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February, 2008 - Here's the 4th annual listing. I'll update after the Oscars have been given out on 2/24/08. At least I managed to see 18 out of the 25 must-see Entertainment Weekly movies....
2007-2008 Movies Rating EW Rank Entertainment Weekly's 2007 Must See BCJ Rating
300 5.00 1 No Country for Old Men 3.90
ACROSS THE UNIVERSE 5.00 2 Atonement 4.40
BEOWULF IN 3D 5.00 3 Juno 4.50
ENCHANTED 5.00 4 Michael Clayton 4.50
TRANSFORMERS 5.00 5 There Will Be Blood 4.80
HARRY POTTER & THE ORDER OF THE PHOENIX 4.90 6 Into the Wild 4.40
I AM LEGEND 4.90 7 American Gangster 4.70
SICKO 4.90 8 The Diving Bell and the Butterfly 4.60
SPIDERMAN 3 4.90 9 Sweeney Todd 4.00
20 MILLIONS MILES TO EARTH - IN COLOR 4.80 10 Charlie Wilson's War  
LETTERS FROM IWO JIMA 4.80 11 The Kite Runner  
NATURE TREASURE: BOOK OF SECRETS 4.80 12 Away From Her 4.40
NOMAD THE WARRIOR 4.80 13 Eastern Promises 4.30
SLEEPLESS IN SEATTLE 4.80 14 La Vie en Rose  
THERE WILL BE BLOOD 4.80 15 I'm Not There 2.00
WHO KILLED THE ELECTRIC CAR 4.80 16 A Mighty Heart  
AMERICAN GANGSTER 4.70 17 Gone Baby Gone 4.20
DRAGON WARS 4.70 18 The Assassination of Jesse James by…  
LIVE FREE, OR DIE HARD 4.70 19 Lars and the Real Girl  
PAN'S LABYRINTH 4.70 20 Hairspray 4.60
PERFUME: THE STORY OF A MURDERER 4.70 21 3:10 to Yuma 4.20
THE GOLDEN COMPASS 4.70 22 The Savages 4.50
BREACH 4.60 23 Enchanted 5.00
HAIRSPRAY 4.60 24 Before the Devil Knows You're Dead 4.50
THE DIVING BELL AND THE BUTTERFLY 4.60 25 Ratatouille  
12:01 4.50      
A MAN FOR ALL SEASONS 4.50   Average 4.31
BECKET 4.50
BEFORE THE DEVIL KNOWS YOU'RE DEAD 4.50   2008 OSCAR WINNERS  
BLACK BOOK 4.50      
CARS 4.50 Picture Atonement 4.4
FACTORY GIRL 4.50 Juno 4.5
FRACTURE 4.50 Michael Clayton 4.5
GEORGIA RULE 4.50 No Country for Old Men 3.9
IMAGINE ME AND YOU 4.50 There Will Be Blood 4.8
IMMORTEL 4.50   Average 4.42
JUNO 4.50
KNOCKED UP 4.50 Director Paul Thomas Anderson, There Will Be Blood 4.8
MICHAEL CLAYTON 4.50 Coen Brothers, No Country for Old Men 4.8
NETWORK 4.50 Tony Gilroy, Michael Clayton 4.8
SAINT RALPH 4.50 Jason Reitman, Juno 4.8
SHREK THE THIRD 4.50 Julian Schnabel, The Diving Bell & the Butterfly 4.8
STEPHEN KING'S THE MIST 4.50   Average 4.80
THE BRIDGE TO TERABITHIA 4.50
THE SAVAGES 4.50 Actor George Clooney, Michael Clayton 4.9
ATONEMENT 4.40 Daniel Day-Lewis, There Will Be Blood 4.9
AWAY FROM HER 4.40 Johnny Depp, Sweeney Todd 4.6
BUTTERFLY SWORD 4.40 Tommy Lee Jones, In the Valley of Elah
