Everyone I know who has seen Juno [Russ's Review] say it's a very special movie. Unanimously. That some of these folks aren't big fans of Jason Reitman's excellent Thank You for Smoking scares me a little but not enough not to have any lack of faith with the… Continue reading →
I'm not going to even try to sell this movie on my tastes. I'm the guy who loathes Napoleon Dynamite. Loathes it. If Napoleon Dynamite took the form of my next door neighbor I'd run his grandmother over with a riding lawnmower before going inside to punch his… Continue reading →
Bad ass. That's one way to describe No Country for Old Men, my #1 movie of the year by a good stretch and one of many recent films that go a long way towards illustrating something I've been trying to tell you people for a long time: Josh Brolin is one of the… Continue reading →
So we're done with our massive blowout retrospectives/reviews of The Shining, Full Metal Jacket, Eyes Wide Shut, A Clockwork Orange, and 2001: A Space Odyssey. Now it's time to send a copy of the brand new, unopened Stanley Kubrick box set to a lucky Chewer… Continue reading →
The response to the Angel Box Set giveaway was immense and lovely. As a result, and timed nicely with the fact that a second X-Files movie is finally coming to screens, I'm thrilled to be offering a lucky Chewer this amazing comprehensive box set of the show… Continue reading →
Heck yes. I Am Legend. Big and bad and large in scope. How it was meant to be. I'm dying to see this one and though I'm not sold on Will Smith as the lead I'm more than sold on Francis Lawrence's ability to deliver a great flick, and the honest truth is that… Continue reading →
Jessica Biel, Dan Ackroyd, Ving Rhames, Steve Buscemi, and Richard Chamberlain! Not THAT is a cast. Wait, Adam Sandler and Kevin James are in this too, as well as known Sandler associates Allen Covert, Nick Swarsdon, and Rob Schneider? That's just… Continue reading →
Yes! I don't remember the source novella for Stephen King's The Mist other than the fact that as a very young fellow it, coupled with Danse Macabre, caused me to hunt down a few H.P. Lovecraft novels. Those were lovely, tentacle-filled times… Ever since… Continue reading →
Ever done a puppet? Whether or not you truthfully answer that [I never have, though a marionette blew me] is irrelevant. Lars and the Real Girl is a sharp new oddly romantic comedy about a young gentleman [budding Actor of His Generation Ryan Gosling] whose… Continue reading →
I have a handful of copies of the DVD of Severance waiting for lucky Chewers out there who have a hankering to obtain a copy of one of the more beloved horror films in recent memory. The premise: "A team-building weekend in the mountains of Eastern Europe… Continue reading →
I'm pretty jazzed about this one. Sidney Lumet has long been a favorite of mine ever since Prince of the City became a VideoDisc favorite of mine as a kid who had no business liking a long Treat Williams star vehicle. I should have been outside playing Nerf… Continue reading →
Howdy folks. Some of you know that I'm moderating a Q&A screening for Lions For Lambs tonight, one where actor Michael Pena will be in attendance for. Folks in Atlanta, we want to fill this theater up so if you can clear your schedule, come on over. Here's… Continue reading →