Posts Tagged ‘Offside’

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Sunday, January 6th, 2008
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Scott Renshaw
Charleston City Paper

1 No Country for Old Men
2 Once
3 My Kid Could Paint That
4 Joshua
5 The Host
6 The King of Kong
7 Into the Wild
8 Day Night Day Night
9 Walk Hard
10 There Will Be Blood
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Keith Cohen
Sun Publications

1 Sweeney Todd
2 Hairspray
3 Ratatouille
4 Little Children
5 Enchanted
6 Elizabeth: The Golden Age
7 In the Shadow of the Moon
8 After the Wedding
9 Volver
10 Hurricane on the Bayou
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Cole Dabney
Community Times

1 There Will Be Blood
2 Juno
3 Into the Wild
4 Knocked Up
5 American Gangster
6 Sweeney Todd
7 Ratatouille
8 Before the Devil Knows You’re Dead
9 No Country for Old Men
10 3:10 to Yuma
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Larry Katz
Community Times

1 American Gangster
2 Away from Her
3 The Great Debaters
4 Hairspray
5 Into the Wild
6 Michael Clayton
7 A Mighty Heart
8 Ratatouille
9 Sicko
10 Sweeney Todd
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Matt Sheehan
Morris Daily Herald

1 No Country for Old Men
2 Juno
3 Gone Baby Gone
4 Hot Fuzz
5 Talk To Me
6 Eastern Promises
7 Rescue Dawn
8 3:10 to Yuma
9 The Mist
10 The Bourne Ultimatum

Keith Cohen | Cole Dabney | Larry Katz | Scott Renshaw | Matt Sheehan

Page 26

Sunday, January 6th, 2008
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Bob Strauss
LA Daily News

1 I’m Not There
2 4 Months, 3 Weeks, 2 Days
3 Away From Her
4 The Bourne Ultimatum
5 Control
6 Offside
7 Atonement
8 Gone Baby Gone
9 Grindhouse
10 Juno/Lars and the Real Girl
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Glenn Whipp
LA Daily News

1 There Will Be Blood
2 I’m Not There
3 No Country for Old Men
4 Ratatouille
5 The Bourne Ultimatum
6 Knocked Up
7 Assassination of Jesse James
8 Sweeney Todd
9 The Darjeeling Limited
10 Once/Walk Hard
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Germain Lussier
Times Herald-Record

1 There Will Be Blood
2 Sweeney Todd
3 The King of Kong
4 Grindhouse
5 Zodiac
6 Juno
7 Diving Bell and the Butterfly
8 Into the Wild
9 Beowulf
10 Atonement
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Larry Ratliff
San Antonio Express

1 Away From Her
2 Juno
3 La Vie en Rose
4 Charlie Wilson’s War
5 In the Valley of Elah
6 The Kite Runner
7 No Country for Old Men
8 Beowulf
9 Sweeney Todd
10 The Great Debaters
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Matthew Lucas
The Dispatch

1 Into the Wild
2 The Lives of Others
3 Assassination of Jesse James
4 Sweeney Todd
5 Zodiac
6 No Country for Old Men
7 Ratatouille
8 Before the Devil Knows You’re Dead
9 Lust, Caution
10 Michael Clayton
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Burl Burlingame
Star Bulletin

1 Michael Clayton
2 Ratatouille
3 The Kite Runner
4 Waitress
5 Assassination of Jesse James
6 Stardust
7 Across the Universe
8 300
9 La Vie en Rose
10 The Mist
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Scott Feinberg
And the Winner Is …

1 Juno
2 Superbad
3 God Grew Tired of Us
4 Gone Baby Gone
5 In the Valley of Elah
6 Diving Bell and the Butterfly
7 Sicko
8 Lars and the Real Girl
9 Before the Devil Knows You’re Dead
10 The Kite Runner
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Marcy Dermansky
About.com

1 4 Months, 3 Weeks, 2 Days
2 There Will Be Blood
3 The Darjeeling Limited
4 Atonement
5 Away from Her
6 Persepolis
7 After the Wedding
8 Blame it on Fidel
9 Talk to Me
10 Lust, Caution
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TC Kirkham
Subject: Cinema

1 Across the Universe
2 Air Guitar Nation
3 Beowulf
4 Black Irish
5 Fierce People
6 Hairspray
7 Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
8 The King of Kong/Man in the Chair
9 Once/Ratatouille
10 Sweeney Todd/Wristcutters
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Kim Brown
Subject: Cinema

1 3:10 to Yuma
2 Air Guitar Nation
3 Fierce People
4 Hairspray
5 Hot Fuzz
6 I Am Legend
7 The King of Kong
8 Once
9 Sweeney Todd
10 Wristcutters

Kim Brown | Burl Burlingame | Marcy Dermansky | Scott Feinberg | TC Kirkham | Matthew Lucas | Germain Lussier | Larry Ratliff | Bob Strauss | Glenn Whipp

Page 25

Sunday, January 6th, 2008
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Joe Morgenstern
Wall Street Journal

1 Diving Bell and the Butterfly
2 Ratatouille
3 There Will Be Blood
4 Atonement
5 Into the Wild
6 Juno
7 Lars and the Real Girl
8 Manufactured Landscapes
9 Once
10 Waitress
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David Poland
Movie City News

1 I’m Not There
2 Lake of Fire
3 Michael Clayton
4 No Country for Old Men
5 Diving Bell and the Butterfly
6 Day Night Day Night
7 Ratatouille
8 Lars and the Real Girl
9 Superbad
10 The Savages
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Aaron Mesh
Willamette Week

1 There Will Be Blood
2 No Country for Old Men
3 Superbad/Knocked Up
4 I’m Not There
5 Margot at the Wedding
6 Offside
7 The Host
8 King Corn
9 Before the Devil Knows You’re Dead
10 Breach
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Victor Diaz
News 8 Austin

1 Juno
2 Once
3 Lars and the Real Girl
4 Eastern Promises
5 The Bourne Ultimatum
6 No Country for Old Men
7 Gone Baby Gone
8 There Will Be Blood
9 300
10 Talk to me
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Stephen Becker
Dallas Morning News

1 Once
2 Juno
3 Knocked Up
4 American Gangster
5 Atonement
6 Margot at the Wedding
7 Eastern Promises
8 Gone Bably Gone
9 Beowulf
10 No Country for Old Men
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Chris Vognar
Dallas Morning News

1 The Savages
2 American Gangster
3 Juno
4 Persepolis
5 The Bourne Ultimatum
6 4 Months, 3 Weeks, 2 Days
7 There Will Be Blood
8 The King of Kong
9 Talk to Me
10 Assassination of Jesse James
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Pat Graham
Chicago Reader

1 Inland Empire
2 Silent Light
3 Tears of the Black Tiger
4 Margot at the Wedding
5 Los Muertos
6 Colossal Youth
7 The Man From London
8 Flanders
9 The Taste of Tea
10 I’m Not There/Brand Upon the Brain
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Brad Brevet
Rope of Silicon.com

1 The Bourne Ultimatum
2 Atonement
3 Assassination of Jesse James
4 Michael Clayton
5 Once
6 Things We Lost in the Fire
7 Reign Over Me
8 Zodiac
9 Sweeney Todd
10 The Orphanage
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David Hudson
Greencine

1 4 Months, 3 Weeks, 2 Days
2 Zodiac
3 Assassination of Jesse James
4 Yella
5 Duchess of Langeais
6 Persepolis
7 Ratatouille
8 Madonnas
9 Hannah Takes the Stairs
10 The Bourne Ultimatum
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Noah Forrest
Movie City News

