It’s rare that I have an opportunity to say anything nice about the MPAA, the board who decides what ratings movies will get. All too often the ratings applied by the MPAA are insane, and the reasons they give for their ratings – complaining that the “tone” of a scene in The Devil’s Rejects was … Continue reading
The first pictures from CHUDdie buddy Guillermo del Toro’s new film, Pan’s Labyrinth, have shown up and, in my professional estimation, they fucking rock. I mean, these three pictures not only get across the atmosphere of this piece, but they showcase creature designs that are like Nightbreed +10 coolness (and for the record I have … Continue reading
Doug Liman’s new show for NBC – Heist – now has a lead in the person of Dougray Scott, a guy with two names but three first names. Blows my mind. Scott, who is a member of the If I Had That Role I Could Have Been A Lot More Famous club with almost-Aragorn Stuart … Continue reading
I grew up reading comic books, so it’s not uncommon for me to think (or just pretend) that something happened to reality and that I am now living in a strange and changed world, or have been pushed into an alternate universe. Today I woke up and read the news and felt just like that. … Continue reading
We’re all dealing with the impending loss of Arrested Development in our own ways. Me, I’m honing my hatred of the American public into a sharp edged blade of vengeance. They’ve let me down too many times in the last few years – great movies tanking at the box office, great TV shows unable to … Continue reading
Dennis Haysbert – the president on 24 – has now joined the FBI. He’s the latest star to come on board Billy Ray’s next film, Breach. Breach tells the true story of Robert Hanssen, an FBI agent who sold secrets to the Soviet Union. Chris Cooper is Hanssen, while Ryan Phillipe will be playing Eric … Continue reading
This interview (actually a press conference) contains a special surprise guest – Earl Dittman! More on him in a minute. Opening this weekend, Derailed stars Jennifer Aniston and Clive Owen in a noir thriller about a couple of married people who begin an affair that has unexpected consequences. I can report back to you that … Continue reading
THE CONTEMPORARY EDGE-OF-YOUR-SEAT THRILLERTHE SKELETON KEYCasts its Spell on DVD NOVEMBER 15, 2005 from Universal Studios Home Entertainment Sad songs may say so much, but it’s scary stories that really get our blood pumping. Next Tuesday, November 15th, sees the DVD release of The Skeleton Key, a supernatural thriller starring Kate Hudson that weaves a … Continue reading
THE CONTEMPORARY EDGE-OF-YOUR-SEAT THRILLERTHE SKELETON KEYCasts its Spell on DVD NOVEMBER 15, 2005 from Universal Studios Home Entertainment Sad songs may say so much, but it’s scary stories that really get our blood pumping. Next Tuesday, November 15th, sees the DVD release of The Skeleton Key, a supernatural thriller starring Kate Hudson that weaves a … Continue reading
Some ideas are so weird that they just work. One of them is David Cronenberg retooling Dead Ringers for an HBO series. The film starred Jeremy Irons as a pair of twin gynecologists. Their hobbies included seducing women and passing them from one brother to the other and designing horrifying surgical tools. A TV series … Continue reading