The first act of this movie had me absolutely hooked. Sam Jackson and Dwayne Johnson were going through typical cop movie motions and playing them perfectly straight. It was film parody at its finest and I can't possibly justify in words how true and funny it… Continue reading →
When Big Fish came out, it occurred to me that Tim Burton and Jean Pierre Jeunet were both mining the quirky cinematic space of magical realism, but that Jeunet was more adept at making style and story serve one another. Jeunet was telling stories that… Continue reading →
You would think, given my love for horror, comedy, and some of the entries in the horror-comedy subgenre, that I would have long-since memorized every last line, camera angle, and bit of trivia to be found on John Landis' "An American Werewolf in London".… Continue reading →
Now, if you're a regular reader of my blog here on Chud.com, you already know I loved Inception. Probably a little too much. It's not like I saw it 4 times…cause the count is actually at 5. Yeah, I know. But I don't regret it. Movie rules. Anyways, not… Continue reading →
I couldn't have enjoyed my time at the movies more than I did last night when my girlfriend and I spontaneously decided to pop into the little theater we happened to walk past just after seven, noticing that The Extra Man was starting in less than 10 minutes,… Continue reading →
Four days. Four hard, long days. Days crammed with horrific smells. Days devoted to the mindless shuffling of weary feet. Days spent ingesting semi-edible food and imbibing on plentiful amounts of hard liquor. The San Diego Comic-Con is over. And I am… Continue reading →