(AP) Action figures for ‘Django Unchained’ draw protestBy The Associated PressSlavery-era action figures tied to Quentin Tarantino’s “Django Unchained” are raising questions about whether they’re appropriate. A line of figures of the movie’s main characters are on sale online, manufactured
(AP) Spielberg earns 11th Directors Guild nominationBy DAVID GERMAINAP Movie WriterLOS ANGELESSteven Spielberg has extended his domination at the Directors Guild of America Awards, earning a nomination Tuesday for his Civil War epic “Lincoln” to pad the record he already
Quentin Tarantino’s “Django Unchained” is not only a great film but the greatest display of liberalism in movie theaters this past year. To those whose blood is boiling or eyes are rolling, I don’t use that word to refer to
Director Quentin Tarantino often shoots his mouth off like a character in one of his hyper-violent films. The man behind “Pulp Fiction” and “Reservoir Dogs” is working the publicity circuit on behalf of “Django Unchained,” his popular mashup of spaghetti
(AFP) Slasher flick “Texas Chainsaw 3D” stole the top slot at the North American box office this weekend, driving “The Hobbit” from its three-week perch in first place, estimates indicated Sunday. The latest offering in the horror franchise, first launched
Sensei’s call streak extended to 14 weeks last week. It’s very close at the top this week with a number of films that could win. Sensei’s weekend predictions and revenue results go as follows. 1. “The Hobbit” ($20 million) -Film will be
Actor/comedian Donnell Rawlings is speaking out against those criticizing the content of director Quentin Tarantino’s hot-button hit “Django Unchained.” Rawlings came to the director’s defense after several high profile black artists, including Katt Williams and Spike Lee, savaged Tarantino for
In 1915, director D.W. Griffith released “Birth of a Nation” to wide acclaim, creating many of the techniques still used by filmmakers today. His lush, three-hour epic is still considered a great film despite its unquestionable racism, most specifically in
ROME, Dec. 29 (UPI) — International Rome Film Festival organizers said they will present “Django Unchained” director Quentin Tarantino with a lifetime achievement award. Italian film composer Ennio Morricone will present Tarantino with the honor at a gala screening of
The Boston Globe’s review of “Django Unchained” stands as a prime example of stellar movie criticism. Critic Wesley Morris clearly spent hours crafting his thoughts, likely in tribute to the film’s artistic excellence. Yet Morris’ column contains a paragraph that
Hollywood actors use the word “brave” almost as loosely as the term “amazing” when describing their fellow artists. It’s brave to gain or lose weight for a role, to shave their head if a play demands it and tackle a
Quentin Tarantino’s Django Unchained is a complete masterpiece. The actors, screenplay, cinematography and direction are near perfection. Is the film violent? Yes. Is it controversial? Yes. Is it one of the year’s best? Yes. Django is two hours and 35 minutes
Yesterday, director Spike Lee ripped into Quentin Tarantino’s new ultra-violent slave revenge fantasy pic Django Unchained. Lee told VIBETV, “I can’t speak on it cause I’m not gonna see it. All I’m going to say is that it’s disrespectful to
Quentin Tarantino’s tremendously violent Django Unchained opens Tuesday, and producer Harvey Weinstein may be looking over his shoulder, because The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey is still riding high after its second weekend, having grabbed $36.7 million this past weekend and
Director Quentin Tarantino’s “Django Unchained” captures some of the inhumanity associated with slavery back in the 1800s. The institution separated families, tortured workers and committed other unspeakable acts on black Americans simply because of their skin color. The director says
Samuel L. Jackson, one of the stars of the new Quentin Tarantino-directed, Harvey Weinstein-produced Django Unchained, is speaking out against those who would restrict access to firearms or scale back violence in films in reaction to the massacre in Sandy
Even as Django Unchained producer Harvey Weinstein cancels the Los Angeles premiere of the film, and star Jamie Foxx admits that film violence can inspire real life violence, director Quentin Tarantino is unbowed in his defense of ultra-violent depictions of
Thanks to the massacre in Newtown, Connecticut, producer Harvey Weinstein has cancelled the Los Angeles premiere of Quentin Tarantino’s blood-soaked new Jamie Foxx vehicle, Django Unchained. A representative of The Weinstein Company announced, “Our thoughts and prayers go out to
An unfathomable tragedy like Friday’s shooting in Connecticut produces an understandable instinct to assign blame and “fix” laws. Despite eons of evidence to the contrary, we yearn to pretend that evil doesn’t exist. We convince ourselves that a particular tragic
Director Quentin Tarantino talks about gun viloence in cinema. Dean interviews Seth Rogen and Barbra Streisand about their movie Guilt Trip and Barbra’s reputation as a diva.
