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MUMMY MOPPET CASTING

So I’ve got a pretty vast collection of DVDs (damn you HD!*), one that I continually have to justify with my wife, who insists to buy them I have to watch them. I call shenanigans, since the point is to have them in the case we ever meet up with friends who haven’t seen Children … Continue reading

RISE OF THE FIERY FLATULENCE

In case it slipped your mind amidst all the upcoming summer hubbub, Fantastic Four: Rise Of The Silver Surfer is still on its way and 20th Century Fox wants to make sure you’re cognizant of that important fact. Which is good, because quite honestly, I actually did forget about it. So thanks to 20th Century … Continue reading

THE CHUD KILL LIST #100

Doing this the right way, counting back as it was back in the day. One a day. Discuss it right here. Enjoy!* #100 – Mission: Impossible "So I have this idea for Wisdom II, and it starts off like thiMMMMMMPPRRRHH!" Mission: Impossible: Poor Emilio Estevez. Lacking his dad’s timeless character acting chops or his brother’s … Continue reading

IF YOU CAN’T FIND ‘EM, RE-GRIND ‘EM

Because no one’s tired of this story yet… I hate that the post-release Grindhouse discussion is focused almost exclusively on the picture’s disappointing box office performance, but a) it is a story, and b) this is how mainstream film discourse goes nowadays. And here I am furthering something I despise. Today’s big Grindhouse development: Harvey … Continue reading

SALMA HAYEK GOT BACK(ING)

If there was a theme to this year’s Oscar extravaganza, it was that contrary to the film title, Hollywood would have very few days without Mexicans going forward. As films like Children of Men, Babel, and Pan’s Labryinth cleaned up, it was obvious that things had changed. But that’s the world of prestige filmmaking, which … Continue reading

JANE CAMPION HAS AN AMAZING FANNY

Oh, look what I done did! It’s the ol’ bait ’em with the promise of fifty-three-year-old director butt and give ’em Abbie Cornish trick! Ah, but who wouldn’t want to be pillow’d upon the Somersault star’s ripening breast? Campion, the visually gifted but oft narratively challenged director, is hoping everyone shares this enthusiasm, as she’s … Continue reading

NEWS ROUNDUP 4.9.07

— This past week, we lost John Flynn, the director of the William Devane/Tommy Lee Jones pulp thriller Rolling Thunder. He passed away in his sleep. Since I’m something of an 80s baby, I personally remembered the man less for Thunder than I did for similarly pulpy fare like Stallone’s Lock Up and Seagal’s Out For Justice. But … Continue reading

DIG DIGGERS ON DVD

Last week I went to see Diggers, a new film written by State player Ken Marino and starring Paul Rudd. I liked it a lot – the movie is set on Long Island in 1976 as corporate clamming starts to disrupt the generational clam digging trade. It’s a wonderfully observed character piece that’s perfectly served … Continue reading