Reviews
Debate! No Country for Old Men
The following email conversation can also be found over filmschoolrejects.com.
*Spoiler Alert* Please see “No Country for Old Men” before reading.
Dear Adam–
What up, bitch? Recently, you and I engaged in some dazzling rhetoric regarding this weeks DVD release of the Coen Brothers’ Oscar-winning “No Country for Old Men.” The two of us, along with the [...]
Shenanigans!! - The Darjeeling Limited
Why? Why why why?
DVD Review - “The Heartbreak Kid”
The Heartbreak Kid, heralded pre-release as an hysterical Ben Stiller / Farrelly brothers reunion, hit theaters with the kind of thud that’s usually reserved for new Larry the Cable Guy vehicles, and it suffers from the same problems that typically plague dreck like Witless Protection: it’s stylistically undistinguished, suffers from terminally slack pacing and execution, [...]
DVD Review: American Gangster
I had qualms with American Gangster when it first came out in theaters. I wasn’t able to take it seriously with the undeserved “Oscar buzz” surrounding it. I thought the ending was tacked on and trite and thought all comparisons to The Godfather and The French Connection were ill-advised. To me, American [...]
DVD - Margot at the Wedding
Noah Baumbach’s follow-up to the absurdly hilarious 2005 Oscar nominee The Squid and the Whale, Margot at the Wedding, was near the top of my most-anticipated releases going into fall of last year. The trailer was good. It looked like Nicole Kidman was trying to act again and I was looking forward to seeing Jack [...]
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