Film Title	Critics	Readers	We	LAT	Ebert	Roeper	The Gist
Stranger Than Fiction				yes		up
Sweet Land				yes		up
2006 Academy Award Nominated Animated Shorts				yes
2006 Academy Award Nominated Live-Action Shorts				yes
3 Needles				yes
Antibodies				yes
Boy Culture				yes
Café Setareh				yes
Can Mr. Smith Get to Washington Anymore?				yes
Danielson: A Family Movie				yes
East of Havana				yes
Ever Again				yes
Forgiving Dr. Mengele				yes
Iraq in Fragments				yes
Jonestown: The Life and Death of Peoples Temple				yes
Phantom Love				yes
Pusher				yes
Race You to the Bottom				yes
Requiem				yes
Romántico				yes
Samoan Wedding				yes
Stolen				yes
Ten 'Til Noon				yes
The Cave of the Yellow Dog				yes
The Great Warming				yes
Yacoubian Building				yes
Behind the Mask				so-so
Death and Texas				so-so
Eklavya: The Royal Guard				so-so
Hollywood				so-so
Memory				so-so
Screen Door Jesus				so-so
Withdrawal From Gaza				so-so
Wrestling With Angels				so-so
Cautiva				no
Cocaine Cowboys				no
Conversations With God				no
Dating Games People Play				no
Eating Out 2				no
G.I. Jesus				no
Hannari: Geisha Modern				no
Idol				no
Inland Empire				no
Lies & Alibis				no
Living the Dream				no
Night of the Living Dead 3D				no
Primeval				no
Shottas				no
Snow Blind				no
The Boy Who Cried Bitch: The Adolescent Years' Take 2				no			.
The Empire in Africa				no
The Tiger and the Snow				no
What Love Is				no
Flags of our Fathers						up
Jesus Camp						up
Unknown						up
Tideland						no
Running With Scissors						down
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning						down
An Unreasonable Man	A	C	N/A	yes			Ralph Nader emerges as a dedicated, controversial and flawed figure
Journey From the Fall	A	B+	N/A	yes			Beautifully made and sincere to a fault
Avenue Montaigne	A	B	B+	yes			soothing and thoroughly enjoyable.
The Lookout	A	A	N/A	yes		up	a haunting and hypnotic film that transcends pulp by creating characters that get under your skin.
Zodiac	A	A-	A	so-so			vastly intricate and dazzling
The Abandoned	A	B	N/A				more than just your standard ghost story
Off the Black	A	B-	B-	yes			Anchored by a terrific performance from Nick Nolte
Pan's Labyrinth	A	A-	A	yes		up	richly imagined and exquisitely violent
Children of Men	A	B+	B	yes		up
Ghost Rider	A	B+	N/A	so-so			A faithful adaptation of a comic.
Sacco and Vanzetti	A	N/A	A-	yes			packed with information.
Offside	A	B	A	yes			wonderfully funny, outspoken shaggy-dog story
The Namesake	A	B+	A-	yes			a generational family saga everyone can relate to
Air Guitar Nation	A	B	B	yes			often hilarious documentary
Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan	A	A-	A	yes		up	appalling, tasteless, grotesque, politically incorrect
Days of Glory	A	B	B	yes			strong visuals and even stronger emotions
Casino Royale	A	A-	A-	yes		up	the hippest, highest-octane Bond film
The Host	A	B+	A	yes			wildly entertaining saga should become the hip, thinking-person's monster movie of choice.
The Aura	A	B-	N/A	yes			engrossing
The Queen	A	B	A				Dryly funny and unexpectedly poignant
After the Wedding	A	A	B	yes			manages to be both emotional and engaging.
Our Daily Bread	A	B	A	yes			beautifully shot and elegantly edited
The Last King of Scotland	A	B+	B+			up	intense, sometimes hallucinatory
Fast Track	A	C+	N/A				off-the-wall, go-for-broke zaniness
Starter For 10	A	C-	N/A	no			garnishes fairly standard college-set plot with wit, warmth and unexpected turns.
