It certainly isn’t even close to being the most anticipated of the upcoming comic book movie adaptations, but Frank Miller’s The Spirit will be one of the more important ones when all is said and done, I think. Although flashier modern-day titles from X-Men to Blade have made lots of dough and spun off franchises, … Continue reading
These are dark days for America. We live in a time where “habeas corpus” has been thrown aside, and the government can now detain anyone, citizen or non-citizen, for any reason – or none at all – and that person can be held and interrogated with “enhanced techniques” indefinitely without any access to counsel or … Continue reading
I have interviewed Paul Greengrass more times than I have interviewed anyone else ever, and I have learned one valuable thing: when talking to this man, get out of his way. Paul will hold forth on a topic for a long time, and you just let him go with it because it’s never blustery or … Continue reading
What with the raging success of the License to Wed uterus poster (and I think I’m serious about that; no one had that movie breaking $40 million), it looks like New Line has decided to turn Billy Bob Thornton into a cock. Or have they? I mean, what to do with the legs protruding from … Continue reading
The first, cut-for-Cannes preview we saw for James Gray’s crime flick, We Own the Night, seemed to be lifting heavily from the campaign for The Departed; the addition of the New York City skyline graphics in this final theatrical trailer clinches it. They might as well have dropped "Gimme Shelter" in there while they were … Continue reading
If you’ve been worried about the upcoming 25th anniversary box set for Blade Runner, which in addition to four older versions of the film and a mother lode of extras includes a new Final Cut of the film, worry no longer. Not only is producer Charles de Lauzirika a friend of Chud, he’s an accomplished … Continue reading
So there’s now three remakes of The Invasion of the Body Snatchers, with the second called Body Snatchers, and the latest called The Invasion. If they do a fourth, will it be called Of?I’ll be here all week (or at least Thursdays and Sundays)THE MOST INTERESTING MOVIE OF THE WEEKAndy Samberg. The jury’s still out. … Continue reading
Rescue Dawn is slowly getting more notice. MGM is bringing the film to more screens, and as part of their promotion for the flick I got on the phone with Jeremy Davies a couple days ago. The film is controversial for more than one reason. For Werner Herzog fans it’s a departure from the style … Continue reading
If The Bourne Ultimatum were to slow down, the viewer would suddenly realize how many coincidences and leaps of logic are required to keep the story moving forward and check right the fuck out – which is to say it’s no different than such classic hard-chargers as North by Northwest or Raiders of the Lost … Continue reading
mLast week, the four leads from the amazingly funny Superbad hit town to promote the film. Andrew Sweeney [whose work in getting this recorded and prepared is phenomenal] and myself met with them on the Superbad Tour Bus at the Warped Tour in Atlanta. Those leads are: Jonah Hill, who plays Seth to vulgar perfection … Continue reading