For as little information as there is officially coming out of the new Star Trek film, speculation and rumor-mongering have naturally become the order of the day. Is it a reboot or a revisit? Will it have the original characters or won’t it? Is JJ Abrams directing or isn’t he? Of course, Devin deftly answered … Continue reading
Director Mark Romanek, last seen helming One Hour Photo, has signed on to direct Benicio Del Toro as he plays Marv Wolfman, the mastermind behind Crisis on Infinite Earths and who… Oh, wait. Romanek is signing on to direct Del Toro as THE Wolfman. When did he lose the space? In 1941 he was The … Continue reading
Dr. Dre isn’t just waiting around for Eminem to want to record another hit record – he’s decided to move into the movie business with his homies at New Line. Dre (fun fact: he’s not actually a medical doctor) will be mostly producing under his Crucial Films banner. But that’s not where he’s stopping – … Continue reading
The best thing about writing for CHUD, besides all the ass I get, is having the opportunity to tell you about cool movies that are coming up. Movies like The Host, the fantastic Korean monster film that is hitting US shores in just about a month. The Host really, completely and truly fucking rocks, and … Continue reading
Just yesterday we discussed a terrible scenario where sectarian dwarf fighting broke out in Hollywood that would make the Sunni/Shia conflict look like a playground squabble: former Hollywood go-to wee person Warwick Davis going after current It Dwarf, Peter Dinklage. Experts agree we were on the verge of a full on dwarf war when The … Continue reading
It was a rough weekend for fans of the puppet. Word came last week that the whole Dark Crystal prequel was shut down all Halo-style. Clone War/Samurai Jack fan-god Genndy Tartakovsky was directing, preproduction was churning out some goods and seemingly, out of nowhere, it smacked face-first into a wall of postponement with no plans … Continue reading
When Epic Movie hit the number one slot at the box office a couple of weeks back, CHUD’s own Andre Dellamorte mentioned that an upside to these ridiculously uninspired and formulaic films getting made is that it opens the door for new talents to get in the Hollywood door on low-budget, low-risk product like this. … Continue reading
Rumors swirled (and continue to swirl) around Factory Girl, the Weinstein Co movie about Edie Sedgwick and Andy Warhol that I reviewed here last week. Director George Hickenlooper was recently in New York City for a Factory Girl press day, and he addressed some of these rumors. The biggest rumor about Factory Girl was that … Continue reading
In 2005 Steven Spielberg deftly and depressingly gave us a microcosmic view of the Mossad (Israel’s intelligence agency) as it related to the events of Munich. Now it’s Sandler’s turn because, man! Is that Mossad ever funny!Actually, it’s more a comedy threesome, as Sandler is colluding with Judd Apatow and Robert "Triumph the Insult Comic … Continue reading
If you’re excited to see Peter Berg and Michael Mann’s The Kingdom, please take a moment to find another April release to see instead. After testing through the roof in multiple screenings, Berg’s action picture about an FBI trio (Jamie Foxx, Jennifer Garner, Chris Cooper) investigating a bombing in the Middle East has been pushed … Continue reading