For Our New Readers from American Movie Classics

We sure do appreciate the fact that AMC has made us the "Site of the Week." With all the new eyeballs checking us out, we offer up this retrospective of last year's Oscar nominees and what treatment they got at the hands of our critics. In a lot of ways, the Oscars and other awards shows are really the Ultimate Smackdown, although a little cluttered for our tastes, given our preference for mano-a-mano film-on-film violence. Just click on the link above each picture to read the full-on Smack...

NO COUNTRY FOR OLD MEN -vs- FARGO

Review by Mark Sanchez

THERE WILL BE BLOOD -vs- GANGS OF NEW YORK

Review by Mark Sanchez

MICHAEL CLAYTON -vs- THE RAINMAKER

Review by Randal Cohen

JUNO -vs- KNOCKED UP

Review by Sloane Hayes Skala

ATONEMENT -vs- THE KITE RUNNER

Review by Bryce Zabel

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