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CHUD’S 50 BIGGEST DISAPPOINTMENTS, DAY 16

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

ONE HAPPEN-ING DAME

I’ve had my eye on Mary Elizabeth Winstead ever since I first saw her in Sky High. And by “had my eye on,” I mean that I’ve been wishing for a disastrous career that would inevitably lead her to increasingly risqué films and scantily-clad roles just to make a buck. Alas, the rather attractive young … Continue reading

THE KINGDOM’S COME AGAIN

You could be forgiven for having forgotten about Universal’s Middle East action-thriller The Kingdom. After a small trailer that created little to no buzz, Universal moved the release date from April 20th all the way back to September 28th, and nary a peep was heard since. Probably a good idea given that this past April … Continue reading

JESSICA SIMPSON’S NAKED AMBITION

Given the abyss the music industry finds itself in these days and given the particularly dismal non-career she has in said industry, it’s really no surprise that Jessica Simpson is looking toward movies as her bread and butter. While lacking any demonstrable talent as an actress, she can stand around and look attractive with the … Continue reading

MARIA BELLO IS RACHEL WEISZ

When Variety‘s Michael Fleming writes that Rob Cohen "cast a wide net" to replace Rachel Weisz as Evelyn Carnahan O’Connell in The Mummy: Curse of the Talking Homicidal Jet, I think he means "they cast the first actress whose schedule checked out". Then again, does it really matter than Maria Bello looks nothing like her … Continue reading

DELLAMORTE’S BO WRAP – 5/13/07

Film Box Office Per Screen Total 1 Spider-Man 3 $60,000,000 (-60.3%) $14,111 $242,071,000 2 28 Weeks Later $10,000,000 $4,342 $10,000,000 3 Georgia Rule $5,879,000 $2,330 $5,879,000 4 Disturbia $4,807,000 (-17.7%) $1,547 $66,295,000 5 Delta Farce $3,500,000 $1,812 $3,500,000 6 Fracture $2,900,000 (-21.5%) $1,316 $30,980,000 7 The Invisible $2,202,000 (-32.5%) $1,133 $15,546,000 8 Hot Fuzz $1,655,000 … Continue reading

THE CHUD KILL LIST #84

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. Enjoy!* # 84 – Jackass: The Movie Even in 2042, the geriatric Namor was able to … Continue reading

WHAT ARE NIC CAGE’S ENTHUSIASMS?

News didn’t break so much as trickle out this morning here in Hollywood that Nicolas Cage has agreed to play Al Capone in The Untouchables: Capone Rising, Brian De Palma’s prequel to his Summer 1987 smash. As I dealt with deafening construction outside my window while trying to decipher the dulcet tones of Antonio Banderas … Continue reading