2007 Films Reviewed

2007! Wedged between a surfeit of blogs and an excellence of Sicinskis, our hero approaches his 11th anniversary with trepidation. How much longer can "Theo's Century of Movies" laugh its fine carefree laugh at the vagaries of changing times? The flame sputters, joints begin to creak. Fingers at the keyboard tap a little slower, falter and curl arthritically. Mother of mercy! Is this the end of Little Rico?    

Meanwhile here's the 2007 Films Ranked by Rating as well as the part that explains what it all means. Don't worry folks, we'll make it through another year (at least)...

(V) = film seen only on video

(TIFF) = film seen (or first seen) at the Toronto Film Festival

(ThIFF) = film seen (or first seen) at the Thessaloniki Film Festival

(CFF) = film seen (or first seen) at the Cannes Film Festival 

• ACROSS THE UNIVERSE (V) (51)
• ALEXANDRA (TIFF) (45)
• ALL IS FORGIVEN (V) (76)
• AMERICAN GANGSTER (54)
• AND ALONG COME TOURISTS (ThIFF) (46)
• ANGEL (TIFF) (58)
• ANO UNA (V) (67)
• LA ANTENA (50)
• AQUA TEEN HUNGER FORCE COLON MOVIE FILM FOR THEATERS (V) (65)
• THE ASSASSINATION OF JESSE JAMES BY THE COWARD ROBERT FORD (TIFF) (77) (second viewing: 83)
• THE ASTRONAUT FARMER (V) (45)
• ATONEMENT (48)
• AWAY FROM HER (V) (56)
• THE BAND'S VISIT (TIFF) (38)
• THE BANISHMENT (71)
• BEE MOVIE (52)
• BEFORE I FORGET (TIFF) (59)
• BEFORE THE DEVIL KNOWS YOU'RE DEAD (57) (second viewing: 62)
• BEOWULF (63)
• BIG MAN JAPAN (V) (48)
• BILLY THE KID (V) (56)
• BLACK SNAKE MOAN (V) (43)
• BLADES OF GLORY (V) (55)
• BLIND MOUNTAIN (V) (37)
• THE BOURNE ULTIMATUM (70)
• THE BRAVE ONE (55)
• BRIDGE TO TERABITHIA (V) (48)
• THE BUCKET LIST (48)
• BUG (CFF) (69)
• CALIFORNIA DREAMIN' (ENDLESS) (ThIFF) (39)
• CAPTIVITY (V) (46)
• CARAMEL (56)
• CARGO 200 (ThIFF) (54)
• CASSANDRA'S DREAM (61)
• CHARLIE WILSON'S WAR (67)
• CHOP SHOP (TIFF) (62)
• CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS, THE ENIGMA (TIFF) (42)
• CLEANER (TIFF) (44)
• COCHOCHI (TIFF) (65)
• CONTROL (V) (51)
• CORROBOREE (TIFF) (58)
• THE COUNTERFEITERS (V) (61)
• CRASHING (V) (68)
• THE DARJEELING LIMITED (V) (66)
• DARKBLUEALMOSTBLACK (50)
• DAY WATCH (36)
• DAYS AND CLOUDS (TIFF) (67)
• DEATH AT A FUNERAL (55)
• DESERT DREAM (V) (54)
• DIARY OF THE DEAD (TIFF) (70)
• DISTURBIA (66)
• THE DIVING-BELL AND THE BUTTERFLY (TIFF) (55)
