ON DVD/BLU-RAYThe PrestigeFor Memento director Christopher Nolan, The Prestige marks a decisive return to form. It’s a film about two magicians, once part of the same act, holding a mutual grudge. Each goes to extraordinary lengths trying to disrupt the other’s career in a story that is, itself, full of illusion and misdirection.
ON DVD/BLU-RAYMiami ViceThis hard-boiled cop movie inflates with a sense of romantic wonder and possibility.
ON DVD/BLU-RAYThe HostThe Host is a fairly delightful combination -- dysfunctional-family comedy set against a Gojira-style monster movie about mutant Mother Nature run amuck.
IN THEATERSA Scanner DarklyIn the near-future science fiction world of A Scanner Darkly, narc agents are polymorphous detectives, wearing “scramble suits” that cycle, both visually and aurally, through scores of identity fragments to avoid detection by face-recognition systems.
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Top Ten List (by IMDB date: first public screening)
- The Prestige (Christopher Nolan, 2006)
- Miami Vice (Michael Mann, 2006)
- United 93 (Paul Greengrass, 2006)
- Casino Royale (Martin Campbell, 2006)
- The Departed (Martin Scorsese, 2006)
- Day Night Day Night (Julia Loktev, 2006)
- A Scanner Darkly (Richard Linklater, 2006)
- The Host (Bong Joon-ho, 2006)
- Inside Man (Spike Lee, 2006)
- Manufactured Landscapes (Jennifer Baichwal, 2006)
2006 U.S. Releases by Grade
- The Prestige (Christopher Nolan, 2006) A
- Miami Vice (Michael Mann, 2006) A-
- Inside Man (Spike Lee, 2006) B+
- The Departed (Martin Scorsese, 2006) B+
- Casino Royale (Martin Campbell, 2006) B+
- Day Night Day Night (Julia Loktev, 2006) B+
- Perfume (Tom Tykwer, 2006) B+
- Tideland (Terry Gilliam, 2005) B+
- A Scanner Darkly (Richard Linklater, 2006) B+
- This Filthy World (Jeff Garlin, 2006) B
- Clean (Olivier Assayas, 2004) B-
- Battle in Heaven (Carlos Reygadas, 2005) B-
- Turistas (John Stockwell, 2006) C+
2006 U.S. Releases by Title
- Casino Royale (Martin Campbell, 2006) B+
- Perfume (Tom Tykwer, 2006) B+
- Tideland (Terry Gilliam, 2005) B+
- Battle in Heaven (Carlos Reygadas, 2005) B-
- Clean (Olivier Assayas, 2004) B-
- Day Night Day Night (Julia Loktev, 2006) B+
- The Departed (Martin Scorsese, 2006) B+
- Inside Man (Spike Lee, 2006) B+
- Miami Vice (Michael Mann, 2006) A-
- The Prestige (Christopher Nolan, 2006) A
- A Scanner Darkly (Richard Linklater, 2006) B+
- This Filthy World (Jeff Garlin, 2006) B
- Turistas (John Stockwell, 2006) C+
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