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2006 Screening Log

For the sake of year-end convenience, 2005 films seen in 2004 (except those seen at festivals) are stuck at the beginning of the list. Also for my convenience, a movie's year is determined either by original North American release date or, if the film is never released commercially, by the date of its North American premiere, to the best of my knowledge.


"^" after a film indicates a repeat viewing.

"*" after a film indicates a viewing on DVD or video, at home or projected in a theater, or on tv.

001. (1-Jan) Superman (Richard Donner, 1978)* B+
002. (1-Jan) Alien³ (David Fincher, 1992)* A-
003. (2-Jan) King Kong (Peter Jackson, 2005)^ Masterpiece
004. (3-Jan) Last Holiday (Wayne Wang, 2006) C
005. (5-Jan) Grandma's Boy (Nicholaus Goosen, 2006) F
006. (6-Jan) Tristan & Isolde (Kevin Reynolds, 2006) B+
007. (6-Jan) Bloodrayne (Uwe Boll, 2006) D+
008. (7-Jan) Glory Road (James Gartner, 2006) C-
009. (8-Jan) Hostel (Eli Roth, 2006) B
010. (11-Jan) Nanny McPhee (Kirk Jones, 2006) B
011. (14-Jan) The Matador (Richard Shepard, 2005) C+
012. (14-Jan) Mrs. Henderson Presents (Stephen Frears, 2005) B-
013. (16-Jan) CachŽ (Michael Haneke, 2005) A-
014. (17-Jan) Imagine Me & You (Ol Parker, 2006) B-
015. (21-Jan) Underworld: Evolution (Len Wiseman, 2006) D-
016. (22-Jan) Transamerica (Duncan Tucker, 2006) B
017. (24-Jan) Annapolis (Justin Lin, 2006) B-
018. (27-Jan) Dominion: Prequel to the Exorcist (Paul Schrader, 2005)* B+
019. (28-Jan) Broadcast News (James L. Brooks, 1987)* A
020. (29-Jan) Looking for Comedy in the Muslim World (Albert Brooks, 2006) B
021. (30-Jan) A Good Woman (Mike Barker, 2006) B-
022. (4-Feb) When a Stranger Calls (Simon West, 2006) C-
023. (4-Feb) Final Destination 3 (James Wong, 2006) C
024. (10-Feb) The Pink Panther (Shawn Levy, 2006) B
025. (11-Feb) Eight Below: Inspired by a True Story (Frank Marshall, 2006) B
026. (11-Feb) Cold Comfort Farm (John Schlesinger, 1995)* B+
027. (12-Feb) Firewall (Richard Loncraine, 2006) B+
028. (13-Feb) Freedomland (Joe Roth, 2006) C-
029. (15-Feb) Tamara (Jeremy Haft, 2006) D-
030. (18-Feb) Date Movie (Jason Friedberg and Aaron Seltzer, 2006) F
031. (19-Feb) The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada (Tommy Lee Jones, 2005) B
032. (19-Feb) Neil Young: Heart of Gold (Jonathan Demme, 2006) B+
033. (21-Feb) Night Watch (Timur Bekmambetov, 2006) B-
034. (24-Feb) Young Sherlock Holmes (Barry Levinson, 1985)* C+
035. (26-Feb) Tristram Shandy: A Cock and Bull Story (Michael Winterbottom, 2006) B+
036. (26-Feb) Why We Fight (Eugene Jarecki, 2006) B
037. (28-Feb) 16 Blocks (Richard Donner, 2006) C
038. (4-Mar) Ultraviolet (Kurt Wimmer, 2006) D
039. (6-Mar) Running Scared (Wayne Kramer, 2006) A-
040. (6-Mar) Bonnie and Clyde (Arthur Penn, 1967)* B+
041. (7-Mar) The Hills Have Eyes (Alexandre Aja, 2006) B+
042. (8-Mar) Dave Chapelle's Block Party (Michel Gondry, 2006) B
043. (9-Mar) Nosferatu, a Symphony of Horror (F.W. Murnau, 1922)* B
044. (10-Mar) Water (Deepa Mehta, 2006) B
