Archive · 2007
310 posts
Damn me, but I still get excited at the prospect of more X-Files material, whether it be film or show or homosexual fanfic. Speaking of, Home was loosely based on my childhood. David Duchovny has been talking to folks about the possibility of the film again,… Continue reading
Managing one's expectations for Robert Zemeckis's performance capture rendition of Beowulf is easy: just recall the front-to-back awfulness of The Polar Express! That film was Zemeckis at his autopilot worst. Though a technical marvel and occasionally… Continue reading
Had the below clip of Cate Blanchett inhabiting the body of a twenty-four-year-old Bob Dylan following the troubadour's electric transgression at the 1965 Newport Folk Festival appeared before I began categorizing the year's remaining films, I would've bumped… Continue reading
Yesterday hurt. Couldn't resist the siren song of the Rock Band party the night before, and that led to a massive plate of corned beef hash at 3am and, well, you know how that turns out. At least I didn't get drunk and hop on the skateboard I acquired from… Continue reading
– Yesterday, I bemoaned Walden‘s continued onslaught of YA fiction adaptations. For some reason, they're not listening, and that may be well and good. Walden has just added Tim Robbins as a secretive inventor in addition to Martin Landeau, Marianne… Continue reading
Welcome to the next CHUD List. We've tackled our our disappointments, our essentials list and slowly exhumed our Kills List from 2003, and now that we've begun the beguine, we must continue. Behold: The CHUD.com Top 50 Guilty Pleasures. We've all got those… Continue reading
There’s no question whether there will be a sequel to Transformers; the real query is what it will be about*. If the guy who does the voice of Bumblebee (ie, delivers one line in the film) is right, the plot of the sequel is being set up in a special feature… Continue reading
BUY IT FROM AMAZON: CLICK HERE!STUDIO: Shout FactoryMSRP: $34.99RATED: Not RatedRUNNING TIME: 510 MinutesSPECIAL FEATURES: None! The Pitch It’s Batman meets…a bat. The Humans The voices of Len Maxwell and Frank Buxton The Nutshell Batfink and his pal, Karate,… Continue reading
While not as lucky (and deserving) as Russ to be at E3 in person, here are my very random impressions of the Big Three’s Keynote Presentations and other gaming news. Microsoft: I have immeasurable excitement for Rock Band. I dread, however, the repeated trips… Continue reading
Yeah, yeah, yeah. We know you're all burned out on viral marketing, and thus this is merely an official dispatch. The 1-18-08 site has added a third, brand new photo as seen above, and apparently in the midst of all this… Continue reading
There’s a rumor going around about Pixar’s upcoming slate – could the animation studio be putting out two sequels in a row? According to a Pixar blog*, Cars 2 will be released the year after Toy Story 3. This could possibly push John Carter of Mars back… Continue reading
Now that Michael Moore has gone after the nation’s health with his excellent (and bi-partisanally acclaimed) Sicko, he’s going after our nation’s mental health: his next film might be about crazy gay-hating Christians. “I think it’s a very ripe subject for… Continue reading
