Archive · 2007
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2007: The year that Chinese toymakers couldn't do anything right*. First they're poisoning children and probably ruining Christmas, then thanks to less than stringent security at Hasbro's Chinese facility, they're spoiling Iron Man, too. Don't read the next… Continue reading
When I revealed the title of Cloverfield and ran an early description of the trailer, I got a lot of attention from my friends at Paramount*. I also got a lot of attention from the people playing the ‘Alternate Reality Game' for Cloverfield – ie, the… Continue reading
The Wright Stuff film festival at LA's New Beverly theater continues… to kick ass. Friday may have been my favorite of the series so far, as Shane Black showed up to talk about how much he hates The Last Boy Scout and how much Warner Bros hated Kiss… Continue reading
Anyone who's seen The Devil's Backbone knows that Guillermo Del Toro loves his atmospheric horror. Which is why we're so exited to be able to offer you an advance screening of The Orphanage, a creepy looking movie produced by the main Mexican himself.The… Continue reading
Frank Marshall, producer of the Indiana Jones films, dropped some story and character details to USA Today while flogging the teaser poster for Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull. If you've been following the movie here at CHUD most of this… Continue reading
Hold your nose. The Wayans Brothers (Keenan Ivory, Marlon and Shawn) have taken their signature brand of idiocy – the spoofish buffonery that spawned four Scary Movie films and over $420 million for Dimension – to Paramount, where they'll, er, mount a… Continue reading
Can Bioware do it again? Continue reading
Damn it. How do I criticize THAT? Continue reading
For all the complaining I have been doing about Star Trek XI (you know: bad cast, stupid plot, directed by a guy who who is suited for 32 inch screens), I have to give the movie some credit. They've included Orion Slave Girls. These green skinned babes… Continue reading
French movie magazine CineLive has a very clear, well lit photo of the newest iteration of the Batman suit from The Dark Knight and I have to wonder if the film isn't going to be a Transformers crossover. Why is the suit so busy? And what's happened to the… Continue reading
I'm incredibly happy to see the Los Angeles Film Critics Association and the New York City Film Critics Online go for Paul Thomas Anderson's unremittingly bleak There Will Be Blood as the Best Picture of 2007, but the last time the former group concurred with… Continue reading
Do you know examples of really old trailers (older than Carrie) that give away the whole movie as egregiously as this one does? Drop me an email at devin@chud.com or post it on our message board. Continue reading
