comiXtreme (Free subscription) | 07/20/2008
Which psychopath wins? The scenario: Joker is completely solo, as is Anton. Joker starts off with his pockets full of knives, Anton's got his cattle killing thing. They're in a large city. They start 50 yards apart, but if they wanna run away and think up a plan, try to procure more weapons etc....
Webomatica (Free subscription) | 08/19/2008
Synopsis Set in rural Texas, hunter Llewelyn Moss (Josh Brolin) discovers several dead bodies and a suitcase of cash. After taking the cash for himself, a mysterious wanderer Anton Chigurh (Javier Bardem) sets out to look for him. Sheriff Ed Tom Bell (Tommy Lee Jones) follows both men in hopes of stopping the increasing carnage.
EDSBS (Free subscription) | 07/01/2008
Anton Chigurh: What’s the most you ever lost on a coin toss. Gas Station Proprietor: Sir? Anton Chigurh: The most. You ever lost. On a coin toss. Gas Station Proprietor: I don’t know. I couldn’t say. [Chigurh flips a quarter from the change on the counter and covers it with his hand] Anton Chigurh: Call it. Gas Station Proprietor: Call it? Anton...
Detroit Free Press (Free subscription) | 08/14/2008
... the mainstream with last year's Coen brothers hit "No Country for Old Men." As the eerie killer Anton Chigurh, he mesmerized audiences and walked off with the statuette for best supporting actor.He has portrayed murderers, a paraplegic, a gay Cuban poet, a crazed monk during the Spanish Inquisition and a burly out-of-work shipbuilder. In many of his performances, he has transformed...
Deadspin (Free subscription) | 08/05/2008
• Johnny Bench sees the world in black and white: Great find of a 1995 interview with the former Reds' catcher which turns testy once the reporter dares to question Bench about Pete Rose's Hall Of Fame eligibility. "What happens if you break the rules?" Also notable because immediately after this interview, Bench was shot and killed by Anton Chigurh. [• Nice pull, Roger: Jane Skinner...
FirstShowing.net (Free subscription) | 08/03/2008
... for Old Men , where Javier Bardem won an Oscar for portraying the ridiculously cold-blooded killer Anton Chigurh. Bardem was praised for his performance and although Chigurh is not a character anyone could sympathize with, his performance is partially what put No Country in the spotlight. Now half a year later and Heath Ledger's Joker is the latest villainous craze. I think...
The Rap Sheet (Free subscription) | 07/27/2008
... Prowse), Star Wars V: The Empire Strikes Back, 20%3. Tommy DeVito (Joe Pesci), Goodfellas, 11%4. Anton Chigurh (Javier Bardem), No Country for Old Men, 8%5. Hans Gruber (Alan Rickman), Die Hard, 7%6. Annie Wilkes (Kathy Bates), Misery, 6%7. John Doe (Kevin Spacey), Se7en, 5%8. Jack Torrance (Jack Nicholson), The Shining, 4%9. The Joker (Heath Ledger), The Dark Knight, 3%10. Al Capone...
Digital Spy (Free subscription) | 07/25/2008
... DeVito in Goodfellas, with Javier Bardem close behind for his Oscar-winning performance as hitman Anton Chigurh in .Fifth and sixth spots were taken by Alan Rickman as Hans Gruber in Die Hard and Kathy Bates as nurse Annie Wilkes in Misery.The top ten was rounded out by Kevin Spacey as John Doe in Se7en, Jack Nicholson as Jack Torrance in The Shining and Robert De Niro as Al Capone...
Channel 4 (Free subscription) | 07/25/2008
... DeVito came third while Javier Bardem was fourth for his role as No Country for Old Men's hitman Anton Chigurh.Alan Rickman as German antagonist Hans Gruber in 1988's Die Hard came fifth.The only female to make the list was nurse Annie Wilkes played by Kathy Bates in Misery.Robert De Niro as gang leader Al Capone in The Untouchables, running the show across a corrupt Chicago, sealed...
Toledo Free Press (Free subscription) | 07/25/2008
There are certain movie villains so original and striking, their initial appearance becomes the engine that drives their film.When an audience first experiences a Darth Vader, a Hannibal Lecter, a Cody Jarrett, an Amon Goeth or an Anton Chigurh, their momentary absences from the screen leave a hole in the narrative; waiting for the bad guy to reappear is more compelling than waiting for...
Daily Star (Free subscription) | 07/25/2008
... DeVito came third, while Javier Bardem was fourth for his role as No Country for Old Men's hitman Anton Chigurh. Alan Rickman as German antagonist Hans Gruber in 1988's Die Hard came fifth.The only female to make the list was nurse Annie Wilkes played by Kathy Bates in Misery.Kevin Spacey's turn as John Doe, a killer intent on ridding the world of the seven deadly sins, in Se7en,...
The Daily Record (Free subscription) | 07/24/2008
... Prowse) Star Wars V: The Empire Strikes Back 20% 3 Tommy DeVito (Joe Pesci) Goodfellas 11% 4 Anton Chigurh (Javier Bardem) No Country for Old Men 8% 5 Hans Gruber (Alan Rickman) Die Hard 7% 6 Annie Wilkes (Kathy Bates) Misery 6% 7 John Doe (Kevin Spacey) Se7en 5% 8 Jack Torrance (Jack Nicholson) The Shining 4% 9 The Joker (Heath Ledger) The Dark Knight 3% 10 Al Capone (Robert De Niro)...
The latest from newcritics (Free subscription) | 07/23/2008
... over the Joker’s motiveless malignity. But like last year’s great screen villain, Javier Bardem’s Anton Chigurh in No Country for Old Men , the Joker has always had a force-of-nature/agent-of-fate quality. It’s the classical Greek dimension of the Batman/Joker relationship that drives literary fanboys mad, and the movie exploits it to the hilt (”You complete me,” the Joker tells Batman...
Paul Soglin: Waxing America (Free subscription) | 07/22/2008
Like so many others who saw The Dark Knight this weekend, I was far more intrigued by the Joker than Christian Bale's insipid Batman. The combination of Christian Nolan's outstanding direction and his proper use of Heath Ledger - sparse and quick - will undoubtedly contribute to cult status for the character who will rank with Norman Bates, Nurse Ratched and Anton Chigurh as one of the...
Lagniappe: an unserious blog (Free subscription) | 07/22/2008
... did not. Indeed, it's the scariest movie villain since... well, since November and Javier Bardem's Anton Chigurh. And that's the thing. There's a lot that's good here, but nothing groundbreaking, and a lot that is just passable. Threads of the plot just disappear. (A big to-do is made when Eric Roberts's character betrays the Joker's location to police, who get ready to storm the...
