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CHUD’S 50 BIGGEST DISAPPOINTMENTS, DAY 14

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

SMOKE ‘EM IF YOU WANT AN ‘R’

Jack Valenti may be dead, but the MPAA’s draconian practices are not; as of today, the organization will view the smoking of cigarettes in movies as a determining factor in their already screwy ratings system. This decision has been a long time coming, particularly for an industry based in a state that’s led the way … Continue reading

MORE HI-RES THAN MEETS THE EYE

Looking at these new hi-res pics of the robot lineup for Transformers over at Michael Bay’s blog, I immediately realized that it’s harder than I thought for giant fighting robots to A) stand-up straight and B) strike dramatic poses that do not remind me of the dancers in the touring version of The Lion King. … Continue reading

DELLAMORTE DOES B.O. – 5/11/07

And so Spider-Man 3 has been unleashed upon us. The first weekday totals seem to be considered "slow" (or so says the IMDb). This is partly due word of mouth, and partly due to schools not being out across the country. That means this is the weekend that tells the tale. THE MOST INTERESTING MOVIE … Continue reading

LUKE WILSON WILL NOT DIE

At what point does the goodwill of Luke Wilson being an affable, good-looking Wilson brother cease to compensate enough for the incessant string of box office bombs this guy stars in each year? Sure, he was in Old School way back in 2003, but you probably didn’t remember so until I just reminded you despite … Continue reading

SCENES FROM THE TRANSFORMERS BUILDING WRAP

One of my new favorite Chewers, Vader Bee, did the good work for CHUD this morning. He attended the Paramount/Dreamworks Building Wrap Unveiling for Transformers, where the official spokesman of the impossible-to-please Transfans, Tattoo from The Big Boy Morning Show on Power 106, was expected to give the Michael Bay action extravaganza his blessing, thus … Continue reading

TORTURE IN THE HAUS(ER) OF FISHBURNE

“Torture porn” has become quite the buzzphrase for horror movies , allowing one to to summarize and dismiss a film simultaneously. I won’t argue that there aren’t a lot of films that deserve such disdain, but I’m reluctant to endorse the writing off of any genre in its entirety. I’m not into it personally because … Continue reading

HIS UNFINISHED F/X

Being woefully ignorant of Philip Pullman’s His Dark Materials series, I’m not going to hazard a guess as to what this early-in-the-game New Line sizzle reel bodes for The Golden Compass. Is it as impressive as the early peeks at Peter Jackson’s The Lord of the Rings? Of course not. Is it attempting that kind … Continue reading

TAYLOR HACKFORD’S GOOD LUCK

(Screw invisi-text; spoilers for a movie you may not have seen ahead!) I’m a sucker for animals, but I generally hate movies about animals even if they’re well made. When Paul Mazursky’s very good Harry and Tonto was released to DVD last year, I loathed having to rewatch it because, for all the nice character … Continue reading

THE TERMINATOR WON’T GO AWAY

I had no strong feelings one way or another about Terminator 3; though many of us expected a disaster, director Jonathan Mostow delivered a reasonably entertaining action movie capped by a nihilistic finale that was refreshingly out of place in a major Hollywood blockbuster. As a refutation of the bittersweet but generally upbeat Shane ending … Continue reading