No Country for Old Men (2007)

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Cinecast Episode 61 - The Hiatus is Over
Published 9/19/2007 by Andrew James & Kurt Halfyard at Movie Patron Blog and Cinecast
... Outro music_ 2:33:10 - 2:36:24 Bumper Music by Percy Hill and Sugar In-House Announcements: (almost) All MoviePatron reviews are now commentable! You can now comment on any of the review links below that we discuss and any other reviews We ve written in the past year and a half or so. Give it a try! KURT S TIFF REPORT The following titles are links to the IMDb profile. For a quick reference guide with trailers and official site pages, check this easy to use, Twitch Guide No Country for Old Men* - Kurt s review Elizabeth: The Golden Age Diary of ...

Paper Cuts Blog: Paper Cuts: Cormac McCarthy’s Murder Ballad
Published 9/20/2007 by DWIGHT GARNER at NYT > NYTimes.com Home
A new Cormac McCarthy paperback landed with a thunk on my desk yesterday – a new edition of his hell-bent 2005 novel “No Country for Old Men.” There’s a photo of Josh Brolin running like hell on it, and also five words I thought I’d never see on a McCarthy cover: “Now a Major Motion Picture.” I have an abiding fondness for “No Country for Old Men.” It’s not McCarthy’s best novel. It’s not even close, actually. But it’s slim, fast, hard and reads as though McCarthy had a very good time writing it. Joel and Ethan Coen s film version ...

Red Band Trailer: No Country for Old Men
Published 9/25/2007 at Cinema Fusion
The red band trailer for No Country for Old Men has been out for over a week now, but I somehow missed it and wasn’t able to catch it until today. Folks, this looks so ridiculously good, it hurts. With the word of mouth from the early screenings taken into account as well as this trailer, if I was a betting man I’d be putting up some serious cash on this getting Oscar nominations left and right. Let me stress this also: if you haven’t read the book, which is written by one of the greatest living authors, do so immediately! If you can’t afford it, go to your local library ...

5 Off The Top Of My Head - Unspoken-Of High Expectations
Published 9/25/2007 by JA at my new plaid pants
Continuing with my cheer-my-damn-self-up leitmotiv of today, here are five movies randomly chosen that I'm really looking forward to coming out over the next few months that I've hardly said anything about on here. Yes, there are things I haven't really rambled about. Hard to believe, but true! Since I tend to spend a lot of ...

Red Band Trailer: No Country for Old Men
Published 9/25/2007 at Movie Blog
The red band trailer for No Country for Old Men has been out for over a week now, but I somehow missed it and wasn’t able to catch it until today. Folks, this looks so ridiculously good, it hurts. With the word of mouth from the early screenings taken into account as well as this trailer, if I was a betting man I’d be putting up some serious cash on this getting Oscar nominations left and right. Let me stress this also: if you haven’t read the book, which is written by one of the greatest living authors, do so immediately! If you can’t afford it, go to your local library ...

No Country for Old Men Gets Some Cool Posters
Published 9/27/2007 at Cinema Fusion
Just thought I’d share these three very cool No Country for Old Men posters I found over at Solace in Cinema. You can check out the other two after the jump. ...

No Country for Old Men Gets Some Cool Posters
Published 9/27/2007 at Movie Blog
Just thought I’d share these three very cool No Country for Old Men posters I found over at Solace in Cinema. You can check out the other two after the jump. ...

CIFF 2007 PREVIEW
Published 10/2/2007 by Tim at Antagony & Ecstasy
It's not Toronto and it's not New York, and God knows it's not any of the European fests, but the Chicago International Film Fest is my film fest, and I feel the need to pimp it out. With reservation. The schedule (available at their impossible ill-designed website ...

Must Watch: Newest No Country for Old Men Trailer
Published 10/3/2007 by Alex Billington at FirstShowing.net
This is going to be the movie to see come November 9th (coincidentally so will Southland Tales which opens the exact same day), as its been building tremendous buzz since the Toronto Film Fest. Included in this trailer are some quotes from some respectable reviewers, ...

Trailer #3: No Country for Old Men
Published 10/4/2007 at Cinema Fusion
Here’s the third trailer for the upcoming insanely anticipated No Country for Old Men. It has a little new footage in it, definitely gives us more of an idea what to expect, and yeah… this might be pulling ahead of the rest of the competition (mostly There Will Be Blood and The Assassination of Jesse James) as the movie I’m looking forward to the most this year. This is going to be phenomenal. ...

New No Country for Old Men trailer
Published 10/5/2007 by Chris at Movie Marketing Madness
Anne Thompson points to a new trailer for the Coen Bros. new flick No Country for Old Men. This one is much more narratively-focused than the other two, which have focused more on setting a tone and a mood than telling the story. But this one does just that, showing how Javier Bardem’s killer comes in to the small town where one of the locals has found a pile of drug money. It also shows Tommy Lee Jones’ sheriff and his world-weary attitude. It’s just as good as the other trailers but for different reasons because of its ...

Trailer #3: No Country for Old Men
Published 10/5/2007 at Movie Blog
Here’s the third trailer for the upcoming insanely anticipated No Country for Old Men. It has a little new footage in it, definitely gives us more of an idea what to expect, and yeah… this might be pulling ahead of the rest of the competition (mostly There Will Be Blood and The Assassination of Jesse James) as the movie I’m looking forward to the most this year. This is going to be phenomenal. ...

That’s Amor, Eh?
Published 10/9/2007 by Cord Jefferson, MollyGood at Mollygood
Javier Bardem, star of the upcoming Coen brothers movie No Country for Old Men, is said to be dating fellow Spanish thespian Penelope Cruz. Cruz showed up at the New York Film Festival this weekend with…Bardem, and the two were “very touchy-feely,” our spy said. “They held hands when they thought no one was watching, and she kissed his cheek, and he put his arm around her.” Saturday night, they showed up with Bono to the premiere party for “No Country for Old Men” at Gabriel’s, ...

NYFF: Oscar Related Actress Thoughts
Published 10/13/2007 by NATHANIEL R at Film Experience Blog
From the 45th Annual New York Film Festival (Sept 28th thru Oct 14th)I can't say I have a lot of hope for the whole thing.-Margot (on the way to) the WeddingPART 1: Over at Awards Daily I've written a piece ...

No Country for Old Men ‘Coin Toss’ Facebook application
Published 10/19/2007 by Chris at Movie Marketing Madness
Well this is the day for Facebook news in the movie marketing world, isn’t it? The latest bit of news is the release of a Facebook app for No Country for Old Men called Coin Toss. If you’ve watched the trailers you know that Javier Bardem’s bad-ass hitman is fond of coin tosses, so this application is completely contextual to something that the audience already knows about the film. The application allows you to challenge one of your friends to a coin toss, be it something serious (like who’s picking up the pizza) or something funny (Jeremy ...

