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2008
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Reviews 2003 & Before |
| July 10 | |
| IL Divo |
| July 3 | |
| Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs | |
| Public Enemies |
| June 26 | |
| Break Up Date | |
| Cheri | |
| My Sisters Keeper | |
| Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen | |
| Year One |
| June 19 | |
| Food, Inc. | |
| The Proposal | |
| Tetro |
| June 12 | |
| Drag Me To Hell | |
| Seraphine | |
| The Taking of Pelham 123 |
| June 5 | |
| Land of the Lost | |
| Night at the Museum | |
| Silent Night | |
| Terminator Salvation | |
| Up |
| May 29 | |
| 2001: A Space Odyssey Interview | Gary Lockwood |
| Easy Virtue |
| May 1 | ||
| Examined Life | ||
| Ghosts of Girlfriends Past | ||
| X-Men Origins: Wolverine |
| April 24 | ||
| Anvil! The Story of Anvil | ||
| Fighting | ||
| Obsessed | ||
| The Soloist |
| April 17 | ||
| 17 Again | ||
| State of Play | ||
| Sunshine Cleaning |
| April 10 | ||
| Hanna Montana: The Movie | ||
| Observe and Report |
| April 3 | ||
| Adventureland | ||
| Fast and Furious |
| Mar 27 | ||
| The Haunting in Connecticut | ||
| The Knowing | ||
| Monsters vs. Aliens | ||
| Summer Hours |
| Mar 20 | ||
| Duplicity | ||
| I Love You, Man | ||
| Knowing |
| Mar 13 | ||
| Gomorrah | ||
| Watchmen |
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Feb 27 |
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| Once upon a Time in the West | ||
| Street Fighter: The Legend of Chun-Li |
| Feb 20 | ||
| Landscapes After Battle |
| Feb 13 | ||
| Friday the 13th | ||
| The International | ||
| Last Chance Harvey |
| Feb 6 | ||
| Coraline | ||
| He's Just Not That Into You | ||
| The Pink Panther 2 |
| Jan 31 | ||
| The Class | ||
| Hotel for Dogs | ||
| Inkheart | ||
| Mall Cop | ||
| Slumdog Millioinaire | ||
| Taken Taken | ||
| The Uninvited |
| Jan 1-10 | ||
| Bedtime Stories | ||
| Bride Wars | ||
| Gran Torino | ||
| The Reader |
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Reviews in 2008 Dec 25-6 |
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| Best films of the year by Vittori J. Carli | ||
| The Curious Case of Benjamin Button | ||
| Marley & Me | ||
| The Monks: Transatlantic Feedback | ||
| Revolutionary Road | ||
| Valkyrie |
| Dec 19 | ||
| Seven Pounds | ||
| The Tale of Despereaux | ||
| Yes Man |
| Dec 12 | ||
| Doubt | ||
| The Day The Earth Stood Still | ||
| Gran Torino | ||
| The Reader |
| Dec 5 | ||
| The 400 Blows | ||
| Cadillac Records | ||
| Frost/Nixon | ||
| Nobel Son | ||
| Punisher: War Zone |
| Nov 21-28 | ||
| Australia | ||
| Bolt | ||
| Four Christmases | ||
| Milk | ||
| My Name is Bruce | Interview with Bruce Campbell | |
| Transporter 3 | ||
| Twilight |
| Nov 14 | ||
| Role Models | ||
| Quantum of Solace |
| Nov 7 | ||
| Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa | ||
| Changeling | ||
| High School Musical 3 | ||
| Saw V |
| Oct 31 | ||
| Obscene | 3.5 |
| Oct 24 | ||
| Faster, Pussycat! Kill! Kill! | 3.5 | |
| Filth and Wisdom | 2 |
| Oct 10 | ||
| Beverly Hills Chihuahua | ||
| Body of Lies |
| Oct 3 | ||
| Burn After Reading | ||
| Eagle Eye | ||
| Ghost Town | ||
| Hard Candy | 3 | |
| Lakeview Terrace | 3.5 | |
| Religulous | ||
| The Last King of Scotland | 4 |
| Sep 26 | ||
| The Duchess | 4 | |
| Patti Smith: Dream of Life | 2 |
| Sep 19 | ||
| Ghost Town | ||
| Lakeview Terrace |
| Sep 12 | ||
| Bangkok Dangerous | 1.5 | |
| Burn After Reading | ||
| Righteous Kill | ||
| The Women |
| Sep 5 | ||
| Four Months, Three Weeks, Two Days..... | 4 | |
| Girls Rock! | 2.5 | |
| I Served the King of England | 4 | |
| Viva | 2 |
| Aug 29 | ||
| Frozen River | ||
| The Rocker | 1.5 |
| Aug 22 | ||
| Death Race | ||
| Eight Miles High | 3 | |
| The Kite Runner | 2.5 |
| Aug 15 | ||
| Star Wars: The Clone Wars | 1.5 | |
| Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull | 2 | |
| Tropic Thunder | 3.5 | Ben Stiller, Jack Black |
| Aug 8 | ||
| Elegy | ||
| Bottle Shock | 3 | |
| Pineapple Express | ||
| The Visitor | 1.5 |
| Aug 1 | ||
| The Last Mistress | 3.5 | |
| The Mummy | ||
| Swing Vote |
| July 25 | ||
| Dark Knight | 3.5 | |
| Get Smart | 3 | |
| Tell No One | 4 | |
| Youth Without Youth | 2 |
| July 4 | ||
| Hancock | ||
| Wall E | ||
| Wanted |
| June 20 | ||
| Get Smart | ||
| Glass: A Portrait of Philip in Twelve Parts | 3 | |
| The Love Guru | ||
| We Own The Night | 3 |
| May 16 | ||
| Body of War | 3.5 |
| May 9 | ||
| Baby Mama | ||
| Death Race 2000 | Director's Interview | |
| Made of Honor | ||
| Redbelt | ||
| Speed Racer | ||
| What Happens in Vegas..... |
| Apr 25 | ||
| Iron Man | 2.5 |
| April 18 | ||
| The Counterfeiters' | 3.5 | |
| Flight of the Red Balloon | 3 | |
| Forgetting Sarah Marshall | 2 | |
| The Ruins | 3 | |
| The Visitor |
| Apr 4 | ||
| Leatherheads | ||
| Nim's Island | ||
| The Ruins |
| Mar 21 | ||
| Chop Shop | ||
| Drillbit Taylor | ||
| A Girl Cut in Two | ||
| The Memory Thief | ||
| Snow Angels | ||
| The Year My Parents Went on Vacation |
| Feb 22 | ||
| Be Kind Rewind | ||
| Vantage Point |
| Jan 25 | ||
| Rambo | ||
| Jan 18 | ||
| 27 Dresses | ||
| Honeydripper | 3 | John Sayles, Danny Glover |
| Mad Money | ||
| Vengeance is Mine | 4 |
| Jan 11 | ||
| The Bucket List | 3 | Jack Nicholson, Morgan Freeman |
| First Sunday | 3 | Ice Cube, Tracy Morgan |
| Jan 4, 2008 | ||
| The Kite Runner | 2.5 | |
| The Orphanage | 3 |
| Dec 21-31, 2007 | ||
| Dans Paris | 1.5 | |
| Man in the Chair | 3 | |
| P.S. I Love You | 2 | |
| The Savages | 3.5 | |
| Sweeney Todd | 3 | |
| Youth Without Youth | 2 |
| Dec 14 | ||
| Alvin and the Chipmunks | 2 | |
| Grace is Gone | 3 | |
| I Am Legend | 3 | Will Smith |
| Juno | 3.5 | Ellen Page |
| The Kite Runner | 3.5 | |
| The Perfect Holiday | 3 | |
| Starting Out in the Evening | 3 |
| Dec 7 | ||
| Atonement | ||
| The Golden Compass |
| Nov 30 | ||
| Awake | ||
| The Mist | 3.5 | Stephen King, Marcia Gay Harden |
| The Savages |
| Nov 16 & Nov 23 | ||
| August Rush | 3 | |
| Beowulf | 3 | Ray Winstone, Anthony Hopkins, John Malkovich |
| Enchanted | ||
| Freaks | 4 | |
| Hitman | ||
| How much do you love me? | 3 | |
| I'm Not There | 3.5 | |
| Ira and Abby | 3 | Jennifer Westfeldt, Fred Willard |
| It is Fine! Everything if Fine! | 2.5 | |
| Margot at the Wedding | 3 | |
