It’s a bit premature to declare the post-9/11 Middle East drama a complete non-starter for American audiences (it used to be that baseball films were considered commercial poison), but one more box office disappointment (like, say, Robert Redford’s Lions for Lambs) could cause a citywide greenlight outage. This is why, looming WGA strike be damned … Continue reading
Clint Eastwood’s getting his actors in line for The Changeling, the movie he’s making that isn’t a remake of the fun George C. Scott ghost flick from the 1980. (And not to be confused with Changeling sans the definite article, a film whose titular status will probably live up to its original title, which won’t … Continue reading
From the official Star Trek casting breakdown we ran back in August: [LEONARD(BONES)MCCOY] – 28-32 Medic on the Enterprise. Smart, clever and a bit danger-loving. Dark hair, blue eyes. And, now, Karl Urban’s vitals: Age: 35Hair: DarkEyes: Definitely not blue.Danger Threshold: LowFavorite Monkee: Peter Tork This is very near to an outrage, J.J. Abrams. And … Continue reading
To drum up interest in 30 Days Of Night, which opens at the end of the week, Sam Raimi took part in a press conference today to discuss the film and also to say that, basically, that he’s not currently involved in the films you’d probably like him to be doing (Spider-Man 4, The Hobbit) … Continue reading
I have a handful of copies of the DVD of Severance waiting for lucky Chewers out there who have a hankering to obtain a copy of one of the more beloved horror films in recent memory. The premise: "A team-building weekend in the mountains of Eastern Europe goes horribly wrong for the sales division of … Continue reading
It’s been a while since we’ve heard news on Brian De Palma’s The Untouchables: Capone Rising, but with the master filmmaker still making the press rounds in tireless defense/support of his exceptionally difficult (and I think brilliant) Redacted, it’s hardly a surprise to hear him say that the prequel to his biggest commercial success will … Continue reading
If Love in the Time of Cholera is fated to be one of this year’s worst films, then its long, leaden stomp toward wretched artlessness began when some moron hired a hack to film the words of a poet. It’s not screenwriter Ronald Harwood to whom I object; he did a fine job with The … Continue reading
Guys, I know we disagree on Batman Begins. And nothing I’ve seen from The Dark Knight has really gotten me all that excited (in fact, knowing most of the story has made me a little less excited!). But I understand that for you this is a big movie. You’re psyched. So just think how psyched … Continue reading
Sometimes even the hardened news hounds here at CHUD.com miss a story or two. Usually it’s not a big deal, but this past week we almost let an opportunity to shit on the idea of a sequel to Superman Returns get by us! Thanks to Garth at Dark Horizons, we managed to see the story … Continue reading
I’m pretty jazzed about this one. Sidney Lumet has long been a favorite of mine ever since Prince of the City became a VideoDisc favorite of mine as a kid who had no business liking a long Treat Williams star vehicle. I should have been outside playing Nerf Football or dragging a burning bag full … Continue reading