#191: Top 10 Films of 2007

Adam

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

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

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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

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

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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

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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)

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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

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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

#186: Time Travel Movies

adam

1. Terminator 1/T2

2. Donnie Darko

3. Primer

4. The Final Countdown/Peggy Sue Got Married

5. Planet of the Apes (‘86)

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matty

1. Terminator 2

2. Back to the Future

3. Time Bandits

4. Time After Time

5. The Final Countdown

#185: Coen Brother Scenes

adam

1. RAISING ARIZONA — Diaper Robbery

2. MILLER’S CROSSING — Look into your heart

3. BLOOD SIMPLE — End sequence

4. THE BIG LEBOWSKI — Limousine

5. FARGO — Mike Yanagita

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matty

1. MiLLER’S CROSSING — Danny Boy assassination try

2. NO COUNTRY FOR OLD MEN — Eagles Nest Hotel

3. RAISING ARIZONA — Diaper robbery

4. FARGO — Opening/closing scenes

5. BLOOD SIMPLE — End sequence

#184: 'Me Decade' Movies

adam

1. The Last King of Scotland

2. Zodiac

3. Munich

4. Velvet Goldmine

5. The Hoax

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6. Hedonism/‘No-Brainers’

7. Almost Famous

8. Drugstore Cowboy

9. Boogie Nights

10. Dazed and Confused

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matty

1. The Ice Storm

2. Outside Providence

3. When We Were Kings

4. Dazed and Confused

5. Munich

#183: Actor-Turned-Director Debuts

adam

1. Ordinary People

2. Henry V

3. In the Bedroom

4. Buffalo ‘66

5. Bob Roberts

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matty

1. This Is Spinal Tap

2. Night of the Hunter

3. Hedwig and the Angry Inch

4. Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice

5. Dances With Wolves