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« Previous EntriesGreatest Moments of the Year - Chris’ Picks
Monday, December 31st, 2007Guess I’ll jump in on this. In a pretty ho-hum year their were some pretty good moments. Besides all the Britney-Paris-Lindsay bullshit that has rained down on us like a plauge there have been a few highlights. I, unlike Ray, do get a kick out of some of these lists but only for fun. Don’t [...]
Best Event of 2007 - Ray’s Pick
Sunday, December 30th, 2007I truly hate “best of” lists, particularly when it comes to movies. Even if you’re Rex Reed, and you’ve seen every single piece of celluloid released this year, your subjective opinion means diddly-squat. So there!
However, it’s fairly easy to pick my favorite media news story of 2007. Despite the justifiable pull of important media events [...]
The Greatest Moments Of 2007 - Eric’s Picks
Sunday, December 30th, 2007With the new year coming to an end, I think now is a good time to look back at the 5 greatest celebrity moments of 2007. This year was no different than those of the past. You can always count on Hollywood to give us the most entertaining, bizarre, what the fuck moments that make [...]
Barbie Loves The Ace Of Spades
Sunday, December 30th, 2007Are you a fan of Motorhead and the song Ace Of Spades? I guarantee that you have never heard it performed like this!
Great Live Performance
Sunday, December 30th, 2007Last year, Cyndi Lauper was the headliner for St. Louis’ 4th of July celebration (Fair St. Louis). At the end of the night, she brought out her opening act for some fun. And was it ever fun!
Charlie Wilson’s War - A Review
Wednesday, December 26th, 2007In October when the buzz really started for Mike Nichols’ new film Charlie Wilson’s War I suggested in a preview that this film would feel a lot like being bought. Big time directors teaming with multiple award winning actors to do period war pieces is usually a recipe for Oscar gold. I said this in jest but [...]
The Origins Of Spock
Wednesday, December 26th, 2007Have you ever wondered where the idea for the Mr. Spock character came from? Was he a freak, or maybe an outcast, or maybe a half-breed, or maybe he was just a brilliant Jew? It turns out that he may have been all of the above, but most importantly an alien Jew.
Erasure Was Always Weird
Wednesday, December 26th, 2007The gay British synth-pop group Erasure produced some pretty good dance songs in the 80’s, but their most popular song may be a song from the 1994, Always. The song was a big hit and produced one of the weirdest video of the year. These days the spend their time playing gay and lesbian festivals. Remember [...]
The Ultimate Terror
Wednesday, December 26th, 2007Today marks the 34th anniversary of possibly the greatest horror movie of all time, The Exorcist. The movie opened in theaters in 1973, on the day after Christmas and the theatrical movie experience shocked and terrified the world.
The origainal trailer was one of the most effective movie trailers ever. It gave you just enough that you [...]
National Treasure: Book Of Secrets - Review
Wednesday, December 26th, 2007Imagine buying a Quarter Pounder from McDonald’s, except this one has a juicy Chicken McNugget inside. Then, when you bite into it, the McNugget has shit inside of it, but the shit tastes like chocolate … but it’s still shit.
That’s just about the only way to sum up the viewing experience of National Treasure: Book [...]
Happy Holiday
Tuesday, December 25th, 2007We hope everyone is having a safe and happy holiday today! Regardless of religious belief, this is still a wonderful and rare opportunity to connect with family and friends … so make the most of it if you can.
A perennial favorite at this time of the year is the brilliant A Christmas Story. So thoroughly [...]
Beat The Press
Sunday, December 23rd, 2007Republican Presidential candidate Ron Paul stepped into the real political arena this morning as he submitted to a furious grilling by Tim Russert on Meet The Press.
Russert, armed with a handful of neo-con spin questions, did the bidding of his Big Media masters and attempted to assassinate Paul’s political chances. To some degree, Russert succeeded.
Semi-Funny
Sunday, December 23rd, 2007Will Ferrell has made the same movie three or four times now, each with less success. I love the guy; I think he might be the single funniest thing to ever hit Saturday Night Live. However, he has yet to find a movie that completely captures his unique comedic gift.
Sweeney Todd - Ray’s Review
Sunday, December 23rd, 2007Director Tim Burton returns to the big screen with an adaptation of the Stephen Sondheim musical Sweeney Todd.
His best and worst special effect is Johnny Depp.
If Ron Paul Can’t Get Air Time, His Supporters Will
Saturday, December 22nd, 2007If Fox, CNN and MSNBC won’t give Ron Paul air time. his supporters will take it from other candidates. This past week, Rudy “911″ Guiliani visited St. Louis. The local Fox affiliate send a reporter out to the site of his speech, presumably to get fan reaction. What they got, was something else.
VH1 At It Again
Friday, December 21st, 2007In a new list, for which VH1 is becoming infamous, the one time music video outlet has brought us the top 100 songs of the 90’s. First of all a list like this could be fun if you were to get it right, unfortunately the masterminds at VH1 always find a way to fuck this shit [...]
DUNE It Again
Friday, December 21st, 2007CHUD has confirmed that director Peter Berg, the multitalented mastermind behind The Kingdom and Friday Night Lights, is set to direct a third adaptation of Frank Herbert’s Dune.
While Berg promises that the movie will be “big, big, big,” I am sure we will never see in Berg’s version the mind-warping excesses that David Lynch brought to [...]
Take That Alicia Silverstone
Friday, December 21st, 2007
Aerosmith’s original Greatest Hits album has now sold over 11 million copies. Big Ones, which came out in 1994 and featured the Alicia Silverstone collection has only sold 4 million copies. I guess people are a little smarter than I though. Here are a couple songs from each of those albums. Which version of Aerosmith [...]
Hard Hobbit To Break
Thursday, December 20th, 2007The internets have been buzzing again - do they ever relax? - over the big announcement that Peter Jackson has buried his long-standing grudge with New Line, and together they will produce two films based on J.R.R. Tolkien’s Lord of the Rings prequel The Hobbit.
Jackson has announced that he will not direct the films. This [...]
Wanna Go To Hell, Boy?
Thursday, December 20th, 2007The first Hellboy made approximately $19.92 at the box office. So that, of course, means you immediately greenlight a sequel.
And here it comes:
Does this really look any more comprehensible than the first film??
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