The House That Tarantino Built

I love Robert Rodriguez and his films (insert Spy Kids joke here) and I am a big fan of Quentin Tarantino. Throw a little Rosario Dawson in the mix, and you know that I was going to go see Roadhouse. Planet Terror is a good movie, but you really have to have an appreciation for old-school horror to see why what Robert Rodriguez is doing is so much fun. Deathproof takes things to another level. It's a movie that is more viscerally accessible and will go down as a classic. Both are very enjoyable and highly recommended.

The highlight of the night, however, was catching a glimpse of Tarantino himself. went to lineup at Grauman's Chinese for the 12:20 AM, just as the earlier show was letting out. A few minutes before we were to go into the theater, I hear a cheer and people in the line start clapping. Quentin Tarantino is shaking hands with the people waiting in line and people are loving every minute of it. He could have taken the side exit, but he knows the people who are about to sit through three hours of a movie that starts at almost 12:30 are the ones who make him money, so he went out the front.

Earlier in the evening, as I was walking towards the Chinese Theater, I saw hottie tennis star Maria Sharapova running away from photographers but not really. I think she was just happy to get noticed, which might change if she looks at the pictures of her tomorrow on Wire Image and the captions say "Anna Kournikova".