Tag: Inglourious Basterds
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David Ayer Says His Remake Of The Dirty Dozen Is Still A Moving Target
Robert Aldrich’s “The Dirty Dozen” is the daddiest of dad movies. A box office smash upon its theatrical release in 1967, it was the proto-“men-on-a-mission” movie. Lee Marvin stars as a World War II U.S. Army major ordered to lead a pack of disposable military prisoners on a suicide mission to slaughter numerous high-ranking Nazi…
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Eli Roth’s ‘Thanksgiving’: Everything We Know About the Holiday Slasher
Since 2007, when he created a mock trailer for the movie Grindhouse, Eli Roth has been waiting for the right opportunity to create a feature-length movie based on the fake trailer. The original trailer is filled to the brim with terrible puns, extremely cheesy kill scenes and body reveals in true Eli Roth fashion. Roth…
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Diane Kruger to Be Honored With Golden Eye Award at Zurich Film Festival
Diane Kruger is set to receive the Golden Eye Award at this year’s edition of Zurich Film Festival.Throughout the course of her career, Kruger has worked with high-profile directors such as Quentin Tarantino, Wolfgang Peterson and Robert Zemeckis. She is best known for her roles as Helen of Sparta in “Troy” (2004), Abigail Chase in…
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Quentin Tarantino’s Favorite Movies: 55 Films the Director Wants You to See
To say that few filmmakers love movies as much as Quentin Tarantino is a staggering understatement. Few people love movies as much as Quentin Tarantino, and the cinephile’s tastes continue to shape Hollywood.The video store clerk-turned-director has spent decades dazzling interviewers and fans with his unparalleled knowledge of cinema history, with tastes that range from…
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‘The Consultant’ Teaser: Christoph Waltz Is The Boss From Hell In Prime Video’s New Series
Even though Christoph Waltz has appeared in a number of movies and TV shows over the course of his career, playing a variety of different characters, there’s always just a bit of menace in everything he does. Obviously, that’s highlighted in his award-winning performance in “Inglourious Basterds.” But that menace is taken to a new…
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Quentin Tarantino Confirms ‘Inglourious Basterds’ Role Was Written for Adam Sandler
Adam Sandler almost cut his teeth as a Nazi hunter in Quentin Tarantino’s Oscar-winning “Inglourious Basterds.”The “Uncut Gems” star was the muse for the “Basterds” character of Sergeant Donny “The Bear Jew” Donowitz, as writer-director Tarantino confirmed during Bill Maher’s “Club Random” podcast with co-host Judd Apatow. However, Sandler was already committed to Apatow’s 2009…
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Hunters Season 2 Teaser Offers A First Look At Udo Kier As Hitler
The first teaser for Prime Video’s “Hunters” season 2 is here, and if ever there were a time for a series about Nazi hunters in America to make a return, this is that time. Unfortunately for “Hunters” fans, the show’s second season will be its last. But it’s going out with a bang, pitting Jewish…
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Christoph Waltz, Javier Bardem Talk Oscar Contender ‘The Good Boss,’ Method Acting, Playing Villains
In some ways, Javier Bardem and Christoph Waltz have trod similar career paths. In the space of two years, both stole the show and won Oscars playing cold-blooded killers, Bardem in the Coen brothers’ “No Country for Old Men,” Waltz in “Inglourious Basterds.”Both went on to become memorable Bond villains. And they also have a…
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The Mad Woman’s Ball review – Mélanie Laurent’s compelling melodrama
The actor turns director again for a compelling psychodrama about women subjected to experimental psychiatric treatmentSince her acting breakthrough as the defiant Shosanna in Quentin Tarantino’s Nazi thriller Inglourious Basterds, Mélanie Laurent has cultivated a flourishing parallel career in as a director. Now she pulls out all the stops with this highly watchable and well-made…
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‘Tarantino Live’: How Quentin Tarantino’s Movies Are Being Transformed into Theater
All products and services featured by IndieWire are independently selected by IndieWire editors. However, IndieWire may receive a commission on orders placed through its retail links, and the retailer may receive certain auditable data for accounting purposes.Quentin Tarantino’s fans can watch some of his iconic movies come to life in “Tarantino Live: Fox Force Five…