Matt Damon’s GREEN ZONE Reviews

Green Zone: Amy Ryan, Matt Damon (top); director Paul Greengrass, Matt Damon on the Green Zone set

Paul Greengrass‘ Iraq War thriller Green Zone follows a US Army officer (Matt Damon) who discovers there’s a government conspiracy at work to dupe Americans into believing Saddam Hussein’s Iraq had "weapons of mass destruction." As to be expected, right-wingers have called the movie "anti-American," while US critics have given it mixed reviews.
An expensive production — $100 million, plus marketing and distribution costs — Green Zone took in only $14.5 million at the North American box office on its debut weekend, following a pattern of poor receipts for film productions set in Iraq. Unless Green Zone does exceedingly well on home video and [...]

by Anna Robinson | March 14, 2010   
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Oscar 2008: Glen Hansard, Marketa Irglova, Amy Ryan

Amy Ryan

Tadanobu Asano of Mongol

Marketa Irglova, Glen Hansard
Photos: Matt Petit (Asano), Michael Yada (Hansard & Irglova, Ryan). All photos: © A.M.P.A.S.

by Andre Soares | February 25, 2008   
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Iowa Film Critics Awards 2008

2008 Iowa Film Critics Association Awards
2008 Iowa Film Critics Association award winners: January 16, 2008
 

Josh Brolin in No Country for Old Men
 

Best Film: No Country for Old Men by Joel and Ethan Coen
Best Director: Joel and Ethan Coen, No Country for Old Men
Best Actor: Philip Seymour Hoffman, The Savages, Before the Devil Knows You’re Dead, Charlie Wilson’s War
Best Actress: Julie Christie, Away From Her
Best Supporting Actor: Javier Bardem, No Country for Old Men
Best Supporting Actress: Amy Ryan, Gone Baby Gone
Best Animated Film: Ratatouille by Brad Bird
Best Film Yet to Open in Iowa: There Will Be Blood by Paul Thomas Anderson
 
Iowa Film Critics Association Awards: 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008
Film Awards: 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 [...]

by Andre Soares | January 16, 2008   
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Online Film Critics Awards 2008

2008 Online Film Critics Society Awards
2008 Online Film Critics Society award winners: January 8, 2008
("*" denotes the winner in each category)
 

Javier Bardem in No Country for Old Men
 

PICTURE
Atonement
Juno
* No Country for Old Men
There Will Be Blood
Zodiac
FOREIGN-LANGUAGE FILM
* The Diving Bell and the Butterfly by Julian Schnabel
The Host
La Vie en Rose
The Lives of Others
The Orphanage
DOCUMENTARY
In the Shadow of the Moon
Into Great Silence
* The King of Kong: A Fistful of Quarters by Seth Gordon
No End in Sight
Sicko
ANIMATED FEATURE
Beowulf
Paprika
Persepolis
* Ratatouille by Brad Bird
The Simpsons Movie
DIRECTOR
Paul Thomas Anderson – There Will Be Blood
* Joel and Ethan Coen – No Country for Old Men
David Cronenberg – Eastern Promises
David Fincher – Zodiac
Julian Schnabel – The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
ACTOR
George Clooney – Michael Clayton
* Daniel [...]

by Andre Soares | January 8, 2008   
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Critics’ Choice Awards 2008

2008 Critics’ Choice Awards
Broadcast Film Critics Association’s 2008 Critics’ Choice Award nominations: December 11, 2007
2008 Critics’ Choice Award winners: Santa Monica Civic Auditorium on January 7, 2008
("*" denotes the winner in each category)
 

Josh Brolin in No Country for Old Men
 

Best Picture
American Gangster
Atonement
The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
Into the Wild
Juno
The Kite Runner
Michael Clayton
* No Country for Old Men
Sweeney Todd
There Will Be Blood
Best Foreign Language Film
* The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
4 Months, 3 Weeks, and 2 Days
La Vie en Rose
Lust, Caution
The Orphanage
Best Documentary
Darfur Now
In the Shadow of the Moon
The King of Kong
No End in Sight
Sharkwater
* Sicko by Michael Moore
Best Director
Tim Burton – Sweeney Todd
* Joel Coen and Ethan Coen – No Country for Old Men
Sidney Lumet – Before the Devil Knows [...]

by Andre Soares | January 7, 2008   
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