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#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


 
 

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