Grindhouse (2007)
The term “grindhouse” is attributed to a style of films that were regularly churned out in the 1970s that were predicated on delivering exploitative, sensationalist subject matter in order to entertain a defined audience...
2000s / Action / Horror / Science Fiction / Thriller
by Vincent Leo · Published April 17, 2007 · Last modified February 7, 2019
The term “grindhouse” is attributed to a style of films that were regularly churned out in the 1970s that were predicated on delivering exploitative, sensationalist subject matter in order to entertain a defined audience...
by Vincent Leo · Published April 16, 2007 · Last modified February 11, 2019
Two small time thieves named Val (Henry, Star Trek: Insurrection) and Porter (Gibson, Lethal Weapon 4) put the moves on a Chinese gang to steal $140,000. They are supposed to split it evenly, but Val needs the money...
Although M. Night Shyamalan is a very talented writer and director, his films are becoming progressively more ambitious, and unfortunately, progressively tricky to suspend disbelief in. Lady in the Water is his most ambitious film yet,...
Director Alfonso Arau made a splash with his previous effort, 1992’s Like Water for Chocolate, and he returns to the whimsical romance genre for the English language A Walk in the Clouds, mostly to lesser but...
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