Oscar 2007 Articles

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 [...]

JUNO (2007) Direction: Jason Reitman Cast: Ellen Page, Michael Cera, Jennifer Garner, Jason Bateman, Allison Janney, J. K. Simmons, Olivia Thirlby, Rainn Wilson Screenplay: Diablo Cody Oscar Movies Highly Recommended Ellen Page, Michael Cera, Juno Directed by Jason Reitman and written by Academy Award-winner Diablo Cody, Juno is what most teen movies are not: non-commercial, with an "agenda" between the pages of its screenplay. In [...]

Laura Vasiliu, Anamaria Marinca, 4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days Pedro Almodóvar's VOLVER: Biggest Oscar Snubs #4c A harrowing drama about a young woman (Laura Vasiliu) trying to get an abortion with the help of her friend (Anamaria Marinca) in Nicolae Ceausescu's Communist Romania, Cristian Mungiu's 4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days won the Palme d'Or at the 2007 Cannes Film Festival. It [...]