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I don't cry a whole lot. I'm part of that generation of men raised by women, yeah, but when the salty liquid flows it generally isn't from my eyes. Even so, I get a little bit teary every time I think about the percentage of early films that are simply gone.… Continue reading
It says a lot about where genre properties have gone, commercially, that a video clip of Frank Miller talking about his upcoming film version of The Spirit is prominently displayed on the Hollywood Reporter‘s Cannes coverage page. There's not a whole… Continue reading
As I watch the first real trailer for The Golden Compass, I know two things for certain. One, that Sam Eliott is going to win me over as the balloon enthusiast Lee Scorseby. And two, that Daniel Craig has a fifty percent chance of gaining my trust, despite… Continue reading
What I think it'll take for me to enjoy a new Jack Black movie: A small budget. A concept that doesn't take a dictionary and a stack of Tijuana Bibles to explain. Pants. Which is a roundabout way of saying, of course, that Nacho Libre was terrible and that… Continue reading
If you haven't seen James Ellroy: Demon Dog of American Crime Fiction, try to do so. It's one of those flawed but fascinating documentaries that capures a subject in spite of itself. In this case, the subject is obviously Ellroy, as he talks about his history… Continue reading
We should have all seen this coming. For years, books have been optioned before they ever hit shelves. Hannibal: Vegan? Not even left Harris' pen yet, and it's already a movie. I bought a copy in Chinatown over the weekend. But now we've moved into the new… Continue reading
While Devin spent the early part of this week in Romania, I went the other direction. Sony held a two-day press event (four days with travel, ultimately!) to show off all sorts of new code for the PS3 and PSP, and even a couple things for the PS2. Altogether,… Continue reading
The advent of summer is wonderful for obvious reasons (temperatures wax, clothes wane) but also for one known only to movie-die hards: festival announcements*. While eager crowds are lining up to eat the baby-shit sandwich called Shrek 3, pretentious assholes… Continue reading
The list of famous offspring who go on to appear on screen is long and impressive. Sofia Coppola. Lisa Marie Presley. Liza Minelli. Come to think of it, the list needs more men. Thankfully, when the true-story nature of The Pursuit of Happyness rendered it… 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
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
Clothes really make the man. The half of our species with external reproductive organs gets a little flush when we see new images of men in metal suits. Meanwhile for some of the people born with a pair of ovaries (instead of this little ovarian nub the… Continue reading
