Tyler Perry is a superstar. Maybe not to most of the readers of CHUD.com, but in the urban theater world (once known disparagingly as the “chitlin’ circuit”), Perry’s plays have grossed upwards of 75 million dollars in the last few years. With those kinds of numbers it’s no surprise that one of his plays has … Continue reading
We’ve seen the hands of our alien invaders on the poster for Steve Spielberg’s experiment in quickie cinema, War of the Worlds. Now we may be seeing their foliage. Al Sullivan’s blog has pictures of red Martian weed (whether it’s better to smoke than Hobbit pipeweed is as of now unknown), as well as a … Continue reading
You can lead a horse to water but you can’t be sure that the well hasn’t been all dried up already. Or something. That’s my words of wisdom for Bruce Willis, who has said that he is going to start filming a new Die Hard in the fall. And not just Die Hard 4. No, … Continue reading
The first full body images of Vogons are here, from the Diamond Previews catalog, which has stuff that should be shipping to your local store in about two to three months. They have a big ad for toys from Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy, and it includes a look at the Vogons, Marvin’s gun, and … Continue reading
Last weekend I intended to get a hold of Jersey Girl and figure out just what the heck happened to Kevin Smith. I didn’t get a chance, but I still want to work on this dilemma – I mean, this guy was one of the faces of indie filmmaking, he was one of the hopes … Continue reading
The remake of John Carpenter’s Assault on Precinct 13 opens with a jittery, wired undercover sting gone wrong. Ethan Hawke, all too convincing as a junkie, is leading two cops in an effort to take out some Serbian mobsters, but it all goes to hell, as your average pre-credits sequence sting will do, and Hawke … Continue reading
Dodgeball was an enjoyable film. It was funny enough, and actually had a couple of really great jokes – I’m partial to ESPN 8 – The Ocho. But does it need a sequel? Fox thinks so. At least that’s the word from a scooper to Coming Soon!, a guy who goes by the unlikely name … Continue reading
As the Harry Potter films get farther into the book series, the filmmakers are presented with the challenge of condensing hundreds upon hundreds of pages into a two hour movie. Daniel Handler’s Lemony Snicket’s A Series of Unfortunate Events presents the opposite problem – clocking in at a few dozen pages per volume, the filmmakers … Continue reading
Nick’s review. Following up a film that seems to be aging slowly into a bona fide classic, a film that may well be considered your masterpiece, must be daunting at best. So how do you do it? If you’re Wes Anderson it seems that you make an action movie. A Wes Anderson action movie, that … Continue reading
Here’s my thesis: J Michael Straczynski has the power of hypnosis. I can’t imagine how else people think he’s such hot shit, frankly. The guy’s not awful, but he’s not great. I mean, his Amazing Spider-Man comics are being treated like they came down from the mountain with Moses, yet they’re almost all terrible. The … Continue reading