No Country For Old Men

[2007, Movie]

No Country For Old Men: TV Guide News

No Country for Old Men — Blu-ray Review | DVD News and Reviews | 3/6/2008
When a man stumbles upon a bloody scene and two million dollars in cash, his decision to take the money sets off an unstoppable chain reaction of violence. Hunted by a psychopathic killer, the man tries desperately to put an end to his pursuer while the local Sheriff follows the bodies left behind. No Country for Old Men is the 4-time Oscar-winning movie from Joel and Ethan Coen starring Tommy Lee Jones, Josh Brolin and Javier Bardem, winner of the Academy Award for "Best Performance by an... read more
Oscar Nominees Cash In at the Box Office | Today's News: Our Take | 2/25/2008
Thanks primarily to good timing, this year's Academy Award contenders for best picture drew in an extra $111 million between the Jan. 22 announcement of the nominees and Sunday's telecast, E! reports.Unlike some past years when all of the nommed films were released before November, many of this year's nominees rolled out much closer to the nominations, taking advantage of the buzz. Juno was the biggest earner, adding about $43.3 mil to its previous earnings. There Will Be Blood made 75 percent... read more
Academy Voters Are Hot for Old Men | Oscars Live Recap and News Blog | 2/25/2008
The Coen brothers' No Country for Old Men saw no shortfall of love from Academy voters, who on Sunday night handed the drama a bevy of gold, including a win for best picture. Javier Bardem, an early front-runner in the supporting-actor race, earned kudos for his role in the film, while the Coens' script won for best adapted screenplay.In the lead-acting categories, Daniel Day-Lewis won for There Will Be Blood and Marion Cotillard took home a statue for La Vie en Rose. Tilda Swinton earned... read more
Oscars Poll: You Really Like Sally Field (and Billy Crystal) | Oscars Live Recap and News Blog | 2/19/2008
As anticipation for this Sunday's 80th Academy Awards grows, some Oscar fans just can't help looking back. In a survey by Parade magazine, readers were asked to pinpoint the most memorable moments from the show's 80-year history as well as sound off on this year's races. Categories included everything from most memorable acceptance speech — which went to Sally Field's "You like me right now!" declaration — to the viewers' preferred host of the annual event, where Billy Crystal was the... read more
Cheat Sheet: How to Fake a Best Picture Conversation | Oscars Live Recap and News Blog | 2/19/2008
If you haven't seen most (or any) of the Best Picture nominees, have no fear: Neither have most of your friends. So here's a quick primer — an Oscars cheat sheet, if you will, to Hollywood's top prize. —Steve PondAtonement• Themes: Love, guilt, war, memory, obligation... and, well, atonement.• Covers six decades, using three actresses (Saoirse Ronan, Romola Garai and Vanessa Redgrave) to play the lead character.• Adapted by Christopher Hampton from the novel by Ian... read more
Old Men, Lesbian Women and More News Briefs | Today's News: Our Take | 1/29/2008
No Country for Old Men arrives on DVD March 11, albeit not in time for a pre-Oscars living-room viewing.... Showtime will sneak-peek the Feb. 24 episode of The L Word on Feb. 18, at OurChart.com.... Scottish-born Craig Ferguson has passed his U.S. citizenship test, he announced on Monday's Late Late Show. "All of you people born here, if you had to take that test... well, Canada would be building a fence right now," he quipped. (Someone help me out here — I don't get it.) read more
Oscar Surprises, Part 3: Films That Made Out Big, Plus: Foreign Invasion! | Ask FlickChick | 1/22/2008
And now to the films that made out like bandits:There's Juno, of course, and Paul Thomas Anderson's bleak There Will Be Blood, based on Upton Sinclair's muckraking 1927 novel Oil!, was nominated for best picture, best actor (Daniel Day-Lewis), best director and best adapted screenplay. The quietly effective Paul Dano, of last year's indie favorite Little Miss Sunshine, was passed over for best supporting actor. Lewis was widely considered a shoo-in, but the rest of the nominations were less... read more
Old Men, There Will Be Blood Lead Oscar Nominations | Today's News: Our Take | 1/22/2008
Nominations for the 80th-annual Academy Awards were announced on Tuesday morning, and No Country for Old Men and There Will Be Blood led the pack with eight nods each, among them best picture and acting honors for Daniel Day-Lewis and Javier Bardem. Who else is going for gold come Feb. 24, in a ceremony of as-yet-to-be-determined magnitude? The contenders are:Lead ActorGeorge Clooney, Michael ClaytonDaniel Day-Lewis, There Will Be BloodJohnny Depp, Sweeney ToddTommy Lee Jones, In the Valley of... read more
Movie News: New "Bond Girl" Revealed, and More | Today's News: Our Take | 1/8/2008
Following in the footsteps of such sexpots as Jane Seymour, Kim Basinger and Halle Berry, Hitman hottie Olga Kurylenko has been cast as the Bond girl in the upcoming, as-yet-untitled 007 flick.... Michael Chiklis will play the U.S. Secretary of Defense in Eagle Eye, the Shia LaBeouf terrorist thriller.... Skeet Ulrich will star opposite Matt Dillon in Armored, about a Brinks-truck heist.... On Monday night, the Broadcast Film Critics Association named No Country for Old Men the year's best... read more
Old Men, Bardem and Ryan Collect More Film Kudos | Today's News: Our Take | 12/10/2007
No Country for Old Men and Gone Baby Gone's Amy Ryan are the ones to beat this awards season. Take a look at the accolades issued this weekend:The Boston Society of Film CriticsBest picture: No Country for Old Men (edging out The Diving Bell and the Butterfly by just a single vote)Best director: Diving Bell's Julian Schnabel Best actors: Frank Langella (Starting Out in the Evening) and Marion Cotillard (La Vie en Rose) Best supporting actors: Javier Bardem (Old Men) and Amy RyanThe D.C. Area... read more
Old Men, Clooney Grab Award Season's First Wins | Today's News: Our Take | 12/6/2007
Set the red carpets loose! The Coen brothers' No Country for Old Men is the National Board of Review of Motion Pictures' pick for the best film of 2007. "I think it is one of the purest adaptations of a book," board president Annie Schulhof tells the AP. "The ensemble performances were absolutely extraordinary and it really talks about what happens when evil overrides good."In other categories, George Clooney (Michael Clayton) and Julie Christie (Away from Her) were named best actor and... read more