Since a tragic inferno turned most of their Wallace & Gromit artifacts into a large melted multicolored pool, Aardman is getting out the Turtle Wax and moving toward the starting line with another ampersand project. The claymation masters are resurrecting their animated update of the Aesop fable The Tortoise & the Hare. The company shelved … Continue reading
While Robert Altman was filming his new film, A Prairie Home Companion, he had to have an understudy director on hand in case – well, in case he died. Altman’s old. If this was the mid 90s I would say he was mad old. (Fittingly, the understudy was Paul Thomas Anderson, whose films make him … Continue reading
Fox has released some preview images for 2006, and there are some pictures that got me pretty excited. To the right is the new Damien from The Omen 666, a daring jump 661 films forward in that series. It’s being released on 06/06/06, and you have to wonder when they figured that date out. I … Continue reading
One of the things that gets me through the slow stretches is thinking about how I may one day get a chance to sleep with this girl or that. The idea of getting a letter that tells me not just who I have slept with, but also the names of all the women I ever … Continue reading
Just when we finally got over the national trauma of the Bond-hunt, Sony is beginning a new casting call, looking for the next Bond girl. Casino Royale, the Bond prequel that has Dame Judi Dench playing a character who was introduced a dozen or so films into the series that was played by other people … 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
It’s no secret that we at CHUD.com like Guillermo del Toro. It’s no secret that Nick is friends with the guy. But I have to say that all of that goes out the window when it comes to talking about his movies. I wouldn’t write anything about his films if I didn’t feel I could … Continue reading
It’s no secret that we at CHUD.com like Guillermo del Toro. It’s no secret that Nick is friends with the guy. But I have to say that all of that goes out the window when it comes to talking about his movies. I wouldn’t write anything about his films if I didn’t feel I could … Continue reading
Mailbagsukidoji: Here’s some letters. I’d like to see this column not die a sailor’s death, so send the letters and I’ll keep responding to them. Additionally, there’s a message board thread HERE to pipe in as well. If you didn’t know, we’ve launched our Nation’s Punched site, which ought to lead to even more discussion. … Continue reading
Did you go see Hostel this weekend thinking it was directed by Quentin Tarantino? I have heard some anecdotal evidence about this happening, but as always, anecdotal evidence is slightly more reliable than scrotal evidence. IE, it ain’t. For whatever reason, people did go see Hostel over the weekend, making it the number one film … Continue reading