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FanTasia 2010: Machotaildrop

Machotaildrop is a strikingly visual and fantastical journey, with winks to Willy Wonka, about an amateur skateboarder, Walter Rhum, who dreams of one day riding for the world's greatest skateboard company, Machotaildrop. He submits his golden VHS demo tape [wink wink]...

Fantasia 2010: MACHOTAILDROP Review

[The culty skater flick has a lot of fans, and will likely pick up a few more when it screens during Fantasia.  Our thanks to Andrew David Long for the following review.]Walter is a kid who dreams of making it...

Roll With The Gods. Proper MACHOTAILDROP Trailer Arrives.

If Willy Wonka rode a skateboard he would no doubt have grown up to be something akin to The Baron - the mystical figure pulling the strings in the world of Machotaildrop - rather than a mad creator of candies. ...

Dance, Lady, Dance! It's A Trailer For MACHOTAILDROP!

I went on record about an hour ago saying that the best absurdist comedy was rooted in some sort of recognizable reality.  Well, I'm here now to say screw that.  Because the trailer for Canuck skateboard comedy Machotaildrop has got...

Whistler 09: MACHOTAILDROP Review

[Our thanks to Andrew David Long for the following review.]Walter is a kid who dreams of making it big on the pro-skateboard scene.  When his gold VHS tape of tricks is deemed worthy, he is summoned by The Baron to...

TIFF 09: MACHOTAILDROP Review

Walter is like most teen boys. A little lazy, a little unfocused, with little thought given to the future. Walter's days are spent largely at the local bakery / skateboard shop where he feeds quarters into their skating video game...