Sunday I was at the inaugural night of the Wright Stuff festival at the New Beverly Cinema in Los Angeles; it’s a two week series programmed by Edgar Wright, the overly talented man behind Spaced, Shaun of the Dead and Hot Fuzz. The double feature was greatness: Bugsy Malone, the 30s era gangster musical starring … Continue reading →
I have no idea what four years of co-starring on NBC’s inexplicably long-running Las Vegas has done for Molly Sims’s acting chops; all I know is, the wear-and-tear of a soon-to-be-syndicated network drama has not had a deleterious effect on her looks. So while I could employ some knee-jerk snark and assume Sims was cast … Continue reading →
Now that Sir Ben Kingsley has worked with the great and powerful Dr. Uwe Boll (on 2005’s tremendously affecting BloodRayne), the temptation to call it a career and coast on His glory must be overwhelming. And yet Kingsley continues to work steadily and indiscriminately, hopping from one project to another with little regard to the … Continue reading →
When Charlie Wilson’s War screened last week to muted enthusiasm from critics, the 2007 awards season race was suddenly without a frontrunner. Actually, most prognosticators had already downgraded Mike Nichols’s film based on an uncertain marketing push and (steadfastly denied) rumors of reshoots, but the picture’s Oscar-friendly pedigree demanded too much respect. Also, Aaron Sorkin’s … Continue reading →
It’s still nine months away – that’s a whole pregnancy! – but an extended clip from Pineapple Express has already landed on the web. This is a scene from early in the film, when Seth Rogen visits his pot dealer, James Franco, for a little bit of weed. Originally the roles were reversed, but I … Continue reading →
The third official poster from Hellboy 2: The Golden Army went live on Friday. Because we here at CHUD do what we want when we want to, I’m just passing it along now. And in a break from tradition, I’m going to do so relatively free of comment. I don’t have any grand stories from … Continue reading →
Sooner or later, actresses of every ability have to face an awful truth: somewhere in their future resume is a coming of age sports movie that needs a mom. This fact is as inevitable as shifting interest rates and that dirty feeling a new Steve Martin movie gives you. Penelope Ann Miller has been smacked … Continue reading →
If you live in Chicago, Austin, Nashville, San Francisco or New York, there’s a chance to get up close and personal with John C Reilly, who’ll be appearing live as Dewey Cox, backed by The Hard Walkers. Following promo screenings of the film Reilly and the band will bloast out a live set of Cox … Continue reading →
Back when UPN and The WB joined forces to make The Next Big NetworkThat Nobody Watches (or The CW, as the kids call it), a few shows got the axe before they ever saw the light of day. One was Tanner Hall, originally set to air on UPN and then be subsequently cancelled, because, well, … Continue reading →
Here’s something to get you excited on a Monday: a script by unknown writers is set to be made by an unknown director, produced by the guys that made a film everyone hated vehemently: Rob Zombie’s Halloween. The script is Hurt, in which a group of friends are reunited after the suicide of one former … Continue reading →