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Don Johnson Joins Quentin Tarantino’s DJANGO UNCHAINED

by Adam Chitwood    Posted: October 11th, 2011 at 3:12 pm

In a teaming up of the old with the new, Quentin Tarantino has cast Miami Vice TV series star Don Johnson opposite Miami Vice crap movie star Jamie Foxx in Django Unchained. Showblitz reports that Johnson has been cast in the pic, though details on his role are unknown at this time. Foxx stars the titular Django, a freed slave to teams up with a German bounty hunter (Christoph Waltz) in order to rescue his wife from an evil plantation owner (Leonardo DiCaprio). The very Tarantino-esque cast thus far is nothing short of stellar, with Kurt Russell, M.C. Gainey, Dennis Christopher, Gerald McRaney, Laura Cayouette, and Samuel L. Jackson all poised to star. Production is set to get underway in New Orleans soon. Django Unchained opens December 25th, 2012.

A GOOD OLD FASHIONED ORGY Review

by Matt Goldberg    Posted: September 2nd, 2011 at 5:42 am

I didn’t want to write this review because it would involve me giving more thought to repulsive, selfish characters who populate a comedy that’s almost entirely devoid of laughs.  There’s something fascinating about a movie that sets up jokes and then forgets to deliver a punchline.  And because awful character delivering non-jokes isn’t enough, the film is saddled with limp, thoughtless direction that misses every opportunity for a laugh.   When A Good Old Fashioned isn’t being clichéd, it’s being dull, and sometimes it’s both, but it’s hardly ever funny.

EASTBOUND AND DOWN Season One and Season Two Blu-ray Review

by Andre Dellamorte    Posted: August 19th, 2011 at 8:00 am

One of the great things about Danny McBride is how he creates different iterations of his comic persona. McBride usually plays one form of white trash or another but The Foot Fist Way’s Fred Simmons is different than Kenny Powers, and way different than the characters in Your Highness and The Pineapple Express. All are delusional egotistical assholes, but each offer different dilemmas and delights. Kenny Powers – the main character of Eastbound and Down – was a superstar and he’s still got the swagger long after he lost his arm and his money, and even when he’s hiding out in Mexico. It’s a different sort of delusion than his other characters: Kenny’s someone desperately clinging to the time when they were still hot shit, while the majority of his other characters never hit those heights, and it makes all of the difference in the world. Our review of the season one and season two Blu-rays of Eastbound and Down follow after the jump.

MACHETE Blu-ray Review

by Andre Dellamorte    Posted: January 18th, 2011 at 5:10 am

The film Grindhouse included a number of fake trailers for (mostly) awesome looking movies. At that time, Robert Rodriguez’s trailer for the then imaginary film “Machete” offered a lot of awesome images of asskickery, but what made it great was that it had Danny Trejo in a leading role. Trejo has been kicking around Hollywood for over twenty five years, starting as an extra and moving up to “that guy” status after turns in films like Desperado and Heat. 2010’s Machete then is Trejo’s first starring role as an ex-federale turned day-laborer hired by Michael Booth (Jeff Fahey) to kill Senator John McLaughlin (Robert De Niro). It turns out the shooting is a double cross, and Machete must then get revenge.

Joined by an all star and random cast of actors that range from Steven Seagal, Jessica Alba, Lindsay Lohan, the aforementioned De Niro and Fahey, Cheech Martin, Michelle Rodriguez, Don Johnson and Tom Savini, it’s a weird collision of actors all making a film that was born of a fake trailer. The results are mixed, but it’s hard to hate a film like this. My review of Machete on Blu-ray follows after the jump.

4 Movie Clips from MACHETE

by Steve 'Frosty' Weintraub    Posted: August 21st, 2010 at 2:58 pm

One of the highlights of 2007′s Grindhouse was the fake trailer for Machete.  Shortly after the film got released, Robert Rodriguez’ started  talking about turning the trailer into a feature film with Danny Trejo reprising the role of Machete - a Mexican ex-Federale with a gift for wielding a blade.  With fandom excited, production moved ahead.

Since filming wrapped over a year ago on the feature, we’ve gotten a few trailers and a lot of images.  But with the film getting released on September 3, we’ve finally been given our first real look at the movie as Fox has provided us with four clips and you can check them out after the jump – along with the synopsis. With a cast that includes Danny Trejo, Steven Seagal, Robert De Niro, Cheech Marin, Michelle Rodriguez, Jessica Alba, Lindsay Lohan, Don Johnson, and Jeff Fahey, I can’t wait to finally see the finished film next month:

New MACHETE Trailer

by Steve 'Frosty' Weintraub    Posted: July 8th, 2010 at 4:00 pm

20th Century Fox has released a new trailer for Machete and you can check it out after the jump.  The reason the trailer is hitting the net today is it’s attached to prints of Predators (which I really enjoyed).  If you remember, for Cinco de Mayo, a special “Illegal” trailer for Machete hit the net.  While the new trailer is decent, I thought the first one was much better as it sold what the movie is really about.  Either way, I’m super excited for the movie and can’t wait to check it out in early September.  Judge the trailer for yourself after the jump:

