Robert Rodriguez

10 Latino Badasses In Pulp Fiction Movies

The Huffington Post | Lee Hernandez | Posted 05.09.2012

Read More: Rosario Dawson, Robert Rodriguez, Video, Cultura, Sin City, Jessica Alba, Javier Bardem, Sofia Vergara, Pulp Fiction, Michelle Rodriguez, Machete, Slideexpand, Latino Voices News

Latinos have always played a major role in the pulp fiction movie genre. What would "Sin City" have been without hot Latino stars like Jessica Alb...

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Mel Gibson May Get Another Chance

The Huffington Post | Christopher Rosen | Posted 04.24.2012

Read More: Robert Rodriguez, Mel Gibson Movie, Video, Mel Gibson, Mel Gibson Comeback, Mel Gibson Machete Kills, Machete Kills, Mel Gibson Machete, Machete Sequel, Mel Gibson Robert Rodriguez, Slideexpand, Mel Gibson Audio, Entertainment News

Mel Gibson is in the news again, but not because of a terrifying audio recording. According to Deadline.com, the embattled actor is in talks to join "...

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Remembering Frank Frazetta, John Carter and Edgar Rice Burroughs

Carole Mallory | Posted 05.19.2012

Read More: Stanton, Robert Rodriguez, Tarzan, Ralph Bakshi, Edgar Rice Burroughs, Frank Frazetta, Pixar, Disney, John Carter, Entertainment News
Carole Mallory

The press was concerned when John Carter hit theaters March 9. For many, the question was "Does the movie live up to the books?" And then the question remained: "Does it live up to the covers of the books?"

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Robert Rodriguez Reveals New TV Network Details at SXSW (VIDEO)

Shira Lazar | Posted 05.13.2012

Read More: Network, El Rey, Desperado, Austin, Sin City, Media, Disrupt, Machete, Robert Rodriguez, Interview, Sxsw, SXSW 2012, Robert Rodriguez TV, Video, Entertainment News
Shira Lazar

Filmmaker Robert Rodriguez is a busy man these days, but he stopped by the Samsung Blogger Lounge in Austin at SXSW on Monday to talk about his new TV network, his passion for inspiring others and to offer some advice to young filmmakers.

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Comcast To Start New Minority-Owned Cable Channels

AP | FRAZIER MOORE | Posted 04.22.2012

Read More: Robert Rodriguez, Video, Sean Combs, Minority Owned Businesses, Cable Channel, Diddy, P. Diddy, Minority Business, El Rey, Hispanics, Comcast, Minority, Latino Prosperity, Minorities, Latino Voices News

NEW YORK — Comcast will launch four minority-owned networks on its cable-TV systems in the next two years, including channels spearheaded by mus...

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'Stand And Deliver' And 'El Mariachi' Among A Dozen Latino-Related Movies In National Film Registry

Posted 12.30.2011

Read More: Library of Congress, Latino Films, Robert Rodriguez, National Film Registry, Cultura, Video, El Mariachi, Stand and Deliver, Edward James Olmos, Latino Voices, Latino Voices News

"Stand and Deliver," the 1988 film starring Edward James Olmos in an Oscar-nominated role as East Los Angeles math teacher, and Robert Rodriguez's "El...

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Robert Rodriguez On His Scratch-And-Sniff 'Spy Kids'

AP | By DAVID GERMAIN | Posted 10.16.2011

Read More: Robert Rodriguez, Spy Kids 4D, Spy Kids Aromascope, Movie Theaters, Scratch-and-Sniff, Aroma-Scope, Film, Aromascope, Spy Kids, Jessica Alba Spy Kids 4, Spy Kids 4, 3-D, 4-D, Cultura, Culture News

LOS ANGELES -- Robert Rodriguez deliberately tried to make his latest "Spy Kids" adventure a bit of a stinker. Rodriguez, who helped usher in the new...

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HuffPost Review: Hobo With a Shotgun

Marshall Fine | Posted 07.04.2011

Read More: Hobo With a Shotgun, Robert Rodriguez, B Movies, Grindhouse, Hobo With a Shotgun Movie Review, Quentin Tarantino, Death Proof, Machete, Rutger Hauer, Hobo With a Shotgun Film, Entertainment News
Marshall Fine

Really -- once you had the title and the trailer, why mess with perfection? The brilliance of Hobo with a Shotgun begins and ends with its title and its casting.

