Tag Archives: James Franco

Reviews: The Ballad of Buster Scruggs (2018)

Posted on January 25, 2019 by Sam S-P

I thought I’d do something a little different for the Coen Brothers’ collection of Western shorts. Taken as a whole I enjoyed the piece, though I certainly thought this was a story selection with peaks and troughs, some sections which … Continue reading →

Posted in Film, Film Review | Tagged Anthology, Bill Heck, Brendan Gleeson, Coen Brothers, Edgar Allan Poe, Harry Melling, James Franco, Liam Neeson, Stephen Root, The Ballad of Buster Scruggs, Tim Blake Nelson, Tom Waits, Western, Wild Tales, Zoe Kazan | Leave a comment

Review in Brief: The Vault (2017)

Posted on March 15, 2018 by Sam S-P

THE VAULT isn’t a very good…anything. Marketed as a horror-thriller (haunted bank vaults: why isn’t that a genre go-to?) but it just doesn’t work because it’s not scary and it’s not exciting. I think they might have been going for … Continue reading →

Posted in Film, Film Review | Tagged Francesca Eastwood, Horror, James Franco, Taryn Manning, The Vault, Thriller | Leave a comment

Tag Archives: James Franco

Reviews: The Ballad of Buster Scruggs (2018)

Review in Brief: The Vault (2017)

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