In recent months for reasons of varying importance, my personal goals have changed in regards to the projects I developing, and I’ve realized that the more you can actually control in this business the better. As a result, the myriad of screenplays on my hard drive collecting cyberdust and the stuff in my lame head … Continue reading
For the next six days until Friday, April 13th, I’ll be watching and reviewing the movies in the Friday the 13th franchise from the very first through Jason X (I’m up in the air about including Freddy vs Jason). I’ll be counting kills, observing the bad behavior that gets teenagers killed at Camp Crystal Lake, … Continue reading
(Correction: The Weinstein Company is not the U.S. distributor of Rian Johnson’s The Brothers Bloom, as was originally indicated in this article. TWC is currently the foreign sales representative.) Spirits were high Thursday night at the New Beverly in West Hollywood. A packed house filled with die-hard exploitation fans, who had lined up earlier in … Continue reading
For the next seven days until Friday, April 13th, I’ll be watching and reviewing the movies in the Friday the 13th franchise from the very first through Jason X (I’m up in the air about including Freddy vs Jason). I’ll be counting kills, observing the bad behavior that gets teenagers killed at Camp Crystal Lake, … Continue reading
I may not like his Grindhouse contribution much, but otherwise I’ve become quite the cheerleader for Rob Zombie’s movies. The Devil’s Rejects got me firmly on board, and I find quite a bit to like in his first movie as well, especially now that hype and expectations are long since swept away. I was ready … Continue reading
I feel like the professor who begins his semester by showing up late to class reeking of whiskey, but inauspicious debuts are my specialty, and those were always the best classes anyway… Hello, I’m Andre Dellamorte, and I’m doing to a twice weekly now for CHUD. There’s going to be one on Thursday/Friday, and another … Continue reading
So it’s been a while since we’ve heard rumblings on a Jurassic Park IV. Well check your cup, because the water’s rippling again. The movie that time forget then remembered then forgot and remembered is being teased once more thanks to a recent interview with Laura Dern (who’s been rumored to return in the fourth … Continue reading
For the next eight days until Friday, April 13th, I’ll be watching and reviewing the movies in the Friday the 13th franchise from the very first through Jason X (I’m up in the air about including Freddy vs Jason). I’ll be counting kills, observing the bad behavior that gets teenagers killed at Camp Crystal Lake, … Continue reading
There’s a few folks out there who couldn’t give a dump or four about the Grindhouse revival that opens wide today. It’s been perceived as a roadblock to Rodriguez’ true calling of making Frank Miller movies revolving around a sinful metropolis. To that whinery it must be said, keep your pants on. Sin City 2 … Continue reading
My grandmother was always quick to remind me, "If you ain’t got nothin’ nice to say, don’t fucking say it, and, for the last time, turn off that goddamn hose!" She also blamed the Jews for her chronic arthritis, and once mailed President Reagan what she thought to be severed head of the Yeti, but … Continue reading