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.

BOOK REVIEW: IN THE COMPANY OF OGRES

BUY IT AT AMAZON: CLICK HERE!PUBLISHER: Tor BooksPAGES: 352AUTHOR WEBSITE: www.aleemartinez.com A. Lee Martinez is going to be a great writer. He had a confident debut with Gil’s All Fright Diner which had great dialogue, a fun plot, and had new things to say in the horror and buddy action genre. It mixed zombie hunting … Continue reading

BOOK REVIEW: HAUNTED

(Buy the book from us at Amazon)  You have to be careful when dealing with anything Chuck Palahniuk. For one thing, the man has a legion of fans that are as devout as many of your Inquisition era Spaniards. Fight Club is their bible, Chuck their god, and if you say anything adverse, you can … Continue reading

REVIEW: BEERFEST

Super Troopers is high on my top ten list of classic comedies, something that isn’t a statement on my lack of a sense of humor but rather the amazing speed in which the breakthrough Broken Lizard movie ramrodded through barriers in establishing its place in the pantheon. To some, their stuff is lame frat boy … Continue reading

REVIEW: HARSH TIMES

In October of 2002 I campaigned for Christian Bale to get the role of Batman. It happened, though I’m sure my pleading had as much to do with the eventual outcome as the position of the sun, the color of grass, or the value of the Euro. It was obvious simply by looking at the … Continue reading

REVIEW: HALF NELSON

Every now and again you come across a performance so good that it elevates the movie it’s in. Ryan Gosling gives one of those performances in Half Nelson, and his acting has successfully tricked a number of critics into thinking that the movie is anything but an After School Special done up in gritty indie … Continue reading

REVIEW: PUSHER TRILOGY, THE

It’s unfashionable to encourage people to go see an unfamiliar movie. We tried it with Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang and Slither, and the encouragement seemed to have exactly the wrong effect. But to hell with it — and to hell with anyone who doesn’t want to be led to water — I’m going to do … Continue reading

BOOK REVIEW: MARKED MAN

BUY IT AT AMAZON: CLICK HERE!PUBLISHER: William MorrowPAGES: 432AUTHOR WEBSITE: www.WilliamLashner.com If you had told me two years ago that one of my favorite series would be about a lawyer, I would have laughed in your face. Years before Alan Shore was created, William Lashner created a Jewish lawyer named Victor Carl who only wants … Continue reading