Impatient with the slow trickle of titles for the Wii’s Virtual Console service? Perhaps you’re philosophically-opposed to purchasing a downloadable game when you already own the original cartridge. There’s a brand-new product on the market to set your troubled mind at ease. It’s called the FC Twin, and it contains full chipsets for both the … Continue reading
1. FADE IN MAGAZINE – VOL. 9, No. 4 "Entertainment" magazines are well and good for light reads and what have you. But if you really care about film as a medium and want to read magazines that reflect that, one of your best bets is Fade In. Despite a dull, "trade mag"-esque layout, this … Continue reading
Sometimes you have to leave a good thing alone. Sometimes once is enough. Sometimes you really can’t go home again. Tell that to Dan Aykroyd, who made an appearance on a country music station and announced that a Ghostbusters III is happening. Despite Ghostbusters II. Aykroyd told the DJ that the new film would be … Continue reading
I told you all, but you wouldn’t listen. You whined about David Goyer on The Flash. You celebrated his departure. And while your backs were turned, Warner Bros was dropping a roofie in your drink so they could assrape you for the next few years. The assraping comes in the form of Shawn Levy being … Continue reading
Rank Title Weekend Gross Cumulative Gross Weeks in Release 1 The Messenger $14,500,000 $14,500,000 1 2 Because I Told You So $13,022,000 $13,022,000 1 3 Epic Movie $8,225,000 $29,369,000 2 4 Night at the Museum $6,750,000 $225,365,000 7 5 Smokin’ Aces $6,324,000 $24,955,000 2 6 Stomp the Yard $4,200,000 $56,001,000 4 7 Dreamgirls $4,048,000 $92,795,000 … Continue reading
A month or two ago we ran a story about Jonathan Hensleigh’s Welcome to the Jungle, a down and dirty cannibal movie that was characterized by Fangoria as all but a remake of Cannibal Holocaust. Hensleigh and I actually traded some emails about the whole thing, and in the end I was happy when he … Continue reading
Disney has found their title character for Prince Caspian, the next film in The Chronicles of Narnia. Now they just have to make sure they have some lawyers available, as the actor might be sued by his current employer. The actor’s name is Ben Barnes, and he’s currently appearing in the National Theater’s production of … Continue reading
While we wait for Dan to bring us the weekend box office report, I wanted to give you two bits of exciting news about friends of the site: The Messengers, the first film written by former CHUD journalist Smilin’ Jack Ruby (Mark Wheaton to his bank) debuted this weekend at #1. Morrissey may hate it … Continue reading
It was only a matter of time before Severin Films ran into some trouble. Calling themselves the “Criterion of Smut,” the new DVD label puts out wonderful editions of extremely naughty movies like Just Jaeckin’s legendary Gwendoline and the adult cartoon Once Upon a Girl. This week they ran into some moralist outrage with their … Continue reading