Archive · 2007
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In a grand orphanage on the Spanish coat, dead children are playing games. Once a childhood resident, Laura (Belen Rueda) has returned as an adult. With her husband, she's bought the old manse to turn it once more into a home for children. Her own adopted… Continue reading
You can't go home again. I thought Dario Argento learned that in 1980 after making the laughably bad Inferno, ostensibly a sequel to his landmark Suspiria. But he's back again with the third part in this so-called trilogy. Taken as a whole, the three films… Continue reading
We've been deluged, it sometimes seems, with portraits of troubled musicians. The musical biopic has become a popular sub-genre; it sells soundtracks by the millions and raises familiar public figures up to a level of adoration and/or scrutiny that we're all… Continue reading
Day One | Day Two | Day Three | Day Four | Day FiveDay Six | Day Seven | Day Eight OK, seriously. The best thing this year? (So far at least.) Bar none, the omission of the Extended Dance Remix of Universal's theme that used to accompany the ‘thanks to… Continue reading
Day One | Day Two | Day Three | Day Four | Day FiveDay Six | Day Seven | Day Eight There's one thing that's really bugging me this year. Previously, a press pass could be used to rush public screenings. That is, for any show that's not sold out there's a rush… Continue reading
BUY IT AT AMAZON: Click HERESTUDIO: DisneyMSRP: $16.99RATED: TV-GRUNNING TIME: 98 MinutesSPECIAL FEATURES:•Regular and Sing-Along Viewing Options•Learning the Moves Featurette•“I Can’t Take My Eyes Off Of You” Music Video•Dance-Alongs•“Breaking Free” Remix… Continue reading
BUY IT AT AMAZON: CLICK HERESTUDIO: MSRP: RATED: RUNNING TIME: SPECIAL FEATURES: • “On Set With Eva” featurette• “Here Comes The Bride” featurette• “Amas De Casa Desperadas” featurette• “Desperate Moments” featurette• “Cherry Picked: Marc Cherry’s Favorite… Continue reading
A week after Paul Thomas Anderson was good enough to let slip twenty minutes of his upcoming Upton Sinclair riff, There Will Be Blood (it's a "riff" and not an "adaptation" because Anderson reportedly departs from the novel in significant ways as the story… Continue reading
Sure, the biggest high school drama story right now is Vanessa Hudgens’ naked pictures, but once you’ve filled your spooge sock*, turn your attention to another high school production: Hamlet 2. It’s a great idea: a teacher tries to save the drama department… Continue reading
Metroid Prime 3: First Impression Well, the fall season has kicked into full gear. For the next three months, there will be at least one or two AAA titles hitting the market each week. With that hectic release schedule in mind, I’m going to provide my initial… Continue reading
CHUD's got a good number of columns that cover a pretty wide chunk of the film spectrum. Beaks gives you the prestige, along with liberal helpings of wit and brilliance. Devin's all over the place with great movie and TV-related rants. Jason Pollock… Continue reading
If Mark Romanek hiring the legendary Rick Baker to design the lycanthrope for his forthcoming Wolf Man update means the production is going heavy on practical f/x, then we could be in for something special. Of course, this is piling speculation upon… Continue reading
