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In his May 8th "Big Picture" column for The Los Angeles Times, Patrick Goldstein poses the question that's been bugging me for years: "Is there anyone besides me who is depressed by the news that Steven Spielberg, a great filmmaker with the clout to get any… Continue reading
It's nice to see Disney and the Pirates of the Caribbean cabal aren't at all upset by having to cede bragging rights for The Biggest Three-Day Opening Ever to Spider Man 3. Oh, never mind. The studio has just announced their plans to premiere the film a few… Continue reading
Further to the headline, if you've never heard the one about Kevin Costner nearly ending Cal Ripken, Jr.'s consecutive games played streak by sleeping with his wife, why don't you remedy that. (Costner has denied it, and I believe him, but it's still one of… Continue reading
The Crop: The Lovely Bones The Studio: Dreamworks The Director: Peter Jackson The Producer: Jackson, Fran Walsh, Carolynne Cunningham and Aimee Peyronnet The Writers: Jackson, Walsh and Phlippa Boyens The Actors: No clue! The Premise: Fourteen-year-old Susie… Continue reading
"Gemini Man, with its special effects elements, is simply the best action concept in Hollywood right now." Thus enthused Jonathan Hensleigh six years ago when he was hired by Disney to rewrite Darren Lemke's futuristic screenplay about an aging hitman being… Continue reading
Getting worked up over Tim Allen is so 1992. As long as he stays off the Bolivian Marching Powder, the worst he can do is churn out an innocuously awful family comedy once or twice a year and star in a couple of Wild Hogs sequels (using the trusty sequel math… Continue reading
Welcome to the next CHUD List. We've tackled our essentials list and the continued revelation of our Kills List from 2003, and now that we've begun the beguine, we must continue. Behold: The CHUD.com Top 50 Disappointments. A quick word on the criteria. We… Continue reading
Perhaps you're acquainted with Nick Frost's one-man war against hotel plumbing. If not, acquaint yourself before taking in the final installment of a trilogy that does for dessert what 976-EVIL did for Stephen Geoffreys acting career. To see more from these… Continue reading
My apologies to Tony Carey… So three more young, work-hungry actors have been scooped up for the Dreamworks/Spyglass/Red Hour production of The Ruins, based on Scott Smith's big beach read of summer 2006. They are Jena Malone, Shawn "Bobby Drake"… Continue reading
Much as I want to tell you Liv Ullman has been cast as Betty Ross in the Louis Leterrier angry green man reboot, currently titled The Hulk Who's Okay with His Father Who Doesn't Resemble Nick Nolte, I'm afraid the sixty-eight-year-old muse of Ingmar Bergman… Continue reading
"At the risk of being labeled a scold – the ultimate in uncool – I have to ask: before cashing those big checks, shouldn’t we at least pause to consider what we are saying with our movies about the value of life and the pleasures of mayhem?" That was Mike… Continue reading
(I'd like to preface this review by imploring you to see Spider-Man 3 on IMAX if the option is available to you. I'm now of the opinion that these big studio event films are made for the biggest screen imaginable; they are sensory assaults first and stories… Continue reading
