The Final Grind

99.92% of the time, my theatrical reviews go out on opening day. But my editor at FEARnet got all excited and posted my Grindhouse review a week early. I don't mind, really, and I'm not 'worried' about it because the thing's an absolute rave (4.5 out of 5 stars, and I almost NEVER give out five stars after only one viewing), save for one prickly QT speed-bump (that seems to get mentioned in ALL the other reviews I've read). You'll also find some week-early reviews from Dread Central (4 / 5), Filmjerk (A-), EmanuelLevy.com (B-), and (my favorite) IGN Movies (4 / 5).

Tell you what, though. Between the full-court publicity press for this movie and the fact that I live in Austin, where it's all people are talking about, I'm almost sick of Grindhouse already. I'm very interested to hear what my friends & colleagues have to say, and I'm very curious to see how the thing does at the box office ... but I'm looking past GH and salivating for Spidey (and Pirates) 3 already. God, us movie nerds are such a fickle and demanding lot.

But yes, definitely let me know what you thought of it. By next weekend I'll be all geeked up and ready to talk Grindhouse again.