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Movies 2006:
Reviews of the latest films.
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- The Top 10 Movies of 2006 A family road trip; a world without babies; and, yes, Babel.
Dec. 29, 2006 - Sugar and Spice The schlocky appeal of Dreamgirls.
Dec. 22, 2006 - The Movie of the Millennium Alfonso Cuarón's fantastic Children of Men.
Dec. 21, 2006 - In Too Deep A journey into David Lynch's Inland Empire.
Dec. 15, 2006 - Flavorless Ham A faithful, but bland, Charlotte's Web.
Dec. 14, 2006 - Trading Spaces Home-swapping in Holiday. Plus, Leo DiCaprio's turn in Blood Diamond.
Dec. 8, 2006 - A Pre-History of Violence Mel Gibson's bloody, bewildering Apocalypto.
Dec. 7, 2006 - Bored in a Manger The unceasing drabness of The Nativity Story.
Dec. 1, 2006 - Infinity and Beyond Darren Aronofsky goes to the stars.
Nov. 30, 2006 - Hard to Swallow Fast Food Nation and Candy.
Nov. 17, 2006 - Daniel Craig The man who would be Bond.
Nov. 17, 2006 - Arrested Development A lame take on photographer Diane Arbus.
Nov. 10, 2006 - Life and Art Will Ferrell's Stranger Than Fiction.
Nov. 9, 2006 - Haunting Beauty The richness of Almodóvar's Volver.
Nov. 3, 2006 - America Undercover Sacha Baron Cohen's disturbing, ingenious Borat.
Nov. 2, 2006 - Death and the Documentary Death of a President and The Bridge.
Oct. 27, 2006 - Coming Undone Four stories of woe in Babel.
Oct. 27, 2006 - Old Tricks The wizardry of The Prestige; plus, Flags of Our Fathers and Running With Scissors.
Oct. 20, 2006 - Queen Bees Sofia Coppola and Marie Antoinette have a lot in common.
Oct. 19, 2006 - Inappropriate Touching A devastating documentary about a pedophile priest.
Oct. 12, 2006 - The Beautiful and the Damned Todd Field's Little Children.
Oct. 6, 2006 - Of Moles and Men Martin Scorsese's stylish The Departed.
Oct. 5, 2006 - The Movie Hollywood Doesn't Want You To See Idiocracy, the feel-bad comedy of the year.
Sept. 29, 2006 - Meaner Streets Back to the old neighborhood in A Guide to Recognizing Your Saints.
Sept. 28, 2006 - King and Queen Two royal portraits: The Queen and The Last King of Scotland.
Sept. 27, 2006 - Gone South A risible new All the King's Men.
Sept. 22, 2006 - Dreamland Michel Gondry's lovely The Science of Sleep.
Sept. 21, 2006 - Permission To Speak Freely The Ground Truth is a vital debriefing about Iraq.
Sept. 15, 2006 - Murder Most Foul Brian De Palma's dreadful Black Dahlia.
Sept. 14, 2006 - The Joy of Jaa The Thai martial artist returns in The Protector.
Sept. 8, 2006 - Sob Stories The quiet beauty of Man Push Cart and Le Petit Lieutenant.
Sept. 7, 2006 - Dog Meets World The new Lassie is puppy heaven.
Sept. 1, 2006 - Thrust in Us The idiocy of the movie ratings board.
Aug. 31, 2006 - Apes at a Rave? The winners of our catchy movie-title contest.
Aug. 25, 2006 - Boogie Down South OutKast's musical Idlewild.
Aug. 24, 2006 - In the Event of a Water Moccasin ... Snakes on a Plane is a schlocky delight. Plus, a reader contest.
Aug. 18, 2006 - Grand Illusionist Edward Norton pulls a movie out of his hat.
Aug. 17, 2006 - Teacher Was an Addict Ryan Gosling in Half Nelson.
Aug. 11, 2006 - Stone Cold Oliver Stone's World Trade Center is brutally effective. But what is he after?
Aug. 8, 2006 - Fifteen Candles Quinceañera is a swell party.
Aug. 4, 2006 - Kentucky-Fried Movie Will Ferrell meets NASCAR in Talladega Nights.
Aug. 3, 2006 - Mojito Coast Surrendering to the charms of Miami Vice.