No Country for Old Men official website update
Published 10/22/2007 by Chris at Movie Marketing Madness
Miramax (via Real Pie) has upgraded the official website for No Country for Old Men, the new movie from the Coen Bros. Previously the site pretty much just hosted the trailers but now that’s been expanded to more information about the movie, including downloads and such. ...

NOVEMBER 2007 MOVIE PREVIEW
Published 11/1/2007 by Tim at Antagony & Ecstasy
For all that I hate Oscarbaiting, there are actually multiple prestige pictures opening this month that I'm not just excited about but well and truly salivating for. I suspect this means I am losing my edge and turning into a mainstream filmgoer. Or, since one of those films was directed by Todd Haynes, maybe not. At any rate, I think my provisional top 10 is going to get some jiggling for the first time in a while. 2.11.2007 Once upon a time, there was a good director named Ridley Scott, although the 25 years since his last great film might make you doubt that. But for some odd reason I constantly assume that he's got ...

Review: No Country for Old Men
Published 11/2/2007 at Cinema Fusion
For some reason my girlfriend has an irrational fear of cold medication. Due to this fear she refuses to ever take the recommended dosage, then when her symptoms fail to dissipate she blames the medication. For the past few days this inevitable see-sawing of improper dosing has resulted in both of us getting sick, physically and metaphorically, resulting in our love being tainted by the sweet salty after-taste of post-nasal drip and our nightstands turning into mortuaries for disease soiled Kleenex. But even though I felt terrible, Wednesday morning I pumped myself full of hot chocolate and multiple transporters of ...

Review: No Country for Old Men
Published 11/3/2007 at Movie Blog
For some reason my girlfriend has an irrational fear of cold medication. Due to this fear she refuses to ever take the recommended dosage, then when her symptoms fail to dissipate she blames the medication. For the past few days this inevitable see-sawing of improper dosing has resulted in both of us getting sick, physically and metaphorically, resulting in our love being tainted by the sweet salty after-taste of post-nasal drip and our nightstands turning into mortuaries for disease soiled Kleenex. But even though I felt terrible, Wednesday morning I pumped myself full of hot chocolate and multiple transporters of ...

Bardem Schmardem. Celia Weston!!!!
Published 11/8/2007 by NATHANIEL R at Film Experience Blog
I thought about calling this post "I am Me" but conjuring unwelcome Ashlee Simpson thoughts is not what I'm about. Yet I am, no matter the circumstances or environment, always who I am. Last night I saw No Country For Old Men ...

New in Theaters 11/09/07
Published 11/9/2007 by karina at SpoutBlog
Here’s a look at the notable films that are opening or expanding this weekend, with links, where applicable, to our previous coverage: No Country For Old Men: If every Coen Brothers film is never anything less than a perfectly-wrought genre exercise, is it ever anything more? That’s the question that I’ve been grappling with since seeing the Coen Brothers’ ultra-violent revisionist Western. Judging from No Country For Old Men’s almost-perfect score on Rotten Tomatoes, I’m alone in thinking it’s anything less ...

Review: No Country for Old Men
Published 11/9/2007 by Patrick Walsh at Cinematical
Filed under: Action, Comedy, Drama, Thrillers, New Releases, Mystery & Suspense, Theatrical Reviews, New in Theaters, Miramax, Paramount Vantage No Country for Old Men, the new film from Joel and Ethan Coen, is an unquestionable return to form. It is scary, funny, moving, violent, and meaningful, in pretty much equal measure. The Coens' take on the Cormac McCarthy novel is their first literary adaptation, and the pairing is as successful, as seamless, as delicious as that of ...

I Am There: Todd Haynes and Bob Dylan
Published 11/10/2007 by Gossip Central at Gossip Central
Bob Dylan was not there to celebrate Todd Haynes's movie “I'm Not There,” a biopic of sorts about the iconic songwriter/performer, but Haynes played M.C. at the Beacon Theater on Broadway this past Wednesday. Al Kooper, ...

MovieWatch: "No Country For Old Men"
Published 11/10/2007 by Daniel at Check the Fien Print
"No Country For Old Men" Director[s]: The Coen Brothers Fien Print Rating (Out of 100): 85 In a Nutshell: An insight into my upbringing... I mention to my mother that the weekend plans will probably include going out to catch "No Country For Old Men." She responds by sending me an URL to William Butler Yeats' "Sailing to Byzantium," the poem which gave Cormac McCarthy the title for his novel. The poem begins: That is no country for old men. The young In one another's arms, birds in the trees-- Those dying ...

Are you an angry man? Are you envious?
Published 11/12/2007 by Ryland Walker Knight at Vinyl Is Heavy
Some words from Ryland Walker Knight to you, fine readers: Go to The House Next Door and read my early review of There Will Be Blood. It was difficult to know what to include in the review given the film does not open for more than a month (and then, only in New York and Los Angeles). But I think I got at something without spoiling too much, if anything, given a familiarity with the film's trailers. There's plenty more to discuss with this film and I look forward to other writers tackling its treasures/horrors. I'm sure somebody will talk about the scene in the ocean (yeah, really) ...

Haircut of the Year
Published 11/12/2007 by karina at SpoutBlog
IFC Blog has a visual breakdown of the references employed by critics to describe Javier Bardem’s haircut in No Country For Old Men. Prince Valiant references were most abundant; ever the lone wolf, Armond White was the only critic to namedrop Richard III. Jim Emerson seems to have dropped his Tony Danza reference too late to make it into IFC’s calculations, but I think it’s spot-on (and period accurate, if we’re buying the contention that No Country takes place in 1980). Although, for the record, I’m with Andrew Tracy of Reverse ...

Director Spotlight: The Coen Brothers
Published 11/13/2007 by Ken Evans at FirstShowing.net
When I first started to really get into film, all I cared about were the actors. Every movie I rented was first based on who was in it. After watching every Bruce Willis movie, I moved on to watching every Arnold Schwarzenegger movie and so on. Sure I was aware of writers and directors, but didn't really ...

A CRITIQUE OF PURE CINEMA
Published 11/13/2007 by Tim at Antagony & Ecstasy
The hype was right. No Country for Old Men is basically flawless. Scrupulously adapted from Cormac McCarthy's 2005 novel, frequently called "minor" on the apparent grounds that it is one of the author's easiest books to read, the film represents a roaring return for filmmakers Joel and Ethan Coen to the mode of their heyday, particularly their debut Blood Simple and Fargo , perhaps their best-received work. Like those two projects, No Country is a meditation on violence and the search for moral order in modern America, although neither of those earlier films reached for the same apocalyptic scope ...

