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Michael Keaton: 'There's a price to pay for making your own choices'

19 November 2009 1:40 PM, PST | The Guardian - Film News | See recent The Guardian - Film News news »

He used to be Beetlejuice and Batman. Now Michael Keaton is a first-time director and a contented man

Michael Keaton is standing in the middle of his London hotel room, transfixed by the widescreen television before him. He holds out the remote control as if he's offering a gift to the gods. The volume goes up, the volume goes down. The image freezes, then fast-forwards. The urge to wrest the handset from him and take charge is overwhelming, and lasts at least until you remember the fabled Keaton temper. ("I'm a good thrower," he once said. "And kicker.") But his doddery behaviour in the face of technology is endearing. Eventually, he hits on the scene he was hunting for. "Wait, you gotta see this," he says breathlessly. "Listen, you hear that song? Oh, man. That's the one we wanted to use but it was too expensive."

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- Ryan Gilbey

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Pam Grier Joins Smallville as DC Villain

9 November 2009 2:26 PM, PST | TVGuide - Breaking News | See recent TVGuide - Breaking News news »

The Smallville mythology is growing this season with the introduction of Agent Amanda Waller. The L Word star Pam Grier, who began in 1970s blaxploitation films, has taken on the role of the DC Comics villainess, TVGuide.com has confirmed.

Who's returning to Smallville?

The 60-year-old Grier, whose career was revived by Quentin Tarantino's 1997 film Jackie Brown, will make her first appearance in...

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- Natalie Abrams

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Exclusive: 'Smallville' lands Pam Grier!

9 November 2009 11:50 AM, PST | EW - Ausiello Files | See recent EW.com - The Ausiello Files news »

Smallville's coolness quotient just soared to new heights. Blaxploitation icon-turned-l-Word staple Pam Grier is joining the cast for multiple episodes, sources confirm to me exclusively. Grier has been booked to play DC Comics villainess Agent Amanda Waller. Never heard of her? This should bring you up to speed. The Golden Globe nominated actress (for Jackie Brown) will make her debut in the second hour of the upcoming Justice Society-centric two-parter, "Legends," scheduled to air in late January. Pretty cool, huh? Photo Credit: Welling: Jack Rowand/The CW; Grier: Sara De Boer/Retna Ltd »

- Michael Ausiello

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Fall Frights: House Of 1000 Corpses (Film Review)

20 October 2009 12:41 AM, PDT | Fangoria | See recent Fangoria news »

In the spirit of Halloween '09, we're breaking out reviews (some new, some old) of some Fall Frights you may want to work into your monthly viewing.

Originally published, 04/09/2003

I’m reviewing Rob Zombie’s House Of 1000 Corpses a bit late for two reasons: 1) There were no advance screenings held in New York, as Lions Gate figured quite reasonably that mainstream critics wouldn’t get it; and 2) Not only did I want to catch it with a regular audience for the full experience, but sometimes a situation like this arises where I want to support the film with my box-office bucks. And House Of 1000 Corpses deserves it; while it’s not going to alter the course of horror cinema as we know it, it delivers exactly what it promises: a balls-out tribute to the genre classics of the ’70s that pushes the R rating to the limit and »

- no-reply@fangoria.com (Michael Gingold)

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A Conversation with Sid Haig

19 October 2009 6:42 AM, PDT | Fangoria | See recent Fangoria news »

One of the horror genre's most recognizable faces, Sid Haig has graced the big and small screens in over 400 projects. Recipient of a Fangoria Chainsaw Award for "Best Supporting Actor" in Rob Zombie's House Of 1000 Corpses, Haig would later receive a "Best Actor" Award for reprising his role as Captain Spaulding in The Devil's Rejects.

The busy actor and Horror Hall Of Famer recently took the time to chat with Fangoria about his long career and the love of his craft.

Jason Anders/Fangoria: So after having appeared in over 50 films and 350 television shows, what do you feel is the role that first defined you as an actor? Also, going back to your childhood, tell me about your decision to go into the industry as a professional actor, and what originally inspired you.

Sid Haig: I really don't know what defining oneself as an actor means, but »

- no-reply@fangoria.com (Jason Anders)

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Happy Belated 15th Anniversary 'Pulp Fiction'

16 October 2009 1:54 AM, PDT | Rope of Silicon | See recent Rope Of Silicon news »

(from left to right) Cast of Pulp Fiction with Bruce Willis, Quentin Tarantino, Uma Thurman, Samuel L. Jackson and John Travolta Pulp Fiction was released 15 years ago today (minus two days) and slowly but surely we have started to reconsider how we view the film. When it first came out, it was as close to a religious experience as you could get within the movie industry from all angles. It influenced a lot of less talented filmmakers to try and copy Quentin Tarantino's success. The results were mostly cringe-worthy. Why did I have to suffer through 2 Days in the Valley? Things to do in Denver When You're Dead? Thursday? Spun? Because Hollywood loves them a fad. Some imitations were much more vibrant and distinct (Go and Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels come to mind). But mostly, there was a lot of crap. Either way, it was a movie »

- Andre Rivas

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Review: Did you ever see… The Negotiator?

