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The Big Board
for Dan Krovich


Big Board Year:
2005
2007
2006
2004

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The Great
1. Capote
2. Murderball
    Excellent in every way.
3. Good Night, and Good Luck
4. Mysterious Skin
5. Old Boy
6. The New World
7. Look at Me
8. Grizzly Man
9. Keane
10. Gus Van Sant's Last Days
11. The Upside of Anger
12. My Summer of Love
13. Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants
14. The Edukators

The Good
15. Walk on Water
16. The Beat That My Heart Skipped
    Great performance from Romain Duris.
17. Sarah Silverman: Jesus Is Magic
18. El Crimen Perfecto
19. King Kong
20. Syriana
21. Nobody Knows
22. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
23. Palindromes
24. Kontroll
25. George A. Romero's Land of the Dead
26. Pride and Prejudice
27. Heights
    Strong ensemble performances, if a bit predictable.
28. Junebug
29. Just Friends
30. 2046
31. The Constant Gardener
32. Batman Begins
33. The 40 Year-Old Virgin
34. Wolf Creek
35. Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance
36. Brokeback Mountain
37. The Boys of Baraka
38. Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit
39. Head-On
40. The Family Stone
41. Yes
42. Jarhead
43. March of the Penguins
44. Forty Shades of Blue
45. Mail Order Wife
46. Downfall
47. Be Here to Love Me: A Film About Townes Van Zandt
48. The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
49. A Hole in My Heart
50. Broken Flowers
51. 9 Songs
52. Kings and Queen
53. Down to the Bone
54. Millions
    Constant nagging feeling that I should have been enjoying it more.
55. Hustle & Flow
56. Saving Face
    Well done with well-trod material.
57. A History of Violence
58. The Dying Gaul
59. The Squid and the Whale
60. It's All Gone Pete Tong
61. On the Outs
62. The Aristocrats
63. The White Diamond
64. High Tension
65. Shake Hands with the Devil
66. Rory O'Shea Was Here
67. 5x2
68. Layer Cake
69. Dear Frankie
70. Lipstick and Dynamite
71. Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room
72. Kung Fu Hustle
73. Me and You and Everyone We Know

The Fair
74. Casanova
75. Prime
76. Waiting...
77. Walk the Line
78. A Lot Like Love
79. The Exorcism of Emily Rose
80. Munich
81. Up and Down
82. Brothers
83. The Ringer
84. The Chorus
85. The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
86. The War Within
87. Happy Endings
    Some funny moments, but no emotional impact.
88. Red Eye
89. Undead
90. Fighting Tommy Riley
91. Mad Hot Ballroom
92. War of the Worlds
93. Madison
94. Crash
    Good until it stumbles badly in the final third.
95. Constantine
96. G
97. The Girl from Monday
    Hartley's style doesn't quite work within the genre.
98. Sin City
99. The Transporter 2
100. Tropical Malady
101. Ladies in Lavender
102. Sahara
103. Happily Ever After
104. Mindhunters
105. The Amityville Horror
106. Dallas 362
    Lots of style - very hit and miss execution.
107. Saw II
108. Turtles Can Fly
109. A tout de suite
110. Pulse (Kairo)
111. Eros
    3 parts: 1 good, 1 okay, 1 very bad
112. Gunner Palace
    Admirable, but surprisingly ineffective.

The Bad
113. Mr. & Mrs. Smith
114. Aeon Flux
115. Shopgirl
116. D.E.B.S.
    At least the soundtrack is good.
117. Hide and Seek
118. Harry and Max

The Ugly
119. Bigger than the Sky
120. The Boys & Girl from County Clare
    Every cliche in the book.
121. Fascination
    Cinemax would be embarassed.
122. Guess Who
123. House of Wax
    Painful in every way.
124. The Longest Yard
125. The Producers: The Movie Musical



     


 
 

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