Once is a musical triumph I’ll be singing the praises of for decades to come.

I can’t help but think that the vibe Elizabethtown generates and the mood it creates are both only going to get better with time.

Always an astonishing visual craftsman, House of Flying Daggers is as impressive as anything Yimou’s ever done. The shifting colors and landscapes flow in and out of one another like a dreamy netherworld, while the tiniest woodland sounds sparkle and hum with the majesty of a symphonic orchestra.

It’s a beautiful screenplay overflowing with moments of such sudden, tight-fisted insanity that frequently knocked my socks off, all of its coupled with a poignant purity that’s beyond terrific. As early-year movies go, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind isn’t just a surprise, it’s a bona fide cinematic miracle I’m not ever going to forget.

As a film guaranteed to impress and absolutely assured to make an audience think, Far from Heaven is nothing less than divine.

Punch-Drunk Love is Sandler’s finest hour.