Matchup of the Day 

Quentin Tarantino racks up his 49th year today.  Let’s pay tribute with two films starring an actress who inspired him:

Jackie Brown vs. Foxy Brown

Foxy Brown and Coffy, both directed by Jack Hill, are the two Blaxploitation films Pam Grier is best known for.  Tarantino has gone on record saying that Coffy is one of his favorite movies, and that he is a fan of Hill’s work.  When Tarantino adapted the Elmore Leonard novel Rum Punch into the screenplay for Jackie Brown, he specifically had Grier in mind for the title role. Read the rest of this entry »