Nick's Flick Picks: The Movies of 2006

<BODY text="#000000" bgcolor="#CCCC99" link="#000099" vlink="#000099"> <TABLE align=center cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0><TR><TD><img src=strip06banner.jpg></TD></TR> <TR text="#000000" bgcolor="#CCCC99"><TD><center><Font Size=-2><i>Photos &#169 2006 Sony Pictures Classics/Path&#233 Entertainment; &#169 2006 Warner Bros. Pictures; &#169 2006 Warner Bros. Pictures; &#169 2006 IFC Films; &#169 2006 ThinkFilm; &#169 2006 ThinkFilm; and &#169 2006 Universal Pictures</i></center></TD></TR></TABLE> <center> <hr> <center><Font Size=+1><Font Color="#0090FF">Special Feature:</Font> <a href=persoc06.html>The 2006 Nick's Flick Picks Honorees</a>, savoring the best in 20 categories</Font><br> <Font Size=+1><Font Color="#0090FF">Special Feature:</Font> <a href=party06.html>Nick Davis' Block Party</a>, honoring the most fun movies of 2006!</Font><br> <Font Size=+1><Font Color="#0090FF">Special Feature:</Font> Celebrate the <a href=sidlin06.html>Best Unsung Performances and Ensembles</a> of the year!</Font></center><hr> <TABLE width=947 align=center cellpadding=5 cellspacing=5 border=0><TR><TD width=27% align=center valign=top> <b>Sort by <Font Size=+1 Face=Garamond><Font Color="#FF0000">Title</Font>/<Font Color="#000099">Grade</Font></b> (soon!)</Font><br> <Font Size=-1 Face=Garamond><a href="movies06.html" target="_top">(Frames Version)</a></Font><br> <Font Size=-1 Color="#009900">&#9733</Font> <Font Size=-1><b>= Full-Length Review</b></Font><br></TD> <TD width=73% align=left valign=center>(Includes films first exhibited to commercial audiences in the U.S. between Jan. 1, 2006, and Dec. 31, 2006.<br> Consequently, certain entries, especially foreign films, are indexed here despite being produced in earlier years.)</center></TD></TR></TABLE></center> <hr> <br> <TABLE width=850 align=center cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0><TR><TD width=100% align=left> <FONT COLOR="#0090FF" SIZE=+2><strong>My Top Ten List</strong></FONT><br> <br> <Font Face=Garamond Size=+1> 1. &nbsp<b><a href=dethlaza.html>The Death of Mr. Lazarescu</a></b></Font> Dir. Cristi Puiu. With Ion Fiscuteanu, Luminita Gheorghiu <Font Color="#FF0000"><b>A</b></Font><br> <Font Face=Garamond Size=+1> 2. &nbsp<b><a href=inlandem.html>INLAND EMPIRE</a></b></Font> Dir. David Lynch. With Laura Dern, Karolina Gruszka, Peter J. Lucas <Font Color="#FF0000"><b>A</b></Font><br> <Font Face=Garamond Size=+1> 3. &nbsp<b><a href=dcbparty.html>Dave Chappelle's Block Party</a></b></Font> Dir. Michel Gondry. Documentary. With Dave Chappelle <Font Color="#FF0000"><b>A&#150</b></Font><br> <Font Face=Garamond Size=+1> 4. &nbsp<b><a href=hfnelson.html>Half Nelson</a></b></Font> Dir. Ryan Fleck. With Ryan Gosling, Shareeka Epps, Anthony Mackie <Font Color="#FF0000"><b>A&#150</b></Font><br> <Font Face=Garamond Size=+1> 5. &nbsp<b><a href=departed.html>The Departed</a></b></Font> Dir. Martin Scorsese. With Leonardo DiCaprio, Matt Damon <Font Color="#FF0000"><b>B+</b></Font><br> <Font Face=Garamond Size=+1> 6. &nbsp<b><a href=syndcent.html>Syndromes and a Century</a></b></Font> Dir. Apichatpong Weerasethakul. With Nantarat Sawaddikul <Font Color="#FF0000"><b>B+</b></Font><br> <Font Face=Garamond Size=+1> 7. &nbsp<b><a href=clean.html>Clean</a></b></Font> Dir. Olivier Assayas. With Maggie Cheung, Nick Nolte, Martha Henry <Font Color="#FF0000"><b>B+</b></Font><br> <Font Face=Garamond Size=+1> 8. &nbsp<b><a href=fountain.html>The