Quick Picks - Year 2006

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1408

PG-13 | 2007 | John Cusack, Samuel L, Jackson | Critics: 8-9-7-7-9-5

A man who specializes in debunking paranormal occurrences checks into the fabled room 1408 in the Dolphin Hotel.

Amazing Grace

PG | 2007 | Ioan Gruffudd, Benedict Cumberbatch | Critics: 9-5-8-6

True story of 18th-century British MP William Wilberforce, who tirelessly fought to end Britain's involvement in the slave trade.

Astronaut Farmer, The

PG | 2007 | Billy Bob Thornton, Virginia Madsen | Critics: 10-6

When a man is forced to leave his job at NASA to tend to the family farm, he decides to build his own spaceship.

Beyond the Gates

R | 2007 | Hugh Dancy, John Hurt | Critics: 7-6-7-8-5

In 1994, a Catholic priest and an idealistic English teacher become unwittingly embroiled in the Rwandan genocide. Thousands of Tutsis are about to be massacred, and the English teacher and the priest must decide if they should stay and help the ethnic minority or run for their lives. Based on a true story. A.k.a. Shooting Dogs and In Every Human Heart.

Bourne Ultimatum

PG-13 | 2007 | Matt Damon, David Strathairn | Critics: 7-9-6

Bourne races to discover the final mysteries of his past while a government agent tries to track him down after a shootout in Moscow.

Bridge to Terabithia

PG | 2007 | Josh Hutcherson, Anna-Sophia Robb | Critics: 9-7-8-6

Two school friends are on the outer at their school. But they discover a magical place, Terabithia, and invent a new world for themselves.

Dead Silence

R | 2007 | Ryan Kwaxten, Donnie Wahlberg | Critics: 5-3

Soon after receving an anonymous gift of a dummy, a young man finds himself suspected of murder and returns to his hometown to try to clear his name by uncovering the truth behind a local legend about a homicidal ventriloquist.

Freedom Writers

PG-13 | 2007 | Hilary Swank, April Hernandez | Critics: 6-7-8-5

A California high school teacher attempts to transform her troubled students' lives though the power of writing.

Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix

PG | 2007 | Daniel Radcliffe, Emma Watson | Critics: 9-8-7-5

Young Harry turns 15, and along with adolescence comes battling the Ministry of Magic.

Last Sin Eater, The

PG-13 | 2007 | Liana Liberato, Soren Fulton | Critics: 5- 4

Living in 1850's Appalachia, 10-year-old Cadi Forbes is wracked with guilt over the death of her sister. To allay her guilt, she asks for help from a man known as The Sin Eater, but in the process of finding redemption, Cadi uncovers secrets that could tear apart both her family and her community.

Meet the Robinsons

G | 2007 | voices of Daniel Hansen, Wesley Singerman | Critics: 7-6

An inventor gets into a time machine with a mysterious stranger, and before they know it they're in the future having a showdown with a guy in a bowler hat. 

Messengers, The

PG | 2007 | Kristen Stewart, Dylan McDermott | Critics: 6-4

After a seemingly perfect family moves to a sunflower farm in the middle of nowhere, murder and mayhem begin to screw with their lives.

Nancy Drew

PG | 2007 | Emma Roberts, Max Thieriot | Critics: 9-5

A teen detective happens upon clues to a murder mystery involving a movie star.

Once

R | 2007 | Glen Hansard, Markéta Irglová | Critics: 10-10-9-10-8

A heartbroken musician sparks a new romance with a young immigrant, as they write, rehearse, and record songs that follow their love story.

Pride

PG | 2007 | Terrence Howard, Bernie Mac | Critics: 6-5

Jim Ellis, a man driven to see social change in his community, starts a swim team made up of disadvantaged inner-city kids. 

Ultimate Gift, The

PG | 2007 | Drew Fuller, Ali Hillis | Critics: 5-4

A spoiled young man befriends a gravely ill child on his way to claim an inheritance from his late grandfather. 

Zodiac

R | 2007 | Jake Gyllenhaal, Mark Ruffalo | Critics: 9-10-9-8-6

This based-on-true-facts story follows the cops and journalists who became obsessed with catching the Zodiac Killer, who terrorized San Francisco in the 1970s.

16 Blocks

PG-13 | 2006 | Bruce Willis, Mos Def | Critics: 8-7-7-5

A tough New York policeman and a witness go sixteen blocks in the face of deadly obstacles.

Akeelah and the Bee

PG | 2006 | Keke Palmer, Laurence Fishburne | Critics: 8-7-6-7

A young girl's talent for spelling leads her all the way to a National Spelling Bee.

Amazing Grace

PG-13 | 2006 | Ioan Gruffud, Albert Finney | Critics: 9-5-8-6

True story of 18th-century British MP William Wilberforce, who tirelessly fought to end Britain's involvement in the slave trade.

Brick

R | 2006 | Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Nora Zehetner | Critics: 8-10-8-7

A teenager searches for a vanished girlfriend and enters a world of crime. In English (sort of) but definitely to be watched with the help of subtitles.

Cars

G | 2006 | Voices of Owen Wilson, Paul Newman | Critics: 8-6-9-9-6

A race car named Lightning McQueen lives for speed. When he gets into an accident in Radiator Springs, a town on Route 66, he learns there's more to life than racing.

Catch A Fire

PG-13 | 2006 | Derek Luke, Tim Robbins | Critics: 5-7-9-8-7

After being wrongly tortured and detained, a South African father leaves his family to battle apartheid in South Africa.

Charlotte’s Web

G | 2006 | Dakota Fanning, voice of Julia Roberts | Critics: 9-7-8-7

A farmer's daughter saves a baby pig from the axe, and the piglet winds up becoming friends with a spider named Charlotte.

Curious George

G | 2006 | Voices of Will Ferrell, Drew Barrymore | Critics: 8-7-9-2-5

Animated adaptation of the classic children's book by H.A. Rey.

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A tick on the bottom right corner indicates a superior work -- although this is obviously a matter of taste. To give another quality benchmark for films, we have surveyed some leading critics and recorded their views, on a scale of 1 (poor) to 10 (outstanding).

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