Published : Thursday, 01 Oct 2009, 5:38 PM CDT
THE COEN BROS LATEST IS CALLED, "A SERIOUS MAN." IT'S 1967 -- THE WORLD IS CHANGING, UNFORTUNATELY, A LITTLE TOO MUCH FOR A COLLEGE PROFESSOR NAMED LARRY. YOU SEE, HIS LIFE IS BASICALLY, WELL, FALLING APART -- AND HE SEEKS ANSWERS...AND HELP FROM NOT ONE, NOT TWO BUT THREE RABBIS.
CAPITALISM: A LOVE STORY" BASICALLY TRACES THE ROOTS OF OUR CURRENT ECONOMIC SITUATION AND PUTS A FACE - OR RATHER MANY FACES -- ON THE STATISTICS WE HEAR ON THE NIGHTLY NEWS. FORECLOSURES...CORPORATE GREED...HORRIBLY PAID PILOTS. THERE'S NOT A LOT OF LOVE IN THIS LOVE STORY. AND WHETHER YOU AGREE WITH HIS VIEWS OR NOT -- MOORE TOLD ME IN OUR RECENT INTERVIEW -- HE HOPES, HIS FILMS AT THE VERY LEAST MAKE YOU THINK....AND QUESTION.
WOODY HARRELSON IS BACK WITH "ZOMBIELAND" THE MOVIE IS GETTING SOME MAJOR BUZZ AND IT'S PRETTY WORTHY. IT'S THE HEART WARMING STORY OF TWO GUYS TRYING TO SURVIVE IN A WORLD RUN AMOCK WITH ZOMBIES...YES, IT'S THE FEEL GOOD MOVIE OF THE YEAR. BUT SERIOUSLY, IF YOU'RE LOOKING FOR SOME HARMLESS, NON-THINKING FLUFF AND FUN...AND GUTS...ZOMBIELAND IS IT!