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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…

THE DARK IS CHANGING

A joke among the journalists covering The Dark Is Rising set visit in Bucharest over the last couple of days was that the movie has only changed three things from the Newberry-winning novel on which it’s based: they’ve changed the lead kid’s nationality from English to American, they’ve changed the lead kid’s age from 11 … Continue reading

ELIJAH’S SUCH A STOOGE

Iggy Pop didn’t always look like a gravel driveway. Before heroin and shards of glass* and everything else that goes into being a rock star turned his body into a landscape of livin’, Iggy was a just fresh-faced kid from Ann Arbor, Michigan named James Osterberg. So, since it’s much easier to gradually turn a … Continue reading

THE WRONG GOOD FRIDAY

Next time you see Paul W.S. Anderson walking down the street, buy him a soda and then rape him with a scythe. The Long Good Friday is quite a stellar little crime flick from back in the day, the reason Bob Hoskins (OK, I’ll admit Mona Lisa‘s pretty sweet as well) is a mini-legend, and … Continue reading

DANIEL CRAIG DEFIES EXPECTATIONS

Edward Zwick wasn’t always the devil, but, as Marge Schott reminded us before hacking and wheezing her way off this mortal coil, Hitler was a real swell fella in the beginning before he went too far. And just as Schott was full of rosin on that count, we were all saps to think Zwick was … Continue reading

TIMOTHY OLYPHANT’S CODED DOME

(As sternly requested by Fox’s Intellectual Property Department, we’ve removed the two unauthorized images of a bald Timothy Olyphant. Sorry ’bout that!) Hey, I’d rather be in Cannes firing off a review of last night’s opening film, Wong Kar-Wai’s My Blueberry Nights (even if it’s "Wong’s reheated leftovers" as Mike D’Angelo claims over at Screengrab), … Continue reading

THE CHUD KILL LIST #82

Doing this the right way, counting back as it was back in the day. One a day. Discuss it right here. Previous deaths: 100, 99, 98, 97, 96, 95, 94, 93, 92, 91, 90, 89, 88, 87, 86, 85, 84, 83. Enjoy!* # 82 – Very Bad Things [yes we know it technically isn’t a … Continue reading

MY BLUEBERRY TRAILER

So you have this romantic film directed by one of the world’s best directors for this sort of material, Wong Kar Wai (In The Mood For Love). The film’s at Cannes, and it’s got an incredible ensemble cast headed by singer Norah Jones and Jude Law, but also containing Rachel Weisz, Natalie Portman, Tim Roth, … Continue reading

FRANK MILLER’S SPIRIT IS WILLED

Though he’s unproven as a solo director, comic book fans the world over have to be thrilled with the news that Frank Miller is finally set to begin shooting his live-action rendition of Will Eisner’s The Spirit. Little is known about Miller’s take on the character, who fakes his death to battle the underworld, but … Continue reading

CHUD’S 50 BIGGEST DISAPPOINTMENTS, DAY 17

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