CASSANDRA'S DREAM 4.40 Viggo Mortensen, Eastern Promises 4.9
DANCES WITH WOLVES 4.40   Average 4.83
DEATH SENTENCE 4.40
FANTASTIC 4: RISE OF THE SILVER SURFER 4.40 Actress Cate Blanchett, Elizabeth:The Golden Age  
FREAKY FRIDAY 4.40 Julie Christie, Away From Her 4.9
INTO THE WILD 4.40 Marion Cotillard, Mome  
LUST, CAUTION 4.40 Laura Linney, The Savages 4.8
RADIO FLYER 4.40 Ellen Page, Juno 4.8
REAR WINDOW 4.40   Average 4.83
SHERRYBABY 4.40
THE BUCKET LIST 4.40 Sup Actor Casey Affleck, The Assassination of JJ
THE HOST 4.40 Javier Bardem, No Country for Old Men 4.8
THE LIVES OF OTHERS 4.40 Philip Seymour Hoffman, The Savages 4.8
THE TURNING POINT 4.40 Hal Holbrook, Into the Wild 4.7
UNKNOWN 4.40 Tom Wilkinson, Michael Clayton 4.8
CATCH A FIRE 4.30   Average 4.78
CLOVERFIELD 4.30
DISTURBIA 4.30 Sup Actress Cate Blanchett, I'm Not There 4.7
EASTERN PROMISES 4.30 Ruby Dee, American Gangster 4.4
EL ORFANATO 4.30 Saoirse Ronan, Atonement 4.5
EVAN ALMIGHTY 4.30 Amy Ryan, Gone Baby Gone 4.6
FOUR MONTHS, THREE WEEKS & TWO DAYS 4.30 Tilda Swinton, Michael Clayton 4.8
GOYA'S GHOSTS 4.30   Average 4.60
HANNIBAL RISING 4.30
HAPPY TOGETHER 4.30 Animated Persepolis
IN BRUGES 4.30 Ratatatouille
JUMPER 4.30 Surf's Up  
MALCOLM X 4.30   Average  
OLIVER TWIST 4.30
ON THE WATERFRONT 4.30
SUNSHINE 4.30 THE OMEGA MAN 3.80
THE AGONY AND THE ECSTASY 4.30 THE QUIET EARTH 3.80
THE BRAVE ONE 4.30 THE SQUID AND THE WHALE 3.80
THE NANNY DIARIES 4.30 THIS PROPERTY IS CONDEMNED 3.80
THE OBJECT OF MY AFFECTION 4.30 WIN A DATE WITH TAD HAMILTON 3.80
THE PRINCESS BRIDE 4.30 28 DAYS 3.70
YOU CAN COUNT ON ME 4.30 ASYLUM 3.70
ZODIAC 4.30 BURY MY HEART AT WOUNDED KNEE 3.70
1408 4.20 BUTCH CASSIDY AND THE SUNDANCE KID 3.70
3:10 TO YUMA (2007) 4.20 DUPLEX 3.70
AMERICAN GRAFFITI 4.20 ELEPHANT 3.70
BUGSY 4.20 ENOUGH 3.70
DREAMGIRLS 4.20 IN THE NAME OF THE KING 3.70
FASCINATION 4.20 RUDY 3.70
GIANT 4.20 SHOOT 'EM UP 3.70
GONE BABY GONE 4.20 SHOPGIRL 3.70
GRENDEL 4.20 THE CONVERSATION 3.70
SHOOTER 4.20 THE DYING GAUL 3.70
STARDUST 4.20 THE MAN WHO KNEW TOO MUCH 3.70
THE GREAT GATSBY 4.20 THE REAPING 3.70
THE MORNING AFTER 4.20 ALIENS VS. PREDATOR: REQUIEM 3.60
UNITED 93 4.20 CHILDREN OF MEN 3.60
ATLANTIC CITY 4.10 CRIMSON RIVER: ANGELS OF THE APOCALYPSE 3.60
AWAKE 4.10 DOWN IN THE VALLEY 3.60
BEYOND BORDERS 4.10 KISS KISS BANG BANG 3.60
DRIVING MISS DAISY 4.10 MEDICINE MAN 3.60
GHOSTRIDER 4.10 TAXI 3.60
HAIRSPRAY (1988) 4.10 THE GODS MUST BE CRAZY 1 3.60
MURIEL'S WEDDING 4.10 THE GODS MUST BE CRAZY II 3.60
