We’re gearing up to restart the Podcast Train in a big way, but this caboose don’t exactly run on coal. It’s powered by your input, specifically your voicemails. Our last full installment was full of us enjoying your rambling, then promptly mocking it with all we had. We look forward to doing more of that. … Continue reading
Death At A Funeral is the latest film from Frank Oz, who has a decent bit to answer for due to 2004’s criminally unfunny, ungood, and unwatchable The Stepford Wives. But try not to hold that against him too much. The guy’s giving us a well-reviewed comedy here, and he’s working with a supersharp Brit … Continue reading
Currently on TV, there are three different regularly-televised showcases for black comedians. On HBO, Diddy’s Bad Boys of Comedy supposedly spotlights up-and-coming talent with an edgy twist. On Starz, Martin Lawrence’s 1st Amendment Stand Up does….roughly the same thing. And finally, and most embarrassingly, BET’s Comic View pretends to do the same, but in fact … Continue reading
You gotta give William Hurt credit. While he’s always worked with a Samuel L. Jackson-esque frequency, he’s been able to dip into virtually every genre in both film and television, and even direct-to-DVD, without skipping a beat or leaving any sort of career-damaging stains despite having starred in a number of outright bombs/failures (e.g. Michael, … Continue reading
Supposedly, you can’t ever count Drew Barrymore out. Just when you think her career is spiraling, she quietly jumps back in her romantic comedy lane and lands a hit like this year’s Music and Lyrics, which, despite performing modestly in the US, did great business overseas. Sure, Lucky You came and went like a teenage … Continue reading
I’m secure enough in my sexuality to admit to man-crushing on certain actors – guys who I think are the shit, have all of the goods, and should be way bigger than they are. And somewhere in my top 10, you’ll find Johnny Messner. This gravelly-voiced stud has been flittering about the margins for years … Continue reading
In writing for CHUD, you sometimes see news from the same company of the same nature so often that you dismiss it on its face. Ever since Walden Media started up in the “big-budget family entertainment” lane and scored with The Chronicles of Narnia, we’ve seen notice after notice of them snapping up child-oriented fantasy … Continue reading
Despite their recent verbal commitment to the project, there’s still not much concrete news on Broken Lizard’s Super Troopers 2. And with that lack of movement, we’re looking at a wide open horizon for the boys where any number of projects they’ve talked about in the past could fill the void. Now they have to … Continue reading
Oddly, and sadly, enough, I found myself musing a few days ago as to what happened to Dr. Uwe Boll. A thoroughly untalented, yet determined filmmaker, Boll has earned a special status as the Ed Wood of our times with his almost unbelievably shitty body of videogame movies, all financed through some odd Ponzi scheme … Continue reading
Knocked Up aside, this summer’s been pretty disappointing for me thus far, so I find myself already looking to the traditionally meatier Fall schedule where one film towers above all others for me: American Gangster. From the moment I first heard of the film’s central trinity of greatness – Denzel Washington, Russell Crowe, and director … Continue reading