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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…

DELLAMORTE DOES BO – 5/25/07

I feel like the start of my column is like the opening to Saturday Night Live. I don’t want to get down to business, that’s just too professional, too cold, but then I’m also typing to myself. It’s a conundrum, this. Maybe I could lead with some jokes, or something. THE MOST INTERESTING FILM OF … Continue reading

HI-YO BRUCKHEIMER!

Citing a "trusted source", Frosty at Collider is reporting that producer Jerry Bruckheimer has targeted The Lone Ranger for blockbuster reinvention; Frosty’s also insinuating that the Pirates of the Caribbean team – director Gore Verbinski and writers Ted Elliott & Terry "The Incinerator" Rossio – have been enlisted to give the vintage serial a hip, … Continue reading

HARVEY WEINSTEIN WANTS YOUR NETFLIX QUEUE

As we’ve reported before, major studios are increasingly putting out product aimed specifically for the lucrative direct-to-DVD market. But to say the original product thus far has been underwhelming might b a wee bit of an understatement. Let’s face it: We’re talking cheap quickies/sequels made for no other reason than to turn a buck. It’s … Continue reading

SICK ‘EM, MICHAEL MOORE

Let’s get this started on the right foot: Michael Moore. Just saying his name is enough to bring a host of kneejerk reactions that will override any rational response to whatever else you’re about to say. For the rest of us, there’s discussion, and that’s what the man is good for. Regardless of whether you … Continue reading

WB MAKES POST-POTTER PLANS

I resisted the Harry Potter craze in print, but, after Prisoner of Azkaban and Goblet of Fire, I’ve become a full-fledged fan of the franchise. If I can change… and you can change… then maybe we all can find value in the unfortunately monikered, but nonetheless purchased by Warner Brothers Skulduggery Pleasant, a kid-skewing novel … Continue reading

WORLD CINEMA IS SAFE WITH SCORSESE

I don’t cry a whole lot. I’m part of that generation of men raised by women, yeah, but when the salty liquid flows it generally isn’t from my eyes. Even so, I get a little bit teary every time I think about the percentage of early films that are simply gone. Nitrate stock: bad idea. … Continue reading

CHUD’S 50 BIGGEST DISAPPOINTMENTS, DAY 23

Welcome to the next CHUD List. We’ve tackled our essentials list and the continued revelation of our Kills List from 2003, and now that we’ve begun the beguine, we must continue. Behold: The CHUD.com Top 50 Disappointments. A quick word on the criteria. We could very easily have spent this whole article discussing sequels and … Continue reading

MILLER SPEAKS ABOUT SPIRIT

It says a lot about where genre properties have gone, commercially, that a video clip of Frank Miller talking about his upcoming film version of The Spirit is prominently displayed on the Hollywood Reporter‘s Cannes coverage page. There’s not a whole lot in the interview that die-hards don’t know — Eisner invented comics, great influence, … Continue reading

MOVIE STARS HAVE DREAMS, TOO

Back in college, an actor friend of mine approached me to write a one-man show in which he would play Hall of Fame catcher Carlton Fisk from the moment of his conception to his iconic home run in Game 6 of the 1975 World Series. "Fiskie lived life the way it should be lived," he … Continue reading

YIPPEE KI YAY MO?

When I saw this ad on the side of the bus yesterday, I thought it was a brilliant act of vandalism and cursed my lack of a camera phone. As it turns out, it’s actually legitimate. But it does underscore Fox’s difficult task in marketing a PG-13 Die Hard. Though I’m hardly representative of the … Continue reading