I like to believe regular CHUD readers are reasonably smart — astute enough to have found our site, and masochistic enough to keep returning. We’ve been running the Daily Graboid for nearly a year now to test your movie knowledge, but how about straining that noggin? The CHUD Thinker is a puzzle, rebus, pictogram, visual … Continue reading
Now that Owen Wilson has gotten all of the bad movie out of his system with You, Me & Dupree, he’s reteaming with good buddy Wes Anderson to take a trip to the Indian sub-continent in Darjeeling Limited. This will also serve as a helpful hiding place from violent Steely Dan fans. Sadly Wilson is … Continue reading
At Christmas in 1969 John Lennon and Yoko Ono rented billboards in 11 cities across the world with the simple message: War Is Over! (If You Want It) Merry Christmas from John & Yoko.” It was the height of the bloody and useless Vietnam War and the message was simple and elegant: the war – … Continue reading
Making a movie about 9/11 presents many challenges. There’s the need to remain faithful to the events and the people who died. There’s the need to be respectful to the survivors and the families while creating a compelling film. And that’s just what goes into the writing and filming of the movie – then you … Continue reading
I don’t think you had to be a marketing genius to figure out what would be the image on the poster for Clint Eastwood’s Iwo Jima movie, Flags of our Fathers, would be. It’s the iconic moment of the raising of the American flag on that Pacific Island during the fifth day of fighting. That … Continue reading
The handsome and virile gents at Bloody Disgusting have broken a helluva story – they claim to have 100% confirmed that George Clooney is going to be in the Pet Sematary remake. Yes, Oscar winner George Clooney. The original Pet Sematary is, to my memory at least, one of the better Stephen King movies. The … Continue reading
I like to believe regular CHUD readers are reasonably smart — astute enough to have found our site, and masochistic enough to keep returning. We’ve been running the Daily Graboid for nearly a year now to test your movie knowledge, but how about straining that noggin? The CHUD Thinker is a puzzle, rebus, pictogram, visual … Continue reading
I swear to God I was just getting ready to write an editorial wondering where the hell the next Batman movie was. I mean, we heard two weeks ago that Heath Ledger was going to sign on to play the Joker. I heard from many reliable sources that Chris Nolan would be at Comic Con … Continue reading
Ever since The Blair Witch Project, studios have been trying to figure out the best way to integrate the internet with the campaigns for their movies. With Flushed Away, Dreamworks seems to think they’ve hit on the solution. Today I zipped uptown to the HBO Screening Room to see an early presentation of Flushed Away, … Continue reading
The Philip K Dick train shows no sign of slowing down, even if it isn’t always the most profitable ride in town (sorry, Scanner Darkly). The guy’s stories remain one of Hollywood’s favorite wells to… dip into? Draw from? I’m not quite sure how to complete that cliché. But anyway, you know what I’m talking … Continue reading