It’s another Late to the Party, right on time. I’ve spent the last couple editions of my cinematic catch-up saga going over my history as a film geek, and my introduction to the worlds beyond the PG-rated and the popcorn. It’s high time I returned to the present, to expose the shame that lingers with … Continue reading →
A lot of development dollars have undoubtedly been wasted on this remake of an adaptation of a short story reportedly loathed by its original author, but it’s the idea that counts, right? If so, I still don’t understand why James Thurber’s The Secret Life of Motherfucking Walter Mitty persists as a viable project for vain … Continue reading →
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 →
In a fairly surprising move, the Venice Film Festival has announced it is in talks to host the world premiere of Robert Zemeckis’s 3-D performance capture epic Beowulf. This is odd in that it’s rare for a mainstream skewing studio release to bow so many months in advance, though Beowulf is relatively less expensive at … Continue reading →
I’m not going to go overboard and declare James Gray a great filmmaker based on his Director’s Cut of The Yards as a few relatively sane folks have done; I think it’s a textured, fascinating character study, but it just misses on some level. It could be that Gray got to Mark Wahlberg too soon, … Continue reading →
Polish movie posters are the best thing since the Earth was built by aliens and left cooking in the sun long enough so people thought they were civilized and followed the rules of a God. Let’s just say this… if there is a God, chances are good that he made his daily wage designing polish … Continue reading →
Eva Mendes has approximately two pretty big things going for her, and by that, I mean her mighty affordable asking price and her willingness to sign up for just about any project (What? What did you think I was going to say those two things were?). Well, she’s not bad on the eyes, either, but … Continue reading →
1. ROLLING STONE #1031 This is one of the flagship music/movies/culture rags out there. Despite some rather depressing lows hit in recent years, RS has begun to pick up steam again thanks to a concerted effort to chronicle every single mistake the Bush administration makes in detail in its political coverage led by reporter Matt Taibbi. In … Continue reading →
Three Christopher McQuarrie-related stories in one twelve-hour period? Better this than a day’s worth of Ron Bass updates. I take it you’re acquainted with Kenneth Branagh. He’s the British thespian who was threatening to become the next Laurence Olivier with Henry V and Much Ado About Nothing before Not Mary Shelly’s Frankenstein, Not Even Close … Continue reading →
While we’re talking about squandered goodwill, now’s as good a time as any to bring up the Hughes Brothers. The directors of Menace II Society, the best hood film of the early 1990s (yes, even better than South Central), have had a rough go of it since succumbing to the sophomore slump in 1995 with … Continue reading →