Tag: Frances McDormand

Blu-ray Review: Women Talking

Powered by strong performances from all the actors involved, Women Talking follows the women of an isolated and ultraconservative religious community who must decide their futures, after a shattering revelation rocks their society. For years, the men have occasionally drugged…

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The Good Dinosaur (Blu-ray)

Pixar’s 16th feature film, The Good Dinosaur didn’t exactly set the box office on fire when it was released. It’s not a terrible film, it just doesn’t quite measure up to the high standard the animation studio has set for…

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Mississippi Burning (Blu-ray)

Loosely based on the FBI investigation into the murders of three civil rights workers in 1964 Mississippi, Mississippi Burning was criticized by some for diverging from the historical facts of the case, but director Alan Parker was quick to point…

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Blu-ray Review: Blood Simple

1984’s Blood Simple was the first film from Joel and Ethan Coen. Featuring the debut of then-unknown actress Frances McDormand, the title comes from a slang term invented by Dashiell Hammett to suggest a murderer’s state of fear and confusion,…

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