Crank (2006) ***

Running Wild (2006) ***

South Korean film about a policeman unjustly framed for corruption.

X-Men 3: The Last Stand (2006) ***

The Host (2006) ***

Art School Confidential (2006) ***

Prenez vos places (2006) ***

Excellent Canadian comedy about two former students trying to make a movie. A low-budget bilingual film (half of its hilarious dialogue is in French, and the other half in English) with a very sophisticated sense of humor.

Shortbus (2006) ***

Hostel (2006) ***

Since its executive producers include Quentin Tarantino and Boaz Yakin (the director of excellent and underrated ''Fresh''), it was certain that Eli Roth’s ''Hostel'' would not be a run-of-the-mill horror flick. This is some twisted filmmaking, unrelentingly grim, daring and exciting. The plot is simple: three horny guys on a European safari find themselves in a mysterious hostel in Slovakia, where they meet suspiciously eager-to-please East European beauties. And then, they began to disappear, one by one. The film has an interesting three-act dramatic structure. First, it’s an erotic film, mostly set in Amsterdam’s brothels, unisex saunas and bedrooms. After eroticism, we get a nasty horror film, full of unbelievable torture and gore. And finally, we find ourselves in an exciting and suspenseful action movie, full of great chases and tense escapes.

Men At Work (2006) ***

Satiric Iranian drama about futility and wasted efforts.

Delivery (2006) ***

The Prestige (2006) ***

A rivalry between two magicians turns deadly. Ingenious and memorable.

Goya's Ghosts (2006) ***

Conversations With Other Women (2006) ***

World Trade Center (2006) ***

Very different from Oliver Stone's other films - no stylistic fireworks like in ''JFK'' or ''Natural Born Killers'', no left-wing perspective like in ''Salvador'', ''Platoon'' or ''Born On The Fourth Of July''. The film is based on real life stories of two Port Authority cops, Will Jimeno (Michael Pena) and John McLoughlin (Nicolas Cage), who got trapped when the towers collapsed and were rescued after a few hours. And the man who rescued them was Marine Staff Sergeant David Karnes. Played by Michael Shannon in the film, David Karnes is the main reason to see the movie. While the stories of the buried cops, while touching and very moving, are ultimately quite predictable, the story of David Karnes is simply incredible. He wasn't even in New York when the planes hit the towers. But he nonetheless left his job in Connecticut, put on his Marine Corps uniform, drove his Porsche to Ground Zero, and began searching the rubble after sunset (while other rescue workers were ordered out of the site). "United States Marines," Karnes began shouting "If you can hear us, yell or tap!". Will Jimeno heard him.

The Wind That Shakes The Barley (2006) ***

United 93 (2006) ***

Snow Cake (2006) ***

Serenity (2006) ***

Scoop (2006) ***

Running With Scissors (2006) ***

Pan's Labyrinth (2006) ***

Over The Hedge (2006) ***

OSS 117: Le Caire nid d'espions (2006) ***

Monster House (2006) ***

John Tucker Must Die (2006) ***

Indigènes (2006) ***

The Illusionist (2006) ***

Ice Age 2: The Meltdown (2006) ***

Hoodwinked (2006) ***

Hard Candy (2006) ***

Happy Feet (2006) ***

Flags Of Our Fathers (2006) ***

Dreamgirls (2006) ***

The Devil Wears Prada (2006) ***

The Departed (2006) ***

Clerks II (2006) ***

Marie Antoinette (2006) ***

Barnyard (2006) ***

Arthur et les Minimoys (2006) ***

Ant Bully (2006) ***

Little Children (2006) ***

The Last King Of Scotland (2006) ***

Science Of Sleep (2006) ***

The Pet (2006) ***

Coeurs (2006) **

Un film choral realise par Alain Resnais.

Gradiva (2006) ***

Azur et Asmar (2006) ***

Le Pressentiment (2006) **

French film about a famous lawyer to leaves his profession and chooses to live in a working-class neighbourhood.

Ne le dis à personne (2006) ***

Lady Chatterley (2006) ***

Flandres (2006) ***

Quatre étoiles (2006) *

Je vais bien ne t'en fais pas (2006) *

Armenia (2006) ***

Prête-moi ta main (2006) *

Confusing French comedy starring Charlotte Gainsbourg and Alain Chabat as a young couple pretending to be engaged in order to teach a lesson to his family. Or something.

Shadow Of Silence (2006) *

The first feature film from Saudi Arabia. Unfortunately, it isn't very good - a heavy-handed allegory about comfort and oppression.

Jail A Woman's Hell (2006) ***

An Italian film shot in the Philippines.

Storm (2006) ***

Fearless (2006) *

One of Jet Li's weakest films.

Suspect (2006) ***

Carnal Utopia (2006) ***

Los Borgia (2006) ***

The Wedding Director (2006) ***

Notte prima degli esami (2006) ***

This is how Deborah Young has described this charming romantic comedy in Variety: ''A gently ironic high school laffer set in Italy in the '80s (...). When Luca (Nicolas Vaporidis) blasts his hated lit teacher (Giorgio Faletti) with a stream of insults, he doesn't know the prof will be sitting in on his oral exams. He tries to get back in favor with the prof while pining for the vixenish Claudia (Cristiana Capotondi), who he doesn't realize is the prof's daughter. A bright young cast gives the fast-moving screenplay sparkle''. What's missing from this very superficial review is a recognition that ''Notte prima degli esami'', directed by Fausto Brizzi, is far from being an ordinary Italian version of ''American Pie''. In fact, it's more like a sexy teen version of ''Sleepless in Seattle'', deconstructing all the conventions and the clichés of the genre. Like all romantic comedies, it has its ''meet cute'' moment at the beginning, when Claudia and Luca have to get out of their wet clothes, and upon seeing her naked, Luca immediately falls in love with her (and we can't really blame him). But from then on, the film piles on one narrative surprise upon another, and just when we think that we know where the story is going, we get the rug pulled from under our feet once again. The film was a huge hit in Italy and it deserves to be seen abroad.

I Don't Want To Sleep Alone (2006) ***

Auftauchen (2006) ***

En la cama (2006) ***

Una Rosa de Francia (2006) ***

Rough Winds (2006) ***

Syndromes And a Century (2006) **

A typical film from Apichatpong Weerasethakul, but less impressive that his earlier ones.

Mariposa negra (2006) *

A Peruvian schoolteacher conspires with a journalist to avenge her fiancé's murder.

Transit (2006) **

Russian film set on a Soviet military base in Siberia during World War II.

Exiled (2006) ***

Man Woman And The Wall (2006) ***

Punish Me (2006) ***

Pleasant Moments (2006) ***

No Mercy For The Rude (2006) ***

Masz na imie Justine (2006) ***