Archive · 2006

December 2006

239 posts

RUBBING THE BALD AVENGER

Good on ya, Daniel Alter, you precocious and hulking mogul, you! Daniel Alter first became a "friend of CHUD" [which is like a "Friend of Dorothy" only more sexy] back in the day when we were tight pals with the original Corona's Coming Attractions crew of… Continue reading

GHOST RIDE THE INTERNETS

Does the Ghost Rider have a catchphrase? Something he says when he turns from Johnny Blaze, stunt bike rider, into a flaming skulled demon? I know “Flame on” is taken, but you would think that a 1970s Marvel Comics character would have a catchphrase of some… Continue reading

APOCA-HOW MUCH-TO?!?

Mel Gibson’s Apocalypto, starring a bunch of nobodies who speak only in Mayan with subtitles, ended up being much more of a standard Hollywood movie than I had anticipated. What wasn’t standard was the film’s production, which was self-financed and shot on… Continue reading

DVD REVIEW: KING, THE

BUY IT AT AMAZON: CLICK HERE!STUDIO: ThinkFilmMSRP: $27.98RATING: RRUNNING TIME: 103 minutesSPECIAL FEATURES:• Commentary w/ writer/director James Marsh and writer/producer Milo Addica• Deleted scenes • Rehearsal sequence• Trailers The Pitch "It's Absalom!… Continue reading

007 MAY BE THEIR IQ

Hardcore fanbases creep me out. Whether it’s the Browncoats or Star Wars nerds or the socially stunted emotional infants who get upset about changes to the designs of Transformers, I have time and again decried these easy targets and ridiculed their possibly… Continue reading