My apologies to Tony Carey… So three more young, work-hungry actors have been scooped up for the Dreamworks/Spyglass/Red Hour production of The Ruins, based on Scott Smith’s big beach read of summer 2006. They are Jena Malone, Shawn "Bobby Drake" Ashmore and Laura "…" Ramsey, and they will be joining Jonathan Tucker in the college … Continue reading
Much as I want to tell you Liv Ullman has been cast as Betty Ross in the Louis Leterrier angry green man reboot, currently titled The Hulk Who’s Okay with His Father Who Doesn’t Resemble Nick Nolte, I’m afraid the sixty-eight-year-old muse of Ingmar Bergman is too old and just too goddamn Norwegian to pull … Continue reading
"At the risk of being labeled a scold – the ultimate in uncool – I have to ask: before cashing those big checks, shouldn’t we at least pause to consider what we are saying with our movies about the value of life and the pleasures of mayhem?" That was Mike White chiming in via The … Continue reading
(I’d like to preface this review by imploring you to see Spider-Man 3 on IMAX if the option is available to you. I’m now of the opinion that these big studio event films are made for the biggest screen imaginable; they are sensory assaults first and stories second. Watching Spider-Man 3 on The Bridge’s IMAX … Continue reading
If every time there’s talk of a strike, it means Michael Mann can get $120 million for a 1930’s Hollywood noir epic – set on studio backlots and, if all goes according to plan, shot almost exclusively on soundstages! – and Peter Jackson can take (as two sources are now telling me) Warner Brothers for … Continue reading
The Crop: Burn After Reading The Production Company: Working Title Films (Focus Features will distribute in the U.S.) The Director: Joel Coen The Producer: Ethan Coen The Writers: Joel & Ethan The Actors: George Clooney, Brad Pitt and Frances McDormand. The Premise: A hubristic, mid-level CIA flunkie hellbent on writing his memoirs to avenge a … Continue reading
When you’re lucky enough to call Eric Roberts "dad", that means a) you’ve got a direct access to some killer Mickey Rourke stories, b) every other movie shown on Cinemax between midnight and six a.m. will help put you through college and c) you aunt is America’s Erstwhile Sweetheart, Julia Roberts. The former two probably … 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
David Ayer’s The Night Watchman is turning into quite the testosterone-soaked cop melodrama. One month after snagging Forrest Whitaker to play the corrupt captain of an elite LAPD unit who frames his protégé (played by Keanu Reeves) for the murder of a fellow officer, Ayer has now landed the easy-on-the-eyes duo of Hugh Laurie and … Continue reading
Oh, what’s the use? According to the employer of that weirdo Scott Holleran, director Shawn Levy’s five movies have grossed over $575 million, which averages out to around $115 million per picture. He is obscenely bankable. He also has no pretensions to greatness because he has thus far expressed zero interest in making a halfway … Continue reading