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Burn After Reading (2008) – Ethan & Joel Coen (Friday’s Finest)

Posted on February 14, 2020 by observationblogger — 11 Comments

Burn After Reading in much in the same vain as last week’s showcased film The Men Who Stare At Goats is a publicly panned and maligned film. Also both films have a star studded cast who venture into unfamiliar territory…

Hail, Caesar! – A playful but unrealised Coen Brothers romp

Posted on May 17, 2016 by observationblogger — Leave a comment

I finally saw the Coen Brothers’ latest Hail, Caesar! (click for IMDB overview). It’s very playful, multilayered, satirical and witty as you would expect from the highly original Coen duo. Stylistically and comedically it felt reminiscent of a Mel Brook’s…

Bridge of Spies (2015) – Steven Spielberg

Posted on October 22, 2015 by observationblogger — Leave a comment

Bridge of Spies is a highly engaging political-adventure based on a true story about a highly covert Spy swap deal between the CIA and KGB during the cold war. Lawyer James Donovan played by Tom Hanks is tasked to provide…

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Inside Llewyn Davis – The Coen Brothers

Posted on February 8, 2014 by observationblogger — 6 Comments

Inside Llewyn Davis is about a folk singer trying, but not very successfully to make it ‘big’ in the early 1960s Greenwich Village. Llewyn is a lost man trapped inside a beastly world where its unremittingly bad karma pounds down…

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Barton Fink (Coen Brothers) – A Screenplay Masterpiece

Posted on December 24, 2013 by observationblogger — Leave a comment

Such is the allure of watching engrossing and dynamic characters like those in Barton Fink, the Coen Brothers 1991 cinematic gem, that if I had my time all over again I would focus every ounce of my efforts on screenwriting.…

Tagged with: Barton Fink, Big Lebowski, Coen brothers, Hollywood, Inside Llewyn Davis, John Goodman
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