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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…

WHITEOUT ON THE SILVER SCREEN

If you go to Suicide Girls just to look at the naked skanks, you’re missing the best stuff, which is the work Daniel Robert Epstein is doing. Dan is a fantastic interviewer, and his stuff is always worth reading, and he’s pretty good at scoring exclusives with interesting people. His latest is Greg Rucka, novelist … Continue reading

MORGAN FREEMAN IS GONE, BABY, GONE

Ben Affleck’s trying to get out of his hole, and he’s got the help of some fine actors. The lantern jawed actor is directing Gone, Baby, Gone, from his own adaptation of the Dennis Lehane novel. He’s got his brother Casey starring, along with the very talented and wasted in Mission: Impossible III Michelle Monaghan … Continue reading

CRAIG BREWER FINDS A HONKY TONK ANGEL

I watched Hustle & Flow again recently and it still amazed me. I don’t want to overestimate a director’s talents based on one film, but with that movie Craig Brewer proved himself to be someone worth noting. And he seems determined to be someone who keeps working – the director is already setting up his … Continue reading

IRON MAN WILL BE A TEETOTALER

Jon Favreau is talking about his upcoming Iron Man movie, and he’s ruled one thing right out – don’t go into theaters looking for the first drunken superhero. "The alcoholism doesn’t come into play until later on in the story of Iron Man," he told MTV (Hey Jon, who’s checking your MySpace messages? CHUD.com requested … Continue reading

LAST STAND? MAYBE NOT

Last week I brought you an exclusive interview with X-Men: The Last Stand screenwriters Zak Penn and Simon Kinberg, who revealed that the whole "final chapter" aspect of the film was dreamed up by the marketing people and not by them. They saw the film as the final chapter in a trilogy, but that there … Continue reading

NOW THAT’S A DESCENT POSTER

I’m envious of our chums over at JoBlo — not only are they over in France ogling movies and breasts at Cannes, but they also just got quote-blurbed and an exclusive poster for one of the better horror movies in recent memory. The rather innovative poster (click it for the whole Dali dealy) is for Neil … Continue reading

CAINE IS ABLE

After years of snatching rocks and taming the West on the 70s show Kung Fu (and again on some made-for-TV movies… and then again on a syndicated series in the 90s), shaven-skulled martial artist Kwai Chang Caine is making his way to theaters courtesy of Warner Bros. The original series starred David Carradine (who somehow … Continue reading

WEINSTEINS WILL FINALLY RELEASE ASIAN HOSTAGES

The Weinsteins’ approach to collecting Asian movies has been comparable to a 6-year-old kid who mimics cool things adults do without actually knowing why it’s cool. But now after years of hording massive amounts of Asian films, they’re finally releasing them under a new label called Dragon Dynasty. Was this their secret plan all along, … Continue reading

TRAILER: GHOST RIDER

After years of kneeling before the comic book gods (I think Dormammu was maybe in there somewhere), little Nicky Coppola’s prayers were finally answered, and thus he was set aflame. Marvel’s Ghost Rider has been sputtering to the starting line for a long time, but now the fiery seeker of vengeance has been fully realized through dubious … Continue reading

ANGELS, DEMONS AND ACCOUNTANTS

In today’s “no shit” news, it looks like Sony is about to begin gearing up the prequel to massive smash hit The Da Vinci Code, Dan Brown’s Angels and Demons. Da Vinci is one of those movies that makes studio execs very happy – despite the fact that it truly stinks and the critics have … Continue reading