15 October 2009 12:19 PM, PDT | HeyUGuys.co.uk | See recent HeyUGuys news »

This week sees the release of Law Abiding Citizen. The story of a man, played by Gerard Butler, who is forced to watch his family murdered. When the District Attorney makes a shady deal with the defendants, Butler takes matters into his own hands.

The director is F. Gary Gray. You may not recognise the name, but he has directed a tense thriller before, again about a man taking justice into his own hands. Starring the then dream partnership of Kevin Spacey and Samuel L. Jackson, let’s take a look at 1998’s The Negotiator.

As so often happens, there were a couple of movies on the same subject released around the same time, namely hostage negotiators. The other in this case was the Eddie Murphy vehicle, 1997’s Metro. Metro wasn’t very good, but ironically turned out to be, barring Bowfinger, his best movie for years to come.

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- Barry Steele

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Top Ten Working American Directors

7 October 2009 2:18 AM, PDT | Rope of Silicon | See recent Rope Of Silicon news »

Top Ten Working American Directors

A list like this is tricky to the point of madness. However, I'm going to save you the trouble by saying it right here, right now: Most of the choices on this list are obvious. There's a reason why certain names continually pop up whenever conversation drifts toward great American films. So there. I said it.

Yet, how do you weigh the likes of Francis Ford Coppola, a genius who delivered some of the all-time greatest films, but fizzled out 25 or so years ago, against a filmmaker like Woody Allen who has worked consistently for decades churning out both brilliant gems and disposable time wasters? How do you compare either of these directors against an auteur such as Spike Jonze who has only opened two films so far, but both are masterpieces?

In the end I just went with my gut. I knew there were »

- David Frank

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Brad Pitt’s ‘Inglourious Basterds’ Becomes Quentin Tarantino’s Highest-Grossing Film

22 September 2009 6:12 AM, PDT | HollywoodChicago.com | See recent HollywoodChicago.com news »

Chicago – The Weinstein Company (Qtc) announced that Quentin Tarantino’s recent film “Inglourious Basterds” passed “Pulp Fiction” at the box office and is now his highest grossing film ever. “Bastards” has now grossed more than $108 million in North American box office sales since the film was released on August 21, 2009.

Lt. Aldo Raine (Brad Pitt) and Sgt. Donny Donowitz (Eli Roth) in Quentin Tarantino's Inglourious Basterds.

Photo credit: Francois Duhamel/Twc “Pulp Fiction” made $107,966,120 in its North American release. “Inglourious Basterds” is a huge international success for both Twc and its partner, Universal Pictures. The filmed debuted at #1 in the Us and all over the world on August 21, 2009.

“We have been Quentin’s biggest fans since the beginning. It was extremely gratifying to see ‘Inglourious Basterds’ put up such huge numbers. It is a kick ass film from a director who always keeps me and audiences on their toes,” said »

- adam@hollywoodchicago.com (Adam Fendelman)

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What "Inglourious Basterds" Owes to History

9 September 2009 12:00 PM, PDT | ifc.com | See recent IFC news »

[Spoilers ahead for those who haven't seen "Inglourious Basterds."]

There have been two moments in film this year that have moved me to my cine-loving core. Both involved individuals stirred by the power of image, art and mythology. And both illustrated a personal investment for each character (some, real-life characters), revealing a potent significance and identification -- something that ascended beyond mere fandom. Simple and yet complex, these moments were meaningful to these people.

One, occurred in Michael Mann's "Public Enemies." Watching John Dillinger (played by Johnny Depp) fatefully sitting inside the Biograph watching Clark Gable as Blackie, essentially playing a version of Johnny (John Dillinger) in "Manhattan Melodrama," the look on J.D.'s face was gripping. And not only because we know what's going to happen to the legendary gangster once he steps out of that theater, but for all of the imagined ideas going through Dillinger's head at that moment. How could he not think »

- Kim Morgan

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Lol: The Onion Reports “Next Tarantino Movie An Homage To Beloved Tarantino Movies”

