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: 13 TZAMETI

There’s about 40 almost perfect minutes in 13 Tzameti, a big chunk of the film that will have you on the edge of your seat and your fingernails in shreds. Sadly, that 40 minutes comes after almost a half hour of true tedium and just before an overly obvious finale. But still! How many movies … Continue reading

REVIEW: I LIKE KILLING FLIES

What’s in a name? Is a good movie with a bad name still a good movie? It is, and while I Like Killing Flies has about the worst name since The Incredibly Strange Creatures Who Stopped Living and Became Crazy Mixed Up Zombies, it’s still a very good, very funny and gloriously New York movie. … Continue reading

REVIEW: MIAMI VICE

Discard your biases. If you were on the fence, allow whatever preconceived notions to deteriorate into nothingness. And even though the Miami Vice pilot episode, with its coolly detached slivers of stylization (I don’t think Collins’ In the Air Tonight has been used quite as succinctly since) is something of a revelation, don’t let it … Continue reading

REVIEW: PAN’S LABYRINTH

Disclaimer: I am a close friend and business partner with the creator of this film so feel free to assume my vision is clouded and influenced by my love for the guy. It’s understandable, especially in this world wily web we exist on and its mercenary allegiances. Still, this is my from-the-heart-and-brain take and I … Continue reading

REVIEW: CLERKS II

Why the hell did Kevin Smith make Clerks II? The answer has to be one of those commerce instead of art things – the film goes nowhere beyond the first one, and the characters end up at a place only slightly different from where they ended up in the first one. In fact, much of … Continue reading

REVIEW: MY SUPER EX-GIRLFRIEND

I had a girlfriend who took 200 dollars in 20s out of my wallet and ripped them up before tossing them out of the window of a moving car. If she had superpowers I don’t doubt that she would have killed me. For me Ivan Reitman’s My Super Ex-Girlfriend isn’t a romantic comedy – it’s … Continue reading

REVIEW: YOU, ME AND DUPREE

Some movies feel effortless, like the crew and actors came on the set and magic made itself. You, Me and Dupree feels effortless – but more like no one made even bothered to try to make a decent movie. The film is a mishmash of half-baked jokes, sitcom scenarios and Owen Wilson attempting to float … Continue reading

REVIEW: FOUNTAIN, THE

There’s a moment in the “space bubble” segment of The Fountain where I realized the tattoos on Hugh Jackman’s arms are counting off years, like the rings inside the tree sitting behind him. It’s one of those moments that sent shivers down my spine because of the way it combines concept, theme and imagery into … Continue reading