| This Christmas | 3 |
| Nov 9 | ||
| Fred Claus | ||
| Lions for Lambs | ||
| Martian Child |
| Nov 2 | ||
| American Gangster | 4 | Denzel Washington, Russell Crowe, Chiwetel Ejiofor |
| Bee Movie | 3 | Jerry Seinfeld, Renee Zellweger |
| No Country for Old Men | 4 |
| Oct 26 | ||
| Control | 3.5 | |
| Dan in Real Life | 3 | |
| Freaks | ||
| Lake of Fire | 3.5 | |
| Saw IV |
| Oct 19 | ||
| Broken | 2 | |
| Gone Baby Gone | 3.5 | |
| Things We Lost in the Fire | 3 | |
| We Own the Night | 3 |
| Oct 12 | ||
| Elizabeth: The Golden Age | 2.5 | Cate Blanchett |
| Michael Clayton | 4 | George Clooney, Tom Wilkinson, Tilda Swinton |
| Why Did I Get Married? | 3.5 | Jill Scott, Janet Jackson |
| Oct 5 | ||
| The Assassination of Jesse James | 3.5 | Brad Pitt, Casey Affleck |
| THE DARJEELING LIMITED | 1.5 | |
| Feel the Noise | 2 | |
| The Heartbreak Kid | 2 | |
| The Seeker: The Dark is Rising | 1.5 |
| Sep 28 | ||
| Feast of Love | ||
| If I Didn't Care | 3 | Bill Sage, Susie Misner, Roy Scheider |
| Into the Wild | 3.5 | Emile Hirsch, Hal Holbrook |
| The Kingdom | Michael Mann; Jamie Foxx | |
| Trade | Kevin Kline, Paulina Gaitan, Tim Reid | |
| Wojaczek | 3.5 | |
| Sep 21 | ||
| December Boys | 3 | |
| The Devil Came on Horseback | 3 | |
| Good Luck Chuck | 3 | Jessica Alba, Dana Cook |
| The Hunting Party | 3 | Richard Gere, Terrence Howard |
| The Jane Austin Book Club | 2.5 | |
| King of California | 2.5 | |
| Resident Evil: Extinction | 2 | |
| Sydney White | 2 | Amanda Bynes |
| Sep 14 | ||
| The Brave One | 3.5 | |
| Eastern Promises | 4 | David Cronenberg, Naomi Watts, Viggo Mortensen |
| PETE SEEGER: THE POWER OF SONG | 4 | |
| Preserve Me a Seat | 2.5 | |
| Silk | 2.5 | Keira Knightley, Michael pitt, Alfred Molina |
| Mr. Woodcock | Billy Bob Thornton, Susan Sarandon |
| Sep 7 | ||
| 3:10 To Yuma | 3 | |
| Bubble | 3 | |
| Musician | 3 | Ken Vandermark |
| Shoot 'Em Up | 2 | Clive Owen, Paul Giamatti |
| Aug 31 | ||
| Balls of Fury | Dan Fogler, Christopher Walken, George Lopez | |
| Dans Paris | ||
| Death Sentence | 3.5 | |
| Halloween | ||
| Ladron Que Roba A Ladron | ||
| Manufacturing Dissent | 3 | |
| Trapped Ashes | 2 |
| Aug 24 | ||
| The 11th Hour | 3 | The state of the global environment |
| 2 Days in Paris | 3 | Julie Delpy, Adam Goldberg |
| Gypsy Caravan | 2.5 | |
| The Nanny Diaries | 3 | Scarlett Johansson, Laura Linney, Paul Giamatti |
| Mr. Bean's Holiday | 3 | Rowan Atkinson |
| Illegal Tender | 1 | John Singleton, Rick Gonzalez, Wanda De Jesus |
| Private Property | 3.5 | |
| Resurrecting the Champ | 3.5 | Samuel L. Jackson, Josh Hartnett |
| September Dawn | 2.5 | Jon Voight, Trent Ford, Tamara Hope |
| Aug 17 | ||
| Death at a Funeral | ||
| The Invasion | 1.5 | Nicole Kidman, Daniel Craig |
| Pierrot Le Fou | 4 | |
| Superbad | 3 | Seth Rogen, Evan Goldberg |
| Aug 10 | ||
| Broken English | 3 | Parker Posey, Gena Rowlands |
| Daddy Day Camp | ||
| Day Night Day Night | 4 | |
| Moliere | ||
| No End in Sight | 3.5 | Crisp analysis of Bush's war in Iraq |
| Rush Hour 3 | 1.5 | Chris Tucker, Jackie Chan |
| Stardust | 3.5 | |
| This is England | 3.5 |
| Aug 3 | ||
| Arctic Tale | From the makers of "March of the Penguins" | |
| Becoming Jane | 3.5 | |
| Bratz | 1 | |
| Hot Rod | Andy Samberg | |
| Strike | 3.5 | Polish History |
| The Trials of Darryl Hunt | 4 | Documentary on US Criminal Justice System |
| July 27 | ||
| The Contract | 2 | John Cusack, Morgan Freeman, |
| L'Iceberg | 3 | Introspective French Comedy |
| My Best Friend | 3 | Daniel Auteuil, Dany Boon |
| No Reservations | 2 | Catherine Zeta-Jones, Aaron Eckhart, Abigail Breslin, Patricia Clarkson |
| The Simpson's Movie | 3 | |
| Vitus | 3.5 | Young piano prodigy and his grandfather |
| Who's Your Caddy? |
| July 20 | ||
| Goya's Ghosts | 3 | Natalie Portman, Stellan Skarsgard, Javier Bardem |
| Hairspray | 3.5 | John Travolta, Queen Latifa, Michelle Pfeiffer |
| I Now Pronounce you Chuck and Larry | 2 | Adam Sandler |
| Sunshine | 3.5 | Danny Boyle, Cliff Curtis, Cillian Murphy, Michelle Yeoh |
| July 13 | ||
| Introducing the Dwights | ||
| Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix | 3 | Daniel Radcliffe, Emma Watson |
| Joshua | 3.5 | Sam Rockwell, Vera Farmiga |
| Macbeth | Sam Worthington, Gary Sweet | |
| The Strangers | Liv Tyler, Scott Speedman | |
| Talk to Me | 3.5 | Don Cheadle, Mike Epps |
| July 6 | ||
| License to Wed | 2 | Robin Williams, Mandy Moore |
| Rescue Dawn | 3.5 | Christian Bale, Steve Zahn |
| Transformers | 3 | Shia LaBeouf, Tyrese Gibson |
| June 29 | ||
| The Earrings of Madame de... | 3.5 | Charles Boyer, Danielle Darrieux |
| Evening | 4 | Claire Danes, Toni Collette, Meryl Streep, Glenn Close |
| Live Free or Die Hard | 3.5 | Bruce Willis, Justin Long, Maggie Q |
| Ratatouille | 3.5 | Peter O'Toole, Janeane Garofalo |
| Sicko | 3.5 | M Moore doc on health care |
| The Treatment | 3 |
| June 22 | ||
| 1408 | John Cusack, Samuel L. Jackson | |
| The Cathedral | 3 | Bright spot story of coming of Age in Africa |
| Eagle vs Shark | 3 | |
| Evan Almighty | 2 | Steve Carell, Morgan Freeman, Wanda Sykes |
| Hands of God | 3.5 | Congo drummer "Julio "Chocolate" Algendones |
| A Mighty Heart | 3.5 | Michael Winterbottom, Angelina Jolie |
| Pierrepoint: The Last Hangman | 3.5 | Timothy Spall (Secrets & Lies) |
| Sons of Benkos | 3 | African Culture of Colombia |
| You Kill Me | 3 | Ben Kingsley, Tea Leoni |
| June 15 | ||
| Day Watch | 3 | |
| Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer | 2 | |
| Golden Door | ||
| Hostel 2 | Zero | A true gorefest |
| La Vie En Rose | 3.5 | |
| Nancy Drew | 3.5 | Emma Roberts, Rachael Leigh Cook |
| Steel City | 3 |
| June 8 | ||
| Angel - A | 3 | |
| Crazy Love | 1.5 | Burt Pugach, Linda Riss |
| Paprika | 3.5 | |
| Private Fears in Public Places | 4 | Alain Resnais |
| Ocean's Thirteen | 2.5 | |
| Show Business | 2.5 | Documentary on NY Theatre |
| Surf's Up | 2.5 | Shia Labeouf, Jeff Bridges, Zooey Deschanel |
| June 1 | ||
| Mr. Brooks | 2 | Kevin Costner, Demi Moore, William Hurt |
| Knocked Up | 3.5 | Paul Rudd, Seth Rogen |
| White Dog | Burl Ives, Paul Winfield |
| May 25 | ||
| Bug | 3 | Ashley Judd, Harry Connick Jr. |
| Once | 3.5 | Glen Hansard |
| PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN: AT WORLD’S END | 3 | Johnny Depp, Orlando Bloom, Keira Knightley, Geoffrey Rush, Chow Yun-Fat |
