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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…

KING OF… SOMETHING

Not everyone has the opportunity to be a fat guy and cash in on the whole "funny fat guy" shtick. However, CBS made the King of Queens’ "fat guy married to a hot chick sitcom" template into a twelve-tittied milking machine, and no one can be happier about that than Kevin James. All good things … Continue reading

THE CHUD KILL LIST #92

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. Enjoy!* # 92 – The Shining The recently re-released 1983 Members Only Sports Jacket featured an embroidered collar, 12 pockets for easy storage, a … Continue reading

TONY LEUNG GOT WOO’D BACK

If I was the IMDB guy involved in updating the casting page for John Woo’s upcoming epic Chinese film The Battle of Red Cliff, I’d probably just wipe the page out and replace it with a giant neon question mark right out of Batman Forever. The tumult on this project continues to build and build … Continue reading

GET FUZZY WITH EDGAR WRIGHT

Good news for Los Angelenos who missed the Hot Fuzztival in Santa Monica a couple of weeks back – Edgar Wright is going to be doing a Q&A after the 5pm and 8pm Hot Fuzz shows at the Arclight tomorrow. Not only is Hot Fuzz a great movie, not only is the Arclight a great … Continue reading

FRODO’S BLACK WINGS

Ok, so today is Noir Day at CHUD, I guess. It’s a genre that I’m not too into, but I suppose it’s because so many of its conventions have become pop culture canon, it’s hard to see any individual film for what it actually is. It’s ass backwards, but what can you do? I watched … Continue reading

WELCOME TO THE ASSASSINATION, PAL

Bruce Willis is at a pretty interesting career point right now. Aside from money-in-the-bank Die Hard films, he’s way past his salad days as a box office draw supreme, and yet every time he threatens to descend full-on into hackdom, he pulls out a Hostage or Sin City to let you know he still cares…somewhat. … Continue reading

XERXES AND CHERRY DARLING, SITTING IN A TREE

Genre entertainment – and by that, I mean the preponderance of sci-fi/comic/fantasy properties we currently enjoy in theaters and TV – is not just a blessing for geeks who enjoy it, but also for previously pigeonholed actors who can transforms themselves and their careers within its loving embrace. Take Rodrigo Santoro. When this guy first … Continue reading

COLOSSUS: THE GRAZER PROJECT

Okay, sci-fi buffs (and I know CHUD is riddled with you fuckers): it’s time to explain why D.F. Jones’s Colossus books are relevant in an age where the rampant proliferation of nuclear technology has supplanted the fear of U.S. and Russia going head-to-head in global thermonuclear war. As a child of the Cold War, I’m … Continue reading

A VAST WHITEWATER CONSPIRACY

While I’ve very strong feelings about the profound waste of time and money that was the Whitewater "Scandal", I’m going to avoid delving into them as a response to the news that the co-writer of Crash will be adapting Susan McDougal’s The Woman Who Wouldn’t Talk. I’m always up for a good political rumble, but … Continue reading

RACER X IS LOST

The Wachowski Siblings are adding the final pieces to their big screen version of Speed Racer, a crummy cartoon from Japan notable only for the monkey and the fact that the theme song was once remixed into a techno track that I liked to play while on ecstasy: they’ve hired Australian actor Kick Gurry (Jesus … Continue reading