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2007 Screening Log

For the sake of year-end convenience, 2007 films seen in 2006 (except those seen at festivals) are stuck at the beginning of the list. Also for my convenience, a movie's year is determined either by original North American release date or, if the film is never released commercially, by the date of its North American premiere, to the best of my knowledge.


"^" after a film indicates a repeat viewing.

"*" after a film indicates a viewing on DVD or video, at home or projected in a theater, or on tv.

000. (27-Dec) Freedom Writers (Richard LaGravanese, 2007) B-
001. (1-Jan) Super Troopers (Jay Chandrasekhar, 2002)* B-
002. (1-Jan) The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (Peter Jackson, 2001)^* Masterpiece [extended edition]
003. (3-Jan) 'Breaker' Morant (Bruce Beresford, 1980)* A-
005. (5-Jan) Perfume: The Story of a Murderer (Tom Tykwer, 2006) A-
006. (5-Jan) Code Name: The Cleaner (Les Mayfield, 2007) D-
007. (6-Jan) Black Christmas (Glen Morgan, 2006) C-
008. (7-Jan) Children of Men (Alfonso Cuaron, 2006)^ A
009. (9-Jan) Alpha Dog (Nick Cassavetes, 2007) B-
010. (12-Jan) Primeval (Michael Katleman, 2007) C+
011. (14-Jan) Miss Potter (Chris Noonan, 2006) B
012. (19-Jan) The Hitcher (Dave Meyers, 2007) C
013. (20-Jan) Venus (Roger Michell, 2006) B+
014. (22-Jan) God Grew Tired of Us (Christopher Quinn, 2007) B
015. (23-Jan) Smokin' Aces (Joe Carnahan, 2007) C
016. (24-Jan) The Astronaut Farmer (Michael Polish, 2007) B+
017. (26-Jan) Pan's Labyrinth (Guillermo Del Toro, 2006)^ A
018. (27-Jan) Catch and Release (Susannah Grant, 2007) C
019. (28-Jan) Blood and Chocolate (Katja Von Garnier, 2007) C
020. (29-Jan) Days of Glory (Rachid Bouchareb, 2006) C-
021. (1-Feb) The Messengers (Danny Pang and Oxide Pang, 2007) F
022. (4-Feb) Because I Said So (Mark Lehmann, 2007) D+
023. (5-Feb) Music & Lyrics (Marc Lawrence, 2007) B
024. (7-Feb) Factory Girl (George Hickenlooper, 2006) C+
025. (7-Feb) Hannibal Rising (Peter Webber, 2007) C-
026. (9-Feb) Young Frankenstein (Mel Brooks, 1974)^* Masterpiece [pan-and-scan]
027. (10-Feb) Bridge to Terabithia (Gabor Csupo, 2007) A-
027. (11-Feb) Breaking and Entering (Anthony Minghella, 2006) B+
028. (12-Feb) Starter for 10 (Tom Vaughan, 2007) B
029. (15-Feb) Norbit (Brian Robbins, 2007) D
030. (17-Feb) Ghost Rider (Mark Steven Johnson, 2007) C
031. (17-Feb) Breach (Billy Ray, 2007) A
032. (19-Feb) Gray Matters (Sue Kramer, 2007) C+
033. (20-Feb) The Number 23 (Joel Schumacher, 2007) D+
034. (24-Feb) Amazing Grace (Michael Apted, 2007) B-
035. (26-Feb) Premonition (Mennan Yapo, 2007) C+
036. (2-Mar) Raising Arizona (Joel Coen, 1987)* A-
037. (3-Mar) Black Snake Moan (Craig Brewer, 2007) B+
038. (3-Mar) Zodiac (David Fincher, 2007) B+
