Review 536: The Ballad of Buster Scruggs

Review 536: The Ballad of Buster Scruggs

In this episode, Christopher Schnese and Stephen Miller review The Ballad of Buster Scruggs.

Directed by Ethan Coen and Joel Coen. With Tim Blake Nelson, Willie Watson, and Clancy Brown. Six tales of life and violence in the Old West, following a singing gunslinger, a bank robber, a traveling impresario, an elderly prospector, a wagon train, and a perverse pair of bounty hunters.

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Review 534: Robin Hood

Review 534: Robin Hood

In this episode, Christopher Schnese and Stephen Miller review Robin Hood.

Directed by Otto Bathurst. With Taron Egerton, Jamie Foxx, and Ben Mendelsohn. A war-hardened Crusader and his Moorish commander mount an audacious revolt against the corrupt English crown in a thrilling action-adventure packed with gritty battlefield exploits, mind-blowing fight choreography, and a timeless romance.

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Review 532: Widows

Review 532: Widows

In this episode, Christopher Schnese and Stephen Miller review Widows.

Directed by Steve McQueen. With Viola Davis, Michelle Rodriguez, and Elizabeth Debicki. Set in contemporary Chicago, amid a time of turmoil, four women with nothing in common except a debt left behind by their dead husbands' criminal activities, take fate into their own hands, and conspire to forge a future on their own terms.

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