Fountain</a></b></Font> Dir. Darren Aronofsky. With Hugh Jackman, Rachel Weisz <Font Color="#FF0000"><b>B+</b></Font><br> <Font Face=Garamond Size=+1> 9. &nbsp<b><a href=drawres9.html>Drawing Restraint 9</a></b></Font> Dir. Matthew Barney. With Matthew Barney, Bj&#246rk <Font Color="#FF0000"><b>B+</b></Font><br> <Font Face=Garamond Size=+1>10. <b><a href=iraqfrag.html>Iraq in Fragments</a></b></Font> Dir. James Longley. Documentary about war-torn Iraq <Font Color="#FF0000"><b>B+</b></Font><br> </TD></TR></TABLE><hr> <br> <TABLE width=850 align=center cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0><TR><TD width=100% align=left> <FONT COLOR="#0090FF" SIZE=+2><strong>Other Releases from the Year 2006</strong></FONT><br> <br> <Font Face=Garamond Color="#0090FF">&#169</Font> <a href=akeelah.html>Akeelah and the Bee</a> Dir. Doug Atchison. With Keke Palmer, Laurence Fishburne, Angela Bassett <Font Color="#FF0000">B</Font><br> <Font Face=Garamond Color="#0090FF">&#169</Font> <a href=allking2.html>All the King's Men</a> Dir. Steven Zaillian. With Jude Law, Sean Penn, Anthony Hopkins <Font Color="#FF0000">C&#150</Font><br> <Font Size=-1 Color="#009900">&#9733</Font> <a href=apoclypt.html>Apocalypto</a> Dir. Mel Gibson. With Rudy Youngblood, Raoul Trujillo, Dalia Hernandez <Font Color="#FF0000">F</Font><br> <LI><a href=artschco.html>Art School Confidential</a> Dir. Terry Zwigoff. With Max Minghella, John Malkovich, Sophia Myles <Font Color="#FF0000">C&#150</Font><br> <LI><a href=askdust.html>Ask the Dust</a> Dir. Robert Towne. With Colin Farrell, Salma Hayek, Idina Menzel <Font Color="#FF0000">F</Font><br> <LI><a href=babel.html>Babel</a> Dir. Alejandro Gonz&#225lez I&#241&#225rritu. With Brad Pitt, Cate Blanchett, Adriana Barraza <Font Color="#FF0000">B&#150</Font><br> <LI><a href=bascins2.html>Basic Instinct 2</a> Dir. Michael Caton-Jones. With Sharon Stone, David Morrissey, David Thewlis <Font Color="#FF0000">D&#150</Font><br> <LI><a href=batthevn.html>Battle in Heaven</a> Dir. Carlos Reygadas. With Marcos Hern&#225ndez, Anapola Mushkadiz, Bertha Ruiz <Font Color="#FF0000">B&#150</Font><br> <Font Size=-1 Color="#009900">&#9733</Font> <a href=blackdal.html>The Black Dahlia</a> Dir. Brian De Palma. With Josh Hartnett, Scarlett Johansson, Aaron Eckhart <Font Color="#FF0000">C+</Font><br> <LI><a href=bloodiam.html>Blood Diamond</a> Dir. Edward Zwick. With Leonardo DiCaprio, Djimon Hounsou, Jennifer Connelly <Font Color="#FF0000">C</Font><br> <LI><a href=bobby.html>Bobby</a> Dir. Emilio Estevez. With Freddy Rodriguez, William H. Macy, Lindsay Lohan <Font Color="#FF0000">C&#150</Font><br> <LI><a href=borat.html>Borat</a> Dir. Larry Charles. With Sacha Baron Cohen, Ken Davitian, Luenell Campbell <Font Color="#FF0000">B&#150</Font><br> <LI><a href=breakent.html>Breaking and Entering</a> Dir. Anthony Minghella. With Jude Law, Juliette Binoche, Robin Wright Penn <Font Color="#FF0000">C+</Font><br> <LI><a href=brick.html>Brick</a> Dir. Rian Johnson. With Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Noah Fleiss, Nora Zehetner <Font Color="#FF0000">C</Font><br> <LI><a href=bubble.html>Bubble</a> Dir. Steven Spielberg. With Debbie Doebereiner, Dustin Ashley, Misty Wilkins <Font Color="#FF0000">B&#150</Font><br> <LI><a href=cars.html>Cars</a> Dir. John Lasseter. Animated. With the voices of Owen Wilson, Paul Newman <Font Color="#FF0000">B&#150</Font><br> <LI><a href=croyale.html>Casino Royale</a> Dir. Martin Campbell. With Daniel Craig, Eva Green, Mads Mikkelsen <Font