Answering Devin’s Mail #46,393,059 (SEND A LETTER) Jace: How does it feel to know you’re the reason for the mass exodus from CHUD? You could write an article about it! Maybe you should heed some advice and not be such a prick in the future. Your bitter fat-man schtick has grown very, very old. Nick … Continue reading →
Whether you’re a brother or whether you’re a mother, you’ll probably be this film. Actually, no. You will not. That said, you can win this DVD and that’s almost as good or even better, depending on how you feel about Frankie Muniz as a character named Swink Sylvania. Swink Sylvania. Stay Alive is the latest … Continue reading →
Over the course of two seasons Battlestar Galactica has gone from “They brought back that crappy show?” to one of the smartest and relevant programs on television (to be fair, it was always smart and relevant, it’s just that a lot of us didn’t realize it early on). The man behind the show is Ronald … Continue reading →
Werner Herzog stalks around the set of Zak Penn’s new improv film, The Grand, dressed all in black like a Teutonic Johnny Cash. He’s in character as The German, a truly nasty poker player who has come, along with his own personal menagerie (Herzog will explain this in the interview) to the National American Indoor … Continue reading →
The Rock’s latest filmic effort arrives on screens today, Gridiron Gang, the true story of Sean Porter, a guy who inspired urban toughs to put away their nines and replace them with footballs and created a successful program to send young people on their way towards happier lives. For some it stuck [one became an … Continue reading →
The first James Ellroy book I read was American Tabloid. I was working at the Wall Street Waldenbooks (which would become a Borders, move to the World Trade Center, get destroyed and then move back to Wall Street. Cyclical!), and really into JFK assassination theories. Like, I “acquired” every book in the store about it. … Continue reading →
Technically the new film from Stuart Gordon isn’t a horror movie, but it’s scarier than half the genre films released in the last few years. It’s Edmond, based on the David Mamet play of the same name, a notoriously difficult and confrontational work that examines some of the darkest impulses hiding in all of us. … Continue reading →