Tag Archives: Sergio Leone

DVD review | Rango – Johnny Depp’s chameleon shows his true colours in animated Western spoof

Posted on 25 July 2011 by Jason Best

Set in a surreally off-kilter version of the Wild West populated entirely by animals, computer-animated Western Rango is both a witty spoof and loving homage to the genre. The plot’s familiar – the stranger who becomes the saviour of an … Continue reading →

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The Best view | Inglourious Basterds – Quentin Tarantino’s WW2 revenge fantasy: it’s not only the spelling that’s juvenile

Posted on 19 August 2009 by Jason Best

  “Once upon a time in Nazi-occupied France…” So begins Quentin Tarantino’s much-hyped World War Two action movie, an ultra-violent fairy tale in which a band of scalp-hunting Jewish-American soldiers go on the rampage behind enemy lines… and, in an … Continue reading →

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