8 September 2009 8:00 AM, PDT | Slash Film | See recent Slash Film news »

America's favorite satire newspaper The Onion has breaking faux news on Quentin Tarantino's next project, a homage to the director's favorite films from his own filmography. Here is an excerpt: While attending a European press junket Monday for his film Inglourious Basterds, director Quentin Tarantino announced that his next project, Jack Rabbit Slim, will go into production this fall, and will be an homage to his favorite director and screenwriter of all time: Quentin Tarantino. "I've been a Tarantino fan for as long as I can remember," said Tarantino, who repeatedly referred to his hero as "The Master." "Reservoir Dogs, Pulp Fiction, Jackie Brown—those movies were basically my film school. I mean, the ability to take a genre or a subgenre, embrace it to its core, and then blow it up and make it your own is something that has to be admired." "We're talking about the quintessential writer-director of our time, »

- Peter Sciretta

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Team Experience: Oh, Those Basterds

1 September 2009 10:14 AM, PDT | FilmExperience | See recent FilmExperience news »

As you may have noticed some blog buddies of mine have been pitching in randomly of late as my off-cinema life has pulled me away. Oh, to live only for the cinema! To get you acquainted with these life savers o' mine, I've decided to gather them as a collective once a week or so and ask them to share their individual feelings on a question posed by me. Yes, I'm a control freak.

Question for the Team

What's your favorite moment/performance/anything about Inglourious Basterds?

Spoilers ahead obviously.David: Maybe I was just blinded by the beauty. Or maybe it's my secretly perverse soul. But easily the most striking moment of Inglourious Basterds for me is the reciprocal shootings of Fredrick (Daniel Brühl) and Shosanna (Mélanie Laurent). Tarantino has a reputation for finding strange beauty in his moments of graphic violence, and it's no different here. It's the »

- NATHANIEL R

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Del Toro On The Hobbit In 3D, Casting Rumors And Avatar

31 August 2009 7:21 AM, PDT | ScreenRant.com | See recent Screen Rant news »

There have been a lot of rumors flying around about the upcoming Guillermo del Toro directed, Peter Jackson produced, two-part adaptation of J.R.R. Tolkien’s classic book, The Hobbit. Everything from casting rumors - Daniel Radcliffe, David Tennant or James McAvoy to play Bilbo? - to word of a third, “bridge” movie being made the would link the two Hobbit films to the Lord of the Rings trilogy.

Just as quick as these rumors surface, del Toro himself has been there to dispel them. And that has happened again recently when rumors surfaced that The Hobbit would be in 3D. By way of TheOneRing.net’s forum, del Toro himself has let fans know just what is true and what isn’t, including confirming who will be the Director of Photography for The Hobbit:

 

“As a co-writer and director of this film (who works with the design teams, costume teams, »

- Ross Miller

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Mirror/Mirror – “I Think This Might Just Be My Masterpiece”

30 August 2009 6:10 PM, PDT | Atomic Popcorn | See recent Atomic Popcorn news »

As I sit and stare at the new Inglourious Basterds poster that adorns my wall, a hundred different thoughts run through my mind, memories from my first (and sadly, only) viewing of the film over a week ago. Perhaps it’s the fact that each major character is present on the poster, bearing a unique facial expression that summarizes their agenda in Quentin Tarantino’s war. Eli Roth’s Bear Jew is a bloodthirsty madman. Pitt’s face is skeptical and mischievous. Shoshanna is wounded, vengeful.

Perhaps moreso than ever before, Tarantino has crafted an ensemble cast of characters with such fleshed out detail that for once I care. I love Pulp Fiction beyond a shadow of a doubt, but I’d be hard pressed to name a character I feel for enough to cringe at their timely disaster. Jackie Brown’s got a whole bunch of well-rounded characters, but »

- John Cooper

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Quentin Tarantino To Be Honored With Douglas Award At Santa Barbara Film Fest

27 August 2009 2:03 AM, PDT | icelebz.com | See recent iCelebz news »

Academy Award-winning filmmaker Quentin Tarantino will be honored with the 2009 Kirk Douglas Award for Excellence in Film at the Santa Barbara Film Festival in October.

The honor will be presented by Douglas himself at a black-tie Gala dinner at the Four Seasons Biltmore in Santa Barbara on October 22.

Tarantino won an Oscar in 1995 for writing the cult favorite "Pulp Fiction. His film credits include "Reservoir Dogs" (1992), "Jackie Brown" (1997), and "Kill Bill" (2003 and 2004).

His latest project, "Inglourious Basterds," is currently racking up in the box office. It opened with million in domestic theaters, his biggest to date.

