Watching a Coen Brothers film is almost always a treat. You’re never quite sure what you’re going to get out of it but you can almost depend on it being good.

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I am a huge fan of the Coen Brothers and it shows - three of their flicks made it into my Top 100 Movies. The first, of course, is O Brother, Where Art Thou?, which is loosely based on Homer’s “The Odyssey.”

Like most Coen Brothers’ movies, O’ Brother, Where Art Thou? has some great (and memorable) lines (”Damn! We’re in tight spot!”) and

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Regular readers of this blog know that I am a big fan of the Coen Brothers and couldn’t wait to see No Country for Old Men. Well, I had to wait a while to see it (family obligations over the holiday), but I did finally see it this week.

I was a little worried that this flick wouldn’t live up to the hype, but it did - the Coen Brothers are

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One of the most talked about movies of the year was No Country for Old Men, starring Tommy Lee Jones, Javier Bardem and Josh Brolin. The plot of No Country for Old Men revolves around Brolin finding a drug deal gone bad, and a suitcase full of $2 million in cash.

As he tries to get away with it, a killer is tracking hi

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I almost always enjoy the movies made by the Coen Brothers, Joel and Ethan Coen. This year I really think they outdid themselves with the excellent "No Country For Old Men" which I think is the movie to beat for the Best Picture Oscar.Like many other times, however, the Coens will be following up the somewhat dark and dramat

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The film, which stars Javier Bardem as a determined hit man pursuing Josh Brolin, beat out other nominees “There Will Be Blood,” “Juno,” “Michael Clayton” and “The Diving Bell and the Butterfly.”

Scott Rudin and Ethan and Joel Coen were given the Darryl F. Zanuck produce

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The luncheon is designed as a safe haven from the Oscar campaigning, a chance for nominees from every category to break bread together and sip wine in an informal setting.

Seating is designed with an eye toward mixing and mingling. Even the Coen brothers, Joel and Ethan, nominated for directing and adapting the best-p

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BEST FILM

AMERICAN GANGSTER – Brian Grazer/Ridley Scott
ATONEMENT – Tim Bevan/Eric Fellner/Paul Webster
THE LIVES OF OTHERS – Quirin Berg/Max Wiedemann
NO COUNTRY FOR OLD MEN – Scott Rudin/Joel Coen/Ethan Coen
THERE WILL BE BLOOD – JoAnne Sellar/Paul Thomas Anderso

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Philip Seymour plays Andy with the perfect mix of guile, recklessness and desperation. The scene where he learns of Gina’s infidelity, his reaction or the lack of it, shows a man, teetering on the edge of a precipice. Ethan Hawke as the clueless, self-pitying ‘baby’ of the family brings a dangerously franti

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From the creative mind of Julie Delpy comes the dialog driven film "2 Days in Paris" a motion picture starring not only Delpy, but Adam Goldberg.

The movie's story takes place in Paris, France, where Goldberg and Delpy go to try and rekindle their 2-year long relationship. Along the way, they meet her parents and start bu

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Best Motion Picture: “No Country for Old Men.”

Lead Actor: Daniel Day-Lewis, “There Will Be Blood.”

Lead Actress: Marion Cotillard, “La Vie en Rose.”

Supporting Actor: Javier Bardem, “No Country for Old Men.”

Supporting Actress: Tilda Swinton, “Michael Clayton.”

Director: Joel Coen and Ethan Coen, “No Country for

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It takes several people to really understand what was going through his mind when he chose those roles written for him. He was one of the few actors who embodied the whole psyche of the character. He stayed in them like a caged bird moving around the whole place and hitting his face on the ground yet leaving us with some truly

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