HOT OR NOT? No Country For Old Men’s Anton Chigurh
Published 11/13/2007 by Michelle Collins at Best Week Ever
This past weekend, I had the privilege of seeing one of the best movies of the year, the latest Coen Brothers opus No Country For Old Men. The movie is a modern day Western set on the plains of Texas, where a regular guy with an impressive moustache (played by the "Best Facial Hair Grower of '07" Josh Brolin) stumbles upon a gruesome murder scene and finds about $2 million in a suitcase ready for the stealin'. And steal it he does, only to have a terrifying psychopathic murder-killer on his hands by the name of Anton Chigurh, played by Spanish actor ...

American Gangster (2007)
Published 11/14/2007 by Aaron at The Film Reviews
... The classical villain in this film is of course personified in Frank Lucas, the more complex evil though, is housed in the form of one amazing performance by Josh Brolin. This man should win an Oscar for sure, if he doesn’t win for the upcoming Coen Brothers film No Country for Old Men. Brolin plays the seeming leader of the New York City dirty cop brigade Detective Trupo. He is a cop so he can be bad out in the open, pure and simple. He takes payoffs at every turn, he steals, kills, and does everything Frank Lucas does, just out in the open. What is fascinating is to see ...

Spain In The A$$
Published 11/14/2007 by Thigh Master at Thighs Wide Shut
Armed without about 50 nouns that I vaguely remembered from the days of being forced to take Spanish in school, me and the mos adorable Thigh Mistress set out to conquer Madrid (that's in Spain for those of you geographically declined and playing at home) in the spain of 4ish days. We took about 500 pics, but whittled them down to this lil bunch. ¡SITES! Plaza Mayor es one of the mos fabuloso places in the world it's like Times Square with less Germans and electronic crap! where one can always eat al fresco or eat like Al ...

film fan finding:no country for old men
Published 11/20/2007 by tampafilmfan at Tampa Film Fan
I That is no country for old men. The young In one another’s arms, birds in the trees —Those dying generations—at their song, The salmon-falls, the mackerel-crowded seas, Fish, flesh, or fowl, commend all summer long Whatever is begotten, born, and dies. Caught in that sensual music all neglect Monuments of unageing intellect. II An aged man is but a paltry thing, A tattered coat upon a stick, unless Soul clap its hands and sing, and louder sing For every tatter in its mortal dress, Nor is there singing school but studying Monuments of its own ...

NO COUNTRY FOR OLD MEN Enters The Classic Coen Bros. Canon, But Don't Call It A Comeback
Published 11/21/2007 by Dan at film babble blog
Cormac McCarthy : MILLER'S CROSSING is in that category. I don't want to embarrass you, but that's just a very, very fine movie. Joel Coen : Eh, it's just a damn rip-off. - Time Magazine Oct. 18th, 2007 ( A Conversation Between Author Cormac McCarthy And The Coen Brothers ) It has been a while since the Joel and Ethan Coen unleashed a movie that really made an impact. THE LADYKILLERS , INTOLERABLE CRUELTY , and a personal favorite of mine - THE MAN WHO WASN'T THERE all had their fair share of moments and merits but you'd have to reach back to O BROTHER WHERE ART THOU to cite ...

No Country for Old Men
Published 11/24/2007 by Matthew Alexander at Film School Rejects
It has been nearly a decade since the Coen brothers have done anything worth remembering. Most of their recent efforts have been silly little films that tried too hard to be cutesy, or artsy or both. The Man Who Wasn’t There was a serious piece, but it bogged down in an effort to be too ...

No Lament For Lumet - The Guy's Still Got The Goods
Published 11/25/2007 by Dan at film babble blog
... don't worry I won't spill any more - the build-up and juicy interlocking of vignettes here are so swift and satisfying that nobody will need no further briefing. Titles such as "The Robbery" and "Three Days Before The Robbery" assign sections of the film to the different players (Hawke, Hoffman, And Finney - seems like Oscar winner Tomei picked the short straw) and shifts our sympathies or animosities between them as the plot-lines pile up. There is a fair amount of humor but like in NO COUNTRY FOR OLD MEN it hides in the darkness making audiences cringe at the same time they ...

The Ghost in the Joke of a Haircut
Published 11/28/2007 by karina at SpoutBlog
At his blog, Glenn Kenny has a great fleshing out of a theory I’ve heard but haven’t, up to this point, given much thought to: the idea that Anton Chigurh, the killer played by Javier Bardem in No Country For Old Men, could be a ghost, or some other kind of supernatural embodiment of absolute evil. Kenny’s got some good points, and as far as wildly speculative theories go (always dangerous when it comes to the Coens), his take certainly does offer an easy read on some of the more troubling details of the film’s final act. But I still don’t think I buy it. ...

10 Annoying Anachronisms In Modern Movies
Published 11/29/2007 by Dan at film babble blog
One of the only flaws in NO COUNTRY FOR OLD MEN (which if it's not the best film of the year - it'll do 'til the best film of the year gets here) set in 1980, is that a Carl's Jr. restaurant with a current day sign complete with cartoon smiley face star logo can be seen in the background. Also a modern Domino's Pizza typeface on a storefront is clearly visible even in a night scene shoot-out. These don't truly distract from the action but they did take me out of the movie somewhat. A lot of anachronisms in the movies are pretty forgivable - a car model not in line with the ...

National Board Of Review Names “No Country For Old Men” Best Picture
Published 12/6/2007 by john@themovieblog.com (John Campea) at The Movie Blog
This is going to be a very interesting awards season. There are a number of really quality films this year, and absolutely no clear cut favorite like we have in recent years. A number of really strong contenders this time out, and I think we’re probably going to see all the various awards bodies handing out the top honors to a lot of different films. Starting us off this year is the National Board of Review which has decided to give this year’s “Best Picture” award to “No Country For Old Men“. This is certainly a film I’d put on the nominees list for the ...

'Semi-Pro' Trailer Arrives
Published 12/6/2007 by Christopher Campbell at Cinematical
Filed under: Comedy, Sports, New Line, Movie Marketing, Trailers and ClipsWow, it's been almost nine whole months since a Will Ferrell movie was released. Fortunately, Access Hollywood has just given us the first look (not counting this one) at his next comedy, Semi-Pro, and the trailer should be enough to tide us over until the movie actually hits theaters at the end of February (just in time to get some kind of promotion at the Oscars, I'm sure). Semi-Pro is another sports comedy, completing a nice quartet following ...

