TOP 10:
1) JCVD (Mabrouk El Mechri)2) Che (Steven Soderbergh)
3) Let The Right One In (Tomas Alfredson)
4) Speed Racer (Andy Wachowski; Larry Wachowski)
5) Wendy and Lucy (Kelly Reichardt)
6) My Winnipeg (Guy Maddin)
7) Slumdog Millionaire (Danny Boyle; Loveleen Tandan)
8) Hellboy II: The Golden Army (Guillermo del Toro)
9) WALL-E (Andrew Stanton)
10) Une Catastrophe (Jean-Luc Godard)
Where I Would Have Placed Still Life (Jia Zhang-ke) Had I Not Seen It In 2007: Top 3
HONORABLE MENTIONS (in alphabetical order)
Iron Man (Jon Favreau)
Journey to the Center of the Earth 3D (Eric Brevig)
Man on Wire (James Marsh)
The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor (Rob Cohen)
Paranoid Park (Gus Van Sant)
Rambo (Sylvester Stallone)
Shine A Light (Martin Scorsese)
Vicky Christina Barcelona (Woody Allen)
W. (Oliver Stone)
You Don't Mess with the Zohan (Dennis Dugan)
UNFORTUNATELY UNSEEN
The Flight of the Red Balloon (Hou Hsiao-hsien)
Gomorrah (Matteo Garrone)
Happy-Go-Lucky (Mike Leigh)
Milk (Gus Van Sant)
Rachel Getting Married (Jonathan Demme)
Sparrow (Johnnie To)
INTENTIONALLY UNMENTIONED
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (David Fincher)
The Dark Knight (Christopher Nolan)
Synecdoche, New York (Charlie Kaufman)
The Wrestler (Darren Aronofsky)
MALE PERFORMANCES OF THE YEAR:
1) Jean-Claude Van Damme (JCVD)
2) Clint Eastwood (Gran Torino)
3) Benicio Del Toro (Che)
4) Josh Brolin (W.)
5) Mickey Rourke (The Wrestler)
FEMALE PERFORMANCES OF THE YEAR
1) Michelle Williams (Wendy and Lucy)
2) Penelope Cruz (Vicky Christina Barcelona)
3) Samantha Morton (Synecdoche, New York)
4) Lina Leandersson (Let the Right One In)
5) Ann Savage (My Winnipeg)
MOST DISAPPOINTING FILM OF THE YEAR
Quantum of Solace (Marc Forester)
Runner-up:
Pineapple Express (David Gordon Green)
MOST DISASTROUS FILM OF THE YEAR
The Happening (M. Night Shyamalan)
BEST TRAILERS OF THE YEAR
1) Pineapple Express
2) W.
3) JCVD
MOST PLEASANT SURPRISES
1) Hellboy II: The Golden Army
2) Speed Racer
3) Beverly Hills Chihuahua (Raja Gosnell)
PERSONAL DISCOVERY OF LONG-LOST MASTERPIECES
1) Los Angeles Plays Itself (Thom Andersen; 2003)
2) The Last Movie (Dennis Hopper; 1971)
3) Make Way for Tomorrow (Leo McCarey; 1937)
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