This is mostly a list for my personal reference, but I feel the general public will benefit as well.

Movies not yet released which I need to see:

Sweeney Todd
Atonement
The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
Juno
There Will Be Blood
The Savages
The Kite Runner
Cassandra's Dream (not very good buzz so far, though)
Youth Without Youth (same as above)

Movies already released that I need to catch up on:

Into the Wild
The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford
I'm Not There

And, movies I have seen from 2007 that, if you haven't seen, you should see ASAP (and a quick, off-the-wall rating):

No Country for Old Men (10/10)
Before the Devil Knows You're Dead (9.5/10)
American Gangster (8.5/10)
Eastern Promises (8.5/10)
Zodiac (10/10)
Ratatouille (10/10)
3:10 to Yuma (8/10)
Hairspray (8/10)
La Vie en Rose (9/10)
Away From Her (9/10)

What does all this mean? Oh, you know. The end of the year crunch for studios to put out movies for Oscar season. Unless something comes way out of left field (which is possible, there's usually one) a majority of the nominations will come from the movies above. The only other movie I can think of is Michael Clayton, which I did not like at all. It's just nice to finally be able to sort through the enormous post from earlier this year, which had lots of potential. Now we know what to see and what to skip. That's me -- saving kids money $7.50 at a time.