{"id":184,"date":"2009-02-23T08:29:05","date_gmt":"2009-02-23T16:29:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rayivey.com\/wordpress\/?page_id=184"},"modified":"2015-06-13T17:13:17","modified_gmt":"2015-06-14T00:13:17","slug":"rays-2006-movie-awards","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/www.rayivey.com\/wordpress\/movie-awards-archive-2\/rays-2006-movie-awards\/","title":{"rendered":""},"content":{"rendered":"<a class=\"synved-social-button synved-social-button-follow synved-social-size-48 synved-social-resolution-single synved-social-provider-facebook nolightbox\" data-provider=\"facebook\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" title=\"Follow us on Facebook\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/ray.ivey1\" style=\"font-size: 0px; width:48px;height:48px;margin:0;margin-bottom:5px;margin-right:5px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Facebook\" title=\"Follow us on Facebook\" class=\"synved-share-image synved-social-image synved-social-image-follow\" width=\"48\" height=\"48\" style=\"display: inline; 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width:48px;height:48px; margin: 0; padding: 0; border: none; box-shadow: none;\" src=\"http:\/\/www.rayivey.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/plugins\/social-media-feather\/synved-social\/image\/social\/regular\/96x96\/instagram.png\" \/><\/a><p> <strong><span style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: x-large;\">Ray&#8217;s 2006 Movie Awards<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p> <span style=\"color: #008080; font-family: Arial; font-size: large;\"><strong>Best Films of 2006<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p> <span style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman';\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: large;\">1.<\/span><\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <strong><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Children of Men<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p> <span style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman';\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: large;\">2.<\/span><\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <strong><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Letters From Iwo Jima<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p> <span style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman';\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: large;\">3.<\/span><\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <strong><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Little Children<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p> <span style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman';\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: large;\">4.<\/span><\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <strong><span style=\"font-size: large;\">United 93<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p> <span style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman';\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: large;\">5.<\/span><\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <strong><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Brick<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p> <span style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman';\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: large;\">6.<\/span><\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <strong><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Sweet Land<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p> <span style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman';\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: large;\">7.<\/span><\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <strong><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Akeelah and the Bee<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p> <span style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman';\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: large;\">8.<\/span><\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <strong><span style=\"font-size: large;\">The Good Shepherd<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p> <span style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman';\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: large;\">9.<\/span><\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <strong><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Little Miss Sunshine<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p> <span style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman';\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: large;\">10.<\/span><\/strong> <strong><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Flags of Our Fathers<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p> <em><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman';\"><strong>Honorable Mention<\/strong>: Dreamgirls,  Superman Returns,  V For Vendetta,  The Confederate States of America,  Last Holiday,  The Painted Veil,  The Queen,  The Devil Wears Prada,  Notes on a Scandal,  Thank You For Smoking,  Half Nelson,  Infamous,  Perfume,  Lassie,  The Good German,  The Illusionist,  The Prestige,  Monster House,  World Trade Center,  Kinky Boots,  Clerks II,  A Prairie Home Companion,  Accepted,  Borat<\/span><\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p> <span style=\"color: #008080; font-family: Arial; font-size: large;\"><strong>Best Actress<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p> <strong><span style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: large;\">Meryl Streep,  The Devil Wears Prada<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p> <strong><span style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: large;\">*Helen Mirren,  The Queen<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p> <strong><span style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: large;\">Kate Winslet,  Little Children<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p> <strong><span style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: large;\">Penelope Cruz,  Volver<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p> <strong><span style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: large;\">Judi Dench,  Notes on a Scandal<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p> <em><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman';\"><strong>Honorable Mention<\/strong>:\u00a0 Queen Latifah in Last Holiday,  Elizabeth Reaser in Sweet Land,  Gong Li in Curse of the Golden Flower,  Cate Blanchett in Notes on a Scandal<\/span><\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p> <span style=\"color: #008080; font-family: Arial; font-size: large;\"><strong>Best Actor<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p> <strong><span style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: large;\">Joseph Gordon-Levitt,  Brick<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p> <strong><span