A troubled double feature is headed the way of Bennifer this fall.
Robert Rodriguez and Quentin Tarantino supported an ambitious project earlier this year called “Grindhouse” a two-in-one package that included the Tarantino thriller “Death Proof” and the Rodriguez campy zombie fest “Planet Terror.” Writers like yours truly hyped the film, only for it to tank in theaters.
Why? I’m sure releasing the gory “Grindhouse” on Easter weekend might not have been smart, but the length got to me. I couldn’t get through “Death Proof” before taking a bathroom retreat midway.
Perhaps that’s why both films are getting separate DVD releases. The superior “Death Proof,” which builds suspense with an exhilarating payoff, will hit shelves Sep. 18. “Planet Terror” will send Rose McGowan shooting into DVD players on Oct. 16.
Don’t worry about length for either film, though. “Death Proof” and “Planet Terror” are tagged as two-disc, “extended and unrated” editions. Bless the pause button.
Want Alba? Clemson hosts sneak preview of ‘Good Luck Chuck’
The good news — Jessica Alba is in a new movie.
The bad news — Dane Cook is in the movie too.
Clemson students can determine for themselves if the movie sucks by attending a free sneak preview Wed., Sept. 12 in McKissick Theater at 9 p.m.
Alba, icon of “Sin City” and heroine of the “Fantastic Four” movies, takes a stab at comedy in “Good Luck Chuck,” in which Charlie (Cook) is a cursed dentist who breaks a Spin the Bottle rule and finds that every woman he’s slept with has found true love…or whatever.
Charlie meets Cam, a penguin specialist (?) who might be the right woman. He apparently needs to break the curse before he leaves Cam and has to settle with hearing success stories from his plastic surgeon friend…or something.
Doesn’t sound too great on paper, but students can at least find out and warn or recommend it to their friends.
Tickets are first come, first serve and require university ID. ClemsonLive recommends an early arrival.
