CHUD'S 50 GUILTIEST PLEASURES – DAY TWENTY-FOUR
The 1988 Winter Olympics in Calgary, Alberta have been a font for unintentional comedy. These were the Olympics that gave us the gold medal winning Brian Boitano (now best known as a provider of life lessons to the South Park boys) and the Jamaican Bobsled Team, forever immortalized in the Jon Turteltaub-directed cable mainstay, Cool … Continue reading
We all know it’s Shia LeBeouf’s year. But I’m not basing it on the success of Disturbia or Transformers. I’m not basing it on the fact that Spielberg reportedly loves the kid and wants to have his babies. I’m not basing it on his surely skyrocketing asking price. No, no, no. I look at what’s … Continue reading
Brett Ratner wasn’t entirely happy with me when I spoke to him on the phone Monday morning. Brett and I had spent a little time chatting in Las Vegas last summer while on the set of Zack Penn’s improv poker movie, The Grand (coming theatrically from Anchor Bay!), and I found him to be an … Continue reading
It’s been eight years since the atrocious Idle Hands introduced Jessica Alba to her "audience", and while I don’t have the numbers handy, I’m confident that they’ve bought more copies of her various appearances in GQ and Esquire and Maxim than actual tickets to her movies. If you want to sell a movie based solely … Continue reading
I’ve heard a lot of different things from people who have spoken to Chris Tucker over the years: he’s manic, he’s aggressive, he’s evasive. When I sat down at a small roundtable with him today, evasive was the only one that possibly applied. This version of Tucker, six years out of the spotlight, was affable … Continue reading
Though the accident that sets Be Kind Rewind‘s narrative in motion seems exceptionally flimsy as presented in this just-debuted theatrical trailer, everything else about Michel Gondry’s latest movie looks like utter, uncut joy. And if you can’t embrace the awesome of Jack Black and Mos Def remaking Ghostbusters, Robocop and Boyz n the Hood on … Continue reading
The junket circuit can be a real drain on your patience, even if you’re as… preternaturally relaxed as Jonah Hill. So, after months of pimping his first starring role – alongside the astonishingly thin Michael Cera – to every press outlet known to man, poor Jonah has finally blown his stack. As has been the … Continue reading
(UPDATE: The video format of the trailer has been upgraded. It’s now much clearer.) I sincerely hope Terry George’s Reservation Road isn’t Mark Ruffalo looking supremely slack-jawed and guilty for two hours, with Joaquin Phoenix not realizing he’s the guy who ran over his kid until late in the third act. If it is, consider … Continue reading