Gunman Wielding Machete Shot and Killed Inside Pennsylvania Walmart
A man carrying two handguns and what appeared to be a machete was shot and killed inside a Walmart store in Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania, late Saturday night.
Machete-Wielding Man Struck by Two Hit-and-Run Drivers
This crazy-ass cellphone video shows a man stalking an intersection in Oakland with a machete before being first backed into by a red sedan and then smacked hard by a white sedan. The man responds to being deliberately backed into by chopping the hell out of the side of the red car. The footage is certainly troubling.
London Soldier Hacked To Death By Machete-Wielding Terrorists
A horrifying daytime attack by local terrorists armed with meat cleavers took the life of U.K. soldier Lee Rigby, who was butchered and left dead in the street in southeast London. The crazed killers shouted "Allahu Akbar" after completing their grisly crime and then demanded stunned passers-by take video.
Charlie Sheen: 'It Wasn't Even My Machete'
Police raided Charlie Sheen's house last night looking for weapons after he was seen brandishing a machete from his balcony earlier in the week. He claims it wasn't his and it belongs to the "guy [he] was having a meeting with." Sorry, Charlie, that excuse didn't work when my mom found my bong when I was in high…
Here's a One Minute Claymation Recap of Machete
A few years ago, Lipton Brisk Iced Tea ran all these commercials with claymation celebrities saying "that's brisk, baby!" Now, they're back, or at least one is: a 60 second recap of Machete, because why not and such.
Machete Denied Tax Breaks for Hurting Texas's Feelings
Though Governor Rick Perry announced new movie-luring tax incentives at Robert Rodriguez's film studios in Austin last year, Rodriguez's film Machete has now been denied those rebates, seemingly because it "portray[ed] Texans or Texas in a negative fashion." Censorship!
Jessica Alba Has Been Digitally Undressed
A miracle of technology has allowed us to see Jessica Alba naked, even though she swore never to go nude in a movie: She filmed a Machete shower scene in her undies, which retouchers later peeled off, with computers.
America Finally Defeats Mexico In Historic Labor Day Battle
Yup, it's been decided. You're next, Europe. Elsewhere this weekend, some old has-beens fared pretty well, people just kept on taking stuff, and a romantic comedy turned out to be something else altogether.
Machete Gets All Political and Stuff
An early review of Robert Rodriguez's Mexploitation flick Machete indicates that the movie is both silly and heavy-handed: "it feigns outrageousness while too often opting to earnestly indulge in ... sincere political sermonizing." But, yeah, Lohan's naked, so. [Slant, via]
Machete: The Bloodier the Trailer, the Better the Movie?
Here's an ultra-gory NSFW red band trailer for Robert Rodriguez's grindhouse feature Machete, based on a fake trailer from those other Grindhouse movies. We've seen footage of this movie a few times before, but none quite so Rodriguezianly (hah) bloody.
Robert Rodriguez's Cinco de Mayo F— You to Arizona
Grindhouse director Robert Rodriguez apparently put together an early trailer for star-studded Mexploitation film Machete as a "Cinco de Mayo message for Arizona," featuring the likes of Jessica Alba, Lindsay Lohan, and Danny Trejo fighting violently to protect illegal immigrants from racist politicians.
Machete Is an Immigration Story for Our Age
In honor of Cinco De Mayo, and shitty new Arizona immigration laws, here's a just-released trailer for Machete, Robert Rodriguez's gory grindhouse pastiche about people who "fucked with the wrong Mexican." Probably NSFW, definitely fun. And eerily timely.
Robert Rodriguez's Fake 'Grindhouse' Trailer to Become Real Movie
Robert Rodriguez has adapted a fake trailer into a real movie. But then, what is 'real' and what is 'fake'? If you're having a crisis of authenticity you'll love today's reality-bending, adaptation-filled Trade Roundup.
Machete Makes It To The Big Screen
Originally conceived as a fake trailer which ran between the two segments of 2007's Grindhouse, Robert Rodriguez's Machete looked so good it was made into a full film, scheduled for release in April, starring Danny Trejo as the titular antihero.
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