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. Enjoy!* # 92 – The Shining The recently re-released 1983 Members Only Sports Jacket featured an embroidered collar, 12 pockets for easy storage, a … Continue reading
If I was the IMDB guy involved in updating the casting page for John Woo’s upcoming epic Chinese film The Battle of Red Cliff, I’d probably just wipe the page out and replace it with a giant neon question mark right out of Batman Forever. The tumult on this project continues to build and build … Continue reading
Good news for Los Angelenos who missed the Hot Fuzztival in Santa Monica a couple of weeks back – Edgar Wright is going to be doing a Q&A after the 5pm and 8pm Hot Fuzz shows at the Arclight tomorrow. Not only is Hot Fuzz a great movie, not only is the Arclight a great … Continue reading
Ok, so today is Noir Day at CHUD, I guess. It’s a genre that I’m not too into, but I suppose it’s because so many of its conventions have become pop culture canon, it’s hard to see any individual film for what it actually is. It’s ass backwards, but what can you do? I watched … Continue reading
Bruce Willis is at a pretty interesting career point right now. Aside from money-in-the-bank Die Hard films, he’s way past his salad days as a box office draw supreme, and yet every time he threatens to descend full-on into hackdom, he pulls out a Hostage or Sin City to let you know he still cares…somewhat. … Continue reading
Genre entertainment – and by that, I mean the preponderance of sci-fi/comic/fantasy properties we currently enjoy in theaters and TV – is not just a blessing for geeks who enjoy it, but also for previously pigeonholed actors who can transforms themselves and their careers within its loving embrace. Take Rodrigo Santoro. When this guy first … Continue reading
Okay, sci-fi buffs (and I know CHUD is riddled with you fuckers): it’s time to explain why D.F. Jones’s Colossus books are relevant in an age where the rampant proliferation of nuclear technology has supplanted the fear of U.S. and Russia going head-to-head in global thermonuclear war. As a child of the Cold War, I’m … Continue reading
While I’ve very strong feelings about the profound waste of time and money that was the Whitewater "Scandal", I’m going to avoid delving into them as a response to the news that the co-writer of Crash will be adapting Susan McDougal’s The Woman Who Wouldn’t Talk. I’m always up for a good political rumble, but … Continue reading
There are some pretty gnarly sights in Johnny To’s Election (most of ’em arrive in the massively disturbing final reel), but nothing in that complex, yet streamlined depiction of gangland politics could possibly prepare the viewer for the unthinkably grotesque set piece he pulls off in Triad Election‘s second act. And it isn’t that the … Continue reading
The Wachowski Siblings are adding the final pieces to their big screen version of Speed Racer, a crummy cartoon from Japan notable only for the monkey and the fact that the theme song was once remixed into a techno track that I liked to play while on ecstasy: they’ve hired Australian actor Kick Gurry (Jesus … Continue reading