Currently Browsing: "No Country for Old Men"

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.

This year’s Oscar Best Picture winner finally shows up on DVD, friend-o.

Brian Gibson loves to buy DVDs. Come with him on his weekly journey into the depths of credit card debt as he tells you what to buy, rent and avoid.

With the exception of Best Picture, the Academy Award for Best Director is arguably the most prestigious award to receive.

Will the brothers Coen take home the little golden guy on Sunday night? We break it down for you.

A director generally frames a shot, where a cinematographer essentially brings out the life in said shot. This is where the latter gets recognized.

Let’s get this Oscar Week started… With posters!

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

Need something to do on Saturday, February 23. Allow us to suggest some Oscar-worthy flicks.

This, added to the SAG win for Best Ensemble, puts No Country on top of the Oscar competition.

Unlike the Golden Globes, the actors were on hand at the 2008 Screen Actors Guild awards.

So how do you follow up eight Oscar nominations for your most current film that most people think is a horror flick? I guess the next logical step would be to actually direct a horror film.

The nominations are out, now it is time to talk about them…

No Country for Old Men finds home atop 6th annual Central Ohio Film Critics Association awards.

The DGA has been giving out awards since 1949 and have a great track record for predicting who will win Best Director come Oscar season.

Looking back on the year that was 2007, what scenes or moments from films will live on? What will people be quoting a year from now — McLovin or Dewey Cox?

Aside from keeping things organized around here, I am also obligated as the Editor to give you my picks for the Ten Best Films of the Year. So let’s do this thing!

Always the bridesmaid, never the bride, the Hollywood Foreign Press Association and their Golden Globe Awards are certainly important this time of year — but they are no Academy Awards.

For a moment there, you may have thought that you had seen the last of “The Oscar Beat”, our now annual feature that brings you the best (and worst) of Awards season.

From the novel by Cormac McCarthy, the Coens have concocted a lurid and unremitting thriller that will undoubtedly leave the viewer with both chills and some food for thought long after it’s over.

The spectacular failure that such a promising movie became leads me to wonder if cinema itself is dying.

From frame one, the directors make it clear that whatever’s about to happen, it’s not going to end well.

Well, it’s rare for me to get one right these days, but Beowulf was the winner at the box office this weekend.

Few movies come along each decade like “No Country for Old Men”—it’s an old-fashioned, multi-tonal thriller with rich characters, fascinating story-telling and a unique perspective on a genre that’s seen it all.

In honor of No Country for Old Men going into wide release this weekend, I figured I’d help you celebrate in the proper style.