A blogger took issue with “No Country for Young Men,” the headline for my profile of LB novelist David Hernandez. In a Sunday post, Mr. Nice Guy declares it “time to retire the cliche “there will be …” and “no country for …” constructs. they’ve both been done to death.”
I wrote him back, gingerly:
“As the [...]

Okay, let’s just call the Oscars now and give “There Will Be Blood” the Best Actor (Daniel Day-Lewis) and Best Cinematography awards–and give “No Country For Old Men” Best Picture of the year.
Why? Not because Javier Bardem is so cute with his Beatle bob–NCFOM is a better picture. Because it’s about people.
NCFOM is the lesser [...]