A Nice Hard Slap – Hating John Malkovich After this year’s fun but forgettable Burn After Reading and seeing the trailer for The Changeling, every iota of my tolerance for John Malkovich’s schtick is gone. His. Line. Reading. Emphasis. Has. Worn. Out. Its. Welcome. Here’s an actor with such a commanding presence, such a unique … Continue reading
I’ve been waiting for this one for a pretty long time now. Brad Anderson’s SESSION 9 got me when a friend showed it to me several years ago. Then, a few years after that I saw THE MACHINST and was floored. Even though it almost had ‘that’ ending, it was different enough in transition and … Continue reading
So begins the rest of my coverage of the Savannah Film Festival! (About time) Getting sick slap in the middle of the Fest really fucked my writing schedule (spent every extra moment sleeping). The Fest has closed and things have calmed down, so the coverage flows once again! The first batch of articles can be … Continue reading
Now more than ever, with the popularity of youtube and other such video sites at an all time high, we have the desire to see celebrities crash and burn; it seems to be everyone’s guilty pleasure. I’m not going to lie, more often than not I’m guilty of this as well. However, there are moments … Continue reading
APOLOGIES: First of all I’d like to apologies for my previous post. I really felt I needed to vent my career frustrations and the only outlet I could find was my CHUD blog. When I signed up to blog for CHUD, one of the reasons I gave to demonstrate how appropriate I’d be for the … Continue reading
Let me start out, right off the bat, assauge any fears of spoilers here within – this is not a blog about SAW V. It is a discussion, philosophical no, fanboy yes, about several of the previous movies of the SAW franchise. So, any spoilers are old hat and probably mostly irrelevant to most folks … Continue reading
Making a statement in film that stays with the audience unlike Eagle Eye did.
On the morning of November 5th (this was supposed to be published yesterday but I didn’t have time – shoot me) I waltzed into CBA wearing a shit-eating grin and looking for all the world like The Joker on shrooms. If that makes any sense. This is due to the very good news I had … Continue reading
Joe The Plumber has a website, ladies and gentlemen.Click me…unless you’re a socialist. Fifteen minutes of fame? How about fifteen years? Joe The Plumber is here to stay, America! And he’s just going to keep on doing what he’s been doing! That’s right, he’s going to…wait, what does he do? Isn’t this quest for celebrity … Continue reading
It happened. I joined the cult of Twilight. It was an accident. I have always been the kind of person who shuns popular media. Harry Potter makes me puke, Oprah’s book club is nauseating, Heroes and Lost pedestrian. I never give any of these things a chance, of course, because I am a tremendous snob. … Continue reading