Here’s a movie I don’t understand at all: the dramatic re-working of Grey Gardens, the Maysles Brother’s amazing documentary portrait of the two Edith Beales, who lived in a decrepit mansion in East Hampton, NY. First-time feature guy Michael Sucsy is behind the ‘remake’, which has already cast Jessica Lange and Drew Barrymore as Big … Continue reading
The hair has begun growing back on Timothy Olyphant’s head, but he still has what looks like a very tight buzz cut. He has been bald for the last few months shooting Hitman, an adaptation of the video game about – well, I think the title sums it up. The head had to stay bald … Continue reading
Some bait is just tooo enticing.
Please send letters. Matt Writes: Just to say, first off, that I’m a daily CHUD reader and you’re all doing a great job. The dry sense of humour is fantastic, and the combination of news and opinion is fascinating. My personal highlight of recent times was the multi-barreled execution of Rob Zombie’s Halloween – I … Continue reading
Jessica Biel, Dan Ackroyd, Ving Rhames, Steve Buscemi, and Richard Chamberlain! Not THAT is a cast. Wait, Adam Sandler and Kevin James are in this too, as well as known Sandler associates Allen Covert, Nick Swarsdon, and Rob Schneider? That’s just outreageous! I Now Pronounce You Chuck & Larry is the latest blockbuster (almost two-hundred … Continue reading
Jump to end of the piece for an update that includes direct quotes from Timothy Olyphant. Devin just phoned in with a blast from the Hitman press day, essentially confirming details from his Hitman Gets Hit story. [UPDATED] The following statement [in pink], picked up by some news outlets, was written before the comical tone … Continue reading
Neil Gaiman has been gearing up the last few months to make his feature directorial debut with an adaptation of his own comic, Death: The High Cost of Living, which sees the anthropomorphic personification of death assume mortal form for one day out of a century (yes, shades of Meet Joe Black). As part of … Continue reading
You will forgive me if I speak bluntly, but it’s a whole lotta ho-hum thus far on 20th Century Fox’s remake of The Day the Earth Stood Still. Its director, Scott Derrickson, doesn’t inspire much confidence (which is a nice way of saying The Exorcism of Emily Rose was to cinema what Lou Reed’s Metal … Continue reading
Hope you like your new Iron Man footage in the popular for centuries postage stamp size. Leave it to an international site to disseminate new moving images from one of the most wanted flicks of 2008, but to do so with the resolution of a Polaroid i-zone image. If that’s not enough, the tiny clip … Continue reading