By Jess Lomas January 29, 2014 Play It Again is a weekly feature in which our classic-film connoisseurs revisit a revered motion picture from the annals of movie history, to see if it holds up… or if it has aged terribly. And yes, it takes its name from a famously misquoted Casablanca line. (Hey, whatever. […]
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Cuts like a knife – Machete Kills review
October 21, 2013 
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By Simon Miraudo October 21, 2013 The market has well and truly rejected the Machete franchise, as if it were salted toothpaste or phlegm-flavoured soda. Yet still, further instalments keep getting churned out (probably just to keep Danny Trejo in moustache oil). The unnecessary Machete Kills – truly the Crystal Pepsi of cinema – opened […]
Continue readingTruly terrifying – Scary Movie V review
August 16, 2013 0 Comments
By Simon Miraudo August 16, 2013 Railing against Scary Movie V for diminishing the series’ standards would be as effective as criticising Brooke Hogan for disgracing her proud family name. And yet, the fifth instalment of the Scary Movie franchise does do that. The commercially successfully – if not all that creatively bountiful – first […]
Continue readingNot winning – A Glimpse Inside the Mind of Charles Swan III review
August 13, 2013 0 Comments
By Richard Haridy August 13, 2013 A Glimpse Inside The Mind Of Charles Swan III is an honest-to-goodness awful film. The kind of truly bad movie only genuinely talented people can pull off; where isolated lyrical images and wonderfully imaginative moments all coalesce into a dry, misguided muddle. Roman Coppola (son of Francis Ford, brother […]
Continue readingTrailer Debut: Machete Kills
August 7, 2013 0 Comments
Mel Gibson as a crazy super-villain and Charlie Sheen as the President of the United States? It could only be the trailer for Machete Kills. From the looks of this genuinely insane trailer, it seems director Robert Rodriguez has turned his dial to 11 for this sequel, which once again stars Danny Trejo in the […]
Continue readingTeaser Debut: Machete Kills
May 31, 2013 0 Comments
Robert Rodriguez’s mad collection of pals assemble in the teaser trailer for Machete Kills, the unlikely sequel to 2010’s Machete (which, as you may recall, began life as a fake trailer from Grindhouse). Just some of the names we get to see in action beside Danny Trejo’s title character: Lady Gaga, Sofia Vergara, Antonio Banderas, […]
Continue readingTrailer Debut: Scary Movie 5
March 18, 2013 0 Comments
And the award for Worst Trailer of the Year goes to … Scary Movie 5. And it’s only March! It’s safe to say this flick will also take out the award for Worst Film of the Year and possible crimes against humanity, but for now let’s look at what this “comedy” has in store for […]
Continue readingPoster Debut: Sofia Vergara in Machete Kills
March 11, 2013 0 Comments
Posted without comment. Sofia Vergara stars opposite Machete himself, Danny Trejo, as well as Jessica Alba, Michelle Rodriguez, Charlie Sheen, Lady Gaga, and Mel Gibson. Weird cast. We’ll get to see them all in action later this year. That is, so long as Overnight Productions’ lawsuit against Robert Rodriguez’s Quick Draw Productions doesn’t bar the film from release. Overnight are seeking $2 million […]
Continue readingMachete Kills may not see the light of day
November 22, 2012 0 Comments
A lawsuit could keep Robert Rodriguez’s grindhouse sequel Machete Kills from ever seeing the light of day. According to Deadline, Overnight Productions – who hold the original rights to Machete – wish to overturn their decision to allow Rodriguez’s Quick Draw Productions to make the flick. Overnight seek to end the agreement, claiming they have been kept in […]
Continue readingFirst look at Lady Gaga in Machete Kills
July 27, 2012 1 Comment
Robert Rodriguez has revealed another cast-member of his grindhouse sequel Machete Kills via Twitter. And it’s… Lady Gaga? Gaga will play ‘La Chameleon’ in the pic, at least according to the above poster also unveiled by Rodriguez on Twitter. Here’s what he had to say of the pop star: “I just finished working with @LadyGaga on @MacheteKills, she kicked […]
Continue readingCharlie Sheen to play American President in Machete Kills
June 25, 2012 0 Comments
Charlie Sheen is following in the footsteps of his father Martin (excluding all his accomplishments, the widespread industry respect, and absence of public meltdowns). Robert Rodriguez revealed via Twitter that he had cast Sheen Jr. as the President of the United States in his Machete sequel, Machete Kills. Sheen memorably waved a machete atop the roof of the Live […]
Continue readingModern Family rules at 2011 Emmy Awards
September 19, 2011 0 Comments
The love was shared around at the 63rd Emmy Awards, as if the television industry was one big happy modern family (even Charlie Sheen made a peace offering to the Two and a Half Men team while presenting an award). Modern Family was the big winner at the Jane Lynch-hosted ceremony, picking up Outstanding Comedy […]
Continue readingCharlie Sheen books first movie since meltdown
September 9, 2011 1 Comment
It didn’t take long for the public perception of Charlie Sheen to shift from ‘overpaid star of sub-par TV show’ to ‘unfairly fired folk hero’ before settling on ‘deeply disturbed manic depressive who waves machetes atop buildings’. So even though his ‘Violent Torpedo of Truth’ live variety show was a bit of a bust – […]
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