2006 in Review

Another year has gone bye and that means that once again it is time to look back at the greatness and the horribleness of the films presented last year. As usual, do to time and money constraints, I was unable to see all films that were released in 2006. My apologies to all those whose films I was unable to see and hopefully I will see them sometime in the future and review them.

The Top Ten

1. The Departed 2. Akeelah and The Bee 3. United 93 4. Game 6 5. Flags of Our Fathers 6. The Matador 7. An Inconvienent Truth 8. Cars 9. Blood Diamond 10. Thank You For Smoking

Honorable Mention

The Three Burials of Melquiadis Estrada, Casiono Royale, The Illusionist, Little Miss Sunshine, Stranger then Fiction, Hollywoodland, Scoop, Hard Candy, X-Men: The Last Stand, Babel, and Harsh Times.

I Also Valued

V For Vendetta, Pirates of The Carribean: Dead Man's Chest, Rocky Balboa, Find Me Guilty, Clerks 2, Glory Road, Mission Impossible 3, The Sentinel, Marie Antoinette, Miami Vice, Firewall, Superman Returns, Totally Awesome, The Da Vinci Code, Accepted, The Pursuit of Happyness, Dave Chappelle's Block Party, 16 Blocks, Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby, The Lake House, Invincible, and Aquamarine.

The 2006 Westside Film Critic Awards Note: As usual, no actual award is given to the winners.

Best Picture: The Departed Best Director: Martin Scorsese Best Actor: Will Smith - The Pursuit of Happyness Best Actress: Toni Collette - Little Miss Sunshine Best Supporting Actor: Jack Nicholson - The Departed Best Supporting Actress: Adrianna Barraza - Babel Best Documentary: An Inconvienent Truth Best Foreign Film: N/A Best Animated Film: Cars Best Screenplay: The Departed Best Adapted Screenplay: The Da Vinci Code Best Cinematography: Flags of Our Fathers Best Villain: Jack Nicholson - The Departed Best Tits Exposed on Film: Beau Garrett - Turistas Worst Film: See No Evil Worst Actor: Paul Walker - Running Scared Worst Actress: Kate Beahan - The Wicker Man Worst Villain: Glen Jacobs - See No Evil Film I Probably Overrated - None Worst Ending to a Film - The Wicker Man Best Ending to a Film - Akeelah and The Bee Best Film No One Saw - Totally Awesome - This is a made for TV movie that appeared on VH1 and can now be on DVD. Funny comedy set back in the 80's that primarily makes fun of all movies made back in the 80's. If you enjoyed movies in the 80's, you will get a laugh out of this film. Film I Probably Underated - The Good Shepard Film I Am Most Embarrased I Didn't See: Snakes on A Plane - Ask me and I will tell you why.. Film I Am Most Embarrased I Did See: Pulse - I actually spent $8 on it. Best Sequel: Casino Royale Worst Sequel: Fast and The Furious - Tokyo Drift Lazy Film Critic Award: JKORK - This was a tough one. Laserick and Laserob both presented great resumes for this reward. Laserob has been "Working on Changes" for at least 8 months now. Laserick hasn't updated since May. However, when it came down to it, anyone who updates tries to redo their entire page and somehow deletes the entire page, then says, "Screw this!", and saves a blank white page for all to see automatically gives themselve this award. Congrats to JKORK for winning this award for the 6th year in a row. Best Television Comedy: The Office & South Park Best Television Drama: Lost Best Sports Moment: Twins win the Central Division Worst Sports Moment: Twins get swept in the first round of the playoffs. Best New Technology Released During The Year: HD DVD Player

The Bottom 10 (Beginning with the worst film of the year.)

1. See No Evil - Was so bad I couldn't even look at the screen. 2. Stay Alive - A dead villain that makes a video game with good graphics that kills people after they die in the game. Enough said. 3. Pulse - I still have no idea what happened in this movie. 4. Running Scared - The biggest downer of the year. 5. Waist Deep - Predictable and lame. 6. The Wicker Man - Worst ending to a film in the history of films. 7. Turistas - Nice tits! Stupid characters! 8. All The Kings Men - Lot's of talk. Nothing else. 9. Posiedon - No character development. 10. Fast and The Furious - The bad mob guy has a solution to the problem. Lets have a race!