1 The Darjeeling Limited
2 There Will Be Blood
3 Zodiac
4 No Country for Old Men
5 Michael Clayton
6 Margot at the Wedding
7 Before the Devil Knows You’re Dead
8 Once
9 Into the Wild
10 The Devil Came on Horseback

Stephen Becker | Brad Brevet | Victor Diaz | Noah Forrest | Pat Graham | David Hudson | Aaron Mesh | Joe Morgenstern | David Poland | Chris Vognar

Page 24

Sunday, January 6th, 2008
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The Austin Chronicle

1 No Country for Old Men
2 The Lives of Others
3 There Will Be Blood
4 Persepolis
5 Diving Bell and the Butterfly
6 Juno
7 Atonement
8 3:10 to Yuma
9 The Bourne Ultimatum/Eastern Promises
10 Ratatouille
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Geoffrey Cheshire
Independent Weekly

1 Into the Wild
2 Into Great Silence
3 The Lives of Others
4 Grindhouse
5 No End in Sight
6 4 Months, 3 Weeks, 2 Days
7 Persepolis
8 Black Snake Moan
9 Sicko
10 Great World of Sound
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Stan Urankar
Cleveland Sun

1 Eastern Promises
2 Enchanted
3 The Hoax
4 300
5 Zodiac
6 No Country for Old Men
7 Talk to Me
8 Hairspray
9 Dan in Real Life
10 A Mighty Heart
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Shawn Edwards
Fox-TV

1 I Am Legend
2 Hairspray
3 Transformers
4 American Gangster
5 Atonement
6 Assassination of Jesse James
7 300
8 Michael Clayton
9 The Great Debaters
10 Enchanted
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John Urbanich
Cleveland Sun

1 Into the Wild
2 Atonement
3 Away From Her
4 Once
5 Juno
6 Stardust
7 Eastern Promises
8 Hairspray
9 Lust, Caution
10 No Country For Old Men / Assassination of Jesse James
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Gerry Shamray
Cleveland Sun

1 No Country for Old Men
2 Juno
3 The King of Kong
4 Sicko
5 The Lives of Others
6 Grindhouse
7 Hairspray
8 Ratatouille
9 The Bourne Ultimatum
10 Hot Fuzz
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Dann Gire
Chicago Daily News

1 Juno
2 Michael Clayton
3 Atonement
4 No Country for Old Men
5 The Orphanage
6 Away From Her
7 Knocked Up
8 Ratatouille
9 Waitress
10 There Will Be Blood
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Mike Scott
New Orleans Times Picayune

1 No Country for Old Men
2 Assassination of Jesse James
3 3:10 to Yuma
4 Gone Baby Gone
5 Sweeney Todd
6 Sicko
7 Zodiac
8 Hairspray
9 Waitress
10 In the Shadow of the Moon
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Devin Faraci
CHUD

1 Once
2 Zodiac
3 No Country for Old Men
4 Into the Wild
5 Assassination of Jesse James
6 There Will Be Blood
7 Hot Fuzz
8 I’m Not There
9 Diving Bell and the Butterfly
10 Gone Baby Gone
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Ray Pride
Movie City News

1 There Will Be Blood
1 Once
3 Diving Bell and the Butterfly
4 Ratatouille
5 Zodiac
6 Away From Her
7 4 Months, 3 Weeks, 2 Days
8 The Savages
9 Assassination of Jesse James
10 Sweeney Todd

Geoffrey Cheshire | Austin Chronicle | Shawn Edwards | Dann Gire | Devin Faraci | Ray Pride | Mike Scott |Gerry Shamray | Stan Urankar | John Urbanich

Page 23

Sunday, January 6th, 2008
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Matt Brunson
Creative Loafing

1 No Country for Old Men
2 Gone Baby Gone
3 Juno
4 Two Days in Paris
5 No End in Sight
6 The King of Kong
7 Ratatouille
8 Across the Universe
9 Assassination of Jesse James
10 Lake of Fire
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Jeremy Smith
CHUD

1 No Country for Old Men
2 There Will Be Blood
3 Assassination of Jesse James
4 Into the Wild
5 Grindhouse
6 Juno
7 Lake of Fire
8 I’m Not There
9 Ratatouille
10 Zodiac
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Al Alexander
The Patriot Ledger

1 No Country for Old men
2 Knocked Up
3 Sweeney Todd
4 Black Box
5 Zodiac
6 I’m Not There
7 The Hoax
8 Hairspray
9 Juno
10 Lars and the Real Girl/Once
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Michael Wilmington

1 No Country for Old Men
2 There Will Be Blood
3 Away From Her
4 Eastern Promises
5 Private Fears in Public Places
6 The Host
7 Rescue Dawn
8 Black Book
9 The Namesake
10 Sweeney Todd
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David Ehrenstein

1 I’m Not There
2 Regular Lovers
3 I Don’t Want to Sleep Alone
4 There Will Be Blood
5 La Vie en Rose
6 Sweeney Todd
7 The Man of My Life
8 Away from Her
9 Syndromes and a Century
10 Terror’s Advocate
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Peter DeBruge
Variety

1 Atonement
2 Manufactured Landscapes
3 Romance & Cigarettes
4 There Will Be Blood
5 No Country for Old Men
6 Private Property
7 Diving Bell and the Butterfly
8 4 Months, 3 Weeks, 2 Days
9 Lake of Fire
10 Juno
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Nathan Lee
Village Voice

1 Southland Tales
2 Zodiac
3 Syndromes and a Century
4 I’m Not There
5 Pitcher of Colored Light
6 Regular Lovers
7 Rabbit Hunters/Colossal Youth
8 Black Book
9 Eastern Promises
10 I Now Pronounce You Chuck & Larry
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Larry Gross

1 Syndromes and a Century
2 I’m Not There
3 Zodiac
4 4 Months, 3 Weeks, 2 Days
5 I Don’t Want to Sleep Alone
6 There Will Be Blood
7 Into the Wild
8 No Country for Old Men
9 Southland Tales
10 Youth Without Youth
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Gary Dretzka
Movie City News

1 The Devil Came on Horseback/Darfur Now/Sand and Sorrow/War-Dance
2 Away From Her
3 Ratatouille
4 The Namesake
5 Once
6 Into the Wild
7 Ten Canoes
8 Red Road
9 Zodiac
10 Blame it on Fidel
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Kevin Williamson
Ottawa Sun

1 No Country for Old Men
2 Assassination of Jesse James
3 Atonement
4 Zodiac
5 Ratatouille
6 Before the Devil Knows You’re Dead
7 The Kite Runner
8 The Bourne Ultimatum
9 Superbad
10 Sweeney Todd

Al Alexander | Matt Brunson | Peter DeBruge | Gary Dretzka | Larry Gross | J. Hoberman | Nathan Lee | Jeremy Smith | Kevin Williamson | Michael Wilmington

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Sunday, January 6th, 2008
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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

Melissa Anderson | Tom Charity | Alonso Duralde | Ben Kenigsberg | Kristian Lin | Joshua Rothkopf | Hank Sartin | Brent Simon | Scott Weinberg | Armond White

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Sunday, January 6th, 2008


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Peter Hartlaub
San Francisco Chronicle

1 The King of Kong
2 Atonement
3 Grindhouse
4 The Savages
5 Knocked Up
6 The Host
7 Juno
8 Ratatouille
9 Michael Clayton
10 No Country for Old Men
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Phil Parker
Albuquerque Tribune

