Inglourious Basterds

A group of hardened Nazi killers stalk their prey in Nazi-occupied France as a Jewish cinema owner plots to take down top-ranking SS officers during the official premiere of a high-profile German propaganda film. As far as Lt. Aldo Raine (aka Aldo the Apache," Brad Pitt) -- is concerned, the only ...more

Quentin Tarantino's long-awaited Inglourious Basterds is a fairy tale. The movie even begins with the line "Once upon a time…" With that choice of opener, Tarantino calls attention to the fact that this is, in fact, fantasy. It's really about a boy's love for classic cinema—The Dirty Dozen, Sergio Leone, etc. From that love, Tarantino has pieced together his most epic and intimate work yet. Basterds is the first classic film of 2009, and it illuminates the legendary filmmaker at his best. There ...more

A group of hardened Nazi killers stalk their prey in Nazi-occupied France as a Jewish cinema owner plots to take down top-ranking SS officers during the official premiere of a high-profile German propaganda film. As far as Lt. Aldo Raine (aka Aldo the Apache," Brad Pitt) -- is concerned, the only good Nazi is a dead Nazi. Raine's mission is to strike fear into the heart of Adolf Hitler by brutally murdering as many goose-steppers as possible, or die trying. In order to accomplish that goal, Lt. ...more