There ought to be a law: once you’ve won two Best Director Oscars (or once you’ve called action on a movie as front-to-back brilliant as One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest), there will always be an industry average budget available for your next film – so long as it’s not a three-hour Alexander the Great … Continue reading
My review of the entire Batman film series.Devin’s infamous review of Batman Begins.A link to a site about goats. Just because. It bothered me then and it bothers me now. The quintessential Batman on film argument on which is the movie which best represents the comic book character. We’re in the wake of the San … Continue reading
I have interviewed Paul Greengrass more times than I have interviewed anyone else ever, and I have learned one valuable thing: when talking to this man, get out of his way. Paul will hold forth on a topic for a long time, and you just let him go with it because it’s never blustery or … Continue reading
If you’ve been worried about the upcoming 25th anniversary box set for Blade Runner, which in addition to four older versions of the film and a mother lode of extras includes a new Final Cut of the film, worry no longer. Not only is producer Charles de Lauzirika a friend of Chud, he’s an accomplished … Continue reading
Rescue Dawn is slowly getting more notice. MGM is bringing the film to more screens, and as part of their promotion for the flick I got on the phone with Jeremy Davies a couple days ago. The film is controversial for more than one reason. For Werner Herzog fans it’s a departure from the style … Continue reading
Name your favorite Simpsons episode, and there’s a good chance Rich Moore directed it. "Cape Feare", "A Streetcar Called Marge", "Flaming Moe’s", "Itchy & Scratchy: The Movie", Marge vs. the Monorail"… all of these were overseen by Moore. After several seasons with The Simpsons and a stint on The Critic, Moore became the supervising director … Continue reading
Terrence Howard is soft-spoken but very intense. He’s the sort of guy you naturally lean towards to catch the details of his speech. In part because he’s got enough of an accent that paying close attention is mandatory, but mostly because he knows that he can grab more attention by playing it small rather than … Continue reading
I’m tempted to just cut the questions out of this roundtable with Ridley Scott. At times he’ll just go off on his own and answer his own question. You’ll notice that several times here, not that it makes the answers any less valuable. In fact, it’s amazing to listen to Scott talk about his film. … Continue reading
Confession time: I haven’t watched anything on Saturday Night Live in years. I’ll catch a skit or short here or there on YouTube, but in general, I’ve left the show behind. Or maybe it’s left me behind. Either way, SNL works for the people for whom it works, and I’m not one of those. But … Continue reading
Roving Mars was released on DVD yesterday. This documentary follows the Mars rovers Spirit and Opportunity as they, well, rove. We’ll have a CHUD review of this beauty soon, but in the meantime you might just bypass our opinions altogether and win a copy of your own.We have been graciously donated five copies to give … Continue reading