1 American Gangster
2 There Will Be Blood
3 Rescue Dawn
4 Sweeney Todd
5 Eastern Promises
6 Grindhouse
7 The Lookout
8 Stardust
9 Lars and the Real Girl
10 28 Weeks Later
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Mick LaSalle
San Francisco Chronicle

1 Waitress
2 Atonement
3 Assassination of Jesse James
4 No Country for Old Men
5 Redacted
6 Dan in Real Life
7 Flanders
8 Golden Door
9 Before the Devil Knows You’re Dead
10 Revolution Summer
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Peter Ranier
Christian Science Monitor

1 Breach
2 Diving Bell and the Butterfly
3 4 Months, 3 Weeks, 2 Days
4 Hairspray
5 Into Great Silence
6 The Namesake
7 No Country for Old Men
8 No End in Sight
9 Offside
10 Persepolis
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John Lekich
Georgia Straight

1 Across the Universe
2 American Gangster
3 Away from Her
4 Before the Devil Knows You’re Dead
5 Deep Water
6 Fracture
7 No Country for Old Men
8 Sicko
9 Ratatouille
10 Waitress
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Patty Jones
Georgia Straight

1 Once
2 No Country for Old Men
3 Before the Devil Knows You’re Dead
4 Assassination of Jesse James
5 Ratatouille
6 Charlie Wilson’s War
7 Diving Bell and the Butterfly
8 Juno
9 No End in Sight
10 The Lives of Others
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Mark Harris
Georgia Straight

1 4 Months, 3 Weeks, 2 Days
2 Black Book
3 No Country for Old Men
4 The Wind that Shakes the Barley
5 Elizabeth: The Golden Age
6 Brand Upon the Brain
7 Inland Empire
8 Across the Universe
9 The Host
10 La Vie en Rose
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Ron Yamauchi
Georgia Straight

1 Knocked Up
2 Stardust
3 Sunshine
4 I Am Legend
5 No Country for Old Men
6 Black Book
7 300
8 Death Sentence
9 The Lookout
10 Rescue Dawn
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Ken Eisner
Georgia Straight

1 Diving Bell and the Butterfly
2 The Savages
3 Once
4 Across the Universe
5 The Darjeeling Limited
6 Juno
7 No Country for Old Men
8 Avenue Montaigne
9 Lars and the Real Girl
10 Knocked Up/Superbad/Walk Hard
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Janet Smith
Georgia Straight

1 Diving Bell and the Butterfly
2 La Vie en Rose
3 No Country for Old men
4 Grindhouse
5 Juno
6 Severance
7 Things we Lost in the Fire
8 The Lives of Others
9 Atonement
10 Assassination of Jesse James

Ken Eisner | Mark Harris | Peter Hartlaub | Patty Jones | John Lekich | Mick LaSalle | Phil Parker | Peter Ranier | Janet Smith | Ron Yamauchi

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Sunday, January 6th, 2008
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Geoff Pevere
Toronto Star

1 Assassination of Jesse james
2 The Darjeeling Limited
3 Eastern Promises
4 Inland Empire
5 Into the Wild
6 Michael Clayton
7 No Country for Old Men
8 Superbad
9 The Wind that Shakes the Barley
10 Zodiac
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Colin Covert
Minn-St. Paul Star Tribune

1 Atonement
2 Diving Bell and the Butterfly
3 Eastern Promises
4 The Host
5 Into the Wild
6 Juno
7 Michael Clayton
8 No Country for Old Men
9 Once/Sweeney Todd
10 Zodiac
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John Serba
Grand Rapids Press

1 Once
2 Juno
3 Ratatouille
4 Into the Wild
5 Lars and the Real Girl
6 There Will be Blood
7 Hot Fuzz
8 The King of Kong
9 Sunshine
10 Lust, Caution
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Nicolas Rapold
New York Sun

1 Day Night Day Night
2 There Will be Blood
3 Ratatouille
4 Syndromes and a Century
5 No Country for Old Men
6 Away from Her
7 Zodiac
8 I’m Not There
9 Hot Fuzz
10 Killer of Sheep
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Andrew O’Hehir
Salon

1 Bamako
2 Joe Strummer
3 Romance and Cigarettes
4 Regular Lovers
5 Diving Bell and the Butterfly
6 4 Months, 3 Weeks, 2 Days
7 Red Road
8 Forever
9 Zodiac
10 Killer of Sheep
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David Elliott
San Diego Union

1 Atonement
2 Offside
3 In the Valley of Elah
4 The Lives of Others
5 Youth Without Youth
6 Colma: The Musical
7 Talk to me
8 Juno
9 Crazy Love
10 Ratatouille
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Dana Stevens
Slate

1 4 Months, 3 Weeks, 2 Days
2 Away From Her
3 Diving Bell and the Butterfly
4 The Host
5 Killer of Sheep
6 No End in Sight
7 Once
8 Persepolis
9 Ratatouille
10 There Will be Blood
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Todd Hill
Staten Island Advance

1 There Will be Blood
2 Diving Bell and the Butterfly
3 Zodiac
4 Before the Devil Knows You’re Dead
5 Michael Clayton
6 Juno
7 Away from Her
8 Into the Wild
9 Superbad
10 The Savages
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Jeffrey Ressner
Politico.com

1 No End in Sight
2 The Lives of Others
3 Breach
4 Sicko
5 In the Valley of Elah
6 The Kingdom
7 A Mighty Heart
8 Persepolis
9 Charlie Wilson’s War
10 The Bourne Ultimatum
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Mary Pols
San Jose Mercury News

1 No Country for Old Men
2 Diving Bell and the Butterfly
3 There Will Be BLood
4 The Savages
5 Zodiac
6 Superbad
7 Ratatouille
8 Atonement
9 Rescue Dawn
10 In the Valley of Elah

Colin Covert | David Elliott | Todd Hill | Andrew O’Hehir | Geoff Pevere | Mary Pols | Nicolas Rapold | Jeffrey Ressner | John Serba | Dana Stevens

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Sunday, January 6th, 2008
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Jim Slotek
Toronto Sun

1 Juno
2 Sweeney Todd
3 Letters from Iwo Jima
4 The Lives of Others
5 The Host
6 Grindhouse
7 Offside
8 Ten Canoes
9 3:10 to Yuma
10 Gone Baby Gone
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Liz Braun
Toronto Sun

1 Away from Her
2 No Country for Old Men
3 The Italian
4 After the Wedding
5 Atonement
6 300
7 No End in Sight
8 Before the Devil Knows You’re Dead
9 I’m Not There
10 4 Months, 3 Weeks, 2 Days
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Gene Seymour
NY Newsday

1 Ratatouille
2 There Will Be Blood
3 Once
4 Eastern Promises
5 Persepolis
6 Juno
7 No End in Sight
8 Syndromes and a Century
9 Superbad
10 The Namesake
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Robert Butler
Kansas City Star

1 Sweeney Todd
2 Once
3 Things We Lost in the Fire
4 Into the Wild
5 No Country for Old Men
6 Lars and the Real Girl
7 Juno
8 There Will be Blood
9 Away From Her
10 Michael Clayton
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Bob Mondello
NPR

1 Sweeney Todd
2 No Country for Old Men
3 Assassination of Jesse James
4 Charlie Wilson’s War
5 Ratatouille
6 Persepolis
7 The Lives of Others
8 Diving Bell and the Butterfly
9 The Savages
10 Once
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Jan Stuart
NY Newsday

