a stack of comics. Runny sauce man Berg is planning to write and direct The Losers, based on the DC/Vertigo book that CHUD’s … Continue reading
It’s like a big ol’ reunion on the quirky indie drama The Astronaut Farmer. The movie has Billy Bob Thornton as a peculiar small-town guy whose dreams of traveling into space compel him to build his own spaceship, which draws the attention of neighbors, the media and the government. And a bunch of other actors. … Continue reading
I’ve started fresh with the Graboid, going for a more polished and tougher perspective. If you get them from now on it’ll be because you’re an astute fan of movies. I’m not going to make it easy and it’s going to be from something I either like or find it fun to put on the … Continue reading
Constantine director Francis Lawrence already did a swell job of capturing the hellish landscape of Los Angeles, and he’s sticking around that misery-filled town for more bleak treats with the adaptation of the fantastic Richard Matheson vampire story I Am Legend. The influential tale follows Neville, the last living man in a postapocalyptic LA where … Continue reading