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…

WEEKEND BOX OFFICE REPORT

Rank Title WeekendGross CumulativeGross Weeks in Release 1 Invincible $17,000,000 $17,000,000 1 2 Talladega Nights $8,000,000 $127,600,000 4 3 Little Miss Sunshine $7,500,000 $23,000,000 5 4 Beerfest $6,500,000 $6,500,000 1 5 Accepted $6,400,000 $21,100,000 2 6 World Trade Center $6,400,000 $55,500,000 3 7 Step Up $6,100,000 $50,400,000 3 8 Idlewild $5,800,000 $5,800,000 1 9 Snakes … Continue reading

THE IMMORTAL SPIDER-MAN

This is barely news, since Sony announced that they wanted to make six Spider-Man films after Spider-Man 2 drenched theaters in its gooey web fluid of love, but new Marvel Studios Kevin Feige (a dude who supposedly is about as big a Marvel comics geek as any guy who spends all day on the Newsarama … Continue reading

BE A PART OF THE PODCAST!

Don’t know about the CHUD.com Podcast? Here’s the archive and here’s where you can hear them online. We’re going to start taking calls at predetermined times starting this Sunday evening at 7pm, eastern. Actually, we’ll be calling you but I need folks to send emails with their name, phone numbers, and the topic they want … Continue reading

THE JOKER GETS MEAN

Here’s unexpected news – the Joker in The Dark Knight will not be silly like Cesar Romero! OK, we all saw that coming, but for many it’s comforting to hear it reiterated. Christopher Nolan gave an interview to Mean Magazine (hey, I write for those guys) for The Prestige, but of course things got around … Continue reading

CRYPT-O-GRAM! #5

The Crypt-O-Gram message board discussion. Two challenges this time, one easy and one … not. The Easy One: Here is a list of two-word film titles, each word of the title has the same number of letters. I’ve given you the first letter of each word. How many of them can you name? (There may … Continue reading

GET BEHIND THE MASK

Here’s some awesome news: Scott Glosserman’s Behind the Mask: The Rise of Leslie Vernon, one of my favorite movies of the year so far (and one that I reviewed here) is finally getting picked up. Scott tells Fangoria that while the papers aren’t signed, things should be more concrete “really soon. We’re hoping for an … Continue reading

LIQUID METAL ELVIS

Is Elvis still alive? And if so, can he turn his hands into gleaming metal blades that can cut through almost everything? That’s the mystery at the core of Lonely Street, which begins filming in Los Angeles today. Here’s the synopsis: The storyline follows ‘Bubba Mabry’ (Jay Mohr), a bumbling private dick hired by ‘JG’ … Continue reading

THE BEST… SO FAR

I meant to run this piece about a month and change ago, when it was closer to the midpoint of the year. But you know what? I don’t mind running it now, because we’re a few weeks away from the beginning of the prestige season (let alone the release of The Prestige), and it’s all … Continue reading