I saw the new Quentin Tarantino film, 'Inglourious Basterds', last week in Boston and am currently working on a review for the HDRoom.com to be published on Friday.
In short, the film is a bloody good time at the movies. A Spaghetti Western set in German-occupied France, 'Basterds' isn't particularly deep or the best thing that Tarantino has written, but it's full of colorful characters and smart dialogue, brought to life by a great ensemble cast (in particular Christoph Waltz as the sadistic Colonel Landa) and Tarantino's assured direction.
The Weinstein Company is pretty much betting the house on both this film and next week's release of Rob Zombie's "Halloween II" to save their asses from oblivion. As you may or may not have read, the financial situation of the house that Harvey Scissorhands and his bro Bob built is flat-out broke, so much so that the company reportedly couldn't afford to have advanced free screenings of either film prior to their release. A major fall from Tinseltown grace for two men who ruled independent cinema with an iron fist during the 1990s and the early part of this decade via Miramax Pictures.
In short, the film is a bloody good time at the movies. A Spaghetti Western set in German-occupied France, 'Basterds' isn't particularly deep or the best thing that Tarantino has written, but it's full of colorful characters and smart dialogue, brought to life by a great ensemble cast (in particular Christoph Waltz as the sadistic Colonel Landa) and Tarantino's assured direction.
The Weinstein Company is pretty much betting the house on both this film and next week's release of Rob Zombie's "Halloween II" to save their asses from oblivion. As you may or may not have read, the financial situation of the house that Harvey Scissorhands and his bro Bob built is flat-out broke, so much so that the company reportedly couldn't afford to have advanced free screenings of either film prior to their release. A major fall from Tinseltown grace for two men who ruled independent cinema with an iron fist during the 1990s and the early part of this decade via Miramax Pictures.
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