This is the second year in a row that I have been lucky enough to see what amounts to a “lost” film. Last year it was the spectacular Army of Shadows and this year it’s the equally impressive Killer of Sheep. While Shadows was the result of a great director reaching the pinnacle of his … Continue reading
Remember when we told you that Darren Aronofsky’s next film would be that ballet movie? Forget it. This is Hollywood, Jake, and things change faster than Liberace between numbers. Aronofsky has taken a complete 180, going from the gentle art of dance to the brutal dance of boxing. According to my homeboy Stax at IGN, … Continue reading
It’s been years since Americans have received a visit from their amiable Uncle Remus, that delightfully offensive racist caricature whose true loves seem to be storytelling, plantation life and sharing his joy of both with troubled white children. What a swell fella! For those of you who miss that most agreeable of souls, get ready … Continue reading
How would you like to be the proud owner of some lowbrow comedy? I can see you now (you’re not that bad looking,) sprawled on your couch, a beer in one hand, and something indistinguishible in the other — oh god. This was a bad idea. We have five (5) (fünf) copes of National Lampoon’s … Continue reading
Zack Snyder is living high right now as 300 continues to cut through audiences as only half naked oily men can do, and he’s using his newfound clout to get some projects off the ground that might otherwise never happen. Obviously he’s got Watchmen, and it looks like he’ll finally be the guy to break … Continue reading
I wish I could start this piece out by spotlighting the early golden years of Jimmy Fallon’s career. You’d figure for a guy that inspires such disdain, there’s gotta be something good he did that made people care in the first place before he became the easiest pop culture punchline this side of Dane Cook. … Continue reading
Here’s the thing about writing news first thing Monday morning: I can understand most of the words I’m reading, but the eyes are always still a little bleary, and mistakes can be made. So imagine my surprise when I started reading about Miramax buying Boy In The Striped Pajamas, a tale of Auschwitz, and that … Continue reading
Corbin Bernsen. Man of baldness. Man of the TV guest star. Man of the bit part in way too many terrible Sci-Fi movies. Funny what happens when your LA Law star fades. Still, Corbin isn’t giving up on the business that gave up on him (which it really didn’t- the guy is more TV prolific … Continue reading
Having watched Leon recently to re-acquaint myself before it was blessed with a spot on the CHUD Essentials list, I felt like one of the very few missed opportunities in the story was that the subplot about Leon “training” Mathilda pretty much had to be cut short in order to get her back in immediate … Continue reading
There are all kinds of reasons why John Rambo, the currently filming fourth installment of Sylvester Stallone’s other shockingly-out-of-mothballs franchise, should be better than Cries and Whispers. First off, there’s the fact that Cries and Whispers is staid even by Bergman’s hyper-staid standards; secondly, there’s the understanding that any movie carrying sixteen fucking producers can’t … Continue reading