Archive for July, 2007

Robert Rodriguez’s MACHETE is a Go!

Out of all endless news stories from the past weekend, this is one of my favorites. Robert Rodriguez’s GRINDHOUSE trailer, MACHETE, is getting the feature length treatment.

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Paris Hilton to Star in REPO!

REPO! THE GENETIC OPERA is set to begin its six week production in Toronto starting Sept. 10th and Paris Hilton is joining the cast. Paris will play Paul Sorvino’s daughter and supposedly “owned the role” when auditioned against 30 other women. (Were these women even actresses?) Paris will be singing and dancing with the rest of the cast.

BIT PARTS (200?) - Movie Review

Anyway, disgraced plastic surgeon Dr. Cranston (Christopher Page) gets into a car accident that disfigures his daughter Maggie (Michelle Angel). So he goes all nutty-nuts and starts holding auditions for actresses in LA, abducting the ones with the right nose/lips/boobs/what-have-you and does a little creative surgery on them to get his daughter back to her former glory.

CLOSET SPACE 2007 (Unrated) – Molly Review

A group of students go searching at an old house after a professor disappears during his exploration into a closet’s space.

Official Halloween T.V. Spot Featuring New Footage!

Official Halloween T.V. Spot Featuring New Footage!

Joss Whedon Comic-Con News

Buffy fans rejoice! Joss Whedon announced that he is finally going to bring the Ripper to TV. If you forgot, Ripper was supposed to follow the adventures of Giles after he returned to England.

I Know Who Killed Me (2007) - Review

Have you ever walked out of a bad movie and instead of being deadened or saddened or angered, you were actually impressed? Walking out and saying to your friends “WOW! That REALLY, REALLY SUCKED!” In these moments of tear-down reverie, one could actually get more animated and impassioned than had one seen their new favorite film.

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FRIDAY THE 13TH: MOTHER’S DAY - Review

There are certain elements of fandom that give me the creeps. One of these elements is fan art. Everything from paintings of Riddick to slash porn fiction about Gumby and Pokey. The weird thing about it is the better and more artful it is? The more I’m freaked out.

Thora Birch Joins TERROR TRAIN Remake

Yeah, yeah. Every Jamie Lee Curtis horror film is getting remade now and Curtis doesn’t even like to acknowledge her horror start anymore. So are these getting remade as revenge against her?

Jessica Alba’s THE EYE Pictures

If I had to base my initial thoughts on the upcoming film “The Eye” on this picture alone, it would be that the film is terrible. I cannot even look at Jessica Alba’s mouth open that wide without laughing hysterically. [Insert dirty joke here.]

SAW IV Rated NC-17, Spoilers…

SAW IV has already been hit with the inevitable. Poor reviews? Not yet, but it did get slapped with an NC-17 rating. No surprise there and no surprise that Darren Lynn Bousman will shave off some healthy gore to score big with the MPAA, make a crapload of money in theaters, and release the film unrated later.

San Diego Comic-Con Updates 7/27/07

ONE MISSED CALL was previewed at Comic-Con with clips of ghosts and Jesus and people killing themselves. The tagline is “What will it sound like when you die?” The film stars yummy Shannyn Sossamon and hotheaded Ed Burns who gave away iPhones during the panel.

Grindhouse DVDs Specs

You should already know that the DVDs will be sold separately since it was announced a while back. You should also be smart enough to know, they will probably release a “DVD-Double-Disc-Collectors-Edition” later to try and milk more money out of us.

Brain Hammer’s PICKS FROM THE CRYPT Vol.14: The NINJA Trilogy!!!

In honor of “the black ninja” Sho Kusugi - this week’s PICKS FROM THE CRYPT are the three infamous 80’s action flicks that comprise “the ninja trilogy” - “Enter The Ninja,” “Revenge Of The Ninja,” and “Ninja III: The Domination!” These three ass kicking flicks all feature double digit body counts and an unbelievable assortment of violent and creative deaths via various deadly ninja weapons! “Don’t fuck with the Japanese. They can be very dangerous.” LET THE BLOODSHED BEGIN!!!