Movie Reviews

We’re a hotheaded group of individuals. We crave a pull quote like anyone else, but it’s not about that. It’s only about you the reader. We love you. We want to take you home and cuddle with you. The following reviews are the opinions of the editors of CHUD.com and are by most accounts bang on.

REVIEW: 300

I have seen 300 twice now, and the second viewing was crucial. Not because it was on an Imax screen – a very impressive way to watch the film – but because I came into the theater without the kind of expectations I had my first time through. I knew that 300 wasn’t as crazy … Continue reading

BOOK REVIEW: SPELLMAN FILES, THE

Buy it!: Click Here Publisher: Simon & Schuster Pages: 368 Author Website: Click Here If you think plot is the most important thing in a novel, leave now. This book is not for you. For those of you that enjoy movies like The Royal Tenenbaums or T.V. shows like Gilmore Girls or the Rockford Files, … Continue reading

REVIEW: EXTERMINATING ANGELS, THE

[Note: The Exterminating Angels is set for a limited theatrical release starting March 7. IFC Films’ website has the full schedule of release.] When I start watching a movie for review, I fire up my word processor alongside so I can snatch bits of thoughts that drift past while the action unfolds on the screen. … Continue reading

REVIEW: ZODIAC

Zodiac is journalism. Zodiac is a David Fincher movie unlike any other David Fincher movie. Zodiac feels a lot like a masterpiece. David Fincher’s feature career, with the exception of the disastrous Alien 3, is filled with gimmick films. He uses visual gimmicks, and he often uses storytelling gimmicks. As individual experiences, these gimmick movies … Continue reading

REVIEW: WILD TIGERS I HAVE KNOWN

[Note: Wild Tigers I Have Known is set for a limited theatrical release starting February 23. IFC’s website has full release information.] This is the sort of film that draws memories out of its audience. In a critical landscape in which unquantifiable things, such as what experiences a given viewer brings to the theater, can’t … Continue reading

REVIEW: NUMBER 23, THE

The people responsible for the new Jim Carrey movie The Number 23 could have saved a lot of time and money and, instead of actually filming the movie, simply printed out cards that could be handed to paying customers at movie theaters across the nation. The cards would say, ‘You have a small penis,’ or … Continue reading

REVIEW: GHOST RIDER

Ghost Rider is not the worst movie of the year. That’s going to disappoint some people – myself included – but that doesn’t mean it’s a good movie. It’s not even an OK movie. Ghost Rider is, more often than not, terrible – but in a very watchable way. A huge part of that comes … Continue reading

REVIEW: CLOSE TO HOME

[Note: Close to Home is set for a limited theatrical release starting today, February 16. IFC Films sent us a screener of this and a couple of their other upcoming releases, reviews for which you’ll see appearing in the coming week or so. IFC’s website has full release information.] Here in the states we have … Continue reading

REVIEW: BREACH

Robert Hanssen is a fascinating man. A patriotic American and FBI agent, Hanssen sold secrets to the Russians for over twenty years. A devout and strict Catholic and family man, Hanssen carried on an affair with a stripper and secretly videotaped sex with his wife. When he was finally arrested in 2001, Hanssen was one … Continue reading

REVIEW: MUSIC AND LYRICS

As I left my seat shortly after my viewing of Music and Lyrics ended, I realized that I had some emails to get to. Then, I went and had a bite to eat. Shortly after that, I was headed to another appointment somewhere when I ended up calling Nick for something else entirely. And it … Continue reading