1 There Will Be Blood
2 Diving Bell and the Butterfly
3 Eastern Promises
4 Once
5 The Savages
6 Knocked Up
7 Lars and the Real Girl
8 Before the Devil Knows You’re Dead
9 Live-In Maid
10 Michael Clayton
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Michael Drakulich
Southtown Star

1 Atonement
2 No Country for Old Men
3 Sweeney Todd
4 Away From Her
5 Across the Universe
6 La Vie en Rose
7 The Hoax
8 Juno
9 The Italian
10 A Mighty Heart
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Patrick Walsh
Cinematical

1 No Country for Old Men
2 Knocked Up
3 Into the Wild
4 Gone Baby Gone
5 Assassination of Jesse James
6 In the Valley of Elah
7 The Lookout
8 The King of Kong
9 The Mist
10 Michael Clayton
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Tim Lammers
KNBC 4

1 Enchanted
2 Hairspray
3 Sweeney Todd
4 Grindhouse
5 Dan in Real Life
6 300
7 Transformers
8 Michael Clayton
9 There Will Be Blood
10 Knocked Up
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Ethan Alter
Giant Magazine

1 There Will be Blood
2 The Lives of Others
3 Hot Fuzz
4 Lust, Caution
5 No End in Sight
6 After the Wedding
7 I’m Not There
8 Before the Devil Knows You’re Dead
9 Into the Wild
10 Beowulf

Ethan Alter | Liz Braun | Robert Butler | Michael Drakulich | Tim Lammers | Bob Mondello | Gene Seymour | Jim Slotek | Jan Stuart | Patrick Walsh

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Sunday, January 6th, 2008
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Kyle Smith
New York Post

1 Diving Bell and the Butterfly
2 Once
3 Knocked Up
4 Into the Wild
5 Superbad
6 Ratatouille
7 No Country for Old Men
8 The Lives of Others
9 Margot at the Wedding
10 Meet the Robinsons
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Lou Lumenick
New York Post

1 Atonement
2 Diving Bell and the Butterfly
3 No Country for Old Men
4 Juno
5 Ratatouille
6 Zodiac
7 American Gangster
8 Before the Devil Knows You’re Dead
9 Hairspray
10 There Will Be Blood
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Amy Longsdorf
Allentown Morning Call

1 Into the Wild
2 Atonement
3 No Country for Old Men
4 The Savages
5 Zodiac
6 Sweeney Todd
7 Gone Baby Gone
8 Michael Clayton
9 Away From Her
10 Before the Devil Knows You’re Dead
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Christopher Borelli
Toronto Blade

1 I’m Not There
2 Superbad
3 Zodiac
4 4 Months, 3 Weeks, 2 Days
5 No Country for Old Men
6 Live Free or Die Hard
7 There Will Be Blood
8 Summercamp
9 The Savages
10 Once
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Clint O’Connor
Cleveland Plain Dealer

1 Juno
2 After the Wedding
3 No Country for Old Men
4 Away from Her
5 Into the Wild
6 Assassination of Jesse James
7 Two Days in Paris
8 Across the Universe
9 3:10 to Yuma
10 Once
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Josh Larsen
Southtwon Star

1 Into the Wild
2 The Astronaut Farmer
3 28 Weeks Later
4 4 Months, 3 Weeks, 2 Days
5 Juno
6 Away from Her
7 Ratatouille
8 No Country for Old Men
9 The Darjeeling Limited
10 The Simpsons Movie
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Peter Sobczynski
efilmcritic.com

1 Zodiac
2 There Will Be Blood
3 No Country for Old Men
4 I’m Not There
5 Black Book
6 Grindhouse
7 Redacted
8 Eastern Promises
9 Juno
10 Romance & Cigarettes
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Craig D. Lindsey
Raleigh News & Observer

1 Assassination of Jesse James
2 The Bourne Ultimatum
3 The Host
4 Knocked Up
5 Superbad
6 Michael Clayton
7 No Country for Old Men
8 No End in Sight
9 Once
10 Quiet City
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VA Musetto
New York Post

1 12:08 East of Bucharest
2 The Host
3 Exiled
4 Away from Her
5 Rescue Dawn
6 Glass Lips
7 Flanders
8 The Band’s Visit
9 The Wayward Cloud
10 The Good Times Kid
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Forrest Hartman
Reno Gazette Journal

1 Sweeney Todd
2 Zodiac
3 Assassination of Jesse James
4 Into the Wild
5 Charlie Wilson’s War
6 Ratatouille
7 Harry Potter & Order of Phoenix
8 The Bucket List
9 Spider-Man 3
10 Eastern Promises

Chrotopher Borrelli | Forrest Hartman | Josh Larsen | Craig D. Lindsey |Amy Longsdorf | Lou Lumenick | VA Musetto | Clint O’Connor | Kyle Smith | Peter Sobczynski

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Sunday, January 6th, 2008
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Ty Burr
Boston Globe

1 I’m Not There
2 No Country for Old Men
3 No End in Sight
4 There Will Be Blood
5 Diving Bell and the Butterfly
6 Ratatouille
7 Michael Clayton
8 Before the Devil Knows You’re Dead
9 Zodiac
10 Lake of Fire
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Wesley Morris
Boston Globe

/ No Country for Old Men
/ Zodiac
/ 4 Months, 3 Weeks, 2 Days
/ Bamako/Syndromes and a Century
/ I Don’t Want to Sleep Alone
/ Golden Door/Day Night Day Night
/ The Host /Ratatouille
/ The Lives of Others/Eastern Promises
/ Killer of Sheep
/ There Will Be Blood/Grindhouse
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Jay Stone
Montreal Gazette

1 Atonement
2 No Country for Old Men
3 4 Months, 3 Weeks, 2 Days
4 Diving Bell and the Butterfly
5 I’m Not There
6 Charlie Wilson’s War
7 The Bourne Ultimatum
8 Gone Baby Gone
9 Ratatouille
10 Juno
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Michael Sragow
Baltimore Sun

1 Ratatouille
2 The Lives of Others
3 Killer of Sheep
4 In the Shadow of the Moon
5 Wind that Shakes the Barley
6 No End in Sight
7 Pan’s Labyrinth
8 Starting Out in the Evening
9 No Country for Old Men
10 Atonement
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John Beifuss
Memphis Commercial

1 Killer of Sheep
2 Assassination of Jesse James
3 Children of Men
4 Pan’s Labyrinth
5 Zodiac
6 Ratatouille
7 Grindhouse
8 The Host
9 Before the Devil Knows You’re Dead
10 Waitress/Juno
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John Griffin
Montreal Gazette

1 Once
2 Juno
3 Diving Bell and the Butterfly
4 Into the Wild
5 The Lookout
6 Assassination of Jesse James
7 In the Valley of Elah
8 Away From Her /I’m Not There
9 Red Road/Eastern Promises
10 No Country for Old Men/4 Months, 3 Weeks, 2 Days
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James Verniere
Boston Herald

1 Zodiac
2 Eastern Promises
3 The Bourne Ultimatum
4 Diving Bell and the Butterfly
5 Before the Devil Knows You’re Dead
6 The Orphanage
7 Ratatouille
8 Things We Lost in the Fire
9 Once
10 There Will Be Blood
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Jeffrey Westhoff
Northwest Herald

1 Ratatouille
2 Lars and the Real Girl
3 Sicko
4 Once
5 No Country for Old Men
6 Knocked Up
7 Hot Fuzz
8 Rendition
9 Hairspray
10 American Gangster
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Rich Cline
Shadows on the Wall

