This is a cool little bit of news.
Universal (and probably all the big guns will follow suit, with the exception of Sony, perhaps) is pairing some of its upcoming Bluray releases with iPhone and iPod Touch apps that will allow for handheld interaction with the film while you are watching it on the screen.
Namely, for [...]
In any other film besides Quentin Tarantino’s Inglourious Basterds, actress Diane Kruger’s performance would have shined through and gotten her a great deal of attention in the public eye. Instead, the film is filled to the brim with great performances, and Kruger’s role as Bridget Von Hammersmark may get overlooked next to Brad Pitt’s Aldo [...]
Here’s the short and sweet Quentin Tarantino news of the past week: Inglourious Basterds’ wild success, both with audiences and critics, has given the director the breathing room to admit he wants to revisit Uma Thurman and the Kill Bill franchise. Two caveats:
1. (Spoiler) Bill is dead.
2. With the exception of Basterds, Tarantino yaks about [...]
For the second weekend in a row the Sony Pictures Animation hit Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs reigns at the top of the box office. Making up about 24.6 million during this September weekend, the children’s book turned feature edged its way past the competition. Facing three first week opening films, the audiences agreed [...]
A cannibalistic cheerleader could not rip away from the shreds of thick and juicy meatballs as Jennifer’s Body is toppled over by the Sony Pictures Animation comedy Cloudy With A Chance Of Meatballs. Bringing in the voice talents of Bill Hader, Anna Faris, Neil Patrick Harris, James Caan and others, the delectable feature brought in [...]
All my worries concerning how Christoph Waltz would follow up his stunning performance as Hans Landa in Inglourious Basterds were laid to rest when I was informed that the actor had been cast in The Green Hornet.
Waltz is set to play the villain Chudnofsky in Michel Gondry’s superhero flick, opposite Seth Rogen as the titular [...]
For the second week in a row, Warner Bros Pictures horror flick The Final Destination beats up the competition to stay on top during this past Labor Day weekend. Going up against three other films, audiences proved that they still crave their dose of absolute terror. The fourth installment of the franchise took in 12.3 [...]
If Inglourious Basterds hadn’t come along, J.J. Abram’s Star Trek would still be my very favorite movie of the summer. It’s exactly the sort of movie a summer season deserves, and it functions perfectly as both a prequel and a sequel.
At the same time, it also opens the floodgates for a thousand new interesting stories [...]
Basterds on the other hand — it’s a film about wounded people, angry people, lashing out at each other with all of their talents, as diverse as they may be. For Hugo, this equates to a bloodbath. Shoshanna is fire and smoke and theatrics. For Col. HansLanda, words are enough to pierce to the bone, and he knows it.
With the summer movie season of 2009 drawing to a close, it’s time to look back at the ten films that made us laugh, cry, howl and above all entertain us. Now bear in mind while films like The Hurt Locker and Moon saw release over this summer, they won’t be included here as this [...]
Normally when a film leaves me cold, I tend to shy away from thinking about said picture. If I must, I’ll ponder the film and realize that I’d just seen a film I wanted to like, but had ultimately witnessed something mediocre or worse. Walking out of Inglourious Basterds, I recalled the same feeling as [...]
Inglourious Basterds — Through the Lens of Literature
Note: The following essay, which is obviously being published months after the release of Inglourious Basterds, was written for a literary criticism class that explores theory behind literary criticism and focuses on analyzing textual works from a variety of perspectives. This assignment involved using these tools of literature to explore a work outside of the [...]