Quentin Tarantino’s Django Unchained is, in a single word, brutal. Unflinchingly, gorily, misanthropically, even gleefully brutal, to a point that a couple scenes were so ruthless they will churn your guts. Now I survived Irreversible, so that’s saying a lot. This observation is neither a complaint nor praise, but rather a (obvious?) comment on a […]

Wow, what a comedy cast in this one. Starring the ubiquitous Freaks N Geeks/Apatow Mafia plus a handful of other of comedy’s best — including the always awesome Danny McBride — This Is the End sees the actors playing themselves in a present day apocalypse. Seems pretty appropriate for today being the End Of the […]

We’ve been waiting for the trailer for Guillermo Del Toro’s Pacific Rim since rumors first surfaced that the stellar Mexican director was working on a giant robot sci-fi film. That long wait comes to an end this morning. In the film Earth is attacked by the famed Godzilla-like kaiju or “giant monsters” that have snuck […]

The first trailer for Tom Cruise’s next sci-fi blockbuster, Oblivion, leaves a lot for the imagination. Based on the graphic novel by Joseph Kosinski, who also directs, Cruise plays a court martialed veteran that must return on a mission to a mostly uninhabited post-apocalyptic Earth. Oblivion opens on April 19, 2013 and also stars Morgan […]

The trailer to Brad Pitt’s upcoming post-apocalypse/zombie massacre film World War Z was released this weekend, and although a bunch of rumors have circulated of the film’s prenatal demise the trailer certainly looks promising. Written by Matthew Michael Carnahan and directed by Marc Forster, World War Z will open this summer on June 21, 2013. Surely […]

HBO is releasing a documentary on The Rolling Stones on November 15th, a film that promises to shed new light on one of the most notorious rock and roll bands of all time. Directed by Brett Morgen, who previously crafted the Robert Evans documentary The Kid Stays In the Picture, the feature length Crossfire Hurricane provides […]

We previewed the M.I.A. collage book by Rizzoli this past spring, and now the publisher has released this video as sort of a trailer/tease to hype up the release. M.I.A. is quite likely the most interesting and provocative pop star on the planet (sorry Gaga), so we’re always interested in getting a better glimpse into […]

Anybody who even moderately pays attention to music knows how difficult it is to survive as an independent label nowadays — the shit is brutal. What’s even harder is surviving when you’re uncompromising about your product, discriminating with your roster and meticulous about your craft. Such is the case with Los Angeles’ Stones Throw Records, […]