Archive · 2006
194 posts
We’re just a few weeks from the return of Battlestar Galactica for its third season, and anticipation is high. Finally, I’ll have an almost reasonable excuse for being home on Friday nights! In the next few weeks we’ll be having some continuing coverage of… Continue reading
South KoreaBong Joon-ho Monster movies get short critical shrift, especially when they're massive blockbusters that run on CGI like a Dodge guzzling leaded gasoline. But when the same film has a strong family component and undercurrents of environmental and… Continue reading
Hungary/Austria/FranceGyörgy Pálfi A few months back, I caught the trailer for Taxidermia and immediately had to see the film. A triptych of tales, the thin script follows a family born into poverty. The original patriarch is an orderly at a wartime… Continue reading
Simon Pegg couldn’t make it to Comic Con this year, but he did send along a funny video greeting. It has finally made it onto the internet, thanks to the folks at Peggster.com – now what about those great Hot Fuzz microteasers? Click here to see the video on… Continue reading
A couple of weeks ago some rumor made the rounds about New Line releasing The Hobbit in 2007. Despite the obvious falseness of that rumor, there may still be hope for Bilbo Baggins and friends – a Variety article about nearly-dead MGM’s return to the big… Continue reading
Rank Title WeekendGross CumulativeGross Weeks in Release 1 The Covenant $9,000,000 $9,000,000 1 2 Hollywoodland $6,008,000 $6,008,000 1 3 Invincible $5,784,000 $45,654,000 3 4 The Protector $5,032,000 $5,032,000 1 5 Crank $4,800,000 $19,859,000 2 6 The… Continue reading
The other day I was going to link to Superhero Hype’s new pictures from the set of Fantastic Four: The Rise of the Silver Surfer, but they suddenly disappeared. Now they’ve shown up on Aint It Cool News, and I’m curious how long until Fox asks for them to get… Continue reading
The liberal media is at it again, as ABC prepares to air The Path to 9/11, a miniseries “docudrama” about the events leading up to the attack on America five years ago. This time the pinkos are taking aim at… Bill Clinton? Yup, the miniseries is being called… Continue reading
It's been a while since we debuted any promotional stuff for 11 Colonels ATTACK! (see a 2 minute tease from the 11 minute pitch reel here), the CHUD.com movie we're trying to attain funding for. We've had good feedback, some rejection, and at the end of the… Continue reading
Hong Kong / ChinaJonnie To I probably say this every year, but I'd pretty much written off Hong Kong cinema a few years back. Then I saw Breaking News, Johnnie To's ambitious flick about the interplay between criminals and the media. The movie didn't deliver,… Continue reading
USA/CanadaGuy Maddin On my first trip to the Toronto Film Festival, I was thrilled to sit in the Elgin Theatre for the premiere of Guy Maddin's The Saddest Music In The World. He's entered a handful of short films into the fest in the years since, but no… Continue reading
What’s your tolerance for misery? Man Push Cart aims to explore how much misery you can take – this little independent film is almost oppressive in how sad it is, and it often comes very close at times to becoming a complete bummer or a maudlin pile of crap.… Continue reading
