Archive · 2006

February 2006

199 posts

REVIEW: FIREWALL

If you're looking for a film to make you believe in Harrison Ford once again, move along. Firewall isn't it. If this heist/techno-thriller isn't quite as rote and pedestrian as his last couple flicks, it's just as formulaic as you'd expect polished… Continue reading →

CHUDSTORIES: TWO MINUTES

(From the Lumiere stories) And there I stand. Hands in pockets, hat tipped down, my breath steaming in front of me. The wind wipes across my neck and I flip the collar of my coat up to keep the tongue of winter from lapping at me some more. I don’t know why I… Continue reading →

ARE WE A SEQUEL YET?

Let’s get this out of the way upfront: I am not a fan of Ice Cube’s recent swing into family-friendly territory, I didn’t think Are We There Yet? was any good, and I don’t think the idea of remaking Cary Grant's Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House is a… Continue reading →

DEL TORO'S NEW MONSTERS

Let’s see… a big red cigar-chomping demon, open-faced bloodsuckers, murderous man-sized insects, various Lovecraftian beasts, whatever that freaky shit is in Pan’s Labyrinth… no doubt about it, happy horror helmer Guillermo del Toro digs his creatures. So his… Continue reading →

VIN REPLACES RIDDICK?

With his intergalactic fugitive Riddick currently in mothballs (which is too bad – I still think Chronicles of is a blast), Vin Diesel must’ve gone looking for another sci-fi antihero and found it in Babylon A.D. (the rumor made the rounds earlier in the week… Continue reading →

DEL TORO'S NEW MONSTERS

Let’s see… a big red cigar-chomping demon, open-faced bloodsuckers, murderous man-sized insects, various Lovecraftian beasts, whatever that freaky shit is in Pan’s Labyrinth… no doubt about it, happy horror helmer Guillermo del Toro digs his creatures. So his… Continue reading →

DAILY GRABOID 2.9.06

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… Continue reading →

ONE BALL TO GLORY

Frank Marshall’s Lance Armstrong biopic has already begun shooting – for the end credits, that is. "I was there [at the Tour de France], and we shot on the last day of his seventh win last summer in Paris," Marshall told MTV. "We had six cameras going; it was… Continue reading →