The Brangelina of Schlock

They didn't even last a year. It was the best time I had in a movie theater all year, but according to publicists "Grindhouse" is getting a divorce. Just in time for their separate home-video release dates, too. Now "Death Proof" (September 18th) and "Planet Terror" (October 16th) they'll live on different shelves and occupy separate slots in the Netflix/Blockbuster online queue. Yes, the Brangelina of Schlock is calling it quits. I was nervous this spring when "Death Proof" arrived at Cannes alone, but I ignored it, knowing, guiltily, that it was really "Grindhouse"'s better half. They gave us all something special, a reason to believe in movies, the long, dirty, cheap, awesomely kitschy kind.

Could a custody battle be far behind? Seriously: who'll get the fake trailers?