Film Weekend Gross Per screen B.O. Total 1 Blades of Glory $23,000,000 (-30.3%) $6,744 $68,383,000 2 Meet the Robinsons $17,004,000 (-32.3%) $3,435 $52,235,000 3 Are We Done Yet? $15,000,000 (-New) $2,877 $19,063,000 4 Grindhouse $11,591,000 (-New) $4,417 $11,591,000 5 The Reaping $10,080,000 (-New) $3,872 $12,010,000 6 300 $8,825,000 (-22.8%) $3,300 $193,880,000 7 Wild Hogs $6,838,000 … Continue reading
(Correction: The Weinstein Company is not the U.S. distributor of Rian Johnson’s The Brothers Bloom, as was originally indicated in this article. TWC is currently the foreign sales representative.) Spirits were high Thursday night at the New Beverly in West Hollywood. A packed house filled with die-hard exploitation fans, who had lined up earlier in … Continue reading
I feel like the professor who begins his semester by showing up late to class reeking of whiskey, but inauspicious debuts are my specialty, and those were always the best classes anyway… Hello, I’m Andre Dellamorte, and I’m doing to a twice weekly now for CHUD. There’s going to be one on Thursday/Friday, and another … Continue reading
My grandmother was always quick to remind me, "If you ain’t got nothin’ nice to say, don’t fucking say it, and, for the last time, turn off that goddamn hose!" She also blamed the Jews for her chronic arthritis, and once mailed President Reagan what she thought to be severed head of the Yeti, but … Continue reading
I’ll never forget a brief exchange I had with Peter Bogdanovich in 1997 at a New York City Barnes & Noble book signing for the updated This is Orson Welles (a must-own tome for anyone who claims to love films, even though Welles wasn’t always the most reliable narrator of his own history). During the … Continue reading
We’re drawing nearer to the finalization of the 2007 Cannes Film Festival’s in-competition, out-of-competition and un certain regard selections, and, as has been the case since the early 90s, the program directors are busily lining up some big names to ensure ample publicity and excess whining from critics who remember when Cannes used to be … Continue reading
This is the second part of what I started last week. The purpose of this column, plainly stated, is to bring the white devil to his knees. Here’s how we do…The Crop: Hitman The Studio: 20th Century Fox The Director: Xavier Gens The Producers: Luc Besson, Adrian Askarieh, Chuck Gordon and Daniel Alter The Writer: … Continue reading
You might remember Adam Shankman from the anti-studio screed I hastily wrote up the other day. You might also remember him as the so-called director who tore open his anus and leaked out The Pacifier, A Walk to Remember, The Wedding Planner, Bringing Down the House and Cheaper By the Dozen 2. I’m sorry, is … Continue reading
I’m going to be completely honest with you guys: this brand new international trailer for Live Free or Die Hard ain’t getting along with my Windows Media Player for some annoying reason. But this is a news site, and this is news for anyone who grew up in the 1980s, so here’s a completely substance-free … Continue reading
Warning: This review contains spoilers and a rampaging lemur. The tragic misperception of grindhouse movies, furthered by fusty film critics who prefer their entertainment wholly honorable and resoundingly stale, is that they are, first and foremost, bad, thus suggesting that those who adore them are, at best, ironic in their appreciation or, at worst, taste-impaired. … Continue reading