When I first heard of Crossing Over, I wondered why anyone thought a feature-length film about communicating with the dead would work. About two milliseconds later when I actually read the description of it, I thought the border/immigration drama starring… Continue reading →
With all of the recent furor over the Batman films on the boards, I’ve seen oft-regurgitated slams on the Schumacher films for being so overtly gay and non-serious. But I just don’t see the complaints as much when it comes to what Bryan Singer did with… Continue reading →
Look, I understand Live Free or Die Hard is doing well and may, in fact, go on to be the biggest earner of the franchise. I get that. But are people really chalking this up to the sterling direction of Len Wiseman? Did they take his name off the… Continue reading →
For computer geeks my age, the entrée to 3-D PC gaming generally came through one of two properties: Castle Wolfenstein 3-D or Doom. When you’re a young teen and the hardest choice you have to make in any given night is whether to kill Nazis or monsters, life… Continue reading →
Here’s what I know after watching the trailer for the new Ryan Reynolds’ movie The Nines: It’s like The Number 23, but only thirty-nine percent as much. At no point is there a reference to a German girl being raped. So I’m going to have to subtract two stars… Continue reading →
It certainly isn’t even close to being the most anticipated of the upcoming comic book movie adaptations, but Frank Miller’s The Spirit will be one of the more important ones when all is said and done, I think. Although flashier modern-day titles from X-Men… Continue reading →
These are dark days for America. We live in a time where “habeas corpus” has been thrown aside, and the government can now detain anyone, citizen or non-citizen, for any reason – or none at all – and that person can be held and interrogated with “enhanced… Continue reading →
While reading CHUD’s interview with Robert Downey Jr., I was struck by Downey’s insight on how the trailers for big time movies have become just as important as the film itself, if not moreso. And I found myself immediately thinking about 1-18-08/Cloverfield… Continue reading →
Ok, Judd Apatow is greatness. This we know. I can’t phrase that any more interestingly or creatively than Dev or Beaks. And thanks to a MySpace-run screening that was chaos incarnate, I didn’t even get to see Superbad yet, so I can’t rhapsodize about that… Continue reading →
How strong is the Maxim brand these days? I know there was a time a couple of years ago when it was neat to check out the young actresses and pop tart music starlets of today in seriously over-Photoshopped cheesecake layouts. But now that they’ve run through… Continue reading →
Sticking with the girl that brought it to the dance, the new Hellboy 2: The Golden Army teaser poster is the definition of basic with its distinctive Mike Mignola visuals. But as it premiered at this weekend’s Comic-Con, it’s clear it was only meant for fans… Continue reading →
Welcome to the next CHUD List. We've tackled our our disappointments, our essentials list and slowly exhumed our Kills List from 2003, and now that we've begun the beguine, we must continue. Behold: The CHUD.com Top 50 Guilty Pleasures. We've all got those… Continue reading →