FIlmCouch #48
Published 12/7/2007 by spout.com at SpoutBlog
The return of Billy the Kid and Jennifer Venditti. The story of a first time filmmaker that began with an interview at SXSW in March concludes in a conversation with Jennifer this week. Spoiler: It’s a happy ending. Revisiting No Country for Old Men. Karina’s beef with the Coen Brothers caused a stir among listeners and we pick up the debate again. It only gets more heated. (Subscribe to FilmCouch in the iTunes store and an episode will download each Friday.) FilmCouch #48 Billy the Kid, No Country for ...

This Is Me Agreeing With Everyone Else
Published 12/8/2007 by DL at The Cellar Door
... Anyway, No Country For Old Men is the first (and only maybe) undeniable A grade movie of the year. Review to potentially follow soon, but let me just say that it is nearly perfect in every way imaginable. Just go out and see it if you haven't yet.

Did the AFI Snub Joe Wright Again with Its Year-End Top Ten?
Published 12/17/2007 by Christopher Campbell at Cinematical
Filed under: Drama, Awards, Lists, Cinematical IndieThe American Film Institute has announced its picks for the ten best films of 2007, and once again it favors Judd Apatow over Joe Wright. Back in 2005, the organization named The 40-Year-Old Virgin as one of the best films of that year, while ignoring Wright's Pride & Prejudice. This time, the AFI has included Knocked Up and left out Atonement, despite the latter's huge presence in the Golden Globe nominations and very probable huge presence in ...

Satellite Awards: No Longer Space Junk; Now Just Boring Junk
Published 12/17/2007 by Christopher Campbell at Cinematical
Filed under: Comedy, Documentary, Drama, Awards, Michael MooreI was a little hard on the International Press Academy last year, but they made some ridiculous decisions when handing out their Satellite Awards. Still, at least they came off as being different than every other year-end awards giver by picking winners like Joseph Cross and X-Men: The Last Stand (best comedic actor and best editing, respectively). Those are at least some interesting, unpredictable picks, right? This year, I feel the need to be harder on the organization, because it's ...

Exclusive clip: No Country For Old Men
Published 12/18/2007 by Xan Brooks at Guardian Unlimited: Arts blog - film
No Country For Old Men Is it too soon to cast a vote for the best film of 2008? No Country For Old Men isn't released in the UK until January 18 though it's been electrifying audiences ever since it was first unveiled at the Cannes film festival, way back in May. This is a taut bag-of-loot thriller, in which a hard-bitten huntsman (Josh Brolin) stumbles across the aftermath of a bungled drug deal, absconds with the loot and is then pursued through the motels of Texas by a serene, satanic angel of vengeance (Javier Bardem). No Country For Old Men was adapted from the ...

SAG Announces Nominees
Published 12/20/2007 by Christopher Campbell at Cinematical
Filed under: Drama, Awards, Angelina Jolie, Johnny Depp, George Clooney, Oscar Watch, Cinematical IndieFor some horrible reason Josh Brolin continues to be left out of the awards season party this year, despite his terrific performances in No Country for Old Men, American Gangster and In the Valley of Elah (he was also in Planet Terror, the Robert Rodriguez half of Grindhouse). All I can say is that I hope he continues to be offered great roles and never has to go back to being in movies like ...

Heavy Favorites?
Published 12/27/2007 by Sasha Stone at Awards Daily 2008
IMDb has launched its "Road to Oscars" section.  And under predictions, the following films are listed as heavy favorites.  I am tossing it out there to you, Oscar watchers, for discussion: Heavy FavoritesNo Country for Old Men -- The ultimate critical favorite, but is it too gritty for the Academy? Atonement -- Picture-perfect literary adapation, but hampered by some less-than-stellar reviews. Sweeney Todd -- Attend the tale! See the blood! Sing the songs! Win an Oscar? Mmmmaybe... There Will Be Blood -- ...

Robo-Post: The Top Stuff That Wasn't TV of 2007
Published 12/28/2007 at TIME.com: Tuned In
... How well do we really know each other? I mean sure, you know what I watch on TV and I know what you watch on TV. But heretical as it is to say it, there are other things in life besides TV. You're all people of strong opinions and distinct tastes: What's on your iPod, on your bookshelf, in your kitchen? I'll start. Here are a few non-TV things that made my personal whatever list in 2007. * No Country for Old Men. Callllll it. * ...

The Coen Brothers Want a Little Spaghetti with Their Next Western
Published 12/28/2007 by Erik Davis at Cinematical
Filed under: Drama, RumorMonger, Fandom, DIY/Filmmaking, Western If you thought the Coen Brothers were done with westerns following the terrific No Country for Old Men (which was more of a modern western then a classic western), think again: The boys are apparently gearing up to give us the mother of all Spaghetti Westerns. According to CinemaBlend, Joel Coen was recently quoted as saying, "We've written a western with a lot of violence in it. There's scalping and hanging ... it's good. Indians torturing people with ants, cutting their eyelids ...

2007: THE YEAR IN MOVIES
Published 1/2/2008 by Tim at Antagony & Ecstasy
Whether 2007 was a great year for filmgoing or not, it was a terrible year for cinephilia: months later, the deaths of Ingmar Bergman and Michelangelo Antonioni still loom over every movie with aspirations to higher art. Not to mention the ridiculous Bergman Wars that erupted all over the internet as to whether or not he was a worthwhile filmmaker, all because Jonathan Rosenbaum didn't like him and wrote a startlingly ill-researched essay to prove it. That said, I don't think I buy the frequently posited argument that this was all that fantastic a year. A whole lot of pretty good films but hardly a single masterpiece - not a ...

OFCS: 2007 NOMINATIONS
Published 1/4/2008 by Tim at Antagony & Ecstasy
The Online Film Critics Society has announced it's nominations for the best films of the year. I'm not going to be so churlish as to discuss them, or point out where I agree or disagree with these, or mention who my own nominating votes were for. That would be disloyal. I'll point out that three of the Picture nominees are in my top five, and two are not in my top 20. Best Picture Atonement ...

WE CAN HAS BLOOD?
Published 1/5/2008 by Tim at Antagony & Ecstasy
I don't want to use P.T. Anderson's newest film to beat up on his old films, but I did want to mention a striking pattern of diminishing returns that I've experienced with the director: I very much like all of Hard Eight ...