039. (4-Mar) The Abandoned (Nacho Cerda, 2007) C+
040. (8-Mar) 300 (Zack Snyder, 2007) B+
041. (9-Mar) Suffering Man's Charity (Alan Cumming, 2007) D
042. (9-Mar) The Lookout (Scott Frank, 2007) A-
043. (9-Mar) Mulberry Street (Jim Mickle, 2007) C+
044. (10-Mar) The King of Kong (Seth Gordon, 2007) B-
045. (10-Mar) When a Man Falls in the Forest (Ryan Eslinger, 2007) B
046. (10-Mar) Fall from Grace (Ryan Jones, 2007) C+
047. (10-Mar) All the Boys Love Mandy Lane (Jonathan Levine, 2007) B+
048. (10-Mar) Black Sheep (Jonathan King, 2007) B-
049. (11-Mar) Frownland (Ronald Bromstein, 2007) C-
050. (11-Mar) He Was a Quiet Man (Frank Cappello, 2007) C
051. (11-Mar) Itty Bitty Titty Committee (Jamie Babbit, 2007) C+
052. (11-Mar) Exiled (Johnny To, 2007) C+
053. (11-Mar) Borderland (Zev Berman, 2007) B
054. (12-Mar) Skills Like This (Monty Miranada, 2007) B-
055. (12-Mar) Knocked Up (Judd Apatow, 2007) B+
056. (13-Mar) Billy the Kid (Jennifer Vittenden, 2007) B
057. (13-Mar) Manufacturing Dissent (Debbie Melnyk & Rick Caine, 2007) B-
058. (13-Mar) Lost in Woonsocket (John Chester, 2007) C+
059. (13-Mar) Inside the Circle (Marcy Garriott, 2007) B+
060. (13-Mar) The Signal (David Bruckner, Dan Bush & Jacob Gentry, 2007) B
061. (17-Mar) The Last Mimzy (Bob Shaye, 2007) B+
062. (18-Mar) The Host (Bong Joon-ho, 2007) B+
063. (19-Mar) Reign Over Me (Mike Binder, 2007) C
064. (22-Mar) I Think I Love My Wife (Chris Rock, 2007) C+
065. (23-Mar) Shooter (Antoine Fuqua, 2007) B-
066. (24-Mar) Dead Silence (James Wan, 2007) B
067. (24-Mar) Persona (Ingmar Bergman, 1966)* B+
068. (24-Mar) The Chumscrubber (Arie Posin, 2005)* C
069. (26-Mar) Rocket Science (Jeffrey Blitz, 2007) B
070. (31-Mar) Meet the Robinsons (Stephen J. Anderson, 2007) B [3-D]
071. (31-Mar) The Lookout (Scott Frank, 2007)^ A-
072. (1-Apr) Blades of Glory (Josh Gordon & Will Speck, 2007) C-
073. (2-Apr) The Reaping (Stephen Hopkins, 2007) C-
074. (4-Apr) The Hoax (Lasse Hallstršm, 2007) C
075. (6-Apr) Grindhouse (Robert Rodriguez, Rob Zombie, Edgar Wright, Eli Roth, Quentin Tarantino, 2007) A-
076. (7-Apr) Beauty in Trouble (Jan Hrebezk, 2007) B+
077. (7-Apr) The Boss of It All (Lars Von Trier, 2007) C+
078. (7-Apr) End of the Line (Maurice Devereaux, 2007) B+
079. (9-Apr) Waitress (Adrienne Shelly, 2007) B+
080. (13-Apr) In the Land of Women (Jonathan Kasdan, 2007) B
081. (13-Apr) Time (Kim Ki-Duk, 2007) C+
082. (14-Apr) Cashback (Sean Ellis, 2007) B-
083. (14-Apr) Dead Daughters (Pavel Ruminov, 2007) B
084. (15-Apr) Night of the Sunflowers (Jorge Sanchez-Cabezuda, 2007) B
085. (15-Apr) Trapped Ashes (Joe Dante, Ken Russell, Sean S. Cunningham, Monte Hellman & John Gaeta, 2007) C [Russell: C+; Cunningham: D-; Hellman: C-; Gaeta: B]
086. (21-Apr) Disturbia (D.J. Caruso, 2007) B
