The Sewer Chewer Newsletter #8 %BASIC:DATE%
 
Greetings!

This newsletter arrives on the same date that Mike Judge's Idiocracy parks its peter in theaters around the nation. I thought it was getting shelved, but no! That said, your movie theater options are quite good right now from the CHUD.com pimped Beerfest to the apparently wonderful Crank to Idiocracy to the surprisingly rich and sublime The Illusionist. It's a good time to see some movies and the weather looks to be piss poor along the East Coast so get out there and make your ticket seller proud. I'll be tossing some pesos at Jason Statham's new one at least.

Pan Sexual!

The big news of the week is most certainly the CHUD.com exclusive Pan's Labyrinth teaser trailer. Devin said "this December you'll be kicked in the solar plexus and have your heart broken by a movie that's deep, beautiful, brutal, touching and magical" and in my review I said it was "heartbreaking but filled with awe and unsuppressed imagination". It's a great flick and our little exclusive clip might just prove it to the folks whose radar hadn't featured this one. Tell your friends!

http://chud.com/news/7522

The Dark Him!

About a year ago we put our online comic strips at CHUD.com on hiatus for various reasons. They're back, and in addition to looking for ongoing strips from new folks out there, the CHUD.com born RON/The Dark Him saga resumed this past week with the latest three installments of the latter. To catch up on the B&W noir hero story check here (http://chud.com/comicstrip/7489) and then stay tuned to the site for the rest. These will run every MON-WED-FRI with a Hollywoodn't or special strip running on select weekends. Pipe up if you like or hate them!

http://chud.com/comicstrip/00/2006

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-Nick Nunziata
CHUD.COM
News that punches your Grandma in the throat!
NEWS

EXCLUSIVE: PAN'S LABYRINTH TEASER TRAILER PREMIERE!
Only on CHUD.com: The teaser trailer for one of the year's best movies!
http://chud.com/news/7522

YOU NAMED THE DOG WHAT?
Peter Jackson producing WWII remake that he once said he wasn't making.
http://chud.com/news/7526

READING THIS ARTICLE WILL EARN YOU AN FBI FILE
A movie about killing George Bush to play at Toronto.
http://chud.com/news/7525

BOLDLY GOING WHERE THESE OLD BASTARDS HAVE GONE BEFORE
Will Nimoy and Shatner be in Star Trek XI? Spock speaks.
http://chud.com/news/7521

DO MOGWAI CHIRP?
Only on CHUD.com: Gremlins star Zach Galligan gets his indie cred on.
http://chud.com/news/7520

LOST AMID THE ZOMBIES
Lost's Michael signs on to the 28 Days Later sequel.
http://chud.com/news/7519

LET'S GET OPTIMUS PRIMED TO COMPLAIN
A new Optimus Prime image hits; fans angry in advance.
http://chud.com/news/7518

THE LABYRINTH CONTINUES TO ENSNARE
More and more people are falling in love with the faun.
http://chud.com/news/7511

THOR'S COMIC COLUMN
These are the kinds of things with words and pictures.
http://chud.com/thor/7509

FINALLY! FEAST FOOTAGE!
The trailer for Gulager's Feast is online. And it's splattery.
http://chud.com/news/7510

NO TRICKS, JUST TREATS
Another Halloween DVD on the horizon? You may not complain this time...
http://chud.com/news/7508

IS ANN COULTER SABOTAGING AL FRANKEN'S FILM?
Devin finds out how Coulter is forcing edits on the new Al Franken doc.
http://chud.com/news/7505

TEN COMMANDMENTS I LIKE ABOUT YOU
David Wain of Wet Hot American Summer talks about his new Ten Commandments movie.
http://chud.com/news/7501

EDITING ROOM TALES
UPDATED With a message from Richard Kelly! Has Southland Tales been taken out of Richard Kelly's hands?
http://chud.com/news/7500

LET'S TRANSFORM AGAIN
What might you expect in a Transformers sequel? Devin asks.
http://chud.com/news/7496

ONE LAST BEERFEST PIMP
The Broken Lizard boys have a plea for you.
http://chud.com/news/7495

