Posts Tagged by Samuel L. Jackson
Django Unchained
| February 9, 2013 | Posted by Nathan Scatcherd under entertainment |
Directed by: Quentin Tarantino Written by: Quentin Tarantino Starring: Jamie Foxx; Christoph Waltz; Leonardo DiCaprio; Kerry Washington; Samuel L. Jackson Certificate: 18 Plot In the American South in 1858, a slave named Django (Jamie Foxx) is freed by the charismatic Dr King Schultz (Christoph Waltz), a bounty hunter. It isn’t long before the pair are embarking on a blood-soaked journey to find and rescue Django’s wife, Broomhilda (Kerry Washington) from captivity; a journey which eventually brings them up against Calvin Candie (Leonardo DiCaprio), a sadistic plantation owner. Review A new Quentin Tarantino movie is always something which, at least for me, inspires a unique kind of film-geek enthusiasm. Sure, he appears obnoxious to some; he rips off other movies and wallows in his own… more
A guide to cinema – animation
| March 11, 2012 | Posted by Sep Gohardani under guide to cinema |
Animations have to be treated with caution. Too often they are a nice little medium to broadcast sentimentality and threadbare storyline, drawing the occasional sympathetic, shallow tear. Admittedly, the target audience of a large majority of this genre’s films is children, but I am adamant that you can make films that have value for all ages, or at least make it enjoyable for the adults forced to sit through these things. Maybe these films have their place, but they won’t feature here. Instead, we get the following: 5. Fantastic Mr Fox (2009) (Dir. Wes Anderson, Starring: George Clooney; Meryl Streep; Jason Schwartzman; Eric Chase Anderson; Bill Murray; Michael Gambon; Owen Wilson, Certificate PG) Bringing stop-motion back, Wes Anderson’s adaptation of the… more