Umrao Jaan	A	C+	N/A				lengthy but satisfying
Into Great Silence	A	A	A				startlingly beautiful
Verdict on Auschwitz: The Frankfurt Auschwitz Trial 1963-1965	A	B	A	yes			rivetingly essential documentary
Letters From Iwo Jima	A	B+	A	yes		up	quality from first frame to last
Happy Feet	A	B+	B	yes		up	a wonderful jokiness
Flushed Away	A	B+	B+	yes		down	full of bone-dry wit
Volver	A	A	A	yes		up	Cruz has never looked lovelier or acted better
The Astronaut Farmer	A-	B-	B-	yes		up	works precisely because it's bereft of modern cinema's cynicism
The Prisoner Or: How I Planned to Kill Tony Blair	A-	C	N/A	so-so			Imagine a Franz Kafka story with illustrations by Frank Miller
Bamako	A-	B-	N/A				A strong candidate for African film of the year
Breach	A-	A	B	yes		up	spy movies are suddenly getting better and better.
Little Children	A-	B	C				unsettling and effective
The Secret Life of Words	A-	C	B	yes			a compellingly claustrophobic
Déjà Vu	A-	B+	B-	so-so		down	taut, tasty
Apocalypto	A-	B+	A	so-so		up	a first-rate epic
For Your Consideration	A-	B+	D	so-so			face-hurting funny
Notes on a Scandal	A-	B	A-	so-so		up	'Fatal Attraction' for the art-house crowd
The Page Turner	A-	C+	B+	yes			a tight little emotional thriller
Dreamgirls	A-	B	A-	yes		up	knockout movie version of the
Venus	A-	C+	B+	yes		up	Genuinely funny, randy and moving
The Lives of Others	A-	B+	B-	yes		up	grips like a boa constrictor.
The Holiday	B+	B	C-	so-so		down	A romantic comedy with real sense of how romance feels
Freedom Writers	B+	B+	B+	so-so			a superb piece of mainstream entertainment
Shooter	B+	A-	B+	yes			makes the grade as hard-ass action escapism.
Shut Up and Sing	B+	C+	A			up	More ballsy than profound
Babel	B+	B	B-	yes		up	Tense, relentless
The Painted Veil	B+	B	B+	so-so		up	a period piece propelled by emotions accessible to a modern audience.
Fast Food Nation	B+	B-	C+	yes		down	a tasty ground-up heaping of outrage and irony
The Piano Tuner of Earthquakes	B+	C+	A-	yes			visually exquisite, rigorously intellectual
F*ck	B+	C+	C+	yes			Profound and joyously silly
Blades of Glory	B+	A-	B+	so-so		up	it's full of laughs both subtle and ridiculous.
Reign Over Me	B+	A-	B+	so-so			It's better than you'd expect but not as good as you'd like it to be.
The Wind That Shakes the Barley	B+	A-	A	yes		up	possesses the soul of an anti-war movie and the style of a thriller
God Grew Tired of Us	B+	B-	B+	yes			a borderline lazy but nonetheless compelling documentary
Come Early Morning	B+	B	N/A			up	not half bad.
Catch a Fire	B+	B	B	yes		up	downright old-fashioned
Harsh Times	B	D+	C-				almost a good, salty urban thriller.
Beyond the Gates	B	B-	B+				respectable and well-intentioned
The Dead Girl	B	B-	C+	so-so		up	delivers considerable emotional impact.
Music and Lyrics	B	B	C-			up	an agreeably loopy romantic comedy that bounces along effortlessly
Opal Dream	B	C	N/A	yes			cutesy
Bridge to Terabithia	B	A	A	yes		up	an unpretentious and touching tale of preteen companionship and loss.
The Bridge	B	C+	N/A	yes			ghoulish
Tenacious D in: The Pick of Destiny	B	B	B	so-so		down	big on spirit
First Snow	B	B-	C-				a first-rate psychological thriller.
Climates	B	C-	N/A				Immaculately shot and composed
The Good Shepherd	B	B-	C-	yes		up	slow, sincere and fitfully bamboozling
Alone With Her	B	B-	N/A	yes		down	as interesting to think about as to actually watch.
The History Boys	B	B+	B+	yes		down	ferociously engaging
Wild Tigers I Have Known	B	D	N/A	no			stylish flourishes hold things together in the absence of strong plotting.
Backstage	B	C	B+				Often played at full tilt
The Last Mimzy	B	B	B	no			a pleasantly dorky adaptation of Lewis Padgett's 1943 sci-fi story
The Italian	B	B-	N/A	yes			a picture half sweet, half bitter.
