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Tag Archives: Tommy Lee Jones

Second Breakfast: Tommy Lee Jones Turns to Directing with ‘The Homesman’

Usually when an actor decides to write, produce, direct, and star in a movie, disaster hides just around the corner, an elbow clearly visible, alerting you to its presence, warning you of an impending “boo!”, one that you lack the strength to avoid because, damn it, disaster just endears to you so much, and could…

May 17, 2015 in Movie Review, Second Breakfast.

Strange Bacon’s Socially Relevant Films #21- No Country for Old Men

Put yourself in Southern Texas, in the shoes of an average Joe retired welder who stumbles across millions of dollars in a bag after a drug exchange goes wrong. Sounds like a pretty good place to be, right? Well, now take off those shoes and slip in a crazed psychopathic killer with an uncanny tracking…

September 14, 2013 in Movie Review, Strange Bacon.

Strange Bacon: Further Analysis of The Sunset Limited (Spoilers)

            In this segment, I hope to cast a little better light on The Sunset Limited, and get a little deeper into the film’s message, as well as breaking it down into some parts that I thought were significant. In order to do this, I’m going to have to give a great deal of the…

May 2, 2013 in Movie Review, Strange Bacon.

Strange Bacon’s Philosophical Marathon, Part 1: The Sunset Limited

In a somewhat shorter marathon, I’ll be taking a significant interest into the films that transcend the typical boundaries of entertainment and cast a glimpse into the souls of the authors. Stories with a deeper message than “Good versus evil” have always been a particular favorite of mine, not simply because the writing is, on…

April 27, 2013 in Movie Review, Strange Bacon.

Review: ‘Lincoln’ is Probably Gonna Get a Few Oscars

I took last week off, so you get two (2!) reviews today. While you were all gorging yourselves on turkey, I was looking deep into the heart and soul of America. Pay attention, supervillains, because I discovered two things that this country really, really loves: Abraham Lincoln and old, crappy video games (which you will…

November 28, 2012 in Movie Review.

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