style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: large;\">*Ryan Gosling,  Half Nelson<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p> <strong><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman';\">Tim Guinee,  Sweet Land<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p> <strong><span style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: large;\">Clive Owen,  Children of Men<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p> <strong><span style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: large;\">Peter O\u2019Toole,  Venus<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p> <strong><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman';\">Forest Whitaker,  The Last King of Scotland<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p> <em><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman';\"><strong>Honorable Mention<\/strong>:\u00a0 Daniel Craig in Casino Royale,  Aaron Eckhart in Thank You For Smoking,  Will Smith in The Pursuit of Happyness<\/span><\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p> <span style=\"color: #008080; font-family: Arial; font-size: large;\"><strong>Best Supporting Actor<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p> <strong><span style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: large;\">Laurence Fishburne,  Akeelah and the Bee<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p> <strong><span style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: large;\">Eddie Murphy,  Dreamgirls<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p> <strong><span style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: large;\">Alan Arkin,  Little Miss Sunshine<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p> <strong><span style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: large;\">Jackie Earle Haley,  Little Children<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p> <strong><span style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: large;\">Adam Beach,  Flags of Our Fathers<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p> <strong><span style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: large;\">*Djimon Hounsou,  Blood Diamond<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p> <strong><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman';\">Ken Watanabe,  Letters From Iwo Jima<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p> <em><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman';\"><strong>Honorable Mention<\/strong>:\u00a0 Alex Rocco in Find Me Guilty,  Tsuyoshi Ihara in Letters From Iwo Jima,  Kazunari Ninomiya in Letters From Iwo Jima,  Michael Caine in Children of Men,  Tony Yalda in American Dreamz,  Michael Sheen in The Queen,  Daniel Craig in Infamous,  Steve Carrel in,  Over the Hedge and Little Miss Sunshine,  Stanley Tucci in The Devil Wears Prada<\/span><\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p> <span style=\"color: #008080; font-family: Arial; font-size: large;\"><strong>Best Supporting Actress<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p> <strong><span style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: large;\">Angela Bassett,  Akeelah and the Bee<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p> <strong><span style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: large;\">Shareeka Epps,  Half Nelson<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p> <strong><span style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: large;\">Jill Clayburgh,  Running With Scissors<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p> <strong><span style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: large;\">Carmen Maura,  Volver<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p> <strong><span style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: large;\">*Emily Blunt,  The Devil Wears Prada<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p> <em><span style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium;\">Honorable Mention: Jennifer Hudson in Dreamgirls,  Toni Collette in The Night Listener,  \u00a0Diane Lane in Hollywoodland,  Frances de la Tour in The History Boys<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p> <span style=\"color: #008080; font-family: Arial; font-size: large;\"><strong>Breakthrough Performance<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p> <span style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: large;\"><strong>Keke Palmer,  Akeelah and the Bee<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p> <span style=\"color: #008080; font-family: Arial; font-size: large;\"><strong>Best Original Screenplay<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p> <span style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: large;\"><strong>*Rian Johnson,  Brick<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p> <span style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: large;\"><strong>Doug Atchison,  Akeelah and the Bee<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p> <span style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: large;\"><strong>Michael Arndt,  Little Miss Sunshine<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p> <span style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: large;\"><strong>Pedro Almodovar,  Volver<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p> <span style=\"color: #008080; font-family: Arial; font-size: large;\"><strong>Best Adapted Screenplay<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p> <span style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: large;\"><strong>Jason Reitman,  Thank You For Smoking<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p> <span style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: large;\"><strong>Todd Field\/Tom Perrotta,  Little Children<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p> <span style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: large;\"><strong>Alan Bennett,  The History Boys<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p> <span style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: large;\"><strong>*Alfonso Cuaron,  Timothy J.  