Joel Coen Articles

Josh Brolin in Joel Coen and Ethan Coen's No Country for Old Men NO COUNTRY FOR OLD MEN Review Part I: The Pros The Cons: I was unable to either relate to or care about any of the "good" characters. Josh Brolin's Llewelyn Moss is supposed to be just an "ordinary guy" who acts the way ordinary guys would act under similar circumstances. Well, perhaps [...]

NO COUNTRY FOR OLD MEN (2007) Direction: Joel and Ethan Coen Cast: Tommy Lee Jones, Javier Bardem, Josh Brolin, Woody Harrelson, Kelly Macdonald, Garret Dillahunt, Tess Harper, Barry Corbin, Stephen Root Screenplay: Joel and Ethan Coen; from Cormac McCarthy's novel Oscar Movies Josh Brolin, No Country for Old Men Synopsis: West Texas, 1980: A hunter (Josh Brolin) stumbles upon numerous dead bodies, a stash of [...]

Hailee Steinfeld in Joel Coen and Ethan Coen's True Grit TRUE GRIT Review Part I But above all, True Grit rests on the shoulders of Hailee Steinfeld. Plucked from obscurity, Steinfeld embodies the heart and soul of the film, for the Coens smartly decided to stick closer to the novel and focus their adaptation on Mattie Ross, not Rooster Cogburn. The danger was that if [...]

TRUE GRIT (2010) Direction: Joel Coen and Ethan Coen Cast: Jeff Bridges, Hailee Steinfeld, Matt Damon, Josh Brolin, Barry Pepper Screenplay: Joel Coen and Ethan Coen; from Charles Portis' novel Oscar Movies Highly Recommended Jeff Bridges, Hailee Steinfeld, True Grit I've gotten to the point with the Coen brothers where I just expect something wonderful every time they make a movie. For me, that was [...]