I don’t think it’s too much of a stretch to say that 300 is THE movie topic of the moment. While most films disappear after their opening weekend, Zack Snyder’s take on Frank Miller’s version of the Battle of Thermopylae has really entered the popular consciousness in a way that fewer and fewer films do … Continue reading
I’ve been fascinated with the year 2012 for some time. I think Terence McKenna first brought it to my attention, back when I was in my taking drugs to achieve full universal understanding phase. According to the Mayan calendar, December 21, 2012 completes the 13th cycle since the beginning of time. Nobody knows what the … Continue reading
When Wes Craven made the original The Last House on the Left, he and his editor went down the hall from where they were cutting the movie and removed the R-rating from another film and spliced it into theirs. That’s the kind of exploitation gumption that made the grindhouse films of the 70s so wonderful … Continue reading
In America we have YouTube. In Russia they have RuTube. This Yakov Smirnoff realization came as I was watching some footage from Stardust, Matthew Vaughn’s adaptation of Neil Gaiman’s story about faeries and other stuff fat Renaissance chicks love. There’s not been any footage shown to loyal Americans, but the Russkies get a whole scene, … Continue reading
In recent months for reasons of varying importance, my personal goals have changed in regards to the projects I developing, and I’ve realized that the more you can actually control in this business the better. As a result, the myriad of screenplays on my hard drive collecting cyberdust and the stuff in my lame head … Continue reading
In the wake of our ongoing ‘Essential’ list, we’re going to also rerun the popular and lost to the annals of the web CHUD’s 100 BEST KILLS list, half of which originally aired in the sadly defunct MOVIE INSIDER magazine with the rest appearing on this here site. As the site prepares for a ground-up … Continue reading
After basking in the glow of The Queen‘s success, two-time best director nominee Stephen Frears is in talks to move on to his next filmic project, The Burial.Based on a New Yorker piece written by A Civil Action author Jonathan Harr (which was subsequently made into cinematic Lunesta), the Rain Maker story focuses on how … Continue reading
Expanding on his big fat acting portfolio, Steve Buscemi has been sharpening the screenplay/directorial skills on the side. His latest, Interview, just had U.S. rights picked up by Sony Classics. Interview debuted at Sundance this year and is based on the 2003 Dutch film titled, well, Interview, where a journalist begrudgingly gets an assignment to … Continue reading
About a year ago I had the chance to see a movie that just blew me away – Behind the Mask: The Rise of Leslie Vernon. I was very impressed with the film on every level, but especially with the way that it managed to tweak the slasher film genre while actually being a complete … Continue reading
Over the last couple of days, web pundits have been all atwitter about the growing divide between critics and audiences. This makes me think that web pundits and goldfish must share some essential brain matter, since these people are treating this like it’s a new phenomenon and not something gets discussed to death every year … Continue reading