1 4 Months, 3 Weeks, 2 Days
2 No Country for Old Men
3 Paranoid Park
4 The Edge of Heaven
5 Hallam Foe
6 Before the Devil Knows You’re Dead
7 This is England
8 Ratatouille
9 The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
10 I’m Not There
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Michael Janusonis
Providence Journal

1 Sweeney Todd
2 Before the Devil Knows You’re Dead
3 Into the Wild
4 Michael Clayton
5 No Country for Old Men
6 Hairspray
7 Enchanted
8 You Must Be This tall
9 Knocked Up
10 Gone Baby Gone

John Beifuss | Ty Burr | Rich Cline | John Griffin | Michael Janusonis | Wesley Morris | Michael Sragow | Jay Stone | James Verniere | Jeffrey Westhoff

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Sunday, January 6th, 2008
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Kirk Honeycutt
The Hollywood Reporter

1 Diving Bell and the Butterfly
2 4 Months, 3 Weeks, 2 Days
3 The Kite Runner
4 Ratatouille
5 Michael Clayton
6 The Bourne Ultimatum
7 The Savages
8 No Country for Old Men
9 Charlie Wilson’s War
10 Eastern Promises
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Andy Gray
Tribune Chronicle

1 Zodiac
2 No Country for Old Men
3 Once
4 Juno
5 Ratatouille
6 Charlie Wilson’s War
7 Sweeney Todd
8 American Gangster
9 Gone Baby Gone
10 Away From Her
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Ken Chanko
The Stephen Holt Show

1 Diving Bell and the Butterfly
2 Into the Wild
3 The Lives of Others
4 No End in Sight
5 Michael Clayton
6 The Savages
7 Juno
8 Eastern Promises
9 No Country for Old Men
10 There Will Be Blood / Youth Without Youth
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Chris Hewitt
St Paul Pioneer Press

1 Away From Her
2 Zodiac
3 Michael Clayton
4 The Bourne Ultimatum
5 My Kid Could Paint That
6 Pete Seegar: Power of Song
7 Superbad
8 No Country for Old Men
9 Diving Bell and the Butterfly
10 Once
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Roger Durling
Santa Barbara Independent

1 Assassination of Jesse James
2 Diving Bell and the Butterfly
3 No Country for Old Men
4 Zodiac
5 Ratatouille
6 There Will Be Blood
7 Knocked Up
8 Sweeney Todd
9 Before the Devil Knows You’re Dead
10 Atonement
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George Lang
The Oklahomian

1 No Country for Old Men
2 Zodiac
3 Juno
4 Michael Clayton
5 Grindhouse
6 Atonement
7 Gone Baby Gone
8 American Gangster
9 Knocked Up
10 The Bourne Ultimatum
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Gene Triplett
The Oklahomian

1 No Country for Old Men
2 Atonement
3 Eastern Promises
4 The Savages
5 Zodiac
6 There Will Be Blood
7 3:10 to Yuma
8 Martian Child
9 Before the Devil Knows You’re Dead
10 The Lookout
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Katharine Monk
Montreal Gazette

1 Before the Devil Knows You’re Dead
2 3:10 to Yuma
3 Into the Wild
4 Juno
5 Charlie Wilson’s War
6 There Will Be Blood
7 Away From Her
8 Control
9 Hairspray
10 American Gangster
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Prairie Miller
News Blaze

1 Assassination of Jesse james
2 Away From Her
3 The Great Debaters
4 Hairspray
5 Juno
6 The Savages
7 Sicko
8 Talk To Me
9 Superbad
10 There Will Be Blood
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Sean Means
Salt Lake Tribune

1 I’m Not There
2 No Country for Old Men
3 Once
4 Juno
5 Michael Clayton
6 Offside
7 Knocked Up
8 The Host
9 Jindabyne
10 Into the Wild

Ken Chanko | Roger Durling | Andy Gray | Chris Hewitt | Kirk Honeycutt | George Lang | Sean Means | Prairie Miller | Katherine Monk | Gene Triplett

Page 15

Sunday, January 6th, 2008
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Frank Sheck
The Hollywood Reporter

1 Diving Bell and the Butterfly
2 There Will Be Blood
3 No Country for Old Men
4 Sweeney Todd
5 Eastern Promises
6 Before the Devil Knows You’re Dead
7 Into the Wild
8 The Savages
9 Michael Clayton
10 Sicko
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Sheri Linden
The Hollywood Reporter

1 Zodiac
2 4 Months, 3 Weeks, 2 Days
3 The Savages
4 Deep Water
5 Syndromes and a Century
6 In the Shadow of the Moon
7 Diving Bell and the Butterfly
8 Control
9 The Water Horse
10 Wind that Shakes the Barley
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Michael Rechtshaffen
The Hollywood Reporter

1 No Country for Old Men
2 Atonement
3 Juno
4 There Will Be Blood
5 Blame it on Fidel
6 Ratatouille
7 Diving Bell and the Butterfly
8 No End in Sight
9 Once
10 I Don’t Sleep Alone
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Stephen Farber
The Hollywood Reporter

1 Before the Devil Knows You’re Dead
2 I’m Not There
3 Diving Bell and the Butterfly
4 The Kite Runner
5 The Lookout
6 Juno
7 Gone Baby Gone
8 Michael Clayton
9 Wind That Shakes the Barley
10 Eastern Promises
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Sean Burns
Philadelphia Weekly

1 I’m Not There
2 No Country for Old Men
3 There Will Be Blood
4 Assassination of Jesse James
5 The Bourne Ultimatum
6 Zodiac
7 Superbad
8 Linda Linda Linda
9 No End in Sight
10 Bug
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Ray Bennett
The Hollywood Reporter

1 Assassination of Jesse James
2 The Band’s Visit
3 I Served the King of England
4 Diving Bell and the Butterfly
5 Atonement
6 Michael Clayton
7 The Bourne Ultimatum
8 The Savages
9 4 Months, 3 Weeks, 2 Days
10 Zodiac
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Ella Taylor
L.A. Weekly

1 There Will Be Blood
2 Manufactured Landscapes/The Host
3 Away from Her/The Savages
4 4 Months, 3 Weeks, 2 Days
5 Lake of Fire
6 Ratatouille
7 Once
8 Persepolis
9 Knocked Up
10 The Band’s Visit
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Scott Foundas
L.A. Weekly

1 There Will Be Blood
2 Colossal Youth/Regular Lovers
3 4 Months, 3 Weeks, 2 Days/Lake of Fire
4 Zodiac
5 Ratatouille
6 No Country for Old Men/Assassination of Jesse James
7 Eastern Promises/Before the Devil Knows You’re Dead
8 Margot at the Wedding
9 Knocked Up/Superbad
10 Redacted and No End in Sight and The Wind That Shakes the Barley
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Jackie Cooper
41NBC/MGT

1 Atonement
2 Hairspray
3 Breach
4 Before the Devil Knows You’re Dead
5 Sweeney Todd
6 Into the Wild
7 In the Valley of Elah
8 Michael Clayton
9 August Rush
10 Transformers
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Stephen Whitty
The Star-Ledger

1 Assassination of Jesse James
2 Diving Bell and the Butterfly
3 Juno
4 The Lives of Others
5 No Country for Old Men
6 The Orphanage
7 Persepolis
8 Reservation Road
9 Sweeney Todd
10 There Will Be Blood

Sean Burns | Ray Bennett | Jackie Cooper | Stephen Farber | Scott Foundas | Sheri Linden | Michael Rechtshaffen | Ella Taylor | Stephen Whitty

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Sunday, January 6th, 2008
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Craig Outhier
Orange County Register

