Hoping to rekindle the Fahrenheit 9/11-incited box office firestorm of June 23rd, 2004, The Weinstein Company and Lionsgate have elected to release Michael Moore’s latest controversy courting documentary, Sicko, on June 29th, where it will compete with Pixar’s Ratatouille and Fox’s Live Free or Pass Away Pecefully in Your Sleep. The film, which skewers the … Continue reading
If you’re any kind of genre geek, you know who Bob Burns is. He is the keeper of the Wolfman (and the American Werewolf), the Creature, the Alien Queen, the original King Kong armature, the Time Machine, and a variety of classic movie props. He is also an incredibly knowledgable film historian who’s forgotten more … Continue reading
In his May 8th “Big Picture” column for The Los Angeles Times, Patrick Goldstein poses the question that’s been bugging me for years: “Is there anyone besides me who is depressed by the news that Steven Spielberg, a great filmmaker with the clout to get any project he wants off the ground, is going to … Continue reading
It’s nice to see Disney and the Pirates of the Caribbean cabal aren’t at all upset by having to cede bragging rights for The Biggest Three-Day Opening Ever to Spider Man 3. Oh, never mind. The studio has just announced their plans to premiere the film a few hours early on Thursday, May 24th at … Continue reading
Further to the headline, if you’ve never heard the one about Kevin Costner nearly ending Cal Ripken, Jr.’s consecutive games played streak by sleeping with his wife, why don’t you remedy that. (Costner has denied it, and I believe him, but it’s still one of the greatest sports rumors ever.) As for Costner’s career as … Continue reading
The Crop: The Lovely Bones The Studio: Dreamworks The Director: Peter Jackson The Producer: Jackson, Fran Walsh, Carolynne Cunningham and Aimee Peyronnet The Writers: Jackson, Walsh and Phlippa Boyens The Actors: No clue! The Premise: Fourteen-year-old Susie Salmon surveys from heaven the aftermath of her brutal rape-and-murder as it affects her family and her murderer. … Continue reading
"Gemini Man, with its special effects elements, is simply the best action concept in Hollywood right now." Thus enthused Jonathan Hensleigh six years ago when he was hired by Disney to rewrite Darren Lemke’s futuristic screenplay about an aging hitman being hunted by a clone of his younger self. Shockingly, Hensleigh failed to deliver as … Continue reading
Getting worked up over Tim Allen is so 1992. As long as he stays off the Bolivian Marching Powder, the worst he can do is churn out an innocuously awful family comedy once or twice a year and star in a couple of Wild Hogs sequels (using the trusty sequel math of diminishing returns, I’ve … Continue reading
Welcome to the next CHUD List. We’ve tackled our essentials list and the continued revelation of our Kills List from 2003, and now that we’ve begun the beguine, we must continue. Behold: The CHUD.com Top 50 Disappointments. A quick word on the criteria. We could very easily have spent this whole article discussing sequels and … Continue reading
Perhaps you’re acquainted with Nick Frost’s one-man war against hotel plumbing. If not, acquaint yourself before taking in the final installment of a trilogy that does for dessert what 976-EVIL did for Stephen Geoffreys acting career. To see more from these giggling lunatics (they must just really enjoy each other’s company to laugh like that), … Continue reading