Archive · 2007

February 2007

339 posts

ESSENTIAL CHUD – DAY FIVE

What makes one a Chewer? It isn't just reading CHUD.com regularly, although that's a great start. It definitely isn't being an expert at mastication. Being a Chewer requires a certain sensibility that's outside of the mainstream. Sure, a Chewer can hold his… Continue reading

DRAINING THE MAIN VINE

It's been far too long since we've been exposed to a film about sentient, murdering vines and their flowers. Thankfully, Dreamworks is about to change all that. The studio SKG built and sold has signed Carter B. Smith to direct its adaptation of the Scott… Continue reading

NIGHT AT THE DOGHOUSE

If you've been into any bookstore in the last year, you've noticed the sugar-coated cover of a cute l'il "yellow" Labrador Retriever puppy, head cocked, that belongs to the memoir Marty & Me. They're everywhere. I haven't read it, but it's generally praised… Continue reading

REVIEW: GHOST RIDER

Ghost Rider is not the worst movie of the year. That’s going to disappoint some people – myself included – but that doesn’t mean it’s a good movie. It’s not even an OK movie. Ghost Rider is, more often than not, terrible – but in a very watchable way. A huge… Continue reading

REVIEW: CLOSE TO HOME

[Note: Close to Home is set for a limited theatrical release starting today, February 16. IFC Films sent us a screener of this and a couple of their other upcoming releases, reviews for which you'll see appearing in the coming week or so. IFC's website has… Continue reading

A WALK IN THE MEADOWS

Scanning this morning's casting announcements, I was thrown for a loop when I found out Tim Meadows was not only still alive, but back on the big screen. He had a steady, yet unremarkable run on SNL that was capped by the abysmal flick based on his "Ladies'… Continue reading

DIE HARD 4.0

I don't know anyone who was asking for Die Hard 4, but by crap, whoever was is gonna get it. And the way the trailers are looking, that isn't a bad thing at all. The new international trailer for Die Hard 4 is out, and interestingly, there's not a mention of… Continue reading

BRUCKHEIMER BRINGS IT ON

Jerry Bruckheimer has never been one to shy away from sucking up historical events into his box office juggernaut movie-making machine, so I figured it was only a matter of time before he set his sights on The Global War on Terror. Sure enough he has, but in… Continue reading