Damond Fudge

Newscast Director at KCCI-TV (Des Moines, IA)

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Movie Review: 'Shadow Force'

6 days ago | kcci.com | Damond Fudge

As we all know, movie trailers can produce expectations. You know immediately whether the film is your kind of entertainment and if you want to see it. Take me, for instance. I have a wide variety of tastes when it comes to film, so plenty of trailers can appeal to me. Yet, even previews for movies in my wheelhouse genres—especially Horror—sometimes can’t do anything to hide how terrible the movie might be.
Movie Review: 'Clown in a Cornfield'

6 days ago | kcci.com | Damond Fudge

For a while there it seemed that Young Adult novels were all the rage in Hollywood. You couldn’t swing a house elf without hitting the release date for a YA adaptation. While some translated well, creating multi-million dollar franchises, others fared poorly.
Movie Review: 'The Accountant 2'

2 weeks ago | kcci.com | Damond Fudge

Remember flipping around through the channels to find something to watch? In this age of streaming and “everything at your fingertips,” most don’t probably do this anymore. If you were one of those channel flipper types, did you have certain movies or shows that, if you came across them, you’d stop and watch, no matter where it was in the runtime? As you probably can guess, I have a number of those. One, in particular, is 2016’s The Accountant. There’s something about that film that grabs me.
Movie Review: 'Until Dawn'

2 weeks ago | kcci.com | Damond Fudge

I used to love video games. My family got an Atari 2600 practically as it came on the market. Give me a fistload of tokens and set me free in an arcade and I was a happy camper. I even worked in an arcade for a time in the 90s. I participated in the evolution from Atari to Intellivision to ColecoVision to NES to Sega to SNES to the PlayStation revolution. My participation in gaming systems pretty much ended with the PS2.
Movie Review: 'Drop'

1 month ago | kcci.com | Damond Fudge

One of the most famous quotes from Alfred Hitchcock is “There is no terror in the bang, only in the anticipation of it.” That’s why he was the Master of Suspense. That’s also why using this method of storytelling has since become known as Hitchcockian. The seemingly ceaseless building of tension is nothing if the resolution falls flat, though, which has unfortunately happened with plenty of thrillers. It’s a very thin and wobbly tightrope for filmmakers to tread.
Movie Review: 'The Amateur'

1 month ago | kcci.com | Damond Fudge

People like to consider the hypothetical, “How far would you go for the ones you love?” Naturally, the question of killing for them tends to come up for consideration. I wonder what that means to individuals, though? Does it mean kill to protect, as in a mugging or home invasion? Does it mean kill if they ask, as in a loved one wants someone dead either with your assistance or by your hands alone?
Movie Review: 'A Working Man'

1 month ago | kcci.com | Damond Fudge

If the name Chuck Dixon sounds familiar to you, congratulations! You’re a nerd! He has been writing for comics since the mid-1980s, working for all the majors and some of the smaller presses, too. He’s most famous for creating the popular Batman villain Bane in the seminal Knightfall run, along with his work on many other titles such as Punisher, Nightwing, Conan, Moon Knight and Birds of Prey.What you might not know is he also has written novels, completely unconnected to his comic book work.
Movie Review: 'Novocaine'

2 months ago | kcci.com | Damond Fudge

When I first saw Sam Raimi’s cult superhero film Darkman back in 1990, I thought the idea of not being able to feel any pain would be a cool power. Yet, at some point in the intervening years, I discovered that this is an actual genetic disorder called CIP, or congenital insensitivity to pain. Turns out, without all of the other benefits of being a superhero to go along with it, CIP is a very dangerous condition for your average human.
Movie Review: 'Black Bag'

2 months ago | kcci.com | Damond Fudge

Some directors find a genre that suits them and rarely—if ever—step outside it. There’s a reason Hitchcock is called “The Master of Suspense.” Some directors, like Spielberg and Scorsese, can work in a variety of genres, though you always know it’s one of their films by the look or feel. Then there is Steven Soderbergh. He can flit from genre to genre, style to style like a hummingbird. While not alone in this talent, he is probably the most prominent director to ever be so versatile.
Movie Review: 'Mickey 17'

2 months ago | kcci.com | Damond Fudge

There are very few actors of the modern era that have surprised me more than Robert Pattinson. I have to admit that my original view of him was tainted by his star-making role in the Twilight series, movies I have never seen but can feel confident that my preconceived notions of their quality are far from prejudiced.