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Fargo (1996)

Directed By: Joel & Ethan Coen

Starring: William H. Macey, Steve Buscemi, Peter Stormare, Frances McDormand, John Caroll Lynch, Larry Brandenberg

Rated: R

Run Time: 1h 38m

TMM Score: 5 Stars

Strengths: Acting, Themes, Cinematography, Unique Setting

Weakness: None

Fargo (1996)

April 17, 2019

When Jerry Lundegaard, tired of scrounging for scraps and grinding as a failed car/undercoat salesman, decides to stage a kidnap and ransom of his wife to gain access to his father-in-law’s money and the mild mannered mid-westerner ends ends up in league with a violently pragmatic criminal cohort.

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In Comedy, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Noir Tags Michael McDonald, Joel & Ethan Coen, Fargo, 1996, William H. Macey, Steve Buscemi, Peter Stormare, Frances McDormand, John Caroll Lynch, Larry Brandenberg, R Rated, 5 Stars, Mid-Western, Joel Coen, Ethan Coen
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O Brother, Where Art Thou (2000)

Directed By: Joel & Ethan Coen

Starring: George Clooney, John Turturro, Tim Blake Nelson, John Goodman, Holly Hunter, Charles Durning

Rated: PG-13

Run Time: 1h 47m

TMM Score: 5 Stars

Strengths: Acting, Writing, Music

Weakness: None

O Brother, Where Art Thou (2000)

March 28, 2019

Everett, Pete, and Delmar aren’t just down on their luck during the Great Depression. They are chained together in a chain gang, till they break free in an attempt to find buried treasure that is.

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In Adventure, Comedy, Crime, Fantasy Tags Michael McDonald, PG-13, 5 Stars, George Clooney, John Turturro, Tim Blake Nelson, John Goodman, Holly Hunter, Charles Durning, Joel Coen, Ethan Cowen, Joel & Ethan Coen, O Brother, O Brother Where Art Thou, 2000
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The Man Who Wasn’t There (2001)

Directed By: Joel & Ethan Coen

Starring: Billy Bob Thorton, Francis McDormand, James Gandolfini, Tony Shalhoub, Scarlett Johansson

Rated: R

Run Time: 1h 56m

TMM Score: 3 Stars

Strengths: Cinematography, Characters

Weakness: Impact

The Man Who Wasn’t There (2001)

March 27, 2019

Ed Crane, a small town barber,  has never made a splash in the world or even taken a big risk in his life but when a venture capitalist proposes a partnership he throws caution to the wind to blackmail his wife’s married lover to raise the money to finally get his slice of the pie.

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In Crime, Drama, Mystery, Noir Tags Michael McDonald, Joel & Ethan Coen, Joel Coen, Ethan Cowen, Billy Bob Thorton, Francis McDormand, James Gandolfini, Tony Shalhoub, Scarlett Johansson, R Rated, 3 Stars
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Inside Llewyn Davis (2013)

Directed By: Joel & Ethan Coen

Starring: Oscar Isaac, Carey Mulligan, Adam Driver, John Goodman, Justin Timberlake

Rated: R

Run Time: 1h 44m

TMM Score: 5 Stars

Strengths: Performances, Music, Cinematography

Weakness: None

Inside Llewyn Davis (2013)

March 25, 2019

Flopping couch to couch, getting underpaid to perform in bars, and hitchhiking to Chicago may seem like the romantic life of a legendary singer but it’s just a week in the life for LLewyn Davis in 1961, New York City.

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In Drama, Musical Tags Michael McDonald, 5 Stars, R Rated, Oscar Isaac, Carey Mulligan, Adam Driver, John Goodman, Justin Timberlake, Joel & Ethan Coen, Joel Coen, Ethan Coen, 2013, Inside Llewyn Davis
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