When Inland Empire showed at the New York Film Festival on Friday, someone asked David Lynch if he had a distributor for the movie. “Technically… no,” he said, being as cryptic as his film. It turns out that Lynch will self-distribute the digital video film. The director acquired the North American rights from financier Studio … Continue reading
Tideland will go down in history as one of the most stunning mistakes of the first decade of the 21st century. It’s a movie that fits perfectly in the Terry Gilliam oeuvre, except for the fact that it is a dismal, rank bore that so misses the thematic mark that it becomes a complete nightmare. … Continue reading
The LA Times is reporting that Evan Almighty, the Noah and the Ark-inspired sequel to the “What if Jim Carrey was God” existential nightmare of Bruce Almighty, is running a little over budget. By about 40 million dollars. And when all the marketing costs are factored in, it could end up being the most expensive … Continue reading
The New Line movie The Nativity Story just got a little meta – the same week the theatrical trailer hit, actress Keisha Castle-Hughes announced that she, like Mary, had been knocked up quite young. As in, she’s 16. I don’t even want to speculate what this means for the young actress’ seemingly up and coming … Continue reading
Ace reporter Ed Douglas from Coming Soon sat down with Ridley Scott this weekend to talk about his upcoming film A Good Year, in which the only things Russell Crowe kills are a couple of bottles of wine. Talk drifted to what Scott’s next project might be after American Gangster, the film Scott is currently … Continue reading
I’m giving Sylvester Stallone a lot of the benefit of the doubt when it comes to Rocky Balboa, aka Rocky VI. I’m less inclined to give him much benefit but much more inclined to doubt when it comes to the new Rambo film, subtitled In the Serpent’s Eye. Jesus, might as well call it Straight … Continue reading
Note from Devin: Please welcome one of my favorite people, currently going by the name of perculator66, to the CHUD main page. He’s smart as hell and twice as funny, and he happened to find himself on the set of The Mysteries of Pittsburgh, a film which – as he notes – recently made some … Continue reading
Eight seconds lasts forever. That’s how long you have to stay on a bucking bull to begin racking up points, and it’s the points that determine the winner of the PBR (Professional Bull Riders) Championship. That man takes home a check for a million dollars and a gold belt buckle; along the way he is … Continue reading
Mark Savage is an Australian filmmaker who doesn’t just push the boundaries of sex and violence in film, he blasts through them with a shotgun. He’s been a cult director for some time, but now Subversive Cinema is living up to their name and has released a box set with three of his most extreme … Continue reading
Rank Title WeekendGross CumulativeGross Weeks in Release 1 The Departed $27,015,000 $27,015,000 1 2 Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning $19,150,000 $19,150,000 1 3 Open Season $16,000,000 $44,129,000 2 4 Employee of the Month $11,800,000 $11,800,000 1 5 The Guardian $9,643,000 $32,394,000 2 6 Jackass Number Two $6.400,000 $62,693,000 3 7 School For Scoundrels $3,413,000 $13,968,000 … Continue reading