“What’s in Rabbit Foot?” someone asks in Mission: Impossible: 3. The answer, my friends, is pure, concentrated MacGuffin. Like any good MacGuffin, Rabbit Foot is the thing that drives the mechanics of this film – in MI3’s case it’s a device (biohazardous, it seems) that evil arms merchant Philip Seymour Hoffman wants, and he’ll kill … Continue reading
How long does it take a nation to forget the Flintstones movies? It’s been 6 years since Viva Rock Vegas, and despite the cries of “Too Soon!”, Warner Bros is dipping back into the Hanna Barbera well to turn a cartoon into a live action film. This time it’s The Jetsons, the wacky family from … Continue reading
First of all I’d like to thank Devin and all the other CHUD regulars for being too damned busy to make this trip. Ordinarily I would chalk up their lack of availability/enthusiasm to the set’s lackluster location (Salt Lake City, Utah), but since I know everyone at CHUD has a major crush on Paul, it’s … Continue reading
First of all I’d like to thank Devin and all the other CHUD regulars for being too damned busy to make this trip. Ordinarily I would chalk up their lack of availability/enthusiasm to the set’s lackluster location (Salt Lake City, Utah), but since I know everyone at CHUD has a major crush on Paul, it’s … Continue reading
We don’t often get excited about family feel-good films here at CHUD (Okay, we never get excited about them.), but when Paul Feig’s in the director’s chair, all bets and preconceived notions are off. Recently we visited set of his new film, Unaccompanied Minors, which is currently filming in Salt Lake City, UT. The story, … Continue reading
The Proposition is a grimy, violent film set in the deserts of Australia back in the 1880s. It’s basically about that nation’s Old West, and it’s a grim story of betrayal, bloodshed and badasses. Aussie director John Hillcoat takes Nick Cave’s script (yes, that Nick Cave) and evokes the dusty, gory past – greatly aided … Continue reading
The Proposition is a grimy, violent film set in the deserts of Australia back in the 1880s. It’s basically about that nation’s Old West, and it’s a grim story of betrayal, bloodshed and badasses. Aussie director John Hillcoat takes Nick Cave’s script (yes, that Nick Cave) and evokes the dusty, gory past – greatly aided … Continue reading
Art School Confidential reunites the Ghost World team of graphic novelist/screenwriter Daniel Clowes and director Terry Zwigoff. This time they’re using a very short piece of Clowes’ as their jumping off point for a film that pokes a lot of fun at art school and art students before turning into a very strange crime film. … Continue reading
As part of my one man media blitz for United 93, I did an interview with Paul Greengrass for Mean, a very cool film oriented magazine. The issue with Paul was supposed to have hit stands already, but it’s been delayed, so the publisher has put my interview on their website as a web exclusive, … Continue reading
Rhino Records brought us the classic Golden Throats compilations, which featured actors singing, even when they shouldn’t be. Rather than wait a few decades for enough material to create a new Golden Throats, the good people at Rhino have gone and created Unexpected Dreams, a compilation CD of actors singing soothing lullabies. I have heard … Continue reading