#144: Top 10 Films of 2006

Adam

1. The Last King of Scotland

2. The Departed

3. Pan's Labyrinth

4. United 93

5. Brick

6. Fast Food Nation

7. Letters From Iwo Jima

8. Children of Men

9. Volver

10. The Proposition

*11. L'Enfant

Sam

1. The Science of Sleep

2. Shortbus

3. Marie Antoinette

4. The Death of Mr. Lazarescu

5. Half Nelson

6. Brick

7. Bubble

8. Babel

9. Children of Men

10. Fast Food Nation

*11. Pan's Labyrinth

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Guest #1 Films

Matt Singer
L'Enfant

Rian Johnson
The Fountain, Tideland

M. Robert Turnage
Children of Men

Scott Smith, Chicagoist
Children of Men

Kevin Crossman
The Break-Up

Ryan Heller
Borat

Tassoula Kokkoris
Little Children

Alex Knesnik
Superman Returns, Half Nelson

Jeff Huston
The Fountain

Ira Glass
Marie Antoinette, The Queen

Matty Ballgame
Pan's Labyrinth

Scott Tobias
The Departed, Children of Men

Carrie Van Hallgren
The Heart of the Game

#142: Top 5 Performances of 2006

Adam

1. Maggie Gyllenhaal — SHERRYBABY

Forest Whitaker — LAST KING OF SCOTLAND

2. Helen Mirren — THE QUEEN

Leonardo DiCaprio — THE DEPARTED

3. Penelope Cruz — VOLVER

Ryan Gosling — HALF NELSON

4. Lee Young-Ae — LADY VENGEANCE

Daniel Craig — CASINO ROYALE

5. Gretchen Mol — NOTORIOUS BETTIE PAGE

Clive Owen — CHILDREN OF MEN

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Sam

1. Gretchen Mol — NOTORIOUS BETTIE PAGE

Gael Garcia Bernal — THE SCIENCE OF SLEEP

2. Meryl Streep — DEVIL WEARS PRADA

Ryan Gosling — HALF NELSON

3. Evan Rachel Wood — DOWN IN THE VALLEY

Forest Whitaker — LAST KING OF SCOTLAND

4. Jennifer Aniston — THE BREAK-UP

Ed Norton — DOWN IN THE VALLEY

5. Helen Mirren — THE QUEEN

Will Smith — PURSUIT OF HAPPYNESS

#141: Top 5 Supporting Performances of 2006

Adam

1. Maggie Gyllenhaal — WORLD TRADE CENTER / STRANGER THAN FICTION

Ray Winstone — THE PROPOSITION

2. Carmen Maura — VOLVER

James McAvoy — THE LAST KING OF SCOTLAND

3. Abigail Breslin — LITTLE MISS SUNSHINE

Ben Sliney — UNITED 93

4. Meryl Streep — PRAIRIE HOME COMPANION

Paul Giamatti — THE ILLUSIONIST

5. Rinko Kikuchi — BABEL

Jackie Earle Hailey — LITTLE CHILDREN

* Recorded before seeing Dreamgirls

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Sam

1. Adriana Barraza / Rinko Kikuchi — BABEL

Phillip Seymour Hoffman — M:I:3 

2. Shareeka Epps — HALF NELSON

John C. Reilly — TALLADEGA  NIGHTS

3. Charlotte Gainsbourgh — SCIENCE OF SLEEP

Paul Giamatti — THE ILLUSIONIST

4. Abigail Breslin — LITTLE MISS SUNSHINE

Oscar Isaac — NATIVITY STORY

5. Nora Zehetner — BRICK

Ben Sliney — UNITED 93

#140: DVDs of 2006

Adam

1. All the President’s Men/Network/Dog Day Afternoon

2. Seven Samurai (Criterion)

3. Wayne-Ford Collection

4. Superman Ultimate Collector’s Edition

5. Oldboy (3-Disc)

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Sam

1. Elevator to the Gallows

2. The Conformist

3. Brazil

4. Apocalypse Now: Complete Dossier

5. Talladega Nights/Clerks II

#139: Good Films From 'Bad' Directors

Adam

1. Boyz n’ The Hood

2. Tombstone

3. The Manchurian Candidate

4. Bull Durham

5. Tigerland

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Sam

1. Cinderella Man

2. Big Fish

3. Election

4. Blow Out

5. Get Shorty

#138: Ambitious Movies

Adam

1. Apocalypse Now

2. Reds

3. Breathless

4. Man With a Movie Camera

5. Lord of the Rings Trilogy

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Sam

1. Brokeback Mountain

2. Shortbus

3. Harold & Maude

4. The Umbrellas of Cherbourg

5. Magnolia

#137: Adrenaline Rushes

Adam

1. The Wild Bunch

2. The Bourne Identity

3. The French Connection

4. Full Metal Jacket/Saving Private Ryan

5. The Hunt for Red October

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Sam

1. Stagecoach

2. Unforgiven

3. Oldboy

4. The Matrix

5. Henry V

#135: Culture Clashes

Adam

1. Treasure of the Sierra Madre

2. Touch of Evil

3. In the Heat of the Night/My Cousin Vinny

4. The Dreamers

5. Stromboli

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6. Witness

7. The Passenger

8. Brother From Another Planet

9. The Last King of Scotland

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Sam

1. The New World

2. Purple Rose of Cairo

3. Fitzcarraldo

4. Dead Man

5. Babel/The Road to Guantanamo

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6. Marie Antoinette

7. The Limey

8. Cabaret

9. Starman

10. Babe: Pig in the City