| May 18 | ||
| Brand Upon the Brain | 4 | Guy Maddin |
| Fay Grim | 3 | Parker Posey |
| Provoked: A True Story | Aishwarya Rai, Miranda Richardson | |
| Shrek the Third | 3 | Mike Myers, Eddie Murphy, Cameron Diaz, Antonio Banderas |
| May 11 | ||
| 28 Weeks Later | 3.5 | Sequel to "28 Days Later" |
| Away From Her | 4 | Sarah Polley, Julie Christie, Gordon Pinsent |
| The EX | 1.5 | Zach Braff, Amanda Peet |
| The Exterminating Angels | 3.5 | |
| Georgia Rule | 1 | Jane Fonda, Lindsay Lohan, Felicity Huffman |
| Waitress | 3 | Keri Russell |
| May 4 | ||
| 10 Questions for the Dalai Lama | 3.5 | History and future of Tibet |
| Jindabyne | 3.5 | Laura Linney, Gabriel Byrne |
| The Flying Scotsman | 3 | Jonny Lee Miller, Brian Cox, Laura Fraser |
| Interview Patricia Neal | ||
| Lucky You | 3 | Drew Barrymore, Eric Bana, Robert Duvall |
| Red Road | 4 | Cannes Grand Jury Prize Winner |
| Spider-Man 3 | 3.5 | Tobey Maguire, Kirsten Dunst |
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April 27 |
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| The Condemned | 2 | Jack Conrad, Vinnie Jones, Rick Hoffman |
| Diggers | 3 | Paul Rudd, Ken Marino |
| The Invisible | 1.5 | Marcia Gay Harden |
| Next | 3 | Nicolas Cage, Julianne Moore, Jessica Biel |
| Something to Cheer About | 3 | Oscar Robertson breaks stereotypes |
| The Valet | 3 | Daniel Auteuil, Gad Elmaleh, Kristin Scott Thomas |
| April 20 | ||
| After the Wedding | 3.5 | |
| Fracture | 3.5 | Anthony Hopkins, Ryan Gosling, David Strathairn |
| Hot Fuzz | 3 | Bill Nighy |
| In the Land of Women | 3 | Adam Brody, Jonathan Kasdan, Meg Ryan |
| Offside | 3 | Sports story from the director of The Circle |
| Vacancy | 2.5 | Kate Beckinsale, Luke Wilson |
| April 13 | ||
| Black Book | 3.5 | Struggle to survive in WWII |
| Disturbia | 2.5 | David Morse, Carrie-Anne Moss, Shia LaBeouf |
| Pathfinder | 2 | Marcus Nispel |
| Perfect Stranger | 3.5 | Halle Berry, Bruce Willis |
| Redline | 1.5 | Car thriller |
| Slow Burn | 2 | Ray Liotta, LL Cool J |
| Year of the Dog | 2.5 | Molly Shannon, Laura Dern, Regina King |
| April 6 | ||
| Are We Done Yet? | 2 | Ice Cube, Nia Long |
| Firehouse dog | 2.5 | Bruce Greenwood |
| First Snow | 3 | Guy Pearce, Piper Perabo, J.K. Simmons |
| GRBAVICA: THE LAND OF MY DREAMS | 4 | Affects of war on women |
| Grindhouse | 3.5 | Freddy Rodriquez, Rosaria Dawson, Kurt Russell |
| The Hoax | 3 | Lasse Hallstrom, Richard Gere, Marcia Gay Harden |
| The Reaping | 3 | Hilary Swank, David Morrissey |
| The Wind That Shakes The Barley | 4 | Ken Loach, Cillian Murphy |
| Mar 30 | ||
| Beyond the Gates | 4 | Rwanda (see this genre link); John Hurt |
| Blades of Glory | 3 | Will Ferrell, Jon Heder, Amy Poehler |
| Boy Culture | 2 | Teen gay story |
| Into Great Silence | 3 | Visit the world of monks |
| The Lookout | 3.5 | Jeff Daniels, Matthew Goode |
| Meet the Robinsons | 3 | Disney film about a young inventor |
| The Namesake | 4 | Mira Nair, Tabu |
| The Page Turner | 3.5 | French child piano prodigy |
| Somebody's Child: The Redemption of Rwanda | 3.5 | Felicia Middlebrooks |
| Mar 23 | ||
| Color Me Kubrick | 4 | John Malkovich on Stanley Kubrick |
| Exterminating Angels | 3.5 | Jean-Claude Brisseau erotic drama |
| The Hills Have Eyes II | 2 | Lots of gore for gore's sake |
| The Last Mimzy | 3 | Cute kids movie |
| Maxed Out | 3.5 | Had it with high fees on credit cards? |
| Pride | 3 | Terrence Howard, Bernie Mac, Kimberly Elise |
| Reign Over Me | 4 | Adam Sandler, Don Cheadle, Jada Pinkett Smith, Liv Tyler, Donald Shuterland |
| The Shooter | 3 | Mark Whalberg, Danny Glover |
| The Tiger and the Snow | 3.5 | Roberto Benigni |
| TMNT | 2.5 | Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles |
| What Love Is | 2.5 | Cuba Gooding Jr., Anne Heche, Sean Astin |
| Mar 16 | ||
| AVENUE MONTAIGNE | 3 | French comedy |
| Caffeine | 2.5 | Mena Suvari, Marsha Thomason |
| God Save the King | 3 | |
| I think I Love My Wife | 3 | Chris Rock, Kerry Washington |
| Mafioso | 4 | Alberto Lattuada |
| Premonition | 3 | Sandra Bullock |
| Tortilla Heaven | 2 | José Zúñiga, George Lopez, Miguel Sandoval, Lupe Ontiveros |
| Mar 9 | ||
| 300 | Frank Miller Novel | |
| Gray Matters | 3 | Heather Graham, Tom Cavanagh |
| The Host | 3 | South Korean horror film |
| The Last Mimzy | 3 | Timothy Hutton, Michael Clarke Duncan |
| Starter for Ten | 3 | James McAvoy, Alice Eve, Rebecca Hall |
| Mar 2 | ||
| Black Snake Moan | 3 | SAMUEL L. JACKSON, CHRISTINA RICCI |
| Full of It | Carmen Electra | |
| Comedy of Power | 3.5 | "Elf Affair" legal drama |
| Zodiac | 3 | Mark Ruffalo, Jake Gyllenhaal, Robert Downey Jr. |
| An Unreasonable Man | 3.5 | Ralph Nader |
| Wild Hogs | 2.5 | Tim Allen, John Travolta, Martin Lawrence |
| Feb 23 | ||
| The Abandoned | 2 | Horror Film |
| Amazing Grace | 3 | Michael Apted, Ioan Gruffudd |
| Astronaut Farmer | 3 | Billy Bob Thornton, Virginia Madsen, Bruce Dern |
| Days of Glory | 3.5 | Oscar nomination for best foreign film |
| The Number 23 | 1 | Jim Carrey, Virginia Madsen |
| Reno 911!: Miami | 2 | Thomas Lennon |
| Two or Three Things I Know About Her | 3.5 | Jean-Luc Godard |
| Feb 16 | ||
| Breach | 3.5 | Chris Cooper, Ryan Phillippe, Laura Linney |
| Climates | 3 | Nuri Bilge and Ebru Ceylan |
| Daddy's Little Girls | 3 | Tyler Perry; Gabrielle Union |
| Ghost Rider | 2.5 | Nicolas Cage, Eva Mendes |
| The Lives of Others | 3.5 | East German Spy state |
| Music & Lyrics | 3 | Hugh Grant, Drew Barrymore |
| Feb 9 | ||
| Breaking and Entering | 3.5 | Juliette Binoche, Robin Wright Penn, Jude Law |
| Factory Girl | 2 | Sienna Miller, Guy Pearce |
| Hannibal Rising | 3 | Prequel to "Silence of the Lambs" |
| Norbit | 1.5 | Eddie Murphy |
| Screamers | 3.5 | Musical Documentary on genocide |
| War and peace at the movies in 2006 | 4 | Various films about war and peace in 2006 |
| Feb 2 | ||
| Because I Said So | 1 | Diane Keaton, Mandy Moore, Piper Perabo |
| The Italian | 3.5 | Russian Adoption |
| Sing A Long Buffy | 3.5 | Sarah Michelle Gellar |
| Jan 26 | ||
| Blood & Chocolate | 1.5 | Agnes Bruckner, Hugh Dancy |
| Catch and Release | 2.5 | Jennifer Garner |
| Inland Empire | 3.5 | David Lynch; Lara Dern |
| Romantico | 2 | Spanish documentary |
| Seraphim Falls | 3 | Pierce Brosnan, Liam Neeson, Anjelica Huston, |
