Coen Bros.
Movie Review: Drive-Away Dolls
3.5 stars out of 5 “Does anybody remember laughter?” as Mr. Plant once asked. The comedy film, once a reliable staple of the multiplex, has become nearly extinct. Sure, there are humorous elements in the increasingly crummy Marvel movies, and there are rom-coms but they more rom than com. For those of us who truly […]
Movie Review: The Tragedy of MacBeth
5 stars out of 5I’m not much of a Shakespeare buff, but MacBeth is my boy, yo! We read it in junior year of high school, and with my pals Steve, Rob, and Ken, made a related video project entitled Late Night With David MacLetterman. Two years later, I was lucky to see Christopher Plummer […]
Movie Review: The French Dispatch
4.5 stars out of 5Or maybe 4 out of 5, but, somewhere in there. As I’ve said a number of times, there are a handful of directors that I am absolutely crazy about, and Wes Anderson is one of them. Perhaps I’m too soft on them or perhaps I hold them to too high a […]
Movie Review: The Ballad of Buster Scruggs
4 stars out of 5 I generally only review movies that can be seen in a theater, but the Coen Brothers are maybe my all-time favorite filmmakers, and this was kind of in theaters for a few days, so… I’m reviewing it! My blog, my rules. I’ll end the suspense: I liked it a whole […]
Movie Review: Suburbicon
4 stars out of 5 With the Brothers Coen seemingly preoccupied with their upcoming Netflix series The Ballad of Buster Scruggs, we may have to wait a while for a true Coen Bros. cinematic offering. Still, their last writing-only work, Bridge of Spies, was a more than worthwhile stopgap, and there was no reason to […]
Movie Review: Hail, Caesar!
4 stars out of 5 The holidays can be rough, and winter can really be a drag, but I didn’t care: There was a new Coen Bros. movie on the way, with my man Clooney in it, and the trailer looked like a friggin’ hoot. Now it’s February, the days are getting just a little […]
Movie Review: Bridge of Spies
4 stars out of 5 I learned a little about captured pilot Francis Gary Powers as a schoolboy, and then I guess his name came up again after the band U2 got famous. But I can’t say I’ve given him a lot of thought since. Honestly, I didn’t even know that this movie was based […]
Movie Review: Inside Llewyn Davis
4.5 stars out of 5 I am such a dork, and was so wrapped up in the song performance that opens Inside Llewyn Davis, I nearly applauded at its conclusion. But such is the outstanding reality of the movie. It’s not your standard period piece, with actors playing dress-up and practically winking at the camera […]
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