Let me begin by saying that I love Quentin Tarantino. He is one of my all time favorite filmmakers. In fact, True Romance (written by him) is my favorite movie of all time so I don’t take this review lightly and in no means am I just trying to tear him apart. That being said, Death Proof is the worst piece of trash movie that I’ve ever seen. It is absolute rubbish and if I could have a procedure done to erase it from my mind, I would do it, no matter what the side effects were. It’s that bad. Given I’ve seen plenty of bad movies in my day, but the fact that this was made by one of the greatest filmmakers of all time, makes it that much worse.

It’s a scary weekend at multiplexes this weekend as 2 fright flicks go head to head. Rob Zombie’s Halloween 2 is going to have to square off with The Final Destination 3-D for the attention of horror fans everywhere. It seems rather strange to me that 2 high profile horror movies are opening on the same weekend, but it certainly makes it interesting from a box office perspective. Also opening in 1300 theatres nationwide is Taking Woodstock from director Ang Lee. Which horror film will reign supreme? Let’s take a look.

Quentin Tarantino enjoyed his biggest opening ever this weekend as Inglorious Basterds captured the top spot and scalped all competition. Kids flick Shorts from director Robert Rodriguez proved it will have a short lifespan in theatres and Post Grad starring Alexis Bledel failed to connect with audiences. Last weekend’s champ, District 9 had to settle for second place in its second frame.

Writer/director Quentin Tarantino is back in glorious form with his World War II epic, Inglorious Basterds. At times the film is deadly serious and violent while at others it is tongue in cheek and playful. At all times Basterds is engrossing and entertaining and is a fitting entry in the Tarantino genre. Yes, that’s right genre. No matter what his films are about, whether they are a homage to pulp novels or a revenge fantasy starring a female samurai, Tarantino’s films are uniquely Tarantino, laced with brilliant dialogue, awesome camera angles, title cards and plenty of comedic violence.  

This weekend there are 3 new movies in wide release; Quentin Tarantino’s Inglorious Basterds, Shorts from Robert Rodriguez and Post Grad starring Alexis Bledel. It’s no mystery that Tarantino’s WW II epic will nab the top spot, but will the star power of Brad Pitt help Basterds achieve Quentin’s biggest opening yet? Let’s take a look.

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5 new movies jammed their way into multiplexes this weekend in an effort to capitalize on the last few weeks of the summer movie going season to decidedly split results. Sci-fi thriller District 9 invaded the #1 spot with an explosive first 3 days and The Time Traveler’s Wife starring Rachel McAdams and Eric Bana had a solid debut in third place. Japanese animated film, Ponyo, opened to middling results, while The Goods: Live Hard, Sell Hard starring Jeremy Piven and Bandslam starring Vanessa Hudgens failed to connect with audiences.

District 9, a faux documentary, violent sci-fi action extravaganza, social message film brought to you by producer Peter Jackson and first time director Neill Blomkamp is at times brilliant and at times ridiculously stupid. The film is based on a short film from Blomkamp called Alive in Joberg. The first half of the film is amazing but from that point on, the film degrades into the bastard stepchild of Transformers and Terminator Salvation. It really is a shame because District 9 could’ve been one of the best sci-fi films ever. I generally make it a point not to expose plot points in my reviews but I don’t think I can express what I loved and hated about the film without doing so. That being said, there may be some spoilers ahead, so read on at your own risk.

With the summer movie season almost over, 5 new releases are cramming their way into multiplexes this weekend. The movie with the biggest box office potential is sci-fi film, District 9. Beyond that, The Time Traveler’s Wife has potential to reach its target audience of women but will have to contend with competition from last weekend’s Julie & Julia. The other 3 releases won’t have much effect on the overall box office with each of them set to debut under $10M. They are The Goods: Live Hard, Sell Hard starring Jeremy Piven, Bandslam starring Vanessa Hudgens (High School Musical) and animated film, Ponyo. The real question is whether any of these films will be strong enough to stop G.I Joe from rising to the top spot for the second week in a row. Let’s take a look.