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LATEST REMAKE ON THE LEFT

Wes Craven’s first legit film, Last House on the Left (he shot some porno loops when he first started), is one of the meanest, most unpleasant films you’ll ever see. Could a remake be as nasty? It’s easy to look at Alex Aja’s remake of The Hills Have Eyes and say yes, but that original … Continue reading

FANTASTIC FOUR 2 GETS A WORSE NAME

I thought that Fantastic Four and the Silver Surfer was a pretty rotten name for Fantastic Four 2, but now I’m looking at that title with fond nostalgia – Superhero Hype is reporting that the film has a new moniker, and it’s the awful Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer. First of all, that … Continue reading

HAIRSPRAY PUTS ON CHRISTOPHER WALKEN

The film version of Hairspray: The Musical is just a few weeks from starting up in Canada, and there are big changes happening in the casting – Jim Broadbent, who was set to play Wilbur Turnblad, father of dancing fat girl Tracy, has left the film and Christopher Walken has taken the role. Once upon … Continue reading

CRYPT-O-GRAM! #4

Puzzle #4 is, I think, the most difficult one yet. I’ve stepped it up on the clues. Some of them are downright evil. But fair.Always fair. Or some of them may be really, stupidly easy … you never know.Am I messing with your brain, or being really straight-forward knowing you’ll THINK I’m messing with your … Continue reading

SEARCHING FOR MARTIN SCORSESE

The poster for Martin Scorsese’s new movie, The Departed is here, and while I sort of like it (and sort of don’t like it), one thing I notice is that Scorsese’s name is in tiny print. It’s even smaller than his name on the Gangs of New York poster, which I thought was pretty durn … Continue reading

COPPOLA MOVES OUT OF MEGALOPOLIS

Last night Francis Ford Coppola came to the Los Angeles DGA to flog the new 2 disc Apocalyse Now: The Complete Dossier DVD (a really great DVD set, but not one that can claim to be complete. While it includes the original and Redux cuts and lots of extra features, it does not have Hearts … Continue reading

WELCOME TO THE HOSTEL HOUSE

Eli Roth is gearing up Hostel 2, which will pick up moments after the first film ended. This time the movie will focus on a trio of girls seeing the sites in Europe until they get sliced and diced by nasty and sadistic rich dudes. Jay Hernandez, the broken hero of the first Hostel, will … Continue reading

SUCKS ON A PLANE

Snakes on a Plane stinks. Badly. No, I haven’t seen the movie. No one has. New Line is holding the film from critics, which isn’t really all that surprising – this is not a movie that is going to be built on its glowing reviews (although it is shocking that they didn’t even screen it … Continue reading

EXCLUSIVE CLIP: SAFE MEN DVD

I just came from the DVD store (seriously, how can J&R Music World not have the 2-disc V For Vendetta yet? It’s been sold out since day one) and I didn’t notice this film on the shelves, but I know I would have made an impulse buy if I had. After all, it stars Sam … Continue reading

THE CHUD SHOW

**UPDATE** The thirteenth installment is now on the web at your local Podcast station. 46 minutes worth. Justin and I drove to the Sweetwater Brewery and drank some 10:30am beer and spoke with Broken Lizard geniuses Steve Lemme and Kevin Heffernan about Beerfest and other odd stuff. All apologies for the sound quality. A lot … Continue reading