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Some thoughts on the new Flatliners .

I finally talk about the new Ghost In The Shell .

Directed by Joel Coen and released back in 1991, Barton Fink is a dark comedy about a playwright who gets the opportunity to write a wrestling picture for a big Hollywood studio but quickly experiences writer's block. This is perhaps one of the Coen Brothers' least well-known yet best movies. It failed at the box-office upon its release but sweeping the Cannes Film Festival, earning a few Oscar nominations and being a critical hit more than made up for that. The film follows Barton Fink (John Turturro), a passionate playwright who wants to create important work for the "common man", as he travels to Los Angeles to write a wrestling film for a Hollywood producer. He soon experiences writer's block in his dingy hotel room and befriends his neighbour Charlie (John Goodman) before slowly but surely spiralling down into confusion and despair. Part-Hollywood satire, part-surreal thriller, Barton Fink is a strange little movie that explores various big themes witho

I finally talk about the much-lauded new movie musical La La Land .

In this special episode, we compile outtakes, screw-ups and unaired material from past episodes of The Big Rewind including some Star Trek: Into Darkness talk and a whole bunch of oddball news. We should be back next week with a brand new episode but until then, any questions or requests feel free to send us an email here:  bigrewindpodcast@gmail.com Or simply comment below :) Don't forget you can also find us on  iTunes  where you can subscribe to the podcast and download every episode thusfar! @TheRetroCritic retrocriticblog.blogspot.com thebigrewind.blogspot.com youtube.com/TheRetroCritic youtube.com/Cablogula

So I just re-watched Akira . Luckily, it wasn't quite like this :P