Quentin Tarantino‘s latest .44 magnum opus Django Unchained marks his first foray into the Western genre (well, it’s actually more of a Southern) and also gives us his take on the “hero origin” story. Unlike his epic Kill Bill where we don’t know how the story of Beatrix Kiddo aka […]
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THIS REVIEW CONTAINS SPOILERS!!! INTRODUCTION Let’s face it, super hero movies are some of the most difficult types to pull off with completely satisfying results. It’s ALWAYS about the good guys vs. the bad guys. What filmmakers must do is find something fresh and interesting within that rigid structure. There […]
With spring-summer approaching, I’ve been recently thinking about the many movies that take place in that warm time of the year. After going over the titles I could cover, I realized it would be a perfect opportunity to look back on the first film I ever saw by one of […]
During the late 60s into the 1970s, the civil rights movement was at the apex of its impact on popular culture and this had an important effect on the movie industry as well. Black filmmakers such as Melvin Van Peebles were finally able to make groundbreaking works of rebellious indie […]