Tag: Quentin Tarantino

Cedar Rapids is an example of a cancer in American movies, a horrible disease that has befallen independent movies. Every year a movie pops out from Sundance that seems to be the little indie movie that could. This would be

Okay, maybe not the best year ever, but easily my favorite of the years I’ve covered so far. They should change the award to: The Academy’s Favorite Movie of the Year. Either that, or they could give out the award

I don’t get why people hated The Green Hornet so much. Granted, I’m no long-time fan of the character, my knowledge of The Green Hornet begins and ends with the fact that the mighty Bruce Lee played Kato in an

Uma Thurman has been gracing the world’s movie screens with her ethereal beauty and unique presence for more than 20 years, ever since her breakthrough role in 1988’s “Dangerous Liaisons” opposite John Malkovich and Michelle Pfeiffer. Since then, she’s helped

I’m realizing how odd it is to complain about the Oscars or to pigeonhole the Academy’s tastes. They can get it astoundingly right (i.e., I can agree wholeheartedly) and wildly wrong (i.e., I disagree) all in the same year in

This week, a great movie getting a Blu-ray upgrade is Pixar’s The Incredibles, which is my favorite of the studio’s impressive catalogue. My favoritism towards it is due to the fact that I find the themes delicious, not surprising given

[CONTENT WARNING: This post contains harsh language.] On Wednesday night, Quentin Tarantino was roasted at the New York Friars’ Club. Some of Hollywood’s most famous and talented stars were on hand, many of who did the actual roasting. Among them

#19: Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer (1986) If this list ranked films based only on the principle of pure horror, John McNaughton’s brilliantly directed, scripted (with co-writer Richard Fire), and acted look at a chapter in the life of

Director Robert Rodriguez’s spoof trailer for “Machete” was easily the best part of his and Quentin Tarantino’s failed attempt to return to those glorious days of early ’70s exploitation flicks with 2007’s “Grindhouse.” And it made sense that the fan

The new film Machete is born of a joke. No, really. In 2006 when Quentin Tarantino was gearing up for his double feature movie experience Grindhouse, he solicited other directors like Eli Roth and Rob Zombie to make fake trailers

A 1995 Los Angeles Times Magazine cover proclaimed him “The Coolest Actor in the World,” and yet most Americans to this day have never heard of him. For fans of Hong Kong films, though, he is Asia’s answer to Steve

When, and why, did American television and cinema viewers first fall in love with the Sociopath protagonist? Perhaps the audience was always there, nascent and ready to be born. My current favorite Sociopath television show is AMC’s Breaking Bad, the

[Ed. Note: Please welcome Vic, Owner/Editor of Screen Rant — an addiction of mine since coming across it — to Big Hollywood. Don’t forget to bookmark his site and encourage him to return.] One of the best things about the

I know I was supposed to write about Hoop Dreams, but it’s been years since I have seen it and I wanted to give it a fair shot. Instead, please find my thoughts below on Clerks, a movie I should

I’ve been pondering the concept of evil as depicted in film as of late, as the topic has come to mind while viewing several films: Elephant, United 93, 9/11 (the documentary), Schindler’s List, Life is Beautiful, Jonestown: Life & Death

It’s that time of the year again — Oscar time! (Cue “Hooray It’s Hollywood!” music.) I know it’s supposed to be uncool to care, but I grew up watching the Oscars with my mom every year, and just can’t kick

The real fun of the Oscars isn’t the cut-throat competition for the little gold naked man but guessing who will make the biggest idiot of himself. The Academy Awards show has a fine tradition of pampered celebrities popping off with

The Associated Press: The science-fiction sensation “Avatar” and the war-on-terror thriller “The Hurt Locker” lead the Academy Awards with nine nominations each, including best picture and director for former spouses James Cameron and Kathryn Bigelow. For the first time since

Last week, I stirred some folks up with my Top Ten Most Overrated Directors of All Time. To recap, they were: Ridley Scott, Michael Mann, David Lean, Darren Aronofsky, Mike Nichols, David Lynch, Quentin Tarantino, Woody Allen, Martin Scorsese, and

Ever since the advent of the modern motion picture industry, critics have praised directors as the key to great film. The auteur theory of cinema is idiotic, since writing is truly the key – no director could make a masterpiece

Last week under mounting pressure from protesters, the Iranian Government promised a new and deadly crackdown. “From now on, we will show no mercy” to protesters or their families, the government’s chief prosecutor, Gholam-Hossein Mohseni-Ejei, said Tuesday. It is par

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Editor’s Note: After the publication of this piece we made an internal discovery that this interview was not a one-on-one interview between our writer and Quentin Tarantino, and that some of the questions attributed to “Big Hollywood” were asked by

Yesterday, our own Chris Yogerst weighed in on Greg Gutfeld’s criticism of Hollywood — specifically Greg’s criticism of “G.I. Joe,” Stallone’s new Rambo film and “Inglourious Basterds” — for choosing politically correct villains over the real ones we face today.