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: DEVIL AND DANIEL JOHNSTON, THE

Was The Devil and Daniel Johnston supposed to make me this depressed? I can’t tell if the movie means to leave us somewhat hopeful or utterly devastated by the way God treats his own geniuses. I know that there’s a moment where Johnston’s father breaks down crying while recounting the small plane crash that his … Continue reading

REVIEW: SLITHER

James Gunn’s Slither is a gleeful movie. In fact, if I was forced to describe it using only “G” words, I would say that Slither is gleeful, gooey, gory and goofy. It’s the kind of good, wholesome fun you can only get in films where Michael Rooker is ramming ovipositors into people’s stomachs. In many … Continue reading

REVIEW: INSIDE MAN

Spike Lee is one of my favorite filmmakers, but it can be tough defending the guy. Putting aside his tendency to be outspoken in the media (something which should have no bearing on your enjoyment of his films, but a lot of people just don’t like seeing black men speaking up), Lee’s movies can be … Continue reading

REVIEW: V FOR VENDETTA

Let’s get this out of the way right up front – I think that the film version of V For Vendetta is better than the original comic. Seriously. The hardcore fans will say that the film ruins the comic, removing tons of subplots and backstory, but I would say that the film streamlines the comic, … Continue reading

REVIEW: STONED

I think my review of Stoned, a film about Rolling Stones founder Brian Jones’ last days on Earth, could be summed up with the fact that White Rabbit plays over a drug trip scene. I thought the movie had suddenly switched gears into being a parody – how can you still score a drug scene … Continue reading

REVIEW: HILLS HAVE EYES, THE

This review is late, but my deadline laxness has created the opportunity for me to admit to you that one of the quotes Fox Searchlight is using from me about this film – “Almost too intense” – is wrong. Reports have been coming in of people actually getting up and leaving the theater after the … Continue reading

REVIEW: FAILURE TO LAUNCH

It’s tempting to lightly praise Failure to Launch for at least attempting to be something more than a cookie cutter romantic comedy, but since the film stinks on almost every level, and contains only about three or four actual laughs over its seemingly quite lengthy running time, I won’t be praising it at all. Matthew … Continue reading

REVIEW: SHAGGY DOG, THE

There’s a lot of hyperbole on the internet. God knows I’ve been responsible for my fair share over the years. Still, it’s hard to figure out where sheer hatred ends and hyperbole begins when it comes to The Shaggy Dog, a movie so soulless and shameless that it actually made me yearn for the Tim … Continue reading

REVIEW: DAVE CHAPPELLE’S BLOCK PARTY

Dave Chappelle’s Block Party is an ebullient, joyful, grooving, fun, funny, moving, ass-shaking, mood-elevating, pulse-quickening gem. It’s a movie that sends you dancing out of the theater, filled with glowing happiness and a peculiar optimism for the future of mankind. Dave Chappelle and Michel Gondry have come together to make a film that gets you … Continue reading