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year in review

best of 2007: breakthrough filmmaker, breakthrough performer

Tue, Feb 19, 2008
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The Oscars are barrelling down on us — the ceremony is this coming Sunday, February 24 — so it’s time to close out Movie Year 2007. Between now and Friday, I’ll share with you my own picks for the bests of the year, plus my predictions for Oscar night. After the jump, the top 5 … more…

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totally quotable! 2007: ‘There Will Be Blood,’ ‘No Country for Old Men’ quotes, and many more

Wed, Jan 02, 2008
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Plus new quotes from Honeydripper, P.S. I Love You, Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story, Charlie Wilson’s War, What Would Jesus Buy?, The Kite Runner, Alvin and the Chipmunks, I’m Not There, Enchanted, Fred Claus, Lions for Lambs, and Mr. Magorium’s Wonder Emporium…

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say what? 2007: ‘The Perfect Holiday’ quote

Wed, Jan 02, 2008
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New quotes from ‘The Perfect Holiday’…

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2008’s films ranked

Wed, Jan 02, 2008
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I rank 2008’s theatrical releases on the fly…

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counting down the best films of 2006: No. 1, ‘The Science of Sleep’

Wed, Apr 04, 2007
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WHY IS THIS THE BEST FILM OF THE YEAR?: When you see more than 200 movies every year, you see the same stories and the same characters over and over and over again, and the capacity of a film to surprise becomes infinitely more important. No film astonished and delighted — and surprised — me … more…

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counting down the best films of 2006: No. 2, ‘Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan’

Wed, Apr 04, 2007
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WHY IS THIS ONE OF THE BEST FILMS OF THE YEAR?: Even moreso than the TV version of Borat pushed TV boundaries, this film challenges our perceptions of what a film can do, what a film should do. In an arena in which art is necessarily secondary to commerce, Sacha Baron Cohen proved that making … more…

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counting down the best films of 2006: No. 3, ‘Children of Men’

Wed, Apr 04, 2007
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WHY IS THIS ONE OF THE BEST FILMS OF THE YEAR?: Current culture-wide fears and neuroses get transferred to a horrifying dystopian near future, and in the process, force us to recognize and reconsider how those fears and neuroses are at play in the here and now. For all its science-fictional setting and premise, this … more…

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counting down the best films of 2006: No. 4, ‘Stranger Than Fiction’

Wed, Apr 04, 2007
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WHY IS THIS ONE OF THE BEST FILMS OF THE YEAR?: The remarkable combination of intense, intricate intellectualism and warm, grounded human emotion is so rare, and cause for celebration when it comes along. I can’t remember the last time I was so deeply affected by a film that so tickled my brain. BUT IT … more…

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counting down the best films of 2006: No. 5, ‘The Departed’

Wed, Apr 04, 2007
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WHY IS THIS ONE OF THE BEST FILMS OF THE YEAR?: A cast and crew at the absolute top of their games — including some you never thought could play in this league — create a tough, gritty, funny, thrilling, pure-popcorn adrenaline rush. Movies that are Important and Meaningful and have Something To Say are … more…

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counting down the best films of 2006: No. 6, ‘The Queen’

Wed, Apr 04, 2007
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WHY IS THIS ONE OF THE BEST FILMS OF THE YEAR?: Helen Mirren turns in one of the greatest performances in cinematic history as the reigning queen of England, Elizabeth II, taking a woman who not only doesn’t come across as warm and sympathetic, she doesn’t even seem human … and Mirren humanizes her, makes … more…

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