JJ Abrams wants to be involved in all of your geek properties. He almost did a Superman movie, he’s one of the guys behind Lost, one of the biggest geek shows on TV, and he’s in charge of Paramount’s next Star Trek film. How can he follow this up? By getting into the Dark Tower … Continue reading
I’ll be honest, American Idol is worse than the bloody death of me at the hands of my enemies. Every time I catch my wife watching it I play What’s Love Got To Do With It?: The Home Game. That said, enjoy my hypocrisy as I fully endorse the arrival of Karaoke Revolution Presents: American … Continue reading
It’s looking like a good year to be Boston in the movies. With The Departed‘s Oscar buzz sweeping up into registers that only dogs can hear and a directorial debut from Affleck that had promising reports from set, other production companies are eyeing the city’s history, unique locations and penchant for turning out working class … Continue reading
What is this? Every single day of the week (almost), a new "Graboid", a single moment grabbed from a random movie, appears on this site for you to guess the name of the film, share with your officemates, or discuss on our message boards. Sometimes the Graboid will be very easy and sometimes it’ll be … Continue reading
Way back in the old days (for example, here) I used to do a thing called ‘CHUD Slang’. It got tiring for me, but I enjoy the concept. That was three or four years ago. Now, I have a new thing I want to run past you. The CHUD Deli Menu, the vibe of which … Continue reading
Cross-platform development is going bananas and video games are getting crazy love. Hot on the heels of Metal Gear being optioned comes the news unreleased Eidos (whose Hitman is currently ramping up) title Kane & Lynch has had its screen rights acquired by Lionsgate. Kane & Lynch hasn’t even been released as a game yet, … Continue reading
With the upcoming release of the film Jim Carrey reportedly fired his agency over, The Number 23, PR folks are in full water-bailing effect, proving themselves to be tactless assholes in the process.Today my film critic buddy received a press release for The Number 23 from Sara Gans Blue of Wodell Associates, 23‘s PR firm. … Continue reading
Two things that never need appear again in a film not oriented towards the chronic masturbator crowd: pool boys and pimps. And yet American Summer will soon begin shooting in New Orleans, hiding both those archetypes not only under one blasé title, but in a single character. Matthew Lillard, not so conspicuously low-profile since 2004’s … Continue reading
Ah, does anything cut so sweet, or so deep, as Cupid’s arrow?