Director and writer Quentin Tarantino is coming off one of the best years of his career and after racking up several SAG Awards, Oscar nominations, and Golden Globe nods he’s headed to Venice. And no it won’t be for a vacation, Tarantino’s got serious work to do now that he’s been named the “Chair Juror” at this year’s Venice Film Festival.
Award winning director Quentin Tarantino has been known to resurrect a few actor’s careers with the most famous being John Travolta and his Oscar nominated performance in Pulp Fiction. If he could do that for him after those horrible Look Who’s Talking movies we’re sure he can do the same for Lindsay Lohan…right?
Over the weekend, a lot of noteworthy news surrounding some of your favorite actors, directors, and films popped up and we’ve decided to bring you the best of the best for your personal enjoyment. Check out the latest happenings from Quentin Tarantino, Pokemon, Monsters Vs. Aliens and Star Wars.
Why is it that whenever a director comes out with a successful film, someone always claims that the story was stolen from them years after it’s released? This scenario has reared its ugly head again and this time it’s directed towards Quentin Tarantino and his Kung Fu homage, Kill Bill Volumes One and Two.
Sometimes good things happen to good movie-lovers. Coming up at the Eqyptian is one of the best films of the year Inglourious Basterds along with its director Quentin Tarantino and three of his classic films Pulp Fiction, Kill Bill Vol 1, and Vol 2. Tarantino will be making a live appearance at the theater and most likely answering some questions from you all.
The Egyptian will also be featuring one of the best and most underrated films of the year In the Loop, directed by Armando Iannucci and starring Anna Chlumsky, Chris Addison, David Rasche, Gina McKee, James Gandolfini, Mimi Kennedy, Olivia Poulet, Peter Capaldi, Steve Coogan, Tom Hollander and Zach Woods.
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The Palm Springs Film Festival will be one of the many award ceremonies to kick off the new year and they’ve already unveiled two of their biggest winners. According to a recent press release, Academy Award winning actress Marion Cotillard and writer-director Quentin Tarantino will be honored at next year’s gala.
All day we’ve been hearing from various critics regarding what they think are the best films and performances of 2009, but how about something from a filmmaker’s perspective? Writer-director Quentin Tarantino is never shy about his favorite movies, so he recently shared his Top 8 Films of 2009 with The Hollywood Reporter.
Give the people what they want, Uma! Actress Uma Thurman heard about the recent Kill Bill Vol 3 talk from writer-director Quentin Tarantino, and she’s down for the cause. A few weeks ago while overseas, Tarantino appeared on an Italian talk show where he confirmed that he was working on a third film in the series, and he stated that The Bride will fight again!
See what Thurman had to say about reprising her role…
Ever since the release of Kill Bill Volume 2, director Quentin Tarantino has been dishing out ideas for the third installment of the series. The most common pitches he threw out had to do with the orphaned daughter of Vernita Green (Vivica A. Fox) and her plan to exact revenge on The Bride for killing her mother. Tarantino was recently on an Italian TV show, where he announced that there would be a Kill Bill 3, and the Bride will fight again.
Take a look at his interview…