Fresh off of turning down an audience with the Queen of England (humanizing the aloof matriarch was favor enough, if you ask me, AND YOU HAVE!!!), Oscar-winner Dame Helen Mirren is preparing for a trip to Jordan, where she’ll star in a character-based drama about the always entertaining Israeli-Palestinian conflict – which should be definitively … Continue reading
Earlier this year, Johnny Depp and Michael Mann rushed to set up separate projects centered on the erstwhile Russian spy Alexander Litvinenko, who perished in London from poloniun-210 radiation poisoning. Considering that Litvinenko had been quite critical of the allegedly corrupt reign of Russian President Vladimir Putin, and had fallen ill immediately after taking tea … Continue reading
I trust Dane Cook needs no introduction. The white hot stand-up comedian has, in the last two years, released a platinum-selling CD (Retaliation), received his own HBO behind-the-scenes series (Tourgasm) and sold out arena shows all over the country like a latter day Andrew Dice Clay. He is ubiquitous and seemingly unstoppable. He’s also controversial … Continue reading
IMAX, the neck cramp inducing, motion sickness causing fad method of projection available at 280 screens across America, is looming large in the mind of The Dark Knight director Christopher Nolan, who is shooting four action scenes for the movie using the big ass format. One of the scenes will be the introduction of the … Continue reading
A few days back, the masters of CHUD let out a pentagasmic critique on the pinnacle of movie disappointment: Star Wars: Episode One. Every last entry nailed at least one panging facet (sans the whole toy collecting hobby) I’ve felt since the onslaught of the Star Wars prequels eight years ago. Still, the whole affair … Continue reading
Knocked Up opens this Friday, and it’s one of the best and funniest movies you’re going to see this year (I gave it a 10 out of 10 in my review right here). Part of what makes the film work so wonderfully is star Seth Rogen as a schlub who accidentally impregnates a woman way … Continue reading
Satoshi Kon is considered one of the giants of anime. His previous films, like Perfect Blue, Millenium Actress and Tokyo Godfathers, have made big splashes not just among the otaku of America but also the critical community. His latest, Paprika, played the New York Film Festival last year and has now been given a stateside … Continue reading
I really like interviewing Shia LaBeouf, and not just because he named CHUD.com one of his top five websites in a People Magazine interview. There’s an attitude that LeBeouf has that I really like; some journalists I’ve spoken to say it feels coached to them, but I counter that what they’re sensing is the guy’s … Continue reading
Film Dollar (hey!) Per Screen Total 1 PotC: At World’s End $142,055,000 $32,566 $156,055,000 2 Shrek the Third $69,085,000(-43.2%) $16,559 $219,424,000 3 Spider-Man 3 $18,000,000 (-38.0%) $4,834 $307,642,000 4 Bug $4,200,000 $2,528 $4,200,000 5 Waitress $4,000,000 (+270.0%) $7,843 $6,517,000 6 28 Weeks Later $3,300,000 (-39.5%) $1,639 $24,421,000 7 Disturbia $2,404,000 (-35.6%) $1,473 $74,914,000 8 Georgia … Continue reading
This week will see the next series of mini-featurettes about Grizzly Park, my maiden voyage into producing a feature. Directed by the enigmatic Tom Skull [I don’t know his legal name], it’s a nice cocktail of horror and comedy that we’ll hopefully be seeing in theaters later this year. Here’s the seventh video, Zulay Henao … Continue reading