“In rural Texas, welder and hunter Llewelyn Moss discovers the remains of several drug runners who have all killed each other in an exchange gone violently wrong. Rather than report the discovery to the police, Moss decides to simply take the two million dollars present for himself. This puts the psychopathic killer, Anton Chigurh, on his trail as he dispassionately murders nearly every rival, bystander and even employer in his pursuit of his quarry and the money. As Moss desperately attempts to keep one step ahead, the blood from this hunt begins to flow behind him with relentlessly growing intensity as Chigurh closes in. Meanwhile, the laconic Sherrif Ed Tom Bell blithely oversees the investigation even as he struggles to face the sheer enormity of the crimes he is attempting to thwart. Written by Kenneth Chisholm (kchishol@rogers.com)”

• Release Date: 21 November 2007 (USA)
• Run Time: 122 min
• Country: USA
• Genre: Crime , Drama , Thriller , Western
• MPAA: Rated R for strong graphic violence and some language.

Tagline: There Are No Clean Getaways

Trivia: Joel Coen and Ethan Coen share the record of four Oscar nominations for a single person for the same film (in this case, shared by the two) with Orson Welles’ four nominations for Citizen Kane (1941) and Warren Beatty’s for Reds (1981). The Coens’ four nominations are for Best Picture (as producers with Scott Rudin), Best Director, Best Adapted Screenplay, and Best Editing (under the pseudonym Roderick Jaynes). Welles was nominated both Best Picture (also as producer) and Best Director, as well as Best Original Screenplay (won, and shared with Herman J. Mankiewicz), and Best Actor. On the other hand, Beatty was nominated for Best Picture (also as producer), Best Director (won), Best Original Screenplay with Trevor Griffiths and Best Actor.

Goofs: Errors in geography: The ZIP code on Moss’ phone bill, 79821 is for Anthony, TX, about 300 miles away from Sanderson where Moss lives.

“A revolver-wielding stranger (Tarantino) crosses paths with two warring clans who are both on the hunt for a hidden treasure in a remote western town. Knowing his services are valuable to either side, he offers himself to the clan who will offer up the largest share of the wealth.”

• Director: Takashi Miike
• Release Date: 15 September 2007 (Japan)
• Run Time: 121 min | (None):98 min (international cut version)
• Country: Japan
• Genre: Action , Western
• MPAA: Rated R for strong violence, including a rape.

Tagline: An epic tale of blood, lust and greed.

Trivia: The background for the artificial set in the prologue is clearly inspired by the woodblock prints “Gaifu Kaisei” and “Sanka Haku” featured in Hokusai’s famous “Thirty Six Views of Mount Fuji” series.

Goofs: Miscellaneous: In the scene where The Gunman (Hideaki Ito) and Shizuka are intimate, you can see that The Gunman has had some kind of booster shot on his right upper arm that has left a scar. You see this as he takes off his shirt and then jumps into the bed. Don’t think is a booster shot but of a bullet shot scar.

“1882, New Mexico Territory. Virgil Cole and Everett Hitch are itinerant lawmen, hired by desperate towns as marshal and deputy. The city fathers of Appaloosa hire them after Randall Bragg, a newly-arrived rancher with money and a gang of thugs, disrupts commerce and kills three local lawmen. Cole and Hitch contrive to arrest Bragg and bring him to trial, but hanging him proves difficult. Meanwhile, a widow has arrived in town, Allison French, pretty, refined, and good-natured. Virgil falls hard, and it seems mutual, but there may be more to Allie than meets the eye. Can friendship and skill with a gun overcome a pernicious villain and green-eyed jealousy? Written by {jhailey@hotmail.com}”

• Director: Ed Harris
• Release Date: 3 October 2008 (USA)
• Run Time: 115 min
• Country: USA
• Genre: Crime , Drama , Western
• MPAA: Rated R for some violence and language.

Tagline: Feelings get you killed.

Trivia: Mueller is played by ‘Daniel T. Parker’, the son of Robert B. Parker, who wrote the novel “Appaloosa”.

Goofs: Continuity: In the first shot of the hotel after Bragg has bought it, the hotel sign has three lines, indicating “Bragg’s”, “Boston House”, “Hotel”. A few minutes later, Hitch watches Ally walk up the stairs inside the hotel. On the pullback, the sign is down to two lines, “Bragg’s” “Hotel”. A later view of the hotel shows “Boston House” back.

“In northern Australia at the beginning of World War II, an English aristocrat inherits a cattle station the size of Maryland. When English cattle barons plot to take her land, she reluctantly joins forces with a rough-hewn stock-man to drive 2,000 head of cattle across hundreds of miles of the country’s most unforgiving land, only to still face the bombing of Darwin, Australia, by the Japanese forces that had attacked Pearl Harbor only months earlier.”

• Director: Baz Luhrmann
• Release Date: 26 November 2008 (USA)
• Run Time: 165 min
• Country: Australia , USA
• Genre: Adventure , Drama , History , Romance , War , Western
• MPAA: Rated PG-13 for some violence, a scene of sensuality, and brief strong language.

Trivia: Even though the filming schedule was pushed back a half year, Nicole Kidman never lost her faith in the project and instead prepared for the role, by touring the country with her family, riding horses and even castrating bulls.

Goofs: Continuity: During their trip to Darwin the group is resting at night, when suddenly Fletcher’s guys pour out the gasoline and light it up. When the fire is lit it is pitch black and the stars can be seen. Then the stampede starts and suddenly it is in the middle of the day.