It’s funny going down to Little West 12th Street – it’s in what used to be the Meat Packing District of Manhattan, and it was where you went to buy meat… either the kind that comes from an animal or the kind that’s hidden inside the skirt of a tranny hooker. The neighborhood is very … Continue reading
Last night the SciFi Channel had their upfront presentation here in New York City. The big announcement of the evening was that the network was picking up Battlestar Galactica, one of the best shows to ever run on television, for a full fourth season, after only initially agreeing to 13 episodes. As part of that … Continue reading
There’s nothing but an imaginary line separating the United States from Canada, yet most of us in the States only know Kim Poirier as the girl in the Dawn of the Dead remake who takes a chainsaw to the chest. But our Canuckian neighbors are more familiar with the lovely young lady, who hosts the … Continue reading
A couple of weeks ago we asked you to submit your questions for Children of Men director/professional genius Alfonso Cuarón, which he would answer in a videotaped interview. With Children of Men hitting DVD on Tuesday (pre-order it right now, goddammit!), we got those answers back – and here they are. In the PD James … Continue reading
Children of Men, one of the two best movies of 2006 (it was a good year) hits DVD this coming Tuesday, and Universal is going out of their way to make sure you know about it, and that you talk about it. And CHUD is happy to help them with this because we like this … Continue reading
Last year the Russian import horror/fantasy movie Night Watch was much hyped and made a moderate splash in the United States. In the ex-Soviet Union it was one of the biggest hits ever, though, guaranteeing the planned sequels. In the time since it has been unsure what the American fate of those films would be, … Continue reading
The rights to The Green Hornet, a character best known today for his 1960s TV that introduced America to Bruce Lee in the racially insensitive role of Kato, have been bouncing around Hollywood for years now. Universal had him, but they decided that a comic book character from the 30s who was unknown to anyone … Continue reading
Tom Cruise’s United Artists is looking more like a way to get the publicity-challenged actor work more than anything else*. The newly revived UA made Lions for Lambs, a Robert Redford drama about the military, its first production, and Cruise got a job in that. Now UA has bought a WWII thriller for Bryan Singer … Continue reading
Cineastes the world over have been rejoicing at the news that Francis Ford Coppola is back making movies – and back making personal movies – with Youth Without Youth, based on a novel by Mircea Eliade. Expectations have been tempered, though, as Coppola has begun showing the film, first to friends and colleagues and now … Continue reading