| Smokin Aces | 3 | Jeremy Piven, Ray Liotta, Ben Affleck, Andy Garcia |
| Jan 19 | ||
| The Dead Girl | 3.5 | Toni Collette, Brittany Murphy |
| The Hitcher | 2 | Sean Bean |
| Venus | 3.5 | Peter O’Toole |
| Jan 12 | ||
| Alpha Dog | 1.5 | Justin Timberlake |
| Arthur and the Invisibles | 3 | Madonna, Snoop Doog |
| Letters from Iwo Jima | ||
| Le Petit Lieutenant | 3.5 | French Crime Drama |
| Stomp the Yard | 3 | Steppin |
| Jan 5 2007 | 2007 | |
| Freedom Writers | 3 | Hilary Swank; Scott Glenn |
| Home of the Brave | 2 | Soldiers in Iraq about to come home |
| Pitfall | 4 | |
| Tension | 3.5 | Richard Basehart |
| Dec 29 | ||
| Black Christmas | 1.5 | Michelle Trachtenberg, Katie Cassidy |
| Children of Men | 2.5 | Clive Owen, Julianne Moore, Michael Caine, Chiwetel Ejiofor |
| Dreamgirls | 4 | Jamie Foxx, Beyonce Knowles, Danny Glover |
| He Ran all the Way | 3 | Film Noir; Shelley Winters |
| Miss Potter | 3.5 | Renee Zellweger, Emily Watson, Ewan McGregor |
| Notes on a Scandal | 4 | Judi Dench, Cate Blanchett |
| The Painted Veil | 2 | Naomi Watts, Edward Norton, Liev Schreiber and Toby Jones |
| Dec 22 | ||
| The Good German | 3.5 | George Clooney, Cate Blanchette,Tobey Mcguire |
| The Good Shepherd | 3 | Robert De Niro, Matt Damon, Angelina Jolie, Alec Baldwin |
| Night at the Museum | 2 | Ben Stiller, Robin Williams |
| Rocky Balboa | 2.5 | Sylvester Stallone, Antonio Taver |
| Dec 15 | ||
| Cave of the Yellow Dog | 3 | Asian film with a touch of "Lassie" |
| Curse of the Yellow Flower | 3 | Zhang Yimou, Chow Yun-Fat, Gong Li |
| Charlotte's Web | 4 | Julia Roberts, Dakota Fanning, Oprah |
| The Pursuit of Happyness | 4 | Will Smith, Thandie Newton |
| Dec 8 | ||
| Apocalypto | 3 | Mel Gibson....ultimate chase movie |
| Blood Diamond | 3 | Leonardo DiCaprio, Jennifer Connelly, Djimon Hounsou |
| The History Boys | 3.5 | Based upon six time Tony award-winning play |
| The Holiday | 3.5 | Cameron Diaz, Kate Winslet, Jude Law, Jack Black |
| Dec 1 | ||
| 10 Items or Less | 4 | Morgan Freeman, Paz Vega |
| Candy | 2.5 | Heath Ledger |
| Flannel Pajamas | 2 | Justin Kirk, Julianne Nicholson |
| The Nativity Story | 3 | Keisha Castle-Hughes, Shohreh Aghdashloo |
| Turistas | 2.5 | Horror film set in Brazil with young Americans |
| Nov 24 | ||
| All Kindsa Girls | 3 | Boston Garage Band...The Real Kids |
| Bobby | 3 | The audacity of hope...Bobby Kennedy |
| Deja Vu | 3 | Denzel Washington |
| For Your Consideration | 3 | Director of Best In Show” and “A Mighty Wind," |
| The Fountain | 3 | Hugh Jackman, Rachel Weisz and Ellen Burstyn |
| TENACIOUS D IN THE PICK OF DESTINY | 2.5 | Jack Black |
| Volver | 3 | Pedro Almodovar, Penelope Cruz |
| Nov 17 | ||
| Casino Royale | 3.5 | Daniel Craig, the new James Bond |
| Fast Food Nation | 3 | Richard Linklater |
| Happy Feet | 2.5 | Hugh Jackman, Brittany Murphy, Nicole Kidman |
| Requiem | 3 | Horror mystery drama |
| Dixie Chicks: Shut Up & Sing | 3.5 | Dixie Chicks after their comment at Bush |
| Ugetsu | 4 | Brilliant magical realism |
| Nov 10 | ||
| Copying Beethoven | 3.5 | Diane Kruger, Ed Harris |
| A Good Year | 2.5 | Russell Crowe |
| Iraq in Fragments | 3.5 | |
| Stranger than Fiction | 3.5 | Queen Latifah, Will Ferrell, Maggie Gyllenhaal |
| Nov 3 | ||
| 49 UP | 4 | Tracking documentary of people every 7 years |
| 51 Birch Street | 3 | Documentary of an American family |
| Babel | 4 | Brad Pitt, Cate Blanchett, Alejandro Gonzalez |
| Borat | 3.5 | Sacha Baron Cohen |
| Deliver us from Evil | 3 | Father Oliver O'Grady |
| Flushed Away | 3 | Hugh Jacksman, Kate Winslet, Ian McKellen |
| loudQuietloud | 2.5 | The Pixies musical documentary |
| RENAISSANCE | 2 | Paris 2054. Live forever or die trying. |
| Oct 27 | ||
| The Bridge | 2 | People who jump of the Golden Gate Bridge |
| Catch a Fire | 4 | Tim Robbins, Derek Luke, Phillip Noyce |
| Conversations with God | 3 | Neale Donald Walsch |
| Running with Scissors | 1 | Annette Bening, Evan Rachel Wood |
| Saw III | 3 | Better than Saw and Saw II combined |
| Zerophilia | 1 |
| Oct 20 | ||
| American Hardcore | ||
| Flags of Our Fathers | 3 | Clint Eastwood, Ryan Phillippe, Jesse Bradford |
| Flicka | 2.5 | Alison Lohman, Tim McGraw, Maria Bello, |
| A Guide to Recognizing Your Saints | Robert Downey Jr., Chazz Palminteri, Dianne Wiest | |
| Little Children | 4 | Kate Winslet, Jennifer Connelly, Patrick Wilson |
| Marie Antoinette | 3 | Kirsten Dunst |
| The Prestige | ||
| Shortbus | ||
| Tideland | .5 | Terry Gilliam |
| Oct 13 | ||
| Alex Rider: Operation Stormbreaker | 2 | Alex Pettyfer, Sarah Bolger |
| Bride of Frankenstein | 4 | Boris Karloff |
| Infamous | 3 | Toby Jones, Sandra Bullock, Daniel Craig |
| The Grudge 2 Grudge | 1.5 | Jennifer Beals |
| Let's Scare Jessica to Death | 3 | Horror Classic |
| Man of the Year | 1 | Robin Williams |
| The Marine | .5 | John Cena |
| Pandora's Box | 3.5 | P. B. Pabst silent drama classic |
| The Queen | 4 | Helen Mirren, James Cromwell, Michael Sheen |
| Oct 6 | ||
| Darshan: The Embrace | 2.5 | Sri Mata Amritanandamayi |
| The Departed | 3 | Martin Scorsese, Matt Damon, Leonardo DiCaprio, Jack Nicholson. |
| Employee of the Month | .5 | Jessica Simpson |
| The Last King of Scotland | 4 | Forest Whitaker |
| Sep 29 | ||
| The Guardian | 1.5 | Kevin Costner, Ashton Kutcher |
| Haven | 1.5 | Bill Paxton, Orlando Bloom, Zoe Saldana |
| Open Season | 3 | Martin Lawrence,Ashton Kutcher |
| School for Scoundrels | 2 | Jon Heder, Billy Bob Thornton, Todd Phillips |
| Sep 22 | ||
| All The Kings Men | 2 | Sean Penn, Jude Law, Kate Winslet |
| Confetti | 3 | "Best in Show" type film about weddings |
| Delwendi | 3.5 | French feminist drama |
| Fearless | 3.5 | Jet Li |
| Feast | 3 | |
| Flyboys | 2.5 | WW I |
| Sep 15 | ||
| THE BLACK DAHLIA | 4 | Scarlett Johansson, Hilary Swank, Aaron Eckhart, |
| Everyone's Hero | 2.5 | Whoopi Goldberg, Rob Reiner |
| Gridiron Gang | 3 | Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson |
| Half Nelson | 4 | Ryan Gosling, Shareeka Epps |
| The Last Kiss | 3 | Zach Braff, Jacinda Barrett |
| Sherrybaby | 3 | Maggie Gyllenhaal, Ryan Simpkins |
| This Film is Not Yet Rated | 3.5 | John Waters |
| Sep 8 | ||
| Azumi | 2 | |
| Broken Bridges | 3 | Lindsey Haun, Kelly Preston, Toby Keith, Burt Reynolds |
| Gabrielle | 3 | Isabelle Huppert |
| Hollywoodland | 4 | Adrien Brody,Ben Affleck,Diane Lane,Bob Hoskins |
