Sunday 13 January 2013

MOVIE REVIEW: DJANGO UNCHAINED (18)


"THE TARANTINO SHOW"
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Django Unchained is an action, drama & western film Directed by Quentin Tarantino (same guy that brought us Kill Bill 1, 2 & Inglourious Basterds). A black slave is rescued from his owners and turned into a bounty hunter. He then sets out to rescue his wife from a brutal Mississippi plantation owner, with the help of his mentor. Its starring Jamie Foxx, Christoph Waltz, Leonardo DiCaprio, Kerry Washington, Samuel L Jackson, Walton Goggins, Dennis Christopher, James Remar, David Steen, Sammi Rotibi, Attoh Esandoh, Laura Cayouette & Ato Essandoh.
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FilmFact: Will Smith, Idris Elba, Chris Tucker, Terrence Howard, Michael Kenneth Williams & Tyrese Gibson were all considered for the role of Django. Quentin Tarantino actually wrote the role with Will Smith in mind, and Smith's agents and manager wanted him to accept it, but Smith ultimately decided to pass. Tarantino then offered the part to Jamie Foxx.
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IN CINEMAS 18TH JANUARY 2013.
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THE REVIEW:
The buzz around this movie has been unstoppable especially with the 2013 Oscar nominations being revealed. Everyone has been talking about Quentin Tarantino's new movie & the 5 awards its up for. I had the pleasure of an early viewing and its my pleasure to tell you that this movie is amazing, a brilliant effort. Haven't said that, I do think with a few more major characters & a shorter plot, it would have been PERFECT. Django Unchained is a spaghetti western set in the Deep South. The film follows a freed slave on a mission to rescue his wife from a plantation owner with the help of a bounty hunter.
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Django Unchained is very entertaining, playful, funny, daring yet enjoyable from start to finish and has all the Tarantino trademarks written all over.  As usual expect a w
itty/cute dialogue, fast reaction shots, heap of profanity, over the top gruesome violence, great characters and a marmite plot. With all these elements I was still injected with the seriousness of slavery and racism. The script is a little inaccurate & slow but at the same time refreshing, hardly could I tell what was going to happen next, it literally draws you in. The storyline is so many things at once; it's a western, a drama, a love story, a comedy and an action film. I just wish this storyline of nearly 3 hours pushed for greatness not just brilliance because I did feel the plot dragging. I felt like the film concentrated too much on just using the "N" word and splattering blood everywhere like a violently drawn art piece. 
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Quentin Tarantino is without a doubt one of the greats when it comes to directing. His style is unique, unpredictable and always daring. Whenever he puts together the dialoguecharacters and soundtrack everything seems to blend effortlessly. He was close to perfection with this movie. Its the performances from the top four characters that had me in awe, for a cast to be put together and work with such chemistry like they do, I am now not surprised about the Oscar nominations.
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An energetic Dr. King Schultz, Christoph Waltz takes the star of the show award because his charismatic performance was in a class of it's own. The best supporting actor I've seen in a long time, he was made to be in Tarantino movies. Leonardo DiCaprio played plantation owner Calvin J. Candie, he showed that even though he's not the top guy here, he can still deliver in any role. As Stephen, Samuel L. Jackson also does very well, he reminds that even at his age he can be and still is one of the best. Jamie Foxx as Django & Kerry Washington as Broomhilda were both brilliant. Their romance kept the purpose of the film alive, the red from the bloodshed splattered represented the deepness of their love. This movie has set the pace for top movie of 2013 so far.
OVERALL: BRILLIANT EFFORT.
STAR RATINGS OUT OF 5:  4.5
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ONE FAVOURITE MOMENT IN THE FILM:
The scene where Django picks his clothes.
(if you loved another moment in the film, please feel free to share it with ME in the comments section :)
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Thursday 10 January 2013

OSCAR NOMINATIONS 2013 REVEALED



BEST PICTURE

Amour
Argo
Django Unchained
Les Misérables
Life Of Pi
Lincoln
Zero Dark Thirty
Beasts Of The Southern Wild
Silver Linings Playbook


BEST DIRECTOR

Life Of Pi - Ang Lee
Lincoln - Steven Spielberg
Amour - Michael Haneke
Silver Linings Playbook - David O. Russell
Beasts Of The Southern Wild - Benh Zeitlin

BEST ACTOR

Denzel Washington - Flight
Bradley Cooper - Silver Linings Playbook
Daniel Day-Lewis - Lincoln
Hugh Jackman - Les Misérables
Joaquin Phoenix - The Master


BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR


Alan Arkin - Argo
Christoph Waltz - Django Unchained
Robert De Niro - Silver Linings Playbook
Philip Seymour Hoffman - The Master
Tommy Lee Jones - Lincoln


BEST ACTRESS


Emmanuelle Riva - Amour
Jennifer Lawrence - Silver Linings Playbook
Jessica Chastain - Zero Dark Thirty
Quvenzhané Wallis - Beasts Of The Southern Wild
Naomi Watts - The Impossible


BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS


Amy Adams - The Master
Anne Hathaway - Les Misérables
Helen Hunt - The Sessions
Sally Field - Lincoln
Jacky Weaver - Silver Linings Playbook


BEST ANIMATED FILM


Brave
Frankenweenie
Paranorman
The Pirates! In An Adventure WIth Scientists
Wreck-it-Ralph


BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY


Chris Terrio - Argo
Lucy Alibar, Benh Zeitlin - Beasts Of The Southern Wild 
David Magee - Life Of Pi
Tony Kushner - Lincoln
David O. Russell - Silver Linings Playbook


BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY


Michael Haneke - Amour
Quentin Tarantino - Django Unchained
Wes Anderson, Roman Coppola - Moonrise Kingdom
Mark Boal - Zero Dark Thirty
John Gatins - Flight


CINEMATOGRAPHY


Anna Karenina - Seamus McGarvey
Django Unchained - Robert Richardson
Life Of Pi - Claudio Miranda
Lincoln - Janusz Kaminski
Skyfall - Roger Deakins


COSTUME DESIGN


Anna Karenina - Jacqueline Durran
Les Misérables - Paco Delgado
Lincoln - Joanna Johnston
Mirror Mirror - Eiko Ishioka
Snow White And The Huntsman - Colleen Atwood


BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE


5 Broken Cameras 
The Gatekeepers 
How To Survive A Plague
The Invisible War
Searching For Sugar Man


BEST DOCUMENTARY SHORT


Inocente
Kings Point
Mondays At Racine
Open Heart
Redemption


BEST FILM EDITING


Argo - William Goldenberg
Life Of Pi - Tim Squyres
Zero Dark Thirty - Dylan Tichenor, William Goldenberg
Lincoln - Michael Kahn
Silver Linings Playbook - Jay Cassidy & Crispin Struthers


BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM


Amour - Austria
Kon-Tiki - Norway
No - Chile
A Royal Affair - Denmark
War Witch - Canada


BEST MAKEUP & HAIRSTYLING


Hitchcock - Julie Hewett, Martin Samuel, Howard Berger
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey - Peter Swords King, Richard Taylor, Rick Findlater
Les Misérables - Lisa Westcott


BEST ORIGINAL SCORE


Anna Karenina - Dario Marianelli
Argo - Alexandre Desplat
Life Of Pi - Mychael Danna
Lincoln - John Williams
Skyfall - Thomas Newman


BEST ORIGINAL SONG


'Before My Time' from Chasing Ice
'Everybody Needs A Best Friend' from Ted
'Pi's Lullaby' from Life Of Pi
'Skyfall' from Skyfall
'Suddenly' from Les Miserables


BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN


Anna Karenina
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
Les Miserables
Life Of Pi
Lincoln


BEST ANIMATED SHORT


Adam and Dog
Fresh Guacamole
Head Over Heels
Maggie Simpson In "The Longest Daycare"
Paperman


BEST LIVE FILM SHORT


Asad
Buzkashi Boys
Curfew
Death Of A Shadow
Henry


BEST SOUND EDITING


Argo
Django Unchained
Life Of Pi
Skyfall
Zero Dark Thirty


BEST SOUND MIXING


Argo
Les Miserables
Life Of Pi
Lincoln
Skyfall


BEST VISUAL EFFECTS


The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey 
Life Of Pi
Marvel Avengers Assemble 
Prometheus 
Snow White And The Huntsman

Thursday 3 January 2013

TRAILERS: ALL THE FILMS OUT IN CINEMA THIS JANUARY (2013)

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HERE ARE ALL THE TRAILER FOR MOVIES OUT THIS JANUARY IN THE UK. 
                              ·  THE IMPOSSIBLE (12A) (IN CINEMA 1ST JANUARY)
                                 
                              ·  PLAYING FOR KEEPS (12A) (IN CINEMA 1ST JANUARY)
                                     
                              ·  QUARTET (12A) (IN CINEMA 1ST JANUARY)
                              
                             ·  TEXAS CHAINSAW (3D) (18) (IN CINEMA 4TH JANUARY)
                                                             
                              ·  GANGSTER SQUAD (15) (IN CINEMA 10TH JANUARY)
                              
                              ·  LES MISERABLES (12A) (IN CINEMA 11TH JANUARY)
                                     
                              ·  DJANGO UNCHAINED (18) (IN CINEMA 18TH JANUARY)
                              
                              ·  MONSTERS, INC (3D) (U) (IN CINEMA 18TH JANUARY)
                                      
                              ·  THE SESSIONS (15) (IN CINEMA 18TH JANUARY)
                             
                              ·  V/H/S (18) (IN CINEMA 18TH JANUARY)
                                     
                              ·  THE LAST STAND (15) (IN CINEMA 25TH JANUARY)
                             
                              ·  LINCOLN (12A) (IN CINEMA 25TH JANUARY)
                                    
                             · MOVIE 43 (15) (IN CINEMA 25TH JANUARY)
                             
                             ·  ZERO DARK THIRTY (15) (IN CINEMA 25TH JANUARY)