Everyone I know who has seen Juno [Russ’s Review] say it’s a very special movie. Unanimously. That some of these folks aren’t big fans of Jason Reitman’s excellent Thank You for Smoking scares me a little but not enough not to have any lack of faith with the filmmaker’s follow-up. A great cast [though the … Continue reading
I’m not going to even try to sell this movie on my tastes. I’m the guy who loathes Napoleon Dynamite. Loathes it. If Napoleon Dynamite took the form of my next door neighbor I’d run his grandmother over with a riding lawnmower before going inside to punch his wife in the breasts with the Infinity … Continue reading
Bad ass. That’s one way to describe No Country for Old Men, my #1 movie of the year by a good stretch and one of many recent films that go a long way towards illustrating something I’ve been trying to tell you people for a long time: Josh Brolin is one of the best things … Continue reading
So we’re done with our massive blowout retrospectives/reviews of The Shining, Full Metal Jacket, Eyes Wide Shut, A Clockwork Orange, and 2001: A Space Odyssey. Now it’s time to send a copy of the brand new, unopened Stanley Kubrick box set to a lucky Chewer out there who doesn’t just come to this site for … Continue reading
The response to the Angel Box Set giveaway was immense and lovely. As a result, and timed nicely with the fact that a second X-Files movie is finally coming to screens, I’m thrilled to be offering a lucky Chewer this amazing comprehensive box set of the show that made me open to television again, Chris … Continue reading
Heck yes. I Am Legend. Big and bad and large in scope. How it was meant to be. I’m dying to see this one and though I’m not sold on Will Smith as the lead I’m more than sold on Francis Lawrence’s ability to deliver a great flick, and the honest truth is that this … Continue reading
Jessica Biel, Dan Ackroyd, Ving Rhames, Steve Buscemi, and Richard Chamberlain! Not THAT is a cast. Wait, Adam Sandler and Kevin James are in this too, as well as known Sandler associates Allen Covert, Nick Swarsdon, and Rob Schneider? That’s just outreageous! I Now Pronounce You Chuck & Larry is the latest blockbuster (almost two-hundred … Continue reading
Yes! I don’t remember the source novella for Stephen King’s The Mist other than the fact that as a very young fellow it, coupled with Danse Macabre, caused me to hunt down a few H.P. Lovecraft novels. Those were lovely, tentacle-filled times… Ever since I’ve had this site (1997? 1998?) there’s always been a hint … Continue reading
Ever done a puppet? Whether or not you truthfully answer that [I never have, though a marionette blew me] is irrelevant. Lars and the Real Girl is a sharp new oddly romantic comedy about a young gentleman [budding Actor of His Generation Ryan Gosling] whose relationship with a Sex Doll spills into his everyday life, … Continue reading
I have a handful of copies of the DVD of Severance waiting for lucky Chewers out there who have a hankering to obtain a copy of one of the more beloved horror films in recent memory. The premise: "A team-building weekend in the mountains of Eastern Europe goes horribly wrong for the sales division of … Continue reading