Sunday, October 24, 2010

Machete

The opening sequences of "Machete" start in the same style of Robert Rodriquez's "Planet Terror" portion of "Grindhouse," with scratchy film as a homage to the 1970s grindhouse films he enjoyed. There is head-slicing from the beginning as the title character, played by Danny Trejo, storms a rusty old house filled with bad guys and carries a woman to safety. The woman, while still unclothed, returns...

Thursday, October 14, 2010

Toy Story 3

The previous "Toy Story" films centered around a boy named Andy and his toys. "What are my toys doing when I leave my room?" must have been a universal question for young children when they saw the first film fifteen years ago and the impetus for such a film. "What should I do with my toys now that I've grown up?" is probably no less common of a question. In "Toy Story 3," Andy (voiced in all...