"Gemini Man, with its special effects elements, is simply the best action concept in Hollywood right now." Thus enthused Jonathan Hensleigh six years ago when he was hired by Disney to rewrite Darren Lemke’s futuristic screenplay about an aging hitman being hunted by a clone of his younger self. Shockingly, Hensleigh failed to deliver as … Continue reading
Getting worked up over Tim Allen is so 1992. As long as he stays off the Bolivian Marching Powder, the worst he can do is churn out an innocuously awful family comedy once or twice a year and star in a couple of Wild Hogs sequels (using the trusty sequel math of diminishing returns, I’ve … Continue reading
Film Box Office Per Screen Total 1 Spider-Man 3 $148,000,000 $34,807 $148,000,000 2 Disturbia $5,720,000 (-36.6%) $1,826 $59,883,000 3 Fracture $3,420,000 (-49.8%) $1,446 $26,453,000 4 The Invisible $3,125,000 (-59.5%) $1,547 $12,346,000 5 Ouch $2,768,000 (-61.2%) $1,012 $11,835,000 6 Lucky You $2,515,000 $996 $2,515,000 7 Meet the Robinsons $2,466,000 (-49.1%) $1,170 $91,771,000 8 Blades of Glory … Continue reading
Once again, it just doesn’t matter if anyone but the ticket-buying public thinks a movie blows. Or does it? Friday estimates are in for Spider-Man 3, and they’re in record-breaking territory: $59 million, trouncing the comparatively paltry $55.8 million earned by Dead Man’s Chest last year. That looks pretty good on the surface, especially since … 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
Perhaps you’re acquainted with Nick Frost’s one-man war against hotel plumbing. If not, acquaint yourself before taking in the final installment of a trilogy that does for dessert what 976-EVIL did for Stephen Geoffreys acting career. To see more from these giggling lunatics (they must just really enjoy each other’s company to laugh like that), … Continue reading
Earl Dittman wins. He gets his name (even in small print) associated with a massive marketing push and we just get another lousy blockbuster. I’ll spend the next few hundred words explaining eactly why, but for the people who just read the first paragraph and skip to the score, here it is: Spider-Man 3 is … Continue reading
Maybe I’m not the right guy to be bring this segment to you, so apologies in advance.See, while I was charmed by Isla Fisher and her bubbly/psychotic/endearing bit in Wedding Crashers, I can’t say that she’s on my short list of actresses whose films I’d quickly line up to see. Still, her upcoming turn as … Continue reading
Warning: Rambling to follow. Insane amounts of rambling.Part One: VT You guys may have heard that there was a school shooting at Virgina Tech. It was in all the papers. In fact, there were a few intelligently written articles on this very site about the event and the subsequent bullshit in regards to media influence … 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. Enjoy!* # 86 – The Fellowship of the Ring "…and THIS is for saying that Kid Icarus is … Continue reading