NOTES ON A SCANDAL 4.10 VACANCY 3.60
PREMONITION 4.10 BLADE RUNNER 3.50
RESCUE DAWN 4.10 ENVY 3.50
SEPARATE LIES 4.10 FEAR AND LOATHING IN LAS VEGAS 3.50
THE BOURNE ULTIMATUM 4.10 RUSH 3.50
THE LAST HOLIDAY 4.10 SLEEPING WITH THE ENEMY 3.50
THE MATADOR 4.10 THE UPSIDE OF ANGER 3.50
THE NATURAL 4.10 TRUE ROMANCE 3.50
THE NET 2.0 4.10 BLACK WIDOWER 3.40
UNTRACEABLE 4.10 MONDAYS IN THE SUN 3.40
AMERICAN GIGOLO 4.00 THE INVISIBLE 3.40
BAD BOYS 4.00 28 WEEKS LATER 3.30
BAREFOOT IN THE PARK 4.00 BEYOND THE GATES OF SPLENDOR 3.30
BLAST FROM THE PAST 4.00 GLENGARY GLENROSS 3.30
CITIZEN KANE 4.00 INTO GREAT SILENCE 3.30
HARSH TIMES 4.00 TEEN MOVIE 3.30
INVENTING THE ABBOTS 4.00 THE LAST LEGION 3.30
JOHN TUCKER MUST DIE 4.00 BULWORTH 3.20
KILLING ME SOFTLY 4.00 ENTER THE DRAGON 3.20
NEXT 4.00 IMPRINT 3.20
PERFECT STRANGER 4.00 POSTCARDS FROM THE EDGE 3.20
PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN: AT WORLD'S END 4.00 SHAUN OF THE DEAD 3.20
POINT BREAK 4.00 STREET FIGHTER 3.20
SUNSET BOULEVARD 4.00 STREET FIGHTER 2 3.20
SWEENY TODD: DEMON BARBER OF FLEET STREET 4.00 THE NEXT BEST THING 3.20
TAXI DRIVER 4.00 THE OSTERMAN WEEKEND 3.20
THE KINGDOM 4.00 THE RINGER 3.20
THE LAST MIMZY 4.00 THE TROUBLE WITH HARRY 3.20
THE LIFE AND DEATH OF PETER SELLERS 4.00 WILD HOGS 3.20
THE MOLLY MAQUIRES 4.00 BAD LIEUTENANT 3.10
THE RED VIOLIN 4.00 30 DAYS OF NIGHT 3.00
THE SEEKER: THE DARK IS RISING 4.00 BEOWULF AND GRENDEL 3.00
THE SPIRIT OF THE MARATHON 4.00 FOUR BROTHERS 3.00
WALT DISNEY'S THE THREE MUSKETEERS 4.00 SMOKIN' ACES 3.00
2009 LOST MEMORIES 3.90 THE TALE OF SWEENY TODD 3.00
BIG FAT LIAR 3.90 THREE EXTREMES 3.00
GUESS WHO 3.90 YOU,ME & DUPREE 3.00
HIGH TENSION 3.90 CHERRY 2000 2.70
HITMAN 3.90 ALL THE KING'S MEN 2.60
NO COUNTRY FOR OLD MEN 3.90 CLASS OF 1984 2.50
PATHFINDER 3.90 FEAST - UNRATED 2.50
SNOW FALLING ON CEDARS 3.90 POWER 2.50
STANDER 3.90 REEFER MADNESS 2.50
THE HURRICANE 3.90 STRAIGHT TO DARKNESS 2.50
THE INVASION 3.90 WAR 2.50
THE NUMBER 23 3.90 XX/XY 2.50
THE PACIFIER 3.90 ALI 2.00
THE RAPE OF NANKING 3.90 BROKEN FLOWERS 2.00
THE ROCKETEER 3.90 BUG 2.00
WORLD TRADE CENTER 3.90 GODZILLA FINAL WARS 2.00
A FISH CALLED WANDA 3.80 I'M NOT THERE 2.00
CAPTAIN CORELLI'S MANDOLIN 3.80 LOCK,STOCK AND TWO SMOKING BARRELS 2.00
FOOLS RUSH IN 3.80 LOVESICK 2.00
FRANK AND JESSE 3.80 MAN ABOUT TOWN 2.00
FUN WITH DICK AND JANE 3.80 TALLADEGA NIGHTS - THE BALLAD OF RICKY BOBBY 2.00
HISTORY OF THE WORLD PART I 3.80 DARKNESS 1.50
JUST MY LUCK 3.80 AMISTAD 1.00