The Hills: Lauren Conrad & Whitney Port to leave Teen Vogue
Published 1/11/2008 at SeenON! Blog : The Only Place for Products You See On TV and Movies
65th Golden Globe Winners The Golden Globes wrapped up yesterday with Atonement and Sweeney Todd being the big winners. Atonement won Best Dramatic Picture and Best Original Score, and Sweeney Todd won Best Musical or Comedy with Johnny Depp taking home Best Actor:Comedy or Musical prize. No Country for Old Men won two awards as well for Best Screenplay and Best Supporting Actor for Javier Bardem (although in my opinion and many others he was more of the lead than the supporting actor, stealing each scene with his menacing demeanor). Only time will tell whether ...

65th Golden Globe Winners
Published 1/14/2008 at SeenON! Blog : The Only Place for Products You See On TV and Movies
65th Golden Globe Winners The Golden Globes wrapped up yesterday with Atonement and Sweeney Todd being the big winners. Atonement won Best Dramatic Picture and Best Original Score, and Sweeney Todd won Best Musical or Comedy with Johnny Depp taking home Best Actor:Comedy or Musical prize. No Country for Old Men won two awards as well for Best Screenplay and Best Supporting Actor for Javier Bardem (although in my opinion and many others he was more of the lead than the supporting actor, stealing each scene with his menacing demeanor). Only time will tell whether ...

COEN COUNTRY: From the Second Chair to the Electric Chair. The Barber's American Odyssey.
Published 1/15/2008 by Michael Strenski at Vinyl Is Heavy
... Many a review regarding their most recent film, the effectively affecting No Country For Old Men, has emphasized the flawlessness with which the Coen Brothers have translated Cormac McCarthy's novel from the page to the screen. Whole sections of dialogue have been lifted verbatim from the acclaimed book. The pacing and chain of events in the film are nearly identical to those in the book. Yet the whole film manages to filter its way through the Coen's eerily singular vision, ending up not just a meticulously respectful recreation, but also a well-worn, completely familiar ...

Blog Talk with Mystery Man on Film A Look Back on 2007
Published 1/16/2008 by Unk at N/A

There Better Be Blood!
Published 1/19/2008 by Dan at film babble blog
... in fresh earth and slowly building his operation has the operatic feel and flow from 2001 while the extended real-time pacing and gorgeous studied long shots reminds me of the fine tempered fabric of BARRY LYNDON. But Kubrick is only one of the masters in Anderson’s mosaic; I’ve seen comparisons to the grandeur of greed in CITIZEN KANE, the location (the West Texas town of Marfa) is the same as in the classic George Stevens/James Dean classic GIANT (also NO COUNTRY FOR OLD MEN was filmed mostly there too), and the essence of THE TREASURE OF SIERRA ...

The 80th Academy Award Nominations - They Might Have Actually Gotten It Mostly Right
Published 1/22/2008 by Vance at Tapeworthy
... Michael ClaytonSydney Pollack,Jennifer Fox,Kerry Orent No Country for Old MenEthan Coen, Joel Coen, Scott Rudin ...

2008 Oscar Nominations - List
Published 1/22/2008 by Allie at Allie Is Wired - The Entertainment Blog
The Oscar nominations were announced this morning . “No Country for Old Men” and “There Will Be Blood” led with eight Academy Awards nominations each Tuesday, among them best picture and acting honors for Daniel Day-Lewis and Javier Bardem - but it remained in doubt whether any stars would cross striking writers’ picket lines to attend the ceremony. Best Picture -Atonement -Juno -Michael Clayton -No Country For Old Men -There Will Be Blood ...

Review: No Country for Old Men
Published 1/23/2008 at Filmfodder News and Reviews
Movie Reviews Review: No Country for Old Men By Brian Orndorf, Senior Reviewer Joel and Ethan Coen have spent their career crafting stylish, visceral tales of crime, fixated on the aftermath of bad decisions. "No Country for Old Men" ( IMDb listing ...

The Film Babble Blog Top 10 Movies Of 2007
Published 1/24/2008 by Dan at film babble blog
... among them. I should be able to see those all fairly soon but then, come on, there will always be 2007 films that I haven’t seen out there. So here's my Top Ten: 1. NO COUNTRY FOR OLD MEN (Dir. Joel & Ethan Coen) The Coen Brothers frighteningly faithful adaptation of the Cormac McCarthy novel is undoubtedly an immediate classic. I'll refrain from Oscar predictions but there's no way this goes home with nothing from the pathetic press conference that the Academy Awards ceremony is threatening to be. With incredible cinematography by Roger Deakins and great performances by Tommy ...

8th Kill in No Country For Old Men
Published 1/24/2008 by NATHANIEL R at Film Experience Blog
Approximately every 8 days in 2008 we celebrate the 8th Something of Something -- whoa, specific ...

Oscar Docs
Published 1/24/2008 by Gossip Central at Gossip Central
The announcement of the Academy Awards nominees marks an anniversary for Gossip Central. Just one year ago, I was writing about Salma Hayek and her spontaneous yelp upon saying her friend Penelope Cruz's name as a Best Actress nominee for Pedro Almodovar's “Volver.” That was a fun moment in an otherwise serious event, the reading off of names, even more somber this award season with ceremonies, the stars, the gowns, the hair, and so on, threatened by cancellation. For the Oscars, however, the ...

Bite Size Reviews – Volume the first.
Published 1/24/2008 by thecynicalgamer at karlhungus.com
Want to find out about a new film but don’t have the time to read a proper review? Star ratings too ambiguous for you? Well then, here is a place for easily digestible reviews of the newest slices of pop culture edutainment hitting a cinema house or rental store near you! Hopefully I shall be able to update every week. Or at least bi-weekly. Okay, monthly. I swear. ...

Directors Guild and Screen Actors Guild Award Winners
Published 1/28/2008 by Alex Billington at FirstShowing.net
It's the last day of Sundance and both the Directors Guild of America and Screen Actors Guild awards were announced today. Each held its ceremony earlier in the day, with the SAG Awards being shown live on TNT/TBS. Overall it was a great year with good choices, but ...

AML Movie Review: “No Country for Old Men”
Published 1/28/2008 by Mike at A Mike Life
... It took a long time, but I finally got out to the theater to see No Country for Old Men. But apparently, the title makes a wrong assumption, because at the theater I visited early on a Friday afternoon, the number of old people in attendance was almost more than seats available. ...

No Country For Old Men Takes Producers Prize
Published 2/4/2008 by john@themovieblog.com (John Campea) at The Movie Blog
... Well, what was looking like a 2 horse race between There Will Be Blood and No Country For Old Men, has turned into a 1 horse race. No Country and Blood have pretty much split most of the critic association awards… but when it comes to what counts at the Oscars, No Country has swept the various Guild awards. Last week they took the WGA top prize, the SAG top prize, the DGA top prize, and now they’ve also taken the Producers (PGA) top prize as they walked away with the full sweep of the guilds… and guild members are voting members for the Oscars. ...

