Coming Attractions (September 2008)
Posted on September 5, 2008 at 10:00 am
There’s only one movie opening up this week, “Bankok Dangerous” with Nicolas Cage. That’s everything I know about it. It isn’t screening for critics, and that means the studio is pretty sure it won’t even get one good review.
But next week, things really pick up! I am very excited about “Righteous Kill,” starring Robert DeNiro and Al Pacino.
And I am even more excited about “Burn Before Reading,” from the Coen Brothers (“Fargo,” “No Country for Old Men”), starring George Clooney, Frances McDormand, and Brad Pitt.
Stay tuned!
“Burn Before Reading” looks like it might be great. I hope it is more like “Raising Arizona” and less like “The Big Lebowski.”
(The violence in “Raising Arizona” was cartoon-like and didn’t break the comedic mood, while the violence in “Lebowski” was way too realistic for a comedy.)
A good point, Alicia. Where do you think “Fargo” fits in on that list?
I think of “Fargo” as a tragedy with comic overtones. It shows all of the consequences that follow from one really bad decision by the character played by William H. Macy.