No Country for Eric and Ernie

Paul Stassino in No Country

Due to life's numerous swivels, bumps and u-turns, I only got to see No Country for Old Men for the first time yesterday. Damn shame, as I bloody enjoyed it, and it's the best non-animated movie I've received from my new-ish LoveFilm account.

Javier Bardem in That Riviera Touch

But I can't decide if I like it better than the original: That Riviera Touch starring old-time TV favourites and British national icons, Morecambe and Wise. The Cohen brothers remake sets the action in America rather than France, and Josh Brolin's character isn't a traffic warden like Eric and Ern, but otherwise, the story of Eric Morecambe finding a bag of money belonging to criminals and being pursued by both them and the police remain the same.

Next, the Cohens are planning a version of (eighties TV double act and erstwhile Christian evangelists) Cannon and Ball's The Boys in Blue, moving the action from the English countryside to Douglas County, Nebraska, and starring Benicio Del Toro and Viggo Mortenson.