On 9/11 I went to a Brooklyn hospital to donate blood. I didn’t know what else to do – the devastation was immense and obvious, and I felt helpless. I wanted to make a difference that day, in even a small way. When I got to the hospital, I was turned away. They didn’t need … Continue reading
Directed by William "The Exorcist" Friedkin Starring Tommy Lee Jones, Benicio Del Toro, & Connie Neilsen. Thrillers get dumber and dumber while we get wiser and wiser. That’s the trend I’m seeing these days. It’s almost as if a film only needs to have a few cool gimmicky things in its corner to get a … Continue reading
Order this book from CHUD.com. My name is Cameron Hughes and I love books. I love them. I could read all day and my dream is to write novels. How cool would that be? I’d get to read, get my own stuff out there, and have a way to get all the ideas in my … Continue reading
Duck Soup is the funniest movie ever. It’s pure comedic anarchy – the Marx Bros set free to do whatever the hell they wanted. The world doesn’t always understand that kind of madcap genius, though, and for their next film they were a little reigned in. A Night at the Opera is, hands down, a … Continue reading
There’s about 40 almost perfect minutes in 13 Tzameti, a big chunk of the film that will have you on the edge of your seat and your fingernails in shreds. Sadly, that 40 minutes comes after almost a half hour of true tedium and just before an overly obvious finale. But still! How many movies … Continue reading
What’s in a name? Is a good movie with a bad name still a good movie? It is, and while I Like Killing Flies has about the worst name since The Incredibly Strange Creatures Who Stopped Living and Became Crazy Mixed Up Zombies, it’s still a very good, very funny and gloriously New York movie. … Continue reading
Discard your biases. If you were on the fence, allow whatever preconceived notions to deteriorate into nothingness. And even though the Miami Vice pilot episode, with its coolly detached slivers of stylization (I don’t think Collins’ In the Air Tonight has been used quite as succinctly since) is something of a revelation, don’t let it … Continue reading
Disclaimer: I am a close friend and business partner with the creator of this film so feel free to assume my vision is clouded and influenced by my love for the guy. It’s understandable, especially in this world wily web we exist on and its mercenary allegiances. Still, this is my from-the-heart-and-brain take and I … Continue reading
M. Night Shyamalan calls Lady In The Water a bedtime story, but I suspect he wouldn’t know a fairy tale if it pissed on The Village. Granted, somewhere at the bottom of this murky and repulsive water lurks the kernel of a unique tale. But watching this film is like having Shyamalan punch you in … Continue reading
Why the hell did Kevin Smith make Clerks II? The answer has to be one of those commerce instead of art things – the film goes nowhere beyond the first one, and the characters end up at a place only slightly different from where they ended up in the first one. In fact, much of … Continue reading