Sentences with phrase «death proof»

His authoritative presence implicitly assures us that everything will be okay, which is why he made for such a terrific villain in Death Proof.

And unlike Death Proof, it gets busy and exploits.

I love how Death Proof makes us really content to just sit down and spend time with the characters.

In that aspect, Death Proof hits the nail on the head really well.

The pacing of the films was only the beginning of the problems with selling such a thing to a broad audience; likely because of Tarantino's standing as the more well - regarded filmmaker, the slow - burn crescendo of Death Proof played after the warp - speed throwback gorefest Planet Terror.

Check out Reservoir Dogs, Kill Bill Volume 1 and Volume 2 as well as Death Proof after the jump.

While I agree very much with Eric Snider's assessment of Django Unchained as «lesser Tarantino» - I place it above on Death Proof on my own personal rankings - I also agree with his further assertion that it is a...

While Death Proof engaged in simple repackaging for its home - theater release, Planet Terror uses the opportunity to add another twist of fun to the mix.

That the sequence is reckless at best and criminally irresponsible at worst (shades of Vic Morrow hover ominously throughout) doesn't diminish from the stunning, unforgettable reality of it — a reality that not only rescues Death Proof from disaster, but is also certain to ensconce Bell among the immortals of her profession.

Quentin Tarantino «s The Hateful Eight, premiering in theaters on December 25th, is the director's eighth feature film (which is some shady math, because he's either counting Kill Bill as one film or not counting Death Proof at all, and then there's the whole matter of his part in directing Four Rooms, but hey, the trailer says what the trailer says).

Death Proof starred Kurt Russell as a serial killer who drives a 1970s muscle car and targeted young women — that is, until a group of them fights back.

DVD Review by Kam Williams Headline: Robert Rodriguez Homage to Zombie Genre Released on DVD This Robert Rodriguez tour de force was originally released in theaters paired with Quentin Tarantino Death Proof as the better half of Grindhouse, a double feature of deliberately low - grade throwbacks designed as an homage to the B - flicks from the Fifties.

And that's not meant as a knock on flicks like Death Proof, Planet Terror, Hobo with a Shotgun, Manborg, and Turbo Kid, all of which are pretty damn awesome.

Death Proof Quentin Tarantino, U.S. -LRB----RRB- 41.

Tarantino once again shows his unparalleled love of cinema as he personifies the spaghetti western genre in the same regards and respect as he accomplished with Death Proof for grindhouse films.

To be honest I love every movie Tarantino directed and yes, including Death Proof!

There is something very relaxing about Death Proof, as if it is a lighter and more fun movie than Tarantino usually makes, without the overlapping themes or tone of Django Unchained or Inglorious Basterds.

The purposefully slight and throwaway Death Proof aside, Quentin Tarantino's most recent films, Kill Bill Vol.

For a director ever - willing to transpose his gobbiness to the screen, Death Proof provided Quentin Tarantino with his best opportunity to date to exercise his considerable action chops.

Right at the end, when Death Proof finally kicks in, her stunt work is jaw dropping.

As they drink and smoke their way into oblivion, a borderline - creepy stalker named Stuntman Mike (Kurt Russell) plans a head - on collision between the women's car and his own death proof stunt car.

It also seems to have influenced Tarantino's Grindhouse contribution Death Proof (2007), in the scene where stuntwoman Zoë Bell hangs on the hood of a speeding car while menaced by Kurt Russell's sadistic Stuntman Mike.

It was released theatrically in North America as part of a double feature with Quentin Tarantino's Death Proof under the title Grindhouse, to emulate the experience of viewing exploitation films in a «grindhouse» theater.

Outside the U.S and released separately, Planet Terror and Death Proof screened in extended versions.

besides Death proof and to a milder extent Jackie Brown Quentin has made mostly good movies.

While most of her work has been as a stunt double — most prominently in Kill Bill and Inglourious Basterds — , Tarantino did write Death Proof as a showcase of Bell's talents.

Death Proof similarly starts off in Texas — Austin, to be specific — where radio DJ Jungle Julia (Sydney Poitier) is on a girls» night out with her old friend Arlene (Vanessa Ferlito) and others.

To say Death Proof is a bad movie is a joke same for Inglorious Basterds and to slate kill bill is a further joke.

Perhaps in part it's because Death Proof has the curse of second billing, but Tarantino isn't as in on the joke as Rodriguez.

In fact, the entire movie is buildup to that stunt, and if Planet Terror showed Rodriguez» excess with blood and gore, Death Proof displays Tarantino's excess with dialogue.

You missed Death Proof, though.

*** / **** Planet Terror (** / ****): starring Rose McGowan, Freddy Rodriguez, Michael Biehn, Jeff Fahey written and directed by Robert Rodriguez Death Proof (**** / ****): starring Kurt Russell, Rosario Dawson, Vanessa Ferlito, Zoe Bell written and directed by Quentin Tarantino

Dude, I thought Death Proof was awesome, and I know I'm in the minority [rubs toe on floor dejectedly].

Let's not forget she's also apart of the Quentin Tarantino club having had a role in his film Death Proof.

Jackie Brown is Quentin Tarantino's love letter to blaxploitation Kill Bill is Quentin Tarantino's love letter to grindhouse Inglourious Basterds is Quentin Tarantino's love letter to all movies Death Proof is Quentin Tarantino's love letter to Quentin Tarantino

I had actually never seen Death Proof (or Planet Terror for that matter), so I was definitely interested in finally watching the thing.

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The bargain is more than worthwhile — an hour of dead space is a fair price for the two hours of anarchic brilliance surrounding it — but it breaks the heart to think of how much higher it could have soared if Death Proof had found a better rhythm earlier.

As Death Proof shambles tactlessly towards its third act (having more or less skipped the second), it's clear that it will really need to knock our socks off if it wants to salvage anything worthwhile.

Indeed, the new material exacerbates Death Proof's original problem of too much calculated girl talk bogging down the pace.

The pair may have wanted to pay loving homage to the exploitation films they loved as youngsters but, as everyone quickly discovered, few filmgoers seemed to share their fascination with the genre, with the double - bill flopping in the US and Tarantino's stand - alone Death Proof being a box - office bust upon its belated UK release.

Death Proof B - Director: Quentin Tarantino Writers: Quentin Tarantino Cast: Kurt Russell, Rosario Dawson, Vanessa Ferlito, Jordan Ladd, Rose McGowan, Sydney Poitier, Tracie Thomas, Mary Elizabeth Windstead, Zoë Bell.

Finally it arrives in a greasy wrapper, as Death Proof morphs into a stalker thriller.

Here, a nonstop twin bill of Robert Rodriguez's Planet Terror and Tarantino's Death Proof stretches a meaty yet thin concept across epic length.

That area touts Death Proof, Rob Zombie's Halloween, 1408 and Black Sheep.

It offered the wild, crazy piece of cinematic action the whole Grindhouse premise promised, while Tarantino's Death Proof lacked the same kind of pizzazz.

It's The Crow meets Death Proof, but without the cool Violent Femmes songs or Tarantino's snappy dialogue...

While most critics argue over the racism in Pulp Fiction or the mindless violence of Kill Bill, most people argue whether Death Proof is even any good.