By:
Emily Christianson
January 07, 2009 4:07pm EST
The Coen brothers could be adding a third Writers Guild of America Award to their impressive trophy case next month if they can nab another for best original screenplay for Burn After Reading. The WGA, who announced their nominees today, presented Joel and Ethan Coen with best adapted screenplay last year for No Country for Old Men and best original screenplay in 1997 for Fargo.
Will Smith and a great cast are unfortunately not enough to make Hancock anything more than a soaring disappointment in this summer’s superhero movie sweepstakes.
Anyone with a dysfunctional family (admit it, that’s every one of us) will find something to laugh--and maybe cry--about in the quirky comedy King of California.