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On the QT - part 10, this should do it.

  By Maxi Cane | August 25, 2009 - 11:19 pm | Movies & TV, On The QT
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I’m still excited about Inglourious Basterds. If you haven’t seen it yet, go see it or book a ticket. It’s true to say that Quentin Tarantino is a great film maker. Yes he’s made a few decisions I’m sure he isn’t entirely proud of, but luckily for him when he gets it right, the less than brilliant of his catalogue are pushed to the back. I’ve tried to mention as many of his films that I could along the way, or at least the ones that I figured where most relevant in showcasing his development and growth as a film maker. I hope I haven’t failed completely in that, I’ve enjoyed writing about him anyway and I’ve learned that I didn’t know half as much about the man and his work that I thought I did. This post is going to finish of the series by giving honorable mentions to … There’s more →

On the QT - Part 7

  By Maxi Cane | July 29, 2009 - 7:36 pm | Movies & TV, On The QT
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And we go straight into the second part of the over the top revenge saga that is the Kill Bill series. With the two films written and shot back to back they should have been one great film divided into two instead of a sequel/prequel made just to cash in. And they were great. With the characters introduced and the back story put to bed, we can get on with some gratuitous violence that is more justified and made more sense this time round. This is because we know what’s going on when people and places are referenced. There’s one thing I hate about watching movies with people who don’t pay attention. “Who’s that?” “Is that the guy from the thing?” “I don’t get what they’re talking about?” If this ever happens to you while you’re watching Kill Bill Vol 2 with some goober, slap them in the face with … There’s more →

On the QT - Part 6

  By Maxi Cane | July 22, 2009 - 10:57 pm | Featured Post, Movies & TV, On The QT, The Culch
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“Revenge is a dish best served cold” - Old Klingon proverb. OOO000OOO We’re nearly at the end of this series, but we’ve still got a way to go until the release of Quentin Tarantino’s war epic “Inglorious Basterds” this coming August 21st. Reviews from the set are telling us that no effort is being spared for this movie and with the man himself already confirming that he’s halfway through the script for a prequel, he isn’t sparing any effort at all. Luckily for us, Mr Tarantino didn’t spare us the effort when he came up with a character known only as The Bride with Uma Thurman on the set of “Pulp Fiction”. For a simple revenge story, they thought up everything that could possibly be needed to tell it, and then a whole boat load more. Released in 2003 as “Kill Bill - Vol 1″, it is one and probably … There’s more →

On the QT - Part 5

  By Maxi Cane | July 15, 2009 - 7:22 pm | Featured Post, Movies & TV, On The QT
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Quentin Tarantino knows movies. Being a self confessed movie geek though, that’s not surprising. From the gangster/heist movies that gave us “Reservoir Dogs” and “True Romance” and of course the mega “Pulp Fiction”, to the king fu movies that brought us the “Kill Bill” saga. “Jackie Brown” comes from the influence that the blaxploitation era of American cinema and television had on Quentin’s own fascination with film. It also comes from an adaptation of the book “Rum Punch”. We all know that Quentin loves to link his films together with references to both his own work and that of the people he has in the films. This is true here with Pam Grier playing the title role, while probably still fresh in Quentin’s and other’s minds as Foxy Brown from the 70′s. Pam Grier is also mentioned in “Reservoir Dogs” in a car scene where the gangsters try to remember … There’s more →

On the QT - Part 4

  By Maxi Cane | July 13, 2009 - 7:17 pm | Movies & TV, On The QT, The Culch
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If you’ve been following the progress so far, you’ll know that the next installment in the remembering of Quentin Tarantino’s movies is the utterly brilliant : Released in 1994 in a whirlwind of controversy that still hadn’t quite died down from “Reservoir Dogs”, Quentin’s second film as writer / director proved that not everyone suffers from the dreaded “second album” curse. The IMDB lists the films plot as: “The lives of two mob hit men, a boxer, a gangster’s wife, and a pair of diner bandits intertwine in four tales of violence and redemption.” Not much of a description when outlining the plot to one of the most influencial pieces of cinema to date. But as I’ll try to highlight along the way, some of QT’s best work comes from the stories, characters and dialogue. Plot is just there as a studio executive’s box that needs ticking. It’s both blamed … There’s more →

On the QT - Part 3

  By Maxi Cane | July 8, 2009 - 8:47 pm | Movies & TV, On The QT, The Culch
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Hey I’m a poet and I didn’t know that I was one. Right, so for those of you following my series of Quentin Tarantino reviews coming up to the release of his long awaited war epic “Inglorious Basterds“, I give you the third part from where I left off here. This time I’m focusing on a close contender for the top spot in my favourite QT movies - “Reservoir Dogs“ Why did I skip this 1992 release and jump to a 1993 release “True Romance”? Oh so many reasons. Firstly because in my opinion “True Romance” kind of slipped under the radar as far as people were concerned with Quentin Tarantino. Coming inbetween “Reservoir Dogs” and “Pulp Fiction”, it may have been lost in the shock and hype of the former and the expectation of the latter. “Reservoir Dogs” was when the world sat up and took notice of this … There’s more →

On the QT - Part 2

  By Maxi Cane | June 26, 2009 - 3:47 pm | Movies & TV, On The QT, The Culch
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So, on the lead up to the release of a film that I just can’t wait for “Inglorious Basterds”, by Quentin Tarantino I have been doing reviews of his films to date. I started by finding out about a film that I had never known about, but then again nobody was probably meant to. Thanks to our very own Darren, he dug me up a copy of Quentin’s first self written and directed film “My Best Friends Birthday”. I had originally thought that I’d be starting with this one, as I had always gone with popular folklore that his first script and involvement with Hollywood was “True Romance”. I know now I was wrong, but I wasn’t far off. Produced in 1993 it has a cast that a movie today would drool over. I’m not a huge fan of Christian Slater but he does himself justice in this role, as … There’s more →