I’m seeing American Dreamz tonight, the new film from Paul Weitz. It’s got some less-than-stellar buzz, but I’m hoping that even if the movie is bad, it’s bad in an interesting way. And the basic plot synopsis tells me that it could be: On the morning of his re-election, the President (Dennis Quaid) decides to … Continue reading
What is this? Every single day of the week (almost), a new "Graboid", a single moment grabbed from a random movie, appears on this site for you to guess the name of the film, share with your officemates, or discuss on our message boards. Sometimes the Graboid will be very easy and sometimes it’ll be … Continue reading
UPDATE 2: According to Hollywood Reporter, New Line authorized five days of reshoots to allow the film to wriggle from a PG-13 to a less-profitable but more satisfying R-rating. The trade reports that the footage will feature more gore, more death, more nudity, more snakes and more death scenes. And they shot a scene where … Continue reading
Quentin Tarantino and Robert Rodriguez have remained remarkably tight-lipped when it comes to announcing cast members for their horror hybrid Grind House, and until we hear some official word we’ll have to settle for rumors like this. Robert Rodriguez is currently shooting his segment Project Terror down in Austin, and it seems as though he’ll … Continue reading
You’ve heard plenty of praise on CHUD for the brilliant romzomcom Shaun of the Dead and anticipation for the upcoming Hot Fuzz, but what you might not know is that the creators of those projects started with an equally ingenious UK television series called Spaced. The show was about an aspiring comic artist (Shaun himself, … Continue reading
With Serenity and Riddick not exactly returning Lucas-sized profits for the studio (which is not a statement of quality — I prefer those flicks infinitely more than the prequels), Universal is seeking another grand space epic to line their pockets. Time for a field trip to the library! Universal has dusted off Alfred Bester’s influential 1956 … Continue reading
It’s been a dark few weeks for the fans of the Harry Potter films, but the sun has finally come out – Gary Oldman is signed to appear in the fifth film, Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix. It’s been a bizarre is he/isn’t he thing for the past month or so, with … Continue reading
Winning big at blackjack seems to be only slightly easier than getting a movie about it made. But now Legally Blonde helmer Robert Luketic is sidling up to the table and placing bets for Columbia’s 21. The movie (whose title sounds more like it should be a sequel to Thirteen, which I’d really be interested … Continue reading
Harry Shearer appeared on the “Mancow” show yesterday, and talked a bit about The Simpsons, which just got renewed for two more seasons. While there he dropped a bomb, yo – he is currently recording vocals for the long-awaited and then even-longer-dreaded Simpsons movie. According to a scooper to AICN who will actually admit to … Continue reading
Will Smith never learned his Wild Wild West lesson and is going to once again be getting jiggy with an old-timey TV show transitioning to the movies. This time it’s It Takes A Thief, based on the 1968-1970 series. The original starred Robert Wagner; this time Smith will be playing the charming thief blackmailed into … Continue reading