Django Unchained Reviews, Interviews & More

Another slow week for DVD and Blu-ray releases, but hey, hopefully your taxes are done, and you can pick up Quentin Tarantino’s Django Unchained. Otherwise, there’s a great classic 80’s film hitting the Criterion collection, and some classic Jackie Chan films.

Here’s a fascinating case of an actor wildly mis-reading a script: in 2011, news broke that Quentin Tarantino wanted Will Smith to star as the titular character in his pre-Civil War era spaghetti western, Django Unchained.  Which made sense, in a way—Tarantino has a knack for oddball casting, and Will Smith starring in an actual good film is as odd as it gets these days (plus, as...

It took awhile but we all officially made it through the 85th Annual Academy Awards. There were a fair share of surprises sprinkled throughout the slightly entertaining broadcast, but now is not the time to gush about how happy we are that some people won. It's time to examine this year's list of winners and reflect on whether or not their wins were, well, deserved to be blunt.

After weeks of debate, the American public can now see Zero Dark Thirty, and  it turns out they wanted to. The Best picture nominee ended up taking the weekend, fending off a terrible looking comedy and Gangster Squad. You wouldn't think it was January looking at these numbers, but people are going to the movies these days, and how.

It's the most wonderful time of the year. No, we're not referring to Christmas, but for Hollywood it's the closest thing to it. We're talking about none other than the 2013 Academy Awards. Each year movie editors, cinematographers, filmmakers and actors get their chance to win the Oscar. This year the race just got a little bit more interesting.

Right now it feels like awards season is repeatedly beating us over the head with news. The past three days have been chock full of nomination announcement news between the DGA Awards, the BAFTA's and even the Razzies. You just can't escape the awards season wave, but we're here to help you find out who's been showered with awards affection or snubbed on this week's Oscar Scuttlebutt.

There were two big shocks this weekend when it came to the numbers. One was that Texas Chainsaw 3D came at the exact right time and did much better business than anticipated. The other is just how well Quentin Tarantino's Django Unchained is holding. It was a pretty strong weekend for movies in general, as almost everything held...

If you're a fan of the annual Academy Awards, with a little bit of research you figure out what other awards you should pay attention to that properly predict who can be nominated for the Oscar. The WGA Awards is one of those ceremonies that any movie-goer should keep their eyes on. Their nominees tend to be more or less the same that you'll see fairly soon for the best adapted and original...

It's like a breath of fresh air when you walk into a movie theater and watch a film that's been one hundred percent created from a person's mind. There's no previous material that it's based off of for you to look up. The script's conception was done solely through one or two persons which blossomed into the movie that you see before you. This week we'd like to touch upon some of the original...

Now that we're out of the Holiday season, Hollywood is taking a chance to breath and put their hand down their pants. There's one wide release of a horror movie (Texas Chainsaw 3D), and two expansion runs of Oscar-almost rans (The Impossible and Promised Land). Which means it's likely the top five won't change...

Well, how do you like that? After an impressive showing on opening day, it looks like Les Miserables isn't the powerhouse that was expected. That's not to say it did bad business, but it may have peaked on Christmas. And Django Unchained proved exceptionally strong considering that it's three hours long and has been at the center of some...

Quentin Tarantino sure knows how to stir the pot. Now that he's out promoting Django Unchained, he's been talking to journalists, and he says things that excite and incite film fans with his comments on what's coming next and what he thinks about other filmmakers.

Holidays make it hard to remember what day of the week it is. All the pictures for this weekend opened Tuesday on Christmas, which means we're coming off of a four day weekend, and are looking at another four day weekend with New Years. Many tried to get this whole week off, and kids are out of school, so the numbers have been strong already for the newcomers Les...

There are very few things to do on Christmas Day. You can always stay in and watch specials on TV while your family argues about your little sister's new bad-boy boyfriend. Or, if you're like us, you'll head straight to the movie theater. We've compiled a small list of solid movies that will be playing in theaters on Christmas Day. Keep in mind that these movies are for everyone (or just...

This has been a huge pivot point for movies in how they're made and distributed. 2012 was the year where the film industry turned its back on 35 millimeter film (which has been the standard for well over a century), with digital projection no longer just an option but the standard. At the same time a filmmaker like Paul Thomas Anderson shot a movie on 70mm - a format that hadn't been used...

2012, like any other year, had its host of good and bad films.  But it's hard to recall a year that also had so many disappointing films as well (not quite the same as bad films--we'll get into that below).  To the sheer, just awful dreck from such perennial underachievers as Adam Sandler, Eddie Murphy, and Tyler Perry, to the frankly shocking disappointments from filmmakers who could have...

After the Aurora incident, in which 12 people were killed and dozens of others were injured, Warner Bros. cancelled appearances by the cast and filmmakers of The Dark Knight Rises around the globe. Now, in the wake of the school shooting in Newtown, Conn., both Django Unchained and Jack Reacher have cancelled upcoming events.

Okay, we know that some of Quentin Tarantino's movies can be a little bit long, but the man knows how to weave a good story. As usual the famed director is getting some attention for his latest movie Django Unchained. Apparently Harvey Weinstein already saw this coming and wanted to do something drastic with the spaghetti western before it hit theaters. Thank...

With the news that Quentin Tarantino might be moving on to different pastures (specifically, pay cable) following the downfall of 35 mm, now may be a good time for Tarantino fans to start picking up some of his film memorabilia while you still can—or, if not a fan, grab something for your favorite QT fan for Christmas.  A cheap and easy option? A Django Unchained comic book series,...

With a series of nominees far less shocking than the yesterday’s SAG Awards picks, the 2013 Golden Globe nominees have been announced and, unsurprisingly, Lincoln, Silver Linings Playbook, Zero Dark Thirty, and Django Unchained basically own the film nominees.