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'Django Unchained' is Tarantino, undisciplined ★★
In "Django Unchained," which has its moments of devilish glee in and among dubious wallows in numbing slaughter, writer-director-trash compactor Quentin Tarantino delivers a mashup of several hundred of his favorite movies, all hanging, like barnacles,...
Tags: Entertainment, Russ Tamblyn, Jonah Hill, Slavery, Django Unchained (movie)
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Oscar 8-Ball: Quentin Tarantino's 'Django Unchained'
Can a movie that New York Post film critic Lou Lumenick called "basically a three-hour homage to 'Blazing Saddles'" manage to pull in a few Oscar nominations? Time to check in with the Oscar 8-Ball, that magical portal into the minds and hearts and, in...Tags: Gold Standard Incorporated, Lincoln (movie, 2012), Entertainment, Steven Spielberg, Entertainment Events
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'Django,' unchained, looks at U.S.' past
Quentin Tarantino had been shooting "Django Unchained" for two solid weeks at a plantation outside New Orleans, but a pall of uncertainty hung over the cast and crew: Just what kind of slavery movie was this going to be? After all, this was a white...
Tags: Les Miserables (musical), Lincoln (movie, 2012), Reservoir Dogs (movie), Entertainment, World War II (1939-1945)
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'Killing Them Softly' director: My movie isn't for everyone
With its stylized violence and unambiguous politics, "Killing Them Softly" has divided critics since it debuted at Cannes this year. That polarization probably will continue this weekend among audiences who, wooed by slick TV spots, are expecting a...
Tags: Killing Them Softly (movie), Entertainment, Thriller (genre), The New York Times, Brad Pitt
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‘Man with the Iron Fists’: Rapper RZA makes jump to film director
Hero Complex - movies, comics, pop culture - latimes.comCall it a case of life imitating martial arts. On the Shanghai set of the kung fu saga “The Man ...... -
'Seven Psychopaths' is mayhem with a moral core, writer hopes
Opening next Friday, "Seven Psychopaths" has a title promising a certain amount of spilled blood and bad behavior, and the writer-director Martin McDonagh delivers on the promise. McDonagh notes, however, that his film contains "more dialogue in the midst...
Tags: Arts and Culture, Entertainment, Seven Psychopaths (movie), The Guard (movie), Action (Movie Genre)
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'Walking Dead' will live it up at Universal's Halloween Horror Nights
Universal's Halloween Horror Nights and "The Walking Dead" go together like blood and guts. The AMC television series, which follows the experiences of a deputy sheriff during a zombie apocalypse, will be the subject of one of Universal Studios'...
Tags: Holidays, Entertainment, The Walking Dead (tv program), Halloween Horror Nights, Water for Elephants (movie)
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Farewell, My Queen
Fox 5 San Diego staffI thought it was the perfect timing to see this movie. I loved the documentary Queen of Versailles. Now, I would get to see the real Versailles. There are three types of movies I attend with low expectations – period pieces, westerns, and musicals....Tags: Sofia Coppola, Chocolate Cake, Entertainment, Movies
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The Dark Knight Rises Controversies
Fox 5 San Diego staffEveryone has been talking about the shooting in Colorado at the Dark Knight Rises. Many of my friends, knowing I’m a movie critic, have asked my opinions. I’ve decided to share many of the thoughts on all aspects of the case, in this blog. I&...Tags: Christian Bale, Arts and Culture, Entertainment, Terminator Salvation (movie), Judas Priest (music group)
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Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter
Fox 5 San Diego staffLet’s first address the elephant in the room – the goofy title. Well, in the mid-60s there was a movie called Billy the Kid vs. Dracula. And last year we had the surprisingly entertaining Cowboys & Aliens. I’m not familiar with the book...Tags: Dominic Cooper, Rufus Sewell, Entertainment, Johnny Depp, Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter (movie)
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'Django Unchained': Teaser trailer serves up revenge with style
24 FramesThe teaser trailer for "Django Unchained" has been released, offering a first glimpse of Quentin Tarantino's upcoming film about a freed slave-turned-bounty hunter (Jamie Foxx) trying to save his wife from a vicious plantation owner (Leonardo DiCaprio)...... -
Navigating Cannes screenings a tricky task
CANNES, France — Here’s why the world’s greatest film festival, the one on the Cote d’Azur, means something, and to some filmmakers means everything — even if a lot of the surrounding movies are lame. The other evening at...
Tags: Mud (movie), Arts and Culture, Entertainment, Lawless (movie), James Gandolfini
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