It just isn’t safe anymore. It’s not safe to make a joke about a videogame, however shitty and obscure, becoming a motion picture. Same goes for whatever cheesy cartoons you watched as a young’un. Hollywood these days don’t give a fuck, son. They will adapt that shit in a second. I half-jokingly noted in an … Continue reading →
There are two PSA’s that remind me of awesome. The first one everyone saw. It’s the one where the dad comes home to find his child doing drugs, and the son says to the dad "I learned it from watching you!" Even having grown up exceptionally square this was hilarious to me as a kid, … Continue reading →
My excitement for Paul Thomas Anderson’s latest movie, There Will Be Blood, is reaching a fever pitch. I know that the film will soon be screened here in town for select press, and I’m all but foaming at the mouth for an opportunity to see it early. Do you hear me, Paramount Vantage?!? The teaser … Continue reading →
I remain unashamed of my deep and abiding love for Jackass, both the television series and the two movies. There’s a brilliance on display, not only in the conception of the insane stunts and pranks, but also how they’re shown to us; the different Jackasses have their own personalities that shine through in just a … Continue reading →
Sure, this is a movie web site, but the state of the world today demands that we look beyond our own small individual interests and come together as one to find the way back to peace and prosperity. We are living in dangerous and important times, and that means we need strong, reliable leadership at … Continue reading →
I haven’t yet seen John August’s The Nines, but I’ve been told it’s a fascinating puzzle of a movie. If you have seen the film and are still turning it over in your head, the answers you’re looking for may be here now… in the form of an audio commentary. As far as I can … Continue reading →
When Tulia was going to be a One False Move reunion of sorts for Billy Bob Thornton and director Carl Franklin, I had high hopes for the torn-from-the-headlines drama about racially motivated drug busts in a small Texas town. Folks I’ve encountered who’ve read the Nate Blakeslee book on which the film is/was to be … Continue reading →
Instead of just bumping the one article for the CHUD Podcast, I’m going to give each installment their own so that we can build this thing up a little better and keep it fresh. Of course fresh isn’t exactly on the menu with these shows due to the meandering craziness of them, but you get … Continue reading →
I’m sorry, but what was it, aside from the meager domestic returns, that Steven E. de Souza’s Street Fighter failed to get right about a video game in which cartoon characters wallop the shit out of each other? Were there storytelling nuances he missed? Character arcs left unresolved? Finishing moves misrepresented? Getting indignant over a … Continue reading →
Robert Graves’s novel, I, Claudius: Stutterin’ to the Top of the Roman Empire, was the basis for the greatest television miniseries of all time. What are the chances it will inspire the greatest movie of all time? And what are the chances I could come up with a lamer intro to this piece? Producer Scott … Continue reading →