Scarlet Johannsen and Penelope Cruz get freaky in ‘Vicky Cristina Barcelona’
Published 2/8/2008 by Mike at A Mike Life
... After seeing him as a psychotic, bloody killer in No Country for Old Men, I think many people will be scared that in the middle of the scene, he’ll whip out his…cow stun gun and blow a few heads off. ...

2007 Spills Over And Over And Over...
Published 2/8/2008 by Dan at film babble blog
... As I said before this was nominated for Best Achievement in Cinematography and it definitely deserves to win. Roger Deakins' (also nominated for NO COUNTRY FOR OLD MEN) work here is explemporary - even single shot is beautiful whether ithey are of be open terrains, spare wooden house sets, or the snow covered woods where a body could be dumped and not found for many seasons. Affleck also deserves his nomination but I doubt he'll get the gold (I'll refrain from Oscar predictions just yet) overall the entire cast is well chosen - Sam Shepherd as James' brother Frank James, ...

Value-added Coens to Film Second Adaptation
Published 2/12/2008 by Rick at Coosa Creek Mambo
... “. . . stars Billy Bob Thornton as Ed Crane, a humble barber who suspects his hard-hearted and hard-drinking wife Doris (Frances McDormand) of having an affair with her boss (James Gandolfini).” It seems to me that the Coens are the premiere value-added directors, taking tried and true premises and subverting them, adding “Coen touches” to them, making them their own. No Country for Old Men being the prime example“Violence and mayhem ensue after a hunter stumbles upon some dead bodies, a stash of heroin and more than $2 million in cash near the Rio Grande.” Sounds routine, ...

It's That Time Again - Film Babble's Funtime Oscar Picks 2008!
Published 2/17/2008 by Dan at film babble blog
... so I think I owe it. 1.BEST PICTURE: NO COUNTRY FOR OLD MEN – My brain agrees with my heart on this one. It seriously feels like The Coen Brothers time as evidenced by my pick for #2 as well but I have to remind myself that 10 years ago I really thought it was their time for ...

2007 OSCAR PREDICTIONS
Published 2/18/2008 by Tim at Antagony & Ecstasy
Six days 'til the Oscars (which will be happening in all their unexpurgated glory, praise be to the end of the strike). Can I be honest? I can't make myself care. I mean, obviously I care a little or I wouldn't be writing this, but whereas last year I was still kind of energised, this year the unfathomable botch that was Crash ...

2007 OSCAR PREDICTIONS: LESS TALKING, MORE PREDICTING
Published 2/18/2008 by Tim at Antagony & Ecstasy
For your convenience, the commentary-free version of my Oscar guesses - all of these are "will win" not "I want to win." Best Picture No Country for Old Men Best Director Joel & Ethan Coen, No Country for Old Men Best Actor Daniel Day-Lewis, There Will Be Blood Best Actress Julie Christie, Away from Her Best Supporting Actor Javier Bardem, No Country for Old Men Best Supporting Actress Cate Blanchett, I'm Not There Best Adapted Screenplay No Country for Old Men , by Joel & Ethan Coen Best Original Screenplay Juno , by Diablo Cody Best Foreign Language Film The ...

We Can't Wait #2 Burn After Reading
Published 2/21/2008 by NATHANIEL R at Film Experience Blog
Directed by The Coen Bros Starring George Clooney, Brad Pitt, John Malkovich, Richard Jenkins, Tilda Swinton and Frances McDormand Synopsis OK... this is a Coen Bros comedy so the plot is pretty crazed and probably best left discovered in the theater. It involves a CIA Agent (Malkovich) his friend (Clooney) his wife (Malkovich) and two gym trainers (McDormand and Pitt) who get their hands on a disc containing the Agent's memoirs and plan to blackmail him with it. Lots of confusion, internet dating (?) and comedic hijinx ensue. Brought to You By Working ...

Oscar prediction
Published 2/23/2008 by YNOT TONY at YNOT at the Movies
... " should be listed just in the best cinematography category. "No Country for Old Men" is good, but not as great as "There Will Be Blood," nor as funny as "Juno." It won't be long before " ...

Oscar prediction
Published 2/23/2008 by YNOT TONY at YNOT at the Movies
... " should be listed just in the best cinematography category. "No Country for Old Men" is good, but not as great as "There Will Be Blood," nor as funny as "Juno." It won't be long before " ...

Academy Award Results
Published 2/25/2008 at Cinema Fusion
I will be doing my best to update the results throughout the night. If I am a little behind please bear with me, I’m supposed to be working. Costume Design - Elizabeth: The Golden Age Animated Film - Ratatouille Makeup - La Vie En Rose Visual Effects - The Golden Compass Art Direction - Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street Supporting Actor - Javier Bardem for No Country for Old Men Live Action Short - Le Mozart des pickpockets Animated Short - Peter and the ...

The Oscars: We ended the writers' strike for this?
Published 2/25/2008 by Ken Levine at Guardian Unlimited: Arts blog - film
Javier Bardem in No Country For Old Men This was Hollywood's biggest night - when we paid tribute to this year's excellence in motion picture Oscar campaigns. The two leading contenders for best picture were one with a baffling ending and one that put half the audience into a coma. I'm sure that for most viewers, these are what they thought were the five nominees for best picture: Something Something Country ...

Oscar Postpartum 2008
Published 2/25/2008 by Dan at film babble blog
So it’s the morning after and I’m looking over my predictions – none of my wild cards paid off and some of my darts didn’t hit the bulls-eye so what do I got? Well, I don’t know whether to feel comforted or disturbed by the fact that I got EXACTLY the same amount right that I did last year – 13 out of 24. So here’s at ‘em: 1. BEST PICTURE: NO COUNTRY FOR OLD MEN 2. BEST DIRECTOR: Joel Coen and Ethan Coen - Though everybody was saying this was a lock I was still somewhat scared that this was wishful thinking. So glad that it happened - it is definitely the Coen Brothers time. ...

Awards, Academy and Guild Hall
Published 2/26/2008 by Gossip Central at Gossip Central
Maybe I'm suffering from award deprivation as opposed to the usual fatigue, but I found the Academy Awards show unsurprising but satisfying, from Barbara Walters' pre-event interview with the modest Ellen Page, to Marion Cotillard's win. Wearing a white, detailed Jean Paul Gaultier gown, Cotillard has old school glamour; having met her on opening night of last year's Rendez-Vous with French Cinema (this year's opens this Friday) when “La Vie en ...

