#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

#182: Performances by Musicians Turned Actors

adam

1. Kris Kristofferson — LONE STAR/PAT GARRETT AND BILLY THE KID

2. Frank Sinatra — THE MAN WITH THE GOLDEN ARM

3. Tom Waits — DOWN BY LAW

4. Dwight Yoakam — PANIC ROOM/SLING BLADE

5. Levon Helm — COAL MINER’S DAUGHTER

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matty

1. Bing Crosby — THE COUNTRY GIRL

2. Jason Schwartzman — RUSHMORE

3. Will Smith — ALI

4. Jimmy Cliff — THE HARDER THEY COME

5. Will Oldham — OLD JOY

#181: Chicago Movies

Joint picks: ‘obvious’*

1. Ferris Bueller’s Day Off

2. The Blues Brothers

3. High Fidelity

4. The Untouchables

5. The Fugitive

*Shot/set in the city, not suburbs

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joint picks: ‘overlooked’

1. Call Northside 777

2. Medium Cool

3. Thief

4. Raisin in the Sun

5. Hoop Dreams