Juno There Will Be No Blood For Old Country Men AKA Dartflix Edition #31

The results are finally in and yet another award season is over, the three breakout films of the year were “No Country For Old Men”, “There Will Be Blood” and “Juno”. At the Independent Spirit Awards, "Juno" and "I’m Not There" kicked more ass then Bruce Lee in one of those scenes where he gets surrounded by a gang of people that attack him one by one. Diablo Cody got both screenwriting awards and “No Country For Old Men”and the Coen brothers stomped all competition to win Best Director and Best Film Oscars at the Academy Awards.

At The Independent Spirit Awards “The Diving Bell and The Butterfly”, “The Savages” and “I’m Not There” racked up a few accolades as well. In both award shows, “Once” took away Best Foreign Film and Best Original Song honors (Dublin stand up!).

I was surprised that Cate Blanchett didn’t win in either category and that Marion Cottilard and Tilda Swinton both walked away with Oscars. I didn’t see “La Vie En Rose” so I honestly don’t know if she even deserved it and if anyone was going to win besides Cate it would have to be Tilda Swinton. I do remember a few people wondering if any Americans were gonna win anything on that night (I could’ve told ‘em no). Javier Bardem and Daniel Day Lewis were not going to be denied that evening. Even Chiwitel Eijiofor won the award for Best Supporting Actor at the Independent Spirit Awards.

Ellen Page and Phillip Seymour Hoffman (son of Dustin) both won at the ISA’s as well. Was I the only one weirded out/uncomfortable at how often Ellen Page kept saying she was in love with the director? His wife was right there! As far as the shows themselves, the Independent Spirit Awards are always much more entertaining and Rainn Wilson was hilarious. John Stewart did as much as he could to inject some life into the Academy Awards but it was still largely a snoozefest.

I still don’t understand how Whoopi Goldberg was left out of the host’s montage (she hosted the fuckin’ show four times!) and how Brad Renfro got slighted in the memorial when as I pointed out a few blogs ago he died exactly one week before Heath Ledger, also of an accidental drug overdose.

I’m just glad this is all over so we can get everything back to normal and focus on movies people have actually seen for a change. Rest In Peace to everyone that’s passed away , especially Tony Silver. Now let’s get on with the movie stuff:


Top 5 ImDb Trailers Of The Ides Of February (2.16.08-2.29.08):

The Chronicles Of Narnia: Prince Caspian
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0499448/trailers-me60638658

Indiana Jones And The Kingdom Of The Crystal Skull
http://www.imdb.com/video/user/me705352951

Leatherheads
http://www.imdb.com/video/trailer/me60563368/

Smiley Face
http://www.imdb.com/video/editorial/me60999068/

The List
http://www.worstpreviews.com/trailer.php?id=666&item=0


Top 5 Apple Trailers Of The Ides Of February (2.16.08-2.29.08):

Boarding Gate
http://www.apple.com/trailers/magnolia/boardinggate/trailer/

The Happening
http://www.apple.com/trailers/fox/thehappening/large_trailer.html

Flawless
http://www.apple.com/trailers/magnolia/flawless/trailer/

The Life Before Her Eyes
http://www.apple.com/trailers/magnolia/thelifebeforehereyes/trailer1/

Cassandra’s Dream
http://www.apple.com/trailers/weinstein/cassandrasdream/trailer1/

Movies to consider adding to your queue or renting through either Redbox or Netflix:

Civic Duty
Revolver
Gone Baby Gone
We Own The Night
The Assassination Of Jesse James By The Coward James Ford
Across The Universe
The Legend Of The Black Scorpion
The Darjeeling Limited
Beowulf
Justice League-The New Frontier (2 Disc Special Edition)
Extras-The Extra Special Series Finale
Day Zero
Gabriel
The Amateurs
Hotel Babylon-Season 1 (series)
To Kill A King
Blue Note: A Story Of Modern Jazz
30 Days Of Night
American Meth
Black Irish
Slipstream
The Killing Of John Lennon
The Last Hit Man
Chaos
Finishing The Game
Loaded
The Prisoner Or How I Planned To Kill Tony Blair
Rendition
Imagination
The Air I Breathe
Storm Warning
How To Rob A Bank
The Tracey Fragments

Dart’s Picks:
30 Days Of Night-I was a fan of the source material and the film delivered in every way possible. Rent or buy it.

Beowulf-This movie managed to be both artistic and entertaining at the same time . I dug it.

The Darjeeling Limited-I am a fan of Wes Anderson’s previous work and this was along the same lines as all of his joints. It is not for everyone and it may bore the shit out of you if you didn't like "The Life Aquatic" or "The Royal Tenenbaums" then do not bother with this one.

Civic Duty-You need to rent this and see it now. I almost forgot it coame out until Buc rented it from a Redbox a few days ago.

Dart’s WTF? Awards/Watch This Bullshit At Your Own Risk:
Mr. Magorium’s Wonder Emporium- It doesn’t come out until next week but it sucked so bad I feel the need to hate on it prematurely.

Highlander: The Source- Unless it’s animated, I don’t care to see anything Highlander related. Scratch that, fuck all things Highlander related forever and ever Amen.

What the future holds for comic book films:

Wanted
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0493464/


Iron Man
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0371746/


The Dark Knight
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0468569/


Hellboy 2: The Golden Army
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0411477/


The Incredible Hulk
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0800080/


Y: The Last Man
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0800273/


The Losers
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0480255/


The Silver Surfer
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1051916/


Wolverine: Origins
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0458525/



Priest
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0822847/


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