ESSENTIAL CHUD – DAY TWENTY-ONE
Sometime when I do a press day or a junket I get interviews that I know cannot be appreciated until after the movie is out. Occasionally these just never make it on to the site while other times they run before the movie’s release as part of the standard week-before hype up. With Robert Graysmith … Continue reading
This article has major spoilers for Heroes. For the last couple of weeks I have been toying with an editorial called “Heroes Is the Most Compellingly Bad Show on Television.” The basic concept was to explain why I tune in to Heroes (or, more accurately, why I TiVo it) even though I think the show … Continue reading
Early estimates put 300, Zack Snyder’s adaptation of Frank Miller’s comic book about nobly doomed Spartan warriors, at about 70 million dollars this weekend. That’s an astonishing number, giving 300 the third highest R-rated opening ever (behind The Matrix Reloaded and The Passion of the Christ, both long-awaited installments of popular franchises) and the single … Continue reading
When NBC announced their fall slate, I took sides. I made my decision in advance. Looking back I’m not sure what I based that decision on – was it really the comparative level of experience of each show’s creator, or was it some deeper, uglier thing I don’t like to think about (but I do … Continue reading
The rumors of Disney blinking and moving Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End have proven to be, predictably, false. The Mouse House has obviously just been biding their time with promotion, not wanting to burn out a public who saw the last Pirates film 30 times each last summer and then bought 14 copies … Continue reading
300 is going to be the number one movie this weekend – there’s no doubt about that, as it has nothing serious opening against it (as much as I love The Host, it’s not even remotely a threat). But how big will it be? As always, anecdotal evidence is useless, but I know a number … Continue reading
Frosty from Collider dropped me an email saying that he had just come from an event for Surf’s Up, the latest fucking penguin movie, where Shia LaBeouf denied being in Indiana Jones IV. “It’s turned into this insane thing, and it’s fun to watch everybody talk about it, but I don’t have a deal or … Continue reading
Udated at the bottom! Alert reader Tony Cigarette Burns sends this message: Devin,Thanks to the powers of YouTube, some extended trailer of 300 has made its way onto the net:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UapGEIMQtkwNow I know what you’re saying, who cares, right? Scroll to 1:52 into the trailer for this beauty: Well that’s certainly Rorschach from Watchmen, Zack Snyder’s … Continue reading
Writing for CHUD these last few years has made me less actively cynical – ‘You soulless corporate bastards!’ – and more passively cynical – ‘It’s a business, what do you expect?’ – but every now and again something so egregiously awful comes down the pike that I find myself getting the old dander up. Such … Continue reading