One Sentence Media Reviews
I love those Coen brothers, and Barton Fink does have a lot of that Coen magic, but this is a lesser work - maybe writers really shouldn't try to write about writing.
I had a lot of fun reading this scifi horror murder mystery; it was Muir's first, and there are certainly some rough edges, but if you like a strong irreverant female voice and heavy doses of goth scifi mashup, you'll love this book.
I don't know why contemporary reviewers panned this early verhoeven thriller - I thought it was fun, over the top, goofy, a wild ride - just ignore the terrible last 5 seconds.
they should call it Longtale.
I found this northern European documentary story about art and friendship to be interesting, mostly engaging, and fairly fun - but I could never forget, throughout the whole thing, that there was a totally unacknowledged person in the room, recording every interaction we saw.
An entrancing, touching, beautiful tale of life and death in world war 2, which despite being somewhat magical and clearly fictional ends up feeling all the more real.
While it wasn't astounding, I still love me a good early 70s classic, and Malick's direction and camerawork really help this story of love on the run stand out.
Despite excellent casting, mostly great acting, interesting narrative devices, and some thought-provoking ideas, I'm sad to report that the plot of this Hulu special just ruins all of the above.
obviously not much needs be restated about this dorky, vulgar, often hilarious movie, but there's something different and compelling about the way Wilson and Vaughn use such very emotionally mature language throughout the story (due to being divorce mediators, of course) despite being so dudely in every other way.