As much as we can give George Lucas plenty of shit for ruining his own Star Wars franchise with the subpar prequel films, the guy knows how to keep that machine moving forward. His latest bid to make sure Star Wars (and all of its ancillary products, now available at all fine retailers near you) … Continue reading
Finally, a “Create Your Own Poster” contest that I think will really let your sick little imaginations fly. The contest is for Primeval, coming in April, and the image kit (which you can download below) is filled with stuff like what you see on the right. I love it. I love the severed hand with … Continue reading
Today is the eleventy-first birthday of projected film. Is that experience, the big audience seeing a movie projected on a screen, about to slip on a ring and sneak away from its own party? I don’t think so, but it’s at a crossroads that will determine if it’ll be around for another 111 years. On … Continue reading
Before James Brown’s newly lifeless body even had a chance to begin to experience rigor mortis, Brian Grazer and Spike Lee announced that they’ll be making a biopic about the revered R&B legend. To be fair to the newly attached at the hip duo, Grazer was involved in the project before Brown fell flailing to … Continue reading
Am I totally nuts or is that Brian Posehn playing the preacher hitching Sue Storm and Reed Richards? If this is the case, I am preemptively declaring that not only did I like better Fantastic Four than Batman Begins, I am going to like Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer better than The Dark … Continue reading
As I was writing this piece I found myself a little confused. I felt like I knew that DeNiro was going to star in What Just Happened?. But how could I? All of the other sites were reporting it as news. I must have been mistaken. But no. A quick check of the CHUD archives … Continue reading
Val Kilmer has a reputation of being hard to work with. And maybe that reputation has kept him from getting some great roles in the past. But are things so bad that he has to revisit Real Genius, a comedy he starred in back when my voice was changing?* Virgin.net, without resorting to tactics like … Continue reading
And just like that, Rob Zombie’s remake of Halloween is taking Shape. Last week we reported that the young Michael Myers was cast – over the holiday weekend it was revealed that big grown-up Mike is cast as well, and Zombie has gone brawny with one-time wrestler and Sabertooth, Tyler Mane. It’s an interesting choice, … Continue reading
What a year. 2006 didn’t have the greatest depth of good movies – I wasn’t exactly sweating which films would make the 15 – but the ones that were good tended to be very, very good. That’s why I ended up with a tie for first place – and why, quite honestly, any of my … Continue reading