1 There Will Be Blood
2 Sweeney Todd
3 Eastern Promises
4 Golden Door
5 The Bourne Ultimatum
6 Into the Wild
7 Once
8 Beowulf/300
9 Superbad/Knocked Up
10 No Country for Old Men
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Leonard Klady
Movie City News

1 Diving Bell and the Butterfly
2 Assassination of Jesse James
3 Into the Wild
4 4 Months, 3 Weeks, 2 Days
5 Lake of Fire
6 The Lookout
7 I’m Not There
8 Once
9 La Vie en Rose
10 Away From Her
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Sean Elliott
iF Magazine

1 Sweeney Todd
2 Enchanted
3 Elizabeth: The Golden Age
4 The Martian Child
5 Spider-Man 3
6 Pirates of the Caribbean 3
7 Ratatouille
8 300
9 The Host
10 Transformers
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Anders Wright
San Diego CityBeat

1 Assassination of Jesse James
2 Atonement
3 Diving Bell and the Butterfly
4 Juno
5 Knocked Up
6 No Country for Old Men
7 Once
8 Ratatouille
9 The Savages
10 There Will Be Blood
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Southeastern
Film Critics

1 No Country For Old Men
2 There Will Be Blood
3 Atonement
4 Juno
5 Michael Clayton
6 Zodiac
7 Assassination of Jesse James
8 Gone Baby Gone
9 Diving Bell and the Butterfly
10 Into the Wild
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Robert Horton
The Herald

1 No Country for Old Men
2 There Will Be Blood
3 Assassination of Jesse James
4 Margot at the Wedding
5 Grindhouse
6 Eastern Promises
7 Lady Chatterley
8 Exiled
9 Black Snake Moan
10 Once
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Kent Jones
Film Comment

1 Zodiac
2 There Will Be Blood
3 Black Book
4 Regular Lovers
5 The Darjeeling Limited
6 I’m Not There
7 Private Fears in Public Places
8 Southland Tales
9 The Simpsons Movie
10 Bug
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Kristin M. Jones
Film Comment

1 4 Months, 3 Weeks, 2 Days
2 Southland Tales
3 No Country for Old Men
4 Zodiac
5 Eastern Promises
6 Syndromes and a Century
7 Margot at the Wedding
8 I’m Not There
9 The Savages
10 The Bourne Ultimatum
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Jonathan Rosenbaum
Chicago Reader

1 Black Book
2 Bamako
3 Colossal Youth
4 The Silence Before Bach
5 Away from Her
6 My Brother’s Wedding
7 Blade Runner
8 Private Fears in Public Places
9 Honeydripper
10 In the Valley of Elah
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Susan Gerhard
SF360

1 Once
2 Diving Bell and the Butterfly
3 Pesepolis
4 Into the Wild
5 The Host
6 Sicko
7 The Bourne Ultimatum
8 I’m Not There
9 I Don’t Want to Sleep Alone
10 The Golden Compass

Sean Elliott | Susan Gerhard | Robert Horton | Kent Jones | Kristin M. Jones | Leonard Klady | Craig Outhier | Jonathan Rosenbaum | Southeastern Film Critics | Anders Wright

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Sunday, January 6th, 2008
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Peter Brunette
Screen International

1 No Country for Old Men
2 Atonement
3 Assassination of Jesse James
4 Diving Bell and the Butterfly
5 4 Weeks, 3 Weeks, 2 Days
6 Gone Baby Gone
7 In the Valley of Elah
8 Michael Clayton
9 Into the Wild
10 Lars and the Real Girl
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J.R. Jones
Chicago Reader

1 Atonement
2 Away From Her
3 Gone Baby Gone
4 In the Valley of Elah
5 Into Great Silence
6 Lake of Fire
7 My Kid Could Paint That
8 Reservation Road
9 There Will Be Blood
10 Things We Lost in the Fire
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Michael Phillips
Chicago Tribune

1 Once
2 Diving Bell and the Butterfly
3 4 Months, 3 Weeks, 2 Days
4 Ratatouille
5 There Will Be Blood
6 No End in Sight
7 Margot at the Wedding
8 The Bourne Ultimatum
9 Assassination of Jesse James
10 Knocked Up/Juno
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Donna Bowma
Nashville Scene

1 Ratatouille
2 Once
3 No Country for Old Men
4 The King of Kong
5 Atonement
6 12:08 East of Bucharest
7 Into the Wild
8 Zodiac
9 Into Great Silence
10 3:10 to Yuma
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Tom Tangney
KIRO Radio – Seattle

1 There Will Be Blood
2 Assassination of Jesse James
3 Once
4 No Country for Old Men
5 Sweeney Todd
6 The King of Kong
7 Juno
8 Away From Her
9 A Mighty Heart
10 The Lookout/Zodiac
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N.P. Thompson
MoviesIntoFilm.com

1 Wind that Shakes the Barley
2 Killer of Sheep
3 Scott Walker: 30 Century mann
4 Cats of Mirikitani
5 I’m Not There
6 Syndromes and a Century
7 The Violin
8 Delirious
9 Goya’s Ghosts/Belle Toujours
10 Tekkonkinkreet
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Stephanie Zacharek
Salon

1 I’m Not There
2 Control
3 Diving Bell and the Butterfly
4 Persepolis
5 Away From Her
6 Ratatouille
7 Grindhouse
8 Once
9 Joe Strummer
10 No End in Sight/Redacted
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Joe Lozito
Big Picture Big Sound

1 No Country for Old Men
2 Juno
3 Diving Bell and the Butterfly
4 Eastern Promises
5 Once
6 The Hoax
7 Into the Wild
8 No End in Sight
9 Atonement
10 Gone Baby Gone
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Utah Film Critics

1 3:10 to Yuma
2 Assassination of Jesse James
3 No Country for Old Men
4 I’m Not There
5 Into the Wild
6 Juno
7 Knocked Up
8 Michael Clayton
9 Once
10 There Will Be Blood
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Kevin LaForest
Montreal Film Journal

1 There Will Be Blood
2 Beowulf
3 Daisy Diamond
4 Death Proof
5 I’m Not There
6 Spider-Man 3
7 Black Snake Moan
8 Hot Fuzz
9 The Darjeeling Limited
10 Eastern Promises

Donna Bowma | Peter Brunette | J.R. Jones | Kevin LaForest | Joe Lozito | Michael Phillips | Tom Tangney | N.P. Thompson | Utah Film Critics | Stephanie Zacharek

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Sunday, January 6th, 2008
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Jeffery M. Anderson
Combustable Celluloid

1 Assassination of Jesse James
2 No Country for Old Men
3 Before the Devil Knows You’re Dead
4 Offside
5 Private Fears in Public Places
6 Eastern Promises
7 Bug
8 The Host
9 I’m Not There
10 12:08 East of Bucharest
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Josh Tyler
CinemaBlend

1 Sicko
2 The Lookout
3 The Bourne Ultimatum
4 Stephen King’s The Mist
5 The Namesake
6 Knocked Up
7 No Country for Old Men
8 There Will Be Blood
9 Eagle v. Shark
10 I Am Legend
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Maitland McDonah
TVGuide.com

1 Antonia
2 Atonement
3 Away from her
4 Black Book
5 Eastern Promises
6 Michael Clayton
7 Persepolis
8 Private Fears in Public Places
9 Shoot ’em Up
10 The Wind that Shakes the Barley
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Susan Granger
SSG Syndicate

1 Atonement
1 The Bourne Ultimatum
1 The Darjeeling Express
4 Juno
5 The Kite Runner
6 Michael Clayton
7 No Country for Old Men
8 Sweeney Todd
9 Diving Bell and the Butterfly
10 There Will Be Blood
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Cynthia Fuchs
Popmatters.com

