In my review for On Her Majesty’s Secret Service I stated that on December 25th I’d be watching two Christmas movies back-to-back: Scrooged and The Star Wars Holiday Special. Well, I’m a man of my word. I decided to kickstart the holy day with one of the most notorious TV […]
dark comedy
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Since their debut in 1984, The Coen Brothers have been two of the most interesting writer-directors of offbeat genre cinema and their 1996 black crime-comedy Fargo remains one of their very best works. Jerry Lundegaard (William H. Macy) is a passive-aggressive car salesman who travels to Fargo, North Dakota to […]
cul–de–sac 1: a blind diverticulum or pouch 2: a street or passage closed at one end. Two wounded criminals Dickie (Lionel Stander) and his pal Albie (Jack McGowran) are stranded on an island shore road after their car breaks down. While Albie sits on the verge of dying as the […]