Archive · 2007
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[Note: Wild Tigers I Have Known is set for a limited theatrical release starting February 23. IFC's website has full release information.] This is the sort of film that draws memories out of its audience. In a critical landscape in which unquantifiable… Continue reading
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
The trailer for the Philip K Dick adaptation Next* is here, and it looks like this could be the third in Nicolas Cage’s trifecta of the truly terrible. His trilogy of trash began with Wicker Man, continued last week with Ghost Rider, and if we’re lucky, will… Continue reading
George Clooney will be lending the mellifluous tones of the sexiest vocal chords alive to the lead character in Wes Anderson’s stop motion version of Roald Dahl’s The Fantastic Mr. Fox. And joining him from the post-war Germany of The Good German is the… Continue reading
I really liked Robert DeNiro’s second directorial effort, The Good Shepherd*, a movie that was smart, classy and old-fashioned. So from now on I am going to try and keep that movie in mind every time there’s new announcements of DeNiro being cast in yet… Continue reading
When I was a kid, my mother often told me that I had eyes bigger than my stomach, which resulted in a couple of years during which I thought that I could let anyone punch me in the gut because, hey, my stomach was the size of an eyeball and wouldn't get hurt.… Continue reading
Could the next superhero franchise that Warner Bros grotesquely mishandles be the biggest one of all for them – the Justice League? The studio has hired Kiernan and Michele Mulroney to write a script for a movie featuring DC Comics’ legendary superteam. But… Continue reading
On the Lot, the reality show that’s had aspiring filmmakers buzzing for months and would-be-writers getting asked “why don’t you enter that there contest?” by their out-of-touch relatives who don’t get the difference between a director and a screenwriter for… Continue reading
BUY IT AT AMAZON: CLICK HERE!STUDIO: TouchstoneMSRP: $39.99RATED: TV-PGRUNNING TIME: 625 MinutesSPECIAL FEATURES: "Thank You For Being A Friend" featurette The Pitch "Picture this: You're eight years old. You get up in the middle of the night because you need… Continue reading
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
It’s always kind of tough doing a preview of any sort for a Woody Allen film because he tends to keep plot details and such close to the vest. He starts with a central concept and an idea of the pic’s tone, and you generally don’t get much more until it’s… Continue reading
