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We could simply cut and paste stories from Variety, but we don’t. We’re too amazing for that. We RETYPE articles from Variety…

PACINO, DE NIRO COSPLAY SELVES

So what’s up with the publicity still of the Des Moines Priapsis Players community production of Heat? Actually, it’s one of four stills of the Pacino / De Niro team-up Righteous Kill, a movie that’s only about a decade too late. Empire Online has the exclusive pics, one of which demonstrates that, yes, you can … Continue reading

JOSH LUCAS GIVES HIS HEART TO POE

Just as Alex is writing about friends of CHUD putting their own spin on Edgar Allen Poe stories over at Creature Corner comes word of a new cinematic spin to the classic The Tell-Tale Heart. Josh Lucas will be the headliner in Tell-Tale, as “a single father whose recently transplanted heart leads him on a … Continue reading

PFEIFFER FINDS A YOUNGER MAN

Unless you’re Barbara Gordon, a comeback has to happen one step at a time. For Michelle Pfeiffer Stardust was a primo first step, but Personal Effects might not be the ideal next one – her co-star would be Ashton Kutcher, who’s been in stasis since The Guardian was a non-starter. Based on the story Mansion … Continue reading

FRANK MILLER EASES YOU INTO THE SPIRIT

Though Frank Miller says nothing of real interest throughout this brief video diary just posted to Lionsgate’s official website for The Spirit, he’s certainly more skilled at saying nothing than Zack Snyder. Let’s just hope that, when there is stuff to show, Miller delivers the (tantalizingly vague) goods as Snyder has done in the past … Continue reading

JAKE GITTES TAKES TO THE AIR

The idea of Jack Nicholson stepping back into the role of private dick Jake Gittes would be so much more exciting had The Two Jakes functioned better as a narrative. Though Robert Towne’s screenplay occassionally recalls the wit and intrigue of Chinatown, the story is simply too labyrinthine (and cold) for a good, but not … Continue reading

MIST OPPORTUNITIES

It’s encouraging to see The Weinstein Company marketing Frank Darabont’s The Mist with such gusto. Though this material offers its own challenges, they’ve at least learned from the mistakes of Grindhouse in that the TV spots are plentiful (at least during the weekend football games) and unambiguous: they’re selling the monster movie first, and the … Continue reading

WOODY HIRES A COUPLE OF DO-DIRT NIGGAS!

Evidently, cold-blooded murder is awfully rough on the conscience. Worse, mental duress experienced in the weeks and months following the act can cause the executor to make a series of disastrous decisions that will either lead to a) his apprehension, b) more murder or c) his murder – thus, defeating the purpose of the initial … Continue reading

HIGHER NOON

I don’t think anyone got that up in arms about a remake of 3:10 to Yuma because the original wasn’t a hardcore classic (although any movie ages enough and someone will argue for its inclusion in the canon). You can’t say that about High Noon, a movie that is considered one of the best mainstream … Continue reading