• DON'T TOUCH THE AXE (THE DUCHESS OF LANGEAIS) (TIFF) (64)
• DR. PLONK (TIFF) (66)
• EASTERN PROMISES (TIFF) (63)
• EAT, FOR THIS IS MY BODY (V) (57)
• THE EDGE OF HEAVEN (TIFF) (53)
• EDUART (50)
• EL GRECO (42)
• ELIZABETH: THE GOLDEN AGE (38)
• ENCHANTED (67)
• ENCOUNTERS AT THE END OF THE WORLD (TIFF) (63)
• EVAN ALMIGHTY (38)
• EX DRUMMER (V) (64)
• FANTASTIC FOUR: RISE OF THE SILVER SURFER (50)
• FEAST OF LOVE (V) (52)
• FIDO (V) (52)
• FLIGHT OF THE RED BALLOON (V) (74)
• FOUR MINUTES (58)
• 4 MONTHS, 3 WEEKS AND 2 DAYS (61)
• FRACTURE (68) 
• LA FRANCE (V) (47)
• THE GAME PLAN (43)
• GARAGE (TIFF) (57)
• A GENTLE BREEZE IN THE VILLAGE (V) (68)
• GEORGIA RULE (31)
• A GIRL CUT IN TWO (TIFF) (42)
• GO GO TALES (V) (59)
• THE GO MASTER (V) (43)
• THE GOLDEN COMPASS (52)
• GOLDEN DOOR (V) (73)
• GONE BABY GONE (74)
• GOYA'S GHOSTS (51)
• GREAT WORLD OF SOUND (ThIFF) (54)
• GRINDHOUSE (V) (75)
• THE GUATEMALAN HANDSHAKE (V) (36)
• HAIRSPRAY (47)
• HALF MOON (V) (67)
• HALLAM FOE (62)
• HALLOWEEN (45)
• HANNAH TAKES THE STAIRS (ThIFF) (66)
• HANNIBAL RISING (V) (27)
• HARRY POTTER AND THE ORDER OF THE PHOENIX (55)
• HEARTBEAT DETECTOR (V) (68)
• THE HEARTBREAK KID (37)
• THE HITCHER (V) (27)
• HITMAN (44)
• HOSTEL: PART II (73)
• HOT FUZZ (V) (50)
• I AM LEGEND (60)
• I JUST DIDN'T DO IT (V) (71)
• I NOW PRONOUNCE YOU CHUCK AND LARRY (48)
• I'M NOT THERE (TIFF) (74)
• IMPORT EXPORT (TIFF) (76)
• IN THE CITY OF SYLVIA (TIFF) (85)
• IN THE VALLEY OF ELAH (TIFF) (46) (second viewing: 51)
• INSIDE (TIFF) (61)
• INTERVIEW (V) (58)
• INTO THE WILD (V) (52)
• THE INVASION (46)
• THE INVISIBLE (V) (32)
• IRINA PALM (ThIFF) (23)
• IT'S A FREE WORLD... (V) (66)
• JOSHUA (V) (72)
• JUNO (ThIFF) (64)
• THE KING OF KONG (V) (67)
• THE KINGDOM (41)
• KNOCKED UP (55)
• LADY CHATTERLEY (V) (58)
• LARS AND THE REAL GIRL (V) (58)
• THE LAST LEGION (57)
• THE LAST MISTRESS (V) (66)
• LICENSE TO WED (37)
• LIONS FOR LAMBS (53)
• LIVE FREE OR DIE HARD (69)
• LONELY HEARTS (47)
• THE LOOKOUT (V) (60)
• LOVE SONGS (TIFF) (68) (second viewing: 59)
• LUST, CAUTION (62)
• MAD DETECTIVE (TIFF) (62)
• THE MAN FROM LONDON (TIFF) (53)
• MARGOT AT THE WEDDING (TIFF) (79)
• MARRIED LIFE (TIFF) (46)
• MICHAEL CLAYTON (V) (71)
• A MIGHTY HEART (V) (73)
• THE MIST (V) (70)
• MISTER LONELY (TIFF) (41)
• THE MOURNING FOREST (TIFF) (51)
• MR. BROOKS (V) (69)
• MR. MAGORIUM'S WONDER EMPORIUM (57)
