Machete Kills
Box Office Weekend: Captain Phillips Sails a Steady Ship but Gravity Holds It Down
Captain Phillips is the new critical darling, receiving almost unanimously excellent reviews, and a strong opening weekend with an estimated $26 million. However, its performance was not good enough to keep Gravity from snagging the top spot once again with an estimated $44.3 million. Alfonso Cuarón has entered its second week not only profitable, but having broken $100 million in box office gross...[Read More]
Movie Review: Machete Kills
Among the myriad filmmakers working in Hollywood today, Robert Rodriguez truly stands out as unique and fascinating. Much like his friend and frequent collaborator Quentin Tarantino, Rodriguez has made his career by celebrating the kind of films he grew up loving, mainly the genres of action, crime, and exploitation, and mashing them up with his own artistic sensibilities. The film of his that per...[Read More]
Trailer Trashin’: They Messed with the Wrong Mexican Again in Machete Kills
First off, let me apologize to you, dear readers, for getting this week’s column to you so late – it’s been crazy busy on my end, and this got away from me. In happier news, over the weekend, I finally saw The Wolverine, and I have to say that I liked it more than I thought I would. More importantly, this week finally sees the release of Elysium, which I am planning to see as soon as I...[Read More]
Trailer Trashin’: The Mexican Badass is Back in Machete Kills
May is over, and we’re now into the second month of the 2013 summer movie season. More to the point, this means that the release of Man of Steel is less than two weeks away, and I couldn’t be more excited. But looking beyond the summer, this week’s Trailer Trashin’ takes a look at the first teaser for one of my most anticipated films of the fall, Robert Rodriguez’s Ma...[Read More]