LITTLE CHILDREN 3.80 LUSH 1.00
MOTHER 3.80 Average 3.9
NINE LIVES 3.80  
OCEAN'S 13 3.80
ONE NIGHT WITH THE KING 3.80
REDS 3.80
RV 3.80
THE DESERT OF THE TARTARS 3.80
THE MAGUS 3.80
2006-2007 Movies Rating EW Rank Entertainment Weekly's 2006 Must See BCJ Rating
THE CURSE OF THE GOLDEN FLOWER 5.0 1 The Departed 4.3
THE PROMISE 5.0 2 Dreamgirls 4.2
APOCALYPTO 4.8 3 Babel 3.7
DEJA VU 4.8 4 The Queen 4.4
ERAGON 4.8 5 Letters From Iwo Jima 4.8
LETTERS FROM IWO JIMA 4.8 6 Little Miss Sunshine 4.1
NIGHT AT THE MUSEUM 4.8 7 United 93 4.2
FLYBOYS 4.7 8 Little Children 3.8
HAPPY FEET 4.7 9 Notes on a Scandal 4.1
JET LI'S FEARLESS 4.7 10 Flags of Our Fathers 3.2
MISSION IMPOSSIBLE 3 4.7 11 The Last King of Scotland 4.1
PIRATES OF THE CARRIBEAN:DEAD MAN'S CHEST 4.7 12 The Devil Wears Prada 4.1
SUPERMAN RETURNS 4.7 13 Borat 3.2
OLIVER! 4.6 14 Blood Diamond 4.1
X-MEN LAST STAND 4.6 15 Volver  
Y TU MAMA TAMBIEN 4.6 16 The Pursuit of Happyness 4.4
CARS 4.5 17 Venus  
HARD CANDY 4.5 18 Children of Men 3.6
NOTES ON A SCANDAL 4.5 19 Pan's Labyrinth 4.7
THANK YOU FOR NOT SMOKING 4.5 20 Half Nelson 4.3
THE LAKE HOUSE 4.5 21 Thank You for Smoking 4.5
THE PAINTED VEIL 4.5 22 The Painted Veil 4.5
CASANOVA 4.4 23 Stranger Than Fiction 4.3
HOLLYWOODLAND 4.4 24 Hollywoodland 4.4
INSIDE MAN 4.4 25 For Your Consideration 3.5
LUCKY NUMBER SLEVIN 4.4      
ORANGE COUNTY 4.4   Average 4.11
SILENT HILL 4.4
STAGE BEAUTY 4.4   2007 OSCAR NOMINATIONS  
THE 40 YEAR-OLD VIRGIN 4.4      
THE BREAK-UP 4.4 Picture Babel 3.7
THE ILLUSIONIST 4.4 The Departed 4.3
THE LIBERTINE 4.4 Letters From Iwo Jima 4.8
THE PRESTIGE 4.4 Little Miss Sunshine 4.1
THE PURSUIT OF HAPPYNESS 4.4 The Queen 4.4
THE QUEEN 4.4   Average 4.26
TRANSAMERICA 4.4
UNDERWORLD EVOLUTION 4.4 Director Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu, Babel 4.2
ASK THE DUST 4.3 Martin Scorsese, The Departed 5.0
HALF NELSON 4.3 Clint Eastwood, Letters From Iwo Jima 4.9
KIDS 4.3 Stephen Frears, The Queen 4.8
REGARDING HENRY 4.3 Paul Greengrass, United 93 4.6
STRANGER THAN FICTION 4.3   Average 4.70
THE BLIND SWORDSMAN ZATOICHI 4.3
THE DEPARTED 4.3 Actor Leonardo DiCaprio, Blood Diamond 4.7
V FOR VENDETTA 4.3 Ryan Gosling, Half Nelson 4.9
AN INCONVENIENT TRUTH 4.2 Peter O'Toole, Venus  
CASINO ROYALE 4.2 Will Smith, The Pursuit of Happyness 4.8
DREAMGIRLS 4.2 Forest Whitaker, The Last King of Scotland 4.9
EIGHT BELOW 4.2   Average 4.83
EULOGY 4.2
FRIDA 4.2 Actress Penelope Cruz, Volver  
MUST LOVE DOGS 4.2 Judi Dench, Notes on a Scandal 4.5
