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'The Hateful Eight': A new trailer offers a glimpse at Quentin Tarantino's latest

'Eight' stars actors such as Kurt Russell, Samuel L. Jackson, and Jennifer Jason Leigh and centers on a group of people stranded in a storm in nineteenth-century Wyoming.

A new trailer has been released for the upcoming Quentin Tarantino film 鈥淭he Hateful Eight.鈥澛�

鈥淓ight,鈥� which will be released this December, stars Samuel L. Jackson, Kurt Russell, Jennifer Jason Leigh, and others and is written as well as directed by Tarantino (the norm for his films). The movie centers on a stagecoach stopover where multiple people, including a bounty hunter and a woman on the run, stay during a storm.

Tarantino鈥檚 last couple of films have taken place in times other than our own, with 2012鈥檚 鈥淒jango Unchained鈥� taking place in the 1850s and 2009鈥檚 鈥淚nglourious Basterds鈥� taking place during World War II. 鈥淓ight鈥� reportedly takes place some years after the Civil War.

Tarantino鈥檚 movies have a distinctive feel and are often remembered for their violence, unusual character names, and long scenes of dialogue that are nonetheless suspenseful. Many actors appearing in 鈥淓ight鈥� have worked with Tarantino before, including Jackson, Russell, Michael Madsen, Tim Roth, and Bruce Dern.聽

Tarantino鈥檚 most famous early movie was 1992鈥檚 鈥淩eservoir Dogs,鈥� which he directed and wrote and which also centered on a group of people in one place who are unsure whether they can rely on the others. The director himself recently spoke about the similarities between 鈥淓ight鈥� and his earlier movie 鈥淩eservoir.鈥� 鈥淧retty quickly I realized this is kind of a nice coming-full-circle,鈥� he of the similarities.聽

Almost all of Tarantino鈥檚 films have been critically well-received, so few reviewers would argue that the director's recent output haven't been good films. But is the fact that Tarantino鈥檚 movies, while taking place with different characters in different time periods, often share characteristics a good thing or a bad thing? Some critics were split on this with his most recent movie, 鈥淒jango,鈥� which like much of Tarantino鈥檚 other work received mostly good reviews. Some reviewers said that no matter how he was doing it, he had created a great movie with 鈥淒jango,鈥� calling it 鈥�,鈥� 鈥�,鈥� and 鈥�.鈥�

Others, however, wanted more or saw some self-indulgence, with one critic writing, 鈥淲ill Tarantino, who is more talented than he allows, ever break out of his perpetual adolescence and make a movie that does more than glorify his love of schlock?鈥� wrote that Tarantino is 鈥渞eluctant to let go of certain bits and means that others go on too long 鈥� often it's the highly choreographed action scenes that he can't bear to end,鈥� while yet another wrote that 鈥淒jango鈥� 鈥渇eels too easy, too dead-center in Tarantino鈥檚 comfort zone. He鈥檚 not challenging himself in any way that matters. He has become his own Yes Man.鈥澛�

鈥淓ight鈥� will be released on Dec. 25.