By David Poland poland@moviecitynews.com

2006 Movies Eligible for an Oscar

Eligible For Oscar
  • ABOMINABLE
  • ACCEPTED
  • AKEELAH AND THE BEE
  • ALEX RIDER: OPERATION STORMBREAKER
  • ALL THE KING’S MEN
  • AMERICAN DREAMZ
  • AMERICAN HARDCORE
  • ANNAPOLIS
  • THE ANT BULLY
  • APOCALYPTO
  • APRIL’S SHOWER
  • AQUAMARINE
  • ART SCHOOL CONFIDENTIAL
  • ARTHUR AND THE INVISIBLES
  • ASK THE DUST
  • ATL
  • AURORA BOREALIS
  • BABEL
  • BACKSTAGE
  • BARNYARD
  • BASIC INSTINCT 2
  • THE BEAUTY ACADEMY OF KABUL
  • BEERFEST
  • THE BENCHWARMERS
  • BEYOND HONOR
  • BIG MOMMA’S HOUSE 2
  • BLACK CHRISTMAS
  • THE BLACK DAHLIA
  • BLOOD DIAMOND
  • THE BLOSSOMING OF MAXIMO OLIVEROS
  • BOBBY
  • BORAT CULTURAL LEARNINGS OF AMERICA FOR MAKE BENEFIT GLORIOUS NATION OF KAZAKHSTAN
  • BREAKING AND ENTERING
  • THE BREAK-UP
  • BRICK
  • BROKEN BRIDGES
  • BROKEN SKY
  • BROTHERS OF THE HEAD
  • BUDDHA WILD: MONK IN A HUT
  • CSA: THE CONFEDERATE STATES OF AMERICA
  • CARS
  • CASINO ROYALE
  • CATCH A FIRE
  • CHARLOTTE ‘S WEB
  • CHILDREN OF MEN
  • CLERKS II
  • CLICK
  • COME EARLY MORNING
  • CONFETTI
  • CONVERSATIONS WITH OTHER WOMEN
  • COPYING BEETHOVEN
  • THE COVENANT
  • CRANK
  • CROSSOVER
  • CURIOUS GEORGE
  • CURSE OF THE GOLDEN FLOWER
  • THE DA VINCI CODE
  • DATE MOVIE
  • DAVE CHAPPELLE’S BLOCK PARTY
  • DAYS OF GLORY
  • THE DEAD GIRL
  • DECK THE HALLS
  • DEJA VU
  • DELIVER US FROM EVIL
  • THE DEPARTED
  • THE DESCENT
  • THE DEVIL WEARS PRADA
  • DOG LOVER’S SYMPHONY
  • DON’T COME KNOCKING
  • DOOGAL
  • DOWN IN THE VALLEY
  • DREAMGIRLS
  • DRIVING LESSONS
  • DUCK SEASON
  • EIGHT BELOW
  • EL CORTEZ
  • EMPLOYEE OF THE MONTH
  • ERAGON
  • EVERYONE’S HERO
  • FACTORY GIRL
  • FACTOTUM
  • FAILURE TO LAUNCH
  • THE FAST AND THE FURIOUS: TOKYO DRIFT
  • FAST FOOD NATION
  • FAST TRACK
  • FINAL DESTINATION 3
  • FIND ME GUILTY
  • FIREWALL
  • FLAGS OF OUR FATHERS
  • FLANNEL PAJAMAS
  • FLICKA
  • FLUSHED AWAY
  • FLYBOYS
  • FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION
  • THE FOUNTAIN
  • FREEDOMLAND
  • FRIENDS WITH MONEY
  • FUR: AN IMAGINARY PORTRAIT OF DIANE ARBUS
  • GARFIELD A TAIL OF TWO KITTIES
  • GLORY ROAD
  • GOAL!  THE DREAM BEGINS
  • GOD GREW TIRED OF US
  • THE GOOD GERMAN
  • THE GOOD SHEPHERD
  • A GOOD WOMAN
  • A GOOD YEAR
  • GRANDMA’S BOY
  • GRIDIRON GANG
  • THE GROUND TRUTH
  • THE GRUDGE 2
  • THE GUARDIAN
  • A GUIDE TO RECOGNIZING YOUR SAINTS
  • HALF NELSON
  • HAPPY FEET
  • HARD CANDY
  • HARSH TIMES
  • HEADING SOUTH
  • THE HEART OF THE GAME
  • THE HILLS HAVE EYES
  • THE HISTORY BOYS
  • THE HOLIDAY
  • HOLLYWOOD FAMILIA
  • HOLLYWOODLAND
  • HOME OF THE BRAVE
  • HOOT
  • HOSTEL
  • THE HOUSE OF SAND
  • HOW TO EAT FRIED WORMS
  • ICE AGE THE MELTDOWN
  • IDIOCRACY
  • IDLEWILD
  • THE ILLUSIONIST
  • IMAGINE ME & YOU
  • AN INCONVENIENT TRUTH
  • INFAMOUS
  • INLAND EMPIRE
  • INSIDE MAN
  • INVINCIBLE
  • IRAQ IN FRAGMENTS
  • JACKASS: NUMBER TWO
  • JET LI’S FEARLESS
  • JOHN TUCKER MUST DIE
  • JUST MY LUCK
  • KEEPING UP WITH THE STEINS
  • THE KING
  • KINKY BOOTS
  • LA MUJER DE MI HERMANO
  • LADY IN THE WATER
  • LAGE RAHO MUNNA BHAI
  • THE LAKE HOUSE
  • LARRY THE CABLE GUY: HEALTH INSPECTOR
  • LAST HOLIDAY
  • THE LAST KING OF SCOTLAND
  • THE LAST KISS
  • LEMMING
  • L’ENFANT (THE CHILD)
  • LEONARD COHEN I’M YOUR MAN
  • LET’S GO TO PRISON
  • LETTERS FROM IWO JIMA
  • IES & ALIBIS
  • THE LISTENING
  • LITTLE CHILDREN
  • LITTLE MAN