Exclusive MACHETE Images Featuring Jessica Alba and Don Johnson

by Matt Goldberg    Posted: July 7th, 2010 at 8:58 pm

Tonight, we’re happy to bring you two exclusive images from Robert Rodriguez’ upcoming Grindhouse-style action flick Machete.  The film stars Danny Trejo as a man out for revenge after—to quote the trailer—”they fucked with the wrong Mexican.”  The “they” being a corrupt politician (played by Robert De Niro) and his spin doctor (Jeff Fahey). The film looks to have all styles of fun carnage and mayhem.  For those who don’t know, Machete is based off a fake trailer featured in Robert Rodriguez and Quentin Tarantino’s Grindhouse.  Trejo and Fahey are reprising their roles along with Cheech Marin as a shotgun wielding priest.

One of the “lobby cards” we received features Jessica Alba putting up her dukes.  The other has Don Johnson looking slightly more sinister than he did on Nash Bridges.   Hit the jump to check out the images, the fake 2007 trailer, the “illegal trailer” (both trailers are NSFW), and the official synopsis.  Machete slices up theaters on September 3rd.

New Trailer for Robert Rodriguez’s MACHETE starring Danny Trejo

by Ramses Flores    Posted: May 5th, 2010 at 8:18 am

Robert Rodriguez has released a special “Illegal” trailer for Machete just in time for Cinco de Mayo.  Based on the fake trailer that was attached in front of Grindhouse, Machete stars Danny Trejo as” a Mexican ex-Federale out to hunt down the corrupt politician (Robert De Niro) who betrayed him.”  Written by Rodriguez and co-directed by Rodriguez and Ethan Maniquis, Machete also features one of the most eclectic casts out there which includes Jessica Alba, Michelle Rodriguez, Cheech Marin, Lindsay Lohan, Don Johnson, Jeff Fahey, and Steven Segal.  More Machete after the jump:

Cheech Marin on MACHETE

by Sara Wayland    Posted: April 7th, 2010 at 11:58 am

Developed out of a rather unusual circumstance, the action-thriller Machete, from directors Robert Rodriguez and Ethan Maniquis, started off as a trailer in the Rodriguez/Tarantino double-feature Grindhouse and, due to demand from fans, has now become a full-length film.

About a renegade former Mexican Federale (Danny Trejo) who roams the cities, towns and streets of Texas looking for work after a shakedown from a drug lord (Steven Seagal), Machete promises a high body count with a cast that includes Robert DeNiro, Michelle Rodriguez, Jessica Alba, Lindsay Lohan, Jeff Fahey, Don Johnson and Cheech Marin, as Padre Benito del Toro.

While at the press day for Cheech & Chong’s Hey Watch This, due out on DVD on April 20^th and for which we’ll have more on later, Cheech Marin talked a bit about his involvement with Machete.

Zooey Deschanel to be a Groupie on HBO

by Keith Demko    Posted: February 3rd, 2010 at 9:36 am

Taking on a role that’s sure to give her plenty of risque material to work with, Zooey Deschanel has signed on to star in an HBO pilot based on groupie extraordinaire Pamela Des Barres’ book I’m With the Band: Confessions of a Groupie, according to Deadline.

Des Barres’ adventures on the rock ‘n’ roll road included – according to her, at least – sexual exploits with Mick Jagger, Keith Moon, Jimmy Page and Gram Parsons, and the oddest of all, even Don Johnson, too.

When I first heard this news, I mistakenly thought she had already played a groupie in Almost Famous, but Deschanel was, of course, instead Anita Miller, brother to our hero, William.

No time frame has been given yet for production of the I’m With the Band pilot and series, but something this fun will surely be put together fast, and when you join it with Martin Scorsese and Michael Mann directing pilots for, respectively, Boardwalk Empire and Luck, it would certainly appear that HBO has a very strong lineup in the works.

First Look at Tom Savini in MACHETE

by Ramses Flores    Posted: October 9th, 2009 at 12:33 pm

The first images of horror icon Tom Savini in “Machete” have hit the net. If you don’t know who Savini is, click here. His resume is kind of insane. Anyhow, Savini is only one part of the eclectic cast which includes Danny Trejo, Michelle Rodriguez, Robert De Niro, Jessica Alba, Steven Seagal, Cheech Marin, Don Johnson, and Jeff Fahey.  You can see the pictures after the jump.

Full Cast for MACHETE Announced

by Matt Goldberg    Posted: August 5th, 2009 at 12:54 pm

A few weeks ago we got some speculation on who might be in Robert Rodriguez and Ethan Maniquis’ upcoming “Machete”, based on Rodriguez’ fake trailer in “Grindhouse” and starring Danny Trejo (as all movies should).  The previous news got 2-out-of-3 right which isn’t bad.

Hit the jump to find out which ones signed on along with the rest of the cast.

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