Inside Llewyn Davis

A week in the life of a young singer as he navigates the Greenwich Village folk scene of 1961.

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Director: Ethan Coen, Joel Coen

Writer[s]: Ethan Coen, Joel Coen

Starring: Oscar Isaac, Carey Mulligan, John Goodman, Justin Timberlake, Adam Driver, Garrett Hedlund

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Folk music has never really been my thing, but it has been growing on me the past several months, just in time to see this pseudo-musical following a folk singer in 1961 New York. In fact, the first time I really every enjoyed the genre was from some music in the Coen brothers’ past film O Brother, Where Art Thou? when I was just 10 years old. That is an all-time great film, by the way, which is why I have been eagerly awaiting the arrival of Inside Llewyn Davis.

Pitch Perfect

Beca, a freshman at Barden University, is cajoled into joining The Bellas, her school’s all-girls singing group. Injecting some much needed energy into their repertoire, The Bellas take on their male rivals in a campus competition.

With the current state of Glee [a capella music], Workaholics [actors Adam DeVine and Rebel Wilson], and Bridesmaids [Rebel Wilson again and a primarily female cast comedy], Pitch Perfect has a lot of faces and subject matter that people are into these days, and RottenTomato scores and my friends’ praise all led me to believe this would be a entertaining and funny film.