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DC Comics’ Dan DiDio on DJANGO UNCHAINED and THE GIRL WITH THE DRAGON TATTOO: New York
It’s not always page-to-screen, you know. While DC Comics is still celebrating the successful conclusion of Chris Nolan’s Batman trilogy, the recent debut of the TV series ARROW, and the upcoming MAN OF STEEL, they’re also taking the process in the opposite direction, mounting graphic adaptations of two hot properties: the intense thriller The Girl [...]
Tarantino to pen ‘The Shadow’?
–PULP FICTION Director to Helm Pulp Hero Film As Well?–
Pajiba.com is reporting that Quentin Tarantino is going to rewrite or co-write a script for THE SHADOW, now a 20th Century Fox project.
After the rights to the radio and pulp magazine character passed from Universal (whose 1994 film version underperformed) to Sony/Columbia, it was a project that Sam Raimi [...]
Inglourious Basterds – Fairy Tale Film Review
INGLOURIOUS BASTERDS is Quentin Tarantino’s grim and gruesome fairy tale version of WWII.
“Once upon a time.”
Four fun little words that are intended to let us know that we’re being led into a tale of fakery and many times sheer magical fantasy. You know, with talking animals or mystical creatures or such. Yet I’ve seen many [...]
Full Tilt Boogie (1997) – Retrospective Documentary Review
Two years after the fact, this documentary about the making of FROM DUSK TILL DAWN reaches screens, and what an amusing account it is. Much of it is off-the-cuff and entertaining, but some parts have also clearly been staged for the benefit of the documentary, particularly the hilarious opening, wherein George Clooney and Quentin Tarantino [...]
From Dusk Till Dawn (1996) – Retrospective Horror Movie Review
It’s not easy being God – just ask Eric Clapton. Quentin Tarantino has achieved iconic status, to the point that it was widely assumed his involvement in this crime-horror hybrid would guarantee blockbuster success. What people forget, however, is that Tarantino has only one blockbuster to his credit (PULP FICTION). Not that artistic achievement should [...]
Grindhouse (2007) – Film Review
This homage to exploitation cinema of decades past seeks is not so much a movie as a gimmick that links together two feature films, plus a handful of faux trailers and advertisements – all appropriately scratched and faded to recreate the experience of attending a second-rate “grindhouse” theatre playing beat-up old prints. As amusing as [...]
