Here’s the kind of Cannes story you wouldn’t expect to hear normally: After an apparently successful screening, MGM is grabbing the new Rob Schnieder movie Big Stan, a prison/martial arts comedy, even though Schneider and crew have already sold off partial rights for the film to HBO. Hell, MGM didn’t just buy it. They’ve committed … Continue reading
I don’t know how the world of Tom Clancy has entered film limbo – maybe it’s just because I’m one of the people who really thought that The Sum of All Fears was a terrific movie, and that there should have been a whole bunch of Ben Affleck-starring Jack Ryan films by now. But Jack … Continue reading
Smokin’ Aces wasn’t a flop – it cost about 15 million and made about 35 million – but it wasn’t a smash hit, so Joe Carnahan’s dreams of making a prequel film that focused on the fan-favorite Tremor Brothers, those Mad Max-esque psychopaths, looked pretty unlikely. Until the film hit DVD, that is, where it … Continue reading
Rejoice, film lovers, for a blow has been struck in the name of good cinema. Universal Pictures’ Focus Features has signed a deal with the legendary Three Amigos – Alfonso Cuaron, Guillermo del Toro and Alejandro Gonzales Inarritu – to be the home of their new production company, cha cha cha. That’s the name of … Continue reading
Welcome to the next CHUD List. We’ve tackled our essentials list and the continued revelation of our Kills List from 2003, and now that we’ve begun the beguine, we must continue. Behold: The CHUD.com Top 50 Disappointments. A quick word on the criteria. We could very easily have spent this whole article discussing sequels and … Continue reading
Doing this the right way, counting back as it was back in the day. One a day. Discuss it right here. Previous deaths: 100, 99, 98, 97, 96, 95, 94, 93, 92, 91, 90, 89, 88, 87, 86, 85, 84, 83, 82, 81. Enjoy!* # 80 – Formula 51 The grudge match between Mary Poppins … Continue reading
For those of us who’ve been advocating for Gerard Butler’s stardom since Timeline (don’t look at me like that unless you’re going to buy me a drink), it’s gratifying to see the Scottish thesp toplining a box office smash, 300, while booking starring roles in exciting new ventures like… Game and, according to Variety, Nim’s … Continue reading
It was only a couple of days ago that we brought you the news that Lionsgate is going to be the folks behind Frank Miller’s film adaptation of The Spirit, and now there’s already casting news: Samuel L Jackson is Frank Miller’s first choice to play The Octopus, ‘a meek lab assistant who reinvents himself … Continue reading
“We’re going to be blowing up a lot of little Furbies,” Michael Bay says proudly. Last August I flew out to Los Angeles to visit the shoot of Transformers, the movie that’s set to dominate this July 4th weekend. A couple of blocks of downtown LA had been shut down, mostly for crew and equipment, … Continue reading
DeYahoo! Movies has posted the newest trailer for The Transformers, and if this one doesn’t make a believer out of you, then you’re going to just have to be content with jacking off to your cartoon DVD sets. The trailer, which includes some amazing scenes of robot transformations and action, sets up the film to … Continue reading