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NEWS ABOUT: Coen Brothers

Coen Brothers stories: 7 news summaries

 Coen Brothers' Ad
Knocks 'Clean Coal'

Filmmaking duo mock coal industry in ad for Al Gore green group

Feb 27, 09 3:59 AM CST
(Newser) - The Coen brothers chuck the notion of "clean coal" into the woodchipper in a new ad commissioned by Al Gore’s Reality Coalition, the Guardian reports. The ad, which the filmmaking duo directed for the anti-coal environmental group, features a salesman spraying black smog from a can marked "... More »

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coal • film director • advertisements • Joel Coen • Ethan Coen • Coen Brothers • clean coal

MOVIE REVIEW

 Coens Burn, But Not Brightly

No Country follow-up funny, but not the brothers' best

Sep 12, 08 5:11 PM CDT
(Newser) - Burn After Reading is your standard Coen Brothers comedy: It’s black, clever, and zany, and David Ansen writes in Newsweek that he “enjoyed just about every heartlessly jolly minute of it.” The film is nominally a spy/thriller spoof, its sidewinder plot involving airhead gym employees... More »

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Brad Pitt • movie review • George Clooney • Coen Brothers • Tilda Swinton • Burn After Reading

 Jones Sues
 for $10M in
 No Country Pay

Paramount hasn't coughed up promised bonuses, he argues

Sep 7, 08 7:57 AM CDT
(Newser) - Actor Tommy Lee Jones has sued the producers of Oscar Award-winning No Country for Old Men for $10 million he claims is owed him. The suit charges Paramount Pictures failed to pay Jones a promised chunk of "significant box-office bonuses" and other compensation linked to the success of the... More »

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film • Paramount Pictures • Tommy Lee Jones • Paramount • No Country for Old Men • Coen Brothers • movies

Critics Pick Top Flicks for '07

Juno, I'm Not There, and No Country take top spots

Jan 1, 08 3:00 PM CST
(Newser) - Film critics offer their top picks for 2007, ranging from quirky dramedy (Juno) to drama (Michael Clayton) to foreign fare (The Diving Bell and the Butterfly).                                                ... More »

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film • movie review • Roger Ebert • George Clooney • Sidney Lumet • Coen Brothers • movies

Smith Is Box Office Legend

Pic banks top December gross of all time; Chipmunks also wows

Dec 16, 07 3:03 PM CST
(Newser) - I Am Legend rocked the box office for $76.5 million this weekend, the highest gross for a December pic ever, Variety reports. Twentieth Century Fox also surprised with Alvin and the Chipmunks, which scored $45 million, second ever for G- or PG-rated December debuts. Together they boosted a sluggish... More »

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Hollywood • film • box office • Coen Brothers • Will Smith

America's Still Enchanted

Disney pic holds at top spot as Jessica Alba's debuts a tepid fourth

Dec 2, 07 6:21 PM CST
(Newser) - Jessica Alba's Awake slept this weekend as Enchanted kept top spot and the African American family pic This Christmas nabbed second, Variety reports. Three-D glam film Beowulf snatched third, and Awake met expectations by banking $6 million in fourth. Hitman shot up $5.8 million in sales and took fifth... More »

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Sony • Disney • Denzel Washington • Coen Brothers • Jessica Alba • movies

Beowulf Hath Brought Low Ye Box Office

Holdovers Bee Movie and American Gangster claim second and third spots

Nov 18, 07 4:59 PM CST
(Newser) - Beowulf reaped $28.1 million and claimed top spot this weekend in the best debut ever for a digital 3D film, Variety reports. Other newcomers fumbled, as Mr. Magorium’s Wonder Emporium landed fifth and Love in the Time of Cholera banked a sickly $1.9 million in tenth.... More »

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Nicole Kidman • box office • Denzel Washington • Russell Crowe • Coen Brothers • movies • movie theaters

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