2007

December

• There Will Be Blood*.....A+
• Lars and the Real Girl*.....A
• Juno (second viewing, DVD screener)*.....A-
• Osamu Tezuka's Metropolis (DVD) (second viewing).....A-

November

• Oceans Thirteen* (DVD).....B-
• Days of Heaven (Criterion DVD)*.....A+
• The Golden Compass*.....C+
• Juno*....B
• 3:10 to Yuma*.....B+
• The Namesake* (DVD).....B+
• Margot at the Wedding*.....B
• Becket* (DVD)......(still deciding)
• I'm Not There*.....B+
• The Savages*.....A-
• Into the Wild*.....B+
• The Wind that Shakes the Barley* (DVD).....A-
• Diggers* (DVD).....B+

October

• Invisibles.....A-
• Unforgiven.....A+
• The Devil Came on Horseback*.....A
• Norma Rae*.....A-
• Bella*.....B+
• No Country for Old Men.....A
• The Lookout* (DVD).....B+
• Dan in Real Life*.....B+
• Mostly Martha (DVD)*....A-
• Raising Arizona (DVD).....A+
• The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford*.....A-

September

• Eastern Promises*.....C+
• Offside*.....B+
• This is England*.....A-
• No End in Sight*......A

August

• La Vie en Rose*......A-
• In the Valley of Elah*......B
• The Simpsons Movie*.....B+
• Perfume: The Story of a Murderer* (DVD).....B+
• The Unbelievable Truth (seen it many times).....A+
• The Simpsons Movie*.....B+
• The Bourne Ultimatum*.....B

July

• Once*.....A-
• Paprika*.....A
• Sweet Land*.....A-
• Harry Potter and the Oh, Never Mind, I Don't Care*......C+
• The Prestige (second viewing).....B+
• Miller's Crossing (DVD).....A

June

• Nacho Libre*(DVD).....B-
• Evening*.....C+
• Away from Her*.....A-
• Ratatouille*.....A

May

• Waitress*.....B+
• Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End*.....C

April

• The Host*…..B+
• Spider-man 3* ..... B
• Steven Wright: When the Leaves Blow Away (DVD).....B+
• Deep Cover (televised) .....B
• Jindabyne*.....A-
• Blood Diamond* (DVD).....B-
• The Sacrifice* (DVD).....A
• Hot Fuzz*......B
• Grindhouse*......C+
• Into Great Silence.....A
• The Departed (DVD).....A-
• The Science of Sleep (DVD).....A-

March

• Into Great Silence* (DVD screener).....A
• Lantana (DVD, fourth viewing).....A
• Heaven* (DVD).....B+
• The Departed (DVD, second viewing).....B+
• The Lives of Others* .....A
• Lady in the Water (DVD, second viewing)....C+
• Nobody's Fool (DVD).....A+
• Breach*.....B
• When the Levees Broke* (DVD)....A

February

• My Neighbor Totoro (DVD).....A
• Zodiac* .....A-
• Children of Men* (third viewing).....A

January

• Amazing Grace*.....B
• God Grew Tired of Us*.....A-
• Jane Eyre* (Parts 1 and 2, Masterpiece Theater, TV).....B+
• The Descent*(DVD).....C+
• Inland Empire* (special screening and Q&A with David Lynch).....B+
• Beauty and the Beast (La Belle et Le Bette)* (Criterion DVD).....A
• The Black Dahlia*(DVD).....B
• Little Miss Sunshine (second viewing, DVD).....A-
• For Your Consideration*.....B Hilarious, as always, with impressive turns by Catherine O'Hara, Harry Shearer, and Parker Posey. About as enjoyable as A Mighty Wind, but not nearly as original or clever as Waiting for Guffman or Best in Show.
• James and the Giant Peach (DVD, third viewing).....C+
• The Death of Mr. Lazrescu* (DVD).....A