| The Protector | 2.5 | |
| Time to Leave | 2 | François Ozon |
| Sep 1 | ||
| Conversations with Other Woman | 3 | Aaron Eckhart, Helena Bonham Carter |
| Lassie | 2.5 | Peter O’Toole, Samantha Morton |
| The Quiet | 3 | Elisha Cuthbert, Camilla Belle, Edie Falco |
| The Wicker Man | 1 | Nicolas Cage, Ellen Burstyn |
| Aug 25 | ||
| Beerfest | 2 | |
| Factotum | 3 | |
| The Fallen Idol | 4 | |
| The House of Sand | 4 | |
| Idlewild | 1.5 | |
| How to Eat Fried Worms | 2.5 |
| Aug 18 | ||
| Accepted | 2 | |
| Heading South | 3.5 | |
| The Illusionist | 3 | |
| Material Girls | 1 | |
| Miles from Home | 3 | |
| Nice Bombs | 3 | |
| Snakes on a Plane | 2 |
| Aug 11 | ||
| Pulse | 3 | Kristen Bell, Christina Milian, Ian Somerhalder |
| World Trade Center | 4 | Oliver Stone, Nicolas Cage, Maria Bello |
| Aug 4 | ||
| Barnyard | 2.5 | Kevin James, Sam Elliot, Courteney Cox |
| Descent | 4 | |
| Lemming | 3.5 | Charlotte Rampling |
| Little Miss Sunshine | 3.5 | Greg Kinnear, Toni Collette, Steve Carell, Alan Arkin |
| July 28 | ||
| The Ant Bully | 3.5 | John A. Davis, director of Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius |
| Lower City | 3.5 | A romantic "City of God", set in Brazil |
| Miami Vice | Jamie Foxx, Colin Farrell, Gong Li, Michael Mann | |
| July 21 | ||
| Clerks II | 3.5 | |
| Lady in the Water | 2 | M. Night Shyamalan, Paul Giamatti |
| The Man from the Diner's Club | 3 | |
| Monster House | 3.5 |
| July 14 | ||
| Beowulf & Grendel | 3 | |
| Leonard Cohen I'm Your Man | 3 | U2, Rufus Wainwright, Nick Cave |
| Little Man | 2.5 | Shawn & Marlon Wayans |
| You, Me and Dupree | 2 | Owen Wilson, Kate Hudson, Matt Dillon |
| July 7 | ||
| Islam: What the West Needs to Know? | 2 | |
| Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest | 3 | Johnny Depp, Bill Nighy, Orland Bloom, Keira Knightley |
| A Scanner Darkly | 4 | Keanu Reeves, Winona Ryder, Robert Downey Jr. |
| Jun 30 | ||
| Clean | 3 | Maggie Cheung |
| The Devil Wears Prada | 2.5 | Meryl Streep, Anne Hathaway, Stanley Tucci |
| Only Human | ||
| Russian Dolls | 2.5 | |
| Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans | 4 | |
| Superman Returns (Wed, June 28) | 3 |
| Jun 23 | ||
| Autumn | 3.5 | French Film Noir |
| Click | Various | Adam Sandler, Kate Beckinsale, Christopher Walken |
| Peaceful Warrior | Various | Scott Mechlowicz, Nick Nolte, Amy Smart |
| Wordplay | 3.5 | The world of crossword puzzles |
| The Young in Heart | 3.5 | Janet Gaynor, Douglas Fairbanks Jr. |
| Jun 16 | ||
| The Fast and The Furious 3: Tokyo Drift | .5 | Fast Cars |
| Flowers of St. Francis | 4 | |
| Garfield's A Tail of Two Kitties | ||
| The Heart of the Game | 3.5 | |
| The King | 4 | Gael García Bernal, William Hurt |
| The Lake House | 3 | Sandra Bullock, Keanu Reeves |
| My Dad is 100 Years Old | 4 | |
| Nacho Libre | Zero | Jack Black |
| Wah-Wah | 3 | Family drama in Swaziland, SE Africa, 1969 |
| Jun 9 | ||
| Cars | 3 | Owen Wilson, Larry The Cable Guy |
| The Omen Opens 6/06/06 | 3 | Julia Stiles, Lieve Schreiber, Mia Farrow |
| Sketches of Frank Gehry | Sydney Pollack | |
| Jun 2 | ||
| An Inconvenient Truth | Al Gore on global warming | |
| The Break-Up | Jennifer Aniston, Vince Vaughn | |
| District B13 | Crime Drama in Paris, 2010 by Pierre Morel | |
| History is Made at Night | 3.5 | Jean Arthur, Charles Boyer |
| Twelve and Holding | Conor Donovan, Zoe Weizenbaum | |
| Typhoon | Conflict between North & South Korea |
| May 26 | ||
| Army of Shadows | 4 | Jean-Pierre Melville |
| Honey and the Pig | 3.5 | |
| Lady Vengeance | 2.5 | |
| Repulsion | 4 | Catherine Deneuve & Roman Polanski |
| X-Men: The Last Stand | 3 | Hugh Jackman, Halle Berry, Patrick Stewart |
| May 19 | ||
| The Da Vinci Code | 3 | Tom Hanks, Audrey Tautou, Alfred Molina, ron Howard |
| Down in the Valley | Various | Evan Rachel Wood, Ed Norton, David Morse |
| Over the Hedge | 3.5 | Bruce Willis, Garry Shandling, Steve Carell |
| The Proposition | 2.5 | |
| The Sisters | 3.5 | Maria Bello, Erika Christensen, Mary Stuart Masterson |
| May 12 | ||
| Art School Confidential | Various | Max Minghella, Sophia Myles, John Malkovich |
| The Death of Mr. Lazarescu | 3.5 | Dark Comedy About Medical Care |
| Holy Modal Rounders: Bound to Lose | 3 | |
| I am a Sex Addict | 3 | Documentary |
| Just My Luck | Various | Lindsay Lohan |
| The Lost City | 3.5 | Andy Garcia, Dustin Hoffman, Bill Murray |
| Poseidon | 1 | Josh Lucas, Kurt Russell, Emmy Rossum |
| Saving Shiloh | 2.5 | Scott Wilson, Jason Dolley |
| Somersault | Australian Coming of Age |
| May 5 | ||
| Cat People | 3.5 | A supernatural suspense film |
| Hoot | Various | |
| Mission Impossible III | 3 | Tom Cruise, Ving Rhames, Philip Seymour Hoffman |
| Mountain Patrol | 3 | Samurai patrol protects Tibetan antelope |
| The Promise | 3 | Chen Kaige |
| One Last Thing | Various | Cynthia Nixon, Michael Angarano |
| Water | 4 | Deepa Mehta |
| Apr 28 | ||
| Akeelah and the Bee | 3 | Laurence Fishburne, Angela Bassett |
| Battle in Heaven | 3 | Carlos Reygadas |
| Hard Candy | 3 | Patrick Wilson, Ellen Page, David Slade |
| Look Both Ways | 3.5 | A unique look at living and death |
| RV | 3 | Robin Williams, Jeff Daniels, JoJo |
| United 93 | 3.5 | Paul Greengrass with behind the scenes of 911 |
| Apr 21 | ||
| American Dreamz | 3 | Hugh Grant, Mandy Moore, Dennis Quaid |
| Kinky Boots | 3.5 | Chiwetel Ejiofor, Joel Edgerton |
| The Notorious Bettie Page | 3.5 | |
| The Sentinel | 3 | Michael Douglas, Kiefer Sutherland, Eva Kim Basinger |
| Silent Hill | 2 | Radha Mitchell, Sean Bean |
| Take My Eyes | 3.5 | Essence of family dynamics |
| When Do We Eat | Various | Family drama centered around Passover Seder |
| Apr 14 | ||
| The Beauty Academy of Kabul | 2.5 | Documentary by Liz Mermin |
| The Devil & Daniel Johnston | Various | Jeff Feuerzeig |
| L'Enfant (The Child) | 3.5 | Jeremie Renier |
| On a Clear Day | 3 | Peter Mullan, Brenda Blethyn |
| Subject Two | 3 | Philip Chidel |
| Apr 7 | ||
| Brick | 3 | Film Noir in Modern Day California High School |
| Don't Come Knocking | 3 | Sam Shepard, Jessica Lang, Sarah Polley |
| Drawing Restraint 9 | Various | Matthew Barney, Bjork |
| Friends With Money | 3.5 | Jennifer Aniston, Frances McDormand, Joan Cusack |
| Lucky Number Slevin | Preview | Morgan Freeman, Ben Kingsley, Josh Hartnett |
