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The Faculty (1998) **1/2

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A stacked cast of young, obnoxiously attractive actors and a few genre vets in a perfectly adequate, mostly mediocre, and very '90s  Body Snatchers ( 1956 review )/ The Breakfast Club  (1985) ( review )/ The Thing  (1982) ( review ) mashup with a subpar soundtrack of classic rock covers. I always thought that Robert Rodriguez 's The Faculty  (1998) was pretty fun (if dumb), but it hasn't aged quite as well as I'd hoped. Robert Rodriguez Feature Films Ranked

Planet Terror (2007) ***1/2

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Roadracers (1994) *** [Rebel Highway Pt. 3]

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Sin City: A Dame To Kill For (2014) ***

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Sin City: A Dame To Kill For (2014) ***1/2

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I don't understand the lukewarm reaction on Sin City: A Dame To Kill For  (2014) - overall, I thought it was great. I had no issues being fully immersed back into this world, even after 9 years. A lot of fun.

From Dusk Till Dawn (1996) ***

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The Faculty (1998) ***1/2

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Roadracers (1994) ***1/2

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I hadn't even heard of this Robert Rodriguez film before it got released on Blu-ray this week. Well, it's actually a TV movie, which was part of a series , which I'm interested to see the other parts of now. This is a whole lot of fun and style and way better than you might expect. Probably the best $6.99 you could spend right now.

Machete (2010) ***1/2

Jeff Fahey : easily my favorite thing about this film. This one's got it all - blood, boobs and bullets. And a cast that you wouldn't expect to see in a movie like this.

Desperado (1995) ***1/2

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I never get sick of Desperado   (1995) .  Banderas really does lay it on thick, but it works.  Buscemi's facial expressions are what make the opening scene classic. I forgot how strange and somewhat anti-climactic the "ending" is though.

El Mariachi (1992) ***1/2

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I have no idea how many times I've seen El Mariachi  (1992) (maybe 4?). I forgot how great it is. I love the dream sequences; they remind me of early 70s  Romero or Italian horror.  Carlos Gallardo is a bit like a Spanish Ricky Nelson . He really carries the film in the acting department.  Consuelo Gómez has got nothing on Salma Hayek   though.

Top Films Of 2010

Scott Pilgrim Vs. The World The Social Network Shutter Island Inception Black Swan True Grit Frozen Iron Man 2 Machete Piranha 3 D Honorable Mention Predators