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more about #defamer more comments → SpyMagician: You know what this all means, right? Come 2040, the meta layers of retro ironic quirk will smother us all! Also, what will the 2010+ years be like? ... more » Botswana Meat Commission FC: The America of the aughts will not be remembered well. Started with a stolen election, then moved on through 9/11, anthrax, Iraq, Katrina, Afghanistan... more » belltolls: Darren Aronofsky has a lifetime cool exemption...as he should. more » raincoaster: As ever, "Make somebody shitloads of money" = "Get out of jail free" card more » Magister: The television list was just too trendy to take seriously. Year-end or decade-end lists are a natural post, but it's like the person from the Hollywoo... more » Juancho: John Lee Hancock has always had cash rolling in as an in-demand screenwriter (particularly on rewrites). Kind of a nice gig to fall back on. I should... more » Helio: "boy, that must've been a fun crowd to hang around with" I think it must be indicative of the overwhelmingly bad shit that's have happened. Basically... more » fatmonalisa: As a person who worked in the entertainment industry for the better part of this decade I would like to apologize on behalf of all of us. We knew it s... more » PaisleyPajamas: On "The Grosses Speak Law," doesn't this have its tentacles in "The Big Cool Friend Exemption?" Not in terms so much of getting household names commi... more » Mike Jahn: The decade began with hanging chads and ended with Lady Gaga. Next. more » Conchie Birdie: This decade was exhausting. Pop culture was a shitstorm of everything but the kitchen sink. A few twinkles here and there, but with the stench of Pere... more » Baroness: Interesting piece I will reread.. Thought this was about writer/Tarantino collaborator Avary, Tweeting from jail. For DUI manslaughter. It's actually... more » Airvault: Why am I in film school again? I'll be right back. I'm going to go dunk my head in the kitchen sink for a few minutes. more » CumaeanSibyl: If 1 is the Twilight kids, they should fire their marketing firm. Each and every Twihard hates K.Stew and believes she is the only one who can make he... more » Conchie Birdie: Could number 1 be A-Rod and Kate Hudson? Hence, "swing the other way"? Plus, it didn't say anything about actors. more » -
#movies
Inglourious Basterds Won't Save Weinsteins
Inglourious Basterds opened well! And since the flailing Weinstein Co. had mucho loot riding on this, they are saved! Right? No. Not really. More » -
#nazis
Inglourious Basterds Proves It: We Love Our Nazi Movies!
Achtung! Quentin Tarantino had his biggest weekend opening with Nazi-killin' epic Inglourious Basterds: $37.6M. Did opening weekend hijinks by the Weinsteins help? Or is it just that America loves them some Nazi movies? I think we love Nazis in movies! More » -
#criticalreception
Is Inglourious Basterds Bad for Jews?
We've read a lot of reviews of the new Tarantino movie, but our favorite so far came out today in Tablet. Basically it says the new movie would be better if Tarantino was Jewish. More » -
#criticalreception
We Still Don't Know Whether Inglourious Basterds is Going to Suck or Not
We're Tarantino fans for sure, but a WWII movie about Nazi-killing Jews? We're a little skeptical, and the critics aren't helping our confusion.
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#regrets
Harvey Weinstein: Sad, Senile, Barely Surviving The Next Big Thing
Or so goes today's lacerating NYT piece on The Weinstein Company's fate, "The Weinsteins Scamble to Regain a Golden Touch in Hollywood." Like old Miramax films, it's juicy, exciting, illuminating, and troubling. It also lays their survival strategy bare. More » -
#momentsoftruth
Harvey Weinstein's Last Stand
Inglourious Basterds premiered last night in Hollywood, and will open nationwide next weekend. The Weinstein Company is in full PR mode, because August 21 is the weekend that will make or break Harvey Weinstein. More » -
#thecinema
The Pool Movies That Ruined a Generation's Greatest Directors
Remember the 90's? The decade when America ran out of cocaine and was forced to go to the movies instead? Some of those movies were really good! So why did those filmmakers turn out to be so disappointing? More » -
#hesbrokeson
The Weinstein Company's Money Problems: Officially Bad
Things at the House of Harvey haven't been going well, and now it's reported that they've brought in a financing firm to restructure their debt, and figure out how to cover the boat's holes before it fills with water. More » -
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#publicrelations
Quentin Tarantino Isn't Doing David Carradine Any Favors
Quentin Tarantino, Michael Madsen, and Rob Schneider went on Larry King last night to remember their friend David Carradine. They said he would never commit suicide. So, Larry asked, what's the deal with the rope? Awkward silence. More » -
#traderoundup
Rare Wolverine Spotted On the Internet
Tarantino goes to France (again), Wolverines are unleashed upon the world, Edward Furlong returns!, and Jeanne Tripplehorn get the lead in a movie, finally. More »
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#inglouriousbasterds
Nazi-Scalping Implements the Real Stars of 'Basterds' Campaign
We've seen the official trailer for Inglourious Basterds—a film that takes that incredibly satisfying face-melting scene from the end of Raiders and supersizes it to two blood-drenched, Nazi-mutilating hours—and now we present the posters. More » -
#cinema
Inglourious Basterds: It's Grindhouse in
The first teaser for Quentin Tarantino's new WWII movie Inglourious Basterds is out. I love Tarantino and have a strange affinity for WWII movies, so why am I so... disappointed? More »SpaceFrance! -
#forcontrast
The 'Basterds' Trailer As Quentin Tarantino Wanted You To See It
Out of fairness to Quentin, Harv, and the whole Basterds gang working so hard to bring you all the Nazi-scalping excellence you deserve, we bring you now the official HD Basterds trailer. More » -
#defamerfirstlook
'Inglourious Basterds' Like An Incredibly Stupid, WW2-Set 'Munich'
Look, we'll be the first to say we love a good Jews Fight Back movie. More » -
#inglouriousbasterds
Weinsteins Unleashing 'Basterds' in Late-August Dumping Ground
A note taped to Defamer HQ's door greeted us this morning — not an eviction notice as we feared, but rather just another Weinstein news dump announcing Inglourious Basterds' [sic] eyebrow-raising late-summer '09 release date.