Color="#FF0000">B&#150</Font><br> <LI><a href=catchfir.html>Catch a Fire</a> Dir. Phillip Noyce. With Derek Luke, Tim Robbins, Bonnie Henna <Font Color="#FF0000">C&#150</Font><br> <LI><a href=chofmen.html>Children of Men</a> Dir. Alfonso Cuar&#243n. With Clive Owen, Claire-Hope Ashitey, Julianne Moore <Font Color="#FF0000">B+</Font><br> <LI><a href=comearly.html>Come Early Morning</a> Dir. Joey Lauren Adams. With Ashley Judd, Jeff Donovan, Laura Prepon <Font Color="#FF0000">C</Font><br> <LI><a href=crank.html>Crank</a> Dirs. Mark Neveldine & Brian Taylor. With Jason Statham, Jos&#233 Pablo Cantillo <Font Color="#FF0000">B+</Font><br> <LI><a href=cgoldflw.html>Curse of the Golden Flower</a> Dir. Zhang Yimou. With Gong Li, Chow Yun-Fat, Liu Ye <Font Color="#FF0000">D+</Font><br> <LI><a href=deadgirl.html>The Dead Girl</a> Dir. Karen Moncrieff. With Toni Collette, Rose Byrne, Mary Beth Hurt <Font Color="#FF0000">C+</Font><br> <LI><a href=delvevil.html>Deliver Us from Evil</a> Dir. Amy Berg. Documentary. Inquiry into histories of sexual abuses by clergy <Font Color="#FF0000">B</Font><br> <Font Size=-1 Color="#009900">&#9733</Font> <a href=descent.html>The Descent</a> Dir. Neil Marshall. With Shauna Macdonald, Natalie Mendoza, Alex Reid <Font Color="#FF0000">B+</Font><br> <Font Size=-1 Color="#009900">&#9733</Font> <a href=devprada.html>The Devil Wears Prada</a> Dir. David Frankel. With Anne Hathaway, Meryl Streep, Emily Blunt <Font Color="#FF0000">B&#150</Font><br> <LI><a href=dontknoc.html>Don't Come Knocking</a> Dir. Wim Wenders. With Sam Shepard, Gabriel Mann, Sarah Polley <Font Color="#FF0000">B&#150</Font><br> <LI><a href=downvall.html>Down in the Valley</a> Dir. David Jacobson. With Edward Norton, Evan Rachel Wood, Rory Culkin <Font Color="#FF0000">C</Font><br> <LI><a href=drmgirls.html>Dreamgirls</a> Dir. Bill Condon. With Beyonc&#233 Knowles, Jennifer Hudson, Jamie Foxx <Font Color="#FF0000">B&#150</Font><br> <LI><a href=duckseas.html>Duck Season</a> Dir. Fernando Eimbcke. With Enrique Arreola, Diego Cata&#241o, Danny Perea <Font Color="#FF0000">B&#150</Font><br> <LI><a href=lenfant.html>L'Enfant</a> Dirs. Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne. With J&#233r&#233mie Renier, D&#233borah Fran&#231ois, J&#233r&#233mie Segard <Font Color="#FF0000">B+</Font><br> <LI><a href=factotum.html>Factotum</a> Dir. Bent Hamer. With Matt Dillon, Lili Taylor, Marisa Tomei <Font Color="#FF0000">B</Font><br> <LI><a href=flaunch.html>Failure to Launch</a> Dir. Tom Dey. With Matthew McConaughey, Sarah Jessica Parker, Zooey Deschanel <Font Color="#FF0000">C</Font><br> <LI><a href=ffnation.html>Fast Food Nation</a> Dir. Richard Linklater. With Greg Kinnear, Catalina Sandino Moreno, Wilmer Valderrama <Font Color="#FF0000">B+</Font><br> <LI><a href=flagfath.html>Flags of Our Fathers</a> Dir. Clint Eastwood. With Ryan Phillippe, Jesse Bradford, Adam Beach <Font Color="#FF0000">C</Font><br> <LI><a href=foryourc.html>For Your Consideration</a> Dir. Christopher Guest. With Catherine O'Hara, Harry Shearer, Parker Posey <Font Color="#FF0000">C</Font><br> <Font Face=Garamond Color="#0090FF">&#169</Font> <a href=frdmland.html>Freedomland</a> Dir. Joe Roth. With Samuel L. Jackson, Julianne Moore, Edie Falco <Font Color="#FF0000">D+</Font><br> <LI><a href=frwmoney.html>Friends with Money</a> Dir. Nicole Holofcener. With Jennifer Aniston, Frances McDormand, Catherine Keener <Font Color="#FF0000">B&#150</Font><br> <LI><a href=fur.html>Fur: An Imaginative Portrait of Diane Arbus</a> Dir. Steven Shainberg. With Nicole Kidman, Robert Downey Jr. <Font Color="#FF0000">B&#150</Font><br> <LI><a href=gabriell.html>Gabrielle</a> Dir. 