Rocky Balboa	B	A-	D	no		up	surprisingly satisfying
Close to Home	B	N/A	B				mixes humor, tragedy, tenderness and political acumen into a well-observed coming-of-age format
Color Me Kubrick	B	C	B	so-so			a sly, enormously entertaining romp
The Nativity Story	B	B+	C-	no		up	conventional and unspontaneous
Amazing Grace	B	A-	C+	yes			Morally irreproachable and flat as a pancake
Puccini for Beginners	B	C	D+	yes			never really soars but has enough breezy humor
Who the $#%& Is Jackson Pollock?	B	D+	N/A				marginally interesting
Screamers	B	B	B-	so-so			as shattering as it is powerful.
The Good German	B-	C+	C+	no			well executed.
Grbavica: The Land of My Dreams	B-	N/A	B+	yes			delicately intertwines the overwhelming hurt of the past with the quotidian details of her characters' lives.
A Good Year	B-	C+	D+	no			downright clumsy.
Charlotte's Web	B-	B	A	no		up	does not screw up one of the seminal works of American children's literature.
Seraphim Falls	B-	A-	N/A	so-so		up	has decent pep in its step
Dead Silence	B-	B+	B	no			a good old-fashioned ghost story.
Pride	B-	B	C-	no			doesn't have much surprise, but it's a formula picture of genuine feeling
The Pursuit of Happyness	B-	A-	C+	so-so		up	shrewdly
Bobby	B-	B-	D	no		up	emotional pornography
The Fountain	B-	B-	A	no		down	hippy trippy
Fur: An Imaginary Portrait of Diane Arbus	B-	C	B-	so-so			defiantly outre
Nomad (The Warrior)	B-	C+	N/A				somewhat generic in flavor
The Architect	B-	C+	N/A	no			dramatically dull
Fired!	B-	B-	N/A				Modestly amusing in fits and starts
Tears of the Black Tiger	B-	A	B+	yes			a jaw-dropper: a delirium-inducing crash course in international trash.
Glastonbury	B-	B+	C	yes			sloppy almost to the point of self-parody
Alpha Dog	B-	B-	C +	no		up	standard-issue tabloid fare pimped out as a serious true-crime saga.
Meet the Robinsons	B-	A-	A	so-so		up	a frenetic, sometimes too-dizzying experience
Blood Diamond	B-	B+	C+	so-so		up	as liberal hand-wringing goes, it's a winner.
Maxed Out: Hard Times, Easy Credit and the Era of Predatory Lenders	B-	C	A-	yes			Intelligent, informative and unusually entertaining
Smokin' Aces	C+	B+	B-	no			a cheerfully disposable gangland freak-show thrill
Black Snake Moan	C+	B	B+	no		up	humorous and raunchy as a good blues refrain
300	C+	A-	B+	so-so			dazzles as spectacle, but as history it's dodgy.
We Are Marshall	C+	A-	B	so-so		up	based on a true story that's far more powerful and compelling than the film itself.
Stomp the Yard	C	B+	C-	so-so			too busy entertaining to worry about being original.
Perfume: The Story of a Murderer	C	B	C-	no		down	loads of visual panache but only intermittent magic
Unaccompanied Minors	C	B	B-			down	a hyper sugar rush of a Yuletide-themed frolic
Breaking and Entering	C	B	C+			up	often rewarding though occasionally pretentious
Miss Potter	C	C+	C+	no		up	a missed opportunity!
Candy	C	C+	N/A	so-so		up	wildly romanticized
Death of a President	C	C-	C+	so-so		down	unconvincing
The Situation	C	C	C	no		up	not easy to watch, and at times even harder to follow
Valley of the Wolves: Iraq	C	C-	N/A				mildly enjoyable
Funny Money	C	N/A	N/A	so-so			Gerald Ford dies and Chevy Chase's career comes back to life. Coincidence?
Reno 911!: Miami	C	B+	B-	no			Tons of funny, raunchy gags make this transition from small to big screen worthwhile
In the Pit	C	B-	A				latest in an extraordinary wave of Mexican nonfiction cinema.
Snoop Dogg's Hood of Horror	C	C	N/A				gleefully disgusting.
