I recently saw trailers for a couple of the remaining movies of 2008 that I am really looking forward to. “The X-Files: I Want to Believe,” due out later this month, and the James Bond film “Quantum of Solace.” To be honest, even after viewing the X-Files trailer, I could not get much of a … Continue reading
If reports are to be believed, Mark Millar, whose movie “Wanted” is now in theaters, wants to do yet another relaunch of the “Superman” franchise. This one would start from scratch and ignore all the previous movies, meaning presumably that we’d have to sit through the origin story all over again, etc. Millar says he … Continue reading
Yesterday, I was visiting with family for the holiday and the TV happened to be on. American Movie Classics was showing a “Jaws marathon” and “Jaws 3-D” was on. (Why they still insist on calling it 3-D when regular TV allows nothing of the kind is a mystery.) I had not seen this movie in … Continue reading
I know I’m a little late to the party on this one, but I finally got the chance yesterday to see “The Incredible Hulk.” I’ve been using the holiday weekend as an opportunity to catch up on my moviegoing. It’s also a great way to save some money — go to an 11 a.m. show, … Continue reading
So apparently Christian Bale has at least one other thing in common with Michael Keaton besides playing the role of Batman. Both actors do not care much for the character of Robin, the Dark Knight’s sidekick. Bale said so just recently in an item reported here on CHUD, and I remember reading past interviews with … Continue reading
I was reading somewhere just the other day that someone in France is planning to make a musical out of David Cronenberg’s 1986 version of “The Fly.” Dear God. What is pop culture coming to? (Even scarier was a comment by one of my co-workers that a similar treatment may be in store for “The … Continue reading
Had some company over the weekend: my wife’s longtime gal pal, her 10-year-old daughter and a 12-year-old friend. So Friday night we were trying to pick out a movie to watch, and the girls said they had never seen “Jaws.” I mean, how can you never have seen or heard of “Jaws” — the first … Continue reading
So it seems Columbia is hell-bent on doing a fourth Spider-Man film, penciling in a release date of May 2011. I don’t know … do we really need another film? Especially when reaction to the third was so divided? Overall, fourth films in any series are usually desperate attempts to cash in on the nostalgia for … Continue reading
I’m one of those people who seems to acquire more books than he knows what to do with. They’ll clutter up the bookshelves in my home and sooner or later my wife is suggesting that maybe some should be donated to the local public library if I’m not going to read them all. I’d love to read them … Continue reading
When I was a junior in college, George Carlin came to campus and performed a show. This was April of 1992, and it was pretty exciting to have such a comedy legend in person, up there on stage. In fact, Carlin even consented to an interview for the campus newspaper, of which I was the … Continue reading