045. (10-Mar) Street Fight (Marshall Curry, 2005) B+
046. (10-Mar) Sin City (Frank Miller and Robert Rodriguez, 2005)^* A
047. (14-Mar) V for Vendetta (James McTeigue, 2006) A
048. (17-Mar) V for Vendetta (James McTeigue, 2006)^ A
049. (19-Mar) Find Me Guilty (Sidney Lumet, 2006) C+
050. (19-Mar) Tsotsi (Gavin Hood, 2005) B+
051. (21-Mar) Hard Candy (David Slade, 2006) B+
052. (21-Mar) Inside Man (Spike Lee, 2006) B+
053. (26-Mar) Stay Alive (William Brent Bell, 2006) C-
054. (26-Mar) Thank You For Smoking (Jason Reitman, 2006) B
055. (28-Mar) Slither (James Gunn, 2006) B+
056. (31-Mar) District B13 (Pierre Morel, 2006) C+
057. (31-Mar) Lucky Number Slevin (Paul McGuigan, 2006) A-
058. (1-Apr) Half Nelson (Ryan Fleck, 2006) B+
059. (2-Apr) The Sun (Alexander Sokurov, 2006) B
060. (2-Apr) The Descent (Neil Marshall, 2006) A-
061. (7-Apr) The King (James Marsh, 2006) D+
062. (10-Apr) The Notorious Bettie Page (Mary Harron, 2006) B
063. (14-Apr) ATL (Chris Robinson, 2006) B
064. (17-Apr) American Dreamz (Paul Weitz, 2006) C
065. (21-Apr) The Sentinel (Clark Johnson, 2006) C-
066. (25-Apr) RV (Barry Sonnenfeld, 2006) C-
067. (25-Apr) Silent Hill (Christophe Gans, 2006) B
068. (27-Apr) A Prairie Home Companion (Robert Altman, 2006) B+
069. (27-Apr) Brick (Rian Johnson, 2006) A
070. (29-Apr) United 93 (Paul Greengrass, 2006) A
071. (2-May) Art School Confidential (Terry Zwigoff, 2006) C
072. (5-May) Over the Hedge (Tim Johnson and Karey Kirkpatrick, 2006) C-
073. (5-May) Brick (Rian Johnson, 2006)^ A
074. (6-May) Mission: Impossible III (J.J. Abrams, 2006) B-
075. (7-May) Akeelah and the Bee (Doug Atchison, 2006) B
076. (9-May) Poseidon (Wolfgang Petersen, 2006) B [IMAX]
077. (10-May) Just My Luck (Donald Petrie, 2006) D+
078. (11-May) Dolores Claiborne (Taylor Hackford, 1995)* B
xxx. (14-May) Keeping Up With the Steins (Scott Marshall, 2006) Walk Out
079. (17-May) The Promise (Chen Kaige, 2006) C-
080. (17-May) Friends With Money (Nicole Holofcener, 2006) B
081. (18-May) Rudy (David Anspaugh, 1993)* B+
082. (19-May) An American Haunting (Courtney Solomon, 2006) D
083. (19-May) The DaVinci Code (Ron Howard, 2006) D
084. (19-May) Scarface (Brian De Palma, 1983)* A
085. (20-May) Shoot the Piano Player (Francois Truffaut, 1960)* B+
086. (20-May) A History of Violence (David Cronenberg, 2005)^* A
087. (21-May) Twelve Monkeys (Terry Gilliam, 1995)^* B+
088. (23-May) X-Men: The Last Stand (Brett Ratner, 2006) B
089. (24-May) Down in the Valley (David Jacobson, 2006) B+
090. (26-May) Modern Times (Charlie Chaplin, 1936)* B+
091. (26-May) See No Evil (Gregory Dark, 2006) C+
092. (28-May) Stalag 17 (Billy Wilder, 1953)* A-
093. (28-May) All the President's Men (Alan J. Pakula, 1976)* A
094. (29-May) Wah-Wah (Richard E. Grant, 2006) B-
095. (29-May) The Proposition (John Hillcoat, 2006) B
096. (30-May) The Break-Up (Peyton Reed, 2006) C-
097. (1-Jun) The Omen (John Moore, 2006) C+
098. (2-Jun) Everything is Illuminated (Liev Schreiber, 2005)^* A-
099. (3-Jun) Immortality (Po-Chih Leong, 1998)* B- [a.k.a. The Wisdom of Crocodiles]
