Archive · 2007

January 2007

292 posts

SILENT BOB DIES HARD

Coming Soon “caught up”* with Kevin Smith and talked to him about some of his upcoming projects, most of which will hopefully keep him in front of the camera and not behind it. The biggest thing he had to talk about was his five days of work on Live Free or… Continue reading

RUSSIAN RADIATION RACE!

Last week we told you about Johnny Depp’s production company and Warner Bros optioning the rights to an upcoming book about mortally irradiated Russian spy Alexander Litvinenko. Now Columbia Pictures and Michael Mann are getting in the act – they’re optioning… Continue reading

52 WAYS TO BLEED YOU DRY

A couple of weeks ago I ran an editorial about why I had quit monthly comics in 2006. Today DC Comics announced something that made my decision look positively prescient, and makes me wonder what kinds of dopes their reading audience is. Last year DC Comics… Continue reading

OSCAR AND THE INVISIBLES

I’ve been holding a bitter grudge against the Weinsteins for nine years. It all started when Shakespeare in Love pranced away with the 1998 Oscar for Best Film thanks to a marketing coup, “stealing” it from Saving Private Ryan– a film which actually meant… Continue reading

VISUALIZE VENOM

As CHUD’s recent “Turdformers” article proves, sometimes toy manufacturers have no choice but to let the cat out of the bag when it comes to licensed material. On that note, witness the Medicom Real Action Hero Spider-Man 3 Venom doll, distributed by Sideshow… Continue reading