Sexton,  David Arata,  Mark Fergus,  Hawk Otsby,  Children of Men<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p> <span style=\"color: #008080; font-family: Arial; font-size: large;\"><strong>Best Director<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p> <span style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: large;\"><strong>Rian Johnson,  Brick<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p> <span style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: large;\"><strong>Paul Greengrass,  United 93<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p> <span style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: large;\"><strong>Todd Field,  Little Children<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p> <span style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: large;\"><strong>Pedro Almodovar,  Volver<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p> <span style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman';\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Clint Eastwood,  Letters From Iwo Jima<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p> <span style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: large;\"><strong>*Alfonso Cuaron,  Children of Men<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p> <span style=\"color: #008080; font-family: Arial; font-size: large;\"><strong>Best Foreign Language Film<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p> <span style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: large;\"><strong>*Volver (Spain)<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p> <span style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: large;\"><strong>Russian Dolls (France)<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p> <span style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: large;\"><strong>District B13 (France)<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p> <span style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: large;\"><strong>Pan\u2019s Labyrinth (Mexico)<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p> <span style=\"color: #008080; font-family: Arial; font-size: large;\"><strong>Best Visual Effects<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p> <span style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: large;\"><strong>V For Vendetta<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p> <span style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: large;\"><strong>Flags of Our Fathers<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p> <span style=\"color: #008080; font-family: Arial; font-size: large;\"><strong>Best Art Direction\/Production Design<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p> <span style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: large;\"><strong>The Illusionist<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p> <span style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: large;\"><strong>Perfume<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p> <span style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: large;\"><strong>Lassie<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p> <span style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: large;\"><strong>The Black Dahlia<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p> <span style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: large;\"><strong>*Perfume<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p> <span style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman';\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Flags of Our Fathers\/Letters From Iwo Jima<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p> <span style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: large;\"><strong>The Good German<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p> <span style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: large;\"><strong>Children of Men<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p> <span style=\"color: #008080; font-family: Arial; font-size: large;\"><strong>Best Score<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p> <span style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: large;\"><strong>John Powell,  United 93<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p> <span style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: large;\"><strong>*Thomas Newman,  The Good German<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p> <span style=\"color: #008080; font-family: Arial; font-size: large;\"><strong>Best Cinematography<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p> <span style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: large;\"><strong>Perfume<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p> <span style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: large;\"><strong>Lassie<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p> <span style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman';\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Tom Stern,  Flags of Our Fathers\/Letters From Iwo Jima<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p> <span style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: large;\"><strong>The Good German<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p> <span style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: large;\"><strong>*Children of Men<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p> <span style=\"color: #008080; font-family: Arial; font-size: large;\"><strong>Best Casting<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p> <span style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: large;\"><strong>United 93<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p> <span style=\"color: #008080; font-family: Arial; font-size: large;\"><strong>Best Animated Movie<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p> <span style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: large;\"><strong>Monster House<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p> <span style=\"color: #008080; font-family: Arial; font-size: large;\"><strong>Please Make Her a Major Star Already<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p> <span style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: large;\"><strong>Maggie Gyllenhaal<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p> <span style=\"color: #008080; font-family: Arial; font-size: large;\"><strong>Best January Movie EVER<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p> <strong><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman';\">Last Holiday<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p> <em><span style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium;\">January is the month when the movie dogs of the year are dumped into theaters.\u00a0 For some odd reason,  the producers of Wayne Wang\u2019s lovely Queen Latifah vehicle didn\u2019t have faith that they had a quality movie.\u00a0 How wrong they were!\u00a0 It\u2019s a delightful fairy tale about a woman who decides to live it up when she\u2019s told she\u2019s terminally ill.  <\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p> <span style=\"color: #008080; font-family: Arial; font-size: large;\"><strong>Least Annoying Oliver Stone Movie in Years<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p> <span style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman';\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: large;\">World Trade Center<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p> <span style=\"color: #008080; font-family: Arial; font-size: large;\"><strong>Ryan Reynolds Award for Best Results From the Gym<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p> <strong><span style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: large;\">James Franco<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p> <em><span style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium;\">The formerly skinny smolderer got seriously pumped up to play a smoldering boxer from the wrong side of the tracks in Annapolis.