Death Proof

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Ill-advised car journeys on film – ranked!
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Kurt Russell: five best moments
As one of Quentin Tarantino’s Hateful Eight, Kurt Russell is on the verge of a comeback. Which have been his finest films?

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Death Proof

Rental and retail: Shorn of its other half, Robert Rodriguez's Planet Terror, and the trailers that made up its original double-feature Grindhouse package, Quentin Tarantino's latest is an intermittently entertaining but strangely pointless piece of work

Rob Mackie

14, Jan, 2008 @3:59 PM

Death Proof

Rob Mackie:On its own, Death Proof has bulked up by 27 minutes, making it overlong for a two-act plot idea that seems more fitting for a TV episode

Rob Mackie

11, Jan, 2008 @11:49 PM

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Death Proof crashes, burns at UK box office

The Weinstein Company's decision to split Quentin Tarantino and Robert Rodriguez's Grindhouse double biller in two failed to help the former's Death Proof make much of a dent on the UK box office at the weekend.

Staff and agencies

26, Sep, 2007 @11:22 AM

You review: Death Proof

Should Tarantino and Weinstein have kept Grindhouse as the double bill it was intended to be? Or is the longer Death Proof a welcome thrill ride?

Ben Child

24, Sep, 2007 @4:30 PM

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Philip French: Quentin Tarantino's latest, in which the director himself appears as a bartender, is a tedious and meaninglessly anachronistic project.

Philip French

23, Sep, 2007 @10:58 PM

Other films: Death Proof | Evening | As You Like it and others

Other films: Tarantino's slide into one-dimensional caricature continues apace, while Branagh's latest Shakespeare also disappoints.

Philip French

23, Sep, 2007 @10:49 PM

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Peter Bradshaw: The genius of Quentin Tarantino's horror-comic splatterfest is there for all to see, but all too briefly.

Peter Bradshaw

21, Sep, 2007 @10:59 PM

Cannes 2007: Peter Bradshaw reviews Death Proof
High octane schlock that fails to roar

Peter Bradshaw

23, May, 2007 @8:08 AM

Death Proof is silly but wildly enjoyable

Death Proof is a pretty minor picture but Tarantino still knows how to deliver a lethal roar of entertainment, causing Cannes festival-goers to cackle.

Peter Bradshaw

22, May, 2007 @9:42 AM

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Quentin Tarantino talks Grindhouse

Has Quentin Tarantino made his first ever chick flick? Only if you ignore the guy who rams young girls with his car ... The director tells Damon Wise why Death Proof is his most 'real-life' film yet.

Damon Wise

04, May, 2007 @10:34 AM

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