Sam is a Senior Writer for Collider. His love for movies, TV shows, and books stretches back to his early childhood and has grown exponentially with every passing year. Lucky for him, this love grew ...

One of the things I love about cinema is that as an art form, it can be used to do so many different things. We've written ...

A good definition of the term “exploitation film” is: “a film designed by its producers to ‘exploit’, via clever marketing and promotion, the notoriety of certain sensational current events and trends ...

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Robert Rodriguez and Quentin Tarantino's double feature "Grindhouse" rocks and shocks the silver screen with their three-hour homage to the exploitation films of the '60s and '70s. The film is ...

When Grindhouse hit theaters on April 6, 2007, Quentin Tarantino and Robert Rodriguez were already cultural icons. Both directors had just come off of two huge hits with Kill Bill and Sin City. For ...