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p> <span style=\"color: #008080; font-family: Arial; font-size: large;\"><strong>Puppy Dogs,  Snow,  AND Paul Walker?\u00a0 What More Does Any Movie Need?<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p> <strong><span style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: large;\">Eight Below<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p> <em><span style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium;\">A surprisingly good Cute Dogs in Peril movie.\u00a0 And you have to give credit to the ever-buff-and-lovely Paul Walker for finding a way to get shirtless even though the movie takes place in Antarctica!<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p> <span style=\"color: #008080; font-family: Arial; font-size: large;\"><strong>Best Performance By a Former Classmate of Mine<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p> <span style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: large;\"><strong>*Bruce Greenwood in Eight Below<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p> <span style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: large;\"><strong>Bruce Greenwood in D\u00e9j\u00e0 vu<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p> <span style=\"color: #008080; font-family: Arial; font-size: large;\"><strong>Best Performances By Gorgeous 1940s Clothes<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p> <span style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: large;\"><strong>The beautiful rags adorning Starlet Johansson,  Aaron Eckhart and Josh Hartnett in the otherwise lousy The Black Dahlia<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p> <span style=\"color: #008080; font-family: Arial; font-size: large;\"><strong>Best Documentaries<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p> <strong><span style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: large;\">Unknown White Male<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p> <em><span style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium;\">Fascinating study of a 35 year old man who completely loses his memory.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p> <strong><span style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: large;\">Sir! No Sir!<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p> <em><span style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium;\">History of the veteran-led anti-Viet Nam war movement.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p> <strong><span style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: large;\">Wordplay<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p> <em><span style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium;\">The fascinating world of (no kidding!) competitive crossword puzzling.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p> <strong><span style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: large;\">*An Inconvenient Truth<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p> <em><span style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium;\">Al Gore displaying the leadership and brains we wish he had put on display in 1999.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p> <strong><span style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: large;\">This Film is Not Yet Rated<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p> <em><span style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium;\">The secret and shady world of the people who rate our movies.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p> <strong><span style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: large;\">The Bridge<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p> <em><span style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium;\">A study of the Golden Gate Bridge and those who jump off of it.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p> <strong><span style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: large;\">Deliver Us From Evil<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p> <em><span style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium;\">The story of how Roger Mahoney systematically protected pedophilic priests all over California for decades.\u00a0 Now he\u2019s Archbishop.\u00a0 Isn\u2019t that special?<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p> <strong><span style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: large;\">Shut Up and Sing<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p> <em><span style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium;\">The story of the Dixie Chick\u2019s fall from country music grace and their resurrection as a band who didn\u2019t need fundy rednecks to score big record sales.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p> <strong><span style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: large;\">Cocaine Cowboys<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p> <em><span style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium;\">The fascinating and horrifying story of the Miami drug trade from the 70s to the present.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p> <strong><span style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: large;\">Fuck<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p> <em><span style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium;\">No,  not a typo.\u00a0 It\u2019s a fun documentary about the F word.\u00a0 Really.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p> <span style=\"color: #008080; font-family: Arial; font-size: large;\"><strong>Best Performance By a Rapper as an Extremely Irritating Character<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p> <span style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: large;\"><strong>Mos Def in 16 Blocks<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p> <span style=\"color: #008080; font-family: Arial; font-size: large;\"><strong>Best PowerPoint Presentation<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p> <span style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: large;\"><strong>An Inconvenient Truth<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p> <span style=\"color: #008080; font-family: Arial; font-size: large;\"><strong>Further Proof that Chiwetel Ejiofor is the Most Exciting New Actor in Movies Today<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p> <span style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: large;\"><strong>His performances this year in Kinky Boots,  Inside Man,  and The Children of Men,  following on the heels of his performances last year in Four Brothers and Serenity<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p> <span style=\"color: #008080; font-family: Arial; font-size: large;\"><strong>Best Movie About Shoe Manufacturing<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p> <span style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: large;\"><strong>Kinky Boots<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p> <span style=\"color: #008080; font-family: Arial; font-size: large;\"><strong>Feel Good Movie of the Year!