Posts Tagged ‘ Frances McDormand ’

Burn After Reading

Sep 15th, 2008 | By Rick | Category: Recent Cinema, Reviews

Riddle me this:  What do you do if you’re Joel and Ethan Coen, and you’ve just made the most critically acclaimed film of 2007, that most everyone believes is practically perfect in every way, and that garnered four Academy awards, including Best Picture and Best Director?  The answer, apparently, is you make Burn After Reading, [...]



Review: The Man Who Wasn’t There

Apr 22nd, 2008 | By Rick | Category: Reviews

There’s a scene early-on in Joel and Ethan Coen’s The Man Who Wasn’t There where Doris Crane (Frances McDormand) is in the bathtub, getting ready for a night out. Her husband Ed (Billy Bob Thornton) stands in the doorway, watching, and she calls him over to shave her legs. He bends over the [...]