BREAKING! Multiple bits of Hot Fuzz news! Mr. Edgar Wright has sent us an email* containing an invitation for all the goodly Londoners out there: Myself, Simon Pegg and Nick Frost will be signing copies of the Hot Fuzz soundtrack on Wednesday 28th February at 17.30 in the Virgin Megastores Picadilly London. All welcome.Hardly hardhitting … Continue reading
No matter what happened at the Oscars this year, Children of Men was one of the very best movies of 2006 – hell of the last decade. And fuck you if you disagree. One of the things that makes the film so damn great is how immersive the world is, and that’s partially achieved through … Continue reading
David Fincher’s Zodiac is a masterpiece, a truly great movie that is setting 2007 off on as strong a footing as any film in memory. Part of the movie’s greatness comes from two amazing performances – Robert Downey Jr’s portrayal of San Francisco Chronicle reporter Paul Avery and Mark Ruffalo as detective Dave Toschi. Toschi … Continue reading
James Cameron is causing all kinds of undue fuss about his discovery (er… Israeli discovery 17 years ago) of some tomb with the bones of some of people named Jesus and Mary. Well, Charles Darwin isn’t gonna take that faith-smacking junk lying down. By evolution! He’s going to be the agnostic firebrand in this century … Continue reading
I Suck. MEG Sucks. (RESPONSE TO THIS ARTICLE) (SEND A LETTER)Ryan: Jesus, Thank God that Devin runs the site most days now…this review just goes to show why I never read CHUD before he took over. First off, this movie is scary as crap. Everyone I know who’s seen it ends up terrified, screaming like … Continue reading
Sometimes it’s good to see a little color. Sometimes it’s not.
It’s William Monahan Day in the trades, it seems – not only has the shaggy writer and recent Oscar winner for The Departed just signed on to his next film with Martin Scorsese, he’s also inked himself into a film with Leonardo DiCaprio. Looks like somebody’s about to install an herbal Jacuzzi at his new … Continue reading
Walking out of the office yesterday I saw the above poster on the side of a phone kiosk. Then I went home and suffered through another episode of Heroes, and the commercial embedded below came on. The official Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer advertising campaign has begun! Most interesting from the commercial – … Continue reading
White America got a pretty good glimpse at so-called “chitlin’ plays” (gospel music-based morality tales that play almost exclusively to black audiences in smaller theatrical venues) once Tyler Perry and the film adaptations of his sledgehammer-subtle Medea stage productions starting making a whole lot of money for Lionsgate. But he’s not the only hack around … Continue reading