In the world of The Golden Compass, people’s souls live outside of their bodies in the form of daemons. As a child your daemon changes shape constantly from one animal to another, but as you get older it eventually finds the animal that best represents who you are on the inside and sticks with it. … Continue reading
Everybody else on the internet is producing or writing movies, but I’m stuck on a different path: I’m appearing in one. It’s a documentary by the name of Heckler, and here’s the official synopsis from the Tribeca Film Festival: Comedian Jamie Kennedy confronts hecklers and heckled alike in this wry, spirited documentary. With appearances from … Continue reading
Former CHUD superstar Dave Davis is hitting the big time – no, those indictments didn’t come down, but rather he’s got a script that’s on its way to becoming a movie. The movie is Condition Dead, and it’s described as ‘a no-holds barred zombie film in the vein of James Cameron’s Aliens.’ The script got … Continue reading
The time since the end of Mystery Science Theater 3000 has been eased a little bit by Riff Trax, where Mike Nelson and friends (often his old MST3K cohorts Kevin Murphy and Bill Corbett, as well as the occasional out of left fielder like Neil Patrick Harris) offer downloadable commentary tracks for movies. The great … Continue reading
Welcome to the next CHUD List. We’ve tackled our essentials list and the continued revelation of our Kills List from 2003, and now that we’ve begun the beguine, we must continue. Behold: The CHUD.com Top 50 Disappointments. A quick word on the criteria. We could very easily have spent this whole article discussing sequels and … Continue reading
Fletch Won, the Fletch prequel that Scrubs creator Bill Lawrence is working on, won’t be starring his beloved Dr. Dorian – Zach Braff has dropped out of the project. "Zach is writing and directing his own film [Open Hearts] at Paramount," Lawrence told TV Guide. "I’m very happy for him. We were looking forward to … Continue reading
The Tribeca Film Festival is starting up in a couple of days, and we have a cool opportunity for some New York City area Chewers to attend a movie premiere that sounds like it’s going to be pretty amazing. No, it’s not a movie that will be filled with stars, and it’s probably not even … Continue reading
Last week I told you that the MPAA had ordered Magnolia to change the website for the upcoming horror comedy Severance because a comedic image of a neck stump spurting blood was considered too extreme for the Internet. By the way, the Internet is where I saw the Mr. Hands video – you know, the … Continue reading
text The State of the State UpdateCarl K shouts: Devin, First Season is ready for download $9.95 on iTunes. Just thought I’d give you the heads up. I would like the DVDs as well, but this will have to do. Devin replies: Another angry dipshit Derek S shouts: Dear Mr. Faraci, Your articles kind of … Continue reading