<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p> <span style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: large;\"><strong>Death of a President<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p> <span style=\"color: #008080; font-family: Arial; font-size: large;\"><strong>Best $200 Million Movie Based on an Amusement Park Ride.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p> <strong><span style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: large;\">Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man\u2019s Chest.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p> <em><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman';\">\u00a0.  .  .  .  I guess.\u00a0 As long as Disney PROMISED to never make a film based on \u201cIt\u2019s a Small World\u201d .  .  .  <\/span><\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p> <span style=\"color: #008080; font-family: Arial; font-size: large;\"><strong>Best Favor Done By An Actor For Another Actor<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p> <span style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman';\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: large;\">When Dan Futterman was offered the lead role in Sweet Land,  he wasn\u2019t able to do it.\u00a0 \u201cWhy not cast my friend Tim Guinee?\u201d he said.\u00a0 <\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p> <span style=\"color: #008080; font-family: Arial; font-size: large;\"><strong>I Love Stupid Time Travel Movies and You Can\u2019t Stop Me!!<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p> <span style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman';\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: large;\">The Lake House<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p> <span style=\"color: #008080; font-family: Arial; font-size: large;\"><strong>Best Non-Connery Bond Ever<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p> <span style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: large;\"><strong>Daniel Craig<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p> <span style=\"color: #008080; font-family: Arial; font-size: large;\"><strong>Best Sequel<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p> <span style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: large;\"><strong>Clerks II<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p> <span style=\"color: #008080; font-family: Arial; font-size: large;\"><strong>Unlikely Yet Welcome Casting<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p> <span style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: large;\"><strong>Meryl Streep and Lily Tomlin as singing sisters in A Prairie Home Companion<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p> <span style=\"color: #008080; font-family: Arial; font-size: large;\"><strong>Unlikely Yet Welcome Nerd Hero<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p> <span style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: large;\"><strong>Will Shortz,  the guru of crosswords in Wordplay<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p> <span style=\"color: #008080; font-family: Arial; font-size: large;\"><strong>Unlikely But Welcome Best Superhero Movie Ever<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p> <strong><span style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: large;\">Superman Returns<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p> <em><span style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium;\">Who expected THIS to be so good?\u00a0 Singer\u2019s genius was in emphasizing the Man of Steel\u2019s divinity,  NOT his humanity.\u00a0 This made for an allegorical tale that reached surprisingly deep emotional areas.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p> <span style=\"color: #008080; font-family: Arial; font-size: large;\"><strong>Best Western<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p> <span style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: large;\"><strong>The Proposition<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p> <span style=\"color: #008080; font-family: Arial; font-size: large;\"><strong>Funnest Casting<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p> <span style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: large;\"><strong>Former child star Lukas Haas as a teenage drug lord who operates out of his mom\u2019s basement in Brick.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p> <span style=\"color: #008080; font-family: Arial; font-size: large;\"><strong>Coolest New Addition to Action Films<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p> <span style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: large;\"><strong>The crazy French art of \u201cFreewalking\u201d (Le Parkour).\u00a0 This amazing acrobatic discipline livened up Casino Royale and was at the center of the exciting Precinct B13.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p> <span style=\"color: #008080; font-family: Arial; font-size: large;\"><strong>One of the Best Movie Titles Ever<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p> <span style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman';\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Borat: Cultural Learnings of America For Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p> <span style=\"color: #008080; font-family: Arial; font-size: large;\"><strong>Lingering Images<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p> <span style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: large;\"><strong>The enormous Guy Fawkes-mask-wearing crowd at the end of V For Vendetta.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p> <span style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: large;\"><strong>The Golden Gate Bridge gets uprooted in X-Men: The Last Stand.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p> <span style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: large;\"><strong>Sacha Baron Cohen and Andy Richter French kissing in Talledega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p> <span style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: large;\"><strong>Borat\u2019s nude wrestling<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p> <span style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman';\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: large;\">The endless Minnesota prairie in Sweet Land<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p> <span style=\"color: #008080; font-family: Arial; font-size: large;\"><strong>Great Scenes<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p> <span style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: large;\"><strong>Olive\u2019s jaw-droppingly offensive \u201ctalent\u201d number in the Little Miss Sunshine regional pageant.