Will Beall writes what he experiences and he talks the way he writes. He told me to ask him whatever I wanted and he gave me no BS and was honest about touchy subjects like racism in the LAPD and police corruption. His debut novel L.A. REX was a force to be reckoned with and … Continue reading
The 31st annual Atlanta Film Festival starts tomorrow night, April 19, and runs through April 28th. The fest has steadily been growing over the past few years, and for 2007 features probably the most diverse line-up ever. To prove it, we’re sponsoring two of the weirder films in the fest, and even have 40 seats … Continue reading
Dedicated to bringing you the latest in contest technology, we here at CHUD are pleased to present you, in partnership with Bloody Disgusting, Movies Online, Chortler, and The Student Zone, this chance to stretch your creative muscles and score some glorious swag. For this contest, you’re going to have to pull out the ol’ creative … Continue reading
As Simon and Edgar mention in this interview, most press junkets happen in some non-descript hotel conference room. The New York leg of the Hot Fuzz tour (which would take the three geniuses behind Shaun of the Dead to a bunch of American cities where they’d show their new movie and do consistently entertaining Q&As) … Continue reading
Nimrod Antal’s first film, Kontroll, was one of the better movies I saw in 2005 (read my original review right here). Set in the strange world of subway ticket inspectors in Budapest, it was a movie that announced Antal as a major talent. After that film Antal, who was born in the US but had … Continue reading
Douglas Coupland’s novel Generation X hit at the exact right moment for me – I was feeling untethered and unsure of my place in the world around me, and here was a book very much about that same thing. Coupland’s been writing witty, incisive books very much of the moment for the last couple of … Continue reading
Reverence and reference abound.
But everyone already knows that. Just not HOW bad.
As long as Mike White is working in Hollywood there’s still some hope for the movies. He’s got a unique sensibility and an incredible range – the same guy who creeped me out beyond belief with Chuck and Buck also wrote the funny and heartwarming School of Rock. His new film – his directorial debut … Continue reading
My disdain for The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe is massive. Bland and unimpressive, that film showcased exactly all the bad things about the success of The Lord of the Rings as it featured the elements which were least important and ushered in the bum’s rush of other filmmakers trying to recreate the sensation … Continue reading