John-Wright.Net header image 4

‘No Country’ cleans up at the Oscars

February 25th, 2008 · 3 Comments

The 80th Academy Awards ceremony yielded its highest honours to my favourite film of 2007, the Coen Brothers’ No Country For Old Men:
Joel and Ethan Coen’s No Country for Old Men, considered the frontrunner going into the ceremony, lived up to expectations, racking up a leading four Oscars: Best Picture, Best Director, Best Adapted Screenplay […]

[Read more →]

Tags: Film

Thought for the Week - The Vice of Animal Rights

February 25th, 2008 · 9 Comments

I get a little nervous around vegetarians. They’re like people with Tourettes syndrome: you never quite know what nonsense they’re going to blurt at any given moment, and you can only hope it doesn’t happen in earshot of other people who might think you’re with them. I’ve had the pleasure of knowing a number of […]

[Read more →]

Tags: Ethics · Stephen Graham