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Davis Guggenheim. Filmization of Al Gore's slideshow against global warming <Font Color="#FF0000">B</Font><br> <LI><a href=infamous.html>Infamous</a> Dir. Douglas McGrath. With Toby Jones, Sandra Bullock, Daniel Craig <Font Color="#FF0000">C</Font><br> <LI><a href=insidman.html>Inside Man</a> Dir. Spike Lee. With Denzel Washington, Clive Owen, Jodie Foster <Font Color="#FF0000">B+</Font><br> <LI><a href=jesuscmp.html>Jesus Camp</a> Dirs. Heidi Ewing & Rachel Grady. Documentary about an evangelical children's summer camp <Font Color="#FF0000">B+</Font><br> <Font Size=-1 Color="#009900">&#9733</Font> <a href=ladywatr.html>Lady in the Water</a> Dir. M. Night Shyamalan. With Paul Giamatti, Bryce Dallas Howard, M. Night Shyamalan <Font Color="#FF0000">D&#150</Font><br> <LI><a href=lastksco.html>The Last King of Scotland</a> Dir. Kevin Macdonald. With James McAvoy, Forest Whitaker, Simon McBurney <Font Color="#FF0000">C+</Font><br> <LI><a href=lemming.html>Lemming</a> Dir. Dominik Moll. 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Robin Williams, Toni Collette, Bobby Cannavale <Font Color="#FF0000">C+</Font><br> <LI><a href=notscand.html>Notes on a Scandal</a> Dir. Richard Eyre. With Judi Dench, Cate Blanchett, Bill Nighy <Font Color="#FF0000">C</Font><br> <LI><a href=notbpage.html>The Notorious Bettie Page</a> Dir. Mary Harron. With Gretchen Mol, Lili Taylor, Chris Bauer <Font Color="#FF0000">B</Font><br> <LI><a href=oldjoy.html>Old Joy</a> Dir. Kelly Reichardt. Daniel London, Will Oldham, Tanya Smith <Font Color="#FF0000">B+</Font><br> <LI><a href=obcrisis.html>Our Brand Is Crisis</a> Dir. Rachel Boynton. Documentary about U.S.-managed Bolivian political campaign <Font Color="#FF0000">B&#150</Font><br> <LI><a href=paintvel.html>The Painted Veil</a> Dir. John Curran. With Edward Norton, Naomi Watts, Toby Jones <Font Color="#FF0000">C</Font><br> <LI><a href=panslaby.html>Pan's Labyrinth</a> Dir. Guillermo del Toro. 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With Guy Pearce, Ray Winstone, Danny Huston <Font Color="#FF0000">C</Font><br> <LI><a href=purshapy.html>The Pursuit of Happyness</a> Dir. Gabriele Muccino. With Will Smith, Jaden Christopher Syre Smith, Thandie Newton <Font Color="#FF0000">B&#150</Font><br> <LI><a href=thequeen.html>The Queen</a> Dir. Stephen Frears. With Helen Mirren, Michael Sheen, James Cromwell <Font Color="#FF0000">C</Font><br> <LI><a href=quincean.html>Quincea&#241era</a> Dirs. Richard Glatzer & Wash Westmoreland. With Emily Rios, Jesse Garcia <Font Color="#FF0000">C+</Font><br> <LI><a href=requiem.html>Requiem</a> Dir. Hans-Christian Schmid. With Sandra H&#252ller, Burghard Klau&#223ner, Imogen Kogge <Font Color="#FF0000">B+</Font><br> <Font Face=Garamond Color="#0090FF">&#169</Font> <a href=roadguan.html>The Road to Guant&#225namo</a> Dirs. Michael Winterbottom & Mat Whitecross. With Asif Iqbal, Afran Usman <Font Color="#FF0000">B+</Font><br> <LI><a href=runsciss.html>Running with Scissors</a> Dir. Ryan Murphy. With Joseph Cross, Annette Bening, Evan Rachel Wood <Font Color="#FF0000">C+</Font><br> <Font Face=Garamond Color="#0090FF">&#169</Font> <a href=scandark.html>A Scanner Darkly</a> Dir. Richard Linklater. Animated. With Keanu Reeves, Robert Downey Jr., Winona Ryder <Font