SHATTERED GLASS 4.2 Helen Mirren, The Queen 5.0
THE CHUMSCRUBBER 4.2 Meryl Streep, The Devil Wears Prada 4.6
THE DA VINCI CODE 4.2 Kate Winslet, Little Children 4.7
THE SNOW WALKER 4.2   Average 4.70
THE WARRIOR 4.2
16 BLOCKS 4.1 Sup Actor Alan Arkin, Little Miss Sunshine 4.3
ADVENTURES IN BABYSITTING 4.1 Jackie Earle Haley, Little Children 4.4
AN AMERICAN HAUNTING 4.1 Djimon Hounsou, Blood Diamond 4.8
BLOOD DIAMOND 4.1 Eddie Murphy, Dreamgilrs 4.8
DONNIE BRASCO 4.1 Mark Wahlberg, The Departed 4.7
FINAL DESTINATION 2 4.1   Average 4.60
FREAKY FRIDAY 4.1
HOUSE OF WAX (2005) 4.1 Sup Actress Adriana Barraza, Babel 4.5
KWAIDAN 4.1 Cate Blanchett, Notes on a Scandel 4.7
LITTLE MISS SUNSHINE 4.1 Abigail Breslin, Little Miss Sunshine 4.3
POSEIDON 4.1 Jennifer Hudson, Dreamgirls 4.7
RUNNING WITH SCISSORS 4.1 Rinko Kikuchi, Babel 4.0
SCOOP 4.1   Average 4.44
SNAKES ON THE PLANE 4.1
THE DEVIL WEARS PRADA 4.1 Animated Cars 4.5
THE GIRL NEXT DOOR 4.1 Happy Feet 4.7
THE GUARDIAN 4.1 Monster House  
THE LAST KING OF SCOTLAND 4.1   Average 4.60
THE PROPOSITION 4.1
THE WHITE COUNTESS 4.1
TRISTAN AND ISOLDE 4.1 INTO THE BLUE 3.5
WORLD'S FASTEST INDIAN 4.1 MIAMI VICE 3.5
DEAD MAN WALKING 4.0 STEPHEN KING'S RIDING THE BULLET 3.5
FINAL DESTINATION 3 4.0 THE FOUNTAIN 3.5
FIREWALL 4.0 THE PROTECTOR 3.5
FROM HERE TO ETERNITY 4.0 FREEDOMLAND 3.4
MONA LISA SMILE 4.0 PULSE (2000) 3.4
MY SUPER EX-GIRLFRIEND 4.0 STEALTH 3.4
SCENT OF A WOMAN 4.0 THE ADVENTURERS 3.4
SHAMPOO 4.0 ULTRAVIOLET 3.4
THE DESCENT 4.0 BLOW UP 3.3
THE FAMILY MAN 4.0 CACHE 3.3
THE FAMILY STONE 4.0 LOCK UP 3.3
WHITE CHICKS 4.0 REST STOP 3.3
AFTER THE SUNSET 3.9 ZU WARRIORS 3.3
BRICK 3.9 BORAT:CULTURAL LEARNINGS ... 3.2
HOSTEL 3.9 DOMINO 3.2
KALIFORNIA 3.9 FLAGS OF OUR FATHERS 3.2
NIGHTWATCH 3.9 MAZES AND MONSTERS 3.2
NIGHTWATCH (2001) 3.9 RUNNING SCARED 3.2
THE SENTINEL 3.9 THE ANIMAL 3.2
THE THREE BURIALS OF MELQUAIDES ESTRADA 3.9 THE MAGNIFICENT SEVEN 3.2
BLOWN AWAY 3.8 THE NEW GUY 3.2
FAST FOOD NATION 3.8 THE WIND AND THE CLOUD: STORM RIDERS 3.2
HERCULES 3.8 WEDDING CRASHERS 3.2
LA FEMME MUSKETEER 3.8 A SCANNER DARKLY 3.1
LITTLE CHILDREN 3.8 CONFESSIONS OF A TEENAGE DRAMA QUEEN 3.1
MATCHPOINT 3.8 FRIENDS WITH MONEY 3.1
METEOR 3.8 HIGHWAY 3.1
SNEAKERS 3.8 SAVING SILVERMAN 3.1
THE HISTORY BOYS 3.8 SONATINE 3.1
WAITING 3.8 THE WHITE DRAGON 3.1
A MAP OF THE WORLD 3.7 DR. STRANGELOVE 3.0
AUDITION 3.7 CRANK 2.8
BABEL 3.7 THE SECRET LIVES OF DENTISTS 2.7
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