As is always the case with Tarantino films, the “The Hateful Eight” is an original film that bears heavy influence from other movies. Below you'll find eleven wintery and/or weird westerns, that will put you in the mood for Tarantino's film. Some are direct influences on Tarantino's new movie, while others are simply great or unique examples of westerns done with an unusual flair, or with a frigid air thanks to winter settings. Read More: Quentin Tarantino Reveals 'Hateful Eight' Score Features Unused Music By Ennio Morricone From John Carpenter's 'The Thing' “The Wild North” (1952) Stewart Granger, looking like the original owner of the chin and hair coif that now belong to Bruce Campbell, adopts an exaggerated French-Canadian accent to star as trapper Jules Vincent. In town to get drunk, Jules gets into a fight with a local side of beef while talking to a native woman at a bar.
- 12/14/2015
- by Russ Fischer
- The Playlist
Disney's Marvel superhero sequel “Captain America: The Winter Soldier” powered into the record books with $96.2 million in its first three days at the box office this weekend, the largest April opening ever. It finished well ahead of the $86.1 million that “Fast Five” posted in 2011, and is easily the year's top debut over the $69 million that “The Lego Movie” managed in February. It also beats the opening of the last Marvel superhero sequel from Disney, “Thor: The Dark World,” which rolled out with $85.7 million in November. The big North American debut by “Captain America” is the latest...
- 4/6/2014
- by Todd Cunningham
- The Wrap
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