In a battle between two slasher flicks and a band of Jewish Nazi hunters, count on the one in 3D. “The Final Destination” beat all other comers in this weekend’s box office, raking in an estimated $28.3 million. The fourth installment in the Final Destination series opened higher than any of its prior three entries, [...]
‘Basterds’ Scores Big At Box Office
Quentin Tarantino’s “World War II fairy tale” had a storybook debut this week, as “Inglourious Basterds” earned an estimated $37.6 million at the box office this weekend. Not only does the tally crush the estimated $25 million pundits forecasted for the film, but it’s a new personal best for Tarantino, whose previous high opening weekend [...]
VIDEO: Nashville’s ‘Basterds’ Premiere
If there’s a red carpet anywhere, we’ll crash it. Former Vice President Al Gore hosted a premiere gala for “Inglourious Basterds” Thursday night in Nashville, Tennessee. The connection: not only was writer / director Quentin Tarantino was born in Nashville, but lead Basterd Aldo Raine was born in Tennessee as well. Eli Roth, Melanie Laurent [...]
REVIEW: ‘Inglourious Basterds’
By now, you know what you’re going to get when you go to see a Quentin Tarantino movie – a wild ride interspersed with some of the best-written dialogue in film today. With every movie he’s made, he’s raised the bar on himself. When “Inglourious Basterds” was announced, I rubbed my hands together with glee. [...]
Video: Roth Talks ‘Basterds’ With Tarantino
While we weren’t able to get Quentin Tarantino on the line for an interview last week for his new film “Inglourious Basterds,” hitting theaters this Friday, MySpace Artist On Artist gave us a consolation prize. Their web series puts two talented folks on camera to talk about their art. This time, Quentin is interviewed by [...]
The ‘Basterds’ Are In Playboy
There’s a six-page comic based on one of the scenes from Quentin Tarantino’s “Inglourious Basterds,” which hits theaters on August 21, on the Playboy web site. The scene shows Brad Pitt’s Lt. Aldo Raine interrogating a Nazi prisoner. While a lot of the dialogue is already public knowledge, as we’ve seen it in a lot [...]
Flash Cuts: August 11, 2009
IESB.net has gotten the hottest news for gamers-who-love-movies-made-from-games since that brief moment of pure untarnished hope when “Doom” was announced (and before it was proven to be a soul-crushing disappointment). It turns out that in the heated negotiations about seeing “Halo” (the hit Microsoft franchise launched in 2001) revisioned into a serious cinematic feature, Steven [...]
Eli Roth Channels Goebbels With ‘Basterds’ Faux Film
It’s not enough to just make a movie anymore. Now, you have to make movies to go inside your movies. “Funny People” has several faux films that Adam Sandler’s character, comedian George Simmons, has made over the course of his fictional career. Now, we’re getting a look at the film that the Nazis will be [...]

