RATED AARGH! #42 – PUZZLING
I’d much rather spend a quiet afternoon fiddling about with a puzzle box to get into Hell than have to battle some psychotic three-headed mutt. If I wanted to get into Hell.
I’d much rather spend a quiet afternoon fiddling about with a puzzle box to get into Hell than have to battle some psychotic three-headed mutt. If I wanted to get into Hell.
Over the last few months we’ve been treated to some nicely geekgasmic photos from Jon Favreau’s upcoming Iron Man: the original suit, the shiny and steppin’ Mark 4 armor and Tony Stark with his chest of wonder.Since Entertainment Weekly is apparently Paramounts go-to for first-looks, we get yet another image taken from its pages. Though … Continue reading
Tonight I saw a silly, but entertaining and ultimately enjoyable, Fox movie. But before paying to see Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer, I attended a press screening of Live Free or Die Hard. I cannot give you my review of this cartoonish film that shares only a title and character name in common … Continue reading
Have you ever seen that Girls Town movie on MST3K featuring Mel Torme as a juvenile delinquent and Paul Anka cameoing as a choirboy who serenades a young harlot with the "Ave Maria"? I only ask because every time I hear the fucking "Ave Maria", I think of that movie. So color me impressed that … Continue reading
* Noted CHUD reader and Dodgers enthusiast Shia LaBeouf was dropping all kinds of hints at the Transformers junket about a project he was developing Steven Spielberg (or that Spielberg was developing for him whether he liked it or not – which would be kinda creepy and awesome if it were, like, a small-scale remake … Continue reading
This is something like my third update regarding Guy Ritchie’s RocknRolla, and I still have to reacquaint myself with the premise every time I write about it. Couple that with the fact that I never thought Ritchie was all that great to begin with, and you’ll understand why I’m down on this follow-up to the … Continue reading
If you read Where The Wild Things Are as a kid, you’ll understand why I say it’s a childhood touchstone – the kind that morphs into a generational pass-along. Whether it was the dark yet charming Caldecott winning illustrations, the realization of childhood imagination, the ability to dominate fear and subsequently wield its power, or … Continue reading
I was born by the river in a little tent. And just like that river, I’ve been running ever since. Captivity’s Just Another Word for Nothin’ Left to Shill If you gaze long into an abyss, I’ve a feeling the abyss will start to look an awful lot like Roland Joffe’s Captivity – or, at … Continue reading
Want to win a Wii? Or a new Harry Potter game for the Wii? How about both? Here’s your chance. We’re giving away three prize packages to lucky readers: 1 Wii Console and 1 Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix Wii game1 Wii Console1 Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix Wii … Continue reading
I grew up on the original Hasbro Transformers TV show like a lot of you, and (hopefully) like a lot of you, I’ve since come to appreciate the mindless entertainment it gave me as a child, but need nothing else from this property. I don’t need the special edition of the animated movie. I don’t … Continue reading