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Ah, the halcyon days of 2000. The Matrix had just come out and blown everybody away. Warner Brothers wanted sequels sooner rather than later, and all of fandom was excited for the promise of even greater action and an expanded scope. It was right about this… Continue reading
1. ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY #939 Sure, their film reviews are hated by geeks. Yes, they follow trends incessantly. And yes, music coverage is generally an afterthought. But it's surely the most fun weekly read out there, and they have television on lock. Plus,… Continue reading
We're gearing up to restart the Podcast Train in a big way, but this caboose don't exactly run on coal. It's powered by your input, specifically your voicemails. Our last full installment was full of us enjoying your rambling, then promptly mocking it with… Continue reading
Death At A Funeral is the latest film from Frank Oz, who has a decent bit to answer for due to 2004's criminally unfunny, ungood, and unwatchable The Stepford Wives. But try not to hold that against him too much. The guy's giving us a well-reviewed comedy… Continue reading
Currently on TV, there are three different regularly-televised showcases for black comedians. On HBO, Diddy’s Bad Boys of Comedy supposedly spotlights up-and-coming talent with an edgy twist. On Starz, Martin Lawrence’s 1st Amendment Stand Up does….roughly… Continue reading
You gotta give William Hurt credit. While he’s always worked with a Samuel L. Jackson-esque frequency, he’s been able to dip into virtually every genre in both film and television, and even direct-to-DVD, without skipping a beat or leaving any sort of… Continue reading
Supposedly, you can’t ever count Drew Barrymore out. Just when you think her career is spiraling, she quietly jumps back in her romantic comedy lane and lands a hit like this year’s Music and Lyrics, which, despite performing modestly in the US, did great… Continue reading
I’m secure enough in my sexuality to admit to man-crushing on certain actors – guys who I think are the shit, have all of the goods, and should be way bigger than they are. And somewhere in my top 10, you’ll find Johnny Messner. This gravelly-voiced stud has… Continue reading
In writing for CHUD, you sometimes see news from the same company of the same nature so often that you dismiss it on its face. Ever since Walden Media started up in the “big-budget family entertainment” lane and scored with The Chronicles of Narnia, we’ve… Continue reading
Despite their recent verbal commitment to the project, there’s still not much concrete news on Broken Lizard’s Super Troopers 2. And with that lack of movement, we’re looking at a wide open horizon for the boys where any number of projects they’ve talked… Continue reading
Oddly, and sadly, enough, I found myself musing a few days ago as to what happened to Dr. Uwe Boll. A thoroughly untalented, yet determined filmmaker, Boll has earned a special status as the Ed Wood of our times with his almost unbelievably shitty body of… Continue reading
Knocked Up aside, this summer’s been pretty disappointing for me thus far, so I find myself already looking to the traditionally meatier Fall schedule where one film towers above all others for me: American Gangster. From the moment I first heard of the… Continue reading