| Marilyn Hotchkiss Ballroom Dancing & Charm School | 3 | John Goodman, Marisa Tomei, Mary Steenburgen, Robert Carlyle, Sean Astin |
| The Syrian Bride | 3.5 | Eran Riklis |
| Take the Lead | 3 | Antonio Banderas, Alfre Woodard |
| Mar 31 | ||
| Americanese | 3 | Eric Byler, Joan Chen |
| ATL | 3.5 | Alicia Keys, Snoop, Dogg, Nas, Jay-Z |
| Awesome: I Fuckin' Shot That! | Various | Beastie Boys in Madison Square Garden |
| Basic Instinct 2 | 1.5 | Sharon Stone, David Morrissey, Charlotte Rampling |
| ICE AGE: THE MELTDOWN | 3.5 | John Leguizamo, Ray Romano |
| Lonesome Jim | Various | Liv Tyler, Mary Kay Place, Steve Buscemi |
| Sophie Scholl: The Final Days | 3.5 | Julia Jentsch wins best actress award |
| Mar 24 | ||
| Inside Man | Denzel Washington, Jodi Foster, Spike Lee | |
| Lemming (March 25th only) | 3.5 | An eerie and hypnotic thriller |
| Mulholland Drive | 4 | Naomi Watts, David Lynch |
| Stoned | 1.5 | Brian Jones of The Rolling Stones |
| Thank you for Smoking | 3.5 | Aaron Eckhart, William H. Macy, Katie Holmes |
| Mar 17 | ||
| Ask the Dust | 2 | John Fante; Colin Farrell; Salma Hayek |
| Beyond the Rocks | 3 | |
| Duck Season | Various | Unique coming of age story from Mexico |
| Fateless | 4 | Eye opening story right before the end of WWII |
| Find Me Guilty | 3.5 | Giacomo "Jackie Dee" DiNorscio |
| The Heart is Deceitful Above All Things | 2 | JT Leroy, Jimmy Bennett |
| Persona | 4 | Igmar Bergman |
| She's The Man | Various | Amanda Bynes, James Kirk |
| V for Vendetta | 3.5 | Natalie Portman, Stephen Rea, John Hurt |
| Mar 10 | ||
| Failure to Launch | 3 | Matthew McConaughey, Sarah Jessica Parker |
| The Hills Have Eyes | Various | Wes Craven, Alexandre Aja |
| Joyeux Noel | 3 | Berlin Opera in 1914, pre WWI |
| Libertine | 3.5 | |
| The Shaggy Dog | Various | Tim Allen, Robert Downey Jr., Danny Glover |
| Tsotsi | 4 | |
| Unknown White Male | 2 | Man lost to amnesia |
| Winter Passing | 3 | Ed Harris, Zooey Deschanel, Will Ferrell |
| Mar 3 | ||
| 16 Blocks | 2.5 | Bruce Willis, Mos Def, David Morse |
| Aquamarine | Various | Emma Roberts, Joanna 'Jo Jo' |
| The Boys of Baraka | 3.5 | Baltimore teens find their way in Africa |
| Dave Chappelle's Block Party | 3.5 | Dave Chappelle |
| Feb 24 | ||
| Madea's Family Reunion | Various | |
| Night Watch | .5 | Unique horror film from Russia |
| Running Scared | Various | Paul Walker |
| Feb 17 | ||
| Date Movie | Various | From the writers of the three Scary Movies |
| Dirty Work | 3 | Bruce Terris |
| Eight Below | 3 | Paul Walker, Jason Biggs, Bruce Greenwood |
| Freedomland | 2.5 | Samuel L. Jackson, Julianne Moore |
| Manderlay | 3.5 | Lars von Trier |
| Neil Young: Heart of Gold | 3.5 | Neil Young |
| Tamara | Various | Jenna Dewan, Katie Stuart |
| Tristram Shandy: A Cock and Bull Story | 3.5 | Michael Winterbottom, Steve Coogan, Gillian Anderson |
| Why We Fight | 4 |
| Feb 10 | ||
| Curious George | Various | Will Ferrell, Drew Barrymore, Eugene Levy |
| Final Destination 3 | Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Ryan Merriman | |
| Firewall | 3 | Harrison ford, Virginia Madsen, Paul Bettany |
| London | Various | Jessica Biel, Chris Evans |
| The Pink Panther | Steve Martin, Kevin Kline, Emily Mortimer, Beyonce Knowles | |
| Feb 3 | ||
| Going Shopping | 3 | Henry Jaglon |
| Imagine Me & You | 3 | Matthew Goode, Piper Perabo |
| Something New | 3 | Sanaa Lathan, Blair Underwood |
| Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada | 3 | TOMMY LEE JONES |
| The World's Fastest Indian | Various | Anthony Hopkins |
| Jan 27 | ||
| Annapolis | 3 | James Franco, Tyrese Gibson, Jordana Brewster |
| Big Momma's House 2 | Various | Martin Lawrence |
| Bubble | 3 | Steven Soderbergh special release |
| Craiglist | 3 | One of the hottest on-line communities |
| Nanny McPhee | 3 | Emma Thompson, Colin Firth, Angela Lansbury |
| Roving Mars | Various | Imax exploration |
| Jan 20 | ||
| Café Lumiere | 2 | Hsiao-hsien Hou |
| The End of the Spear | Various | Inspired by a true story in South America |
| Looking for Comedy in the Muslim World | 4 | Albert Brooks goes to India and Pakistan |
| The Real Dirt on Farmer John | 3 | Documentary on the family farm |
| Transamerica | 3.5 | Golden Globe Best Actress "Felicity Huffman" |
| Underworld: Evolution | Various | Kate Beckinsale, Scott Speedman |
| Jan 13 | ||
| Cache | 3.5 | Juliette Binoche, Daniel Auteuil |
| Glory Road | 2.5 | Josh Lucas, Derek Luke, Jon Voight |
| Hoodwinked | 3 | Anne Hathaway, Jim Belushi, Glenn Close |
| Last Holiday | 3 | Queen Latifah, Gerard Depardieu, Timothy Hutton |
| Libertine | TBD | Johnny Depp, John Malkovich, Samantha Morton |
| Mrs. Henderson Presents | 2.5 | Judi Dench, Bob Hoskins |
| The Piano Teacher | 4 | Isabelle Huppert |
| The New World | Jan 20 | Colin Farrell, Christopher Plummer, Christian Bale |
| On the Outs | Various | Inner city girls struggle with highs/lows of teenage life |
| Tristan & Isolde | 3 | Tony Scott and Ridley Scott |
| Jan 6 | ||
| Be Here to Love Me | 3 | Townes Van Zandt |
| Grandma's Boy | Various | Adam Sandler |
| Hostel | 3.5 | Quentin Tarantino |
| The Matador | 4 | Greg Kinnear, Pierce Brosnan, Hope Davis |
| Match Point | 3.5 | Scarlett Johansson, Jonathan Rhys Meyers, Emily Mortimer, Brian Cox |
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| Oyster Farmer | 3.5 | Australian Comedy |
| A Touch of Evil | 4 | Orson Welles, Charlton Heston, Janet Leigh |
| Dec 23 | ||
| Breakfast on Pluto | 3 | Cillian Murphy, Liam Neeson,Stephen Rea |
| Casanova | 3 | Heath Ledger, Sienna Miller, Oliver Platt |
| Cheaper by the Dozen 2 | Various | Steve Martin, Eugene Levy, Piper Perabo, Hilary Duff |
| Fun With Dick and Jane | 2.5 | Jim Carrey, Tea Leoni, Alec Baldwin |
| Gilles’ Wife | 3.5 | Great French adult family drama |
| Munich | 4 | Eric Bana, Geoffrey Rush, Steven Spielberg |
| The Ringer | 1 | Johnny Knoxville |
| Rumor Has It | Various | Jennifer Aniston, Mark Ruffalo, Kevin Costner |
| The White Countess | 3.5 | Ralph Fiennes, Natasha Richardson, Vanessa Redgrave |
| Wolf Creek | 3.5 | Serial killer horror story based on the real deal |
| Dec 16 | ||
| Brokeback Mountain | 4 | Heath Ledger, Jake Gyllenhaal ,Anne Hathaway |
| The Family Stone | 3 | Rachel McAdams, Dermot Mulroney, Sarah Jessica Parker |
| King Kong | 3 | Peter Jackson: director of LOTR |
