This weekend was the junket for Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby, Will Ferrell and director Adam McKay’s follow-up to Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy. First of all, the movie is hilarious; while it’s less absurd and more story driven than Anchorman, it still packs in an astonishing number of insane moments and … Continue reading
After several years of nothingness, we’re rebooting our mailing list with a new vigor, a new attitude, and some new faces. Sadly, the old one has been lost to time and space, but sometimes you have to raze the old to make way for the new.The Sewer Chewer is a site devoted primarily to this … Continue reading
You might’ve noticed by the complete lack of recent news that Hollywood basically took the whole Independence Day week off from work. But if you were expecting some massive announcements now that the fireworks are over and Bill Pullman saved the world, you’d be not quite correct… Anyway, Samuel L. Jackson has joined director Doug … 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
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest blew the roof off of the all-time best opening weekend numbers (most often made geek joke this weekend: “Pirates beat Aquaman!” I should know, I made it like 200 times), it seems likely that the third film will not be the last one. But in the meantime, 3 … Continue reading
Rank Title WeekendGross CumulativeGross Weeks in Release 1 Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest $132,100,000 $132,100,000 1 2 Superman Returns $21,800,000 $141,600,000 2 3 The Devil Wears Prada $15,600,000 $63,600,000 2 4 Click $12,000,000 $105,900,000 3 5 Cars $10,300,000 $205,500,000 5 6 Nacho Libre $3,300,000 $73,800,000 4 7 The Lake House $2,800,000 $45,600,000 4 … Continue reading
I’m off to the airport right now, but first I wanted to show you this awesome poster for the film that won the Prize for Best First Feature at the Venice International Film Festival and the Grand Jury Prize at Sundance. It opens July 28th in New York City before rolling out across the country. … Continue reading
Sorry, Superman. This weekend Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest will be your kryptonite. The buzz and excitement for the movie is approaching phenomenon levels – nerds even camped out last night to see the midnight show. And all of this came from a theme park ride.The guys who turned that theme park ride … 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
I don’t think I have to say much about this great poster, except to ask is Sam L holding a taser or is he bringing the Force down on the derrieres of these serpents?