Maybe just having your name mentioned in conjunction with a Quentin Tarantino movie is enough to get your career back in gear. Or maybe ol' Axel Foley reads CHUD.com and knows that I have yearned for him to stop making movies for the diapers crowd. At any… Continue reading →
I am not surprised that Old School director Todd Phillips is making a movie that seems pretty serious – after all, he left most of the jokes out of last year's Starsky & Hutch. The director is looking to next adapt the best selling novel The Dogs of Babel, by… Continue reading →
In the summer of 1963 Pony League (motto: Stay Golden!) coach John Jennings robbed over 20 banks in California, using the traveling of his team as cover. Current first base coach for the Baltimore Orioles and 1983 World Series MVP (let's pretend like I just… Continue reading →
Fans are going through a period of high stress right now as Brett Ratner prepares to take the reins of the X-Men franchise. We felt that we were in a good place with Matthew Vaughn, and now Ratner feels like a serious step or eight backwards. But maybe… Continue reading →
How many masterpieces does one filmmaker get in a lifetime? Is there a finite store of incredible genius that can be burned through? Too many careers show that maybe this is the case, and Quentin Tarantino has said that filmmaking is a young man’s game. And… Continue reading →
I am breaking out my good silverware because I may be soon eating my own words. I have had no faith that Mission: Impossible 3 would ever actually get started, but now I see that Paramount has greenlit the picture and set a start date – July 18th. Honestly, I… Continue reading →
I won't deny that Jennifer Connelly has, for a long time, embodied female perfection to me. It's been really gratifying to see her, in the last decade, move into more serious roles and get the recognition she deserves for them – what a happy day when the girl… Continue reading →
I won't deny that Jennifer Connelly has, for a long time, embodied female perfection to me. It's been really gratifying to see her, in the last decade, move into more serious roles and get the recognition she deserves for them – what a happy day when the girl… Continue reading →
The French slasher film High Tension opens in American theaters this week. I loved it – you can read my review right here. Last week I had a chance to talk to director Alexandre Aja on the phone. He's busy prepping his remake of Wes Craven's The Hills Have… Continue reading →
It may be hard for teens of today to realize that once upon a time horror movies were not feel-good rollercoaster rides of thrills. There was a time when horror films were just as nasty as the killers and monsters they were about – small, grimy films that… Continue reading →