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Filtering by Category: 2007

#268: Food Movies

Adam

1. Big Night

2. Food Inc./Fast Food Nation

3. The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover

4. Soylent Green

5. Ratatouille


matty

1. Babette’s Feast

2. Julie & Julia/Ratatouille

3. The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover

4. Fried Green Tomatoes

5. Scotland, PA

#241: 2008 Blowout

Worst of the year

matty

1. Bloodline
2. The Happening
3. The Love Guru
4. Jumper
5. In the Name of the King

ADAM

1. Hounddog
2. The Happening
3. Savage Grace
4. Sex and the City
5. Speed Racer

Overrated

MATTY

1. Iron Man

ADAM

1. Slumdog Millionaire
2. Frost/Nixon
3. The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
4. The Visitor
5. The Dark Knight

Underrated

MATTY

1. Speed Racer
2. Role Models

ADAM

1. American Teen
2. Che
3. Lakeview Terrace
4. Valkyrie
5. Seven Pounds

discoveries/Surprises

MATTY

1. Rosmarie DeWitt, RACHEL GETTING MARRIED
2. Eddie Marsan, HAPPY-GO-LUCKY
3. Tarsem Singh, THE FALL
4. Russell Brand, FORGETTING SARAH MARSHALL

ADAM

1. Sally Hawkins, HAPPY-GO-LUCKY
2. VICKY CRISTINA BARCELONA
3. Anne Hathaway/Rosemarie DeWitt, RACHEL GETTING MARRIED
4. David Harbour, REVOLUTIONARY ROAD and Catinca Untaru, THE FALL
5. Mila Kunis, FORGETTING SARAH MARSHALL


Disappointments

MATTY

1. Miracle at St. Anna
2. W.
3. The Day the Earth Stood Still
4. Burn After Reading
5. Step Brothers

ADAM

1. Standard Operating Procedures
2. Frost/Nixon
3. Burn After Reading
4. Appaloosa
5. Miracle at St. Anna

most annoying performances

MATTY

1. Jude Law and Norah Jones, MY BLUEBERRY NIGHTS
2. Thandie Newton, W.
3. Amy Adams, DOUBT
4. John Malkovich, THE CHANGELING

ADAM

1. Thandie Newton, W.
2. Mark Wahlberg, THE HAPPENING
3. Supporting cast, GRAN TORINO
4. Brad Pitt, THE CURIOUS CASE OF BENJAMIN BUTTON
5. Emile Hirsch, SPEED RACER / MILK

best date movies

MATTY

1. Tell No One
2. Slumdog Millionaire
3. In Search of a Midnight Kiss
4. Happy-Go-Luck

ADAM

1. Wall-E
2. Slumdog Millionaire
3. Forgetting Sarah Marshall
4. Young@Heart
5. The Band’s Visit

worst date movies

MATTY

1. Funny Games
2. Lakeview Terrace
3. Vicky Cristina Barcelona

ADAM

1. Hunger
2. Funny Games
3. Synecdoche, New York
4. Savage Grace
5. Revolutionary Road

best male frontal nudity

JOINT PICKS

1. Jason Segel, FORGETTING SARAH MARSHALL
2. David Kross, THE READER
3. Michael Fassbender, HUNGER

#192: Top 5 2007 Blowout

Worst of the year

matty

#5: Transformers
#4: Fracture
#3: Goya’s Ghosts
#2: Across the Universe
#1: Smokin’ Aces

ADAM

#4: Transformers
#3: Year of the Dog
#2: Pirates of the Caribbean 3
#1: Hounddog


Overrated

MATTY

#3: Black Snake Moan
#2: The Host
#1: Savages

ADAM

#5: Sweeney Todd
#4: Ratatouille
#3: Michael Clayton
#2: The Host
#1: The Savages

Underrated

MATTY

#4: Color Me Kubrick
#3: The Hoax
#2: Breach
#1: The Italian

ADAM

#5: Shoot ‘Em Up
#4: The Mist
#3: Youth Without Youth
#2: Sunshine
#1: Black Snake Moan

discoveries/Surprises

MATTY

Sarah Polley, AWAY FROM HER
Michael Moore, SICKO
Susanne Bier, AFTER THE WEDDING
Diablo Cody, JUNO
Shane Meadows, THIS IS ENGLAND

ADAM

Marie-Josée Croze, THE DIVING BELL AND THE BUTTERFLY
Amy Ryan, GONE BABY GONE
J.C. Fresnadillo, 28 WEEKS LATER
Andrew Wagner, STARTING OUT IN THE EVENING
Cristian Mungiu, 4 MONTHS, 3 WEEKS, 2 DAYS
Shane Meadows, THIS IS ENGLAND
Irrfan Khan, THE NAMESAKE
Gordon Pinset, AWAY FROM HER

Disappointments

MATTY

#4: Music and Lyrics
#3: The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford
#2: Bee Movie
#1: The Darjeeling Limited

ADAM

#5: American Gangster
#4: Redacted
#3: Fracture
#2: Across the Universe
#1: Before the Devil Knows You’re Dead

BEst documentaries

MATTY

#5: In the Shadow of the Moon
#4: An Unreasonable Man
#3: Air Guitar Nation
#2: Lake of Fire
#1: The King of Kong

ADAM

#5: My Kid Could Paint That
#4: Joe Strummer: The Future is Unwritten
#3: Sicko/No End in Sight
#2: Lake of Fire
#1: The King of Kong

most annoying performances

MATTY

#4: Jonah Hill, WALK HARD
#3: Topher Grace, SPIDER-MAN 3
#2: John Travolta, HAIRSPRAY
#1: The entire cast of SOUTHLAND TALES

