Devin Faraci

GOOD ROCK OR BAD ROCK?

Buried in our archives is a story I wrote in 2003, when I was but a young journalistic tyke, breaking the scoop that The Rock was being considered to star in a movie version of the DC Comic Shazam! (the character is Captain Marvel, Shazam is his catchphrase). That archived story is not available through … Continue reading

MCNULTY GOES BAD

I saw 300 before watching The Wire, so it took me a little while to clear the evil Dominic West out of my head and come to love him as McNulty, the fucked up Baltimore cop who is trying to make a difference. Come to love him I did, and now watching West be villainous … Continue reading

RAIDERS OF THE INDY IV SPOILERS

A couple of months ago, when we were breaking story details about Indiana Jones IV (then called Indiana Jones and the City of the Gods, a title I still think is better than Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull), there was a meeting of the production crew. ‘Who’s leaking info to CHUD.com?’ … Continue reading

CLOONEY CRASHES AND THE COENS CONTINUE

The two biggest celeb news stories in my neck of the woods this weekend were the supposed Meg White sex tape (I don’t think it’s her) and George Clooney’s motorcycle accident. Clooney, who already has a bad back from an injury during the filming of Syriana, suffered a broken rib in the smash up. He’s … Continue reading

GEE THIS SOUNDS FAMILIAR FORCE

A new film being produced by Jerry Bruckheimer for Disney gives me deja vu not once, but twice. The film is called G-Force, which brings to mind Gatchaman/Battle of the Planets, which is being developed into a CGI film all its own. But more than that, the film is about a group of genetically enhanced … Continue reading