2006 Film List (1 Viewer)

Since Jason Whyte is no longer posting here, I thought I'd start this. This will work like previous years, just update whenever you see a 2006 Film. When you update, make a post to bump this thread so it can easily be found.

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2006 Film List

Total Films Seen: 40

Last Updated: 1/6/07 with Clerks II, The Devil Wears Prada, Little Miss Sunshine, and Children of Men

Criteria: North American Release

Films

Hostel (Director - Eli Roth) **1/2
Underworld: Evolution (Director - Len Wiseman) **1/2
Final Destination 3 (Director - James Wong) **1/2
The Hills Have Eyes (Director - Alexandre Aja) ***
V For Vendetta (Director - James McTeigue) ***1/2
Slither (Director - James Gunn) **1/2
United 93 (Director - Paul Greengrass) ****
Mission: Impossible III (Director - J.J. Abrams) **1/2
Poseidon (Director - Wolfgang Petersen) **
The Da Vinci Code (Director - Ron Howard) **
X-Men: The Last Stand (Director - Brett Ratner) **1/2
The Break-Up (Director - Peyton Reed) ***
Cars (Director - John Lasseter) **1/2
Click (Director - Frank Coraci) **
Superman Returns (Director - Bryan Singer) ***1/2
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest (Director - Gore Verbinski) ***1/2
Lady in the Water (Director - M. Night Shyamalan) **
Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby (Director - Adam McKay) ***
Monster House (Director - Gil Kenan) ***
The Descent (Director - Neil Marshall) ****
Bubble (Director - Steven Soderbergh) **1/2
Pulse (Director - Jim Sonzero) *1/2
Inside Man (Director - Spike Lee) **1/2
Snakes on a Plane (Director - David R. Ellis) **1/2
RV (Director - Barry Sonnenfeld) **
The Black Dahlia (Director - Brian DePalma) **
Hard Candy (Director - David Slade) ***
The Departed (Director - Martin Scorsese) ***1/2
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning (Director - Johnan) ***
The Prestige (Director - Christopher Nolan) ***1/2
The Omen (Director - John Moore) **1/2
Feast (Director - John Gulager) **
American Dreamz (Director - Paul Weitz) ***
Borat (Director - Larry Charles) ***1/2
Casino Royale (Director - Martin Campbell) ***1/2
Miami Vice (Director - Michael Mann) ***1/2
Clerks II (Director - Kevin Smith) ***
The Devil Wears Prada (Director - David Frankel) ***
Little Miss Sunshine (Directors - Jonathan Dayton and Valaria Faris) ***
Children of Men (Director - Alfonso Cuaron) ****

Ranking

****
1. Children of Men
2. United 93
3. The Descent

***1/2
4. Casino Royale
5. The Departed
6. Miami Vice
7. The Prestige
8. Borat
9. Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest
10. V For Vendetta
11. Superman Returns
12. The Hills Have Eyes

***
13. Little Miss Sunshine
14. Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby
15. Clerks II
16. Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning
17. The Break-Up
18. Hard Candy
19. The Devil Wears Prada
20. Monster House
21. American Dreamz

**1/2
22. Snakes on a Plane
23. X-Men: The Last Stand
24. Cars
25. Mission: Impossible III
26. Inside Man
27. Slither
28. The Omen
29. Hostel
30. Bubble
31. Final Destination 3
32. Underworld: Evolution

**
33. Lady in the Water
34. RV
35. Click
36. Feast
37. The Da Vinci Code
38. Poseidon
39. The Black Dahlia

*1/2
40. Pulse

Ah, I was waiting for this... Speaking of Jason Whyte, where has he gone? I'm not good with names, but I do recall he would do the film list and top ten threads annually.

2006 Film List
US (NYC/LA) release date
out of 4 *

A Prairie Home Companion **
Akeelah and the Bee *1/2
American Dreamz *1/2
American Gun **
An Inconvenient Truth **
Army of Shadows **
Art School Confidential **1/2
Babel ***
Black Dahlia, The *1/2
Blood Diamond **
Borat *
Brick **
Bubble **
Cars *1/2
Casino Royale ***
Children of Men **1/2
Clean **1/2
Confederate States of America **
Curse of the Golden Flower **
Da Vinci Code, The *1/2
Darwin's Nightmare **
Dave Chapelle's Block Party *1/2
Death of a President ***
Death of Mr. Lazarescu, The **
Departed, The **1/2
Devil Wears Prada, The *1/2
District B13 **
Down in the Valley *1/2
Dreamgirls **
Driving Lessons **
Duck Season *1/2
Edmond **
Fateless **
Fearless *1/2
Flags of Our Fathers ***
Fountain, The ***
Free Zone *
Friends with Money **1/2
Good German, The **
Good Shepherd, The **
Half Nelson ***
Hard Candy *1/2
Harsh Times *1/2
Hidden Blade **1/2
Hollywandland *1/2
Idiocracy **
Illusionist, The **1/2
Inside Man ***1/2
Joyeux Noel **
Kekexeli: Mountain Patrol ***
Lady in the Water **
Lady Vengeance **1/2
Lake House, The **1/2
Last King of Scotland, The **
L'enfant **
Letters from Iwo Jima ***1/2
Little Children **
Little Fish **
Little Miss Sunshine **
Look Both Ways **
Manderlay ***
Marie Antoinette **
Miami Vice ***
Mission Impossible: III **1/2
Neil Young Heart of Gold *
Notes on a Scandal **1/2
Old Joy **
Painted Veil, The **1/2
Pan's Labyrinth **1/2
Perfume: the Story of a Murderer **1/2
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest *
Prestige, The ***
Promise, The *
Proposition, The **1/2
Pursuit of Happyness, The *1/2
Queen, The **1/2
Riding Alone for Thousands of Miles **1/2
Rocky Balboa **1/2
Running with Scissors *1/2
Science of Sleep, The **
Secret Life of Words, The **1/2
Shakespeare Behind Bars **
Sherrybaby **
Shortbus ***
Superman Returns **
Sweet Land ***1/2
Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby ***
Thank You for Smoking ***
This Film Is Not Yet Rated ***
Three Times **
Tideland *1/2
Tristram Shandy: A Cock and Bull Story **
Tsotsi ***
United 93 **
V for Vendetta **
Venus **1/2
Volver **
War Tapes ***
Who Killed The Electric Car? **
Wordplay ***
World Trade Center *1/2
X-Men: the Last Stand **

102 as of 2/10/06

checking in.

Placeholder for myself just to keep track of 2006 theatrical releases that I see.

Ratings are on a scale of * to *****
Total seen: 59
Last film watched: 13 Tzameti

2006 FILMS SEEN

13 Tzameti ****½ (Director: Géla Babluani)

Accepted **½ (Director: Steve Pink)
Altered **** (Director: Eduardo Sánchez)
Apocalypto ***** (Director: Mel Gibson)
Art School Confidential ****½ (Director: Terry Zwigoff)

Beerfest **** (Director: Jay Chandrasekhar)
Benchwarmers, The ** (Director: Dennis Dugan)
Black Dahlia, The *** (Director: Brian De Palma)
Blood Diamond ***½ (Director: Edward Zwick)
Brick ****½ (Director: Rian Johnson)
Bubble ****½ (Director: Steven Soderbergh)

Casino Royale **** (Director: Martin Campbell)
Catch a Fire *** (Director: Phillip Noyce)
Cavite **** (Directors: Neill Dela Llana & Ian Gamazon)
Children of Men ***** (Director: Alfonso Cuarón)
Click * (Director: Frank Coraci)
Crank *** (Directors: Mark Neveldine & Brian Taylor)

Da Vinci Code, The ** (Director: Ron Howard)
Date Movie * (Director: Aaron Seltzer)
Departed, The ****½ (Director: Martin Scorsese)
Descent, The ** (Director: Neil Marshall)
Down in the Valley ****½ (Director: David Jacobsen)
Dreamland **** (Director: Jason Matzner)

Edmond **** (Director: Stuart Gordon)

Feast ***½ (Director: John Gulager)
Final Destination 3 ***½ (Director: James Wong)
Flags of Our Fathers *** (Director: Clint Eastwood)
Fountain, The ***** (Director: Darren Aronofsky)

Hard Candy ***½ (Director: David Slade)
Hills Have Eyes, The ** (Director: Alexandre Aja)
Hostel ***½ (Director: Eli Roth)

Idiocracy *** (Director: Mike Judge)
Illusionist, The **** (Director: Neil Burger)
Inconvenient Truth, An ****½ (Director: Davis Guggenheim)

