Tuesday, July 16, 2024

Better drag. More flavor. Less throat burn.

It's like a tribute to the final moments of Hollywood's golden age. The summer of 1969, an aging television actor Rick Dalton (Leonardo DiCaprio) and his stunt double Cliff Booth (Brad Pitt) endeavor to revive their careers. Among bunch of other colorful characters, they encounter the murderous hippies lead by Charles Manson. Once Upon a Time in... Hollywood, by Quentin Tarantino, comes with a large ensemble cast (DeCaprio, Pitt, Al Pacino, Margot Robbie, Emile Hirsch, Timothy Olyphant, Luke Perry, Bruce Dern, Damian Lewis) and it's a wicked groovy ride.

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More twists than a barrel of pretzels

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