So, this movie isn't exactly an "up and coming" one since it was initially released on August 31, 2018, but this Netflix original movie helmed by the Coen Brothers is bound to be an entertaining watch. If you aren't familiar with Joel & Ethan Coen they are two of Hollywood's biggest directing names who have directed movies like Barton Fink, Fargo, The Big Lebowski, Inside Llewyn Davis, No Country for Old Men, so many more. They just have an incredibly solid resume of films, and The Ballad of Buster Scruggs is bound to be another great one on their list.
What's interesting about this one is that it isn't supposed to be one long film, but an anthology of six short films that all deal with life in the 19th century post-Civil War Era. On top of the fact that this is a Coen Bros. movie, this movie boasts a pretty nice cast list of stars including James Franco (Freaks & Geeks, Spider-Man, Pineapple Express, etc.), Brendan Gleeson (Braveheart, Mission: Impossible 2, Gangs of New York, Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, etc.) Zoe Kazan (Ruby Sparks, The Big Sick, etc.), Liam Neeson (Schindler's List, Star Wars Episode I, Gangs of New York, Batman Begins, Taken, etc.), Tim Blake Nelson (Donnie Brasco, O Brother, Where Art Thou?, Lincoln), & Tom Waits(Singer-Songwriter, Mystery Men, The Book of Eli, The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus). The longtime collaborator with the Coen Bros., Carter Burwell, will be the one behind the music, so we can expect a very Coen Bros. movie. And I won't complain about that.
More information on the movie is out, but if you're like me then you probably want to know as little as possible before watching it. So far, the movie has a lot of positive reviews and the critics seem to love it with Rotten Tomatoes having it at 93% right now. I'm excited to check this one out and I can't wait to see for myself how it is. Check it out on its release date of November 16, 2018.
