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2008’s films ranked

This ranking includes only new theatrical releases viewed for the awards year of 2008. Links go to my review. Numbers after each entry are Date First Viewed/NYC Release Date; year is 2008 unless otherwise noted.


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green for go worth paying multiplex prices for

In Bruges (01.31/02.08)
Cloverfield (01.15/01.18)
4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days (01.03/01.25)
The Visitor (04.08/04.11)
Definitely, Maybe (02.07/02.14)
Stop-Loss (03.25/03.28)
Caramel (01.09/02.01)
Teeth (01.07/01.18)
Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day (02.13/03.07)
Iron Man (04.28/05.02)
The Fall (05.06/05.09)
Four Minutes (Vier Minuten) (04.23/04.18)
Son of Rambow (04.17/05.02)
Where in the World Is Osama Bin Laden? (04.08/04.18)
Street Kings (04.10/04.11)
The Forbidden Kingdom (04.09/04.18)
The Other Boleyn Girl (02.06/02.29)
The Band’s Visit (01.28/02.08)
Chicago 10 (01.29/02.29)
Chop Shop (02.14/02.27)
The Bank Job (02.11/03.07)
Before the Rains (03.25/05.09)
Vince Vaughn’s Wild West Comedy Show (01.09/02.08)
Taxi to the Dark Side (01.03/01.18)
Charlie Bartlett (07.17.07/02.22)
The Business of Being Born (01.03/01.09)
The Babysitters (05.05/05.09)
Run, Fat Boy, Run (08.28.07/03.28)
The Spiderwick Chronicles (02.14/02.14)
How She Move (01.22/01.25)
Under the Same Moon (03.04/03.19)
Expelled: No Intelligence Allowed (04.08/04.18)

yellow for maybe worth seeing, but wait for DVD, unless your favorite actor is in it

Sputnik Mania (01.28/03.14)
Constantine’s Sword (05.06/04.18)
Penelope (02.25/02.29)
Be Kind Rewind (02.13/02.22)
Noise (05.06/05.09)
Smart People (04.07/04.11)
CJ7 (02.25/03.07)
The Signal (01.24/02.22)
Snow Angels (02.20/03.07)
Mad Money (01.10/01.18)
Sleepwalking (03.06/03.14)
Flawless (02.20/03.28)
City of Men (01.07/02.29)
Paranoid Park (03.03/03.07)
Vantage Point (02.19/02.22)
21 (03.20/03.28)
Cassandra’s Dream (12.12.07/01.18)
Up the Yangtze (03.19/04.25)
Jumper (02.11/02.14)
George A. Romero’s Diary of the Dead (01.30/02.15)
Married Life (02.25/03.07)

red for stop give it a miss

Chapter 27 (03.19/03.28)
Made of Honor (04.25/05.02)
Untraceable (01.10/01.25)
Fool’s Gold (01.22/02.08)
The Killing of John Lennon (05.02.07/01.02)
Redbelt (04.07/05.02)
Rambo (01.23/01.25)
Forgetting Sarah Marshall (04.14/04.18)
The Pirates Who Don’t Do Anything: A VeggieTales Movie (01.05/01.11)
27 Dresses (01.03/01.18)
Baby Mama (04.16/04.25)
Semi-Pro (02.27/02.29)
The Air I Breathe (01.10/01.25)
The Eye (02.01/02.01)
Dr. Seuss’ Horton Hears a Who! (03.08/03.14)
Tyler Perry’s Meet the Browns (03.21/03.23)
Heartbeat Detector (02.27/03.14)
Speed Racer (05.01/05.09)
First Sunday (01.08/01.11)
Over Her Dead Body (01.29/02.01)
A Previous Engagement (05.05/05.09)
Welcome Home Roscoe Jenkins (01.23/02.08)
10,000 B.C. (03.05/03.07)


who I am


I'm MaryAnn Johanson: geek goddess, film critic, and Generation Xer. I'm a writer and ponderer in New York City who drinks too much wine and thinks way too much about such inconsequences as movies, TV, books, and the meaning of life.
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