Jesus Camp ****½ (Directors: Heidi Ewing & Rachel Grady)

King, The ***** (Director: James Marsh)

Little Athens ***½ (Director: Tom Zuber)
Little Miss Sunshine **** (Directors: Jonathan Dayton & Valerie Faris)

Marie Antoinette ***** (Director: Sofia Coppola)
Miami Vice ***½ (Director: Michael Mann)

Night Listener, The **** (Director: Patrick Stettner)

Poseidon ** (Director: Wolfgang Petersen)
Prestige, The ***** (Director: Christopher Nolan)
Proposition, The ****½ (Director: John Hillcoat)

Running Scared ****½ (Director: Wayne Kramer)

Saw III * (Director: Darren Lynn Bousman)
Scanner Darkly, A ***** (Director: Richard Linklater)
Sheitan **½ (Director: Kim Chapiron)
Silent Hill * (Director: Christophe Gans)
Snakes on a Plane ** (Director: David R. Ellis)
Stick It **½ (Director: Jessica Bendinger)

Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby **½ (Director: Adam McKay)
Thank You For Smoking ***½ (Director: Jason Reitman)
This Film is Not Yet Rated *** (Director: Kirby Dick)

United 93 ****½ (Director: Paul Greengrass)

V For Vendetta * (Director: James McTeigue)

Woods, The ***½ (Director: Lucky McKee)

X-Men: The Last Stand *½ (Director: Brett Ratner)

You, Me and Dupree ** (Directors: Anthony & Joe Russo)

FILMS BY RATING

*****
Apocalypto
Children of Men
Fountain, The
King, The
Marie Antoinette
Prestige, The
Scanner Darkly, A

****½
13 Tzameti
Art School Confidential
Brick
Bubble
Departed, The
Down in the Valley
Jesus Camp
Proposition, The
Running Scared
United 93

****
Altered
Beerfest
Casino Royale
Cavite
Dreamland
Edmond
Illusionist, The
Inconvenient Truth, An
Little Miss Sunshine
Night Listener, The

***½
Blood Diamond
Feast
Final Destination 3
Hard Candy
Hostel
Little Athens
Miami Vice
Thank You For Smoking
Woods, The

***
Black Dahlia, The
Catch a Fire
Crank
Flags of Our Fathers
Idiocracy
This Film is Not Yet Rated

**½
Accepted
Sheitan
Stick It
Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby

**
Benchwarmers, The
Da Vinci Code, The
Descent, The
Hills Have Eyes, The
Poseidon
Snakes on a Plane
You, Me and Dupree

*½
X-Men: The Last Stand

*
Click
Date Movie
Saw III
Silent Hill
V For Vendetta

Eligible 2006 Film Count: 171 (seen between 1/1/06 and 12/31/07)
2005 Film List Continued: 70 (seen during the 2006 calendar year)
Pre-2005 Films Seen For the First Time: 146 (seen during the 2006 calendar year)
Revisits: 15
Total Seen: 402

2006 Film List

ALL RATINGS OUT OF
A View to a Kill (1985)
You Only Live Twice (1967)

HOLADEM'S 2006 FILM LIST

Eligible Films seen: 36
Eligibility criteria: NY/LA/Academy qualification

Max Rating is :star::star::star::star: (4) stars
Most of what I see will probably be 3 stars and up, as I try to be selective about what I watch (hard to believe, with Snakes on a Plane, I know).

Eligible for 2006

Apocalypto :star::star::star:1/2
Babel :star::star::star:1/2
Blood Diamonds :star::star::star:1/2
Borat :star::star::star:
Brick :star::star::star:1/2
The Break Up :star::star:1/2
Casino Royale :star::star::star:1/2
Children of Men :star::star::star:1/2
The DaVinci Code :star::star::star:
The Departed :star::star::star::star:
Dreamgirls :star::star::star:1/2
Flags of our Fathers :star::star::star:
The Illusionist :star::star::star:1/2
The Inside Man :star::star::star:
Lady in the Water :star::star:1/2
The Last King of Scotland :star::star::star:
Letters from Iwo Jima :star::star::star:1/2
Little Children :star::star::star:1/2
Little Miss Sunshine :star::star::star:
The Lives of Others :star::stat::star:1/2
Miami Vice :star::star::star:
Mission: Impossible III :star::star::star:
The Omen :star::star:1/2
Over the Hedge :star::star::star:
Pan's Labyrinth :star::star::star:
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest :star::star::star:1/2
The Prestige :star::star::star:1/2
The Queen :star::star::star:1/2
Snakes on a Plane - special
Stranger than Fiction :star::star::star:
Superman Returns :star::star::star:
Thank You for Smoking :star::star::star:
United 93 :star::star::star::star:
V for Vendetta :star::star::star:1/2
Volver :star::star::star:
X3 :star::star::star:1/2




By Rating

:star::star::star::star: - Outstanding movie / An experience
The Departed
United 93


:star::star::star:1/2 - Excellent
Apocalypto
Babel
Blood Diamond
Brick
Casino Royale
Children of Men
Dreamgirls
The Illusionist
Letters from Iwo Jima
Little Children
The Lives of Others
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest
The Prestige
The Queen
V for Vendetta
X3


:star::star::star: - Good all around movie
Borat
The DaVinci Code
Flags of our Fathers
The Inside Man
The Last King of Scotland
Little Miss Sunshine
Miami Vice
Mission: Impossible III
Over the Hedge
Pan's Labyrinth
Superman Returns
Stranger than Fiction
Thank You for Smoking
Volver


:star::star:1/2 - Decent / Good, with some serious flaws
The Break Up
Lady in the Water
The Omen


:star::star: - Very average / Very uninvolving


:star:1/2 and below - Waste of time




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I was lax last year (had to dig up old reviews as a reminder of what I had seen to fill up my 2005 list), but I'll give it another try...

January 7, 2006
Hostel: :star: :star: 3/4
Casanova: :star: :star: :star:

January 8, 2006
Rumor Has it: :star: :star: (squandered a decent premise)

January 14, 2006
Last Holiday: :star: :star: :star:
Glory Road: :star: :star: :star: 1/2

January 21, 2006
The New World: :star: :star: :star: 3/4
Underworld Evolution: :star: :star: 3/4

January 28, 2006
The Matador: :star: :star: 1/2
Match Point: :star: :star: :star: 3/4

February 4, 2006
Good Night and Good Luck: :star: :star: :star:
Something New: :star: :star: 3/4

February 11, 2006
Firewall: :star: :star: 1/2
The Pink Panther: star: :star: 3/4
Curious George: :star: :star: :star:

February 18, 2006
Eight Below: :star: :star: :star:
Date Movie: :star: 3/4
Final Destination: :star: :star:

February 25, 2006
Madea's Family Reunion: :star: :star: 3/4
Running Scared: :star: :star: :star:

March 4, 2006
Ultraviolet: :star: 1/2
Dave Chappelle's Block Party: :star: :star: 3/4
16 Blocks: :star: :star: 3/4
Transamerica: :star: :star: :star:

March 18, 2006
Three Burial of Melquiades Estrada: :star: :star: :star:
V for Vendetta: :star: :star: :star:

March 24, 2006
The Inside Man: :star: :star: 3/4

April 1, 2006
Thank You for Smoking: :star: :star: :star:

April 7, 2006
Take the Lead: :star: :star: :star:

April 15, 2006
Scary Movie 4: :star: :star: 1/2
Lucky Number Slevin: :star: :star: 3/4

April 22, 2006
The Sentinel: :star: :star:
Silent Hill: :star: 1/2
American Dreamz 1/2 :star:

April 29, 2006
United 93 Well Done.

