Topic: Django Unchained

Will Smith Turned Down The Title Role In Django Unchained Because He Wasn’t The Lead

So apparently Will Smith turned down the title role in Django Unchained because it wasn’t the main character. Wow, buddy, real classy. More »

Leonardo DiCaprio To Take Long Break From Movies While Filming His Next Movie

Leonardo DiCaprio is tired, you guys. He’s tired of filming back-to-back movies, he’s tired of the constant media scrutiny, and he’s tired of not being nominated for Oscars. Given, I have absolutely no confirmation on those last two, but it’s what I’d be feeling If I Was Leonardo, which is the name of my new direct-to-DVD Freaky Friday spin-off where Leonardo da Vinci and Leo DiCaprio accidentally switch places when Ferdinand Magellan throws a penny into a fountain. I play every role. More »

All The Oscar Recipes You Need For Your 2013 Academy Awards Party

All the best Oscar recipes for your annual Oscar potluck that I know you have. Watching the movies is totes not necessary. More »

Here Are All The Oscar Rejects You Should Hope You Never See

I’m glad not all studio executives aren’t as dumb as the ones in this video, or else we’d never be able to collect nine whole 2.5 hour movies to nominate for Best Picture. More »

Django Unchained Definitely Provokes Conversation About Racism, But That Doesn’t Make It Racist

I was really worried about seeing Django Unchained. But I shouldn’t have been. More »

This Oscars Cheat Sheet Will Make People Think You Saw Every Movie

So the 2013 Oscars are this Sunday and odds are you’re nowhere near prepared. Unless of course you’ve seen every single movie nominated, which we both know you haven’t. Don’t apologize, you have a life. Or a lot of reality shows that you must watch all weekend, every weekend on your DVR. Either way, it’s okay that you’re behind. That’s why we’re here More »

Christoph Waltz Hosts SNL And Also A Spot In My Heart

Ever since I first saw Inglorious Basterds, I’ve had a thing for Christoph Waltz. I can only imagine the field day a therapist would have with that sentence, but it is what it is. More »

Zach Galifianakis Gets Awkward With Jennifer Lawrence, Anne Hathaway, Amy Adams In Between Two Ferns: Oscar Buzz Edition

Zach Galifiniakis‘ wonderfully awkward web show Between Two Ferns is back with a star studded “Oscar buzz” edition featuring brilliant insights from Jennifer Lawrence, Anne Hathaway, Amy Adams, Christoph Waltz, and Naomi Watts. Let’s get weird! More »

Quentin Tarantino Said The N-Word While Explaining His Use Of The N-Word

Oh boy. Despite taking home the trophy for best screenplay last night at the Golden Globes, Quentin Tarantino landed himself in some hot water at the press conference while trying to explain his use of “the n-word” in his movie Django Unchained. More »

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Quentin Tarantino Says It’s ‘Disrespectful’ To Blame Movie Violence For Real Life Violence

Quentin Tarantino got extremely annoyed when NPR’s Terry Gross hinted at a connection between real life violence and movie violence. Do you think he’s being overly defensive? More »

Yacht Parties And Half-Naked Models, Oh My! Or As Leonardo DiCaprio Calls It, Saturday

I think I would actually lose control of my bodily functions if Leonardo DiCaprio woke up one day and decided to take a woman of realistic height and build out to a mediocre dinner and a movie. More »

Spike Lee Criticizes Django Unchained Without Even Seeing It, Which You’re Only Allowed To Do With Twilight

Okay, Mr. Lee, that’s an interesting point you make. Why don’t you back it up with some evidence from the film? What’s that? You haven’t even seen the film? Well, take it from this former Film Studies student, you’re getting an F on that term paper. More »

Samuel L. Jackson Has Just Two Words For You In The New Django Unchained Teaser

Samuel L. Jackson trades in his bald head and eyepatch from The Avengers to play Leonardo DiCaprio‘s longtime slave in Django Unchained. Yep, we’d watch the movie just for this cameo. More »