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THUD NEWSBREAK: DEVELOPMENT: ARRESTED

If this doesn’t put the final nail in Arrested Development’s coffin, I don’t know what does: creator and show runner Mitch Hurwitz has quit. Granted, quitting the show seems like an odd formality at this point in time, with Fox shit-canning it, but it looked like Showtime was going to pick it up, so there … Continue reading

THE SPECIAL EDITION – 3.28.06

The family reputation was tarnished through time, so taking upon myself to right the wrongs, teaching beckoned with relative ease. It wasn’t for long, as my Grandfather’s diary resurfaced, luring me into his rundown Castle with its myriad of secrets. It wasn’t without peril; the one-eyed man assigned to help me was always sneaking up … Continue reading

DVD REVIEW: DERAILED

BUY IT AT AMAZON: CLICK HERE!STUDIO: Weinstein CompanyMSRP: $29.95RATED: UnratedRUNNING TIME: 112 Minutes SPECIAL FEATURES: • The Making of Derailed featurette• Deleted scenes• 5 minutes of additional footage not seen in theaters (Just a quick note to say that this marks my 100th review for CHUD and I just wanted to take a quick moment … Continue reading

DVD REVIEW: SOUND OF THUNDER, A

BUY IT AT AMAZON: CLICK HERE!STUDIO: Warner Home VideoMSRP: $27.98RATED: PG-13RUNNING TIME: 110 MinutesSPECIAL FEATURES: Theatrical trailers The Pitch The biggest budget Sci-Fi Channel production ever! What a minute? You mean this is supposed to be an actual theatrical motion picture? Get the hell out! The Humans Edward Burns, Catherine McCormack and Ben Kingsley The … Continue reading

DVD REVIEW: BUKOWSKI – BORN INTO THIS

BUY IT AT AMAZON: CLICK HERE!STUDIO: MagnoliaMSRP: $26.98RATED: RRUNNING TIME: 113 MinutesSPECIAL FEATURES:• Director commentary• Peek at previously unpublished poems• Behind-the-scenes featurette• Bukowski’s home footage from 1992• Deleted scene• Extended interviews• Tom Waits and Bono read Bukowski The Pitch "The life and times of Charles ‘Hank’ Bukowski, who’s like Wordsworth meets Hunter S. Thompson in … Continue reading

CLASH OF THE TARTANS: KOMA

BUY IT AT AMAZON: CLICK HERE!STUDIO: TartanMSRP: $24.99RATED: RRUNNING TIME: 88 min.SPECIAL FEATURES:• Director’s Commentary• Making Of• Photo Gallery• Trailers The Pitch Dead Ringers meets Single White Female in Hong Kong. The Humans Karena Lam (Inner Senses), Lee Sinje (The Eye), Andy Hui (Wonder Seven) The Nutshell They say if you don’t have your health, … Continue reading

DVD REVIEW: DEUCE BIGALOW – MALE GIGOLO (SE)

BUY IT AT AMAZON: CLICK HERE!STUDIO: Touchstone Home EntertainmentMSRP: $19.99RATED: RRUNNING TIME: 88 MinutesSPECIAL FEATURES:• "Making the Deuce" featurette• "Fly on the Wall" featurette• Director’s video diary• Seven deleted scenes The Pitch "You know what’s great about comedy? Spontaneity. If you ‘review’ the script or ‘read’ a treatment, guess what you’ll be destroying. Spontaneity. Best … Continue reading

CLASH OF THE TARTANS: FACE

BUY IT AT AMAZON: CLICK HERE!STUDIO: Tartan VideoMSRP: $24.99RATED: RRUNNING TIME: 88 MinutesSPECIAL FEATURES:• Interviews with Cast and Crew• Outtakes• Photo Shoots and Stills• Trailers for other Tartan releases The Pitch "It’s The Sixth Sense meets The Grudge: angry, sympathetic ghosts for everyone!" The Humans Shin Hyun-Jun, Song Yoon-Ah. Our feeble American tongues can’t possibly … Continue reading

DVD REVIEW: HISTORY OF VIOLENCE, A

BUY IT AT AMAZON: CLICK HERE!STUDIO: New LineMSRP: $28.99RATED: RRUNNING TIME: 96 min.SPECIAL FEATURES:• Commentary• Featurettes• Deleted scene The Pitch “Middle-American Aragorn is of two minds!” The Humans Viggo Mortensen, Ed Harris, Maria Bello, Ashton Holmes, William Hurt, several eventual corpses The Nutshell Tom Stall (the Vig) owns and operates a diner in a tiny … Continue reading

CLASH OF THE TARTANS: MEMENTO MORI

BUY IT AT AMAZON: CLICK HERE!STUDIO: Tartan VideoMSRP: $24.99RATED: NRRUNNING TIME: 98 MinutesSPECIAL FEATURES:• Making-of Featurette• Photo Gallery• Music Video• Trailers The Pitch "It’s Brokeback Girl’s School and we’ll coerce the writers/directors into throwing in a ghost and make it a sequel to the already popular Whispering Corridors. Plus: young girls in school uniforms making … Continue reading