Follow MovieBlips on Twitter
10 Careers That Need to Backtrack to the ’90s
SpoutBlog —
... More specifically, these people need to backtrack to the ‘90s, which is when most of them did their last truly great work. Perhaps they need to take a look at that earlier work and remember what it was they used to do. Or perhaps they just need to get advice from the Coen brothers, who similarly hit a slump in the new millennium, but who are now back on track with a few more Oscars in hand and a new comedy, Burn After Reading, which looks to be more in line with their ‘90s classic The Big Lebowski than their 2000s missteps Intolerable Cruelty and ...
Brad Pitt Interview, Burn After Reading, Toronto 2008
SpoutBlog —
... Brad Pitt’s “gum-chewing, Gatorade-swilling, iPod addicted bubble brain” Chad character in the Coen Brothers film Burn After Reading ends up walking away with every scene he’s in, and as a result he’s the best thing about the movie. Which is not to mean that this a great movie. Far from it. It’s a mediocre Coen Brothers movie with a standout performance by Pitt. ...
Movie Marketing Madness: Burn After Reading
Movie Marketing Madness —
... Their latest, though, is very much in the “quirky characters” mode of theirs. Burn After Reading tells the story of two gym employees who find a CD containing the tell-all memoir of a CIA agent has been left in the locker room. Deciding this is their key to a financial fortune, the two decide to try and blackmail him to keep it safe. Wackiness ensues. ...
Burn After Reading Review, Toronto
SpoutBlog —
From its crash and burn debut at the Venice Film Festival to its slightly more positive but still definitively mixed reception here at the Toronto Film Festival, people who like to spend a lot of time bitching have spent a lot of time bitching that the Coen Brothers‘ Burn After Reading is at the very least a “disappointment” as a follow-up to No Country For Old Men, and is maybe even Exhibit A to the charge that this is a disastrous year for American pseudo-indie film. The former might be true, if one was of ...
The Coen Brothers, Burn After Reading, Toronto 2008
SpoutBlog —
... Although Joel and Ethan Coen have been busy in Toronto talking about their newest film Burn After Reading, which opens tomorrow, last weekend the buzz around town was all about small crowds gathering at hotel entrances hoping for a glimpse of Brad Pitt. He definitely steals the movie, which is hard to do considering some of the talent that’s stacked up in this film. ...
FilmCouch #87: Toronto Film Fest, The Fall, Independent Film Week
SpoutBlog —
... As the Toronto International Film Festival draws to a close, we talk with Karina Longworth and Kevin Kelly about their experience. The Coen Brothers’ new film Burn After Reading gets a mixed reaction, apparently it’s better if you get to see it with ...
10 Underappreciated Coen Bros. Actors
SpoutBlog —
... With their new film, Burn After Reading, the Coens have again recast some lesser known character actors that I hope get the recognition they deserve. Both Richard Jenkins and J.K. Simmons have previously appeared in the Coens’ films, but each has seriously risen in notability since their last collaboration with the filmmakers. Hopefully, they’ll continue to be cast by the brothers. ...
At The Movies: Will There Ever Be Another…Roeper?
SpoutBlog —
... -honed, “I am going to explain this very slowly because my viewers may be aged” manner of speaking. But then he tosses it to Lyons, who says something completely incoherent about Burn After Reading being “almost like an exercise in drama,” and then they cut back Mankiewicz, who struggles to croak out, “Yeah, that’s an interesting point,” whilst swallowing his own testicles. At that point, I stopped. ...
FilmCouch #88: Fantastic Fest, Burn After Reading, Fall Movie Preview
SpoutBlog —
... Burn After Reading, the latest offering from the Coen Brothers, won the top box office spot last weekend, but did it win our hearts? We shall discuss. ...
New Movie-Related Halloween Costume Ideas
SpoutBlog —
... of just exposing your head, you show your whole body, dressed in Indy clothes. When people ask what you are, explain the terrible scene from Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull, as well as how it has spawned this new term for when a movie franchise goes sour. Also, if you like to be demonstrative, feel free to throw yourself into the air as if being propelled by a nuclear blast.
“Chad Feldheimer” - from Burn After Reading
This should be a pretty easy homemade costume. Just ...