087. (26-Apr) Aqua Teen Hunger Force Colon Movie Film For Theaters (Matt Maiellaro and Dave Willis, 2007) B-
088. (26-Apr) Pathfinder (Marcus Nispel, 2007) F
089. (28-Apr) Perfect Stranger (James Foley, 2007) C-
090. (29-Apr) Vacancy (Nimrod Antal, 2007) B+
091. (30-Apr) Die Mommie Die! (Mark Rucker, 2003)* B
092. (1-May) Lucky You (Curtis Hanson, 2007) C
093. (1-May) The TV Set (Jake Kasdan, 2007) B
094. (1-May) Five Easy Pieces (Bob Rafelson, 1970)* A
095. (2-May) Year of the Dog (Mike White, 2007) C
096. (2-May) Hot Fuzz (Edgar Wright, 2007) B
097. (3-May) Spider-Man 3 (Sam Raimi, 2007) B
098. (5-May) Next (Lee Tamahori, 2007) C
099. (5-May) Fracture (Gregory Hoblit, 2007) B+
100. (6-May) After the Wedding (Susanne Bier, 2007) C-
101. (7-May) The Invisible (David S. Goyer, 2007) C-
102. (8-May) Black Book (Paul Verhoeven, 2007) B+
103. (9-May) Marathon Man (John Schlesinger, 1976)* B+
104. (11-May) 28 Weeks Later (Juan Carlos Fresnadillo, 2007) A-
105. (12-May) The Ex (Jesse Peretz, 2007) C+
106. (14-May) Away From Her (Sarah Polley, 2007) A-
107. (15-May) Versus (Ryuhei Kitamura, 2000)* C-
109. (18-May) Even Money (Mark Rydell, 2007) D+
110. (19-May) Shrek the Third (Chris Miller, 2007) B+
111. (20-May) The Long Goodbye (Robert Altman, 1973) A
112. (20-May) Day Night Day Night (Julia Loktev, 2007) B
113. (20-May) Brand Upon the Brain! (Guy Maddin, 2007) C-
114. (22-May) Once (John Carney, 2007) B+
115. (26-May) Bug (William Friedkin, 2007) B
116. (27-May) Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End (Gore Verbinski, 2007) B-
117. (28-May) Steel City (Brian Jun, 2007) B+
118. (28-May) Paprika (Satoshi Kon, 2007) B
119. (2-Jun) Paris Je'Taime (Whole Shitload of People, 2007) B-
120. (3-Jun) Day Watch (Timur Bekmambetov, 2007) B
121. (3-Jun) Mr. Brooks (Bruce A. Evans, 2007) B
122. (9-Jun) Nancy Drew (Andrew Fleming, 2007) D+
123. (10-Jun) Ocean's Thirteen (Steven Soderbergh, 2007) B-
124. (10-Jun) Ma Vie En Rose (Oliver Dahan, 2007) C+
125. (11-Jun) Stop-Loss (Kimberly Peirce, 2007) B [unfinished]
126. (12-Jun) Hostel Part II (Eli Roth, 2007) B-
127. (16-Jun) Fantastic 4: Rise of the Silver Surfer (Tim Story, 2007) C
128. (16-Jun) Between Midnight and Dawn (Gordon Douglas, 1950) C+
129. (17-Jun) Fido (Andrew Currie, 2007) A-
130. (17-Jun) Chalk (Mike Akel, 2007) C+
131. (22-Jun) 1408 (Mikael HŒfstrom, 2007) B
132. (27-Jun) Live Free or Die Hard (Len Wiseman, 2007) B+
133. (30-Jun) A Mighty Heart (Michael Winterbottom, 2007) B
134. (30-Jun) Ratatouille (Brad Bird, 2007) A-
135. (3-Jul) Evening (Lajos Koltai, 2007) B
136. (6-Jul) Transformers (Michael Bay, 2007) D+
137. (6-Jul) Joshua (George Ratliff, 2007) A
138. (7-Jul) The Method (Marcelo Pineyro, 2007) B
139. (7-Jul) Dynamite Warrior (Chalerm Wongpim, 2007) C
