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“Once Upon a Time…in Hollywood” is as Good as it Gets

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Quentin Tarantino’s ninth film, Once Upon a Time … in Hollywood is a polarizing statement about the state of film, and an ode to what was.

It will be hard to review this film without a large amount of inflated superlatives, because to be frank, it’s just that good. With that said, here goes my best attempt:

The film kicks off in Hollywood Hills in February 1969, the city’s Golden Age. We are quickly introduced to Rick Dalton a fading TV star played by Leonardo DiCaprio and his stunt double Cliff Booth played by Brad Pitt. Rick is working on multiple cameos on other roles and constantly questioning his stardom, while Cliff is his loyal friend who he pays to drive him around. Cliff is an easy going and humble guy who contrasts the egotistical and high strung TV star Rick Dalton.

While we focus on the clusterf**k that is Rick’s career as he comes to grip with himself and his has-been role as his on-screen persona Jake Cahill, a western bounty hunter, we are also introduced to his neighbor Roman Polanski and more so his wife Sharon Tate played by Margot Robbie.

This is where the lines of reality and fiction begin to blur, as you should know those names and characters are rooted in the true drama of that time.

Roman Polanski is off in Europe and Sharon Tate is just soaking up the good life with a career about to take off and her closest friends staying in the house with her. And as we get a look at the comings and goings of the falling and rising stars that are Rick and Sharon neither one ever interacting we are also introduced to Manson’s hippy cult girls who were peppered all across Hollywood at the time.

As Cliff is enticed by an especially free-spirited hippy girl known as Pussycat, he involves himself involuntarily in the maniacal happenings of their group.

These three plots all intertwine into a surefire masterpiece.

Tarantino truly encapsulated something great in this film. From the bold statements about how things used to be to the long list of all-star actors, Kurt Russell, Al Pacino, Dakota Fanning just to name a few, this film has it all.

Tarantino took the era by the hair, forced it to look in the mirror while tripping balls and left us all wondering what if?

In an industry filled with superheroes and rom-coms, we needed this film.

 

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Paramount+ Reveals Official Main Title Sequence for the Upcoming Series TALES OF THE TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES

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During the TALES OF THE TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES panel earlier today at San Diego Comic Con, Paramount+ revealed the official main title sequence for the series. The sequence is composed by EMMY® nominee, Matt Mahaffey, known for his work on Sanjay and Craig, Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, and Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Movie and much more. 

From the studios of the Mutant Mayhem film, the all-new Paramount+ original series TALES OF THE TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES explores the adventures of everyone’s favorite pizza-loving heroes as they emerge from the sewers onto the streets of NYC. Leo, Raph, Donnie and Mikey are faced with new threats and team up with old allies to survive both teenage life and villains lurking in the shadows of the Big Apple. The series is produced by Nickelodeon Animation and Point Grey Pictures.

TALES OF THE TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES is executive produced by Chris Yost (The Mandalorian, Thor: Ragnarok) and Alan Wan (Blue Eye Samurai, Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles [2012 Series]). Production is overseen for Nickelodeon by Claudia Spinelli, Senior Vice President, TV Series Animation, Nickelodeon, and Nikki Price, Director of Development and Executive in Charge of Production.

In addition to the upcoming new series, stream all things Turtles on Paramount+.

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DISNEY+ CASTS DANIEL DIEMER AS FAN-FAVORITE ‘TYSON’IN SEASON TWO OF “PERCY JACKSON AND THE OLYMPIANS”

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 in Hall H at San Diego Comic-Con, Rick Riordan and Disney+ revealed that Daniel Diemer (“Under the Bridge”) will star as fan-favorite cyclops “Tyson” in the epic adventure series “Percy Jackson and the Olympians.” Diemer joins Walker Scobell (Percy Jackson), Leah Sava Jeffries (Annabeth Chase) and Aryan Simhadri (Grover Underwood) as a series regular. The Disney+ Original series from Disney Branded Television and 20th Television will start filming its second season next week in Vancouver.

Season two of “Percy Jackson and the Olympians” is based on the second installment of Disney Hyperion’s best-selling book series titled “The Sea of Monsters” by award-winning author Rick Riordan. In the new season, Percy Jackson returns to Camp Half-Blood one year later to find his world turned upside down. His friendship with Annabeth is changing, he learns he has a cyclops for a brother, Grover has gone missing, and camp is under siege from the forces of Kronos. Percy’s journey to set things right will take him off the map and into the deadly Sea of Monsters, where a secret fate awaits the son of Poseidon.

Diemer stars as Tyson – a young Cyclops who grew up all alone on the streets, and finds it difficult to survive in the human world.  Shy and awkward, with a heart almost as big as he is, Tyson soon discovers that Poseidon is his father, which means Percy Jackson is his half-brother… and that Tyson may have finally found a home. 

Diemer recently starred in the Hulu limited series “Under the Bridge” based off the critically acclaimed book of the same name and a tragic true story of a missing teen girl in Vancouver in 1997. He will next star in the indie “Thug” opposite Liam Neeson and Ron Perlman for director Hans Petter Moland. Daniel was recently seen as the lead in the indie “Supercell” opposite Alec Baldwin and Skeet Ulrich and the lead in the film “Little Brother” opposite Phil Ettinger and JK Simmons. Daniel can also be seen in the Netflix series “The Midnight Club” and recently starred as the male lead in the breakout hit Netflix feature “The Half Of It” from producer Anthony Bregman and director Alice Wu. He is a graduate of Victoria Academy of Dramatic Arts in Vancouver.

Created by Rick Riordan and Jonathan E. Steinberg, season two of “Percy Jackson and the Olympians” is executive produced by Steinberg and Dan Shotz alongside Rick Riordan, Rebecca Riordan, Craig Silverstein, The Gotham Group’s Ellen Goldsmith-Vein, Bert Salke, The Gotham Group’s Jeremy Bell and D.J. Goldberg, James Bobin, Jim Rowe, Albert Kim, Jason Ensler and Sarah Watson.

The first season of “Percy Jackson and the Olympians” is available on Disney+

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