Guys, I know we disagree on Batman Begins. And nothing I’ve seen from The Dark Knight has really gotten me all that excited (in fact, knowing most of the story has made me a little less excited!). But I understand that for you this is a big movie. You’re psyched. So just think how psyched … Continue reading
Sometimes even the hardened news hounds here at CHUD.com miss a story or two. Usually it’s not a big deal, but this past week we almost let an opportunity to shit on the idea of a sequel to Superman Returns get by us! Thanks to Garth at Dark Horizons, we managed to see the story … Continue reading
Ridley Scott has made the single best gangster film of the 21st century with American Gangster*, but even more amazing than that, he’s managed to make a film where Cuba Gooding Jr is actually… good. Yes, Cuba’s in American Gangster playing Nicky Barnes, the Harlem drug kingpin who appeared on the cover of the New … Continue reading
I was over at Joe Carnahan’s blog reading his thoughts on the strike (he’s prepping for a summer 08 shoot, thinking that only the writers will strike) when I saw that he announced Chris Pine dropping out of Killing PabloWhite Jazz in order to ‘go where no man has gone before,’ according to Joe. That … Continue reading
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Back in August CHUD.com brought you the news that the Frank Herbert estate believed they were close to launching a new Dune film. The details were scarce, and we didn’t even know what studio or what filmmaker really wanted the rights to the book. Now Aint It Cool has a scooper who thinks they know … Continue reading
Lionsgate is a weird company. They produce lots and lots of junk – War, Midnight Meat Train, Saw IV – but they also distribute movies like Francis Ford Coppola’s Youth Without Youth and they brought Paul Haggis’ Crash to an Oscar win. They’re a schizophrenic company, making their rent by making awful genre pictures, but … Continue reading
Screamfest LA seems to be a rousing success so far. While Diary of the Dead was kind of crummy, it was a cool way to open the festival. On Saturday sold out crowds got to see Friday the 13th Part 3 in 3D, which was an incredible blast. I went to the first showing, and … Continue reading
Last week I brought you my thoughts about the twenty minutes of footage from Walk Hard that Sony showed an assemblage of journalists. After the footage was shown, producer Judd Apatow, director Jake Kasdan and star John C Reilly, who was on his lunch break from filming the Adam McKay directed, Will Ferrell co-starring Step … Continue reading
This review includes major spoilers for the ending of Into the Wild, although they won’t be spoilers for anyone familiar with the story of Christopher McCandless. For many people the death of Christopher McCandless is a chance to be condescending, or even worse feel superior as they sit on their asses and take no chances … Continue reading