Tag Archives: moretz

Chloë Moretz Should Probably Add Inglourious Basterds To Her Netflix Queue

As part of the wall-to-wall media blitz happening with Kick-Ass at the moment, Movieline’s favorite teenager, 13-year-old Chloë Moretz , gets her due in the New York Times this weekend. The profile (online now, in the paper tomorrow) traverses much of the territory you’d expect — her character, Hit Girl, might curse, maim and kill, but it’s okay because Chloë’s so aware and adjusted! — but does reveal one interesting bit of minutia: Quentin Tarantino is safe for children.

Continue reading here:
Chloë Moretz Should Probably Add Inglourious Basterds To Her Netflix Queue

Is 2010 the Year of the C-Word?

Kick-Ass doesn’t get released for another two weeks, but it seems like you can’t go two clicks of your mouse without stumbling onto another article about its intense language and ultraviolence; even the New York Times hopped on the bandwagon. Today’s installment comes from across the pond, though, in jolly ol’ England. A Guardian writer with the unfortunate name of David Cox laments the fact that 13-year-old star Chloe Moretz casually uses the heretofore verboten c-word during Kick-Ass . Says Cox: “A sorry milestone has been passed. The c-word has become acceptable parlance for children in mainstream movies. We’ll be the poorer for it.” And while it’s hard to argue with logic that level-headed, Moretz’s c-bomb is just one of the many examples thus far in 2010 that prove the final language taboo is on its way to being broken. Could this be the year of the C… ?

View post:
Is 2010 the Year of the C-Word?