Archive · 2007
386 posts
This is delicious: via Gamepolitics we have here a story about Variety columnist Ben Fritz defending videogames against the world of film criticism. Fritz seizes upon the recent, prevalent comparisons between 300 and videogames, which almost always use… Continue reading
Indiana Jones IV (Indiana Jones and the City of the Gods? Really? – Nick) may or may not feature Shia LaBeouf (depending on which day of the week you speak to him) but it will definitely star none other than Cate Blanchett. Finally, there’s some news about… Continue reading
Sherlock Holmes has a distinction among fictional characters – he has been in more films and TV programs than any other, including Britney Spears. Now he’s about to get another IMDB entry as director Neil Marshall (the guy who made the hated-by-Nick The… Continue reading
What is this? Every single day of the week (almost), a new "Graboid", a single moment grabbed from a random movie, appears on this site for you to guess the name of the film, share with your officemates, or discuss on our message boards. Sometimes the Graboid… Continue reading
Since its publication in 1993, the book The Giver has garnered heaping shovels full of praise, despite a crappy cover. The futuristic utopian tale even garnered a Newberry Medal, which blurs the fact quite a few adults have hopped aboard its fanwagon thanks… Continue reading
Life has been hard for Brandon Routh since Superman Returns. Or maybe it’s normal – much as was his situation before donning the cape and tights, Routh has been pretty much not working. As in he has nothing on his IMDB, and I don’t think we’ve heard all that… Continue reading
I doubt I have to sell you on the Hot Fuzztival, which has Edgar Wright, Simon Pegg and Nick Frost traveling the United States showing cop movies and Hot Fuzz, their amazing follow-up to Shaun of the Dead, with Q&As afterwards. And that’s before you factor in… 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
Note from Nick: This was fun. Let's resume! That's the official CHUD map, and it won't be complete until you add yourself to it. Each of those dots represents the location of one loyal CHUD reader, and now you can add yourself. Simply go to… Continue reading
Greg Rucka is great. His comic book work, primarily the Queen and Country series, is oftentimes better than the love of a grandmother and his work as a novelist ain't too shabby either. As a downside, he is friends with Thor's Comic Column scribe Sean Fahey,… Continue reading
There are not many A-list superheroes waiting in the wings to be adapted into movies, so attention has turned to the B and C-list, with varying degrees of success. Ghost Rider recently proved that a superhero movie doesn’t need to have brand recognition to… Continue reading
It's been a quiet couple of years for Fernando Meirelles, who came out of the gate strong with City of God and followed up nice with The Constant Gardener. Now the Brazialian director has a third picture lined up: an adaptation of the novel Blindness by Jose… Continue reading