Saw III	C	B+	B	no			even more extravagant and gory
Constellation	C	C	N/A	no			Old concept is mildly updated
Daddy's Little Girls	C	A-	B-	no			Even at its most preposterous, it has the power to make an audience cheer.
My Brother	C-	B+	N/A	no			torpid, independently made urban melodrama
Curse of the Golden Flower	C-	B+	B+	yes		up	makes little sense in narrative terms
Two Weeks	C-	C	N/A	no			an uneasy dramedy
I Think I Love My Wife	C-	B	B	no			the results fall short of the grown-up comedy about seven-year itches it could've been
Turistas	C-	B-	C-	no		down	awful, offal-ridden
Catch and Release	C-	B-	D-	so-so		up	a romance that wants to respect the mess of love and loss but winds up smoothing all its rough edges
Flannel Pajamas	C-	D+	D	no			a nonstop talkfest
Copying Beethoven	C-	B-	N/A				hooey
Night at the Museum	C-	B+	C-	no		down	at least it entertains
The Ultimate Gift	C-	A-	C-	yes			be prepared to be hit over the head by the message
The Hawk Is Dying	C-	N/A	N/A				the film is not only hard to understand, it isn't much fun trying to figure it out.
The Last Sin Eater	D+	C+	N/A				flat and lifeless
The Santa Clause 3: The Escape Clause	D+	C+	B-				as appetizing as yellow snow.
Code Name: The Cleaner	D+	B-	C	so-so			lame and inane.
The Hills Have Eyes 2	D+	B-	D				overly used stereotypes, bad military lingo, and an unrealistically attractive cast.
Deck the Halls	D+	B-	C	yes		down	nothing short of tragic
TMNT	D+	B+	B-	no			missing the goofy excitement of the old 'TMNT.'
Premonition	D	B	B	no		down	effective until a downright maudlin close
Norbit	D	B	D	no		down	an astonishingly crass and vulgar film
Romeo & Juliet: Sealed With a Kiss	D	D	F	no			one odd concoction
Happily N'Ever After	D	B-	D-	no			as dull as it is ill-natured
Live Free or Die	D	B+	N/A				opens and closes zippily, but in between frequently stalls out
The Hitcher	D	B	B	no			retread of a 1986 terror trip
Gray Matters	D	B	N/A	no			there's a forced quality to the proceedings that makes the comic premise seem more artificial than it needs to be.
The Number 23	D	B	D	no		up	grips hold of one stupid idea and runs so far with it
The Flying Scotsman	D	B-	N/A	yes			a sincere but shallow drama
Eragon	D	B-	C	no			dull retelling of 'Star Wars.'
Wild Hogs	D	B	F	no			Uninspired script and broad slapstick yuks
Arthur and the Invisibles	D	C+	D+	no		down	a fair-to-middling children's film
Home of the Brave	D	B-	D	no		up	the significant subject matter cries out for a defter directorial touch
Full of It	D	C-	N/A	no			doesn't offer anything new, and the moral is obvious to anyone past drinking age.
Hannibal Rising	D	B	D			down	an uninspired and altogether unnecessary biography of a madman.
Black Christmas	D-	B-	C-	no			a streak of black comedy and more than a few grisly death scenes
10 Items or Less	F	C-	C	so-so		up	ponderously self-serving
Blood and Chocolate	F	B-	N/A	no			It never frightens.
Broken Sky	F	D+	D	yes			audacious erotic minimalism.
Van Wilder: The Rise of Taj	F	B-	F	no			charmless and uninspired
The Messengers	F	B	N/A	no			another exercise in overly used Hollywood ghost effects.
Because I Said So	F	B-	C	no		down	slapdash, charmless
Black Gold	F	C	B	yes			handsome and astute
Tortilla Heaven	F	C	N/A	no			clumsy family comedy.
Epic Movie	F	B-	N/A	no			The parodies may be bite-size but they bear no teeth marks.
Factory Girl	F	C+	D	no		up	moribund
Caffeine	F	D+	N/A	no			serves up a menu's worth of forced and trite situations.
Absolute Wilson	F	D+	A	yes			an astonishing portrait of an artist at the height of his creativity.
The Return	F	C+	N/A	no			with zero scares
Let's Go to Prison	F	B-	C-	no			a decidedly dim-bulb farce