Jamie Foxx, the actor who recently joked it was great to kill white people while hosting “Saturday Night Live,” is speaking out about the role movie violence has on real-life tragedies like the Connecticut school shooting. The timing is pretty
(AP) – Hollywood has responded to the rampage at a Connecticut elementary school by pulling back on its offerings, and one star says the entertainment industry should take some responsibility for such violence. Fox pulled new episodes of “Family Guy”
The latest Quentin Tarantino film has violence, lots of it, and features more than 100 uses of the “N-word.” Stop … the presses? “Django Unchained,” set for a Christmas Day release date, has Tarantino once more in the culture war
LOS ANGELES, Dec. 13 (UPI) — Steven Spielberg’s historical drama “Lincoln” was nominated for a leading seven Golden Globe Awards, including Best Drama, in Los Angeles Thursday morning. Quentin Tarantino’s blood-soaked, 19th century-set revenge picture “Django Unchained” and Ben Affleck’s
Martin Bashir and guests ruthlessly attacked Matt Drudge Wednesday for his reporting on comments made by Jamie Foxx about the use of the “n word” in Quentin Tarantino’s films. “If I live a thousand years, Matt Drudge will never become
Jamie Foxx used his opening monologue on last night’s edition of “Saturday Night Live” to assure us that “black is in.” Foxx, who recently told an awards show crowd that President Barack Obama is “our Lord and Savior,” employed his
(AP) NBR Awards name ‘Zero Dark Thirty’ best filmBy JAKE COYLEAP Entertainment WriterNEW YORKKathryn Bigelow’s “Zero Dark Thirty” continued to gather awards momentum as the National Board of Review named the Osama bin Laden hunt docudrama the best film of
The creator of the “Star Wars” franchise is no longer in control of his own galaxy. George Lucas sold Lucasfilm, along with the celebrated space franchise, to Disney today for $4.05 billion. Yes, “billion” with a “b.” “I’ve always believed
It’s no secret the Hollywood community wants four more years of President Barack Obama. A new report puts some numbers on that fixation. Through Oct. 21, 198 “celebrity” donors have given $684,006 to the Barack Obama campaign compared with 14 donors
This year’s Oscar race may start – and stop – on Friday. Director Paul Thomas Anderson’s “The Master” hits theaters this weekend, bringing with it an all-star cast, feverishly positive festival reviews and the kind of award season luster that
(AP) ‘Top Gun’ director dies after jumping off bridgeBy CHRISTOPHER WEBERAssociated PressLOS ANGELES Tony Scott, director of such Hollywood blockbusters as “Top Gun,” “Days of Thunder” and “Beverly Hills Cop II,” died Sunday after jumping from a Los Angeles County
There are precious few “event” moments in modern cinema. For this critic, any time the Coen brothers release a new film it’s mark your calender time. The same holds true for Quentin Tarantino projects or animated features from the wizards
In this day and age, with the sorry state of film making, there is nothing like the promise of a new Tarantino flick, and this sounds fantastic. There might be spoilers. I wouldn’t know, I only read the first paragrah.
As a kid — I’m talking 11, 12 years old — I used to grab my weekly allowance and lie to my parents about going to the museum downtown. Instead, I would go to the movies, because this was back
NETFLIX USERS STREAM 3000 LIFETIMES’ WORTH OF VIDEOS IN 3 MONTHS And Hollywood thinks they can put this genie back in the bottle. Never. DID YOU KNOW KING KONG ALMOST BATTLED FRANKENSTEIN’S MONSTER? Alternate title: Did you know the greatest
While most movie fans are satisfied building a collection of their favorite DVDs, Shane Scheel has gone miles beyond in his devotion to his favorite cinematic treasures. As the co-creator and producer with Christopher Lloyd Bratten of the “For The
I push the squeaky metal glass door open to the store known as Blockbuster. I’m here to return one B-movie for another one to feed my copious addiction to way-too-cool-for-its-own-good genre fiction. I drop the movie off and get a
This week’s HomeVideodrome podcast finds us debating the pronunciation of the last name of John Cazale, discussing the lovely disposition of Tommy Lee Jones, as well as the goings on at the Austin Film Festival. Of course, we also go
It’s almost impossible to watch ‘Pulp Fiction’ today without mentally checking off director Quentin Tarantino’s cinematic tics. Great soundtrack? Yup. Aging actors rescued from obscurity? Yes, indeed. Dialogue so quotable you could print bumper stickers from every other line in
Come July 3, 2012, Andrew Garfield will be forever known as either the Amazing Spider-Man or the sap who ruined a perfectly good reboot. Can the British actor, who previously appeared in ‘The Social Network’ and ‘Never Let Me Go,’