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Kevin and Neil meet up in the Magical Studio in the Sky to have a Fat Guy Smackdown to beat all Fat Guy Smackdowns. While they don’t come to odds so much with A Serious Man, they certainly disagree about Michael Jackson’s This Is It.

Do you remember the movie Stranger Than Fiction? There’s a scene where Dustin Hoffman explains to Will Ferrell the difference between comedy and tragedy and has him tally up events that would fit into either genre. The Coen Brother’s new film, A Serious Man, seems to live this debate as I can’t really tell if it’s a dark comedy depicting tragic events or a tragedy with comedic characters.

The Coen Brothers forthcoming film, A Serious Man, just got a trailer that you need to watch. Yes, it is as odd as you’d expect it to be. But at least the frustration is set to a crunchy beat.

For this week’s Movies We Love, we set our iTunes to Creedence’s Greatest Hits, poured ourselves a White Russian, and got set to explore the world of Jeffrey “The Dude” Lebowski. Come on in, but only if you’re housebroken.

I know that some of you hate it when we wax political about anything — as evidence of the W. coverage debacle of late-2008 — but I also know that there are a lot of Coen Brothers fans around here, including yours truly.

Film adaptations of book seem to be pretty popular these days. Here’s one that I would like to see.

If there is one thing we can’t seem to stay away from here at FSR, it is a good discussion about what is the best or the worst movie in any particular category…

Archibald Cox is fired from the CIA because he has a drinking problem. Here’s your chance to sympathize with him while watching the movie.

Kevin and Neil struggle to make it through the movie doldrums with some sub-par September releases and a challenge to offend those who claim they can’t be offended.

This weekend serves as a good barometer of what is to come in the next few weeks and months. We’ll be seeing some family stuff, some dark comedy, some big stars and some action, and something for the ladies.

The Coen Brothers are headed back to a more comedic place with Burn After Reading, delivering a few characters that could have you laughing your ass off.

Apple has debuted the first trailer for the upcoming Coen Brothers film Burn After Reading, and surprisingly it is of the red band variety.

We’ve got a look at 4 brand new photos from The Coen Brothers’ upcoming dramedy Burn After Reading, which sports an all-star cast and a pair of directors who, as you may have heard by now, are pretty solid behind the camera.

In an effort to decompress from the hoopla surrounding their Oscar winning film No Country for Old Men, the Coen Brothers appear to be taking a sabbatical from the highbrow. Their next films, Burn After Reading and Suburbicon are being described as being “insane”, “goofy”, and my favorite, “so fucking funny.”

I finally see now the masterpiece so many others have heralded the movie as, it just took a couple of extra viewings for me to open my eyes.

Joel and Ethan Coen take their superbly cast film into a Fall release.

The Brits pick their favorite films of the year. Time to analyze their decisions.