Holy Hoth, it seems like I’ve heard about this movie almost as many years as I’ve been writing for CHUD and chasing girls half my age (not necessarily associated hobbies), but 5-25-77 finally seems like it’s ready to escape the tractor beam of development hell. The movie is a love letter to the first Star Wars, with toothy Freaks … 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
This could be the last contest I do for CHUD, so why not go out with a bang? One lucky reader is going to win ALL 24 DVDs so far released in the Roger Corman Collection. One lucky reader is going to have the building blocks of a fantastic DVD collection of B-movies. Roger Corman … Continue reading
Mark Millar and Bryan Hitch’s run on The Ultimates, Marvel’s reboot version of The Avengers, is often called “widescreen,” and compared to big budget action films. So it makes sense that their first storyline, Super-Human, would end up the basis of a movie. Of course with live action budgets being what they are, and the … Continue reading
Will Tom Hanks be starring in Star Trek XI? That’s what some blog called Sci-Fi Heaven, whose masthead is made up of the faces of people who I have never seen before in my life but are apparently involved in sci-fi and who appear to be basking in the Lord’s afterlifey glow, is telling us. … Continue reading
There are two kinds of people: those who understand that Nirvana – whether you personally like them or have bad taste – changed the face of popular music in the early 90s and those who are stupid. It’s like the people who say The Beatles are overrated; they’re allowing their own defectiveness of musical taste … Continue reading
A few days ago we reported to you that Steven Spielberg was looking at mounting a remake of Mary Poppins (is it too late to make New Year’s resolutions? If not, I hereby resolve to never again use “mounting” to mean “starting up.” It’s fucking filthy sounding. Spielberg mounting Mary Poppins? I bet Julie Andrews … Continue reading
Just because his latest release, Match Point, is getting great reviews, ending up on top ten lists and was nominated for a bunch of Golden Globes doesn’t mean that Woody Allen is going to be making movies in America any time soon. Match Point was the first Woody movie made entirely overseas; Scoop, his next … Continue reading
Just because his latest release, Match Point, is getting great reviews, ending up on top ten lists and was nominated for a bunch of Golden Globes doesn’t mean that Woody Allen is going to be making movies in America any time soon. Match Point was the first Woody movie made entirely overseas; Scoop, his next … Continue reading
Rank Title WeekendGross CumulativeGross Weeks in Release 1 Narnia $32,800,000 $224,800,000 4 2 King Kong $31,500,000 $174,300,000 3 3 Fun with Dick and Jane $21,000,000 $64,500,000 2 4 Cheaper by the Dozen 2 $19,300,000 $55,100,000 2 5 Rumor Has It $11,600,000 $26,700,000 2 6 The Family Stone $10,200,000 $46,200,000 3 7 Memoirs of a Geisha … Continue reading