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Blu-Ray Rating: 4.5/5.0 Chicago – Like most truly great films, “No Country For Old Men” gets better every time I see it. My most recent viewing, in pristine HD with the new Blu-Ray release, made me appreciate this dark masterpiece even more than the last time I saw it and I have a feeling it’s one of those films that will change a bit every time I press play. Films like that, ones that get deeper with time, are what we call “must-owns”.
Perhaps it was the flawless HD transfer but what truly struck me this time around was Roger Deakins’ amazing cinematography. The man is at the top of his field (shooting this, “The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford,” and “In the Valley of Elah” in one year). Even if you forget everything else, “No Country” is an amazing film just to look at, the kind
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In anticipation of the release of his 33rd album, Together Through Life, Bob Dylan sat down with rock critic and MTV producer Bill Flanagan for a lengthy and unusually candid conversation (three previously released portions of the interview can be read at bobdylan.com). In the fourth installment, published below, Dylan discusses The Rolling Stones, Hitler, acting, and sheds some interesting light on the songwriting in Together Through Life. Bill Flanagan: Getting to politics, what did you think of Jesse Ventura, being a Minnesotan and all? Bob Dylan: He did some good things or tried to. I never met him. All I know about the governor is that he's a Rolling Stones fan. Bf: You're old cohorts? Bd: I hear from Keith once in a while but that's about it. Bf: What do you think of the Stones? Bd: What...
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Words are quickly spreading that Adam Arkin has been added to FX Network's "Sons of Anarchy" list. The actor who is a regular in "Life" will play in a multi-episode arc as a white supremacist aiding the neo-Nazi movement by Henry Rollins' character.
Arkin's character is the second season antagonist named Ethan Zobelle, and he is a threat to Samcro motorcycle club. Ethan arrives in Charming, California to open a small business, which according to E! Online, is a cigar shop. He soon clashes with Ron Perlman's Clay Morrow, who doesn't agree with Zobelle's brand of nationalism.
The second season had started its production in Los Angeles on April 23 but no premiere date has been given. Henry Rollins' character is also new to the show. "Henry will bring his intensity and muscularity to this complex part," said Nick Grad, FX's executive VP of original programming.
Meanwhile,
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