Archive · 2005
20 posts
Not many tough guys would be so comfortable poking fun at their personas, but The Rock goes all out. In Be Cool, he lets himself get beaten up, he plays his trademark eyebrow gesture as a ridiculous mockery, and he plays gay. He commits to it with no fear,… Continue reading
Welcome to our collective nightmare… As has been the case for ages now, CHUD.com will be running a live commentary on the Oscars show, complete with the results, bitchy comments, and maybe even a little insight. I'll warn you, this will be R-rated and a… Continue reading
Now, before I get to it, allow me to first say hello to the CHUD readership as I begin my new stint as news jockey extraordinare (a.k.a. prince of copy-and-paste commands). Hopefully my presence here will help give you guys even more variety in terms of… Continue reading
We don’t usually get to see Joan Allen in a starring role. There’s only really been The Contender. Otherwise it’s been supporting roles in films like The Notebook, The Bourne Supremacy and Face/Off. Even big roles in Pleasantville and The Ice Storm cast her… Continue reading
BUY IT AT AMAZON: CLICK HERE!STUDIO: Warner Home VideoMSRP: $14.97 RATED: RRUNNING TIME: 98 MinutesSPECIAL FEATURES: Theatrical Trailer Sometimes I really hate Quentin Tarantino (and Elmore Leonard to some degree). Not for anything they specifically are… Continue reading
There's a documentary coming to theaters soon that goes by the name of Gunner Palace. It's about soldiers in Iraq, and it's told from their point of view, and includes all their salty soldier speak. The MPAA gave the film an R rating. The filmmakers and… Continue reading
Tyler Perry is a superstar. Maybe not to most of the readers of CHUD.com, but in the urban theater world (once known disparagingly as the “chitlin’ circuit”), Perry’s plays have grossed upwards of 75 million dollars in the last few years. With those kinds of… Continue reading
(From the "Cyberpunk" Backspace stories)Chips Ahoy was beginning to think Microsoft’s new one-touch CTRL/ALT/DEL key was the single most useful thing they’d ever created – Windows Utopia be damned – as he pounded his way to another reboot. “If it’s a fatal… Continue reading
In the big-budget MGM flick Into the Blue, vacant fast-and-furious prettyboy Paul Walker and his gal, the dangerously hot Jessica Alba, play a pair of undersea divers (but doesn’t wood float?) who find a sunken ship full of valuable goodies. On the nearby… Continue reading
We've seen the hands of our alien invaders on the poster for Steve Spielberg's experiment in quickie cinema, War of the Worlds. Now we may be seeing their foliage. Al Sullivan's blog has pictures of red Martian weed (whether it's better to smoke than Hobbit… Continue reading
BUY IT AT AMAZON: CLICK HERE!STUDIO: Warner Home VideoMSRP: $26.99 RATED: PGRUNNING TIME: 124 MinutesSPECIAL FEATURES: • Available subtitles: English, Spanish, French• Available Audio Tracks: remastered (Dolby Digital 5.1), French (Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono)•… Continue reading
(From the "Serial Killers" Creature Features) Chapter Five: Nobody Gets Out of Here Alive It’s not everyday you watch the body of one of your friends burn in an open pit. Normally, I would refrain from such an activity, however this particular occasion… Continue reading