1 Assassination of Jesse James
2 4 Months, 3 Weeks & 2 Days
3 The Golden Door
4 The Host
5 Killer of Sheep
6 My Kid Could Paint That
7 Nice Bombs
8 Offside
9 The Prisoner
10 There Will Be Blood/Zodiac
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Thelma Adams
US Weekly

1 Atonement
2 No Country for Old Men
3 Eastern Promises
4 Knocked up
5 I’m Not There
6 Sweeney Todd
7 Hairspray
8 Zodiac
9 Juno
10 A Mighty Heart
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Edward Douglas
Comingsoon.net

1 Once
2 Diving Bell and the Butterfly
3 Vitus
4 The Host
5 Hot Fuzz
6 Superbad
7 Before the Devil Knows You’re Dead
8 Lars and the Real Girl
9 3:10 to Yuma
10 I’m Not There
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James Rocchi
CBS-5 San Francisco

1 No Country for Old Men
2 Persepolis
3 No End in Sight
4 Diving Bell and the Butterfly
5 The Bourne Ultimatum
6 Great World of Sound
7 Assassination of Jesse James
8 I’m Not There
9 4 Months, 3 Weeks, 2 Days
10 There Will Be Blood
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Oklahoma
Film Critics

1 No Country for Old Men
2 Juno
3 Zodiac
4 Atonement
5 Michael Clayton
6 Before the Devil Knows You’re Dead
7 King of Kong
8 Gone Baby Gone
9 Once
10 Eastern Promises
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Steven Rea
Philadelphia Inquirer

1 Before the Devil Knows You’re Dead
2 The Bourne Ultimatum
3 Diving Bell and the Butterfly
4 Eastern Promises
5 I’m Not There
6 Into the Wild
7 Margot at the Wedding
8 Michael Clayton
9 No Country for Old Men
10 La Vie en Rose

Thelma Adams | Jeffrey M. Anderson | Edward Douglas | Cynthia Fuchs | Susan Granger | Maitland McDonagh | Oklahoma Film Critics | Steven Rea | James Rocchi | Josh Tyler

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Sunday, January 6th, 2008
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Susan Wloszczyna
USA Today

1 No Country for Old Men
2 Ratatouille
3 Away From Her
4 Atonement
5 Juno
6 Sweeney Todd
7 The Savages
8 Diving Bell and the Butterfly
9 Michael Clayton
10 Enchanted
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Kim Voynar
Cinematical.com

1 Diving Bell and the Butterfly
1 Juno
1 Zodiac
4 No Country for Old Men
5 No End in Sight
6 Persepolis
7 Sweeney Todd
8 Away From Her
9 War/Dance
10 For the Bible Tells Me So
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Carrie Rickey
Philadelphia Inquirer

1 Across the Universe
2 American Gangster
3 Away from Her
4 Enchanted
5 The Great Debaters
6 Into the Wild
7 Juno
8 The Namesake
9 No End in Sight
10 The Savages/The Lives of Others
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Jennifer Merin
New York Press

1 Away From Her
2 Diving Bell and the Butterfly
3 Eastern Promises
4 4 Months, 3 Weeks, 2 Days
5 The Golden Door
6 Into the Wild
7 Nanking
8 Persepolis
9 Shoot ’em Up
10 Sweeney Todd
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Anne Thompson
Variety

1 No Country for Old Men
2 4 Months, 3 Weeks, 2 Days
3 There Will Be Blood
4 Lust, Caution
5 Atonement
6 The Bourne Ultimatum
7 Sweeney Todd
8 The Savages
9 Diving Bell and the Butterfly
10 Juno
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Shelli Sonstein
Q1943 AM

1 Into the Wild
2 No Country for Old Men
3 Before the Devil Knows You’re Dead
4 Away From Her
5 28 Weeks Later
6 Charlie Wilson’s War
7 The Bucket List
8 Redacted
9 Introducing the Dwights
10 The Bubble
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Lexi Feinberg
Big Picture Big Sound

1 Juno
2 Away From Her
3 Sweeney Todd
4 Knocked Up
5 Atonement
6 Into the Wild
7 My Kid Could Paint That
8 Starter For 10
9 No Country for Old Men
10 Diving Bell and the Butterfly
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Mark Slutsky
Montreal Mirror

1 There Will Be Blood
1 No Country for Old Men
1 Zodiac
4 Diving Bell and the Butterfly
5 Knocked Up/Superbad
6 The Bourne Ultimatum
7 Control
8 Paprika
9 Election
10 Zidane
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Matthew Hays
Montreal Mirror

1 Eastern Promises
2 4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days
3 Away From Her
4 No Country for Old Men
5 God Grew Tired Of us
6 Rendition
7 Sicko
8 Zoo
9 Up the Yangtze Yung
10 The Lives of Others
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Malcolm Fraser
Montreal Mirror

1 Killer of Sheep
2 Eastern Promises
3 Margot at the Wedding
4 The Host
5 No End in Sight
6 Paprika
7 No Country for Old Men
8 Superbad
9 After the Wedding
10 Grindhouse

Lexi Feinberg | Malcolm Fraser | Matthew Hays | Jennifer Merin | Carrie Rickey | Mark Slutsky | Shelli Sonstein | Anne Thompson | Kim Voynar | Susan Wloszczyna

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Sunday, January 6th, 2008
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A.O. Scott
New York Times

1 4 Months, 3 Weeks, and 2 Days
2 Ratatouille
3 There Will Be Blood/Sweeney Todd
4 I’m Not There/Joe Strummer
5 No End in Sight/Terror’s Advocate
6 12:08 East of Bucharest / Live In Maid
7 Into the Wild/Diving Bell and the Butterfly
8 The Lives of Others/Michael Clayton
9 The Savages/Away From Her
10 Knocked Up/Superbad/Juno
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Stephen Holden
New York Times

1 There Will Be Blood
2 The Lives of Others
3 Diving Bell and the Butterfly
4 Persepolis
5 Starting Out in the Evening
6 No Country for Old Men
7 Sweeney Todd
8 Atonement
9 Across the Universe
10 Juno
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Matt Dentler
SxSW Festival Producer

1 Diving Bell and the Butterfly
2 There Will Be Blood
3 Killer of Sheep
4 No Country for Old Men
5 The King of Kong
6 Persepolis
7 In the Shadow of the Moon
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Christopher Kelly
Star Telegram

1 The Bourne Ultimatum
2 4 Months, 3 Weeks, and 2 Days
3 Ratatouille
4 Once
5 Michael Clayton
6 This is England
7 Diving Bell and the Butterfly
8 Alpha Dog
9 My Kid Could Paint That
10 No Country for Old Men
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Saul Austerlitz
Boston Globe

1 The Lives of Others
2 Ratatouille
3 Eastern Promises
4 4 Months, 3 Weeks, and 2 Days
5 No End in Sight
6 Michael Clayton
7 Offside
8 I’m Not There
9 Before the Devil Knows You’re Dead
10 Southland Tales
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Bob Longino
Atlantic Journal Constitution

1 No Country for Old Men
2 Diving Bell and the Butterfly
3 Atonement
4 There Will Be Blood
5 The Bourne Ultimatum
6 Knocked Up
7 Assassination of Jesse James
8 Lars and the Real Girl
9 Gone Baby Gone
10 Ratatouille
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Ben Lyons
E Online

