James Cameron’s juggernaut, “Avatar,” continued its dominance this week picking up a leading 9 Oscar nominations. That number is matched only by one other film, the little Iraq-war thriller, “The Hurt Locker,” directed by Cameron’s ex-wife, Kathryn Bigelow. Here is the full rundown of this year’s Oscar contenders:
Best Picture
“Avatar”
“The Hurt Locker”
“The Blind Side”
“District 9″
“An Education”
“Inglourious [...]
2009 proved to be a big year for film, both blockbuster and independent. James Cameron made a triumphant return to the cineplex with “Avatar,” and J.J. Abrams made “Star Trek” cool again, all while indie film festival attendance grew more than ever. With thousands of films released every year, lists like these can’t [...]
Lists of this nature rarely serve any meaningful purpose. To include a film means that many more will be excluded. And in a decade’s worth of cinema, to make a list of the “best” at the expense of so many deserving films just seems wrong. Especially considering that there is no definitive canon of objectively [...]
Quentin Tarantino’s controversial revisionist’s WWII saga, “Inglourious Basterds” has had fans cheering and moralizers crying foul. Does it really deny the holocaust? Is it as boring as some have said? And how many freaking references to classic cinema can a guy fit into a single movie?! To find out you’ll have [...]
Controversial filmmaker, Quentin Tarantino, announced Saturday at the Morelia Intl. Film Festival that he plans on making a ”Kill Bill: Vol. 3.”
Variety reports that the eccentric director, attending the fest to support his WWII Jewish revenge flick, “Inglourious Basterds,” wanted Uma Thurman’s character, The Bride, and her daughter Beebe, to have at least 10 years [...]
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To say that Quentin Tarantino is a movie fan is a bit like saying Paris Hilton likes attention — it’s not only obvious but a gross understatement. Whether you like his work or not, this high school dropout turned video clerk turned cinéaste turned auteur makes wholly unique films. But the paradox is [...]
