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Questions About Grindhouse, Flying Pancakes and More! | Ask FlickChick | 4/18/2007
Send your movie questions to FlickChick.Question: Grindhouse did horribly at the box office — it made a mere $11 million. Any idea why it did so poorly when it opened to mostly positive reviews? — Michael PS.: I love you and the gang on the podcast, I have recently been getting into exercising and am listening to every episode you have ever recorded... very fun!FlickChick: Thank you, Michael. As to Grindhouse, there's a very real irony in the fact that back in the day, real grindhouse movies made money despite negative reviews (or, more often, no reviews at all in the mainstream press), while Quentin Tarantino and Robert Rodriguez's loving homage got terrific reviews and did poorly. I can think of a number of explanations: I suspect some people were put off by the three-hour length of Death Proof/Planet Terror plus trailers. I think Rodriguez and Tarantino may have overestimated the number of moviegoers who share their enthusiasm for the down-and-dirty... read more
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FlickChick | 5/8/2003
Question: I remember as a kid seeing a commercial for a horror movie in which people were attacked by some kind of monst read more
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