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A Look Behind The Scenes At Nike Design

Darby Roach | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Basketball, Robert Rodriguez, Beaverton Oregon, Kobe Bryant, Kanye West, Basketball Shoes, Graphic Design, Bruce Willis, Nike, Kobe VI, Oregon, Kill Bill, Kobe Six, Black Mamba, Design, Darby Roach, Arts News
Darby Roach

I was having lunch with a friend at Salty's in Seattle, when Todd, a twenty-something waiter, overheard our conversation about my recent visit to Nike...

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CFQ Post-Mortem: Machete is a Genre Film? & Paul W.S. Anderson: Auteur

Dan Persons | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Cinefantastique, Violence, Action-Adventure, Horror, Emotion, CFQ Post-Mortem, Sex, Paul W.S. Anderson, Drama, Controversy, Death, Indie, Success, Comedy, Robert Rodriguez, Gore, Cinefantastique Podcast, Hammer Films, Acting Legend, Fantasy, Off Beat, Science Fiction, Explosions, Gritty, Resident Evil: Afterlife, Art, Machete, Resident Evil, Entertainment News
Dan Persons

Summer's gone and so is the Cinefantastique Podcast's Summer Wrap-up Episode. In its wake, Dan Persons, Lawrence French, and Steve Biodrowski debate t...

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Does Robert Rodriguez's "Machete" Advocate 'Race War'?

Alexander Zaitchik | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Robert Rodriguez, Machete, Entertainment News
Alexander Zaitchik

Despite the heated cries of outraged conservatives, Robert Rodriguez has not done anything all that interesting, new or threatening in his latest film.

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Machete, A MIxture of Violence and Politics

Jackie K. Cooper | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Steven Seagal, Robert Rodriguez, Gratuitous Violence, Lindsay Lohan, Illegal Immigration, Robert De Niro, Entertainment News
Jackie K. Cooper

The gratuitous violence and the name of Robert Rodriguez should draw some people in for the film, but its pro illegal immigration message and its ridiculing of those who oppose it will pare the audience down.

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Robert Rodriguez Kicks Ass, Takes Names and Directs Most Radical Hollywood Film in Ages

Miles Mogulescu | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Cheech Marin, Andrew Breitbart, Lindsay Lohan, Michelle Rodriguez, Steven Seagal, Immigration, Robert Rodriguez, Danny Trejo, Jeff Fahey, Jessica Alba, Quentin Tarantino, Machete-Attack, Machete, Immigration Debate, Don Johnson, Robert De Niro, Entertainment News
Miles Mogulescu

In an homage to 70s B movies, there is more blood splattered in Machete than the best of Sam Peckinpah. It makes for a wild ride, one of the most purely entertaining movies to come along in quite a while.

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Review: Machete (VIDEO)

Jenna Busch | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Robert Rodriguez, Lindsey Lohan, Danny Trejo, Machete, Jessica Alba, Michelle Rodriguez, Entertainment News
Jenna Busch

My very good buddy George 'El Guapo' Roush and I spend most of our time writing film reviews for our respective websites, but every once in a while, we just have to gab about them in person.

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Machete Is Taking Away Good American Jobs!

Wendy Carrillo | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Arizona, Danny Trejo, Machete, Robert Rodriguez, Los Angeles News
Wendy Carrillo

If your job is that of a rugged hitman for hire, or an actor whose job is to play a rugged hitman for hire, you shouldn't go near Arizona. Unless you want to kick some Minuteman a**.

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Movie Review: Machete

Marshall Fine | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Cheech Marin, Robert Rodriguez, Machete Movie Review, Lindsay Lohan, Danny Trejo, Jessica Alba, Grindhouse, Michelle Rodriguez, Steven Seagal, Quentin Tarantino, Marshall Fine Movie Review, Robert De Niro, Entertainment News
Marshall Fine

Robert Rodriguez is one of those rare filmmakers whose movies -- for better or worse -- always come alive with his sheer enjoyment of making them. In the case of Machete, that's a good thing.

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Danny Trejo Swings a Mean Machete

Marshall Fine | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Lindsay Lohan, Michelle Rodriguez, Rachel Ticotin, Eric Roberts, Con Air, Robert Rodriguez, Jessica Alba, Edward Bunker, Don Johnson, Robert De Niro, Runaway-Train, Entertainment News
Marshall Fine

A character actor whose rugged face, imposing scowl, long hair, droopy mustache and massive chest tattoo have made him a favorite of directors and audiences alike, Trejo sounds slightly stunned at where he finds himself, at the age of 66.

