Caught "Hustle and Flow" yesterday, thought it was brilliant, and Terrence Howard's on his way up. I think what I liked most about it was the portrayal of D-Jay as a pimp. He wasn't satisifed with his position, had a lot of ambition, and was actually quite intelligent. The film bucked a lot of trends that are otherwise imposed on us through music videos, which usually glorify the lifestyle. It was very "real", IMO.
Also saw "The Devil's Rejects". It's a totally different approach to filmmaking than "House of 1,000 Corpses", and this is very much a Western/Revenge flick. The characters aren't as campy, except Captain Spaulding, the Firefly family is made out to be a lot more depraved than we first thought, and overall, this is a uber-violent film. Some sexuality that was somewhat immature and out of place, but otherwise, it's a more mature flick from Zombie. Also, William Forsythe was straight up bad-ass, and anyone who sees it will agree.