Archive · 2007
405 posts
I'm not sure why there are teaser trailers for not-exactly-heavily-anticipated comedies starring relative unknowns. I mean, for a film like that – since you can't sell it on the cast or the name brand – I would think you'd want the public's first look at your… Continue reading
"Gemini Man, with its special effects elements, is simply the best action concept in Hollywood right now." Thus enthused Jonathan Hensleigh six years ago when he was hired by Disney to rewrite Darren Lemke's futuristic screenplay about an aging hitman being… Continue reading
Getting worked up over Tim Allen is so 1992. As long as he stays off the Bolivian Marching Powder, the worst he can do is churn out an innocuously awful family comedy once or twice a year and star in a couple of Wild Hogs sequels (using the trusty sequel math… Continue reading
Film Box Office Per Screen Total 1 Spider-Man 3 $148,000,000 $34,807 $148,000,000 2 Disturbia $5,720,000 (-36.6%) $1,826 $59,883,000 3 Fracture $3,420,000 (-49.8%) $1,446 $26,453,000 4 The Invisible $3,125,000 (-59.5%) $1,547 $12,346,000 5 Ouch $2,768,000… Continue reading
BUY IT AT AMAZON: CLICK HERE!STUDIO: Docurama MSRP: $26.95RATED: NRRUNNING TIME: 84 MinutesSPECIAL FEATURES: • Deleted Scenes• Theatrical Trailer The Pitch“God speaks to Al Franken? I tell ya, it’ll be like The Ten Commandments with Medicare jokes!” The… Continue reading
BUY IT AT AMAZON: CLICK HERE!STUDIO: Warner Bros MSRP: $39.98RATED: NRRUNNING TIME: 489 MinutesSPECIAL FEATURES: • “Life Inside a Cubicle” featurette• 1-900-MIMI spoofThe Pitch“It’s Dilbert, expect with a fatter lead, the schmuck from Whose Line Is It Anyways… Continue reading
Once again, it just doesn't matter if anyone but the ticket-buying public thinks a movie blows. Or does it? Friday estimates are in for Spider-Man 3, and they're in record-breaking territory: $59 million, trouncing the comparatively paltry $55.8 million… Continue reading
LOST: ALL WILL BE REVEALED…OR WILL IT? It looks like the brain trust behind Lost is serious about not falling into the same holding pattern as The X-Files, dragging the central mysteries between pretty people on a pretty fucked up island out for as long as… Continue reading
As its third season winds down and the upfronts approach, NBC is planning big changes for The Office. According to Thursday’s Variety, the Emmy-award winning series and second-most watched comedy on tv (in the 18-49 demo, it’s behind only Two and a Half Men)… 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
BUY IT AT AMAZON: CLICK HERE!STUDIO: Sony MSRP: $24.96RATED: RRUNNING TIME: 92 MinutesSPECIAL FEATURES: • Behind the Scenes FeaturetteThe Pitch“It’s J-Horror, see! Except it’s in English! So then it’s…E-Horror!”The HumansGabrielle Anwar, Justin Louis, Forest… Continue reading
BUY IT AT AMAZON: CLICK HERE!STUDIO: Sony MSRP: $39.95RATED: NRRUNNING TIME: 491 MinutesSPECIAL FEATURES: • NadaThe Pitch“It’s just like The Honeymooners, except with 50% less spousal abuse!”The HumansKevin James, Leah Remini, Jerry Stiller, Patton Oswalt,… Continue reading