  • LITTLE MISS SUNSHINE
  • THE LIVES OF OTHERS
  • OOK BOTH WAYS
  • LOOKING FOR COMEDY IN THE MUSLIM WORLD
  • THE LOST CITY
  • LUCKY NUMBER SLEVIN
  • ADEA’S FAMILY REUNION
  • MAN OF THE YEAR
  • MAN PUSH CART
  • MAPLE PALM
  • MARIE ANTOINETTE
  • THE MARINE
  • MARRIAGE, IRANIAN STYLE
  • MATERIAL GIRLS
  • MEMORIES OF TOMORROW
  • MEMORYMAN
  • MIAMI VICE
  • MIRIAM
  • MISS POTTER
  • MISSION : IMPOSSIBLE III
  • MONSTER HOUSE
  • THE MOSTLY UNFABULOUS SOCIAL LIFE OF ETHAN GREEN
  • MUSIC IS MY LIFE, POLITICS MY MISTRESS: THE STORY OF OSCAR BROWN JR.
  • MY SUPER EX-GIRLFRIEND
  • NACHO LIBRE
  • NANNY MCPHEE
  • NATIONAL LAMPOON’S VAN WILDER 2: THE RISE OF TAJ
  • THE NATIVITY STORY
  • NEIL YOUNG HEART OF GOLD
  • NEO NED
  • NIGHT AT THE MUSEUM
  • THE NIGHT LISTENER
  • NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD 3D
  • NOTES ON A SCANDAL
  • THE NOTORIOUS BETTIE PAGE
  • OFF THE BLACK
  • OLD JOY
  • THE OMEN
  • ON A CLEAR DAY
  • ONCE IN A LIFETIME: THE EXTRAORDINARY STORY OF THE NEW YORK COSMOS
  • ONE LAST THING…
  • ONE NIGHT WITH THE KING
  • OPAL DREAM
  • OPEN SEASON
  • OVER THE HEDGE
  • THE PAINTED VEIL
  • PAN’S LABYRINTH
  • PAPRIKA
  • PEACEFUL WARRIOR
  • PERFUME – THE STORY OF A MURDERER
  • PHAT GIRLZ
  • THE PINK PANTHER
  • PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN: DEAD MAN’S CHEST
  • POSEIDON
  • POSTERBOY
  • A PRAIRIE HOME COMPANION
  • THE PRESTIGE
  • THE PROPOSITION
  • THE PROTECTOR
  • THE PUFFY CHAIR
  • PULSE
  • THE PURSUIT OF HAPPYNESS
  • THE QUEEN
  • QUEENS
  • THE QUIET
  • QUINCEANERA
  • RV
  • RANG DE BASANTI
  • RAPE OF THE SOUL
  • RENAISSANCE
  • THE RETURN
  • RIDING ALONE FOR THOUSANDS OF MILES
  • ROCKY BALBOA
  • RUNNING SCARED
  • RUNNING WITH SCISSORS
  • THE SANTA CLAUSE 3: THE ESCAPE CLAUSE
  • SAVING SHILOH
  • SAW III
  • A SCANNER DARKLY
  • SCARY MOVIE 4
  • SCHOOL FOR SCOUNDRELS
  • THE SCIENCE OF SLEEP
  • SCOOP
  • THE SECRET LIFE OF WORDS
  • SEE NO EVIL
  • THE SENTINEL
  • THE SHAGGY DOG
  • SHERRYBABY
  • SHE’S THE MAN
  • SHOCK TO THE SYSTEM: A DONALD STRACHEY MYSTERY
  • SHORTBUS
  • SHUT UP & SING
  • SILENT HILL
  • SIXTEEN BLOCKS
  • SKETCHES OF FRANK GEHRY
  • SLITHER
  • SNAKES ON A PLANE
  • SOMETHING NEW
  • STAY ALIVE
  • STEP UP
  • STICK IT
  • STRANGER THAN FICTION
  • SUPERMAN RETURNS
  • SWEET LAND
  • TAKE THE LEAD
  • TALLADEGA NIGHTS: THE BALLAD OF RICKY BOBBY
  • 10 ITEMS OR LESS
  • TENACIOUS D IN THE PICK OF DESTINY
  • THE TEXAS CHAINSAW MASSACRE: THE BEGINNING
  • THANK YOU FOR SMOKING
  • 3 NEEDLES
  • THE TIGER AND THE SNOW
  • TIME TO LEAVE
  • TRISTAN & ISOLDE
  • TRISTRAM SHANDY: A COCK AND BULL STORY
  • TRUST THE MAN
  • TURISTAS
  • TWO DRIFTERS
  • TWO WEEKS
  • TYPHOON
  • THE U.S. VS. JOHN LENNON
  • ULTRAVIOLET
  • UNACCOMPANIED MINORS
  • UNDERWORLD EVOLUTION
  • UNITED 93
  • V FOR VENDETTA
  • VENUS
  • VOLVER
  • WAIST DEEP
  • WALTZING ANNA
  • WARIS SHAH
  • WASSUP ROCKERS
  • WATER
  • WE ARE MARSHALL
  • WHEN A STRANGER CALLS
  • WHO KILLED THE ELECTRIC CAR?
  • THE WICKER MAN
  • THE WILD
  • WORDPLAY
  • WORLD TRADE CENTER
  • X-MEN THE LAST STAND
  • A YEAR WITHOUT LOVE
  • YOU, ME AND DUPREE
  • ZOOM
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It shows how out of it I was in trying to be in it, acknowledging that I was out of it to myself, and then thinking, “Okay, how do I stop being out of it? Well, I get some legitimate illogical narrative ideas” — some novel, you know?

