Archive · 2005
228 posts
It's funny how things work out. In our very first San Diego Comic Con half a decade ago or so, we did very little press because we were pretty much considered a pile of crap by the studios. Now, we're kind of snooty when it comes to doing press at the con for… Continue reading
This week sees the release of the funniest film of 2005, The Aristocrats. It's a movie about a joke – the dirtiest joke ever, in fact – and it features over 100 comedians telling it. This may sound like a boring concept, but it works, as director Paul… Continue reading
Are huge robot movies this week’s flavor in Hollywood? The Transformers movie may be hitting rumor potholes (though I have little doubt the movie will get made), but other creative/greedy types are looking at options while the mechanics get Optimus Prime… Continue reading
Did you read my exclusive interview with Jon Favreau from San Diego Comic Con? Not only did he reveal that he reads CHUD.com (as all rightminded citizens should), he also talked about how important practical effects were to him when making his new film,… Continue reading
Richard Clarke, the counter-terrorism expert who blew the whistle on how the White House willfully ignored pre-9/11 threats and that the Bush Administration was ready to invade Iraq no matter what the evidence against Hussein was, is writing a novel. And in… Continue reading
The new Steven Spielberg film, one of my most anticipated movies of the year (and how insane is it that the guy is filming a movie in July that will be out this year?) now has a title. It had been going under a variety of names, including Vengeance, which was… Continue reading
Welcome back to this week's installment. Today's episode has Suzie stuck in a creepy dimly lit well, huffing and puffing her brains out. She's not angry, but in labor! Only Thor Johnson can save her, but he's stuck in traffic with his man thong. As the… Continue reading
Dane Cook is an incredible comic. His Harmful if Swallowed album got heavy rotation in my car as I pretty much forced everyone who entered to at least listen to his bits about the Kool Aid man, punching bees in the face, and the masturbating fetus. Of course,… Continue reading
I'll admit it, I'm a little scared of Darren Aronofsky's films. They are so intense and unrelenting that they get just a little too much under the skin, at least his first two did. That said, it means he's done his job, because as a storyteller and a… Continue reading
I'll admit it, I'm a little scared of Darren Aronofsky's films. They are so intense and unrelenting that they get just a little too much under the skin, at least his first two did. That said, it means he's done his job, because as a storyteller and a… Continue reading
Mayhem master/bird wrangler John Woo has been working for almost a year (when he doesn’t get distracted with videogames and remakes of French New Wave cinema) putting together his historical film The Battle of Red Cliff, and he’s finally starting to gather… Continue reading
REVIEWED THIS WEEK:– Silent Dragon #1– The Defenders #1– Dungeons & Dragons: Homeworld #1 & 2– The Middleman #1– Zombie King #0– Mutation #1– All Star Batman & Robin #1– JSA Classified #1– Heartbreak #1– Tales Designed To Thrizzle #1 First Look: Diggle and Yu… Continue reading
