Jamie Foxx and Snoop Dogg cleaning up the Lbc? We’d raise a gin and juice to that.Upcoming Netflix action-comedy “Day Shift” stars Foxx as Bud Jablonski, a father trying to navigate the rising cost of living in Los Angeles by taking on a job as a vampire exterminator. Dogg plays Bud’s friend Big John Elliott […]
Continue reading“Django Unchained” opens with a pitiful sight: our hero Django (Jamie Foxx), with haunted eyes and his feet in shackles, is marched across a barren landscape by a pair of brutal slave traders. The desperation and cruelty of his plight is laid out in bloody lash marks across his bare back. In typical Quentin Tarantino fashion, […]
Continue readingUpdate: According to Variety, Spacey is on board to provide a small role in the movie as a police detective, with director Franco Nero starring as the main character. Redgrave will be making a cameo as well as a piano teacher of Nero’s character.Earlier: Kevin Spacey has been cast in his first film role since […]
Continue readingMartin Scorsese’s long-awaited Western drama “Killers of the Flower Moon” is finally going into production next month with a cast that includes Leonardo DiCaprio, Robert De Niro, Jesse Plemons, and Lily Gladstone. Plemons’ casting announcement in February generated buzz for the project as the “I’m Thinking of Ending Things” actor stepped into the role originally […]
Continue readingDirectors who have reached a certain stature always find a way to add a Western to their resume. Or, at least a Western of some ilk. Clint Eastwood (“Unforgiven”), Quentin Tarantino (“Django Unchained”), the Coen Brothers and, now, Paul Greengrass.Read More: ‘News Of The World’: An Old-Fashioned Western With A Contemporary Heart [Review]Reuniting with his […]
Continue readingQuentin Tarantino has the upper hand in the Best Original Screenplay race. The groundswell started with the upbeat reception for Tarantino’s ninth feature opus “Once Upon a Time in Hollywood” at Cannes, a Charles Manson-inflected 1969 Los Angeles fable starring Leonardo DiCaprio and Brad Pitt. The auteur hit yet another original creation out of the […]
Continue readingEvery year, a much-anticipated Christmas release provokes speculation about whether it can be finished in time at all. Think Quentin Tarantino’s “Django Unchained” in 2012, followed a year later by Martin Scorsese’s “Wolf of Wall Street.” These movies screened for the first time dripping wet over the Thanksgiving weekend. They came within a hair’s breadth […]
Continue readingIn the midst of Oscar hopefuls “Joker,” “Ford v Ferrari,” “Judy,” “Waves,” and more stirring up major awards buzz, the Toronto International Film Festival found time to also champion Quentin Tarantino. The writer-director’s ninth feature “Once Upon a Time in Hollywood” opened in theaters this summer and remains a top Oscar contender in numerous categories. […]
Continue readingQuentin Tarantino’s latest beats director’s previous films in international box office expansion.Columbia Pictures’ Once Upon A Time…In Hollywood took pole position at the international box office this weekend, opening in 46 markets and grossing an estimated $53.7m from 11,200-plus screens.According to studio sources, it was the best start in that group of territories for any […]
Continue readingQuentin Tarantino’s latest beats director’s previous films in international box office expansion.Columbia Pictures’ Once Upon a Time…in Hollywood took pole position at the international box office this weekend, opening in 46 international markets and grossing an estimated $53.7m from 11,200-plus screens.According to studio sources, it was the best start in that group of territories for […]
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