140. (8-Jul) Vitus (Fredi M. Murrer, 2007) A-
141. (10-Jul) Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (David Yates, 2007) B+
142. (18-Jul) Talk to Me (Kasi Lemmons, 2007) C+
143. (21-Jul) No Reservations (Scott Hicks, 2007) B+
144. (22-Jul) Sunshine (Danny Boyle, 2007) A
145. (23-Jul) Broken English (Zoe Cassavetes, 2007) C-
146. (23-Jul) Goya's Ghosts (Milos Forman, 2007) B
147. (24-Jul) Hairspray (Adam Shankman, 2007) B-
148. (28-Jul) The Simpsons Movie (David Silverman, 2007) B+
149. (29-Jul) This is England (Shane Meadows, 2007) B+
150. (29-Jul) My Best Friend (Patrice Leconte, 2007) C+
151. (29-Jul) Interview (Steve Buscemi, 2007) B-
152. (30-Jul) Maidstone (Norman Mailer, 1970) C
152. (2-Aug) Captivity (Roland Joffe, 2007) F
153. (7-Aug) Rescue Dawn (Werner Herzog, 2007) B+
154. (11-Aug) The Bourne Ultimatum (Paul Greengrass, 2007) B
155. (12-Aug) Glory (Edward Zwick, 1989)* C [WTF Broderick?!]
156. (12-Aug) I Now Pronounce You Chuck & Larry (Dennis Dugan, 2007) C
157. (13-Aug) Stardust (Matthew Vaughn, 2007) B+
158. (13-Aug) People I Know (Daniel Algrant, 2002)* B
159. (14-Aug) Rush Hour 3 (Brett Ratner, 2007) D-
160. (15-Aug) Illegal Tender (Franc. Reyes, 2007) C+
161. (15-Aug) The Kingdom (Peter Berg, 2007) B
162. (16-Aug) The Brave One (Neil Jordan, 2007) B+
163. (16-Aug) The Ten (David Wain, 2007) B
164. (17-Aug) Michael Clayton (Tony Gilroy, 2007) A
165. (17-Aug) Superbad (Greg Mottola, 2007) A-
166. (18-Aug) Becoming Jane (Julian Jarrold, 2007) C
167. (18-Aug) The Invasion (Oliver Hirschbiegel, 2007) B-
169. (19-Aug) El Cantante (Leon Ichaso, 2007) D+
170. (19-Aug) Superbad (Greg Mottola, 2007)^ A-
171. (20-Aug) Idiocracy (Mike Judge, 2006)* B
172. (22-Aug) The Last Legion (Doug Lefler, 2007) C
173. (25-Aug) Resurrecting the Champ (Rod Lurie, 2007) B
174. (25-Aug) Death at a Funeral (Frank Oz, 2007) B
175. (26-Aug) Right at Your Door (Chris Gorak, 2007) B
176. (27-Aug) 3:10 to Yuma (James Mangold, 2007) A [very likely a Masterpiece on second viewing]
177. (30-Aug) The Thomas Crown Affair (Norman Jewison, 1968) B
178. (31-Aug) I'm Not There. (Todd Haynes, 2007) D+
179. (31-Aug) Margot at the Wedding (Noah Baumbach, 2007) C+
180. (31-Aug) Jar City (Baltazar Kormakur, 2007) C+
181. (1-Sep) The Diving Bell and the Butterfly (Julian Schnabel, 2007) B-
182. (1-Sep) Juno (Jason Reitman, 2007) B
183. (1-Sep) Jellyfish (Etgar Keret, 2007) C-
184. (1-Sep) Rails & Ties (Alison Eastwood, 2007) C
185. (2-Sep) The Savages (Tamara Jenkins, 2007) A-
186. (2-Sep) Into the Wild (Sean Penn, 2007) A
187. (2-Sep) Redacted (Brian De Palma, 2007) B+
188. (2-Sep) Cargo 200 (Alexei Balabanov, 2007) B
189. (3-Sep) When Did You Last See Your Father (Anand Tucker, 2007) C+
190. (3-Sep) Wind Man (Khuat Akhmetov, 2007) C+
