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Back in November 2006, Warner Brothers launched the teaser for their upcoming Christmas '07 release Fred Claus. The trailer (view it here for a refresh) featured Vince Vaughn and Paul Giamatti enjoying some brotherly banter and a round of wet… Continue reading
Sidney Lumet's last attempt at a "comeback" feature (Find Me Guilty) ended with Vin Diesel growing his hair out while tanking in glorious fashion at both the domestic and international box office. DVD sales fared even worse. Still, as the old adage goes, what… Continue reading
You know it's a slow news day when you're reporting on no news coming from the anticipation of news from an event promising all kinds of news that's still 3 weeks away. Of course, I refer to the upcoming Comic-Con taking place in the kiln-fired heat of a San… Continue reading
The Saw films are mystery movies. See, there's a general consensus of their crappiness and interest seems to be waning, but damned if they don't make a haul every time. Either everyone's lying and the films deserve their own Anonymous Guilty Pleasure thread… Continue reading
Three cheers for 300. The "little" movie that could (and did) has reopened the doors for big concept, smaller-budget filmmaking where the unsuccessful experiment of Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow was labeled as having incidentally squeezed it shut*.… Continue reading
Over the last few months we've been treated to some nicely geekgasmic photos from Jon Favreau's upcoming Iron Man: the original suit, the shiny and steppin' Mark 4 armor and Tony Stark with his chest of wonder.Since Entertainment Weekly is apparently… Continue reading
If you read Where The Wild Things Are as a kid, you'll understand why I say it's a childhood touchstone – the kind that morphs into a generational pass-along. Whether it was the dark yet charming Caldecott winning illustrations, the realization of childhood… Continue reading
Fair or not*, TV's traditionally been seen as the retirement home for film actors whose stars have a lost a little sparkle over the years (despite the recent trend of some fantastic television). So what's it called when TV staples make the occasional sojourn… Continue reading
Like most kids, I used to think dogs were for me. Until I grew up, owned one and subsequently sold it. Now they're nothing more than a barking, crapping reason to further loathe my neighbor. That and a great way to manipulate audience sympathy after killing… Continue reading
The first ten years of the Millennium are quickly turning into the decade of the Young Adult fiction. "The beloved _______, soon to be a major motion picture" novel cover just can't get enough of itself as book after book takes a swing at making it the C.S.… Continue reading
January of '07 was a bummer of a month in a stream of bummers for Aardman Animation: their once-promising relationship with Dreamworks was summarily executed thanks to the wimpy BO performance of Flushed Away (CHUD coverage here). In the months since,… Continue reading
Save for a few die-hard collectors, Indiana Jones merchandising (what little of it there was) never lent itself well to much of anything but collecting dust. At its most fervent popularity in the 80's, I remember seeing Indiana Jones play sets and action… Continue reading