Color="#FF0000">B&#150</Font><br> <Font Face=Garamond Color="#0090FF">&#169</Font> <a href=scisleep.html>The Science of Sleep</a> Dir. Michel Gondry. With Gael Garc&#237a Bernal, Charlotte Gainsbourg, Alain Chabat <Font Color="#FF0000">C</Font><br> <LI><a href=sherrybb.html>Sherrybaby</a> Dir. Laurie Collyer. With Maggie Gyllenhaal, Brad William Henke, Bridget Barkan <Font Color="#FF0000">B</Font> <LI><a href=shortbus.html>Shortbus</a> Dir. John Cameron Mitchell. With Sook-Yin Lee, Paul Dawson, PJ DeBoy <Font Color="#FF0000">B&#150</Font> <LI><a href=shutsing.html>Shut Up & Sing</a> Dirs. Barbara Kopple & Cecilia Peck. Documentary. With the Dixie Chicks <Font Color="#FF0000">B</Font> <LI><a href=slither.html>Slither</a> Dir. James Gunn. With Elizabeth Banks, Nathan Fillion, Michael Rooker <Font Color="#FF0000">B&#150</Font> <LI><a href=snakplan.html>Snakes on a Plane</a> Dir. David R. Ellis. With Samuel L. Jackson, Julianna Margulies, Nathan Phillips <Font Color="#FF0000">D+</Font> <LI><a href=somthnew.html>Something New</a> Dir. Sanaa Hamri. With Sanaa Lathan, Simon Baker, Blair Underwood <Font Color="#FF0000">C</Font> <LI><a href=strafict.html>Stranger Than Fiction</a> Dir. Marc Forster. With Will Ferrell, Emma Thompson, Maggie Gyllenhaal <Font Color="#FF0000">F</Font> <LI><a href=sumpalac.html>Summer Palace</a> Dir. Lou Ye. With Hao Lei, Guo Xiaodong, Bai Xueyun <Font Color="#FF0000">C+</Font><br> <Font Face=Garamond Color="#0090FF">&#169</Font> <a href=sumstorm.html>Summer Storm</a> Dir. Marco Kreuzpaintner. With Robert Standlober, Kostja Ullmann, Alicja Bachleda-Curus <Font Color="#FF0000">C</Font><br> <LI><a href=sweetlan.html>Sweet Land</a> Dir. Ali Selim. With Elizabeth Reaser, Tim Guinee, Alan Cumming <Font Color="#FF0000">C</Font><br> <LI><a href=thanksmo.html>Thank You for Smoking</a> Dir. Jason Reitman. With Aaron Eckhart, Cameron Bright, William H. Macy <Font Color="#FF0000">D&#150</Font><br> <LI><a href=thisrate.html>This Film Is Not Yet Rated</a> Dir. Kirby Dick. Documentary. Expos&#233 of the MPAA's mysterious ratings system <Font Color="#FF0000">C+</Font><br> <LI><a href=3times.html>Three Times</a> Dir. Hou Hsiao-hsien. With Shu Qi, Chang Chen, Mei Fang <Font Color="#FF0000">B+</Font><br> <LI><a href=cockbull.html>Tristram Shandy: A Cock and Bull Story</a> Dir. Michael Winterbottom. With Steve Coogan, Rob Brydon, Naomie Harris <Font Color="#FF0000">B+</Font><br> <LI><a href=trustman.html>Trust the Man</a> Dir. Bart Freundlich. With David Duchovny, Billy Crudup, Julianne Moore <Font Color="#FF0000">C</Font><br> <LI><a href=tsotsi.html>Tsotsi</a> Dir. Gavin Hood. With Presley Chweneyagae, Kenneth Nkosi, Mothusi Magano <Font Color="#FF0000">C</Font><br> <Font Face=Garamond Color="#0090FF">&#169</Font> <a href=2drifter.html>Two Drifters</a> Dir. Jo&#227o Pedro Rodrigues. With Ana Cristina De Oliveira, Nuno Gil, Jo&#227o Carreira <Font Color="#FF0000">B+</Font><br> <LI><a href=united93.html>United 93</a> Dir. Paul Greengrass. With Ben Sliney, Khalid Abdalla, Jamie Harding <Font Color="#FF0000">B</Font><br> <Font Face=Garamond Color="#0090FF">&#169</Font> <a href=vvendett.html>V for Vendetta</a> Dir. James McTeigue. With Natalie Portman, Hugo Weaving, Stephen Rea <Font Color="#FF0000">C&#150</Font><br> <LI><a href=venus.html>Venus</a> Dir. Roger Michell. With Peter O'Toole, Jodie Whittaker, Leslie Phillips <Font Color="#FF0000">C</Font><br> <LI><a href=volver.html>Volver</a> Dir. Pedro Almod&#243var. 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