The new investor’s EPK for 11 Colonels ATTACK! is finished and ready for battle. Though I doubt there are a lot of folks looking to finance motion pictures that don’t involve Most Valuable Primates, I figured the CHUD.com crowd would at least find something to enjoy in our little six minute video made possible by … Continue reading
There’s nothing worse for a genre filmmaker’s career than to attain geek deification with one’s first picture. While the initial adulation is wonderful, expectations set in as soon as the second movie is announced. Give ’em enough time, and they’ll start writing the next one themselves – either in their heads or as fan fiction … Continue reading
If you didn’t catch the trailer for Rob Zombie’s remake of Halloween on Yahoo! the other day, it’s too late. The trailer has been taken down by order of the MPAA, who has declared it too violent. The trailer will now be reclassified as a ‘Yellow Tag’ trailer – it will be back online soon, … Continue reading
Last week everybody was talking about Grindhouse and why it failed. It was like THE hot topic of conversations amongst douchebags like myself who sit on the sidelines of Hollywood as well as the douchebags who are smack dab in the middle of it all. Many people pointed at the film’s gargantuan running time of … Continue reading
If you’re going to have to remake a movie (and following 300’s wild success, Warner Bros to remake Clash of the Titans), you can at least get a good writer on board. Like the guy who wrote Dreamcatcher, for instance. I kid Lawrence Kasdan, of course. While that film sent him into hiding for four … Continue reading
Marvel continues to surprise me with their movies – Iron Man has a completely killer cast that sells the whole film all on its own. Now they’ve announced the lead for Hulk 2, and it’s none other than The Best Actor of His Generation, Ed Norton playing Doctor Bruce Banner, belted by gamma rays. This … 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. Enjoy!* # 94 – Saving Private Ryan "Everyone says you’re a great dancer, but it’s your smile that keeps me comin’ back." Saving Private Ryan:So your … Continue reading
For the last nine days I’ve been watching and reviewing the movies in the Friday the 13th franchise from the very first through Jason X (I’m up in the air about including Freddy vs Jason). I’ve been counting kills, observing the bad behavior that gets teenagers killed at Camp Crystal Lake, chronicling the ways Jason … Continue reading
Title Weekend Gross Per Screen Gross to Date 1 Disturbia $23,025,000 $7,871 $23,025,000 2 Blades of Glory $14,065,000(-37.6%) $4,056 $90,195,000 3 Meet the Robinsons $12,103,000 (-27.6%) $3,737 $72,004,000 4 Perfect Stranger $11,500,000 $4,321 $11,500,000 5 Are We Done Yet? $9,200,000 (-35.5%) $3,197 $33,004,000 6 Pathfinder $4,800,000 $2,790 $4,800,000 7 Wild Hogs $4,639,000 (-30.2%) $1,909 $152,243,000 … Continue reading
1. WIZARD – MAY 2007 The comic book industry has their glossy, all encompassing magazine and it is this one. They tend to have their formula and stick to it, but sometimes they’ll surprise you. This issue’s strong points: Absolutely outstanding 18-page look at Cap, his legacy, the creative teams who got him there, and … Continue reading