As you might have noticed on the CHUD main page, the current internet trend of putting wacky actors in roles you might not expect them has spawned a grassroots campaign to get Derrick Comedy/Community star Donald Glover cast as Peter Parker in the new Spider-Man movie. It’s certainly an interesting idea, Glover is a gifted … Continue reading
KINGDOM OF HEAVEN (2005) Director: Ridley Having recently been made a “Sir”, it was only a matter of time before Ridley got around to making a movie about how badass knights are. Well, the non-Templar variety, anyway. To be honest, as I generally like to be, this is the type of film that was made … Continue reading
It’s been a consistency – from high school up to the present, I have always had friends who like to play some kind of poker, from straight to community and everything in between. Unfortunately, I never really got into it like my friends have. I tried back in high school, with zero success. Whenever members … Continue reading
Last night and earlier this afternoon I saw Robert Altman’s Nashville. Aside from the really cool cover art, I knew next to nothing about the film. a quick Wikipedia search, and I really wanted to see it. I ordered the dvd off of Amazon.com, and I was blown away by this deep film about troubled … Continue reading
I have a theory that you can divide most horror geeks of a certain age into three separate camps. Those who love NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET series, those who love the HALLOWEEN films and those who are fans of the FRIDAY THE 13TH films. Of course there can be overlap, but I think most people … Continue reading
This week’s entry is a bit of shameless self-promotion. I’ll be continuing Welles-Fest in the coming weeks, as we still have a few movies to get through and chat about there…. The advent of quality cameras/DSLRs at relatively affordable prices has created something of the idea that making a short film (or indie feature for … Continue reading
So there’s this island, right? Hey wait – where you going? Come back! It’s not what you think. Anyway, Survival Of The Dead takes place mostly on an island, where the dead are coming back to life and there are a couple different factions warring over how to rule the island, and there … Continue reading
The End. I liked it. I was pretty skeptical for much of the final episode – over the course of it I was becoming increasingly worried that what they were building to was an alternate Universe where everyone from the show would get to live happily ever after together – the dead resurrected, the bad … Continue reading
Back in the year 2000something, I went and saw the movie Alpha Dog in theaters. I was going through a phase where I only watched movies with Greek letters in the titles. As I recall, it was a Monday night, my evening of choice to hit the local movieplex. I likely got popcorn. Might have … Continue reading
BLACK HAWK DOWN (2001) Director: Ridley They should’ve just sent Eric Bana in solo; Ain’t nobody shootin that Chopper down. Based on a harrowing, real life battle, you have these poor kids fending for their lives hour after hour during a merciless onslaught. I’m sure that it must have been an extremely exhausting experience, because … Continue reading