May 6, 2006
MI: III: :star: :star: 3/4

May 13, 2006
Poseidon: :star: :star:

May 14, 2006
Art School Confidential: :star: :star:

May 20, 2006
Da Vinci Code: :star: :star: 1/2
Over the Hedge: :star: :star: :star: 1/2
Akeelah and the Bee: :star: :star: :star: 3/4

May 26, 2006
X-Men 3: :star: :star: 1/2

June 3, 2006
The Break-up: :star: :star:
District B13: :star: :star: 3/4
The Notorious Bettie Page: :star: :star: :star:

June 10, 2006
Cars: :star: :star: :star:
A Prairie Home Companion: :star: :star: :star:
The Omen (Remake): :star: :star: 1/2

June 17, 2006
Nacho Libre: :star: :star: 1/2
Fast and the Furious 3: :star: :star: 1/2
The Lake House: :star: :star: :star:

June 23, 2006
Click: :star: :star: 3/4

June 28, 2006
Superman Returns: :star: :star: :star: 3/4

July 8, 2006
Pirates of the Carribean 2: :star: :star: 1/2

July 9, 2006
The Devil Wears Prada: :star: :star: 3/4

July 21, 2006
Lady in the Water: :star:
My Super Ex-Girlfriend: :star: :star:

July 22, 2006
Monster House: :star: :star: :star: 1/2
Clerks 2: :star: :star: :star:

July 28, 2006
Miami Vice: :star: :star: 1/2

August 5, 2006
Talladega Nights: :star: :star: :star:
The Descent: :star: :star: :star:

August 12, 2006
The Pulse: :star:
World Trade Center: :star: :star: :star: 1/2

August 19, 2006
Snakes on a Plane: :star: :star: 1/2
Accepted: :star: :star: :star:
Little Miss Sunshine: :star: :star: :star: 1/2

August 26, 2006
Beerfest: :star: :star: 3/4
Invincible: :star: :star: 3/4

September 10, 2006
Hollywoodland: :star: :star: 1/2
Crank: :star: :star: 3/4

September 16, 2006
The Black Dahlia: :star:
The Last Kiss: :star: :star:
The Gridiron Gang: :star: :star: :star:

September 23, 2006
Fearless: :star: :star: 3/4
The Illusionist: :star: :star: 3/4

September 30, 2006
The Guardian: :star: :star: 3/4
School for Scroundrels: :star: 3/4

October 7, 2006
The Departed: :star: :star: :star: 1/2

October 14, 2006
The Grudge 2: :star: 3/4
Man of the Year: :star: :star: 1/2

October 21, 2006
Flags of our Fathers: :star: :star: :star: 1/2
The Prestige: :star: :star: :star:
Marie Antoinette: :star: :star:

October 28, 2006
Saw 3: :star: :star: 3/4
Little Children: :star: :star: :star:

November 4, 2006
Borat: :star: :star: :star: 1/2
Flushed Away: :star: :star: :star:

November 11, 2006
Stranger Than Fiction: :star: :star: 3/4
Babel: :star: :star: :star:
Harsh Times: :star: :star: 1/2
A Good Year: :star: :star: :star:
The Return: :star: 3/4

November 17, 2006
Casino Royale: :star: :star: 1/2
Happy Feet: :star: :star: 3/4

November 22, 2006
The Fountain: :star: :star: :star: :star:
Deja Vu: :star: :star: 3/4

December 3, 2006
Bobby: :star: 3/4

December 8, 2006
Mel Gibson's Apocalypto: :star: :star: :star: 1/2
Blood Diamond: :star: :star: :star:

December 15, 2006
Eragon: :star: 3/4
Holiday: :star: :star: :star:
Happyness: :star: :star: 1/2

December 23, 2006
Rocky Balboa: :star: :star: :star: 1/2

December 24, 2006
The Good Shepherd: :star: :star: 3/4

December 28, 2006
Children of Men: :star: :star: :star: :star:
Dreamgirls: :star: :star: 3/4

December 30, 2006
We Are Marshall: :star: :star: :star:
Night at the Museum: :star: :star: 1/2

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Grouped via ratings:

:star: :star: :star: :star:
The Fountain
Children of Men

:star: :star: :star: 3/4
The New World
United 93
Akeelah and the Bee
Superman Returns
Borat

:star: :star: :star: 1/2
Glory Road
Over The Hedge
Monster House
World Trade Center
Little Miss Sunshine
The Departed
Flags of Our Fathers
Mel Gibson's Apocalypto
Rocky Balboa

:star: :star: :star:
Casanova
Last Holiday
Good Night and Good Luck
Curious George
Eight Below
Running Scared
Transamerica
Three Burial of Melquiades Estrada
V for Vendetta
Thank You for Smoking
Take the Lead
The Notorious Bettie Page
Cars
A Prairie Home Companion
The Lake House
Clerks 2
Talladega Nights
The Descent
Accepted
The Gridiron Gang
The Prestige
Little Children
Flushed Away
Babel
A Good Year
Blood Diamond
Holiday
We Are Marshall

:star: :star: 3/4
Hostel
Underworld Evolution
Matchpoint
Something New
Madea's Family Reunion
Dave Chappelle's Block Party
16 Blocks
The Inside Man
Lucky Number Slevin
MI: III
District B13
Click
The Devil Wears Prada
Beerfest
Invincible
Crank
Fearless
The Illusionist
The Guardian
Saw 3
Stranger Than Fiction
Happy Feet
Deja Vu
The Good Shepherd
Dreamgirls

:star: :star: 1/2
The Matador
Firewall
Scary Movie 1/2
Da Vinci Code
X-Men 3
The Omen (remake)
Nacho Libre
Fast and the Furious 3
Pirates of the Caribbean 2
Miami Vice
Snakes on a Plane
Hollywoodland
Man of the Year
Harsh Times
Casino Royale
Pursuit Happyness
Night at the Museum

:star: :star:
Rumor Has It
Final Destination
The Sentinel
Poseidon
Art School Confidential
The Break-up
My Super Ex-Girlfriend
The Last Kiss
Marie Antoinette

:star: 3/4
The Pink Panther
Date Movie
The Grudge 2
The Return
Bobby
Eragon

:star: 1/2
Ultraviolet
Silent Hill
School for Scroundrels

:star:
Lady in the Water
The Pulse
The Black Dahlia

1/2 :star:
American Dreamz

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2006 films:

Hoodwinked: 6/10
Inside Man: 8/10
Mission Impossible III: 8/10
The DaVinci Code: 6.5/10
X-Men The Last Stand: 7/10 (dropped from 8 to 7 on second viewing)
Cars: 8.5/10 (increased from 7 to 8.5 on second viewing)
Superman Returns: 10/10 (updated to 10 on third viewing)
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest: 7/10 (dropped from 8.5 to 8 on second viewing; dropped from 8 to 7 on third viewing)
Click: 7.5/10
Miami Vice: 9/10 (updated to 9.5 after viewing director's edition)
V for Vendetta: 7/10
United 93: 10/10
The Prestige: 10/10
Casino Royale: 9/10
Deja Vu: 7.5/10
The Fountain: 10/10
The Devil Wears Prada: 9/10
Pursuit of Happyness: 10/10

2005 films seen for the first time:

North Country: 9/10
Kingdom of Heaven: 6/10
Walk the Line: 9/10
The Constant Gardner: 7.5/10
Mr and Mrs Smith: 7/10
Bewitched: 5/10
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory: 6/10
The New World: 10/10
The Island: 8.5/10
Memoirs of a Geisha: 8/10
Fun With Dick and Jane: 7/10
Capote: 8.5/10
Good Night, and Good Luck 9/10
The Longest Yard: 6/10
Just Friends: 5.5/10
Just Like Heaven: 4.5/10

2004 films seen for the first time:

Collateral (2004): 9.5/10
March of the Penguins: 10/10
Dodgeball: 5/10
Bobby Jones: Stroke of Genius: 7.5/10

Other films screened (not necessarily the first time):

Tomorrow Never Dies (1997): 9/10
Goldeneye (1995): 8.5/10
Robin Hood (1973): 8/10
Bambi (1942): 10/10
Ali (2001): 7/10
A Christmas Story (1983): 9.5/10
Rocky IV (1985): 8/10
The Santa Clause (1994): 5.5/10
Gangs of New York (2002): 8/10
The Thin Red Line (1998): 9.5/10
Polar Express (2004): 10/10
Journey to the Center of the Earth (1959): 5.5/10
The Game (1997): 9/10
X Men 3 (2006): 7/10
Lady and the Tramp (1955): 9/10
Shattered Glass (2003): 9.5/10
Splash (1984): 6/10
Three Days of the Condor (1975): 8/10
Dial M for Murder (1954): 10/10
Insomnia (2002): 9/10
Dawn of the Dead (1978): 9/10
Traffic (2000): 9.5/10
Grand Prix (1966): 8/10
Mona Lisa Smile (2003): 5/10
North by Northwest (1959): 10/10
Big Trouble in Little China (1986): 9/10
The Wedding Singer (1998): 8/10
Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines (2003): 7.5/10
Titanic (1997): 9/10
Spider-Man 2 (2004): 9/10
Star Wars: Revenge of the Sith (2005): 10/10
National Treasure (2004): 8/10
Catch Me If You Can (2002): 8.5/10
Minority Report (2002): 8.5/10
Last of the Mohicans (1992): 8/10
Forrest Gump (1994): 10/10
The Last Samurai (2003): 9.5/10
Star Wars: A New Hope (1977):10/10
Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back (1980):10/10
Star Wars: Return of the Jedi (1983):10/10
Star Wars: Revenge of the Sith (2005):10/10

