I made it my goal this year to make sure I saw all 5 of the nominees for the Best Picture Oscar at the Academy Awards in a few weeks. There Will Be Blood was the last film I had to see in that group and it certainly wasn't the least. There Will Be Blood was an epic story of a man so evil that anyone who competes against him is

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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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The Screen Actor's Guild Awards are going on right now and you can follow the results live over at A Mike Life as he updates his blog with the latest results and winner, along with commentary.

So far, it's been one heck of a night for the Sopranos and 30 Rock, with Tina Fey and Alec Baldwin taking home awards, while

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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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Tony Montana said in Scarface:

“So say goodnight to the bad guy. Come on. The last time you gonna see a bad guy like this again, let me tell you.”

Well, I just saw a bad guy like that, and a hell of a lot better. Folks, you might as well give Javier Bardem the Best Supporting Actor Oscar right now, because there is no way he doesn’t ta

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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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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 sixth project worked on together for Woody Allen and The Weinstein Company is valled Vicky Cristina Barcelona, a film about a couple of female American tourists who become involved with a man in spain, only to raise the ire of his ex-girfriend.The film is one of major intrigue though once word hit the web that two of the s

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Most of us will be familiar with the sports agent, fighter pilot, the sex driven doctor, American fighter and flesh eating vampire who would have thought Cruise could play an unrecognizable assassin. But the persona this time around almost the nullifies the Tom Cruise in him finally. It is finally a character driver actor who f

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The end of the Hollywood writers strike means the Oscar show will be the usual star-studded, fashion-filled extravaganza, organizers promised.

The 80th annual awards show will be held Feb. 24 at the Kodak Theatre and will feature a host of A-list stars. Forest Whitaker, Helen Mirren, Jennifer Hudson, Miley Cyrus, George Cloo

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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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