Archive · 2007
405 posts
Much as I want to tell you Liv Ullman has been cast as Betty Ross in the Louis Leterrier angry green man reboot, currently titled The Hulk Who's Okay with His Father Who Doesn't Resemble Nick Nolte, I'm afraid the sixty-eight-year-old muse of Ingmar Bergman… Continue reading
"At the risk of being labeled a scold – the ultimate in uncool – I have to ask: before cashing those big checks, shouldn’t we at least pause to consider what we are saying with our movies about the value of life and the pleasures of mayhem?" That was Mike… Continue reading
…aaaand we're back. May. The most obvious month in cinema. I know that everyone reading this is planning to see Spider-Man 3 and Pirates of the Caribbean, and I'm afraid that some of you are going to plonk down duckets for Shrek, as well. Your funeral,… 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
This week will see a series of mini-featurettes about Grizzly Park, my maiden voyage into producing a feature. Directed by the enigmatic Tom Skull [I don't know his legal name], it's a nice cocktail of horror and comedy that we'll hopefully be seeing in… Continue reading
(I'd like to preface this review by imploring you to see Spider-Man 3 on IMAX if the option is available to you. I'm now of the opinion that these big studio event films are made for the biggest screen imaginable; they are sensory assaults first and stories… Continue reading
BUY IT AT AMAZON: CLICK HERE!STUDIO: Liberation EntertainmentMSRP: $19.95RATED: NRRUNNING TIME: 89 MinutesSPECIAL FEATURES:• Feature Commentary w/ director• Interviews• Essay by composer• Trailers• Photo gallery• Deleted scenes• Biographies• Location maps•… Continue reading
If you’ve been reading the columns I’ve been writing for THUD over these past few months, you know that I, Brendan Leonard, am a fan of the girl show – and I’m not talking about the one you can get for ten bucks at Christie’s in North Canton, Ohio. Devin has… Continue reading
As a genre, "Teen Noir Thriller" wasn't even in the vocabulary until a couple years ago when Brick deftly handled the teen scene, making it feel grown up and just as seedy as any hard-boiled crime yarn – with a fun oratorical twist to boot.I'd venture to say… Continue reading
And so the most interesting time for Box Office begins. MOST INTERESTING FILM OF THE WEEKNow the world gets Spider-Man 3, and it's already doing great numbers abroad. It should clear $100 million this weekend, maybe get to $150, though my money's on $124,… Continue reading
Take everything Jon Peters says with a grain of salt. Remember, he’s the guy who wanted Kevin Smith to include a giant spider and talking polar bears into his Superman script. He’s one of those Hollywood producers who wears his lack of artistic sense like a… Continue reading
Come July 20th, if you don't get enough of The Simpsons on a steady diet of weekly escapades and ever-present syndicated reruns, hopefully you can fill up on 90 minutes of a beefy The Simpsons Movie. In the mean time, take a Simpson family tour with six… Continue reading