2006 eligible releases seen theatrically:
(Criteria: 2006 US non-festival release date)

All films seen theatrically in 2006: 54
Eligible 2006 films seen theatrically in 2006: 44

:star: :star: :star: :star:

:star: :star: :star: 1/2

Joyeux Noel
Clerks II
Little Miss Sunshine
The Departed
Babel
The History Boys

:star: :star: :star:

Find Me Guilty
United 93
Tsotsi
Superman Returns
The Banquet (Ye Yan)
Days of Glory
The King and the Clown
El Aura
Infamous
The Queen
Casino Royale
Rocky Balboa
Blood Diamond

:star: :star: 1/2

16 Blocks
Night Watch
Thank You for Smoking
Lucky Number Slevin
MI:3
Kinky Boots
The Lake House
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest
World Trade Center
Scoop
Invincible
Dirty Carnival
The Prestige
Harsh Times
The Good Shepherd

:star: :star:

Look Both Ways
Typhoon (Taepung)
Down in the Valley
Cars
Miami Vice
The Night Listener
Crank
The Science of Sleep
Cheerful Gang Turns the World
Stranger than Fiction

:star: 1/2

Backstage

:star:

Non-festival 2005 U.S. releases seen theatrically in 2006:

Brokeback Mountain ***
The Squid and the Whale ***
The New World ***
Match Point ***1/2
Matador **1/2
Transamerica ***
Breakfast on Pluto **1/2
Shoujyo **
The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada ***1/2
Cache **

2006 Film List

Rankings:
:star::star::star::star: - exceptional to classic
:star::star::star:1/2 - great to exceptional
:star::star::star:: - highly recommended to great
:star::star:1/2 - Solid film to recommended
:star::star: - Standard film to Solid film
:star:1/2 - disapointing elements to standard film
:star: - major problems to disapointing elements
1/2 - redeeming features to major problems
Zero - Waste of time to redeeming feature,

ongoing ten list (11/10/06):

1. Borat
2. Perfume: Story of a Murderer
3. Children of Men
4. Dreamgirls
5. The Queen
6. Monster House
7. Brick
8. Departed
9. Clerks II
10. Devil Wears Prada
11. Apocalypto
12. Akeelah and the Bee
13. The Proposition
14. Pan's Labyrinth
15. Twelve and Holding
16. Flushed Away
17. Pursuit of Happyness
18. United 93
19. Sympathy for Lady Vengeance
20. Pirates of the Caribbean
21. Cars
22. Last King of Scotland

BY TITLE
A

1. Akeelah and the Bee - :star::star::star::star:
2. Apocalypto - :star::star::star::star:
   B
3. Brick - :star::star::star::star:
4. Borat - :star::star::star::star: - 11/5/06
   C
5. Cars - :star::star::star:1/2 -06/09/2006
6. Children of Men - :star::star::star::star:
7. Clerks 2 - :star::star::star::star: - opening day
8. Click - :star::star::star:
   D
9. Deck the Halls - 1/2 - 11/24/2006
10. Departed - :star::star::star:1/2 - 9/27/2006
11. Devil Wears Prada - :star::star::star::star:
12. Dreamgirls - :star::star::star::star:
    E
    F
13. Flushed AWay - :star::star::star::star:
    G
14. The Good German - :star::star::star: - 11/12/2006
    H
15. The History Boys - :star::star:1/2 - 11/16/2006
    I
16. The Illusionist :star::star::star:
17. Inside Man - :star::star::star: - DVD
    J-K
    L
18. The Lady in the Water - :star::star::star: - 8/3/2006
19. The Last King of Scotland - :star::star::star: 1/2- 9/26/2006
20. Letters from Iwo Jima - :star::star::star:1/2
21. Little Children - :star::star:1/2 - 11/02/2006
22. Little Miss Sunshine - :star::star::star: - 10/8/2006
    M
23. Marie Antoinette - :star::star:
24. Monster House - :star::star::star::star: - early in 3D
    N
25. Nanny McPhee - :star::star::star:
26. Night Watch- :star::star::star: - 02/19/2006
27. Night at the Museum - :star::star:1/2
28. Nightmare Before Christmas 3D - :star::star::star:
29. The Notorious Bettie Page - :star::star::star:
    
    O
30. Over the Hedge - :star::star:
    P
31. Pan's Labyrinth - :star::star::star:1/2 - 11/10/2006
32. Perfume: Story of a Murderer - :star::star::star::star: - 11/29/2006
33. Pirates of the Carribbean, Dead Man's Chest - :star::star::star:1/2 - opening sunday
34. Prairie Home Companion - :star::star:1/2 11/11/2006
35. Proposition - :star::star::star::star: - 11/28/2006
36. Pursuit of Happyness - :star::star::star:1/2
    Q
37. The Queen - :star::star::star::star:
    R
38. Rocky Balboa - :star::star::star::star:
    S
39. She's the Man - :star::star::star: - 08/05/2006
40. Snakes on a Plane - :star::star:
41. Superman Returns - :star::star:1/2 - opening sunday
42. Sympathy for Lady Vengeance - :star::star::star:1/2 - 10/15/2006
    T
43. Talladega Nights: the Ballad of Ricky Bobby - :star::star::star:
44. Thank You for Smoking - :star::star: - 11/07/2006
    U
45. United 93 - :star::star::star:1/2
    V
46. V for Vendetta - :star::star::star: - 08/02/2006
    W
47. William Eggleston in the Real World - :star::star::star: -
    X
48. X-Men 3 - the Last Stand - :star::star::star: - midnight opening
    Y-Z

BY RANKING

:star::star::star::star:
Akeelah and the Bee - 8
Apocalypto - 8
Borat - 10
Brick - 8
Children of Men - 9
Clerks II - 8
Devil Wears Prada - 9
Dreamgirls - 9
Flushed Away - 8
Monster House - 9
Perfume: Story of a Murderer - 9
Proposition - 8
Queen, The - 9
Rocky Balboa - 8
:star::star::star:1/2
Cars - 7
Departed - 8
The Last King of Scotland - 7
Letters from Iwo Jima - 7
Pan's Labyrinth - 8
Pirates of the Carribbean - 7
Pursuit of Happyness - 7
Sympathy for Lady Vengeance - 7
United 93 - 7
:star::star::star:
Click - 7
Good German - 7
The Illusionist - 7
Inside Man - 6
Little Miss Sunshine - 6
Lady in the Water - 5
Nanny McPhee - 6
Nightmare Before Christmas 3D - 6
Night Watch - 6
Notorious Betty Page - 6
She's the Man - 5
Talladega Nights - 6
William Eggleston in the Real World - 6
V for Vendetta - 6
X-Men 3 - the Last Stand - 5
:star::star:1/2
History Boys - 5
Little Children - 5
Night at the Museum - 5
Prairie Home Companion - 5
Superman Returns - 5
:star::star:
Marie Antoinette - 4
Over the Hedge - 3
Snakes on a Plane - 5
Thank You For Smoking - 4
:star:1/2
:star:
1/2
Deck the Halls - 1
0

Tenative 10 pt scale for 2007:
10 - Classic
9 - Exceptional
8 - Great
7 - Highly recommended
6 - Recommended
5 - Solid film
4 - Standard film
3 - Disappointing
2 - Major Problems
1 - Redeeming Feature
0 - Waste of Time

Total Movies Seen: 274
2006 Movies: 41
2005 Movies: 74
Pre 2005 Movies Seen for the 1st Time: 127
Re-visits: 32
Commentaries (not counted in total): 15

2006 Movies Seen in 2007 (not counted in total above): 2

January Total - 28, February Total - 27, March Total - 38, April Total - 29, May Total - 39, June Total - 22, July Total - 36, August Total - 22, September Total - 15, October Total - 3, November Total - 5, December - 10

2006 Movies
January
Bubble - A-
Nanny McPhee - B+

February
Manderlay - A-

March
Tristram Shandy: A Cock & Bull Story - B+

April
Hostel - D
Inside Man - B+
V For Vendetta - C+

May
Akeelah and the Bee - B+
Fateless - A-

June
Mission Impossible: III - D
X-Men III: The Last Stand - B-

July
Date Movie - F
Marilyn Hotchkiss' Ballroom Dancing & Charm School - C+
Nightwatch - C
Pirates of the Carribbean: Dead Man's Chest - B+
Tsotsi - B-
Why We Fight - B