• MUNYURANGABO (ThIFF) (42)
• MUSIC AND LYRICS (46)
• MY BEST FRIEND (V) (44)
• MY BLUEBERRY NIGHTS (47)
• MY KID COULD PAINT THAT (TIFF) (67)
• MY WINNIPEG (TIFF) (74) (second viewing: 79)
• THE NAMESAKE (V) (57)
• THE NANNY DIARIES (34)
• NATIONAL TREASURE: BOOK OF SECRETS (50)
• NO COUNTRY FOR OLD MEN (TIFF) (64) (second viewing: 59)
• NO END IN SIGHT (V) (60)
• NO RESERVATIONS (35)
• THE NUMBER 23 (40)
• OCEAN'S THIRTEEN (55)
• ONCE (44)
• 1408 (V) (49)
• THE ORPHANAGE (TIFF) (60) (second viewing: 56)
• P.S. I LOVE YOU (40)
• PARANOID PARK (TIFF) (77)
• PERSEPOLIS (TIFF) (65)
• PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN: AT WORLD'S END (46)
• PREMONITION (V) (42)
• PRICELESS (V) (65)
• PRIVATE PROPERTY (V) (57)
• PROFIT MOTIVE AND THE WHISPERING WIND (V) (60)
• QUIET CITY (V) (56)
• RATATOUILLE (73)
• THE REAPING (32)
• [REC] (69) (second viewing: 65)
• REIGN OVER ME (V) (44)
• REDACTED (TIFF) (49)
• RENDITION (TIFF) (51)
• RESCUE DAWN (TIFF) (66)
• RESIDENT EVIL: EXTINCTION (53)
• THE ROMANCE OF ASTREA AND CELADON (TIFF) (56)
• RUSH HOUR 3 (47)
• THE SAVAGES (V) (59)
• THE SECRET OF THE GRAIN (ThIFF) (76)
• SECRET SUNSHINE (ThIFF) (67)
• THE SEEKER: THE DARK IS RISING (34)
• SERAPHIM FALLS (V) (61)
• SHOOT 'EM UP (V) (45)
• SHOOTER (48)
• SICKO (70)
• SILENT LIGHT (TIFF) (72)
• THE SIMPSONS MOVIE (57)
• SMILEY FACE (V) (62)
• SMOKIN' ACES (60)
• SON OF RAMBOW (TIFF) (49)
• SPIDER-MAN 3 (61)
• STARDUST (53)
• STARTER FOR 10 (V) (56)
• STEPHANIE DALEY (V) (63)
• STRANGE CULTURE (ThIFF) (49)
• STUCK (TIFF) (62)
• THE SUN ALSO RISES (TIFF) (59)
• SUNSHINE (64)
• SUPERBAD (70)
• SWEENEY TODD (63)
• TAXI 4 (49)
• TEKKONKINKREET (V) (65)
• TELL NO ONE (V) (61)
• TERROR'S ADVOCATE (TIFF) (60)
• THERE WILL BE BLOOD (66) (second viewing: 68)
• 30 DAYS OF NIGHT (62)
• THIS IS ENGLAND (V) (65)
• 300 (26)
• 3.10 TO YUMA (V) (42)
• THE TRACEY FRAGMENTS (V) (63)
• TRANSFORMERS (56)
• THE TRAP (ThIFF) (57)
• 28 WEEKS LATER (45)
• 2 DAYS IN PARIS (48)
• THE UNPOLISHED (ThIFF) (59)
• UP THE YANGTZE (V) (52)
• VACANCY (V) (62)
• LA VIE EN ROSE (64)
• WAITRESS (V) (65)
• WE OWN THE NIGHT (70)
• WILD HOGS (48)
• WIND CHILL (V) (53)
• THE WITNESSES (V) (61)
• THE YEAR MY PARENTS WENT ON VACATION (V) (65)
• YELLA (V) (46)
• YOU KILL ME (V) (40)
• YOU, THE LIVING (TIFF) (57)
• YOUTH WITHOUT YOUTH (V) (59)
• ZODIAC (68)
• LA ZONA (TIFF) (45)
• ZOO (V) (69)