Oscars in Rewind: Buffalo News Team Botches Broadcast
Published 2/27/2008 by Erik Davis at Cinematical
Filed under: Awards, Celebrities and Controversy, Newsstand, Oscar Watch Thanks to the local ABC affiliate in Buffalo, NY, we now have a great quote to put on the DVD box of No Country for Old Men: "The guy with no expression who keeps blowing up everything." There it is! That's the best movie of the year in a nutshell. Anyway, in case you haven't seen this yet, a technical snafu up in Buffalo accidentally turned on the newsroom mics in the middle of the Oscar broadcast -- right as they were announcing the best ...

No Country For Old Men
Published 2/28/2008 by Karl Hungus at karlhungus.com
For me, the Coen Brothers had been on a downwards slope since 2000's O Brother, Where Art Thou, which is certainly not to say it was a bad film, nor was The Man Who Wasn't There for that matter. They were both good films, but certainly not as good as what had proceeded them, and with Intolerable Cruelty it seemed as though the Coens had lost their touch. To say that No Country For Old Men is a blazing return to form would almost be selling it short, it is quite simply the equal of any film that the Coens have made before, perhaps even a crowning achievement in a spectacular ...

SEMI-PRO - Completely Amateurish
Published 3/2/2008 by Dan at film babble blog
... single "Love Me Sexy" that opens the movie) now turned owner/coach/player of the the American Basketball Association's Flint Michigan Tropics. His team, of course, is a gaggle of underdog losers who may have to fold because of a merger of the ABA with the NBA. Ferrell makes a deal that if the Tropics finish in the top 4 at the end of the season they can make the move to the NBA. He recruits Woody Harrelson (squandering all the cred he just gained with his measured performance in NO COUNTRY FOR OLD MEN ) as a former NBA player, and he ups the promotional ante with gimmicks like ...

Of Interest
Published 3/3/2008 by baldilocks at baldilocks
A rare, non-Kenya round-up...well, almost. While President Bush meets with Danish Prime Minister Anders Fogh Rasmussen in Crawford, Texas, a Crawford grandma almost turns a Danish report into Swiss cheese ...

The Counterfeiters
Published 3/6/2008 by thecynicalgamer at karlhungus.com
Die Fälscher, Austria / Germany, 2007Everyone is always complaining about the Oscars. I always find it amusing that everyone gets all hyped up about them, only to turn to the internet to preach their "I hate the Academy" sentiments when their favourite film inevitably doesn't receive the kudos it 'deserves'. Although this was a somewhat better year than usual (No Country for Old Men being far more deserving than the usual winners), the days of the Oscars being the definitive award show are long gone. However, I am always curious when something off-beat wins. ...

5 Off The Top Of My Head - The Coens
Published 3/17/2008 by JA at my new plaid pants
. You may notice over in the right-hand column, I finally got around to watching No Country For Old Men a second time this weekend. You might recall that the film stupefied me the first time I saw it, and I refused to offer an official opinion until I saw it again... and then, ...

The Mist (2007)
Published 3/24/2008 by rob humanick at The Projection Booth
Dir: Frank Darabont. Screenplay: Frank Darabont. Cast: Thomas Jane, Laurie Holden, Nathan Gamble, Marcia Gay Harden, Andre Braugher, Toby Jones, Frances Sternhagen, Jeffrey DeMunn, William Sadler, Alexa Davalos, Chris Owen, and Sam Witwer. My plan this evening was to re-watch some of The Mist on DVD before going to bed, a foolish plan in retrospect, my now being unwilling to go to sleep and instead writing about the film that scared me a great deal the first time around. It impressed me to an extent when I saw it theatrically, ...

'Proposition' Director Picks Follow-Up to 'The Road'
Published 4/1/2008 by Eugene Novikov at Cinematical
Filed under: Action, Drama, Deals, Sony, Distribution, WesternEveryone and their (his?) mother loves The Proposition, the Nick Cave-penned Australian western starring Danny Huston as a villain who could give Chigurh a run for his money in sheer badassery. It's hard to blame them, since movies that gritty and tough don't come along very often. (As modern westerns go, I think 3:10 to Yuma is better, but it certainly isn't as awesomely brutal.) Two years after that film became a critical darling and a sleeper hit of sorts, ...

my top 100!
Published 4/3/2008 by Nayana Anthony at The Center Seat
I've been having a lot of fun lately with movie lists. First I posted the IMDB 250, then the AFI 100. For me, both these lists had a few flaws in common... For one thing, the number of films on each list which I had actually viewed was... pathetic. Secondly, neither list was complete: the IMDB 250 is arbitrary, driven by the Roland Emmerich/Michael Bay-loving masses; and the AFI 100 (being an American list), eliminates all foreign language films (some of which are truly great). So I decided to sit down and come up with the only top movie list that will ever be perfect. Of course, I'm talking about ...

Are These The 10 Most Depressing Movie Endings Ever?
Published 4/9/2008 by Erik Davis at Cinematical
Filed under: Fandom, ListsRight off the bat, I have issues with this list. Not so much for the fact that almost all of the films are sci-fi horror/thrillers, but because they left off a film with such a depressing ending that it still haunts me to this day. But first off, Den of Geek has compiled a list of what they feel are the 10 most depressing movie endings ever. Before you click over and check them out, be warned that massive amounts of spoilers await you. Here's their top ten: Soylent Green, The Elephant Man, The Descent, Invasion of the Body Snatchers, The Fly, Dead Ringers, ...

FilmCouch #68 - Paranoia
Published 5/2/2008 by spout.com at SpoutBlog
New developments in the case of an artist arrested for bioterrorism (from the doc Strange Culture), lead us into a web of noir (Murder, My Sweet) and an unexpected look at No Country for Old Men. All of which reveal the sinister culture of PARANOIA! (Subscribe to FilmCouch–Spout’s weekly movie podcast–in the iTunes store and an episode will download each Friday) FilmCouch #68 - Paranoia Strange Culture, Murder, My Sweet, No Country for Old Men

Most Anticipated Ten
Published 5/12/2008 by Anil Usumezbas (noreply@blogger.com) at The Long Take
Here is Another Cute Little Widget Every year there are some movies that I am nail-bitingly excited about. In 2006, I started waiting for The Departed since the first time its trailer came out, for nearly 5 or 6 months. I had always dreamt Jack Nicholson as a mafia ...

Cannes: 0 - Oscars: 1
Published 5/20/2008 by Anil Usumezbas (noreply@blogger.com) at The Long Take
2007: Coens Score With A Cattle Gun Before moving on to my actual comments regarding Golden Palm and Best Picture Oscar winners of 2007, I have two important introductions to make: First one is the poll that you undoubtedly noticed at the sidebar. I just thought, rather than merely ...

