With the James Bond franchise celebrating its fiftieth anniversary in 2012, hopes were high that the 23rd official film, Skyfall would reinvigorate the series after a five year absence and the somewhat disappointing response to 2008’s Quantum of Solace. Thankfully,…
Probably best known to American audiences for winning a supporting-actor Oscar for his performance as the quietly ruthless Anton Chigurh in No Country For Old Men, Spain’s Javier Bardem is quietly proving himself to be one of the finest screen…
In describing the Coen brothers No Country for Old Men to a friend, I said, “Misery never looked so good.” Odd maybe but it seemed a perfect description for the film. The winner of the Best Picture Oscar in 2007,…