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There would be no Blade Runner if there was no Ray Bradbury. I couldn’t find Philip K. Dick. His agent didn’t even know where he was. And so I gave up.

I was walking down the street and I ran into Bradbury — he directed a play that I was going to do as an actor, so we know each other, but he yelled “hi” — and I’d forgot who he was.

So at my girlfriend Barbara Hershey’s urging — I was with her at that moment — she said, “Talk to him! That guy really wants to talk to you,” and I said “No, fuck him,” and keep walking.

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~ Hampton Fancher

“That was the most disappointing thing to me in how this thing was played. Is that I’m on the phone with you now, after all that’s been said, and the fundamental distinction between what James is dealing with in these other cases is not actually brought to the fore. The fundamental difference is that James Franco didn’t seek to use his position to have sex with anyone. There’s not a case of that. He wasn’t using his position or status to try to solicit a sexual favor from anyone. If he had — if that were what the accusation involved — the show would not have gone on. We would have folded up shop and we would have not completed the show. Because then it would have been the same as Harvey Weinstein, or Les Moonves, or any of these cases that are fundamental to this new paradigm. Did you not notice that? Why did you not notice that? Is that not something notable to say, journalistically? Because nobody could find the voice to say it. I’m not just being rhetorical. Why is it that you and the other critics, none of you could find the voice to say, “You know, it’s not this, it’s that”? Because — let me go on and speak further to this. If you go back to the L.A. Times piece, that’s what it lacked. That’s what they were not able to deliver. The one example in the five that involved an issue of a sexual act was between James and a woman he was dating, who he was not working with. There was no professional dynamic in any capacity.

~ David Simon