100. (3-Jun) Wicker Park (Paul McGuigan, 2004)^* A-
101. (4-Jun) The Illusionist (Neil Burger, 2006) B
102. (4-Jun) An Inconvenient Truth (David Guggenheim, 2006) No Grade
103. (4-Jun) Twelve and Holding (Michael Cuesta, 2006) B+
104. (6-Jun) The Gingerbread Man (Robert Altman, 1998)* B-
105. (7-Jun) Cars (John Lasseter, 2006) B
106. (10-Jun) Garfield: A Tail of Two Kitties (Tim Hill, 2006) D+
107. (10-Jun) Deterrence (Rod Lurie, 1999)* B
108. (11-Jun) Friday Night (Claire Denis, 2002)* B+
109. (12-Jun) A Scanner Darkly (Richard Linklater, 2006) B
110. (12-Jun) Clerks II (Kevin Smith, 2006) B+
111. (13-Jun) The Lake House (Alejandro Agresti, 2006) C+
112. (14-Jun) Nacho Libre (Jared Hess, 2006) C-
113. (15-Jun) Peaceful Warrior (Victor Salva, 2006) C-
114. (15-Jun) Gremlins (Joe Dante, 1984)* B-
115. (17-Jun) The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift (Justin Lin, 2006) C+
116. (17-Jun) Kingdom of Heaven (Ridley Scott, 2005)* A [director's cut, first viewing]
117. (20-Jun) Click (Frank Coraci, 2006) D
118. (21-Jun) The Heart of the Game (Ward Serrill, 2006) A-
119. (23-Jun) Superman Returns (Bryan Singer, 2006) B+
120. (24-Jun) Waist Deep (Vondie Curtis Hall, 2006) C
121. (24-Jun) The Man Who Laughs (Paul Leni, 1928)* B+
122. (25-Jun) The Death of Mr. Lazarescu (Cristi Puiu, 2006) A
123. (27-Jun) The Devil Wears Prada (David Frankel, 2006) B
124. (28-Jun) Little Miss Sunshine (Richard Dayton & Valerie Faris, 2006) B+
125. (28-Jun) Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest (Gore Verbinski, 2006) B-
126. (30-Jun) Robin Hood: Men in Tights (Mel Brooks, 1993)* B
127. (2-Jul) Superman Returns (Bryan Singer, 2006)^ A- [upgraded from B+]
128. (3-Jul) Party Monster (Fenton Bailey & Randy Barbato, 2003)* C
129. (5-Jul) Wordplay (Patrick Creadon, 2006) B
130. (8-Jul) Running Scared (Wayne Kramer, 2006)^* A-
131. (8-Jul) Amen. (Costa-Gavras, 2002)* C
132. (9-Jul) Clean (Olivier Assayas, 2006) B+
133. (9-Jul) The Road to Guantanamo (Michael Winterbottom & Mat Whitecross, 2006) B
134. (10-Jul) Returner (Takashi Yamazaki, 2002)* D+
135. (11-Jul) You, Me and Dupree (Anthony and Joe Russo, 2006) B-
136. (12-Jul) The Ant Bully (John A. Davis, 2006) B
137. (13-Jul) Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby (Adam McKay, 2006) B-
138. (15-Jul) Edmond (Stuart Gordon, 2006) B
139. (16-Jul) Millennium Actress (Satoshi Kon, 2002)* B+
140. (16-Jul) The Village (M. Night Shyamalan, 2004)^* A
141. (17-Jul) Lady in the Water (M. Night Shyamalan, 2006) D+
142. (18-Jul) World Trade Center (Oliver Stone, 2006) B+
143. (19-Jul) My Super Ex-Girlfriend (Ivan Reitman, 2006) B
144. (21-Jul) Monster House (Gil Kenan, 2006) A
145. (22-Jul) The 40-Year Old Virgin (Judd Apatow, 2005)^* A- [extended version; theatrical still an A]
146. (24-Jul) Miami Vice (Michael Mann, 2006) B
147. (24-Jul) Everyone Says I Love You (Woody Allen, 1996)* B+
148. (26-Jul) Shadowboxer (Lee Daniels, 2006) C+
149. (26-Jul) Accepted (Steve Pink, 2006) C-
150. (28-Jul) Gigantic (A Tale of Two Johns) (AJ Schnack, 2002)* B-
