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
Hoodtown — A Lucha-Noir Novel by Christa Faust Cover and Interior Illustrations by Rafael Navarro Opening paragraph: Name’s X. I’m a wrestler, at least I used to be. They used to call me the Ice Queen, on account of my ice-colored eyes and emotionless persona in the ring. I’m a ruda, a stone cold bitchRead 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
Review by Richard Serrao Mesmo Delivery Writer and Artist: Rafael Grampa Price tag: 9.99 US Color Approx :70 pages I must admit I had only seen Rafael Grampa’s work on the covers to the last mini-series starring Werewolf By Night for Marvel Max, so I really didn’t know what to expect from this creator. ThankRead 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
Seeing as we here at Blunt Force Beating traffic in the culture of sin and we also occasionally frequent the odd strip club we figured you’d enjoy this handy infographic on the history of the striptease. Presented via the cats at Online Schools. Via: Online Schools
by Jens H Altmann The year is 1954. The place is a newsstand. The object is a pulp novella: “Bastei Kriminalroman #68: Ich suchte den Gangster-Chef” (Bastei Mystery Novel #68: I Searched for the Gangster-Boss). The man is FBI agent Jeremiah “Jerry” Cotton, who fights organized crime in the New York area. The novella’s successRead 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
Chris is a good friend, founding partner here at Blunt Force Beating and he’s also a badass artist. I became intrigued with his zombie portrait series which he started doing in 2009. I ventured out to his studio in February to capture footage of one of these drawings from start to finish. I put togetherRead More