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Votd: Quentin Tarantino on Charlie Rose

25 August 2009 4:45 PM, PDT | Slash Film | See recent Slash Film news »

Quentin Tarantino recorded an hour long interview with Charlie Rose last week to promote Inglourious Basterds. Readers of the site know that I love long form interviews with good filmmakers. You can download the Wmv video file of the interview right now by clicking here. The streaming version on Google Video doesn't appear to be working yet (but I've also included that after the jump). And while I'm at it, why not include the rest of Tarantino's Charlie Rose interview appearances from the last 15 years? Yes, those are available after the jump as well. 1994 - Pulp Fiction 1997 - Jackie Brown with Pam Grier 2004 - Kill Bill 2007 - Grindhouse with Robert Rodriguez 2009 - Inglourious Basterds See video link above »

- Peter Sciretta

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Inglourious Basterds Review

22 August 2009 5:14 PM, PDT | FilmJunk | See recent FilmJunk news »

Inglourious Basterds Written and Directed by: Quentin Tarantino Starring: Brad Pitt, Mélanie Laurent, Christoph Waltz, Eli Roth, Daniel Brühl, Diane Kruger, Til Schweiger, Bj Novak A quick look back through Quentin Tarantino's filmography at this point in time reveals that he has covered a pretty impressive number of genres with just a handful of movies, from gangster and blaxploitation films, to kung fu and spaghetti westerns, to car chases and slasher flicks. Now it's time to for him to pay tribute to yet another realm of cinema: the World War II drama. Inglourious Basterds has been in development for over a decade now, with Tarantino taking his time to pen the perfect script in the hopes of making this his magnum opus. I think it's safe to say that he may very well have achieved exactly that. From the opening scene, the movie sets a slow, deliberate pace that »

- Sean

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Quentin Tarantino: One Helluva Basterd

22 August 2009 12:01 AM, PDT | Fangoria | See recent Fangoria news »

In case you missed it last night, Fangoria Radio (heard live every Friday on Sirius Xm Stars satellite radio, Sirius channel 108/Xm channel 139, from 10 p.m.-1 a.m. Est) featured an exclusive pretaped interview between writer/director Quentin Tarantino and cohost/Fango editor Tony Timpone. The acclaimed director of Reservoir Dogs, Pulp Fiction, Jackie Brown, Kill Bill and Grindhouse’s Death Proof talked up his latest epic, the rollicking WWII caper film Inglourious Basterds (now playing), his thoughts on the genre and even Fango’s recent 30th-anniversary issue. You can hear the full interview on iTunes (free Fango Radio audio clips are listed in the iTunes Store under the Podcasts tab; simply search for Fangoria) next week, but check out these highlights in the meantime.

Fangoria: So for the uninitiated, could you tell us the basic plot of Inglourious Basterds?

Quentin Tarantino: The idea behind it is a WWII movie, »

- no-reply@fangoria.com (FANGORIA.com)

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Brandon's Word: Inglourious Basterds is a Masterpiece

21 August 2009 12:33 PM, PDT | firstshowing.net | See recent FirstShowing.net news »

More often than not, Quentin Tarantino is like a very able boxer who throws the same punch time after time. After the first, second, and third haymaker -- one can predict what the fourth and fifth and sixth will be. As an opponent of Tarantino's, I thought I had him and his latest film, the WWII-set Inglourious Basterds, pegged as just that -- another wild haymaker. But just another haymaker it is not. Inglourious Basterds is, instead, a precise jab to the nose, a swift uppercut to the chin, and a brain-rattling hook to the jaw. It's Quentin Tarantino's knockout punch. And it lands hard. Read on for Brandon's review! Before I continue, however, let me put what is to be a very positive review into some context. I've seen all of Tarantino's directorial work. I admire Reservoir Dogs and adore Pulp Fiction. I respect Jackie Brown, understand Kill Bill, »

- Brandon Lee Tenney

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Who Is Your Favorite Quentin Tarantino Character? -- Poll, Day 5

21 August 2009 8:30 AM, PDT | MTV Movies Blog | See recent MTV Movies Blog news »

This is it folks. Today is the last day of our "favorite Quentin Tarantino character" poll. You spoken loud and clear with your clicks. And unless today brings some massive upset, "Pulp Fiction"'s Jules Winnfield -- and the memorable Sam Jackson performance responsible for him -- is the big winner with (as of now) 44% of your votes. "Kill Bill"'s The Bride (Uma Thurman) is the closest competitor, at 21%. And my pick? Poor Max Cherry (Robert Forster), from "Jackie Brown"? The big loser, at 2%. All this tells me is that "Brown" really is Qt's most underrated effort.

In the below video, the director and "Inglourious Basterds" star Brad Pitt describe audience reactions to what is ultimately a funny World War II movie. They focus specifically on a German audience screening, and the crowd's at-first tentative response to the humor.

Hit the jump for your last chance to give Max »

- Adam Rosenberg

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