NewMexiKen has seen exactly none one of these 17 films.
BEST MOTION PICTURE, DRAMA
“American Gangster”
“Atonement”
“Eastern Promises”
“The Great Debaters”
“Michael Clayton”
“No Country for Old Men”
“There Will Be Blood”BEST MOTION PICTURE, MUSICAL OR COMEDY
“Across the Universe”
“Charlie Wilson’s War”
“Hairspray”
“Juno”
“Sweeney Todd”FOREIGN LANGUAGE PICTURE
“4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days” (Romania)
“The Diving Bell and the Butterfly” (France/USA)
“The Kite Runner” (USA)
“Lust, Caution” (Taiwan)
“Persepolis” (France)
Update: Three of the above — “There Will Be Blood,” “Juno,” and “The Kite Runner” — are reviewed by David Denby in this week’s New Yorker. And Anthony Lane reviewed “Atonement” last week.
I thought you mentioned seeing Michael Clayton on the blog. And there’s a movie version of The Kite Runner?
Oops, you’re right Annette, I did see (and very much liked) Michael Clayton.
The Kite Runner is in theaters tomorrow.
I managed to see one of them, Hairspray. It was absolutely delightful!