August
Brick - B-
CSA: Confederate States of America - C+
L'Enfant - B-
Looking for Comedy in the Muslim World - B
Monster House - B
Sketches of Frank Gehry - B
Sympathy For Lady Vengeance - A-
When the Levees Broke: A Requiem in Four Chapters - A-

September
The Black Dahlia - B+
Dave Chapelle's Block Party - B
Friends with Money - B
The Illusionist - B-
United 93 - A-

October
The Departed - B+
Marie Antoinette - B+

November
The District - C
Happy Feet - D+
The Host - B+

December
Blood Diamond - B+
Changing Times - B-
The Death of Mr. Lazarescu - B
A Night at the Museum - B
Sophie Scholl: Final Days - C+
Volver - B+

January '07
House of Sand - C-
Three Times - B-


2005 Movies
January
2046 - B
The Beat That My Heart Skipped - B
Brokeback Mountain - B+
Broken Flowers - B+
Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room - B-
A Hole in My Heart - D-
The Island - B
Junebug - B
Lila Says - B+
Lord of War - C+
Munich - C
The New World - A-
The Perfect Crime - B+
Saraband - A
Syriana - B-
Thumbsucker - C+
Tony Takitani - B+
The Wild Parrots of Telegraph Hill - B+
Wolf Creek - C

February
Après vous... - C+
The Baxter - C+
Caché - A
Café Lumière - C+
Cronicas - B-
Dark Water - D
Forty Shades of Blue - C
The Interpreter - C+
Last Days - C-
Ma Mère - D-
North Country - B+
Red Eye - D
Rent - C
Schultze Gets the Blues - C
Transporter 2 - B-
The Weather Man - B+
The World - B+

March
Bad News Bears - D
The Best of Youth - A
Dear Wendy - A-
Domino - B
The Forty Year Old Virgin - B
In Her Shoes - B
Paradise Now - B-
The Prize Winner of Defiance, Ohio - B+
Saw 2 - C-
The Skeleton Key - C+
The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada - B+
Three Extremes - B
Tropical Malady - C+
Up and Down - B-
Walk the Line - B
The White Diamond - B+

April
Breakfast on Pluto - C+
Dreamer: Inspired By a True Story - B
Flightplan - C+
Match Point - C+
Mrs. Henderson Presents - B+
Shopgirl - B-
Two For the Money - C+

May
The Family Stone - C
The President's Last Bang - B+
Pride & Prejudice - B+
The Producers - C+
Transamerica - B+
The White Countess - B

June
Kiss Kiss Bang Bang - C+

July
The Girl in the Cafe - B
The Matador - C+
Sarah Silverman: Jesus is Magic - F
The Untold Story of Emmett Louis Till - B+
The Wayward Cloud - B+

August
Get Rich or Die Tryin' - C+
Roll Bounce - B

December
Ballets Russes - B


Pre-2005 Movies Seen for the 1st Time
January
Home From the Sea (1972, Yoji Yamada) (DVD Own) - A-
Triple Agent (2004, Eric Rohmer) (DVD Rent) - A-
Vidas Secas (1963, Nelson Pereira dos Santos) (DVD Rent) - B-
The Village (1975, Yoji Yamada) (DVD Own) - B+

February
The Asphault Jungle (1950, John Huston) (DVD Own) - B+
Bad Timing (1980, Nicholas Roeg) (DVD Rent) - C
Mighty Joe Young (1949, Ernest B. Shoedsack) (DVD Own) - B+
Open House (2004, Dan Mirvish) (DVD Rent) - C-
Whisper of the Heart (1995, Yoshifumi Kondo) (DVR TCM) - A

March
Angels With Dirty Faces (1938, Michael Curtiz) (DVD Own) - B+
Au Revoir Les Enfants (1987, Louis Malle) (DVD Rent) - B
Dead or Alive: Final (2002, Takashi Miike) (DVD Rent) - B
Deadly Outlaw Rekka (2002, Takashi Miike) (DVD Rent) - B+
Forbidden Games (1952, René Clément) (DVD Rent) - B
Gozu (2003, Takashi Miike) (DVD Rent) - A-
Izo (2004, Takashi Miike) (DVD Rent) - C
Magnificent Obsession (1954, Douglas Sirk) (DVR TCM) - B+
Only Yesterday (1991, Isao Takahata) (DVR TCM) - A
The Petrified Forest (1936, Archie Mayo) (DVD Own) - B
Pom Poko (1994, Isao Takahata) (DVR TCM) - B
Procès de Jeanne d'Arc (1962, Robert Bresson) (DVR TCM) - A-
The Set-Up (1949, Robert Wise) (DVD Own) - A-
Young Mr. Lincoln (1939, John Ford) (DVD Rent) - B

April
Accattone (1961, Pier Paolo Pasolini) (DVD Own) - B+
La Bete Humaine (1938, Jean Renoir) (DVD Rent) - A-
Coup de Torchon (1981, Takashi Miike) (DVD Own) - B+
Lacombe Lucien (1974, Louis Malle) (DVD Rent) - B
Ley Lines (1999, Takashi Miike) (DVD Rent) - B+
License to Live (1998, Kiyoshi Kurosawa) (DVD Own) - A-
Little Caesar (1931, Mervyn LeRoy) (DVD Own) - B+
Metropolitan (1990, Whit Stillman) (DVD Rent) - B-
MPD Psycho (TV Mini-Series) (2000, Takashi Miike) (DVD Rent) - B+
The Public Enemy (1931, William A. Wellman) (DVD Own) - A-
Rainy Dog (1997, Takashi Miike) (DVD Rent) - B-
The Roaring Twenties (1939, Raoul Walsh) (DVD Own) - A-
Shinjuku Triad Society (1995, Takashi Miike) (DVD Rent) - B-
The Shout (1978, Jerzy Skolimowski) (DVD Own) - B+
Tokyo Fist (1995, Shinya Tsukamoto) (DVD Own) - B
The Way to Fight (1996, Takashi Miike) (DVD Rent) - B+

May
71 Fragments of a Chronology of Chance (1994, Michael Haneke) (DVD Rent) - A-
All That Jazz (1979, Bob Fosse) (DVD Rent) - B-
Andromedia (1998, Takashi Miike) (DVD Rent) - B
Anguish (1987, Bigas Luna) (DVD Own) - B
The Bird People in China (1998, Takashi Miike) (DVD Rent) - A-
Blind Spot: Hitler's Secretary (2002, André Heller, Othmar Schmiderer) (DVD Rent) - B
The Cat Returns (2002, Hiroyuki Moriata) (DVD Rent) - B+
The Celebration (1998, Thomas Vinterburg) (DVD Own) - B
Crimes of Passion (1984, Ken Russell) (DVD Own) - B+
The Devils (1971, Ken Russell) (DVD Own) - A-
Dust in the Wind (1986, Hsiao-Hsien Hou) (DVD Own) - B-
Elevator to the Gallows (1958, Louis Malle) (DVD Rent) - B+
Fists in the Pocket (1965, Marco Bellocchio) (DVD Rent) - C
Full Metal Yakuza (1997, Takashi Miike) (DVD Rent) - B
The Ghost and Mrs. Muir (1947, Joseph L. Mankiewicz) (DVD Rent) - B+
Innocence (2004, Lucile Hadzihalilovic) (DVD Own) - A-
Kuroneko (1968, Kaneto Shindo) (DVD Rent) - B+
Léolo (1992, Jean Claude Lauzon) (DVD Own) - B
Mixed Blood (1985, Paul Morrissey) (DVD Own) - B
Murmur of the Heart (1971, Louis Malle) (DVD Rent) - C
Negotiator (2003, Takashi Miike) (DVD Rent) - B+
Oedipus Rex (1967, Pier Paolo Pasolini) (DVD Own) - A-
Possession (1981, Andrzej Zulawski) (DVD Own) - B-
Random Harvest (1942, Mervyn LeRoy) (DVD Rent) - B
Sabu (2002, Takashi Miike) (DVD Rent) - B+
Salesman (1969, Albert & David Maysles) (DVD Own) - A
The Seventh Continent (1989, Michael Haneke) (DVD Rent) - A-
A Summer at Grandpa's (1984, Hsiao-Hsien Hou) (DVD Own) - B
Tenderness of the Wolves (1973, Ulli Lommel) (DVD Own) - B
Yakuza Demon (2004, Takashi Miike) (DVD Rent) - B+

