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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…

WEEKEND BOX OFFICE REPORT

Rank Title WeekendGross CumulativeGross Weeks in Release 1 Open Season $23,000,000 $23,000,000 1 2 The Guardian $17,667,000 $17,667,000 1 3 Jackass Number Two $14,010,000 $51,452,000 2 4 School For Scoundrels $9,109,000 $9,109,000 1 5 Jet Li’s Fearless $4,702,000 $17,785,000 2 6 Gridiron Gang $4,500,000 $33,177,000 3 7 The Illusionist $2,845,000 $31,488,000 7 8 Flyboys $2,320,000 … Continue reading

ALIEN VS PREDATOR VS DRUG KINGPIN

It’s no secret that I am less than psyched about Alien vs Predator 2, even with CHUD friend Shane Salerno writing the script. Besides all the general misgivings about the project, recent casting news – a bunch of TV actors I’ve never seen – hasn’t lit me on fire. But now a secret informer (yeah, … Continue reading

SEE BUSH KILLED IN QUICKTIME

Death of a President was one of the most controversial films that played at the Toronto Film Festival. CHUD’s own Russ Fischer hated it – read his review here – but it garnered the Fipresci International Critics Award. Good? Bad? You’ll get a chance to make up your own mind soon enough, as the film … Continue reading

DIE BALD

There’s something about Baltimore that really brings out the baldie in Bruce Willis. He filmed 12 Monkeys there, and he went totally bald. Now he’s back in town for Live Free or Die Hard (a title so spectacularly awful that I am coming to really like it), and he’s letting his chrome dome flag fly … Continue reading

CHUD.COM + PLAYBOY RADIO?

I know what you guys are thinking… "What more stuff could this prick do with mediocrity?" Websites. Music. Comic Strips. Podcasts. Scripts. Book Ideas. Television. I’ve given you folks a ton of ammo to bring the hate with, but only now have I really dipped into something that just might win you over. Playboy. Granted, … Continue reading

A GUIDE TO RECOGNIZING YOUR IRON MAN

Aint It Cool News* is reporting that Robert Downey Jr has been hired to play Tony Stark, aka the guy inside the Iron Man costume, in Jon Favreau’s movie version of the Marvel comic book. If true (see the previous asterisk), this is a major indicator of where Favreau is going with the film (well, … Continue reading

FANTASTIC FEST ’06 REPORT PART 2

Note from Devin: Thanks to Travis, a volunteer at this year’s Fantastic Fest, for taking some time to write up what he’s seen. Many films at Fantastic Fest don’t get wider releases, which means I won’t be seeing them at press screenings, so it’s great to have an early word on some interesting and weird … Continue reading

PAN ENTERS OSCAR’S LABYRINTH

Congratulations to Guillermo Del Toro and his excellent new film, Pan’s Labyrinth: this morning at the New York Film Festival (Pan is closing the Festival this year) it was announced that Pan was Mexico’s submission for the Best Foreign Language Film Oscar. I talked to Guillermo this weekend about just such an eventuality, specifically because … Continue reading

I’M A TRAILER, BUT THAT’S OK

Let’s get this out of the way – I have no clue what the fuck anyone in the new trailer for Park Chanwook’s next film, I’m A Cyborg, But That’s OK, is saying. At all. But who cares when the movie looks so gorgeous, with powerful colors just popping out and traditional South Korean ragtime … Continue reading

ROB COHEN NOT YET IN DIRECTOR JAIL

Stealth was the flop that sort of embodied Sony’s bad 2005. It seemed like the glossy, vacuous style that director Rob Cohen had perfected in The Fast and the Furious and xXx had finally failed, and many wondered if Cohen, not exactly a visionary, would just fade away. Not so fast! He’s back with a … Continue reading