True Grit: Truly Amazing
True Grit: Written & Directed by Joel & Ethan Coen; starring: Jeff Bridges, Matt Damon, Josh Brolin, Hailee Steinfeld, Barry Pepper, J.K. Simmons I recently posted a review of Kathleen Falsani's awesome book, " The Dude Abides: The Gospel According to the Coen Brothers ." (If you missed it, you can find it here .) The Coen brothers (Joel & Ethan) are the writer/director duo who have given the cinematic world soon-to-be-classic gems like Raising Arizona , O Brother Where Art Thou , Fargo , No Country For Old Men and some "you have to be a fan to love them" movies like Barton Fink , The Hudsucker Proxy , Intolerable Cruelty & Ladykillers. Falsani, a religion writer for the Chicago Sun-Times , points out that there is a thread of theology that seems to weave it's way through all of the Coen brothers works. In her opinion, each of the Coen Brothers movies is a morality tale of sorts. There are heroes aplenty in the Coen's films, ...