June
Benny's Video (1992, Michael Haneke) (DVD Rent) - B
Body Double (1984, Brian De Palma) (DVD Own) - B+
A Brighter Summer Day (1991, Edward Yang) (DVD Own) - B
Chelsea Girls (1966, Paul Morrissey, Andy Warhol) (DVD Own) - B-
The Edge of the World (1937, Michael Powell) (DVD Rent) - B+
Evita (1995, Alan Parker) (DVD Own) - B
Fearless (1993, Peter Weir) (DVD Own) - B+
Hair (1979, Milos Forman) (DVD Own) - B
Harlan County USA (1976, Barbara Kopple) (DVD Rent) - A
The Isle (2000, Ki-Duk Kim) (DVD Rent) - B-
Margaret's Museum (1995, Mort Ransen) (DVD Own) - B
The Reflecting Skin (1990, Philip Ridley) (DVD Own) - A-
Safety Last (1923, Fred C. Newmeyer, Sam Taylor) (DVD Rent) - C+
The Talk of the Town (1942, George Stevens) (DVD Rent) - B-
Tommy (1975, Ken Russell) (DVD Own) - B
Why Does Herr R. Run Amok? (1970, Rainer Werner Fassbinder, Michael Fengler) (DVD Own) - A

July
À Nos Amours (1983, Maurice Pialat) (DVD Rent) - A-
Blonde Venus (1932, Josef Von Sternberg) (DVD Own) - B+
A Canterbury Tale (1944, Michael Powell & Emeric Pressburger) (DVD Rent) - A-
Cinemania (2002, Angela Christlieb, Stephen Kijak) (DVD Rent) - C+
Come & See (1985, Elem Klimov) (DVD Rent) - B
The Company of Wolves (1984, Neil Jordan) (DVD Own) - B-
Depeche Mode 101 (1989, David Dawkins, Chris Hegedus, D.A. Pennebaker) (DVD Own) - B+
Deterrence (1999, Rod Lurie) (DVD Rent) - F
The Devil is a Woman (1935, Josef Von Sternberg) (DVD Own) - B+
Equinox (1970, Jack Woods, Dennis Muren) (DVD Rent) - C-
Golden Earrings (1947, Mitchell Leisen) (DVD Own) - B
Golden Swallow (1968, Cheh Chang) (DVD Own) - B
The Flame of New Orleans (1941, Rene Clair) (DVD Own) - B+
Koko, A Talking Gorilla (1978, Barbet Schroeder) (DVD Rent) - B+
Lured (1947, Douglas Sirk) (DVD Rent) - B+
Monday (2000, Sabu) (DVD Own) - B+
Morocco (1930, Josef Von Sternberg) (DVD Own) - B
The Music Room (1958, Satyajit Ray) (DVD Rent) - A-
Of Mice and Men (1992, Gary Sinise) (DVD Rent) - B-
Young Thugs: Nostalgia (1997, Takashi Miike) (DVD Rent) - B
Young Thugs: Nostalgia (1998, Takashi Miike) (DVD Rent) - B+

August
The Ballad of Narayama (1983, Shohei Imamura) (DVD Own) - C+
Black Mama White Mama (1972, Eddie Romero) (DVD Rent) - B-
Brother of Sleep (1995, Joseph Vilsmaier) (DVD Own) - B-
Bucktown (1975, Arthur Marks) (DVD Rent) - B-
Durian Durian (2000, Fruit Chan) (DVD Own) - C+
Hell Up in Harlem (1973, Larry Cohen) (DVD Rent) - B-
Kicking and Screaming (1995, Noah Baumbach) (DVD Rent) - C
Ten Minutes Older: The Trumpet (2002, Kaige Chen, Victor Erice, Werner Herzog, Jim Jarmusch, Aki Kaurismaki, Spike Lee, Wim Wenders) (DVD Own) - B+
Willie Dynamite (1974, Gilbert Moses) (DVD Rent) - B

September
Black Rain (1989, Shohei Imamura) (DVD Own) - A-
Cabin in the Sky (1943, Vincente Minelli) (DVD Rent) - B
Eternity and a Day (1998, Theo Angelopoulos) (DVD Rent) - B+
The Flower of My Secret (1995, Pedro Almodovar) (Cinema) - B+
The Godfather Part III (1990, Francis Ford Coppola) (DVD Rent) - B+
Law of Desire (1987, Pedro Almodovar) (Cinema) - B+
Matador (1986, Pedro Almodovar) (Cinema) - B+
The Spook Who Sat by the Door (1973, Ivan Dixon) (DVD Rent) - B+
That Man Bolt (1973, Henry Levin & David Lowell Rich) (DVD Rent) - B-
Trick Baby (1973, Larry Yust) (DVD Rent) - B

October
The Gunfighter (1950, Henry King) (TCM) - A-

November
The Black Gestapo (1975, Lee Frost) (DVD Rent) - C+


Revisits (All DVD's from my collection unless specified)
January
Love Me Tonight (1932, Rouben Mamoulian) - A
The Miracle of Morgan's Creek (1943, Preston Sturges) - A-
Point Blank (1967, John Boorman) - A-

February
Harry Potter & the Goblet of Fire (2005, Mike Nichols) (Theater) - B
The Saddest Music in the World (2003, Guy Maddin) - B
Serenity (2005, Joss Whedon) - B+
The Sound of Music (1965, Robert Wise) - A

March
The Big Country (1958, William Wyler) - A
Bring Me The Head of Alfredo Garcia (1974, Sam Peckinpah) - B+
Howl's Moving Castle (2004, Hayao Miyazaki) - A-
My Neighbor Totoro (1988, Hayao Miyazaki) - A
Out of the Past (1947, Jacques Torneur) - A
Red River (1948, Howard Hawks) - A-
Seven Brides for Seven Brothers (1954, Stanley Donen) - A

April
The Lady & The Duke (2001, Eric Rohmer) - B+
Son of Godzilla (1967, Jun Fukuda) - B
White Heat (1948, Raoul Walsh) - A

May
The Phantom of the Opera (2004, Joel Schumacher) - B+

June
Intimate Strangers (2004, Patrice Leconte) - B+
South Park: Bigger, Longer and Uncut (1999, Trey Parker & Matt Stone) - B+
Superman: The Movie (1978, Richard Donner) (DVD Rent) - B+

July
Castle in the Sky (1986, Hayao Miyazaki) - A-
The Godfather (1972, Francis Ford Coppola) - A
Superman II (1980, Richard Lester) (TV On Demand) - B
Whisper of the Heart (1995, Yoshifumi Kondo) - A

August
Black Caesar (1973, Larry Cohen) (DVD Rent) - B+
The Godfather, Part II (1974, Francis Ford Coppola) - A-
The Incredibles (2004, Brad Bird) - A-

November
Marie Antoinette (2006, Sofia Coppola) - B+

December
Christmas in July (1940, Preston Sturges) - A-
The Great McGinty (1940, Preston Sturges) - B+
The Lady Eve (1941, Preston Sturges) - A

Commentaries
January
The Devil's Rejects (Sid Haig, Sherri Moon Zombie, Bill Moseley)
Love Me Tonight ()
Point Blank (John Boorman & Steven Soderbergh)

February
The Asphault Jungle (Drew Casper & James Whitmore)

March
Bring Me The Head of Alfredo Garcia ()
Mighty Joe Young (Ray Harryhausen, Terry Moore, & Ken Ralston)
Out of the Past (Robert Ursini)
The Petrified Forest (Eric Lax)
The Set-Up (Robert Wise & Martin Scorsese)

April
Angels With Dirty Faces (Dana Polan)
Little Caesar (Richard Jewell)
The Public Enemy (Robert Sklar)
The Roaring Twenties (Lincoln Hurst)
White Heat (Drew Casper)

May
Tenderness of the Wolves (Ulli Lommel, William Lustig)

2006 Film List
Last Updated: 19 August 2006
2006 Films Seen**: 13
2005 Films Seen: 4
Total Films Seen: 17

**Includes films released theatrically, direct-to-video, and films without US distribution at time of viewing.

*Films rated out of five stars*

2006 Films (Wide Release, Limited Release, TV, Direct to Video)
A Scanner Darkly **** Director: Richard Linklater

Brick ***** Director: Rian Johnson

Clerks II ****½ Director: Kevin Smith

Descent, The ***½ Director: Niel Marshall

Final Destination 3 ***½ Director: James Wong

Halloween: 25 Years of Terror **** Director: Stefan Hutchinson
Hills Have Eyes, The ***½ Director: Alexandre Aja
Hostel **** Director: Eli Roth

National Lampoon's Adam and Eve ZERO Director: Jeff Kanew

Running Scared **** Director: Wayne Kramer

Superman Returns ***½ Director: Bryan Singer

X-Men 3: The Last Stand *½ Director: Brett Ratner

2006 Films (Without US distribution/Foreign 2005 Releases/Other)
Dune: Extended Edition *** Director: Alan Smithee (David Lynch)

2005 Films
Just Like Heaven * Director: Mark Waters
Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit ***** Director: Nick Park & Steve Box
Hustle & Flow ****½ Director: Craig Brewer
Domino *½ Director: Tony Scott

2006 Film Watching List
Listing Criteria: Worldwide First Public Screening (I don't give a shit about NY/LA release dates)
Last Updated: Aug 4, 2008

2006 Films: 228


Last 15 2006 Additions: National Lampoon's Van Wilder 2: The Rise of Taj, Everyone's Hero, Madea's Family Reunion, Deliver Us From Evil, Renaissance, Black Snake Moan, The Oh in Ohio, Akeelah and the Bee, Click, The Unknown, I'm a Cyborg, But That's OK, Dreamgirls, Jar City, John Tucker Must Die, Paris, je t'aime.

