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Tim Blake Nelson

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O Brother, Where Art Thou?O Brother, Where Art Thou? (2000) Aro Favourite
Dir. Joel Coen
Feat. George Clooney, John Turturro, Tim Blake Nelson
The Coen Brothers' return to their best form with what they neatly describe as the Rolls–Royce of 'hayseed' movies (by which they mean a…
CherishCherish (2002)
Dir. Finn Taylor
Feat. Robin Tunney, Tim Blake Nelson, Jason Priestley
A self–consciously offbeat ‘indie’ about a retro–pop obsessed misfit (Robin Tunney in a winning, flaky performance) who finds…
Good Girl, TheGood Girl, The (2002)
Dir. Miguel Arteta
Feat. Jennifer Aniston, Jake Gyllenhaal, John C. Reilly
Quirky, downbeat comedy about people stuck with dead end lives in small–town America adds a string to the bow of acting challenges for starlet…
HolesHoles (2003) Recommended
Dir. Andrew Davis
Feat. Sigourney Weaver, Jon Voight, Tim Blake Nelson
Surprisingly cunning comedy, where a teenager is unjustly sent to an isolated reformatory, and set to work digging holes in the desert for no…
WonderlandWonderland (2003)
Dir. James Cox
Feat. Val Kilmer, Kate Bosworth, Lisa Kudrow
Dreamy, yet scuzzily unkempt biopic of 70s porn superstar John Holmes (Val Kilmer doing the honours) and his role in the 1981 'Wonderland' drug…
A Foreign AffairA Foreign Affair (2 Brothers and a Bride) (2003)
Dir. Helmut Schleppi
Feat. David Arquette, Tim Blake Nelson, Emily Mortimer
An underrated dramatic satire in which two American farmboys enrol in a 'romance tour' of Russia when their mother dies. As they tour the clubs…
Scooby-Doo 2: Monsters UnleashedScooby-Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed (Scooby Doo 2) (2004)
Dir. Raja Gosnell
Feat. Sarah Michelle Gellar, Freddie Prinze Jnr., Matthew Lillard
More shenanigans from the Scoob and his human pals – Fred, Shaggy, Velma and Daphne – this time defending the city of Coolsville from an…
Meet the FockersMeet the Fockers (2004)
Dir. Jay Roach
Feat. Ben Stiller, Robert De Niro, Dustin Hoffman
A catalogue of embarrassments and misunderstandings proves a winning formula again in this sequel to MEET THE PARENTS, with…
Last Shot, TheLast Shot, The (2004)
Dir. Jeff Nathanson
Feat. Alec Baldwin, Matthew Broderick, Toni Collette
Zany comedy a nifty premise, has Broderick play a wannabe director who gets the 'greenlight' without realising he is part of an elaborate FBI…
Warm SpringsWarm Springs (2005)
Dir. Joseph Sargent
Feat. Kenneth Branagh, Cynthia Nixon, David Paymer
Typically smooth and competent HBO biopic, which dramatises Franklin D. Roosevelt's (Branagh) pre–presidency years, especially the period from…
Moguls, TheMoguls, The (The Amateurs) (2005)
Dir. Michael Traeger
Feat. Jeff Bridges, Tim Blake Nelson, Ted Danson
Attempting a feel–good spin the subject of 'amateur porn', this saggy comedy has a ruffled and incompetent small–town denizen (Jeff…
Big White, TheBig White, The (2005)
Dir. Mark Mylod
Feat. Robin Williams, Holly Hunter, Giovanni Ribisi
Black farce set in snowy Alaska around travel–agent Robin Williams who is struggling to help his ailing wife and seizes a dubious opportunity…
HootHoot (2006)
Dir. Will Shriner
Feat. Logan Lerman, Brie Larson, Luke Wilson
An altogether successful and rewarding family movie, turning three wide–eyed teenagers into staunch environmentalists as they fight housing…
Astronaut Farmer, TheAstronaut Farmer, The (2007)
Dir. Michael Polish
Feat. Billy Bob Thornton, Virginia Madsen, Bruce Dern
Billy Bob Thornton plays a little guy with a big dream – an ex–NASA employee who builds his own space–rocket – in this warm…
American VioletAmerican Violet (2008)
Dir. Tim Disney
Feat. Nicole Beharie, Will Patton, Alfre Woodard
Docudrama based on a true story follows a single mother, Dee (Beharie), wrongly arrested for drug dealing and her fight for justice. Despite a…
Saint John of Las VegasSaint John of Las Vegas (2009)
Dir. Hue Rhodes
Feat. Steve Buscemi, Romany Malco, Sarah Silverman
Steve Buscemi is in his element as an ex–gambler and inveterate loser sent to Las Vegas to investigate a mysterious auto accident. Oddball…
Leaves of GrassLeaves of Grass (2009)
Dir. Tim Blake Nelson
Feat. Edward Norton, Susan Sarandon, Richard Dreyfuss
Stoner comedy for the philosophically inclined with Edward Norton pulling double duty as an Ivy League professor lured back to his Oklahoma hometown,…
FlypaperFlypaper (2011)
Dir. Rob Minkoff
Feat. Patrick Dempsey, Ashley Judd, Tim Blake Nelson
Passable time–waster with Dempsey as a manic math whiz who has the misfortune to find himself as a hostage in simultaneous bank heists.