191. (3-Sep) The Counterfeiters (Stefan Ruzowitzky, 2007) B
192. (3-Sep) 4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days (Cristian Mungiu, 2007) A
193. (7-Sep) Shoot 'Em Up (Michael Davis, 2007) B
194. (8-Sep) Them (David Moreau and Xavier Palud, 2007) B
195. (10-Sep) War (Philip G. Atwell, 2007) D
196. (12-Sep) Sydney White (Joe Nussbaum, 2007) F
197. (13-Sep) Halloween (Rob Zombie, 2007) C+
198. (15-Sep) Death Sentence (James Wan, 2007) B
199. (15-Sep) Eastern Promises (David Cronenberg, 2007) B+
200. (21-Sep) Mr. Woodcock (Craig Gillespie, 2007) B-
201. (22-Sep) Thelma & Louise (Ridley Scott, 1991)* A
202. (22-Sep) The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (Sergio Leone, 1966)* A
203. (23-Sep) 2 Days in Paris (Julie Delpy, 2007) C+
204. (24-Sep) Rendition (Terry George, 2007) B-
205. (25-Sep) Resident Evil: Extinction (Russell Mulcahy, 2007) C+
206. (26-Sep) December Boys (Rod Hardy, 2007) D
207. (28-Sep) The Accused (Jonathan Kaplan, 1988)* D+
208. (28-Sep) The Hunting Party (Richard Shepard, 2007) B+
209. (28-Sep) 3:10 to Yuma (James Mangold, 2007)^ A
210. (1-Oct) We Own the Night (James Gray, 2007) B+
211. (3-Oct) The Heartbreak Kid (Peter and Bobby Farrelly, 2007) C
212. (5-Oct) In the Valley of Elah (Paul Haggis, 2007) B
213. (6-Oct) The Last Winter (Larry Fessenden, 2007) C+
214. (6-Oct) Lust, Caution (Ang Lee, 2007) B
215. (8-Oct) The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford (Andrew Dominik, 2007) A
216. (10-Oct) Lions for Lambs (Robert Redford, 2007) C+
217. (11-Oct) Lars and the Real Girl (Craig Gillespie, 2007) B
218. (13-Oct) Elizabeth: The Golden Age (Shekhar Kapur, 2007) C
219. (14-Oct) The Seeker: The Dark is Rising (David L. Cunningham, 2007) C-
220. (14-Oct) The Last Season (David Mickey Evans, 2007) D+
221. (15-Oct) American Gangster (Ridley Scott, 2007) B
222. (17-Oct) Martian Child (Menno Meyjes, 2007) B-
223. (19-Oct) 30 Days of Night (David Slade, 2007) B-
224. (19-Oct) The Darjeeling Limited (Wes Anderson, 2007) C
225. (20-Oct) Gone Baby Gone (Ben Affleck, 2007) A-
226. (22-Oct) Across the Universe (Julie Taymor, 2007) C-
227. (28-Oct) Saw IV (Darren Lynn Bousman, 2007) C
228. (29-Oct) Dan in Real Life (Peter Hedges, 2007) B-
229. (31-Oct) Wristcutters: A Love Story (Goran Dukic, 2007) B-
230. (1-Nov) Reservation Road (Terry George, 2007) C+
231. (4-Nov) Control (Anton Corbijn, 2007) A-
232. (4-Nov) My Kid Could Paint That (Amir Bar-Lev, 2007) B
233. (8-Nov) Sleuth (Kenneth Branagh, 2007) B-
234. (13-Nov) The Orphanage (J.A. Bayona, 2007) B-
235. (13-Nov) Beowulf (Robert Zemeckis, 2007) B [IMAX 3-D]
236. (16-Nov) The Man from Elysian Fields (George Hickenlooper, 2001)* B+
237. (17-Nov) August Rush (Kirsten Sheridan, 2007) D+
238. (20-Nov) Atonement (Joe Wright, 2007) B+
