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    Hollywood Breakdown

    Will Leo roar at the box office?

    Quentin Tarantino's 'Once Upon a Time in Hollywood' opens this weekend and the industry will be watching closely to see how it does.

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    KCRW placeholderBy Matthew Belloni • Jul 26, 2019 • 3m Listen

    If you've been looking for a big summer movie that's not a part of some larger franchise, you've been out of luck this year...so far. This weekend could change that, if you're a fan of Quentin Tarantino. His newest film, "Once Upon a Time in Hollywood" is one of the few big studio movies opening this summer that's an adult drama not associated with some kind of larger IP. Whether this one will be for you depends on how much you like Tarantino, of course, but also the idea of Brad Pitt and Leo DiCaprio--one of the last true movie stars--in a 2 hour and 40 minute hangout movie that's heavy on Tarantino tropes and light on plot.

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      Matthew Belloni

      founding partner of Puck News

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      Kim Masters

      partner/writer at Puck News, host of KCRW's “The Business.”

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      Kaitlin Parker

      Producer, 'The Business' and 'Hollywood Breakdown'

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