Tarantino Tops Fredstrom's Favorite Movie of the Summer

You already know the plot. It's 1941, the Nazi Regime has occupied France.  Brad Pitt plays Lt. Aldo Raine, in charge of 8 Jewish-American vigilante Nazi Headhunters-the basterds. In vintage Tarantino fashion, the basterds aim to strike fear through brutal killings of their enemies. 

Inglorious Basterds has a side plot developing along with Lt. Raine and his posse, involving a cinema owner-Shoshanna.  Her family was killed by the Nazis and karma has given her an opportunity to avenge their deaths with a theater full of the 3rd Reich.  These two subplots meet each other in an ending that can be summed up in one word- "WOW!"

Brad Pitt was amazing!  Pitt has some incredible lines that are sure to end up in pop nomenclature...Oh yes, yes yes! IB was a harmonious blend of comedy, action, and drama claiming it the Fredstrom's favorite flick of the summer, favorite Brad Pitt performance, and favorite Tarantino movie (pending his viewing of Pulp Fiction). Be ready to read, most of the movie is subtitles, and don't forget the awkward Mike Myers cameo!

Inglorious Basterds earns a cool 8 Picasso's

Not Sure if District 9 is Genius or Just Plain Weird?

Where does the Fredstrom start with this movie? An alien space craft has run out of fuel and stands hovering over Johannesburg, South Africa. The world has created the MNU to extract and contain these new visitors, called Prawns. This documentary style movie tells the story of a man named Wikus van der Merwe, who is put in charge of the MNU. He has been appointed to  evict the Prawns to another district further out of town.  While serving eviction notices, Wikus encounters and alien secret that would dramatically change not only his fate, but the Prawns as well.  The Fredstrom doesn't want to give away too much, but take the plots of  Independence Day, IronMan, Alien and Men in Black, put them in a blender-volia!
District 9 was a bit slow, a whole lot of weird, and just straight different. If this ever really happened, District 9 would describe what humans would actually do with alien visitors, sad but true. The Fredstrom may have missed the genius with this movie but just wasn't as impressed as he would have like to have been. District 9 earns a very flexible 5 Picasso's. See it for yourself.