Recommended Movies & Documentaries 2007
Submitted by Julia on Sun, 02/25/2007 - 10:39
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- THE KITE RUNNER starring Khalid Abdalla, Zekeria Ebrahimi, Ahmad Khan Mahmidzada, Homayoun Ershadi, Atossa Leoni
- SE, JIE (LUST, CAUTION) starring Tony Leung Chiu, Wai Wei Tang, Lee-Hom Wang, Joan Chen (USA/China/Taiwan/Hong Kong)
- ATONEMENT starring James McAvoy, Keira Knightley, Saoirse Ronan, Romola Garai, Vanessa Redgrave (UK/France)
- LA MOME aka LA VIE EN ROSE starring Marion Cotillard, Gerard Depardieu, Jean-Pierre Martins (France/UK/Czech Republic)
- JUNO starring Ellen Page, Michael Cera, Allison Janney, J. K. Simmons (USA/Canada/Hungary)
- THE GREAT DEBATERS starring Denzel Washington, Nate Parker, Jurnee Smollett, Denzel Whitaker, Forest Whitaker, Jermaine Williams
- MR. MAGORIUM'S WONDER EMPORIUM starring Dustin Hoffman, Natalie Portman, Eric Applebaum
- SICKO starring Michael Moore
- THE BUCKET LIST starring Jack Nicholson, Morgan Freeman, Virginia Chambers
- THE VISITOR starring Richard Jenkins, Haaz Jekesai Gurira, Hiam Abbass
- FALSCHER, DIE (THE COUNTERFEITERS) starring Karl Markovics, August Diehl, Devid Striesow (Austria, Germany)
- THE WATER HORSE: LEGEND OF THE DEEP starring Alex Etel, Ben Chaplin, Emily Watson, David Morrissey (USA/UK)
- AWAY FROM HER starring Julie Christie, Olympia Dukakis, Gordon Pinsent (Canada)
- WAITRESS starring Keri Russell, Nathan Fillion,Jeremy Sisto
- CHARLIE WILSON'S WAR starring Tom Hanks, Julia Roberts, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Amy Adams
- STARTING OUT IN THE EVENING starring Frank Langella, Lauren Ambrose, Lili Taylor
- YOUNG AT HEART (UK)
- AMERICAN GANGSTER starring Denzel Washington, Russell Crowe
- LAMBS FOR LIONS starring Robert Redford, Meryl Streep, Tom Cruise, Michael Pena, Peter Berg, Andrew Garfield, Derek Luke
- RATATOUILLE
- THE LAST MIMZY starring Chris O'Neil, Rhiannon Leigh Wryn
- EVENING starring Claire Danes, Toni Collette, Vanessa Redgrave, Patrick Wilson, Hugh Dancy, Mamie Gummer, Meryl Streep, Glen Close
- IN THE VALLEY OF ELAH starring Tommy Lee Jones, Susan Sarandon, Charlize Theron
- SPIDER-MAN 3 starring Tobey Maguire, Kirsten Dunst, James Franco
- A MIGHTY HEART starring Angelina Jolie, Dan Futterman, Archie Panjabi
- BRIDGE TO TERABITHIA starring Josh Hutcherson, AnnaSophia Robb, Bailee Madison
- FLAWLESS starring Demi Moore, Michael Caine, Lambert Wilson (UK/Luxembourg)
- THE BOURNE ULTIMATUM* starring Matt Damon, Julia Stiles, David Strathairn, Joan Allen, Albert Finney
- HARRY POTTER AND THE ORDER OF THE PHOENIX starring Daniel Padcliffe, Emma Watson, Rupert Grint
- DECEMBER BOYS starring Daniel Radcliffe, Lee Cormie, Christian Byers, James Fraser, Jack Thompson (Australia)
- YOUNG AT HEART (UK)
- THE SAVAGES starring Laura Linney, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Philip Bosco
- IN THE LAND OF WOMEN starring Adam Brody, Meg Ryan, Kristen Stewart
- ASTRONAUT FARMER starring Billy Bob Thorton, Virginia Madsen, Max Thieriot
- THE BAND'S VISIT starring Sasson Gabai, Ronit Elkabetz, Imad Jabarin (Israel/France/USA)
- PERSEPOLIS (France/USA)
- THERE WILL BE BLOOD starring Danial Day-Lewis, Dillon Freasier, Kevin J. O'Connor
These movies are listed in order of personal preference.
*THE BOURNE ULTIMATUM was an entertaining movie with one blaring exception. The volume the audio is set to is uncomfortable for people who are not already deaf. I wish THE BOURNE ULTIMATUM was unique in this regard, but it seems to be the standard--particularly for action movies. My husband and I enjoy going to theaters to see the most recently released movies that interest us. However, we do not enjoy movies when we have to either insert ear plugs during the movie and/or leave the movie with our ears ringing. Alas, no more action movies in theaters for us. We'll wait until these movies are released on DVD and rent them. We prefer to retain our ability to hear