By David Poland poland@moviecitynews.com

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Tom Charity
CNN

1 There Will Be Blood
2 Into the Wild
3 Zodiac
4 Assassination of Jesse James
5 No Country for Old Men
6 Once
7 Black Book
8 Persepolis
9 Syndromes and a Century
10 4 Months, 3 Weeks, 2 Days
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Alonso Duralde
MSNBC

1 4 Months, 3 Weeks, 2 Days
2 Away From Her
3 There Will Be Blood
4 Assassination of Jesse James
5 Persepolis/Meet the Robinsons
6 Before the Devil Knows You’re Dead
7 Zodiac
8 Paris je t’aime
9 Grindouse
10 Knocked Up
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Armond White
New York Press

1 The Darjeeling Limited
2 Private Fears in Public Places
3 Hot Fuzz / Bubble
4 Lions for Lambs / Diggers
5 I Now Pronounce You Chuck and Larry
6 The Brave One
7 War/Rescue Dawn
8 No Country for Old Men
9 Amazing Grace
10 Romance & Cigarettes
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Scott Weinberg
Cinematical

1 The Orphanage
2 Before the Devil Knows You’re Dead
3 There Will Be Blood
4 This is England
5 No Country for Old Men
6 Sweeney Todd
7 Hot Fuzz
8 Zodiac
9 The Bourne Ultimatum
10 Juno/Knocked Up/Waitress
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Melissa Anderson
Time Out New York

1 Southland Tales
2 I’m Not There
3 Lady Chatterley
4 Syndromes and a Century
5 There Will Be Blood
6 Bug
7 Regular Lovers
8 Away From Her
9 Zodiac
10 Persepolis
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Joshua Rothkopf
Time Out New York

1 Zodiac
2 The Bourne Ultimatum
3 Away from Her
4 Lake of Fire
5 I’m Not There
6 Syndromes and a Century
7 Black Book
8 Knocked Up
9 Offside
10 The Mist
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Ben Kenigsberg
Time Out Chicago

1 Zodiac
2 There Will Be Blood
3 Black Book
4 No Country for Old Men
5 4 Months, 3 Weeks, 2 Days
6 Superbad
7 Southland Tales
8 Lake of Fire
9 Eastern Promises
10 It is Fine! Everything is Fine!
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Hank Sartin
Time Out Chicago

1 There Will Be Blood
2 Zodiac
3 No Country for Old Men
4 Assassination of Jesse James
5 Once
6 Knocked Up
7 I’m Not There
8 Into the Wild
9 4 Months, 3 Weeks, 2 Days
10 My Kid Could Paint That
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Brent Simon
LA Citybeat

1 Zodiac
2 No Country for Old Men
3 No End in Sight
4 Ratatouille
5 Once
6 Michael Clayton
7 American Gangster
8 4 Months, 3 Weeks, 2 Days
9 Reign Over Me
10 Eastern Promises
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Kristian Lin
Ft. Worth Weekly

1 Talk to Me
2 Hot Fuzz
3 Juno
4 The Host
5 Paprika
6 The Savages
7 Once
8 4 Months, 3 Weeks, 2 Days
9 Sweeney Todd
10 Michael Clayton

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