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If you grew up in England during the '80s, Margaret Thatcher might be at least one of those things in your mind. Since I grew up in the States, I know her more from the parodies and commentaries in comics by Berkely Breathed and Dave Sim. Granted, Sim's take… Continue reading
Last week, Devin wrote about SciFi Wire writing about the New York Daily News writing about the rumour that Jake Gyllenhaal is in talks to become either Shazam, Billy Batson, or both. Aaaaand…not so much. Speaking to IGN's FIlm Force, Shazam! writer… Continue reading
Barry Levinson is making a new film with 2929 Entertainment called What Just Happened?, and Catherine Keener and Robin Wright-Penn have signed on to provide a desperately needed dose of talent. Why is the situation so desperate? Because the plot centers… Continue reading
Over the past five weeks we have brought you the 50 Essential CHUD movies, films that we think help to define just what a Chewer is. But those 50 movies don't tell the whole story, so we've decided to bring you this appendix. Those films were ones that made a… Continue reading
You could go to an amazingly romantic lake setting right at twilight, cover the surface of the water with rowboats meant for cuddlers and lovers, fill those boats with cash and still not have anywhere near as much money as New Line is still making off romance… Continue reading
Earlier this week, Devin wrote about Gerard Butler stepping into the shoes of Snake Plisskin, to which the general reply was: OK, not the worst thing ever…who's directing? We still don't have a director for Ken Nolan's script, but we do know that the… Continue reading
It's been a quiet couple of years for Fernando Meirelles, who came out of the gate strong with City of God and followed up nice with The Constant Gardener. Now the Brazialian director has a third picture lined up: an adaptation of the novel Blindness by Jose… Continue reading
Don Cheadle is an amazingly busy man. In addition to working on the book ‘Not On Our Watch', which arose from his time in Africa working on Hotel Rwanda, his own Crescendo Productions has five pictures in the pipline, starting with Cheadle's (new)… Continue reading
What makes one a Chewer? It isn't just reading CHUD.com regularly, although that's a great start. It definitely isn't being an expert at mastication. Being a Chewer requires a certain sensibility that's outside of the mainstream. Sure, a Chewer can hold his… Continue reading
I do a lot of my work from a cafe in the afternoons, and for the past couple of days I've sat near a group of high school kids having the old ‘Pirates vs Ninjas' conversation. After cutting them some slack for being about five years behind the curve, I… Continue reading
For an actor, there's nothing that makes the bank account happy like discovering that your character isn't as dead as previously thought. Take Rider Strong, who most of us assumed to be dead by the end of Cabin Fever. Apparently his death was exaggerated,… Continue reading
After March of the Penguins won an Oscar and became a license to print money, I half expected director Luc Jacquet to announce he'd always wanted to make a massive Hollywood animal movie, like a big-budget remake of The Hellstrom Chronicle. That was obviously… Continue reading
