HOT
Hobo with a Shotgun
The faux trailer by Rob Cotterill and Jason Eisener blew away the competition at SXSW, topping the fest’s Grindhouse trailer contest and sending the Halifax filmmakers to the debut of the Rodriguez/Tarantino mash-up in L.A.

NOT
Fido
The zombie comedy was dead on arrival in theaters, opening to a $163,000 gross and stiffing TVA Films on its $2-million ad campaign

NEXT
Durham County
The murderous miniseries from Back Alley Film Productions debuts on The Movie Network and Movie Central on May 7. Can it do the impossible, and make life in the 905 area code seem interesting?