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Richard Foreman / Miramax Films Best Director: Joel and Ethan Coen, No Country for Old Men By now the Coen brothers are veterans; they’ve been around for more than two decades and neither one has ever won a best director Oscar. Joel Coen was nominated in 1996 for Fargo, but lost to Anthony Minghella for The English Patient. (Until The Ladykillers in 2004, in which [...]

Brad Pitt in The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford Oscar 2008 Nominations: Part I Roger Deakins is competing against himself in the best cinematography category: for The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford and There Will Be Blood. *** Jonny Greenwood’s much praised score for There Will Be Blood was deemed ineligible reportedly because "the majority of the [...]

With an estimated US$41 million take, Cloverfield destroyed its competition at the North American box office this weekend. Paramount’s monster movie directed by Matt Reeves and produced by J. J. Abrams soared past the $35 million record opening of the Star Wars 1997 rerelease. Cloverfield focuses on a small group of friends trying to escape Manhattan while a massive creature rips through the city. New [...]

National Treasure: Book of Secrets topped the North American box office for the third straight weekend with an estimated US$20.2 million. Walt Disney’s sequel to the 2004 hit National Treasure continued to slam the competition, lifting its domestic total to $171 million after a strong three-week run. The Jon Turteltaub-directed adventure tale starring Nicolas Cage (above, with Diane Kruger) as an ambitious treasure hunter is [...]