ADAM

#5: Roger Bart, AMERICAN GANGSTER
Jordan Ladd, DEATH PROOF
#4: Jake Gyllenhaal/Reese Witherspoon, RENDITION
#3: Laura Linney, THE SAVAGES
#2: Ethan Hawke, BEFORE THE DEVIL KNOWS YOU’RE DEAD
#1: Joaquin Phoenix, WE OWN THE NIGHT

best date movies

MATTY

#5: I Want Someone to Eat Cheese With
#4: Starter for 10
#3: Jane Austen Book Club
#2: Once
#1: Dan in Real Life

ADAM

#5: Stardust
#4: Waitress
#3: Juno
#2: Atonement
#1: Once

worst date movies

MATTY

#5: Margot at the Wedding
#4: Crazy Love
#3: 2 Days in Paris
#2: After the Wedding
#1: 300

ADAM

#5: 300
#4: Rescue Dawn
#3: Lust, Caution
#2: Margot at the Wedding
#1: I Shoot ‘Em Up

best male frontal nudity

JOINT PICKS

#4: Some guy — WALK HARD
#3: Jean-Louis Coullo’ch — LADY CHATTERLEY’S LOVER
#2: Viggo Mortensen — EASTERN PROMISES
#1: Bart Simpson — THE SIMPSONS MOVIE

#191: Top 10 Films of 2007

Adam

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1. No Country for Old Men
2. Atonement
3. The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
4. Zodiac
5. Juno
6. There Will Be Blood
7. Once
8. The Bourne Ultimatum
9. Death Proof
10. The King of Kong

Matty

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1. The Wind That Shakes the Barley
2. No Country for Old Men
3. Juno
4. This Is England
5. After the Wedding
6. The Lives of Others
7. Once
8. Into the Wild
9. The Namesake
10. The King of Kong


Michael Phillips 

1. Once
2. The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
3. 4 Months, 3 Weeks, 2 Days
4. Ratatouille
5. There Will Be Blood
6. No End in Sight
7. Margot at the Wedding
8. The Bourne Ultimatum
9. The Assassination of Jesse James...
10. Knocked Up

Guest #1 Films

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Sam Van Hallgren
Rescue Dawn

Matt Singer, IFC News
No Country for Old Men

Steve Prokopy, Ain't It Cool News
No Country for Old Men

Rian Johnson, "Brick" Writer/Director
The Assassination of Jesse James...

#190: Lead Performances of 2007

adam

1. Elliot Page — JUNO

Frank Lengella — STARTING OUT IN THE EVENING

2. Kurt Russell — DEATH PROOF

Marie Josée Croze — DIVING BELL AND THE BUTTERFLY

3. Irrfan Khan — THE NAMESAKE

Tabu — THE NAMESAKE

4. Hal Holbrook — INTO THE WILD

Amy Ryan — GONE BABY GONE

5. Ben Foster — 3:10 TO YUMA

Lauren Ambrose — STARTING OUT IN THE EVENING


matty

1. Elliot Page — JUNO

Gorden Pinset — AWAY FROM HER

2. Tang Wei — LUST, CAUTION

Rolf Lassgård — AFTER THE WEDDING

3. Julie Christie — AWAY FROM HER

Richard Gere — THE HOAX

4. Sidse Babett Knudsen — AFTER THE WEDDING

Ulrich Mühe — THE LIVES OF OTHERS

5. Nikki Blonsky — HAIRSPRAY

Honorable Mention:

Pierce Brosnan — SERAPHIM

#189: Supporting Performances of 2007

adam

1. Javier Bardem — NO COUNTRY FOR OLD MEN

Cate Blanchett — I’M NOT THERE

2. Kurt Russell — DEATH PROOF

Marie Josée Croze — DIVING BELL AND THE BUTTERFLY

3. Irrfan Khan — THE NAMESAKE

Tabu — THE NAMESAKE

4. Hal Holbrook — INTO THE WILD

Amy Ryan — GONE BABY GONE

5. Ben Foster — 3:10 TO YUMA

Lauren Ambrose — STARTING OUT IN THE EVENING


matty

1. Javier Bardem — NO COUNTRY FOR OLD MEN

Cate Blanchett — I’M NOT THERE

2. J.K. Simmons — JUNO

Allison Janney — JUNO

3. Toby Kebbell — CONTROL

Samantha Morton — CONTROL

4. Garret Dillahunt and Paul Schneider — ASSASSINATION OF JESSE JAMES BY THE COWARD ROBERT FORD

Charlotte Gainsborough — I’M NOT THERE

5. Gene Jones — NO COUNTRY FOR OLD MEN

Jill Quigg — GONE BABY GONE

#188: DVDs of 2007

adam

1. Rio Bravo (Two-Disc)

2. Days of Heaven — Criterion

3. Death Proof — Extended and Unrated

4. Knocked Up — Extended and Unrated

5. Shortbus (Unrated Edition)


matty

1. SNL: Season Two

2. Revenge of the Nerds: Panty Raid Edition

3. Blade Runner: The Final Cut

4. Under the Volcano — Criterion

5. Caligula: Imperial Edition


Boxed Sets

1. Twin Peaks: Gold Box Edition

2. Viva Pedro — Almodovar Collection

3. Stanley Kubrick — Warner Directors Series

4. Sergio Leone Anthology

5. Blade Runner: The Final Cut


 
 

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