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[31 Aug 2009 | One Comment | ]
Inglourious Basterds keeps on scalping

A second weekend in a row Inglourious Basterds kept on scalping. Especially on international box offices it did quite well. It entered at the top in many European markets and stayed there in others, raising it’s international total (Reuters) while pulling in another $20 million Stateside (BOM), you can keep track of some numbers at Box Office Mojo’s Basterds pages. But let me take a step back and look at some of the media …

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[25 Aug 2009 | No Comment | ]

According to BoxOfficeMojo, Inglourious Basterds is officially “the highest-grossing opening ever for a movie released in the second half of August”, with close to $40 million domestically (including Canada). In a very interesting article in the LA Times, which you should read, one passage was especially interesting to me, as you may know this website is based in Germany, where it says:
In a particularly surprising twist, however, there was much higher than usual demand …

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[24 Aug 2009 | No Comment | ]

Now that Inglourious Basterds successfully rocked the opening weekend (see my previous post here with lots of links and numbers) (see NYT), I’m curious how the movie will continue to do over the weeks ahead. It will open in many more countries and word of mouth will catch on. The reviews are mostly great, and most people love it so, go Basterds!
Here’s a nice article with Melanie Laurent, and here’s another interview with Quentin. …

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[22 Aug 2009 | 2 Comments | ]

says Maryanne Bilbao in a quick review at AC. With the US opening day behind us, and Germany moving into the third evening, things are heating up for the Inglourious Basterds. Personally, I haven’t managed to see it in theaters again, yet, but many many friends have and pretty much everyone was quite blown away. In our previous entry I’ve given a little rundown of recent articles and reviews, and you can still check …

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[21 Aug 2009 | 2 Comments | ]

(Updated) – So, have you been to the movies yet? Go see Inglourious Basterds, you basterds. Personally, I will probably go tonight and see the movie for the third time, this time with a “regular” audience. I’m excited. I’m gonna give you another run-down of Basterds news, reports, reviews and the like, below. But have you clicked here and seen our Basterds soundtrack giveaway? Don’t miss winning a 7″ vinyl!
If you’ve seen those awesome …

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[20 Aug 2009 | One Comment | ]

To celebrate the theatrical release of the movie, we’re giving away two 7″ vinyl  records of David Bowie’s “Putting out the Fire”, in its limited re-release with Inglourious Basterds packaging (see picture to the right). But we’re not just giving them away. We are real Basterds, so you have to go on a little mission: Click yourself through to our page on the Inglourious Basterds soundtrack, and if you want read our soundtrack review …

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[19 Aug 2009 | One Comment | ]

Inglourious Basterds is here (opening in the US friday, in Germany tomorrow, in France today), and oh boy will it be Inglourious to see it again. Quentin was on Letterman (who would rather have had Brad Pitt) yesterday (click here for a video) and I enjoyed that quite a bit. There’s a little review of the film on thestarpress.com, and a very negative one (if you like to read that stuff) on …

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[18 Aug 2009 | No Comment | ]

I did miss a lot of things yesterday, posting my monday wrap-up. Inglourious Basterds is already opening theatrically in a few countries tomorrow, and there’s an endless supply of articles, reviews, videos, tv show appearances and much more. Here’s another quick run-through for your convenience, enjoy.
Quentin Tarantino has been on Howard Stern (click). Spinner has a an article on the greatest Tarantino music moments. The Boston Globe has an article on the women in …

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[17 Aug 2009 | No Comment | ]

Only days away until the theatrical release of Quentin Tarantino‘s INGLOURIOUS BASTERDS. Sound good? The reactions in the blog- and twittersphere are mostly positive and excitement is at its peak already. Some of you might’ve caught the movie already at a sneak preview of some sort, feel free to send us your full reviews or thoughts on the film. Before I post some more about the release of the soundtrack and the script on …

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[15 Aug 2009 | No Comment | ]

Yes we’re taking a short break from Inglourious Basterds news, to continue our little “Closing the gaps” series of little stories on episodes in Quentin Tarantino’s career that we wanna shed some retrospective light on. We’ll continue with those Basterds tomorrow.
In those old post-Reservoir Dogs days, Pulp Fiction co-author Roger Avary set out to make a little bank caper flick that takes place in Paris. Lawrence Bender found a great location for Reservoir Dogs …

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[13 Aug 2009 | No Comment | ]

Must have been one hell of a premiere, even though personally I think nothing could beat the Berlin premiere. Tuesday night was the Hollywood premiere of Inglourious Basterds, and we were live on location – via twitter – as much as we could. They had a huge red carpet rolled out in front of the  Chinese Theater on Hollywood Blvd. and fans got to see the entire cast, Brangelina included (an article at examiner.com), …

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[10 Aug 2009 | One Comment | ]

After Cannes, Berlin, Stockholm and Melbourne – Hollywood, California. The Basterds are returning from their quick but inglourious world tour to the city of angels for a premiere unlike anything you’ve seen before. Not only because this nominally-Hollywood movie is not really so much a Hollywood movie, but also because this is the first premiere – to my knowledge – that will take place on the web – with you in the front seats. …

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[7 Aug 2009 | No Comment | ]

You can’t keep those Basterds down, that’s for sure. Those Inglourious dudes actually went on a rampage to destroy all kinds of things in a new photo shoot for Esquire magazine, a video which you can see here. I’m guessing most of the pictures will be in their next Style issue. One of the side products is an interview with BJ Novak which you can read right here. Next up there’s a nice interview …

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[5 Aug 2009 | 3 Comments | ]

Who saw that coming? In the past we’ve posted some exclusive pictures of “Stolz der Nation” (Nation’s Pride), the Eli Roth-directed movie-in-the-movie that is somehow starring in Inglourious Basterds. Today a trailer hit the net that, even though it looks a bit “modern”, it shows some good footage of the propaganda flick. Click here to see the pictures we’ve posted in the past and find out more about it, or precede to Apple.com to …

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[2 Aug 2009 | One Comment | ]
The Inglourious Basterds review you’ve been waiting for

While I’m still digesting the amazing experience the Berlin premiere of Inglourious Basterds has been, I have not been idle.  The following is an excerpt from my opening paragraph of a review of Inglourious Basterds, click the link below to finish reading the entire text. I’ve tried to keep spoilers to a minimum but depending on how much you already know about the film, be warned, there are minor spoilers included. Some say Tarantino’s …