I figured that April would be Grindhouse month, but mainstream audiences proved that’s not the case, and the Weinstein Co’s beancounters agree. Still, if you loved the film there might be a temptation to dig up some of the original films referenced so thoroughly by Rodriguez and Tarantino. And digging through the grindhouse archives means … Continue reading
Now that she’s broken free of the Spider-Man franchise, Kirstin Dunst is free to alienate fans of other works. (I have to say that the fanboy vendetta against Dunst still has me vaguely mystified.) Ironically, one of her first new career steps will be an adaptation of How To Lose Friends And Alienate People, by … Continue reading
In Sophie Fiennes’ thoroughly wonderful, easily worth the $50 it’ll cost you to import the DVD The Pervert’s Guide to Cinema, Slovenian cultural philosopher Slavoj Žižek discusses Hitchcock’s most ambiguous film. The big question about The Birds, of course, is the stupid obvious one: why do the birds attack? He goes on to elaborate; the … Continue reading
The 31st annual Atlanta Film Festival starts tomorrow night, April 19, and runs through April 28th. The fest has steadily been growing over the past few years, and for 2007 features probably the most diverse line-up ever. To prove it, we’re sponsoring two of the weirder films in the fest, and even have 40 seats … Continue reading
Everyone has more or less known that Star Trek XI would be a reboot of some sort, most likely including James T Kirk. Now, in Star Trek Magazine, J.J. Abrams has confirmed Kirk’s presence in the finished script and announced that the team is into pre-prep…whatever that means. I think that’s the stage in film … Continue reading
I don’t care what your thoughts are on Vacancy; go put Nimrod Antal’s Kontroll at the top of your Netflix queue. Despite a not-so-convincing serial killer subplot, Kontroll is one of the best and most entertaining bits of urban paranoia to surface in a long time. So even if Vacancy is not good, Antal’s still … Continue reading
If you ever doubt the power of a megaton cinematic bomb to destroy a career, just look at Tank Girl and Lori Petty. Her resume prior to hopping into bed with a Mangaroo was promising: Free Willy, Poetic Justice and…er…In The Army Now? OK, but she was in Point Break. That’s got to count for … Continue reading
I feel like we here at CHUD are on the verge of spamming our love for Hot Fuzz, so I’m going to do my best to keep this brief. But how can we not be ebullient about a movie that meets and exceeds expectations? When a team like Wright, Pegg and Frost go from cool … Continue reading
I have to admire Joel Schumacher. I don’t see how anyone could look at the finished cuts of The Number 23, Batman and Robin or 8MM and think, ‘Yeah, that’s the movie I wanted to make.’ And yet he gets right back on the horse every time. One of his next steeds is a young … Continue reading
For Chinese martial arts film stars, death is the only retirement, no matter what they say about their ‘final martial arts epic’ or whatever. Last time I heard, neither Jackie Chan or Jet Li was dead, which explains (in part) why they’re doing a film together for release in 2008. Forbidden Kingdom is based on … Continue reading