GRINDHOUSEApril 6, 2007
STARRING
Rose McGowan as CHERRY/PAM
Freddy Rodriguez as WRAY
Marley Shelton as DR. DAKOTA BLOCK
Josh Brolin as DR. WILLIAM BLOCK
Jeff Fahey as JT
Michael Biehn as SHERIFF HAGUE
Kurt Russell as STUNTMAN MIKE
Rosario Dawson as ABERNATHY
Studio: Dimension Films
Directed by: Robert Rodriguez and Quentin Tarantino
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Hello world! How was your week? Did you miss the Fat Guys since last Friday? Of course you did. This week our resident Fat Guys, Kevin Carr and Neil Miller are joined by FSR Associate Editor Brian Gibson, giving you three fat guys for the price of two! Also on the show this week, we review some movies that suck and take a trip to the Grindhouse. We also give our DVD picks of the week, praise Amazon.com and discover that we all have appreciation for Penelope Cruz’s… uh… talents. We also check in with actor Josh Hutcherson and talk about his new movie, Firehouse Dog. Take a listen below:
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THE REAPINGApril 5, 2007
STARRING
Hilary Swank as KATHERINE WINTER
David Morrissey as DOUG
Idris Elba as BEN
AnnaSophia Robb as LOREN MCCONNELL
Stephen Rea as FATHER COSTIGAN
William Ragsdale as SHERIFF CADE
Studio: Warner Bros.
Directed by: Stephen Hopkins
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FIREHOUSE DOGApril 4, 2007
STARRING
Josh Hutcherson as SHANE FAHEY
Bruce Greenwood as CONNOR FAHEY
Bill Nunn as JOE JUSTO
Scotch Ellis Loring as LIONEL BRADFORD
Mayte Garcia as PEP CLEMENTE
Teddy Sears as TERENCE KAHN
Studio: 20th Century Fox
Directed by: Todd Holland
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Back in 2003, I praised the film “28 Days Later” for taking the tired, traditional zombie movie into new territory. Sure, director Danny Boyle has gone on record saying that “28 Days Later” is not a zombie film. And in fact, I agree with him, but in principal, I do not. They may not be the walking dead, but they sure act like zombies.
For me, this was a huge improvement that zombie maven George A. Romero rejects. I found fast-moving zombies fascinating. There’s no doubt that “28 Days Later” left an indelible impact on the horror genre. Now, these more frisky zombies are more prevalent than the lumbering monsters of yesteryear. Simple put, they make great cinema.
The upcoming release of “28 Weeks Later” is something I am looking forward to with great anticipation. To help quench fans’ thirst for more rage stories, Fox Atomic has released the graphic novel “28 Days Later: The Aftermath,” written by Steve Niles with art by Dennis Calero, Diego Olmos and Nat Jones.
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An Interview with Josh Hutcherson, star of “Firehouse Dog”
BY KEVIN CARR
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7M: TELL US ABOUT FIREHOUSE DOG?
Firehouse Dog is about this dog who is a movie star. He can do all these cool, awesome stunts for these movies. One day, he gets lost doing a stunt, and he comes into my life and starts to cause all these problems, and through the movie we start to build a relationship together.
7M: DID THE DOG STEAL THE SPOTLIGHT?
He did steal the spotlight. Everybody wanted to love and pet the dog. He was great. There were actually four dogs that play the character of Rexxx. And each one of the dog had its own different attributes. One could jump really high, the other could run fast. One could look at marks, and one could speak.
7M: DID YOU DO THE TRICKS?
We had about a two week period before we started shooting where I had time to get used to being around the dogs and the trainers. There were a couple times during the movie that were too wide of a shot and the trainers couldn’t be too close to tell a dog what to do. So I had to tell it to sit or help it stay on a certain mark.
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