The First 10 Entries for 'Most Anticipated' List
Published 5/22/2008 by Anil Usumezbas (noreply@blogger.com) at The Long Take
A Brief Introduction Sometimes it's not enough to say that you love a movie, you also need to find out why. I think this is the case for my 'Most Anticipated' list, which will definitely benefit from a piece of commentary on each of the ten films. I'll also do my best to post a little bit of something for ...

Against The Current
Published 6/17/2008 by Anil Usumezbas (noreply@blogger.com) at The Long Take
Because Diversity Is A Gift, Often Overlooked If there is one thing that scares me more than being the person who disagrees with every single consensus on film, it's being the one who always agrees with them. ...

No Country For "It" Girls
Published 6/18/2008 by noreply@blogger.com (NATHANIEL R) at Film Experience Blog
Welcome readers to the first edition of the travelling circus known as Best Pictures From The Outside In. Each week (or thereabouts) The Film Experience, Goatdog's Movies and Nick's Flick Picks will be looking at two Best Picture winners. We're pulling Oscar's favorites ...

Old Grades 24
Published 6/23/2008 by noreply@blogger.com (Barry) at Barry's Beetchin Movies
Drowning Mona, dir. Gomez B+ The Ten, dir. Wain A Scream 3, dir. Craven A+ Memoirs of a Geisha, dir. R Marshall A+ Knocked Up, dir. Apatow A+ Hot Rod, dir. Schaffer C+ El Cantante, dir. Ichaso A- The Bourne Ultimatum, dir. Greengrass A The Strangers, dir. Bertino A Atonement, dir. Wright A+ Whispers and ...

My Favorite Films of 2007
Published 6/25/2008 by striderdemme at Cinexcellence
(Taken from my lists page ) Naturally, the lists are subject to frequent change. For example, I didn’t watch The Diving Bell and the Butterfly until recently. 10 Top Ten Films of 2007 [image] The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford A beautiful film about celebrity status, idolizing, and the West. Great performances from Casey Affleck and Brad Pitt in the title roles. A film that deserved a satchel full of Oscars. [image] No Country for Old Men The latest from Ethan and Joel Coen; easily one of their more serious films. Plenty of food for thought. [image] ...

SUMMER OF BLOOD: ONE OF THE MOST BIZARRE CRIMES IN THE ANN... HEY, WAIT A SECOND
Published 6/28/2008 by noreply@blogger.com (Tim) at Antagony & Ecstasy
[image] Well, here's what I surely didn't expect: that a remake produced by the insipid Michael Bay produced in 2003 and starring a TV teen starlet would end up being the second-best film with The Texas Chainsaw Massacre in its title. No, it cannot hold a candle to Tobe Hooper's original , but it's not a godawful comedy, and that alone would be enough to bump it above at least the second and fourth entries in the franchise. The question could probably be asked, why remake TCM , anyway? And the answer would probably come back, why the hell not, they did it twice already. Neither ...

SUMMER OF BLOOD: ALL THIS HAS HAPPENED BEFORE, ALL THIS WILL HAPPEN AGAIN
Published 7/6/2008 by noreply@blogger.com (Tim) at Antagony & Ecstasy
[image] The final shots of the Michael Bay-produced remake of The Texas Chainsaw Massacre set up a sequel in the baldest way possible, and also one of the stupidest: relying as it does on a character who very prominently lost his arms suddenly being able to jump out of the dark with a chainsaw. Yet somehow, in amongst all the rage at the clumsy illogic of it, I was amused. After all, the original film ended in a way that indicated very clearly that no sequel would be forthcoming, while setting up a subgenre that would end up doing more to establish the modern tradition of the obligatory sequel more ...

Paracinema Friday Night Double Feature - The Brolin Edition!
Published 7/12/2008 by dylan (noreply@blogger.com) at Paracinema...The Blog
It's a celebration of Brolins! James & Josh respectively. No Country For Old Men (2007) I don't know why it took me so long to see this film. I watched this last night thanks to Netflix and I ordered it this morning thanks to Amazon. In addition to murders via a captive bolt pistol, No Country also has a top of his game Tommy Lee Jones in his best role yet...And I am counting Men In Black II. The Car (1977) See the elder Brolin rock a ...

The Shoddily-Conceived Film Festival
Published 7/29/2008 by Rick at Coosa Creek Mambo
All, right, copper — uh, Fox — you got me. You tagged me with Piper’s Fake Film Festival meme. Here are the rules: 1) Choose 12 Films to be featured. They could be random selections or part of a greater theme. Whatever you want. 2) Explain why you chose the films. 3) Link back to Lazy Eye Theatre so I can have hundreds of links so I (Piper) can take those links and spread them all out on the bed and then roll around in them. 4) The people selected then have to turn around and select 5 more people. So without further ado, and because I find the thought of Piper ...

No Country for Old Men - Coen Brothers Characters at their Quirkiest?
Published 7/30/2008 by fitz at Lair of the Green Knight
Hi all! The Coen Brothers are hit and miss for me. I enjoyed the quirkiness of Fargo and O Brother, Where Art Thou… But never found my way to The Big Lebowski. Honestly, No Country for Old Men is not a script I would have ever associated with the Coens. And yet, there they are. This movie is about a man (played by Josh Brolin) stumbling across a drug deal gone wrong and making a poor decision. That decision haunts him and hunts him in the form of Javier Bardem, who plays a psychopath killer for hire — sort of the clean up crew for the broker of the bad drug ...

Sunday Discussion: The Villains Reign Supreme in Hollywood!
Published 26 days ago by Alex Billington at FirstShowing.net
With the incredible box office success of The Dark Knight as well as the continued popularity of the San Diego Comic-Con, we all know that comic book movies have hit mainstream in Hollywood. However, over the last few weeks I've started to notice a trend, no doubt fueled by the ...

Woody Gets His Groove Back! VICKY CRISTINA BARCELONA - The Film Babble Blog Review
Published 14 days ago by boopbloop7@gmail.com (Dan) at film babble blog
VICKY CRISTINA BARCELONA (Dir. Woody Allen, 2008) Woody Allen’s 43rd film as director is lush, absorbing, and easily his best film in 10 years. The 4th in his series of films that abandon his long-time cinematic comfort zone of Manhattan for the splendor of a European escapade, Allen is reunited with his most recent muse Scarlett Johansson but this time but this time with terrific not abysmal results. After the traditional Allen white on black credits (this time with Spanish guitar and not big band jazz) we join Johansson and best friend Rebecca Hall as they get off a plane in ...

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