1 There Will Be Blood
2 Zodiac
3 No Country for Old Men
4 Persepolis
5 The Host
6 Exiled
7 The King of Kong
8 The Darjeeling Limited
9 Black Snake Moan
10 Hot Fuzz
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Manohla Dargis
New York Times

1 There Will Be Blood/Zodiac
2 Into Great Silence/I’m Not There
3 Killer of Sheep/Bourne Ultimatum
4 Eastern Promises/Michael Clayton
5 4 Months, 3 Weeks & 2 Days/I Don’t Want To Sleep Alone
6 Lady Chatterley/Colossal Youth
7 Monika/Superbad/Southland Tales
8 No End in Sight/Before the Devil Knows You’re Dead
9 This is England/The Savages/Year of the Dog
10 Paprika/The Host/The Kingdom
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Richard Roeper
Chicago Sun Times

1 American Gangster/The Brave One
2 Breach/Charlie Wilson’s War
3 Eastern Promises/Gone BabyGone
4 Grindhouse/The Hoax
5 Into the Wild/Juno
6 Knocked Up/The Lookout
7 Michael Clayton/A Mighty Heart
8 No Country for Old Men/Once
9 Paris Je T’aime/Superbad
10 Sweeney Todd/Zodiac
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Jason Anderson
Eye Weekly

1 Lady Chatterley
2 Syndromes and a Century
3 There Will Be Blood
4 Zodiac
5 Paprika
6 Offside
7 Black Book
8 Forever
9 Ten Canoes
10 I’m Not There

Jason Anderson | Saul Austerlitz | Manohla Dargis | Matt Dentler | Stephen Holden | Christopher Kelly | Bob Longino | Ben Lyons | Richard Roeper | AO Scott

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Sunday, January 6th, 2008
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Chuck Stephens
Film Comment

1 No Country For Old Men
2 Colossal Youth
3 Grindhouse
4 The Host
5 I Don’t Want Sleep Alone
6 Los Muertos
7 Syndromes and a Century
8 There Will Be Blood
9 Zodiac
10 Tears of the Black Tiger
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Peter Keough
Boston Phoenix

1 Diving Bell and the Butterfly
2 Across the Universe
3 The Bourne Ultimatum
4 Red Road
5 Eastern Promises
6 Before the Devil Knows You’re Dead
7 Zodiac
8 12:08 East of Bucharest
9 Ratatouille
10 Assassination of Jesse James
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Owen Glieberman
Entertainment Weekly

1 I’m Not There
2 Before the Devil Knows You’re Dead
3 Michael Clayton
4 Superbad
5 The Lives of Others
6 Grindhouse
7 Jack Smith and the Destruction of Atlantis
8 Once
9 No End in Sight
10 Zodiac
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Lisa Schwarzbaum
Entertainment Weekly

1 There Will Be Blood
2 No Country for Old Men
3 I’m Not There
4 Persepolis
5 No End in Sight
6 Zodiac
7 Lady Chatterley
8 4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days
9 Assassination of Jesse James
10 Knocked Up
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Andy Klein
LA Citybeat

1 Exiled
2 The Host
3 Hot Fuzz
4 Killer of Sheep
5 No Country for Old Men
6 The Orphanage
7 Private Fears in Public Places
8 Ratatouille
9 The Simpsons Movie
10 Sweeney Todd
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Mark Keizer
LA Citybeat

1 The Savages
2 Once
3 There Will Be Blood
4 No Country for Old Men
5 4 Months, 3 Weeks, 2 Days
6 Lake of Fire
7 I’m Not there
8 Blame it on Fidel
9 Before the Devil Knows You’re Dead
10 3:10 to Yuma
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Wade Major
LA Citybeat

1 La Vie en Rose
2 Assassination of Jesse James
3 After the Wedding
4 A Mighty Heart
5 Jindabyne
6 Once
7 Exiled
8 4 Months, 3 Weeks, 2 Days
9 No Country for Old Men
10 Zodiac
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Amy Nicolson
LA Citybeat

1 Alpha Dog
2 Confessions of a Super Hero
3 The Hunting Party
4 I’m Not There
5 Juno
6 The King of Kong
7 Live Free or Die Hard
8 My Kid Could Paint That
9 No Country for Old Men
10 2 Days in Paris

Owen Glieberman | Peter Keough | Andy Klein | Mark Keizer | Wade Major | Amy Nicolson | Lisa Schwarzbaum | Chuck Stephens

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Sunday, January 6th, 2008
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Roger Ebert
Chicago Sun-Times

1 Juno
2 No Country For Old Men
3 Before the Devil Knows You’re Dead
4 Atonement
5 The Kite Runner
6 Away From Her
7 Across the Universe
8 La Vie En Rose
9 The Great Debaters
10 Into the Wild
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Las Vegas Film Critics

1 No Country For Old Men
2 Sweeney Todd
3 3:10 to Yuma
4 Assassination of Jesse James
5 Zodiac
6 Into the Wild
7 Juno
8 Eastern Promises
9 The Lookout
10 Sunshine
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David Ansen
Newsweek

1 Syndromes and a Century
2 There Will Be Blood
3 This is England
4 The Lives of Others
5 No Country for Old Men
6 Knocked up
7 Diving Bell and the Butterfly
8 Away From Her
9 The Hoax
10 Sweeney Todd
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Lou Gaul
Phiully Burbs

1 No Country For Old Men
2 Atonement
3 Charlie Wilson’s War
4 Diving Bell and the Butterfly
5 Gone Baby Gone
6 The Great Debaters
7 Into the Wild
8 Juno
9 Once
10 Sweeney Todd
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Martin Grove
The Hollywood Reporter

1 Atonement
2 American Gangster
3 Before the Devil Knows You’re Dead
4 Charlie Wilson’s War
5 Diving Bell and the Butterfly
6 Enchanted
7 Michael Clayton
8 No Country for Old Men
9 Persepolis
10 3:10 to Yuma
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Ed Symkus
Daily News Tribune

1 Before the Devil Knows You’re Dead
2 I’m Not There
3 There Will Be Blood
4 The Bourne Ultimatum
5 Sweeney Todd
6 Beowulf
7 Eastern Promises
8 Gone Baby Gone
9 Hairspray
10 Juno
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Austin Film Critics

1 There Will Be Blood
2 No Country for Old Men
3 Juno
4 Into the Wild
5 3:10 to Yuma
6 Knocked up
7 Before the Devil Knows You’re Dead
8 Atonement
9 American Gangster
10 Eastern Promises
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Sam Adams
Philadelphia City Paper

1 Black Book
2 Syndromes and a Century
3 No Country for Old Men
4 Into the Wild
5 Diving Bell and the Butterfly
6 Across the Universe
7 12:08 East of Bucharest
8 4 Months, 3 Weeks & 2 Days
9 Bamako
10 Persepolis
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African American
Film Critics

1 The Great Debaters
2 American Gangster
3 Talk to Me
4 Gone Baby Gone
5 No Country for Old Men
6 Michael Clayton
7 Juno
8 Sweeney Todd
9 Things We Lost in the Fire
10 There Will Be Blood
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Dallas Ft. Worth
Film Critics

1 No Country for Old Men
2 Juno
3 There Will Be Blood
4 Atonement
5 Michael Clayton
6 Into the Wild
7 Diving Bell and the Butterfly
8 The Kite Runner
9 Assassination of Jesse James
10 Charlie Wilson’s War

Sam Adams | African American Film Critics | David Ansen | Austin Film Critics | Dallas Ft Worth Film Critics | Roger Ebert | Lou Gaul | Martin Grove | Las Vegas | Ed Symkus