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NEWS ABOUT: Quentin Tarantino

Quentin Tarantino stories: 16 news summaries

 Tarantino Confirms Kill Bill 3 

Director will make sequel with Uma Thurman, but needs 10-year break

Oct 2, 09 9:56 AM CDT
(Newser) - First, the good news for Quentin Tarantino fans: “The Bride will fight again,” he says, confirming his plan to make the third movie in his Kill Bill franchise. The bad news? Not until 2014, notes the New York Post. “I love the character and I think... More »

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BOX OFFICE ROUNDUP

 Basterds Hunts 
 Down Box Office Win 


Aug 23, 09 3:20 PM CDT
(Newser) - Inglourious Basterds had a glorious opening weekend, scalping the box office for $37.6 million to give Quentin Tarantino the best opening of his career, USA Today reports. District 9 continued its strong showing in second place with $18.9 million, while GI Joe: The Rise of Cobra ($12.5... More »

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entertainment • Brad Pitt • film • Quentin Tarantino • box office • movies • Inglourious Basterds • GI Joe: The Rise of Cobra • District 9 • Julie & Julia

Movie Review

 Critics Find Basterds Glorious 


Aug 21, 09 10:34 AM CDT
(Newser) - Not every critic loves Quentin Tarantino’s Inglourious Basterds, but many do, and they really love it. Here’s what they’re saying.
  • It’s not just Tarantino’s best movie, “It's the first movie of his artistic maturity,” writes Mick LaSalle of the
... More »

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Quentin Tarantino • movie review • World War II • Inglourious Basterds

(Newser) - David Carradine, the star of campy '70s TV classic Kung Fu who enjoyed a career renaissance as the villain in the Kill Bill films, was found dead today in Bangkok, where he was shooting a movie, the AP reports. Carradine, part of a prominent Hollywood family that included father John,... More »

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suicide • Thailand • Quentin Tarantino • obituary • Bangkok • deaths • Kill Bill • David Carradine • Kung Fu • John Carradine • Martha Plimpton

(Newser) - Michael Haneke’s The White Ribbon took the top prize at Cannes today, while Lars Von Triers’ controversial Antichrist was vindicated with a Best Actress award for Charlotte Gainsbourg, the AP reports. French film A Prophet won second place, with Fish Tank and Thirst tying for third. Christoph Waltz took... More »

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film • Quentin Tarantino • Cannes Film Festival • Palme d'Or • Lars Von Trier • Charlotte Gainsbourg • Inglourious Basterds • Michael Haneke

(Newser) - Festival fave Quentin Tarantino opened his comic-fantasy take on World War II, Inglourious Basterds, at Cannes today. The film traces Jewish-American soldiers, led by Brad Pitt, as they annihilate as many Nazis in France as three grisly hours can fit. Some early sentiment:
  • "It's western meets war movie,
... More »

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Brad Pitt • film • France • Quentin Tarantino • Cannes Film Festival • World War II • Nazis • Inglourious Basterds

 Cannes Prepares 
 for a Quieter Festival 

Economic woes put the breaks on Croisette craziness

May 12, 09 10:00 AM CDT
(Newser) - The Cannes Film Festival opens tomorrow with a screening of the new Pixar film Up, but this year the glitzy two-week movie fest on the French Riviera may be a low-key affair, writes the Hollywood Reporter. Yachts have gone unrented, Vanity Fair has canceled its annual party, and movie execs... More »

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entertainment • Hollywood • film • France • Quentin Tarantino • Cannes Film Festival • Pixar • Ang Lee • French Riviera • film deal • movie industry • Pedro Almodovar • Jay-ZTV

 Basterds Headlines Cannes 


Apr 23, 09 12:02 PM CDT
(Newser) - The Cannes Film Festival unveiled this year’s roster today, and it’s packed with regulars like Ang Lee, Pedro Almodovar, and Terry Gilliam, according to the Hollywood Reporter. Among the most buzzed-about selections is Inglourious Basterds, Quentin Tarantino’s violent World War II pic. Anticipation is also... More »

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film • Quentin Tarantino • Cannes Film Festival • Palme d'Or • Heath Ledger • Ang Lee • Terry Gilliam • movies • Penelope Cruz • Pedro Almodovar • Thierry Fremaux • Lars Von Trier • Willem Dafoe • Elia Suleiman

