Tarantino is back on the podcast circuit and talks about stars like Bruce Willis and Nicolas Cage in their latest efforts. Recently, director Quentin Tarantino praised the much-maligned direct-to-video Bruce Willis films on his Video Archives Podcast. “I was really impressed by Bruce Willis in these movies,” he said. “I thought he was really charming … Read more
Quentin Tarantino defends Bruce Willis’ direct-to-video movies, saying he was “really impressed” by his performance. Before being diagnosed with frontotemporal dementia, Bruce Willis had starred in a lot of direct-to-video movies. Critics trashed many of these films, and the Razzies even gave Willis his own category (which they later rescinded after his diagnosis). However, Quentin … Read more
Director Quentin Tarantino is no stranger to strong opinions, and in a recent interview, he revealed that he hadn’t seen either of Denis Villeneueve’s Dune films, and has no plans or desire to. In a new interview with acclaimed author and screenwriter Bret Easton Ellis for his The Bret Easton Ellis podcast (via World of … Read more
In 1994, right before Quentin Tarantino was about to blow up with his Oscar/Palme d’Or-winning sophomore feature “Pulp Fiction,” he had a profile in the September issue of Details. The profile also included a list of 15 “must-see films” from him. I’ve always been fascinated by this list. Back then, I was a budding cinephile, … Read more
Quentin Tarantino thinks Alec Baldwin is “10 percent” responsible for the fatal shooting of Rust cinematographer Halyna Hutchins. Alec Baldwin’s manslaughter trial over his involvement in the fatal shooting of Rust cinematographer Halyna Hutchins was dismissed last month, but filmmaker Quentin Tarantino believes that Baldwin was “10 percent responsible.“ While sitting down with Bill Maher … Read more
Quentin Tarantino has “no desire” to watch Toy Story 4. The acclaimed director thought the previous three entries into Pixar’s animated series were excellent — but Tarantino is now “done” with the franchise and so won’t watch the fourth or upcoming fifth movies in the series. During an appearance on the Club Random with Bill … Read more
Deadline reports that Quentin Tarantino has teamed with Jay Glennie for two books, which will explore the making of Once Upon a Time in Hollywood and Inglourious Basterds. Jay Glennie, who has written books about the making of movies such as The Deer Hunter, Trainspotting, Raging Bull, and more, conducted many hours of interviews with … Read more
Maya Hawke is quite sure she was only cast in Once Upon a Time in Hollywood because of nepotism…but she doesn’t care. Considering Quentin Tarantino’s close bond with Uma Thurman, it was practically destiny that daughter Maya Hawke would work with him. Maybe destiny isn’t the right word…perhaps what we’re looking for here is nepotism, … Read more
Pam Grier opted for Quentin Tarantino over John Carpenter when it came to which director she had more in common with. Foxy Brown may be the meanest chick in town and Coffy the baddest one-chick hit squad that ever hit it, but Pam Grier is one of the most down-to-earth actresses on the planet. Still … Read more
It was already disappointing to hear that Quentin Tarantino called off plans to make his intended tenth and final film as a director, The Movie Critic. But now we learn that while the movie would have been about a film critic for a seedy ’70s magazine, Brad Pitt would have starred in the film as Cliff Booth, … Read more