I don’t know what this site would be today without Smilin’ Jack Ruby. Working the screening and junket circuit in LA, he helped the site straddle the line between fanboyism and professionalism, and many of the contacts I have today in the film business started with him. Without his lead, I don’t know if I … Continue reading
Castlevania fever is in the air. Actually, it’s more like a mild trend toward Castlevania-like symptoms, but whatever. Portrait of Ruin came out recently for the DS, Symphony of the Night is expected before the heat-death of the universe on Microsoft’s Xbox Live Arcade, and now Sony’s getting their mucus membranes exposed. Castlevania: Dracula X … Continue reading
As the second Batman film inches closer to production, casting rumors are intensifying for the juiciest of the new characters, particularly current-friend-of-Bruce/future-foe of Bats Harvey “Two-Face” Dent. Both Eion Bailey and Jamie Foxx’s names have been mentioned for the role, but a new name seems to have drifted to the front of the line. The … Continue reading
Will Ferrell’s upcoming New Line comedy Semi-Pro seems to add comics like Tyra Banks is adding pounds. Today, the cast grew just a little bit bigger with the addition of Rob Corddry of The Daily Show fame. Interestingly enough and much like this week’s other notable addition, Will Arnett, Corddry is getting a dry run … Continue reading
The last time Richard Gere and Diane Lane met, Gere was thumping some sensitive, wife-porking sissy on the head with a snow globe. That philandering bastard will think twice before he shows Gere’s wife the way of the French love machine again. Well, you know– if he wasn’t dead.My, my, my how the tables have … Continue reading
When I pull out my dusty DVD copies of The Professional (fairly often) and Subway (not so often) I feel like I’m falling back in time. There’s a whole generation of CHUD readers who aren’t old enough to remember when Luc Besson directed movies instead of just producing, writing and buying them. I barely remember … Continue reading
Now I have a new date I must survive until – July 21, 2007. That’s the day when Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows is released into stores – the seventh and final Harry Potter novel. Thankfully this is a week before San Diego Comic Con – you try getting a Harry Potter book in … Continue reading
EMPIRE – MARCH ’07 The biggest and best movie magazine in the world. Made in the UK. Huge. That’s all you need to know. This issue’s strong points: 80’s action star retrospective featuring current interviews with Lundgren, Seagal, Stallone, and Van Damme. This alone is worth a perfect score, even if the rest of the … Continue reading
Walden media, home of one hit wonder Narnia (not for long- Prince Caspian hits this year) and wholesome family underperformers (Charlotte’s Web, How to Eat Fried Worms and, possibly, Bridge to Tarabithia) is going back to its Christian moneymaker by announcing its next project: C.S. Lewis’ The Screwtape Letters. If you thought Narnia was a … Continue reading
There’s not been much news on the Wonder Woman front for some time now. There was a flurry of excitement when it was announced that fanboy fave Joss Whedon would be writing and directing the movie version of comic books’ most famous Amazonian dominatrix, but that was almost two years ago. Since then, besides occasional … Continue reading