Monday, January 21, 2008

Best of 2007 and Oscar Nominations

Tomorrow morning the Oscar nominations are announced. In that spirit, I am reissuing my Oscar nominations and my updated top 25 film list for 2007 (and asking Doc and Priest to give at least their top 10 in a separate post):

Top 25 Films of 2007:
1. There Will Be Blood
2. No Country For Old Men
3. Before the Devil Knows You're Dead
4. Michael Clayton
5. Once
Click below for the rest of the list and my Oscar nominations.
6. 3:10 to Yuma
7. The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford
8. Knocked Up
9. Charlie Wilson's War
10. The Bourne Ultimatum
11. King of Kong
12. I'm Not There
13. Zodiac
14. Gone Baby Gone
15. American Gangster
16. Lars and the Real Girl
17. Rescue Dawn
18. Atonement
19. Juno
20. Away From Her
21. Sicko
22. Things We Lost in the Fire
23. Eastern Promises
24. Sunshine
25. Into The Wild

Oscar Nominations:


Best Picture:
There Will Be Blood
No Country For Old Men
Before the Devil Knows You're Dead
Michael Clayton
Once

Best Director:
Paul Thomas Anderson (There Will Be Blood)
Joel and Ethan Coen (No Country For Old Men)
Sidney Lumet (Before the Devil...)
John Carney (Once)
Andrew Dominik (Assassination of Jesse James...)

Click below for the rest of the list-
Best Actor:
Daniel Day-Lewis (There Will Be Blood)
George Clooney (Michael Clayton)
Philip Seymour Hoffman (Before the Devil...)
Josh Brolin (No Country For Old Men)
Benicio Del Toro (Things We Lost in the Fire)

Best Actress:
Julie Christie (Away From Her)
Marion Cotillard (La Vie En Rose)(on Priest's review)
Ellen Page (Juno)
Nicole Kidman (Margot at the Wedding)
Marketa Irglova (Once)

Best Supporting Actor:
Javier Bardem (No Country For Old Men)
Tommy Lee Jones (No Country For Old Men)
Casey Affleck (Assassination of Jesse James)
Philip Seymour Hoffman (Charlie Wilson's War)
Steve Zahn (Rescue Dawn)

Best Supporting Actress:
Marisa Tomei (Devil Knows You're Dead)
Kelly MacDonald (No Country For Old Men)
Amy Ryan (Gone Baby Gone)
Tilda Swinton (Michael Clayton)
Cate Blanchett (I'm Not There)

Original Screenplay:
Lars and the Real Girl
I'm Not There
Juno
Once
Michael Clayton

Adapted Screenplay:
No Country For Old Men
There Will Be Blood
Charlie Wilson's War
American Gangster

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