Title /Director /Rating (from 1 - 5 )

2006 Films
2:37 Murali K. Thalluri 4
10 Items or Less Brad Silberling 3
16 Blocks Richard Donner 1
46-Okunen No Koi (Big Bang Love: Juvenile A) Takashi Miike 3
300 Zack Snyder 3
Abandoned, The Nacho Cerdà 3
Accepted Steve Pink 3
Akeelah and the Bee Doug Atchison 4
All the Boys Love Mandy Lane Jonathan Levine 3
All the King's Men Steven Zaillian 2
Alpha Dog Nick Cassavetes 3
American Dreamz Paul Weitz 3
Andy Warhol: A Documentary Film Ric Burns 4
Annapolis Justin Lin 3
Ant Bully, The John A. Davis 4
Apocalypto Mel Gibson 5
Aquamarine Elizabeth Allen 2
Art School Confidential Terry Zwigoff 4
Ask the Dust Robert Towne 3
Away from Her Sarah Polley 4
Babel Alejandro González Iñárritu 4
Barnyard Steve Oedekerk 4
Bas, Là Chantal Akerman 1
Beerfest Jay Chandrasekhar 3
Benchwarmers, The Dennis Dugan 2
Big Momma's House 2 John Whitesell 2
Black Dahlia, The Brian De Palma 3
Black Sheep Jonathan King 2
Black Snake Moan Craig Brewer 3
Blood Diamond Edward Zwick 4
Bobby Emilio Estevez 3
Book of Revelation, The Ana Kokkinos 2
Borat!: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan Larry Charles 4
Brand Upon the Brain! Guy Maddin 5
Bridge, The Eric Steel 4
Bugmaster Katsuhiro Ôtomo 3
Cages Olivier Masset-Depasse 3
Cars John Lasseter 3
Casino Royale Martin Campbell 4
Catch a Fire Phillip Noyce 3
Chacun Sa Nuit Pascal Arnold, Jean-Marc Barr 2
Children of Men Alfonso Cuarón 4
Clerks II Kevin Smith 3
Click Frank Coraci 2
Covenant, The Renny Harlin 1
Crank Neveldine/Taylor 3
Da Vinci Code, The Ron Howard 2
Daratt (Dry Season) Mahamat-Saleh Haroun 4
Date Movie Aaron Seltzer 2
Death of a President Gabriel Range 3
Deja Vu Tony Scott 4
Deliver Us from Evil Amy Berg 5
Departed, The Martin Scorsese 5
Destricted Matthew Barney, Richard Prince, Larry Clark, Marco Brambilla, Sam Taylor-Wood, Marina Abramovic, Gaspar Noé 3
Devil Wears Prada, The David Frankel 4
Direktøren for det Hele (The Boss of It All) Lars von Trier 4
Dreamgirls Bill Condon 2
Efter Brylluppet (After The Wedding) Susanne Bier 5
Eight Below Frank Marshall 2
Elegiya Zhizni. Rostropovich. Vishnevskaya. (Elegy of Life. Rostropovich. Vishnevskaya.) Aleksandr Sokurov 4
Everyone's Hero Christopher Reeve, Dan St. Pierre, Colin Brady 2
Fabulous! The Story of Queer Cinema Lisa Ades, Lesli Klainberg 3
Failure to Launch Tom Dey 3
Fall, The Tarsem 4
Fast Food Nation Richard Linklater 3
Fay Grim Hal Hartley 3
Fido Andrew Currie 3
Final Destination 3 James Wong 3
Firewall Richard Loncraine 2
Flags of Our Fathers Clint Eastwood 3
Flandres Bruno Dumont 1
Flushed Away David Bowers, Sam Fell 3
For Your Consideration Christopher Guest 4
Fountain, The Darren Aronofsky 3
Freedomland Joe Roth 1
Friends with Money Nicole Holofcener 2
Frostbiten (Frostbite) Anders Banke 3
Fur: An Imaginary Portrait of Diane Arbus Steven Shainberg 5
Glory Road James Gartner 3
Glue Alexis Dos Santos 2
Good Shepherd, The Robert De Niro 5
Good Year, A Ridley Scott 3
Grandma's Boy Nicholaus Goossen 3
Grudge 2, The Takashi Shimizu 1
Guardian, The Andrew Davis 3
Guide to Recognizing Your Saints, A Dito Montiel 3
Gwoemul (The Host) Joon-ho Bong 4
Hak Se Wui Yi Wo Wai Kwai (Election 2) Johnny To 4
Hana Yori Mo Naho (Hana) Hirokazu Kore-eda 3
Happy Feet (IMAX) George Miller 3
Hei Yan Quan (I Don't Want to Sleep Alone) Ming-liang Tsai 4
Hills Have Eyes, The Alexandre Aja 4
Hoax, The Lasse Hallström 3
Holiday, The Nancy Meyers 3
Hollywoodland Allen Coulter 3
Huo Yuan Jia (Fearless) Ronny Yu 3
Ich Bin die Andere (I Am the Other Woman) Margarethe von Trotta 4
Iklimler (Climates) Nuri Bilge Ceylan 3
Illusionist, The Neil Burger 3
In the Land of Women Jon Kasdan 3
Indigènes (Days of Glory) Rachid Bouchareb 2
Inland Empire David Lynch 2
Inside Man Spike Lee 4
Invincible Ericson Core 3
jackass Number Two Jeff Tremaine 3
John Tucker Must Die Betty Thomas 3
Juventude Em Marcha (Colossal Youth) Pedro Costa 3
Killer Within, The Macky Alston 3
Klimt Raoul Ruiz 2
Knocked Up Judd Apatow 4
Kunsten at Græde i Kor (The Art of Crying) Peter Schønau Fog 4
Laberinto del Fauno, El (Pan's Labyrinth) Guillermo del Toro 2
Laitakaupungin Valot (Lights in the Dusk) Aki Kaurismäki 3
Last Holiday Wayne Wang 3
Last King of Scotland, The Kevin Macdonald 3
Last Winter, The Larry Fessenden 3
Leben der Anderen, Das (The Lives of Others) Florian Henckel-Donnersmarck 4
Let's Go to Prison Bob Odenkirk 2
Little Children Todd Field 4
Little Miss Sunshine Jonathan Dayton, Valerie Faris 4
Lucky Number Slevin Paul McGuigan 4
Macbeth Geoffrey Wright 2
Madea's Family Reunion Tyler Perry 1
Magic Flute, The Kenneth Branagh 3
Man Cheng Jin Dai Huang Jin Jia (Curse of the Golden Flower) Yimou Zhang 4
Man of the Year Barry Levinson 3
Manufactured Landscapes Jennifer Baichwal 3
Marie Antoinette Sofia Coppola 4
Miami Vice Michael Mann 1
Miss Potter Chris Noonan 3
Mission: Impossible III J.J. Abrams 4
Mon Colonel Laurent Herbiet 3
Monster House Gil Kenan 4
My Super Ex-Girlfriend Ivan Reitman 2
Mýrin (Jar City) Baltasar Kormákur 3
Nacho Libre Jared Hess 4
Namesake, The Mira Nair 3
National Lampoon's Van Wilder 2: The Rise of Taj Mort Nathan 1
Neil Young: Heart of Gold Jonathan Demme 5
Night at the Museum (IMAX) Shawn Levy 3
Night Listener, The Patrick Stettner 3
Niwe Mung (Half Moon) Bahman Ghobadi 3
Notes on a Scandal Richard Eyre 3
Nue Propriété (Private Property) Joachim Lafosse 3
Oh in Ohio, The Billy Kent 4
Omen, The John Moore 2
One Night with the King Michael O. Sajbel 1
Optimisti (The Optimists) Goran Paskaljevic 3
Painted Veil, The John Curran 3
Paprika Satoshi Kon 3
Paris, je t'aime Bruno Podalydès, Gurinder Chadha, Gus Van Sant, Joel & Ethan Coen, Walter Salles & Daniela Thomas, Christopher Doyle, Isabel Coixet, Nobuhiro Suwa, Sylvain Chomet, Alfonso Cuarón, Olivier Assayas, Oliver Schmitz, Richard LaGravenese, Vincenzo Natali, Wes Craven, Tom Tykwer, Frédéric Auburtin & Gérard Depardieu, Alexander Payne 4
Peaceful Warrior Victor Salva 3
Perfume: The Story of a Murderer Tom Tykwer 5
Pervert's Guide to Cinema, The Sophie Fiennes 5
Phairii Phinaat paa Mawrana (Vengeance) Preaw Sirisuwan 2
Phat Girlz Nnegest Likké 2
Pink Panther, The Shawn Levy 3
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest Gore Verbinski 2
Plastic Disasters Kate Davis, David Heilbroner 3
Poseidon Wolfgang Petersen 2
Prairie Home Companion, A Robert Altman 3
Prestige, The Christopher Nolan 4
Princess Anders Morgenthaler 5
Pulse Jim Sonzero 2
Queen, The Stephen Frears 3
Quinceañera Richard Glatzer, Wash Westmoreland 3
Red Road Andrea Arnold 4
Renaissance Christian Volckman 4
Requiem Hans-Christian Schmid 4
Rescue Dawn Werner Herzog 3
Road to Guantanamo, The Michael Winterbottom, Mat Whitecross 4
Running Scared Wayne Kramer 1
Running with Scissors Ryan Murphy 3
RV Barry Sonnenfeld 3
Saibogujiman Kwenchana (I'm a Cyborg, But That's OK) Chan-wook Park 3
Sakebi (Retribution) Kiyoshi Kurosawa 4
Saw III Darren Lynn Bousman 3
Scanner Darkly, A Richard Linklater 4
Scary Movie 4 David Zucker 2
Science of Sleep, The Michel Gondry 4
Sconosciuta, La (The Unknown) Giuseppe Tornatore 3
Scoop Woody Allen 3
See No Evil Gregory Dark 1
Sentinel, The Clark Johnson 3
Severance Christopher Smith 3
Shame Mohammed Naqvi 4
Sheitan Kim Chapiron 3
She's the Man Andy Fickman 2
Shi Gan (Time) Ki-duk Kim 4
Shortbus John Cameron Mitchell 4
Shut Up & Sing Barbara Kopple, Cecilia Peck 3
Silent Hill Christophe Gans 1
Slither James Gunn 3
Snakes on a Plane David R. Ellis 2
... So Goes the Nation James D. Stern, Adam Del Deo 3
Special Hal Haberman, Jeremy Passmore 2
Stay Alive William Brent Bell 1
Step Up Anne Fletcher 3
Stick It Jessica Bendinger 2
Stormbreaker (Alex Rider: Operation Stormbreaker) Geoffrey Sax 3
Stranger Than Fiction Marc Forster 4
Summer '04 Stefan Krohmer 1
Superman Returns Bryan Singer 4
Take the Lead Liz Friedlander 3
Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby Adam McKay 3
Taxidermia György Pálfi 5
Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning, The Jonathan Liebesman 3
This Is England Shane Meadows 4
Tout Refleurit: Pedro Costa, Cineaste (All Blossoms Again: Pedro Costa, Director) Aurélien Gerbault 1
Trapped Ashes Joe Dante, Ken Russell, Sean S. Cunningham, Monte Hellman, John Gaeta 2
Tristan + Isolde Kevin Reynolds 3
Turistas John Stockwell 3
Ultraviolet Kurt Wimmer 2
Underworld: Evolution Len Wiseman 1
United 93 Paul Greengrass 5
U.S. vs. John Lennon, The David Leaf, John Scheinfeld 3
V for Vendetta James McTeigue 5
Venus Roger Michell 3
Volver Pedro Almodóvar 3
War Tapes, The Deborah Scranton 2
When a Stranger Calls Simon West 1
When the Levees Broke: A Requiem in Four Acts Spike Lee 4
Wicker Man, The Neil LaBute 2
Wind That Shakes the Barley, The Ken Loach 3
World Trade Center Oliver Stone 3
Wu Qingyuan (The Go Master) Zhuangzhuang Tian 2
X-Men: The Last Stand Brett Ratner 4
Zoom Peter Hewitt 3
Zwartboek (Black Book) Paul Verhoeven 2

