If Ernest could go to prison, why not Pee Wee? That’s one of the two possible movie concepts for the triumphant return of the once-disgraced Pee Wee Herman. Hell, if Ollie North could have a major career as a commentator and a writer after seeking to undermine the very Constitutional fabric of this country and … Continue reading
Worry not, Chewers, Paramount’s Black Hole will not be a remake of the seminal floating robot film, but rather an adaptation of Charles Burns’ black and white graphic novel about a group of kids hit with a very, very weird STD.It took Burns ten years to finish his 12 part story, which has just been … Continue reading
Paramount Pictures president Gail Berman has laid out the studio’s plans for the next couple of years, and one of the things that she mentioned that caught my eye was a sequel to Jackass. The original Jackass was a monster smash for the studio – it cost only 5 million to make and it raked … Continue reading
It’s surely no secret that Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire is one of my most anticipated films this year. And it’s only a few weeks away! While we wait for the film, CHUD is partnering with Warner Bros to bring you a Harry Potter sweepstakes. What are we giving away? Well, to keep … Continue reading
It’s surely no secret that Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire is one of my most anticipated films this year. And it’s only a few weeks away! While we wait for the film, CHUD is partnering with Warner Bros to bring you a Harry Potter sweepstakes. What are we giving away? Well, to keep … Continue reading
In Paradise Now two seemingly normal, every day slacker types are recruited to become suicide bombers in Israel. The film follows them from their selection, their preparation and their entry into Israel – where things go wrong. Will they be able to finish their mission? And will they want to? As you can tell, Paradise … Continue reading
War is hell. We know that from watching Hollywood’s output of war movies. Now Jarhead comes along to show us another side of that – no war is hell, too. Anthony Swofford has joined the Marines, making “a wrong turn on the way to college.” He’s got a pretty girlfriend back home wearing his USMC … Continue reading
Lost obviously has a large fanbase, filled with fairly loyal people. How do you sell things to these people? One way is to offer odd and unique tie in books – like a novel written by one of the passengers on Oceanic 815. Except that the guy died. Sometime next year the unfinished manuscript by … Continue reading
What’s next for Darren Aronofsky? He’s finishing up work on The Fountain, his long-gestating epic space/time love story, and after that he’s helming an episode of Lost. Then what? I have gotten used to two things with Aronofsky – long waits between projects and lots of stops and starts and planned movies falling to the … Continue reading
Over the last couple of weeks I have told you that word on the street was that Spielberg’s Munich was running behind, and that there was some doubt that the film would actually hit at the end of the year as promised – and in time to make it an Oscar contender. Spielberg’s mouthpiece Martin … Continue reading