Archive · 2007
405 posts
I have heard the first buzz on Hostel Part II, and it comes from someone I trust. That buzz says that the movie is ‘fucking great,’ and better than the first (which I liked a lot). Eli Roth has been running around saying that he didn’t want to screen the… Continue reading
Name recognition is the most important thing in movie marketing. It’s why I’m surprised that the Batman Begins sequel is currently called just The Dark Knight, although I feel like it may end up as Batman: The Dark Knight. If people recognize the name of the… Continue reading
Have you ever wondered what it takes to be a fantastic writer? Well if you find out, please share that shit with me. As we deliver the bum's rush to potential investors for 11 Colonels ATTACK! (CHUD Forum), we'll be offering a handful of offbeat, insightful,… Continue reading
If there's one thing the mid-late 90s taught us – much like the mid-late 70s taught us, and the mid-late 2020s will probably teach us – it's that watching people and the geography that's crawling with them get annihilated is great fun. The genre sputtered… Continue reading
Terrorists are everywhere. One of the men behind the recently uncovered plot to massacre soldiers at Fort Dix had access to the base as their local pizza delivery guy (just to tie all current events into pop culture, he worked at a place called Super Marios… Continue reading
As I post this essay, I’m down in Los Angeles, watching my older brother’s graduation ceremonies. He’s getting awarded his Ph.D. in Something Technical, which makes him the first Doctor Arbuckle in the family. I’m not sure exactly what the official papers… Continue reading
Conceptually, there’s a lot of potential with making a movie about a dysfunctional hitman overseen by a caring minder (played by Phillip Baker Hall) who bottoms out and decides to relocate to try and get his stuff together. To add to the pot, he forms an odd… Continue reading
I really miss the days when monster flicks could be just that without a completely scientific or rational grounding of a fantastic premise. Far too often these days, you can’t enjoy a vampire or zombie film without some background nonsense about hemoglobin,… Continue reading
I’ve been up, down, and every other direction and inclination with Robert Rodriguez. There’s so much to love about the guy, and that makes his missteps that much more frustrating. While he can do pretty much anything on a film set – shooting, directing,… Continue reading
Hoping to rekindle the Fahrenheit 9/11-incited box office firestorm of June 23rd, 2004, The Weinstein Company and Lionsgate have elected to release Michael Moore's latest controversy courting documentary, Sicko, on June 29th, where it will compete with… Continue reading
Disasters bring out the best and the worst in people. You can step up to the moment and be a Hero, the guy who helps the crippled lady down the burning staircase. Or you can be the Villain, the guy who muscles women and children out of the lifeboat. In this… Continue reading
