CHUD'S 50 GUILTIEST PLEASURES – DAY EIGHTEEN
What the hell is it going to take to get you geeks worked up over Robert Zemeckis’s performance capture rendering of the anonymously penned epic poem Beowulf? It’s the foundation of everything y’all hold dear. The Lord of the Rings, Dungeons & Dragons, Mazes and Monsters… none of it would exist without this watershed work … Continue reading
When you ask a guy about the dangers of obsession and his answer turns into yet another dissertation on his obsession, you know you’ve got the real deal. Robert Graysmith, the basis for Jake Gyllenhaal’s character in David Fincher’s Zodiac, is that real deal. I talked to Robert when the movie first came out, but … Continue reading
When we got offered a phoner with Rob Zombie for his remake of Halloween, I jumped at it. The publicist explained that they were hoping to get some preview pieces from journalists, especially since they’d be presenting some stuff from the film at Comic Con this week. For me this was an opportunity to cut … Continue reading
Knowing how grumpy most people are when they wake up, why the hell would anyone want to wake up Cthulhu?
Back at the beginning of the month, our own Jeremy Smith told you that Zachary Quinto was in talks to play Spock in Kirk & Spock: The Early Years, and now it’s looking more and more confirmed. According to E! Online, Quinto’s contract is in the final stages of lawyering and shit, which means the … Continue reading
Just yesterday in part four of his epic consideration of 2007’s release slate, Jeremy wondered aloud whether we’d see Richard Kelly’s Donnie Darko follow-up this year. Turns out we will, on November 9. According to Variety, Samuel Goldwyn is releasing the picture in conjunction with Destination Films and Sony Pictures Worldwide Acquisitions Group. That’s a … Continue reading
All of Paul Greengrass’ films deal with two thematic elements: the state of the world today and what he likes to call asymmetrical warfare, whether it be the IRA versus the British in Bloody Sunday, the 9/11 hijackers in United 93 or Jason Bourne against the CIA in the Bourne films, but there’s been a … Continue reading
It’s been said that James Mangold’s 3:10 To Yuma remake is as much of a straight-up, no frills, no bullshit action western as we’re going to see any time soon. And I’m perfectly OK with that. So why is the poster so packed with frills and bullshit? Did an ancient letterpress see The Mangler on … Continue reading