Only at the GRINDHOUSE (2007) - If Rodriguez and Tarantino Appeared on Celebrity Deathmatch, Rodriguez Would Win

While others were spending quality time with family on Easter Sunday, I spent 3 1/2 hours at The Grindhouse, the new double feature movie experience by Robert Rodriguez and Quentin Tarantino.

Rodriguez's Planet Terror was fast paced and gory, yet comical at the same time with just enough campiness to make it really fun. Where else can you go and see Rose McGowan running around with a machine gun stump leg, blowing away the bad guys...and the sex scene...let's just say it's something you've never seen before. It's not what you think...you have to see it to know what I'm talking about.

Quentin's DeathProof was unfortunately not as good in my opinion. It was full of interesting characters and snappy dialogue...a little bit scary even for the fist 15 minutes. And then there was the middle hour, which introduced you to the annoying female "heroes" of the film...the heroes that you sort of hoped would be killed by the stunt driving maniac. You didn't care about them. I actually disliked them and found myself rooting for the wrong side during the last 15 minutes of the movie...where I won't tell you what happens...only that it would have been the only other exciting part of the movie...except, like I said, I didn't care. By then.

The aging of the film was a neat trick...the "accidental" cut scenes and missing reels placed strategically throughout both stories was perfect and helped move the stories along. The fake previews shown during intermission were creative...hurry to the bathroom during the Eli Roth trailer for Thanksgiving like I did. Go see The Grindhouse before The Weinstein Company decides to separate the two films which defeats the entire purpose of seeing the film. It's an experience the way it is.

Dark Ride (2006) - The First of 7 of the Eight Films to Die For

I don't know if you know this, but I've seen a lot of horror movies...really scary movies that prevent you from sleeping to those really boring movies that make you wonder what's wrong with you because you weren't disturbed by them.

Last November, there was a HorrorFest called 8 Films to Die For that played at a select few theaters for one weekend. I couldn't make it to the festival, but now those films have been released on DVD so I picked them up...well, I picked up 7 of them because the 8th is being released in theaters by itself. Must be good.

If Dark Ride is any indication of how good all of those movies are, then I made a quality purchase. Dark Ride is about a group of friends on a road trip that decide to spend the night in an old amusement park haunted house ride, unaware that a psychopath has taken refuge there. It's got all those quliaties that you expect in a B movie, but it's better than some high budget horror that I've seen. It's got one of the best horror endings I've seen in a long time, which I can't reveal...there's both a twist and slice of reality thrown in. Fantastic movie that gives low budget horror a good name.

Wrestlemania 23 (2007) - All Grown Up and Crushed from a Jump Off a 20 Foot Ladder

I used to watch WWF wrestling when I was a kid. I took about 15 years off from watching and in that time they changed the name to WWE thanks to the World Wildlife Foundation and a lawsuit. I stopped watching years ago because I thought it was fake...that's what everyone says...wrestling is fake. I started watching again about 6 months ago when I saw a clip of a match on VH1's Hogan Knows Best, which features Hulk Hogan and his family.

I've got to tell you; although the outcome may be planned out well in advance of a WWE wrestling match, it's definitely not FAKE. There is no way in hell that you can fake this:

The highlited circle shows an entertainer jumping off of a 20 foot ladder. The next one shows him landing on his opponent who is sprawled out across another aluminum ladder.

That hurts no matter how well you plan it. The rest of the show featured similar stunts for 3 1/2 hours of fun. Check it out on DVD when it comes out and see what other action you missed including a Battle of the Billionaires resulting in shaving someone's head bald, and four championship matches.