Tom Savini
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]
Trailer Trashin’: Bullets are Flying in Quentin Tarantino’s Django Unchained
It’s finally December, and that means it’s the time we’ll all start preparing to celebrate our winter holiday of choice – Christmas/Hanukkah/Kwanza/Festivus/Decemberween/etc. And this week’s edition of Trailer Trashin’ brings us another look at the most awesomely inappropriate movie of this holiday season: Quentin Tarantino’s Django Unchained. Premise: Django (J...[Read More]
Trailer Trashin’: Tarantino’s Django Unchained Looks Off the Hook
As I said last week, the summer is a time when movie studios start promoting their big films and Oscar hopefuls that are coming out in the fall and winter. And just like last time, this week’s installment of Trailer Trashin’ is looking at a promising December release – Django Unchained, the new film from writer/director Quentin Tarantino. Premise: Django (Jamie Foxx), a freed slave, tr...[Read More]