There are plenty of reasons to read Stuart Jeffries’s Dennis Hopper profile for The Guardian, and "Oh Don Piano" news on a potential third installment in the dry-docked Speed franchise is not one of them. But here we are anyway, floating the possibility of a follow-up to the infamously unwatchable Speed 2: Cruise Control just … Continue reading →
It is a truth universally acknowledged that Emily Blunt possesses one fine piece of posterior. Less universally acknowledged, though nonetheless true: Maggie Grace is smokin’, Maria Bello is aging splendidly and likes it on the stairs, and Amy Brenneman will get you killed if you feel the heat coming around the corner. Not true at … Continue reading →
We’re at the half-year mark. Six months of cinema has been bequeathed upon us. I count four films deserving of masterpiece status, and two hopefuls. Hot Fuzz, Knocked Up, Grindhouse, and Zodiac represent (to me) the cream of the crop (Once and Ratatouille are as yet unseen by me, but I hope to remedy that … Continue reading →
Anthony Minghella’s adaptation of the best selling novel, The No. 1 Ladies’ Detective Agency, has gained a couple of men to go with the No. 1 Ladies. David Oyelowo, from Last King of Scotland, Idris Elba, aka Stringer Fuckin’ Bell from The Wire,Tony Award winners Winston Ntshona and John Kani and Die Another Day’s Colin … Continue reading →
We’ve all been dying to get into the sex lives of a bunch of shallow women entering their 50s, and now we can! The movie version of Sex and the City is going to finally happen after a couple of years of hemming and hawing on the parts of everyone involved. This is standard practice … Continue reading →
Robert Zemeckis is completely smitten with the motion capture process, it seems, as he is lining up to make his third movie in a row with mocap. This time it’s going to be a new take on A Christmas Carol, the immortal Charles Dickens story, with Jim Carrey in the role of Scrooge. It’s also … Continue reading →
Sure, the poster for the new Alvin and the Chipmunks movie looks a little like Chipmunkz ‘n Tha Hood, but remember where these characters came from: goofy novelty rock ‘n roll records made by Ross Bagdasarian. Alvin wanted a hula hoop, the big fad of 1958; if Bagdasarian was recording his voice sped up today, … 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 →
On this festive holiday, I thought it only good and proper that I take a spin through one of the most celebrated patriotic films of our era. I had some trouble tracking one down that fulfilled two criteria: a) something that would make me less of a waste of film fandom for having finally watched, … Continue reading →
For a little while now, newly minted rap-tor David Banner has been spreading the word that he’s been gunning for a part in The Dark Knight, specifically for a criminal goon known as Gamble. Between MTV and various hip-hop websites spreading the news, you’d think it was all but a sure thing, but they aren’t … Continue reading →