My desire to completely expunge The Hours from memory is so all-consuming that every time I consider Nicole Kidman's impressive filmography, I completely forget that she's a Best Actress winner. It's not easy to get consensus on Kidman. Many people think… 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 →
Wait, this is the video that spawned those "Paris Hilton befouls Brett Ratner's Hugh Hefner biopic" rumors? How in the hell did those dots get connected? And why were people upset about that in the first place? It's Ratner directing something not called Rush… Continue reading →
If I were J.J. Abrams, right before introducing Zachary Quinto as The New Spock* to the hemorrhoidal Hall H masses at Comic Con, I'd let slip the title of 1-18-08 aka Cloverfield aka Die, Handheld, Die, because, while the mystery surrounding the project is… Continue reading →
Speak it, kitty! With Comic Con now less than three weeks away… (sorry, my liver just failed for a second), speculation as to what and who will be revealed at the big Hall H panels is beginning to get way the fuck out of control. And I like it. The only… Continue reading →
1. WIZARD #190 The comic book industry has their glossy, all encompassing magazine and it is this one. They tend to have their formula and stick to it, but sometimes they'll surprise you. This issue's strong points: I like the "Skrull or No Skrull" feature… Continue reading →
The word out of Cannes this year was that Leonardo DiCaprio's we-all-gonna-die environmental documentary, 11th Hour, plays like a well-intentioned, well-researched, somewhat somnambulant companion piece to Al Gore's An Inconvenient Truth – which sounds about… 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 →
This morning Comic Con revealed the full line-up of events, and one of the movies being presented by Warner Bros is Watchmen. Zack Snyder will be on hand, and will most likely be making some casting announcements… and one of them will be Billy Crudup as Dr.… Continue reading →
This week is liable to be packed with hype, fresh game details, and hyperbole. That's right, it's the week of E3! We'll be giving our own spin on the more interesting details to emerge, and you can bet Jon will have a boatload of shit to dump in his Random… Continue reading →
In the most anticipated re-teaming of disaster-tainted icons since Kris Kristofferson met Michael Cimino for a steak dinner at Dan Tana's (and washed dishes 'til 4 AM to settle the check), Kevin Costner has persuaded his clinically insane Waterworld co-star,… Continue reading →
Though it does not please me that Ernst Lubitsch – who, despite his German lineage, is carved into the Mount Rushmore of American sound comedy alongside Howard Hawks, Preston Sturges and Groucho Marx – is little more than a footnote in today's popular… Continue reading →