151. (28-Jul) Scoop (Woody Allen, 2006) B
152. (29-Jul) John Tucker Must Die (Betty Thomas, 2006) C
153. (29-Jul) Lady in the Water (M. Night Shyamalan, 2006) C+ [up from D+]
154. (30-Jul) The Last Temptation of Christ (Martin Scorsese, 1988)* A
155. (31-Jul) Who Killed the Electric Car? (Chris Paine, 2006) B
156. (1-Aug) Trust the Man (Bart Freundlich, 2006) C+
157. (1-Aug) Only Human (Dominic Harari and Teresa Pelegri, 2006) D+
158. (4-Aug) Ginger Snaps (John Fawcett, 2000)* B+
159. (5-Aug) The Night Listener (Patrick Stettner, 2006) C+
160. (6-Aug) The Descent (Neil Marshall, 2006)^ A-
161. (7-Aug) The Science of Sleep (Michel Gondry, 2006) C
162. (7-Aug) Heading South (Laurent Cantet, 2006) B+
163. (8-Aug) Step Up (Anne Fletcher, 2006) C-
164. (9-Aug) Brothers of the Head (Keith Fulton and Louis Pepe, 2006) B+
165. (11-Aug) The Fury (Brian De Palma, 1978)* B
166. (17-Aug) 54 (Mark Christopher, 1998)* C+
167. (18-Aug) Snakes on a Plane (David R. Ellis, 2006) B-
168. (20-Aug) The Remains of the Day (James Ivory, 1993)* A
169. (20-Aug) Pulse (Jim Sonzero, 2006) D
170. (23-Aug) Annie Hall (Woody Allen, 1977)* A
171. (27-Aug) Invincible (Ericson Core, 2006) B+
172. (27-Aug) One Night With You (Joe D'Augustine, 2006)
173. (28-Aug) Idlewild (Bryan Barber, 2006) C+
174. (30-Aug) Hollywoodland (Allen Coulter, 2006) B
175. (1-Sep) Little Children (Todd Field, 2006) B-
176. (1-Sep) Babel (Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu, 2006) A-
177. (2-Sep) Fur: An Imaginary Portrait of Diane Arbus (Steven Shainberg, 2006) B
178. (2-Sep) The Last King of Scotland (Kevin McDonald, 2006) A-
179. (2-Sep) The Italian (Andrei Kravchuk, 2006) C
180. (2-Sep) Catch a Fire (Philip Noyce, 2006) C+
181. (3-Sep) Severance (Christopher Smith, 2006) B+
182. (3-Sep) The Namesake (Mira Nair, 2006) B+
183. (3-Sep) Volver (Pedro Almodovar, 2006) C+
. 184. (3-Sep) Jindabyne (Ray Lawrence, 2006) B
185. (4-Sep) Civic Life (Joe Lawler and Christine Malloy, 2006) D
186. (4-Sep) The Lives of Others (Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck, 2006) B-
187. (4-Sep) Dodsworth (William Wyler, 1936) A
188. (10-Sep) The Protector (Prachya Pinkaew, 2006) B-
189. (10-Sep) The Covenant (Renny Harlin, 2006) C-
190. (12-Sep) The Wicker Man (Neil LaBute, 2006) B+
191. (15-Sep) Crank (Neveldine/Taylor, 2006) B
192. (16-Sep) The Guardian (Andrew Davis, 2006) C
193. (19-Sep) Flyboys (Tony Bill, 2006) D+
194. (22-Sep) Jet Li's Fearless (Ronny Yu, 2006) B-
195. (23-Sep) All the King's Men (Steven Zaillian, 2006) B+
196. (23-Sep) The Black Dahlia (Brian De Palma, 2006) B
197. (23-Sep) School for Scoundrels (Todd Phillips, 2006) B
198. (29-Sep) The Last Kiss (Tony Goldwyn, 2006) B+
199. (29-Sep) A Guide to Recognizing Your Saints (Dito Montiel, 2006) A-
200. (3-Oct) The Departed (Martin Scorcese, 2006) A
201. (6-Oct) The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning (Jonathan Liebesman, 2006) C-
202. (7-Oct) Renaissance (Christian Volkman, 2006) B
203. (10-Oct) Flags of Our Fathers (Clint Eastwood, 2006) C+
204. (11-Oct) Pan's Labyrinth (Guillermo Del Toro, 2006) A