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p> <span style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: large;\"><strong>Borat tries to acquire an attack dog.\u00a0 Oops,  you can only see this deleted scene on YouTube.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p> <span style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: large;\"><strong>The one-take scene inside of the car during a harrowing life-and-death chase in Children of Men<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p> <span style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman';\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: large;\">A Japanese commander reminisces about life in the USA with a dying American soldier in Letters From Iwo Jima<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p> <span style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: large;\"><strong>Jackie Earle Haley goes swimming in Little Children<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p> <span style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman';\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Queen Elizabeth II (Helen Mirren) talks Tony Blair (Michael Sheen) through the ceremony appointing him Prime Minister of the U.K.<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p> <span style=\"color: #008080; font-family: Arial; font-size: large;\"><strong>Funniest Movies<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p> <span style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: large;\"><strong>Thank You For Smoking<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p> <span style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: large;\"><strong>Borat<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p> <span style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: large;\"><strong>Little Miss Sunshine<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p> <span style=\"color: #008080; font-family: Arial; font-size: large;\"><strong>Most Interesting Experimental Movie<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p> <span style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: large;\"><strong>John Cameron Mitchell\u2019s Shortbus.\u00a0 It\u2019s either a porno film with a real story and real acting,  or a real movie with actual sex.\u00a0 Rent it from Netflix when it goes to DVD and let me know what you think.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p> <span style=\"color: #008080; font-family: Arial; font-size: large;\"><strong>Better Than Everyone Said It Was<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p> <strong><span style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: large;\">Poseidon<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p> <em><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman';\">Seriously,  what was all the complaining about?\u00a0 This remake really got the job done.\u00a0 You have studly Josh Lucas and Kurt Russell trying to out-testosterone each other,  you have stuffy Andre Brauer getting his just desserts,  you have a fun,  fey performance by the great Richard Dreyfuss,  not to mention Fergie channeling Maureen McGovern!\u00a0 All this and super production values,  too.\u00a0 <\/span><\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p> <strong><span style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: large;\">The Da Vinci Code<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p> <em><span style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium;\">The movie,  like the book,  is fun intellectual trash.\u00a0 It\u2019s not supposed to be anything more than that.\u00a0 Just shut up and enjoy it!<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p> <span style=\"color: #008080; font-family: Arial; font-size: large;\"><strong>Okay,  It Was Really Good I Guess,  But It Just Didn\u2019t Really Do It For Me<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p> <span style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: large;\"><strong>The Departed<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p> <span style=\"color: #008080; font-family: Arial; font-size: large;\"><strong>Better Than It Should Have Been<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p> <span style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: large;\"><strong>Accepted<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p> <span style=\"color: #008080; font-family: Arial; font-size: large;\"><strong>Best Family Film that (Naturally) NOBODY Saw<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p> <strong><span style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: large;\">Lassie<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p> <em><span style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium;\">Seriously.\u00a0 This beautiful movie went back to the original book for its rich story.\u00a0 The poor mining town is as close to edgy as you\u2019re ever going to get in a Lassie movie.\u00a0 And the performances by John Lynch,  Samantha Morton,  Peter O\u2019Toole,  Peter Dinklage and Jonathan Mason were wonderful.\u00a0 Weird note:\u00a0 Both the last name of the young actor playing the lead and the dog\u2019s real name were \u201cMason.\u201d<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p> <span style=\"color: #008080; font-family: Arial; font-size: large;\"><strong>Best Remake<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p> <span style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: large;\"><strong>Lassie<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p> <span style=\"color: #008080; font-family: Arial; font-size: large;\"><strong>Most Enjoyable Bad Movie<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p> <span style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: large;\"><strong>Snakes on a Plane<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p> <span style=\"color: #008080; font-family: Arial; font-size: large;\"><strong>Weird Trend I\u2019m Not Too Uncomfortable With:\u00a0 Period Magician Movies<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p> <span style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: large;\"><strong>Both The Prestige and The Illusionist were pretty darned good!<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p> <span style=\"color: #008080; font-family: Arial; font-size: large;\"><strong>Please Let\u2019s See More of .  .  .  <\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p> <span style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: large;\"><strong>J.V.  