Movie News

We could simply cut and paste stories from Variety, but we don’t. We’re too amazing for that. We RETYPE articles from Variety…

TWO DOWN

This week we see two people retiring from movies – Luc Besson and the perpetually befuddled-looking looking Juliette Lewis. Besson, whose “final” movie is the upcoming Arthur and the Minimoys, says that after ten films he’s all done and that he wants to turn his attention to civic good work, including setting up a foundation … Continue reading

LOOSE BRAINS

This week Amazon.com unveiled their “Unbox” movie download service. It’s expected that Apple will be introducing something similar this week. The question has become whether lots of people will want to watch full length movies on their computers or video iPods. But that question was answered over a year ago by a movie made by … Continue reading

QUICK BITES 9/10/2006

Simon Pegg couldn’t make it to Comic Con this year, but he did send along a funny video greeting. It has finally made it onto the internet, thanks to the folks at Peggster.com – now what about those great Hot Fuzz microteasers? Click here to see the video on YouTube. Last week I asked who … Continue reading

MGM IS VISITING THE SHIRE

A couple of weeks ago some rumor made the rounds about New Line releasing The Hobbit in 2007. Despite the obvious falseness of that rumor, there may still be hope for Bilbo Baggins and friends – a Variety article about nearly-dead MGM’s return to the big money tent pole business lists The Hobbit as one … Continue reading

WEEKEND BOX OFFICE REPORT

Rank Title WeekendGross CumulativeGross Weeks in Release 1 The Covenant $9,000,000 $9,000,000 1 2 Hollywoodland $6,008,000 $6,008,000 1 3 Invincible $5,784,000 $45,654,000 3 4 The Protector $5,032,000 $5,032,000 1 5 Crank $4,800,000 $19,859,000 2 6 The Illusionist $4,639,000 $18,089,000 4 7 Little Miss Sunshine $4,425,000 $41,646,000 7 8 Wicker Man $4,120,000 $17,490,000 2 9 Talladega … Continue reading

IT’S THE NEW THING

The other day I was going to link to Superhero Hype’s new pictures from the set of Fantastic Four: The Rise of the Silver Surfer, but they suddenly disappeared. Now they’ve shown up on Aint It Cool News, and I’m curious how long until Fox asks for them to get yanked from there, which is … Continue reading

ANOTHER 11 COLONELS VIDEO CLIP

It’s been a while since we debuted any promotional stuff for 11 Colonels ATTACK! (see a 2 minute tease from the 11 minute pitch reel here), the CHUD.com movie we’re trying to attain funding for. We’ve had good feedback, some rejection, and at the end of the day further reinforcement that we’ve got something unique … Continue reading

GOIN’ POLISH #5

Polish movie posters are the best thing since the Earth was built by aliens and left cooking in the sun long enough so people thought they were civilized and followed the rules of a God. Let’s just say this… if there is a God, chances are good that he made his daily wage designing polish … Continue reading

WHERE’S CUFF & LINK?

What appears to be a new variation on the trailer from July for Rocky Balboa (the old one which Dave covered here) has arrived and with it my hopes that we’ll see Cuff, Link, Butkus, and Father Carmine resurrected from their spots in Abe’s Pet and Priest Graveyard. Adrian and Mickey? Fuck ’em. While they’re … Continue reading

A POSTER NAMED ROBERT

Everyone but Robert Kennedy is in Emilio Estevez’s new film Bobby and the only reason he’s not in it is because he’s busy being shot. Many have touted this as a return to form for the man who brought us the seminal Men at Work, or rather a first attempt at form. I love me … Continue reading