2006 Movie Haiku Index

Here's my handy index to all the films (132 - count 'em!) that I saw on the big screen in 2006, alongside my star rating for each film. Click on the individual film title to read my movie haiku.

• 3 Friends (***)
• 13 (Tzameti) (****)
• 16 Blocks (***)
• Adrift (***)
  
• Ahimsa: Stop To Run (****)
• Alien Autopsy (***)
• American Dreamz (*)
  
• An American Haunting (**)
  
• Art Of The Devil 2 (****)
• Babel (****)
  
• Basic Instinct 2 (*)
• Behind The Mask: The Rise Of Leslie Vernon (****)
• Black Book (****)
• Black Christmas (***)
  
• The Black Dahlia (*)
• Borat: Cultural Learnings Of America For Make Benefit Glorious Nation Of Kazakhstan (****)
  
• The Break Up (***)
  
• Breakfast At Tiffany's (****)
• Breaking And Entering (****)
  
• Brick (****)
• Broken (***)
  
• The Buried Forest (*)
• Butterfly: A Grimm Love Story (**)
  
• Cars (****)
• Casino Royale (****)
  
• Children Of Men (*****)
• Clerks 2 (****)
  
• Confetti (***)
• Crank (****)
  
• The Da Vinci Code (**)
  
• Dangerous Flowers (***)
• The Dark (***)
• Dead Man's Cards (***)
  
• Dear Dakanda (****)
• Death Trance (**)
• Deja Vu (***)
  
• The Departed (*****)
• The Devil Wears Prada (***)
  
• DOA: Dead Or Alive (***)
  
• Dorm (***)
• The Fast And The Furious: Tokyo Drift (***)
• Fearless (***)
  
• Final Destination 3 (***)
• Firewall (*)
• Frostbite (****)
  
• Ghost Of Mae Nak (***)
  
• Ghost Of Valentine (**)
• Goalposts & Lipsticks (***)
• Gone (**)
  
• Good Night, And Good Luck (***)
• The Grudge 2 (***)
  
• H6: Diary Of A Serial Killer (**)
  
• Hard Candy (*****)
• Hatchet (***)
  
• Hidden (Cache) (***)
• The Hills Have Eyes (****)
• The Host (****)
  
• Hostel (****)
• Inside Man (****)
• Isolation (****)
  
• The Intruder (***)
  
• Invisible Waves (****)
• Jackass Number Two (****)
  
• Jarhead (****)
• Lady In The Water (****)
• The Last Kiss (****)
  
• Little Miss Sunshine (****)
  
• The Living And The Dead (***)
• London To Brighton (****)
  
• The Lost (****)
  
• Lucky Number Slevin (***)
• Marie Antoinette (**)
  
• The Marsh (**)
  
• The Matador (***)
  
• Match Point (****)
• Memoirs Of A Geisha (***)
• Miami Vice (**)
  
• Mission: Impossible III (****)
• Monster House (***)
  
• Munich (****)
• Murk (****)
• My Super Ex-Girlfriend (***)
• Nacho Libre (****)
  
• The Omen (***)
• Over The Hedge (***)
• Pan's Labyrinth (*****)
  
• Pirates Of The Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest (*****)
  
• Poseidon (***)
• The Prestige (****)
  
• Princess (***)
  
• Pulse (***)
  
• Puritan (**)
• The Raven (***)
  
• Reeker (***)
• Right At Your Door (****)
• Romanzo Criminale (**)
  
• Saw III (***)
  
• A Scanner Darkly (****)
  
• Scary Movie 4 (*)
• See No Evil (***)
• The Sentinel (**)
  
• Severance (****)
• Sheitan (*****)
• Shortbus (****)
  
• Silent Hill (***)
• Slither (****)
• Snakes On A Plane (****)
• Snoop Dogg's Hood Of Horror (*)
  
• Stolen Life (***)
• Stormbreaker (***)
  
• Superman Returns (**)
  
• Sympathy For Lady Vengeance (*****)
• Syriana (***)
• Talladega Nights: The Ballad Of Ricky Bobby (***)
• Tenacious D In The Pick Of Destiny (***)
  
• The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning (***)
  
• Thank You For Smoking (***)
• Them (***)
  
• Transamerica (****)
  
• Tsotsi (***)
• Ultraviolet (*)
  
• Underworld: Evolution (**)
• United 93 (****)
  
• V For Vendetta (****)
• Vampire Diary (**)
  
• Waiting... (***)
  
• When A Stranger Calls (**)
• The Wicker Man (*)
• World Trade Center (**)
  
• The World's Fastest Indian (****)
• X Men: The Last Stand (***)
  
• You Bet Your Life (**)

I actually saw a total of 140 films at the cinema this year, easily beating 2005's total of 116; the eight films that I saw twice were Art Of The Devil 2, Children Of Men, Ghost Of Mae Nak, The Host, Hostel, Pan's Labyrinth, Reeker and Severance.

Of the films listed, thirty of them were foreign language films, fifteen of them were sequels and ten of them were remakes. Only seven films attained the coveted five star rating, although in hindsight Hard Candy should probably have been awarded one less star. Looking back over the list I don't think I've been too harsh on any one film, but there are certainly others which have benefited from some overly generous ratings - notably An American Haunting, Cars, Invisible Waves, Mission: Impossible III and The Omen. I only walked out of one film this year and that was a retro screening of The Raven (and only because I wanted to socialise in the bar at the time) but I came very close to giving up with Marie Antoinette and Snoop Dogg's Hood Of Horror - and I also slept through most of Reeker on its first viewing due to excessive drinking!