Villareal of Akeelah and the Bee<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p> <span style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: large;\"><strong>Keke Palmer of Akeelah and the Bee<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p> <span style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: large;\"><strong>Scott Mechlowicz of The Peaceful Warrior<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p> <span style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: large;\"><strong>Emily Blunt of The Devil Wears Prada<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p> <span style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: large;\"><strong>Shareeka Epps of Half Nelson<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p> <span style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: large;\"><strong>Justin Long of Accepted<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p> <span style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: large;\"><strong>Joseph Cross of Running With Scissors and Flags of Our Fathers<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p> <span style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: large;\"><strong>Jamie Parker and Domonic Cooper of The History Boys<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p> <span style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: large;\"><strong>Tony Yalda of American Dreamz<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p> <span style=\"color: #008080; font-family: Arial; font-size: large;\"><strong>Viva La Senior Citizens!!<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p> <span style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: large;\"><strong>It was so wonderful to see the great Diana Rigg in The Painted Veil.\u00a0 Not to mention Dick Van Dyke and Mickey Rooney in Night at the Museum.\u00a0 There are many fantastic and accomplished actors of a certain age who we rarely see in films.\u00a0 This needs to change.\u00a0 The richness these professionals bring to their roles makes the movies more exciting,  interesting,  and layered.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p> <span style=\"color: #008080; font-family: Arial; font-size: large;\"><strong>Best Gay Movie (weak year)<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p> <span style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: large;\"><strong>Adam and Steve<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p> <span style=\"color: #008080; font-family: Arial; font-size: large;\"><strong>Jennifer Jason Leigh Award for the Actress We Most Desperately Wish Would Retire Immediately<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p> <strong><span style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: large;\">Starlet Johansson<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p> <em><span style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium;\">I am just damn tired of this pretty,  pouty,  empty chick stinking up several A pictures per year.\u00a0 Someone hurry up and give her a Lifetime Achievement Award so she can retire to Boca and leave us alone!<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p> <span style=\"color: #008080; font-family: Arial; font-size: large;\"><strong>What\u2019s With Julia Stiles?<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p> <span style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: large;\"><strong>She ALWAYS looks bored.\u00a0 She managed to look bored even as the mother of the spawn of Satan in The Omen remake.\u00a0 Julia,  maybe it\u2019s time you asked your doctor if Ambien is right for you.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p> <span style=\"color: #008080; font-family: Arial; font-size: large;\"><strong>Most Unpleasant Movie of the Year<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p> <span style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: large;\"><strong>Hard Candy<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p> <span style=\"color: #008080; font-family: Arial; font-size: large;\"><strong>Worst Pixar Movie EVER<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p> <strong><span style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: large;\">Cars<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p> <em><span style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium;\">What were they thinking?<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p> <span style=\"color: #008080; font-family: Arial; font-size: large;\"><strong>Worst Michael Mann Movie Ever<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p> <strong><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman';\">Miami Vice<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p> <em><span style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium;\">What was he thinking?<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p> <span style=\"color: #008080; font-family: Arial; font-size: large;\"><strong>[yawn]<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p> <span style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: large;\"><strong>Babel<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p> <span style=\"color: #008080; font-family: Arial; font-size: large;\"><strong>Worst Popular Movie Trend<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p> <span style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: large;\"><strong>Torture Porn.\u00a0 Examples:\u00a0 Hostel,  Saw III,  Turistas,  Hard Candy<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p> <span style=\"color: #008080; font-family: Arial; font-size: large;\"><strong>Most Reprehensible Smoking<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p> <span style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: large;\"><strong>Leonardo DiCaprio\u2019s distracting,  unnecessary,  nonstop,  boring smoking in Blood Diamond.\u00a0 Leo should take some responsibility and consider not making smoking such an \u201cimportant\u201d part of his screen character.\u00a0 Not only is it a very amateurish acting choice,  but it promotes smoking needlessly.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p> <span style=\"color: #008080; font-family: Arial; font-size: large;\"><strong>Worst Actress<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p> <span style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: large;\"><strong>Jodie Foster,  Inside Man<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p> <span style=\"color: #008080; font-family: Arial; font-size: large;\"><strong>Worst Actor<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p> <span style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: large;\"><strong>Jamie Fox,  Dreamgirls<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p> <span style=\"color: #008080; font-family: Arial; font-size: large;\"><strong>Worst Remake<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p> <span style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: large;\"><strong>The Wicker Man<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p> <span style=\"color: #008080; font-family: Arial; font-size: large;\"><strong>Stupidest Movie-Related Lawsuits<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p> <span style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman';\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: large;\">EVERYONE in Borat suing the film.\u00a0 Hello,  it\u2019s not Borat\u2019s fault you\u2019re anti-Semitic,  anti-women,  and anti-gay!\u00a0 <\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p> &nbsp;<\/p>\n<p> <span style=\"color: #008080; 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