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Cinefantastique Podcast: Predators

Dan Persons | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Violence, Action-Adventure, Nimrod Antal, Laurence Fishburne, Predators, Murder, Horror, Austin, War, Drama, Suspense, Death, Predator, Tarantino, Success, Robert Rodriguez, Gore, Fantasy, Science Fiction, Danny Trejo, Alice Braga, Predators Movie Review, Explosions, Topher Grace, Gritty, Adrien Brody, Predators Movie, Walton Goggins, Entertainment News
Dan Persons

This week, the Cinefantastique Podcast sets its sights on Predators, produced by Robert Rodriguez and directed by Nimrod Antal, from a screenplay by A...

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Cinefantastique Podcast: Nimrod Antal on Predators; Discussions of The Twilight Saga: Eclipse and The Last Airbender

Dan Persons | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Dev Patel, Kristen Stewart, Action-Adventure, Shaun Toub, Nimrod Antal, Repression, Predators, Murder, Emotion, Austin, Romance, The Twilight Saga, War, Stan Winston, Avatar: The Last Airbender, Drama, M. Night Shyamalan, Robert Pattinson, The Twilight Saga: Eclipse, Robert Rodriguez, Fantasy, Aziz Ansari, Danny Trejo, Explosions, Predator, The Last Airbender, Taylor Lautner, Adrien Brody, Nickelodeon, Walton Goggins, Love, Entertainment News
Dan Persons

It's a double-dose of photodramatic discussion, disputation, and dissention on this week's episode of the the Cinefantastique Podcast, as Dan Persons,...

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Robert Rodriguez's Star Packed Cinco de Mayo Card to AZ

Lisa Derrick | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Cheech Marin, Robert Rodriguez, AZ, Lindsay Lohan, Danny Trejo, Arizna, Sb 1070, Don Johnson, Essica Alba, Robert De Niro, Entertainment News
Lisa Derrick

A very special Cinco de Mayo card to Arizona from director Robert Rodriguez, starring Jessica Alba, Robert De Niro, Lindsay Lohan, Don Johnson, Che...

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Children Taunted In Iraq: U.S. Solider Under Investigation (VIDEO)

AP/Huffington Post | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Iraq War, Fort Wainwright, Robert Rodriguez, Iraq Bored, Iraq Child, Robert A. Rodriguez, Soldier Taunts Child, Iraq Child Video, Facebook, Iraq, Video, World News

ANCHORAGE, Alaska -- An Alaska-based soldier is under investigation for a video on his Facebook page that taunts smiling Iraqi children by asking if t...

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Delayed Huff Post Weekend Box Office in Review (08/23/09)

Scott Mendelson | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Shorts, Scott Mendelson, Julie and Julia, Movies, GI Joe: The Rise of Cobra, Robert Rodriguez, Box Office, District 9, Brad Pitt, Post Grad, Harvey Weinstein, Alexis Bledel, Meryl Streep, Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, Quentin Tarantino, Inglourious Basterds, News, Entertainment News
Scott Mendelson

As everyone and their sister already knows, Inglourious Basterds scored a genuinely impressive $38 million over its debut weekend.

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Robert Rodriguez Comes Up Short

Jackie K. Cooper | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Robert Rodriguez, Magic Rock, Kids, William H Macy, Entertainment News
Jackie K. Cooper

em>Shorts is a movie aimed at kids that will force tedium on the adults who accompany them. In short it is not short enough!

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HuffPost Review: Shorts

Marshall Fine | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Robert Rodriguez, Sin City, Gremlins, Joe Dante, El Mariachi, Grindhouse, Shorts Movie Review, Marshall Fine Movie Review, Iphone, Humor, Leslie Mann, El-Mariachi, Laughter, Jon-Cryer, Entertainment News
Marshall Fine

Rodriguez isn't happy unless his characters are stumbling face first into mud, falling into water or being pooped on by a pterodactyl.

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Q & A With Mickey Rourke--A Requiem Through The Wrestler

Brad Balfour | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Requiem for a Dream, Mickey Rourke, Stardom, Sean Penn, Marisa Tomei, Rachel Evan Wood, The Oscar Nom, Darren Aronofsky, Robert Rodriguez, Sly Stallone, The Fountain, Wrestling, Entertainment News
Brad Balfour

Mickey Rourke: "I behaved terribly because I had a fuse burning inside of me that I couldn't put out."

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