When Joe Carnahan’s Smokin’ Aces hit the big screen back in 2006 it seems to have spawned a micro-genre of assassin versus assassin and mostly direct-to-DVD films. We were big fans of the sheer lunacy of director Scott Mann’s The Tournament but hated Smokin’ Aces 2: Assassins’ Ball with all of our hearts. We’re keepingRead More
These days a video mashup probably makes it online every minute of the day. Back in the day they were a little harder to put together but there were some inspired ones to be sure. Apocalypse Now is my favorite movie of all time and Winnie the Pooh was a fixture in my early childhoodRead More
Directed by: Breck Eisner Written by: Scott Kosar and Ray Wright Actors: Timothy Olyphant: David Dutton Radha Mitchell: Judy Dutton Joe Anderson: Russell Clank Danielle Panabaker: Becca Darling Christie Lynn Smith: Deardra Farnum Brett Rickaby: Bill Farnum Preston Bailey: Nicholas Run time: 101 minutes Genre: Mystery, Thriller. There are a lot of movies that comeRead More
Happy Cinco De Mayo. Apparently, director Robert Rodriguez and actor Danny Trejo hand delivered an ‘illegal’ trailer to Harry Knowles of Aint It Cool News for the upcoming Mexploitation film MACHETE. Says Harry: Hey folks, Harry here and earlier today Robert Rodriguez and Danny Trejo dropped by my house with a package. Rodriguez is callingRead More
The Square. The Square (2008) dir: Nash Edgerton Reviewed by Willie So I seem to only be watching and reviewing films of desperation lately. The Square is a stylish Aussie thriller that was released a few years ago and let me tell you, it did not disappoint. The story revolves around a middle aged marriedRead More
MACHETE Comes to Theatres in Late Summer 2010 Roughly three years ago (April, 2007) Robert Rodriguez and Quentin Tarantino released their badass evening at the movies, GRINDHOUSE. It was a double feature of RR’s Planet Terror and QT’s Death Proof. Peppered throughout the carnage was a series of fake trailers for non-existent moveis such asRead More
Before the Devil Knows You’re Dead (2007) Reviewed by Willie Sidney Lumet. The name rang a bell in the back of my skull and stuck like the grit in an oysters shell itching at it to make a pearl. Where did I know that director’s name from. I admit I had to go online toRead More
Review and pen and ink illustrations by Richard Serrao Director: Russell Mulcahy Sreenwriter: Mark Hosack Actors: Thomas Jane: Malone Ving Rhames: Boulder Elsa Pataky: Evelyn Chris Yen: Mauler Gregory Harrison: Whitmore Doug Hutchison: Matchstick Thomas Jane’s newest movie is a throwback to the film noir movies of old. In other words, I enjoyed the fuckRead More
Holy shit I can’t wait until this hits the theaters in August. Here’s the latest trailer for The Expendables. You’ve no doubt heard about the Planet Hollywood reunion scene of Bruce Willis, Sly Stallone and Arnold Schwarzenegger in this flick. Have at it!
With the Horseman making it to DVD a few weeks ago and the impending North American releases of Nash Edgerton’s The Sqaure and David Michôd’s Animal Kingdom, Aussie crime drama is taking over. Having already seen the Square and the Horseman (reviews forthcoming) I can testify that they understand grim and gritty. Looks like theRead More