205. (15-Oct) Jesus Camp (Heidi Ewing and Rachel Grady, 2006) A-
206. (15-Oct) The Queen (Stephen Frears, 2006) B+
207. (16-Oct) The Marine (John Bonito, 2006) D+
208. (18-Oct) Flicka (Michael Mayer, 2006) B-
209. (21-Oct) The Prestige (Christopher Nolan, 2006) A-
210. (22-Oct) Man of the Year (Barry Levinson, 2006) B
211. (22-Oct) Marie Antoinette (Sophia Coppola, 2006) A-
212. (24-Oct) Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan (Larry Charles, 2006) B
213. (26-Oct) Death of a President (Gabriel Range, 2006) B
214. (29-Oct) Brick (Rian Johnson, 2006)^* Masterpiece [up from A]
215. (31-Oct) Saw III (Darren Lynn Bousman, 2006) B
216. (3-Nov) For Your Consideration (Christopher Guest, 2006) C+
217. (3-Nov) Deliver Us From Evil (Amy Berg, 2006) B+
218. (4-Nov) The Prestige (Christopher Nolan, 2006)^ A-
219. (5-Nov) Flushed Away (David Bowers & Sam Fell, 2006) B
220. (8-Nov) Stranger Than Fiction (Marc Forster, 2006) B+
221. (11-Nov) Happy Feet (George Miller, 2006) B+
222. (15-Nov) Children of Men (Alfonso Cuaron, 2006) A [could easily go up on second viewing]
223. (16-Nov) Dreamgirls (Bill Condon, 2006) C
224. (17-Nov) Casino Royale (Martin Campbell, 2006) B+
225. (18-Nov) The Slaughter Rule (Andrew and Alex Smith, 2002)* B
226. (19-Nov) Avalon (Mamoru Oshii, 2001)* B
227. (22-Nov) The Return (Asif Kapadia, 2006) C
228. (22-Nov) Deja Vu (Tony Scott, 2006) C
229. (22-Nov) Half Nelson (Ryan Fleck, 2006)^* B+
230. (23-Nov) The Fountain (Darren Aronofsky, 2006) A-
231. (23-Nov) A Good Year (Ridley Scott, 2006) B
232. (24-Nov) Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (Mike Newell, 2006)^* B
233. (24-Nov) Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (Alfonso Cuaron, 2004)^* A
234. (25-Nov) Bobby (Emilio Estevez, 2006) B-
235. (26-Nov) The Fountain (Darren Aronofsky, 2006)^ A-
236. (4-Dec) Turistas (John Stockwell, 2006) C+
237. (5-Dec) Blood Diamond (Edward Zwick, 2006) B
238. (8-Dec) Apocalypto (Mel Gibson, 2006) B+
239. (12-Dec) Charlotte's Web (Gary Winick, 2006) C+
240. (17-Dec) Tideland (Terry Gilliam, 2006) C+
241. (17-Dec) The Pursuit of Happyness (Gabriele Mucchino, 2006) A-
242. (19-Dec) Letters from Iwo Jima (Clint Eastwood, 2006) A
243. (22-Dec) The Good German (Steven Soderbergh, 2006) B-
244. (22-Dec) The Minus Man (Hampton Fancher, 1999)* B+
245. (23-Dec) Unaccompanied Minors (Paul Feig, 2006) B
246. (23-Dec) Notes on a Scandal (Richard Eyre, 2006) B-
247. (24-Dec) The History Boys (Nicholas Hytner, 2006) B+
248. (24-Dec) Rocky Balboa (Sylvester Stallone, 2006) B+
249. (25-Dec) Eragon (Stefen Fangmeier, 2006) C+
250. (25-Dec) Rosemary's Baby (Roman Polanski, 1968)^* Masterpiece
251. (25-Dec) In My Skin (Marina De Van, 2002)* B+
252. (26-Dec) We Are Marshall (McG, 2006) D
253. (27-Dec) Freedom Writers (Richard LaGravanese, 2007) B-
254. (27-Dec) Curse of the Golden Flower (Zhang Yimou, 2006) B
255. (27-Dec) The Painted Veil (John Curran, 2006) B+
256. (28-Dec) The Good Shepherd (Robert DeNiro, 2006) B-
257. (29-Dec) Night at the Museum (Shawn Levy, 2006) D+