(Newser) - The trailer for Quentin Tarantino’s new film, Inglourious Basterds, is just 100 seconds long, but that's enough. "Perhaps there will prove to be a level of postmodern self-ironising,” Paul MacInnes writes in the Guardian. “Perhaps serving up Kill Bill with the Holocaust as a... More »

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Brad Pitt • film • Holocaust • Quentin Tarantino • soldier • World War II • movies

 Fangs for the 
 Memories: Best 
 Bloodsucker Stars 

Baddest vampires deliver the tingles

Nov 23, 08 5:25 AM CST
(Newser) - As Twilight fans storm the box office, Entertainment Weekly offers up its picks of a dozen of the best toothsome vampires:
  • David (The Lost Boys, 1987): Before he drew blood as Jack Bauer, Kiefer Sutherland drank blood with the two Coreys.
  • Santanico Pandemonium (From Dusk Till Dawn, 1996):
... More »

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film • Tom Cruise • Quentin Tarantino • Robert Rodriguez • cinema • Kiefer Sutherland • Salma Hayek • movies • Sarah Michelle Gellar • horror movies • vampires • David Boreanaz

Britney's Next Role: Murderous Lesbian Stripper

Spears hopes next Tarantino film will turn her career around

Aug 6, 08 11:31 AM CDT
(Newser) - Britney Spears will appear in Quentin Tarantino’s remake of the 1965 cult classic Faster Pussycat! Kill! Kill! as a lesbian stripper with a penchant for murder, the Daily Telegraph reports. Spears' character will encounter a young couple in the desert, murder the boyfriend and kidnap the girlfriend—and... More »

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Britney Spears • lesbians • Quentin Tarantino • murder • stripper • movies

Tarantino May Turn to Porn for Next Project

Adult star Tera Patrick up for role in remake of '60s cult hit Pussycat

Jun 30, 08 11:30 AM CDT
(Newser) - Porn star Tera Patrick is being considered for a role in Quentin Tarantino's remake of Faster Pussycat, Kill! Kill!, the New York Post reports. "Quentin loves her, and she's a dead ringer for original star Tura Satana," says a source. The original cult film, released in 1966,... More »

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 Top 10 Musical Movie Moments 

The perfect sound clip can make a scene unforgettable

Mar 25, 08 2:51 PM CDT
(Newser) - Forget soundtracks. CNN zeros in on fleeting scenes that use image and sound to send a shiver down your spine. The top 10 marriages of audio and video:
  1. “Born to Be Wild” blasting while Peter Fonda and Dennis Hopper ride down the highway in Easy Rider (1969)
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music • Hollywood • film • Quentin Tarantino • list • song • soundtrack • Martin Scorsese • The Doors • Francis Ford Coppola • ABBA • movies

Sean Penn to Head Cannes Jury

Actor-director will head prize-awarding body for May festival

Jan 3, 08 10:06 AM CST
(Newser) - Hollywood's favorite bad boy Sean Penn will preside over the jury for the 2008 Cannes Film Festival, AFP reports. The now twice-divorced actor and director "represents the independent American cinema as well as a vision of America which we like," said the festival's artistic director. Americans Clint Eastwood... More »

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film • Quentin Tarantino • Cannes Film Festival • Clint Eastwood • film director • Into the Wild • Sean Penn • actor • She's So Lovely

Tarantino Recuts Flop for Euro Release

'Grindhouse' is now violent, chatty chick flick 'Death Proof'

Sep 15, 07 6:30 AM CDT
(Newser) - Quentin Tarantino has taken the first flop of his career, the violent schlock-fest Grindhouse, and shaved it down to a lean slasher-film with a lot of girl talk and car chases tossed in. Death Proof,  the story of a Texas DJ  and her posse, has done well in France,... More »

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Grindhouse • Quentin Tarantino • Robert Rodriguez • Britain • Death Proof • movies

Tarantino :
"I'm Proud
Of my Flop"

Undaunted director
will unveil new
version in Cannes

Apr 27, 07 1:17 PM CDT
(Newser) - "Grindhouse" may have flopped at box offices, but Quentin Tarantino is still cooler than you. And he's not the least bit chastened. A Telegraph profile tells us that the T-man plans to split the double-bill ode to deliciously bad fifties flicks in half, and give it another shot.   More »

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