Tagged: Frances McDormand

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2010s / Adventure / Animation / Family

The Good Dinosaur (2015)

Offering up a sort of alternate prehistory on what might have happened had the theoretical asteroid that hit Earth 65 million years ago that wiped out all of the dinosaurs not occurred, dinosaurs are...

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1980s / Comedy / Thriller

Raising Arizona (1987)

Joel and Ethan Coen follow up their neo-noir breakthrough, Blood Simple, with an entirely different but no less satisfying follow-up, Raising Arizona, which plays out like a somewhat broad and inherently silly farce, but with a...

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1980s / Drama / Thriller

Blood Simple (1984)

Blood Simple is most notable for being the first film by the Coen Brothers (Barton Fink, Fargo), and also an example of the noir revival in the 1980s (though Chinatownstill reigns for all-time best), culminating in the...

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2000s / Action / Science Fiction

Aeon Flux (2005)

Needlessly dull, Aeon Flux is a film that diffuses any claim to entertainment value by trying to have things both ways as an action/sci-fi flick.  Those seeking action have to sit through a convoluted plot...

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1990s / Drama

Short Cuts (1993)

I’d like to say that I understand what Short Cuts is all about and Altman’s intent on this vignette-style film featuring several different interconnected storylines that jump between each other every minute or two.  Frankly,...

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1990s / Action / Horror / Superhero / Thriller

Darkman (1990)

Reportedly, director Sam Raimi wanted to film the old comic hero, The Shadow, but couldn’t get the rights, so he created a darker, more bleak version in Darkman.  It’s much darker than its big-screen predecessor...

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2000s / Drama

Laurel Canyon (2002)

Laurel Canyon made me feel like I was watching the pilot to some new “made for HBO” series, featuring the decadent portrayals of a Hollywood family — their life, their loves, and their lessons learned. ...

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1990s / Comedy / Thriller

Fargo (1996)

Although the blurb at the beginning states that Fargo is based on a true story, it’s actually not.  Oh, those wacky Coen brothers are an odd couple, aren’t they?  The film starts off with William...