Mainstream studio comedy these days is pretty much ruled by the Will Ferrell/Judd Apatow/Ben Stiller/Jack Black set, and one of the benefits of getting into their racket is that if you can turn a standout performance amidst all the other overactive hams in these films, you are pretty much guaranteed a starring vehicle of your … Continue reading
1. BLENDER – APRIL 2007 Ostensibly a music magazine, Blender is really more a somewhat music-based pop culture rag. You’ll get your share of record reviews and interviews as they copy much of the look/format of England’s far superior Q magazine, but there’s a distinctly American spazziness that makes this an unpredictable, light, and usually … Continue reading
The job of newswriting for CHUD is nothing if not taxing on your general pop culture/geek culture breadth of knowledge. Personally, I get kind of bummed when I read that a film is based on something from a “noted” or “acclaimed” author, and I know next to nothing about the person. So while I can … Continue reading
The Weinstein era of Miramax was infamous for many things. They came with big money and bigger balls to film festivals to gobble up acquisitions. They strong-armed Oscar campaigns like few others could. They empowered maverick directors like Robert Rodriguez and Quentin Tarantino to do what other studios wouldn’t allow. But for many film geeks, … 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
God bless Val Kilmer. The guy seems to exist in every Hollywood world at once. He’s got more than a few clunkers acting as dust covers for video store shelves, and usually that’s a clear sign that your days as a theatrically-viable actor are over. But Kilmer continues not only to pop in theatrical films, … Continue reading
I’ve not read any of the Harry Potter books even though I’ve seen all of the films (all of which I’ve enjoyed on a single viewing with no desire to see again except for the beauty that was Alfonso Cuaron’s Prisoner of Azkaban), so I didn’t know what exactly to expect from the upcoming installment, … Continue reading
I remember during the Behind the Music episode on Metallica, they look at the auditions for a bass player after Cliff Burton died in 1986. Naturally, everyone imaginable showed up to try and land the prestigious gig including their fellow Bay Area musician Les Claypool. Unfortunately for Claypool, his audition was depp-sixed when he asked … Continue reading
When Tony Kaye first burst on the scene with his feature debut, American History X, he seemed to be poised for big things. Thanks to Edward Norton’s virtuoso performance, there was a lot of good buzz around the film, and Kaye benefited by association. But suddenly, Kaye Terence Trent D’Arby-ed himself right into director jail … Continue reading