Archive · 2007
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Sports fans have Draft Day. I have the upfronts, the yearly event held in New York where the five major broadcast networks – ABC, CBS, FOX, NBC, and the CW – announce their fall schedules in hopes of attracting some of those killer advertising dollars. That… Continue reading
Just to make this more interesting, read the following paragraph in your head in the voice of the Movie Trailer Guy: In 1977, we got The Kentucky Fried Movie, a movie consisting entirely of segments that were takeoffs from everything to commercials to every… Continue reading
– If you loved Kissing Jessica Stein, you'll absolutely love Ira and Abby. At least, that's what Magnolia Pictures is hoping in their distribution pickup of Jennifer Westfeldt's film festival rounder Ira and Abby, which follows two folks who fell in love too… Continue reading
Welcome to the next CHUD List. We've tackled our essentials list and the continued revelation of our Kills List from 2003, and now that we've begun the beguine, we must continue. Behold: The CHUD.com Top 50 Disappointments. A quick word on the criteria. We… Continue reading
I’ve had my eye on Mary Elizabeth Winstead ever since I first saw her in Sky High. And by “had my eye on,” I mean that I’ve been wishing for a disastrous career that would inevitably lead her to increasingly risqué films and scantily-clad roles just to make a… Continue reading
You could be forgiven for having forgotten about Universal’s Middle East action-thriller The Kingdom. After a small trailer that created little to no buzz, Universal moved the release date from April 20th all the way back to September 28th, and nary a peep… Continue reading
I'm back! I'm not sure if you noticed I was gone, but I can declare with authority that I am back. It's weird being out of touch with gaming news for a week or so. I return, and I'm not sure if all my giddy revelations will be met with yawns and dull… Continue reading
Given the abyss the music industry finds itself in these days and given the particularly dismal non-career she has in said industry, it’s really no surprise that Jessica Simpson is looking toward movies as her bread and butter. While lacking any demonstrable… Continue reading
If you've checked out this week's Special Edition, you know that this week kicks ass in terms of DVD releases. One of the highlights is Guillermo del Toro's masterpiece of modern mythology: Pan's Labyrinth. We here at CHUD just love saving you money, and to… Continue reading
A few people took exception to my calling last week an underwhelming week of DVD releases. The Guns of Navarone, Fur, To Catch a Thief and The Caine Mutiny were all brought up as examples of why it was indeed a good week for DVDs. I can concede that. The… Continue reading
Since it's officially Roy Scheider Day on the East Coast as I write this, I'm going to let my guard down and offer up an unflattering confession: I only like one Guy Ritchie movie, and it features neither gangsters nor Kabbalah. It also takes place on an… Continue reading
When Variety‘s Michael Fleming writes that Rob Cohen "cast a wide net" to replace Rachel Weisz as Evelyn Carnahan O'Connell in The Mummy: Curse of the Talking Homicidal Jet, I think he means "they cast the first actress whose schedule checked out". Then… Continue reading