| Memoirs of a Geisha | 3.5 | Ziyi Zhang, Ken Watanabe, Michelle Yeoh, Gong Li |
| The Producers | 3.5 | Nathan Lane, Matthew Broderick, Uma Thurman |
| Dec 9 | ||
| 39 Pounds of Love | Various | |
| The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe | 3.5 | Disney |
| In Cold Blood | 4 | Robert Blake, Scott Wilson |
| Machuca | 3 | |
| Protocols of Zion | Various | |
| Syriana | 4 | George Clooney, Matt Damon, Jeffrey Wright |
| Dec 2 | ||
| First Descent | Various | |
| The Kid and I | Various | Tom Arnold, Linda Hamilton, Henry Winkler |
| Los Olvidados | 4 | Luis Bunuel |
| Pulse | 2 | Japanese Horror film |
| Transamerica | 3.5 | Felicity Huffman |
| Nov 25 | ||
| Ice Harvest | 2.5 | John Cusack, Billy Bob Thornton, Connie Nielsen |
| Just Friends | Various | Ryan Reynolds, Anna Faris, Amy Smart, Chris Klein |
| New York Doll | 3.5 | Musical Rockumentary |
| Polar Express (IMAX 3D) | 3 | On DVD and in IMAX theaters exclusively |
| Rent | 3.5 | Rosario Dawson, Taye Diggs, Jesse L. Martin |
| Yours, Mine and Ours | Various | Dennis Quaid, Rene Russo |
| Nov 18 | ||
| Ballet Russes | 3 | |
| Duane Hopwood | 2 | David Schwimmer, Janeane Garofolo |
| Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire | 4 | Daniel Radcliffe, Rupert Grint, Emma Watson |
| Walk the Line | 3 | Joaquin Phoenix, Reese Witherspoon: about Johnny Cash |
| Nov 11 | ||
| Bee Season | 3.5 | Richard Gere, Juliette Binoche |
| Derailed | 1.5 | Clive Owen, Jennifer Aniston |
| Get Rich or Die Tryin | Various | 50 Cent, Viola Davis, Joy Bryant, Terrence Howard |
| The Passenger | 4 | Jack Nicholson |
| Pride & Prejudice | 3.5 | Keira Knightley, Brenda Blethyn, Donald Sutherland |
| Sarah Silverman: Jesus is Magic | 3.5 | Has been compared to Lenny Bruce |
| Zathura | Various | Jon Favreau, Tim Robbins, Josh Hutcherson |
| Nov 4 | ||
| Chicken little | 3.5 | Zach Braff, Joan Cusack |
| The Dying Gaul | Various | Patricia Clarkson, Peter Sarsgaard, Campbell Scott |
| Forty Shades of Blue | 2.5 | Rip Torn, Dina Korzun, Darren Burrows |
| Jarhead | 3 | Jake Gyllenhaal, Jamie Foxx, Peter Sarsgaard, Chris Cooper |
| Paradise Now | 3.5 | Insight on why people become suicide bombers in Palestine |
| The Squid and the Whale | 3 | Jeff Daniels, Laura Linney |
| Oct 28 | ||
| G | Various | Blair Underwood, Richard T. Jones, Andre Royo |
| The Legend of Zorro | 2.5 | Antonio Banderas, Catherine Zeta_Jones, Rufus Sewell |
| Nine Lives | Stories of nine women | |
| Prime | 3 | Uma Thurman, Meryl Streep, |
| Saw II | 2.5 | |
| Weather Man | 3 | Nicolas Cage, Michael Caine, Hope Davis |
| We are all Fine | 3.5 | Gene Siskel Center |
| Where the Truth Lies | 2.5 | Kevin Bacon, Colin Firth, Alison Lohman |
| Ushpizin (Holy Guests) | Various | Humorous look at daily lives of ultra Orthodox Jews |
| Oct 21 | ||
| Capote | 3.5 | Philip Seymour Hoffman, Catherine Keener, Clifton Collins Jr. |
| Conformist | 4 | WW II Political Italian Intrigue |
| Doom | Various | Mars sci fi battle movie |
| Dreamer | 3 | Kurt Russell, Dakota Fanning, Kris Kristofferrson |
| Emmanuel's Gift | Oprah narrates true story of disable man from Ghana | |
| Good Night, and Good Luck | 4 | George Clooney, David Strathairn, Jeff Daniels |
| Innocent Voices | ||
| Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang | 3 | Robert Downey Jr., Val Kilmer, Michelle Monaghan |
| Loggerheads | Various | Multiple Film Festival Award Winner |
| North Country | 4 | Charlize Theron, Frances McDormand, Richard Jenkins |
| Shopgirl | 3.5 | Steve Martin, Claire Danes, Jason Schwartzman |
| Stay | 2 | Ryan Gosling, Ewan McGregor, Naomi Watts, Bob Hoskins, Janeane Garofalo |
| Oct 14 | ||
| Baby Face | 3.5 | Barbara Stanwyck, George Brent |
| Domino | 1 | Keira Knightley, Mickey Rourke, Delroy Lindo, MoNique |
| Elizabethtown | 2 | Cameron Crowe, Orlando Bloom, Susan Sarandon, Kirsten Dunst |
| The Fog | Various | Tom Wellingk, Selma Blair, Maggie Grace |
| Return of the Living Dead | 3 | Zombie Gore |
| Touch the Sound | 2.5 | From the director of Rivers and Tides |
| The Untold Story of Emmett Till | 4 | Documentary of seminal event in Civil Rights Movement |
| The War Within | Inside the man of a terrorist with American relatives |
| Oct 7 | ||
| Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress | 3 | Coming of Age. China in early 1970's |
| The Gospel | 3 | Boris Kodjoe, Nona Gaye, Keshia Knight Pulliam |
| In Her Shoes | 3.5 | Cameron Diaz, Toni Collette, Shirley MacLaine, and Mark Feurstein |
| Separate lies | 3.5 | Tom Wilkinson, Emily Watson, Rupert Everett |
| Two for the Money | 3 | Al Pacino, Matthew McConaughey, Rene Russo, Jeremy Piven |
| Waiting | 1.5 | Ryan Reynolds, Anna Faris |
| Wallace and Gromit | 3 | Kids animation |
| Sep 30 | ||
| Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress | 3 | |
| The Greatest Game Ever Played | Various | Disney |
| Into the Blue | 2 | Jessica Alba, Kerry Washington, Paul Walker |
| Kamikaze Girls | 2 | |
| Mirromask | 3 | Be careful what you wish for |
| Oliver Twist | 3.5 | Ben Kingsley, Roman Polanski |
| Prize Winner of Defiance, Ohio | 3.5 | Julianne Moore, Woody Harrelson, Laura Dern |
| Serenity | 3 | Chiwetel Ejiofor |
| Sep 23 | ||
| Corpse Bride | 3 | Johnny Depp, Helena Bonham Carter, Emily Watson |
| Dear Wendy | 3 | Lars Von Trier |
| Everything is Illuminated | 3 | Elijah Wood, Liev Schreiber |
| Flightplan | 3 | Jodi Foster; Peter Sarsgaard, Sean Bean, Erika Christensen |
| A History of Violence | 4 | David Cronenberg, Viggo Mortensen, Ed Harris |
| Proof | 4 | Gwyneth Paltrow, Anthony Hopkins, Hope Davis, Jake Gyllenhaal |
| Roll Bounce | 3.5 | Bow Wow, Mike Epps, Chi McBride, Malcolm D. Lee |
| Stormy Waters | 3.5 | |
| Thumbsucker | 3 | Tilda Swinton, Vincent D'Onofrio, Keanu Reeves, Benjamin Bratt |
| Sep 16 | ||
| Cote D'Azur | 2 | Drama in a Mediterranean summer vacation |
| Cry Wolf | Various | Julian Morris, Lindy Booth, Jared Padalecki and Jon Bon Jovi |
| Elevator to the Gallows | 4 | Louis Malle; Jeanne Moreau, Maurice Ronet |
| Garcon Stupide | Various | Lionel Baier |
| Just Like Heaven | 3 | Reese Witherspoon, Mark Ruffalo |
| Oct 21 | ||
| Lord of War | 3.5 | Nicolas Cage, Bridget Moynahan, Jared Leto, Eamonn Walker |
| Things About My Folks | 3 | Peter Falk, Peter Resier, Olympia Dukakis |
