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Combining influences from Tex Avery cartoons to Sam Raimi horror movies to 1940s B-movies, Joel Coen and Ethan Coen followed up the stylish film noir of their debut, Blood Simple (1984), with this frantic screwball comedy. H.I. Hi McDonnough (Nicholas Cage) is a philosophical but slightly dim career criminal who has been .. Read more

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  Top 10 Nicolas Cage

  • 27 Sep 2010

  Nephew of director Francis Ford Coppola, Nicolas Cage aka Nicolas Kim Coppola, changed his surname to prove himself a worthy contender in the industry, without having to rely on any family ties. With the help of the Coen brothers he burst onto the scene in Raising Arizona, and since then has remained one of Hollywood's most esteemed actors. Read his top 10 here... His Top 10 Films Raising Arizona (1987) A fresh faced Cage teamed up with the Coen Brothers in the cult comedy raising Arizona. The Read more

  

  Knowing Nicolas Cage

  • 23 Mar 2009

  Put your questions to Nicolas Cage. You know Nicolas Cage, the Oscar-winning star of Leaving Las Vegas, Adaptation, Raising Arizona and the hugely successful National Treasure franchise, to name just a few. But how well do you know him? Nic's new movie Knowing is released in cinemas this Friday, 27th March, so of course we'll be catching up with him during the week to bring you all you need to know about Knowing. However, we'd also like you to submit your questions for the actor. Ever wanted... Read more

  

  Easter Bunnies

  • 18 Mar 2008

  What's up, doc? In honour of the holidays we're pulling on our bunny ears, nibbling on a carrot and taking the measure of our favourite movie rabbits (with a hare or two thrown in). First, a little history: Easter bunnies have been with us longer than you might think. The word "Easter" derives from "Eastre", a Saxon pagan goddess. Eastre, or Eostre, was the goddess of spring and fertility, and she was celebrated at the vernal equinox, and again on the first Sunday after the next full moon -... Read more

  

  Clooney and Coen brothers to team up

  • 24 Nov 2005

  George Clooney has announced he is to direct a comedy penned by the cult film favourites the Coen brothers. It will not be the first time behind the camera for the Solaris and The Perfect Storm star as he also directed Confessions Of A Dangerous Mind, starring Sam Rockwell, and Good Night And Good Luck, which will be released next year. It is also not the first time Clooney and the brothers Joel and Ethan Coen have worked together. They all teamed up in the comedy O Brother, Where Art Thou? The Read more

  

  Coenucopia: 10 Reasons We Love the Coen Brothers

  • 14 Jan 2008

  The term "movie brats" was coined in the 1970s to describe the likes of Martin Scorsese, Brian De Palma and Steven Spielberg - the first generation of filmmakers that had grown up weaned on movies and TV. It fits the Coen brothers just as well. A Coen film filters life through the lens of old movies, many of them made well before they were born: the screwball comedies of Preston Sturges; the pinball wisecracks of Billy Wilder; Kubrick's chilly nihilism; Busby Berkeley musicals… They're all... Read more

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    Combining influences from Tex Avery cartoons to Sam Raimi horror movies to 1940s B-movies, Joel Coen and Ethan Coen followed up the stylish film noir of their debut, Blood Simple (1984), with this frantic screwball comedy. H.I. Hi McDonnough (Nicholas Cage) is a philosophical but slightly dim ...

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