Dave Davis

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ZOMBIE CONTEST WINNERS!

Our zombie combo contest (more details HERE) has come to a close, and drew a staggering amount of responses. Contestants were required to answer these two questions: 1. Besides the mall, where’s the best place to go when the dead start rising from the grave?… Continue reading →

TRAILER: THE FOG

Second-hand smoke really does kill. At least when it has hook-handed specters contained within. In the remake of John Carpenter’s 1980 weather-horror flick The Fog, an angry cloud of billowing mist descends upon a small California island community and attacks… Continue reading →

WEEKEND BOX OFFICE REPORT

Rank Title WeekendGross CumulativeGross Weeks in Release 1 Charlie and the Chocolate Factory $28,300,000 $114,100,000 2 2 Wedding Crashers $26,200,000 $80,900,000 2 3 Fantastic Four $12,200,000 $122,500,000 3 4 The Island $12,100,000 $12,100,000 1 5 Bad News… Continue reading →

UNIVERSAL CAN COUNT TO 9

Universal’s subsection Focus Features (under which is genre arm Rogue Pictures, who astutely brought Shaun of the Dead stateside) is getting into the animation racket with a bizarro flick simply known as 9. The feature-length movie will be directed by Shane… Continue reading →

TRAILER: V FOR VENDETTA

I sort of have to question the wisdom of releasing a trailer about a futuristic film involving terrorism in England during a time when the London of now is under siege by the same, but I suppose when you’ve got a movie to promote, there’s nothing for it. At… Continue reading →

CONTEST: ICE PRINCESS DVD

Disney’s Ice Princess isn’t an obvious kind of film that might catch the interest of CHUD’s general readership. Don’t get me wrong, it certainly has elements that I find appealing. But my own proclivities aside, even Devin gave the film a favorable review… Continue reading →

MEL GETS MAD AGAIN, ALMOST

While it doesn’t seem like we’re going to get that fourth entry in the Mad Max series, Mel Gibson is still heading out to the desert for a bit of mayhem. Only he’s directing it this time. Gibson is behind the camera for a historical action flick called… Continue reading →

BALE TO THE RESCUE

Nope, Christian Bale is not taking over for Chuck Norris in a resurrection of the Braddock franchise, but he is on his way back to Vietnam. Now that he’s cleansed the streets of Gotham from fear gas and ninjas, Bale is gripping the joystick as a pilot in… Continue reading →