Jun 25, 2015 It's not bad or anything. It just works better as a B movie for Planet Terror than as its own standalone feature.
Jun 25, 2015 Best thing about Death Proof was it bringing Vanishing Point to my attention. Rest is lame.
Jun 26, 2015 This was just published: When Quentin Tarantino adapted Elmore Leonard’s Rum Punch into his third feature, Jackie Brown, he changed his heroine’s skin from white to black, gave her a new surname inspired by one of cult film’s most prominent black female roles, then cast her with the same woman responsible for that inspiration: Pam Grier, the undisputed queen of 1970s blaxploitation features, including Foxy Brown. A flight attendant for a sketchy airline, Jackie resorts to smuggling money into Mexico for gun-runner Ordell Robbie (Samuel L. Jackson), treading the same morally dubious territory as the characters with whom Grier made her name, but with the focus turned from titillation toward real characterization. Jackie is sexy and tough—she’s played by Pam Grier, after all—but also conflicted and vulnerable in turn, particularly once bail bondsman Max Cherry (Robert Forster) enters the picture. Via Jackie, Grier brings a maturity and resonance to Jackie Brown that makes it one of Tarantino’s more understated (and underappreciated) efforts. It’s a role only Grier could have played—because it was written for her, but also because it’s so specifically calibrated to her unique presence and personal history. The role of Jackie required Grier to call to her past without echoing it, and in the process, it let her find new depths of an archetype she helped create. http://thedissolve.com/features/the...ing-film-roles-for-women-since-ripley/?page=2
