2006 Year End Awards   2006 won't go down as a particularly good year for sports entertainment. The return and subsequent dismemberment ...

CHILDREN OF MEN Children of Men , a tour de force by Alfonso Cuaron , paints a harrowing possible future of how the world would degenerate...

BABEL I might have been inclined to put Babel would have been one of the best pictures of the year if it didn't overstay its welcome. T...

ROCKY BALBOA If Rocky Balboa were real and actually owned an Italian restaurant, I'd hang out there all the time. I'd love it sit...

CURSE OF THE GOLDEN FLOWER Of Zhang Yimou 's last three pictures that received wide release in the United States, I think Curse of the ...

APOCALYPTO You Could Be Mayan   A few seasons ago when he guest starred on The Simpsons and Homer helped him edit his new movie, Mel Gi...

CASINO ROYALE Bond Begins Casino Royale is a weird, uneven curiosity. To borrow one of the sad double entendres from the last Pierce...