Movies Watched in 2006

To remind myself what I caught - an incomplete listing:

In theatres:
Brokeback Mountain
Syriana
The New World
Pirates of the Caribbean 2: Dead Man's Chest
Superman Returns
The Lake House
How Much Do You Love Me?
Click
An Inconvenient Truth
The Break-Up
Scoop
The Prestige
Casino Royale
Charlotte's Web

On a plane:
Casanova
The Ice Harvest
My Super Ex-Girlfriend
John Tucker Must Die
You, Me, and Dupree
The Devil Wears Prada

On video:
Eros
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
The Aristocrats
The Squid and the Whale
Babe: Pig in the City

Comments

Anonymous said…
Sitting in the darkness,
what a world to see!
Let's go to the movies,
Annie, wait and see ...
1 January 2007 at 20:13
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