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2006 Film List:
Updated: December 25, 2006
Total Viewed: 51

16 Blocks B (Richard Donner, USA) 6/16/06
A Scanner Darkly A- (Richard Linklater, USA) 12/24/06
Accepted C- (Steve Pink, USA) 11/15/06
Art School Confidential C (Terry Zwigoff, USA)
10/11/06
Beerfest B+ (Jay Chandrasekhar, USA) 9/2/06
Blood Diamond B+ (Edward Zwick, USA) 12/2/06
Borat A- (Larry Charles, USA) 11/3/06
The Black Dahlia C (Brian De Palma, USA) 9/15/06
The Break Up C (Peyton Reed, USA) 11/20/06
Brick A- (Rian Johnson, USA) 4/7/06
Casino Royale B+ (Martin Campbell, USA) 11/17/06
Clerks 2 B- (Kevin Smith, USA) 7/21/06
Dave Chappelle's Block Party A- (Michel Gondry, USA) 3/8/06
The Departed A+ (Martin Scorsese, USA) 10/3/06
Déjà Vu C+ (Tony Scott, USA) 11/22/06
The Descent B (Neill Marshall, UK) 3/17/2006
Down in the Valley B- (David Jacobsen, USA) 9/27/2006
Edmond B+ (Stuart Gordon, USA) 10/24/2006
Feast B (John Gulager, USA) 10/17/2006
Final Destination 3 C (James Wong, USA) 2/10/06
The Fountain C+ (Darren Aronofsky, USA) 11/22/06
Freedomland F (Joe Roth, USA) 6/3/2006
The Good Shepherd A- (Robert DeNiro, USA) 12/25/06
Grandma's Boy C- (Nicholaus Goosen, USA) 5/26/06
Hard Candy B- (David Slade, USA) 10/15/06
The Hills Have Eyes B+ (Alexandre Aja, USA) 3/15/06
Hollywoodland B- (Allen Coulter, USA) 9/11/06
Hostel B+ (Eli Roth, USA) 1/24/06
The Illusionist B- (Neil Burger, USA) 9/13/06
Inside Man A- (Spike Lee, USA) 3/24/06
Lady in the Water F (M. Night Shyamalan, USA) 7/21/06
Lucky Number Slevin B+ (Paul McGuigan, USA) 4/9/06
Miami Vice A- (Michael Mann, USA) 7/28/06
Mission: Impossible 3 B (JJ Abrams, USA) 5/12/06
Monster House B+ (Gil Kenan, USA) 7/21/06
The Night Listener D+ (Patrick Stettner, USA) 8/10/06
The Prestige A- (Christopher Nolan, USA) 11/4/06
The Proposition A- (John Hillcoast, Australia) 9/20/06
Running Scared B+ (Wayne Kramer, USA) 5/23/06
Saw III D (Darren Lynn Bousman, USA) 10/29/06
Scoop B- (Woody Allen, USA) 8/13/06
Silent Hill C- (Christophe Gans, USA) 4/21/06
Slither B (James Gunn, USA) 4/5/06
Snakes on a Plane C- (David R. Ellis, USA) 9/14/06
Stranger Than Fiction B+ (Marc Forster, USA) 11/8/06
Strangers With Candy C+ (Paul Dinello, USA) 11/14/06
Sympathy For Lady Vengeance B (Chan Woon Park, USA) 10/1/06
Talladega Nights B- (Adam McKay, USA) 8/8/06
Thank You For Smoking B+ (Jason Reitman, USA) 11/22/06
Waist Deep D (Vondie Curtis-Hall, USA) 11/2/06
The Woods C (Lucky McKee, USA) 10/5/06

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Non-2006 Films Previously Seen: 0

Total Number of Films Seen in 2006: 0

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Last Listened To: The Strokes - First Impressions of Earth
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2006 Albums Heard: 1


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