Like a nice case of Montezuma’s revenge, Babel is striking back. Not content with an Oscar nomination for Best Motion Picture ("It’s great to be nominated!”, remember?), the film has been wreaking havoc on the intestinal fortitude of Japanese audiences since its April 28 release.Apparently, 15 people have complained about feeling sick as watching Babel … Continue reading →
We’ve been unloading trailer after trailer for big summer films lately, but how could this be complete without the biggest of them all? The biggest load, that is.It’s Rush Hour time again. That means plenty of lowbrow racial humor and slapstick martial arts scenes to spare. That also means Chris Tucker finally realized he could … Continue reading →
When you’re lucky enough to call Eric Roberts "dad", that means a) you’ve got a direct access to some killer Mickey Rourke stories, b) every other movie shown on Cinemax between midnight and six a.m. will help put you through college and c) you aunt is America’s Erstwhile Sweetheart, Julia Roberts. The former two probably … Continue reading →
This week will see a series of mini-featurettes about Grizzly Park, my maiden voyage into producing a feature. Directed by the enigmatic Tom Skull [I don’t know his legal name], it’s a nice cocktail of horror and comedy that we’ll hopefully be seeing in theaters later this year. Here’s the third video, The Cast of … Continue reading →
Better late than never, my friends. Better late than never. Earlier today, Pixar released a nine minute clip for its upcoming film Ratatouille. It’s impressive. Not necessarily by the story element being put to play, but (it’s here I unveil my animation gasm) holy crap…the animation. Gorgeous. Detailed. Fluid. While it’s par for course to … Continue reading →
It makes sense that just as I was engaging in a mini-discussion of I Spit On Your Grave on our message board, the trailer would pop up for Elisha Cuthbert’s second porn movie, Captivity. Torture porn, that is. Her first being the trashy and embarrassing/entertaining House of Wax remake. And while I can argue that … Continue reading →
For all those offended by the terrible, terrible play on Limp Bizkit’s crapfest "Rollin’", I’m sorry. On to the story. Thanks to the success of a little spring movie called 300, Zack Snyder gets to make the Watchmen movie no one could get off the ground, WB is raking in gobs of cash and midget … Continue reading →
So you may have heard about Bug. You may even be anticipating its release later this month. [Note from Devin: You should be – it’s really good!] The one-sheet that’s been attached to the movie (see it now!) has been an icky "Something’s under that dudes skin and it spells BUG!" poster, obviously inspired by … 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 →
Last week, we reported on an upcoming film that, judging by the message board responses we received, many of you can’t wait to see: South of the Border. Oh, sorry! That’s Grizzly Park. South of the Border is the one no one gave two craps about. Unless you’ve suddenly developed an interest in movies about … Continue reading →