July 27, 2006 - Little Miss Can't Be Wrong Finally, a summer movie worth watching.
July 25, 2006 - Cape Fear Superheroes and male anxiety in My Super Ex-Girlfriend.
July 21, 2006 - The Deep End A mermaid, a pool, and one seriously nutty director: Lady in the Water.
July 20, 2006 - The Blur On the enlightened fuzziness of Keanu Reeves.
July 14, 2006 - Get Off My Couch Owen Wilson in You, Me and Dupree.
July 13, 2006 - Yo-Ho-Hum The dreary second chapter of Pirates of the Caribbean.
July 6, 2006 - Don't We Look Fabulous? The Devil Wears Prada is good, clean fun.
June 30, 2006 - Happy Gilmore Grows Up Fart jokes and pondering mortality in Adam Sandler's Click.
June 23, 2006 - Beneath the Hoods The brutality of The Road to Guantánamo.
June 22, 2006 - Down for the Count Jack Black submits to Nacho Libre.
June 15, 2006 - Sunday Drive The pleasure of Pixar's Cars.
June 9, 2006 - Where All the Actors Are Above Average Garrison Keillor's A Prairie Home Companion.
June 8, 2006 - After the Party The hangover of Olivier Assayas' Clean.
June 5, 2006 - Let's Just Be Friends The awkward scenes of The Break-Up.
June 2, 2006 - Death to X-Men A sequel only a mutant could love.
May 25, 2006 - Worse Than the Book A fruitless search for fun in The Da Vinci Code.
May 18, 2006 - School of Noir The deadpan cool of Rian Johnson's Brick.
May 12, 2006 - Painter Haters Misanthropy unbound in Art School Confidential.
May 11, 2006 - Mission: Impossible III A movie that will blow your mind.
May 4, 2006 - Little Ghost on the Prairie An American Haunting is definitely not based on a true story.
May 4, 2006 - How I Spent My Miserable Vacation Robin Williams in his latest disaster, RV.
April 28, 2006 - United We Fall What's wrong with the Flight 93 movie.
April 27, 2006 - American Dreamz Hollywood takes another shot at President Bush.
April 21, 2006 - Plotters The Sentinel is a White House thriller without a clue.
April 21, 2006 - Confessions of a Pinup Girl Mary Harron's The Notorious Bettie Page.
April 14, 2006 - And Don't Call Me Funny! David Zucker's Scary Movie 4 is all spoofed out.
April 13, 2006 - Slugfest Slither, a delightfully flimsy horror film.
March 30, 2006 - Dave Chappelle's Problem He can't escape white people.
March 30, 2006 - The Big Score Spike Lee and Denzel Washington reunite in Inside Man.
March 23, 2006 - A Dog-Eat-Dog Continent Canines stranded in Antarctica in Disney's Eight Below.
Feb. 23, 2006 - From Russia With Blood The horrors of Night Watch.
Feb. 17, 2006 - The Death of Inspector Clouseau Steve Martin's uninspired Pink Panther.
Feb. 10, 2006 - Hackers and Hacks Firewall is a high-tech catastrophe.
Feb. 9, 2006 - Horse Feathers Tommy Lee Jones' half-baked western, The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada.
Feb. 9, 2006 - The Neverending Story Michael Winterbottom's Tristram Shandy.
Feb. 3, 2006 - The French Lesson Caché is the latest cinematic lecture from Michael Haneke.
Feb. 2, 2006 - Writer's Block Two competing novelists, holed up together, in The Tenants.
Feb. 2, 2006 - Guys and Dolls Steven Soderbergh's Bubble is strictly amateur-hour.
Jan. 27, 2006 - Back on the Plantation Lars von Trier's Manderlay.
Jan. 27, 2006 - The Undead Kate Beckinsale, back as a vampire, in Underworld: Evolution.
Jan. 26, 2006 - Malick in Wonderland The New World is another chin-scratching poem.
Jan. 20, 2006 - Being Albert Brooks The no-laughs approach of Looking for Comedy in the Muslim World.
Jan. 19, 2006 - Brooklyn Confidential Mutual Appreciation, a hipster comedy of manners.
Jan. 6, 2006 - London Calling In Match Point, Woody Allen finally leaves Manhattan.
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