Earlier today I saw a trailer for the modern blaxploitation picture Black Dynamite, which you can find on the official website. In fact, you not only can find it there, but you almost certainly should go and watch it there right now. Because when I say modern blaxploitation picture, I only mean modern in that … Continue reading
Desert Island Question Time: If you were only allowed to watch one genre of film for the rest of your life, what would you choose? For me there’s no contest. Preston Sturges’ Sullivan’s Travels is one of the great “movie movies,” a madcap romp through depression-era America that in part inspired the Coen’s O Brother, … Continue reading
I love baseball. It’s pretty much the only sport I enjoy. Well, that and dwarf tossing. But my interest in dwarf tossing has kind of dissipated ever since I accidentally ingested a cocktail of creatine, psyllium husk and some kind of monkey tranquilizer and flew into a blind rage and tossed a dwarf through a fucking window. I’m not … Continue reading
Amongst several other jobs of varying secrecy, I work as a fact checker for a pornographic playing card company. I won’t tell you which one exactly, but it’s in the top three. (Okay, it’s Queens of Spades. Happy now?) Being a fortune something-hundred company, you’d expect the bathrooms to be swank, and you wouldn’t be … Continue reading
Since there hasn’t been an Indiana Jones movie in almost 20 years, it’s understandable that there would be a lot of hoo-ha about it on the internet. One of my sick fascinations are ‘Best Of’ lists. Half of the internet is currently made out of lists, and I think I read them just to get … Continue reading
I’m sure everyone enjoyed, on one level or another, Stephen Chow’s Shaolin Soccer. It was the film that rightfully brought him to the world stage and, even though the picture was exceptionally augmented with CGI tricks, it fairly represented the brand of humour that had made him a star. Stephen went on to capitalise with the … Continue reading
So last night the wife and I caught up with Romero’s DIARY OF THE DEAD, which was authentic in that it really did seem like it was edited by a pretentious college student, what with the monotone over-dramatic voiceover and really awkward pacing (particularly towards the beginning with its long takes full of dead space). … Continue reading
HERE THERE BE SPOILERS. Finished up Brian K. Vaughn’s 60-issue Y: THE LAST MAN series last week and got to seeking out details on the film, which was announced as being in development last July with D.J. Caruso of DISTURBIA fame directing and possibly Shia LaBeouf as Yorick. (Hey, Mr. D.J. – Naomie Harris as … Continue reading
Yes, yes, me again. Quickly: no sooner do I start blogging for CHUD than one of comic’s latter-day deities, Warren Ellis, sends out a notice for those with blogs to plug his totally free online webcomic FREAKANGELS. Who am I to object? Many a wondrous comic has sprung forth from his ever-fertile imagination, including THE … Continue reading
When a film strikes a chord deep within you, I’m talking about when it really speaks to you on a profound level, it’s indescribable. Everyone has a film that holds a special place in their heart, regardless of the quality or popularity of it; if it means something to you, that’s all that matters. But … Continue reading