The Oscars will be a showdown between a coldblooded killer and a coldblooded tycoon.
"No Country for Old Men," the Coen brothers' film about a brutal killer and a laconic sheriff pursuing a man across the scrub of West Texas, is up for eight nominations at the 80th Academy Awards on Sunday, including best picture, best director and best supporting actor (Javier Bardem).
That is a tie with "There Will Be Blood," Paul Thomas Anderson's movie about the rise of an oil tycoon, which received nominations for best picture, best director and best actor (Daniel Day-Lewis).
"No Country" started attracting praise and attention from the moment it debuted at the Cannes Film Festival in May.
"Cormac McCarthy's bracing and brilliant novel is gold for the Coen brothers," Variety's Todd McCarthy wrote at the time. "[The] result is one of their very best films, a bloody classic of its type." 
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