OLR: Masters of Horror: "The Damned Thing" (2006)

Chaotic and interestingly shot, though I'm not exactly sure what the hell was going on. (7/10)

d. Tobe Hooper

Guest OLR: No Country for Old Men (2007)

McCarthy’s material is beautifully accommodated and expertly expanded upon, and it feels like this union should have happened a long time ago. (8/10)

d. Joel Coen & Ethan Coen

Guest OLR: Tuileries (2006)

One of the few 7-minute perspectives of Paris that isn’t blindingly sentimental or ridiculously pretentious. (6/10)

d. Joel Coen & Ethan Coen

OLR: Stargate: Atlantis: "Rising" (2004)

I've decided I'm sick of seeing actors do the vampire hiss thing just because they happen to have some fake sharp teeth as a part of their alien make-up. (6/10)

d. Martin Wood

Guest OLR: The Ladykillers (2004)

The Coens’ Uneven Comedy Comeback Special, assuring us all before we leave the room that, yes, they are still who they are. (7/10)

d. Joel Coen & Ethan Coen

Guest OLR: Intolerable Cruelty (2003)

Who would have thought that the two most talented brothers working in Hollywood, responsible for getting me so worked up over a pair of adults battling a mythic motorcycle-riding bounty hunter, would involve themselves with such poorly written dreck and lend very little of their comic genius to the material, in the end producing a film so devoid of humor that it takes me seven shots of vodka to get through. (4/10)

d. Joel Coen & Ethan Coen

OLR: Stargate SG-1: "Lost City" (2004)

Neato spaceship battles and such, though you can see some of their confusion in the final product (cancellation, feature film, season 8?) as the titular lost city doesn't even show up. (7/10)

d. Martin Wood

Guest OLR: The Man Who Wasn't There (2001)

Like Blood Simple, I seem to remember a time when I was much more interested in it. (6/10)

d. Joel Coen & Ethan Coen

Guest OLR: O Brother, Where Art Thou? (2000)

Frustratingly close to perfection, the story and characters upstaged by music and mood, and ultimately marred by numerous tiny flaws that keep it inches from being an utter masterpiece. (8/10)

d. Joel Coen & Ethan Coen

Guest OLR: The Big Lebowski (1998)

My favorite comedy of all time. (9/10)

d. Joel Coen & Ethan Coen

Guest OLR: Fargo (1996)

Twenty viewings later and it still keeps me on the edge of my seat. (8/10)

d. Joel Coen & Ethan Coen

OLR: Super Troopers (2001)

Nothing like some hearty laughter to erase a couple of stressful weeks from the mind. (7/10)

d. Jay Chandrasekhar

Guest OLR: The Hudsucker Proxy (1994)

The enjoyable, punchy dialogue is sadly bogged down by incongruous film tributes that mostly distract rather than amuse, and I would really liked to have seen Bruce Campbell in the lead role. (7/10)

d. Joel Coen & Ethan Coen

Guest OLR: Barton Fink (1991)

A sometimes brilliant postcard from Writer’s Block Hell, though I’m sure the Coens had little idea as to what they were creating. (6/10)

d. Joel Coen & Ethan Coen

Guest OLR: Miller's Crossing (1990)

Contains constant, consecutive examples of why hard-boiled fiction is kickass. (7/10)

d. Joel Coen & Ethan Coen