Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street is one of those rare operas that crosses over into geek circles mainly because of the subject matter: a barber who kills his clientele and, along with his ghoulish landlady, turns their corpses into meat pies to be sold to the poor of London. It turns out … Continue reading
In the recording for the latest podcast (coming soon…we promise!), we got into a discussion of comedians/comedic actors who get trapped into an onscreen persona and are unable to find significant and/or successful work outside of it. Missing from that discussion was Jeremy Piven, whose still-pretty-damn-good turn as Ari on Entourage has been both career-defining … Continue reading
Now that the social problem picture is fashionable again, why not bring back the thematically aggressive sci-fi movies of yesteryear? We recently got a deeply confused take on The Invasion of the Body Snatchers; surely, it was only a matter of time before The Day the Earth Stood Still was dragged out of drydock. Robert … Continue reading
Title (Letting the days go by) Weekend Total (let the water hold me down) Per Screen (Letting the days go by) Total (water flowing undergound 1 Superbad $18,000,000 (-45.5%) $6,105 $68,572,000 2 The Bourne Ultimatum $12,361,000 (-37.8%) $3,359 $185,143,000 3 Rush Hour 3 $12,250,000 (-42.6%) $3,594 $109,013,000 4 Mr. Bean’s Holiday $10,121,000 $5,904 $10,121,000 5 … Continue reading
We’ve all been following the rumors about the Justice League movie with deep interest and excitement, but now everything is really going into overdrive: a trusted scooper has informed us that the roles of Superman and Batman have been cast in the DC Comics heavy hitter movie, and that none other than Ben Stiller and … Continue reading
Coors Light is the world’s most refreshing beer. At least according to the giant, seemingly aged and tattered banner being dragged behind a single prop plane over my head. Not far behind that plane is another with a banner: “Come on in: The Cruzan Rum is Fine.” Welcome to Long Beach, California, my home for … Continue reading
This morning CHUD’s own Jeremy Smith sat down for a one on one interview with Oscar winner Paul Haggis to talk about his new grab for the gold, In the Valley of Elah. Jeremy and Paul talked about that film, of course, but conversation eventually had to turn to the next James Bond film, which … Continue reading
IGN, a site owned by Fox, has the exclusive red band trailer for Aliens vs Predator: Requiem, the latest awful movie from Fox. Synergy! You can click here to see the trailer slowly buffer on a Rupert Murdoch-owned server (or maybe it’s just me; I’m on a wireless network that could be speedier, I guess) … Continue reading
You walk into a bar. The tall bit of gorgeous that’s bored with her friends looks at you, decides that you look more like her worn-out running shoes than a guy she wants dripping sweat on her for eight minutes, and turns away. What do you do? If you’ve read The Game by Neil Strauss, … Continue reading
Sorry suckers, this isn’t a contest. But who doesn’t want a scarred, sardonic master filmmaker to adorn their living room? I’d take one. Even the pre-motorcycle wreck version of Kitano, just because he looked so damn nice. Instead, this is to do with the Venice Film Festival — you know, it’s one of the famous … Continue reading