239. (20-Nov) P2 (Franck Khalfoun, 2007) C+
240. (21-Nov) The Golden Compass (Chris Weitz, 2007) C
241. (21-Nov) Finishing the Game (Justin Lin, 2007) B
242. (21-Nov) Into the Wild (Sean Penn, 2007)^* A
243. (22-Nov) Hitman (Xavier Gens, 2007) C-
244. (22-Nov) The Mist (Frank Darabont, 2007) A
245. (22-Nov) Saturday Night Fever (John Badham, 1977)* B+
246. (23-Nov) Enchanted (Kevin Lima, 2007) C+
247. (23-Nov) Love in the Time of Cholera (Mike Newell, 2007) D
248. (24-Nov) Mr. Magorium's Wonder Emporium (Zach Helm, 2007) B
249. (24-Nov) No Country for Old Men (Joel and Ethan Coen, 2007) B+
250. (24-Nov) Latter Days (C. Jay Cox, 2003)* D-
251. (25-Nov) Before the Devil Knows You're Dead (Sidney Lumet, 2007) B+
252. (2-Dec) Awake (Joby Harold, 2007) C+
253. (4-Dec) Revolver (Guy Ritchie, 2007) D+
254. (5-Dec) The Water Horse (Jay Russell, 2007) B
255. (5-Dec) Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story (Jake Kasdan, 2007) B
256. (8-Dec) Alvin and the Chipmunks (Tim Hill, 2007) C-
257. (10-Dec) Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (Tim Burton, 2007) B+
258. (11-Dec) The Bucket List (Rob Reiner, 2007) C
259. (12-Dec) I Am Legend (Francis Lawrence, 2007) B
260. (16-Dec) Seeing Other People (Wally Wolodarsky, 2004)* C
261. (18-Dec) The Great Debaters (Denzel Washington, 2007) B-
262. (19-Dec) National Treasure: Book of Secrets (Jon Turteltaub, 2007) D
263. (21-Dec) Walk Hard (Jake Kasdan, 2007)^ B
264. (22-Dec) Atonement (Joe Wright, 2007)^* B+
265. (23-Dec) John Carpenter's The Thing (John Carpenter, 1982)* B+
266. (23-Dec) Starting Out in the Evening (Andrew Wagner, 2007)* C
267. (23-Dec) The Devil Came on Horseback (Annie Sundberg & Ricki Stern, 2007) A-
268. (24-Dec) The Stranger (Orson Welles, 1946)* B+
269. (24-Dec) The Kite Runner (Marc Forster, 2007)* B+
270. (24-Dec) Sharkwater (Rob Stewart, 2007)* C-
271. (25-Dec) Aliens vs. Predator: Requiem (The Brothers Strause, 2007) C-
xxx. (25-Dec) Eagle vs. Shark (Taika Waititi, 2007)* Did Not Finish [insufferable]
272. (25-Dec) Lake of Fire (Tony Kaye, 2007)* B+
273. (26-Dec) Charlie Wilson's War (Mike Nichols, 2007) A-
274. (26-Dec) School Ties (Robert Mandel, 1992)* B-
275. (27-Dec) Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (Tim Burton, 2007)^ B+
276. (27-Dec) 27 Dresses (Anne Fletcher, 2008) C+
277. (27-Dec) Futurama: Bender's Big Score (Dwayne Carey Hill, 2007)* B+
278. (27-Dec) The Cuckoo (Aleksandr Rogozhkin, 2002)* B-
279. (28-Dec) The Walker (Paul Schrader, 2007)* B
xxx. (28-Dec) The Man in the Chair (Michael Schroeder, 2007)* Did Not Finish [Ow! My balls!]
280. (29-Dec) Birdman of Alcatraz (John Frankenheimer, 1962)* C
281. (29-Dec) Blade Runner (Ridley Scott, 1982) A- ["The Final Cut"]
282. (29-Dec) There Will Be Blood (Paul Thomas Anderson, 2007) A