DetachmentDetachment (2011) Aro Favourite
Dir. Tony Kaye
Feat. Adrien Brody, Marcia Gay Harden, James Caan
The magnetic Adrien Brody plays gifted but disillusioned substitute teacher who connects with troubled students, teachers and a young prostitute in…
LincolnLincoln (2012)
Dir. Steven Spielberg
Feat. Daniel Day-Lewis, Sally Field, David Strathairn
Daniel Day–Lewis portrays the famed U.S. President between 1861 and 1865 as he dealt with personal demons and politics during the Civil War in…
As I Lay DyingAs I Lay Dying (2013)
Dir. James Franco
Feat. James Franco, Danny McBride, Logan Marshall-Green
James Franco tackles William Faulkner's famed stream–of–consciousness novel as both actor and director in this story of a grieving…
Blue CapriceBlue Caprice (2013)
Dir. Alexandre Moors
Feat. Isaiah Washington, Tequan Richmond, Tim Blake Nelson
A 17–year–old boy is taken under the wing of a paternal figure with a vindictive streak in this chilling and perceptive account of the…
Child Of GodChild Of God (2013)
Dir. James Franco
Feat. James Franco, Tim Blake Nelson, Scott Haze
James Franco continues to bite off more than he can chew with this ambitious, if flawed adaptation of Cormac McCarthy's dark novel about a…
Klondike (TV Mini-Series)Klondike (TV Mini-Series) (2014)
Dir. Simon Cellan Jones
Feat. Richard Madden, Abbie Cornish, Marton Csokas
The Klondike Gold Rush of the late 1890s is richly evoked in this frontier western, which is largely faithful to the history, conditions, and…
Homesman, TheHomesman, The (2014) Recommended
Dir. Tommy Lee Jones
Feat. Hilary Swank, Tommy Lee Jones, Grace Gummer
Tommy Lee Jones helms this pleasurably off–beat western in which three women living on the American frontier are driven mad by harsh pioneer…
Sound and the Fury, TheSound and the Fury, The (2014)
Dir. James Franco
Feat. James Franco, Joey King, Seth Rogen
James Franco continues his literary dalliances with this vainglorious attempt to adapt William Faulkner's iconic novel that follows the decline of an…
Confirmation, TheConfirmation, The (2016)
Dir. Bob Nelson
Feat. Clive Owen, Maria Bello, Patton Oswalt
A divorced father and his eight–year–old son, spend a rather predictable weekend together, but when a valuable toolbox gets stolen, the…
ColossalColossal (2017) Recommended
Dir. Nacho Vigalondo
Feat. Anne Hathaway, Jason Sudeikis, Dan Stevens
Ambitious high–concept sci–fi drama–comedy hybrid starring a plucky Anne Hathaway as an unemployed, down–at–heel city…
Institute, TheInstitute, The (2017)
Dir. James Franco, Pamela Romanowsky
Feat. Allie Gallerani, James Franco, Tim Blake Nelson
Curiously bungled indie horror set in Victorian–era Maryland, where a grief–stricken woman is institutionalised and subject to disturbing…
Angel Has FallenAngel Has Fallen (2019)
Dir. Ric Roman Waugh
Feat. Gerard Butler, Morgan Freeman, Jada Pinkett Smith
Third installment in the "Fallen" franchise which follows an assassination attempt on the U.S. President (Morgan Freeman), and attempts by Secret…
Just MercyJust Mercy (2019)
Dir. Destin Cretton
Feat. Michael B. Jordan, Jamie Foxx, Brie Larson
Powerful legal drama from director Destin Daniel Cretton (SHORT TERM 12), telling the true story of Walter McMillian (Jamie Foxx), the…

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