| Venom | 1.5 | Agnes Bruckner, Bijou Phillips, Jonathan Jackson |
| Sep 9 | ||
| The Baxter | Elizabeth Banks, Michael Ian Black | |
| The Exorcism of Emily Rose | 3 | Tom Wilkinson, Laura Linney |
| Green Street Hooligans | Elijah Wood, Claire Foriani, Charlie Hunnam | |
| The Man | 2.5 | Samuel L. Jackson, Eugene Levy |
| Memory of a Killer | 3.5 | Assassin thriller who turns on those that hire him |
| Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance | Various | |
| An Unfinished Life | 3 | Morgan Freeman, Jennifer Lopez, Robert Redforn |
| Sep 2 | ||
| 2046 | 3.5 | |
| The Constant Gardener (Aug 31) | 3.5 | Ralph Fiennes, Rachel Weisz |
| El Crimen Perfecto | 3.5 | Guillermo Toledo, Luis Valrela, Monica Cervera |
| Genesis | 3.5 | Director of "Microcosmos" on cycle of life |
| Kill Your Idols | 3.5 | |
| A Sound of Thunder | Various | Ben Kingsley, Edward Burns, Catherine McCormack |
| Transporter 2 | 3 | Jason Statham, Matthew Modine, Luc Besson. |
| Underclassman | 1 | Nick Cannon |
| Aug 26 | ||
| The Brothers Grimm | 3 | Matt Damon, Heath Ledger |
| The Cave | Various | Piper Perabo, Morris Chestnut |
| Chumscrubber | 3 | Glenn Close, Carrie-Anne Moss, Jamie Bell |
| 9 Songs | 1.5 | Michael Winterbottom |
| A Tout De suite | 3.5 | Elisabeth Fanger memori "When I was 19" |
| The Two of Us | 3.5 | |
| We Jam Econo: The Story of the Minutemen | 3.5 | Minutemen hardcore punk bank documentary |
| Aug 19 | ||
| The 40 Year Old Virgin | 3.5 | Steve Carell, Catherine Keener |
| Red Eye | 3.5 | Wes Craven, Rachel McAdams |
| Supercross | Various | Robert Carradine, Daryl Hannah |
| Valiant (Disney) | 1.5 | Ewan McGregor, John Hurt, Jim Broadbent |
| Aug 12 | ||
| The Aristocrats | Various | Top comics put their spin on the same joke |
| Deuce Bigalow: European Gigolo | 3 | Eddie Griffin, Rob Schneider, Jeroen Krabbe |
| Donkey Skin | 3.5 | French New Wave Cinderella story |
| Four Brothers | 3 | Mark Wahlberg, John Singleton, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Terrence Howard, Andre 3000, Taraji P. Henson |
| The Great Raid | Various | WW II US prisoner of war rescue mission |
| Grizzly Man | 4 | Documentary of bear lover who was killed by them |
| Junebug | 4 | Embeth Davidtz |
| The Skeleton Key | 3 | Kate Hudson, Peter Skarsgaard, John Hurt, Joy Bryant, Gena Rowlands |
| Year of the Yao (Aug 8) | Various | NBA Yao Ming |
| Aug 5 | ||
| Broken Flowers | 4 | Bill Murray, Jeffrey Wright, Tilda Swinton, Sharon Stone |
| The Dukes of Hazzard | Various | Jessica Simpson, Johnny Knoxville |
| Duma | 3 | Young boy and a cheetah grow up in South Africa |
| THE EDUKATORS | 3 | see preview for details |
| A Hole in One | 3.5 | Michelle Williams, Meatloaf, Wendell Pierce |
| Last Days | 3 | Kurt Cobain, Michael Pitt, Gus Van Sant |
| My Date with Drew | Various | Brian Herzlinger, Drew Barrymore |
| Secuestro Express | Various | Kidnappings in Latin America |
| July 29 | ||
| Happily Ever After | 2 | Yvan Attal with sharp French repartee |
| Must Love Dogs | 2 | Diane Lane, John Cusack |
| Sky High (Disney) | 2.5 | Kurt Russell, Kelly Preston |
| Stealth Rob Cohen Interview | 4 | Jamie Foxx, Jessica Biel, Josh Lucas, Sam Shepard, Joe Morton |
| The Warrior | 3 | Murder in the Himalayan mountains |
| The World | 2.5 | Behind the scenes in a real life Las Vegas type complex in China |
| July 22 | ||
| Bad News Bears | Various | Billy Bob Thornton, Richard Linklater |
| Beautiful Country | Various | Nick Nolte, Tim Roth |
| Colossal Sensation | 2.5 | Robert Koltai Hungarian Comedy |
| Hustle and Flow |
3.0 Pam |
Terrence Howard, Ludacris, Anthony Anderson, DJ Qualls |
| The Island | 2.5 Pam 3.0 Geo |
Michael Bay, Ewan McGregor, Scarlett Johansson |
| Lila Says | 3.5 | French coming of age film focused on sexual awakening |
| Murderball | 3.5 | Intense wheelchair sports and much more |
| July 15 | ||
| Charlie and the Chocolate Factory | 3.5 | Johnny Depp, |
| Happy Endings | 3 | Lisa Kudrow, Maggie Gyllenhaal |
| Intimate Stories | 3.5 | A real gem of a film from Argentina |
| Into the West - TV Series |
4 |
American history presented better than most books |
| The Beat that my Heart Skipped | Various | Jacques Audiard of "Read My Lips" |
| Various |
Vince Vaughn, Owen Wilson |
| July 8 | ||
| Dark Water | 3.5 | Jennifer Connelly |
| Fantastic Four | 2.5 | Marvel comic,J essica Alba, Kerry Washington |
| 5 x 2 | 2.5 | Account of the death and birth of a marriage |
| March of the Penguins | 4 | Documentary of Emperor Penguins narrated by Morgan Freeman |
| The Tunnel | 4 | |
| Yes | Various | Joan Allen, Sam Neill, Simon Abkarian |
| July 1 | ||
| Deep Blue |
Various |
Stories of wildlife in its untouched state |
| Into the West - TV Series |
4 |
with Rachel Lee Cook and Warren Kole |
| Rebound |
Various |
Martin Lawrence |
| Safety Last |
4 |
Comedy classic ; Harold Lloyd |
| Sequins |
3 |
French coming of age female drama |
| War of the Worlds |
3.5 |
Tom Cruise, Tim Robbins, Dakota Fanning, Morgan Freeman |
| Jun 24 | ||
| Bewitched |
2.5 |
Nicole Kidman, Will Ferrell, Michael Caine, Shirley MacLaine |
| Heights |
3 |
Glenn Close |
| Herbie: Fully Unloaded |
3 |
Lindsay Lohan, Michael Keaton, Matt Dillon |
| Into the West - TV Series |
4 |
American history presented better than most books |
| Land of the Dead |
3.5 |
George A. Romero, Simon Baker |
| Me and You and Everyone We Know |
3.5 |
Getting to the next level...from age 7 to 70 |
| Rize |
Various |
Street dancing as political protest |
| Shake Hands With the Devil |
3.5 |
Thoughts on holocaust in Rwanda |
| Jun 17 | ||
| Waterfront Film Festival Review |
Saugatuck, Mi |
Saugatuck, MI June 9-12 Summary of Events |
| Apres Vous |
Various |
Daniel Auteuil, José Garcia |
| Batman Begins |
3.5 |
Christopher Nolan, Katie Holmes, Christian Bale, Morgan Freeman |
| The Deal |
Various |
Christian Slater, Selma Blair |
| Fear and Trembling |
3.5 |
Corporate bureaucracy and cultural divides |
| The Holy Girl |
2.5 |
Argentinean sexual awakening of a young girl |
| King of the Corner |
2.5 |
Based on Bad Jews and Other Stories |
| My Summer of Love |
4 |
Director of "Last Resort" |
| The Perfect Man |
Various |
Hilary Duff, Heather Locklear, Chris North |
| Jun 10 | ||
| Waterfront Film Festival |
Saugatuck, Mi |
Saugatuck, MI June 9-12 Preview |
| Another Road Home |
3.5 |
May contain seeds to peace in Jerusalem |
| High Tension |