Tag: Pulp Fiction
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Quentin Tarantino Went on a Marvel Studios Binge Pre-‘Endgame’ and Was Pleased by a Shout-Out in the McU
Quentin Tarantino, a master of pastiche himself, said he enjoyed seeing an homage to his own work in “Captain America: The Winter Soldier,” which is just one example of Tarantino and Marvel riffing on each other.BBC Radio 1’s Ali Plumb asked Tarantino in a recent interview what he thought about the shoutout to his 1994…
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One Reporter Counted Every Curse Word in Quentin Tarantino Movies, Including 901 F-Bombs
Quentin Tarantino sure does love to write profanity. Dallas Observer reporter Garret Gravely has gone through the insane task of recording every curse word said in a Quentin Tarantino movie (see the full report here), revealing the F-word to be the filmmaker’s expletive of choice. Across Tarantino’s nine feature films to date, the F-word has…
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Seven Great Film Performances By Actors Playing Other Actors
With the release of this week’s “Once Upon a Time in Hollywood,” Quentin Tarantino is pairing his love of pop culture references with his penchant for historical revisionism in a sprawling portrait of the film industry in 1969. While Brad Pitt and Leonardo DiCaprio play fictional actors, the film features characters such as Sharon Tate,…
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‘Once Upon a Time in Hollywood’: Tarantino’s ‘Inglourious Basterds’ Easter Egg Explained
[Editor’s note: The following post contains spoilers for Quentin Tarantino’s “Once Upon a Time in Hollywood.”]Quentin Tarantino doesn’t hide the fact his movies exist in the same cinematic universe. The connections that run through the writer-director’s filmography can be big (John Travolta’s “Pulp Fiction” character is the brother of Michael Madsen’s “Reservoir Dogs” character) or…
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‘Once Upon a Time in Hollywood’ Launches With $5.8 Million on Thursday Night
Quentin Tarantino’s “Once Upon a Time in Hollywood” has opened with a solid $5.8 million at 3,318 North American locations in Thursday previews.Sony’s much-anticipated comedy drama, starring Leonardo Dicaprio and Brad Pitt, will expand to 3,659 sites against the second weekend of Disney’s blockbuster remake of “The Lion King.” “Once Upon a Time” is promising…
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The Fanatic: John Travolta and Fred Durst made a horror movie together
In one of the strangest trailers of the year, the Oscar-nominated star of Pulp Fiction turns into a celebrity stalker for director Fred DurstIt’s quite common for movies – especially horror movies – to bolster their significance with a mid-trailer quote. You know, something like “This is the scariest film I have ever seen –…
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The ‘Pulp Fiction’ Prequel Never Made: Tarantino Details the Amazing Premise
Quentin Tarantino’s “Pulp Fiction” has remained a touchstone of American independent cinema since its 1994 debut at the Cannes Film Festival, where it took home the prestigious Palme d’Or. The film ended its run with $213 million at the worldwide box office and seven Oscar nominations, including Best Picture. Tarantino won the Academy Award for…
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Quentin Tarantino Says His ‘Star Trek’ Film Will Be Like ‘Pulp Fiction’ in Space
Everyone is curious about Quentin Tarantino‘s Star Trek, and it’s hard to blame them: the writer/director has never stepped into an established film franchise before, and there’s also the question of whether or not a Trek film will actually be his final movie before he rides off into the sunset of retirement. We know it…
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ArcLight Hollywood Celebrates Quentin Tarantino Weekend With Advance ‘Once Upon a Time’ Screenings
ArcLight Hollywood is celebrating the release of Quentin Tarantino’s “Once Upon a Time… in Hollywood” with a three-day tribute from July 19-21 showing all the director’s previous films.Ahead of the nationwide release on July 26, Tarantino fans can also catch 70mm advance screenings of “Once Upon a Time” on Saturday and Sunday at 7:30 p.m.,…
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Film News Roundup: Miramax Partners on ‘Pulp Fiction’ Consumer Products
In today’s film news roundup, “Pulp Fiction” consumer products are coming, HollyShorts will offer a development deal, Sundance makes a FilmFreeway deal and “Portrait of a Lady on Fire” gets a release date.Consumer ProductsMiramax has partnered with White Space Entertainment to manage its film portfolio in the consumer product space starting with “Pulp Fiction,” Variety…