CHARLIZE THERON JOINS THE BLACK BLOC
Oscar winner to re-enact the 1999 WTO protests in Seattle.
http://chud.com/news/7493

TRANSFORMERS SET VISIT PREVIEW
A sneak peek at what met Devin's eye on the set of Michael Bay's Transformers.
http://chud.com/news/7491

INTERVIEWS

KIRBY DICK (THIS FILM IS NOT YET RATED)
Devin talks to the man who exposed the MPAA!
http://chud.com/interviews/7492

REVIEWS

LASSIE (FILM)
Warning: This review of a kiddie film includes swearing.
http://chud.com/reviews/7514

CRANK (FILM)
Devin couldn't be more surprised at how great this movie is.
http://chud.com/reviews/7524

DVD REVIEW: BRAK SHOW, THE - VOL. 2 (DVD)
Ian enjoys the bizarre but fun animated comedy.
http://chud.com/dvd/7497

ASPHALT WARS (DVD)
It's ass, says Ian.
http://chud.com/dvd/7502

THE COMPANY OF OGRES (BOOK)
Cameron's in their company and mostly enjoys himself.
http://chud.com/reviews/7515

CURSE OF THE DOLL PEOPLE & NIGHT OF THE BLOODY APES (DVD)
The title is all you need, really.
http://chud.com/dvd/7512

HAUNTED (BOOK)
Travis likes him some Charles.
http://chud.com/reviews/7503

HONG KONG PHOOEY - THE COMPLETE SERIES (DVD)
Eileen has found the secret weapon against crime.
http://chud.com/dvd/7487

THUD

WATCH MY SHOW IF YOU WANT TO LIVE
Terminator spin-off series gets a green light for its pilot.
http://chud.com/thud/7499

GENE RODDENBERRY'S PHANTOM RAPED MY CHILDHOOD!
The original Star Trek series is getting the Star Wars Special Edition treatment.
http://chud.com/thud/7529

CREATURE CORNER
Shit's coming!
Yes... the time is flying-it's just under two months to the best holiday of all. Fuck Christmas. We all know who's got it best. Horror junkies are definitely going to have it good this year, as the majority of horror movies and dvds hit in October, along with all the best horror film fests.

We'll be sure to amp up the coverage as it comes out, hopefully with a few of you contributing! (Check the Creature Corner mainpage for more info on that...)

We've got all sorts of tricks up our sleeves.... just you wait...

-Alex Riviello

NEWS

DVD SLICE!
Your weekly dose of horror goodness! http://www.creature-corner.com/?type=news&id=1618

THE DEUCE DROPS
What's Alex's most anticipated dvd? Hint: It's #2...
http://www.creature-corner.com/?type=news&id=1621

NYC HORROR FILM FESTIVAL DATES
The 5th Annual NYC Horror Film Festival starts up.
http://www.creature-corner.com/?type=news&id=1623

A NIGHTMARE IN THEATERS
One, Two, Freddy's coming for you...
http://www.creature-corner.com/?type=news&id=1611

NEW HALLOWEEN NEGATIVES RESURFACE
This is truly cool- new footage of Halloween's been found!
http://www.creature-corner.com/?type=news&id=1617

DVD REVIEW: BONE SICKNESS
More low budget zombie horror?
http://www.creature-corner.com/?type=reviews&id=1627

11 COLONELS ATTACK!
Batter up!
The CHUD.comedy continues to try to find a home out there but two of our options became non-options this past week. Thankfully, everyone is liking the material and getting what we're trying to do but it's a risky film to make because of how bizarre and raw it is. The one overriding thing we're getting is that everyone wants us to make it our way because if we do it as we're planning to it's going to be special. A hard sell to Middle America, but special. So, though we're still pursuing "legit" studios and such, it looks like our original idea of indie financing is the way to go. Anyone win the lottery recently?

Please visit the 11 Colonels MySpace page well as my brand new one at these locations:

http://www.myspace.com/11colonels
http://www.myspace.com/nicknunziata
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