The Best and Worst of 2007
2007, you might say, was the year of revelations at the cinema, a year of surprises, startling discoveries and spectacular achievements. But that is not necessarily a positive prospect, either. Saturated by ambition and ambivalence, the movies that occupied theater screens in the 12 months of the calendar year offered high stylization, great energy and loud explosions, and payoffs too brief and momentary to make many of them deserving of that output. The trend was not one limited to the more prolific of box office competitors, either; like a disease that transcends culture and social divides, no one, including the Indies or the art-house flicks, were safe from the mediocrity that spread through the crops.

Posted March 25, 2008

 
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01.21.08 > Oscars 2008: Predicting the Nominees

07.01.07 > House of Mouse acknowledges members of press with overt display of suspicion
07.01.07 > Film criticism loses a timeless legend
07.01.07 > A new attitude

06.28.05 > Narnia and Christianity -- One in the same? Hardly.
06.26.05 > Returning to Hogwarts
06.23.05 > Be glad that there's only one Tom Cruise
02.22.05 > 2005 Oscars offer no slam dunks -- thankfully
02.21.05 > Is anyone else tired of all this "Sideways" hoopla?
01.30.05 > DGA wins don't correctly forecast Oscar gold anymore
01.29.05 > The Reputation of Being a "Film Critic"
01.28.05 > The Best and Worst of 2004

11.17.04 > Task of movie reviewing made much easier by absence of Jack Valenti
02.16.04 > Artistic Possession -- The War Over the "Exorcist" Prequel
02.01.04 > The Best and Worst Movies of 2003

02.28.03 > Oscars 2003: Nominee Reactions
02.07.03 > Oscars 2003: Nominee Predictions, or How We Will Honor Crap and Ignore Greatness
01.17.03 > The Best and Worst Films of 2002

06.10.02 > Sciene Fiction's Greatest Honored in the OFCS's First Top 100 Movies List
06.07.02 > Summer 2002: A Look Ahead
03.15.02 > Oscars 2002: Winner Predictions
03.15.02 > Oscars 2002: From the Director's Chair
02.08.02 > Oscars 2002: Nominee Predictions
01.18.02 > The Best and Worst Movies of 2001

09.26.01 > Fall 2001: Things to Come
06.08.01 > Summer 2001: An In-Depth Preview of Things to Come
06.01.01 > Summer 2001: Where Have All the Ideas Gone?
04.04.01 > Oscars 2001: Winner Reactions
03.23.01 > Oscars 2001: Preserving the Secrecy of the Ballot
03.23.01 > Oscars 2001: Winner Predictions
03.16.01 > Oscars 2001: Nominee Reactions
02.12.01 > The Best and Worst Movies of 2000
02.12.01 > Oscars 2001: Nominee Predictions

09.29.00 > "A" is for Absurd: Reasons Why a Proposed New MPAA Film Rating Would Be a Waste of Time
09.29.00 > Fall 2000: A Preview of Things to Come
03.31.00 > Oscars 2000: Winner Reactions
03.31.00 > Summer 2000: A Preview of Things to Come
03.25.00 > Oscars 2000: Winner Predictions
02.17.00 > Oscars 2000: Nominee Reactions
02.14.00 > Oscars 2000: Nominee Predictions
01.19.00 > The Toy Story Comparison: Why Does the Sequel Surpass the Original?
01.19.00 > Value Unlimited: A Brief Commentary on the Movies Unlimited Catalog
01.07.00 > The Best and Worst Movies of 1999

12.01.99 > The Region Crisis
09.08.99 > Supernatural Summer Follows Up With "Stigmata," "Stir of Echoes"
07.14.99 > Audience's "Eyes" Shut for 65 Seconds
03.24.99 > "Love" Conquers All: "Shakespeare" Wins Seven Academy Awards in 71st Year of Surprises and Disappointments
03.17.99 > Academy Award Winner Predictions 1999
03.05.99 > Academy Awards: What Makes a Movie a Classic? (Debate; Featuring Dustin Rose)
02.10.99 > Academy Honors "Shakespeare," "Ryan" with Total of 24 Nominations in 71st Year
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01.04.99 > Academy Award Nominee Predictions, 1999

12.09.98 > Withholding of Hitchcock Remake Psychs out Critics
12.09.98 > Disney's "Bugs" Squashes Previous Thanksgiving Record
12.09.98 > "The Waterboy": Is it Society's Fault? (Debate; Featuring Dustin Rose)
09.23.98 > The "Armageddon" Debate (Featuring Dustin Rose)
09.13.98 > AFI's Top 100 Movies Sparks 100 Debates
09.13.98 > Summer Movies Save 1998 Film Industry
08.24.98 > Summer Film Preview: "Godzilla" Ushers in "Armageddon" (Late Posting)
08.24.98 > A Close Race at Upcoming Oscars (Late Posting)
08.24.98 > Oscars: "This Wasn't in the Script!" (Late Posting)

 
 
           
     
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