Inside Man (2006 dir. Spike Lee)

Slick modern crime flick climaxes with film noir fuckfest.

3/5

A Crude Awakening (2006 dir. Basil Gelpke & Ray McCormack)

The foretelling of the time when mankind will be forced to do more exercise.

2/5

Lucky Number Slevin (2006 dir. Paul McGuigan)

Ensemble cast wasted at the expense of coolness.

2/5

Broken (2006 dir. Simon Boyes)

Eccentric enslaves women at campsite in possible Playboy Mansion competitor start-up.

1/5

Poseidon (2006 dir. Wolfgang Petersen)

Like a snappier Titanic, with wider camera lenses.

3/5

Firewall (2006 dir. Richard Loncraine)

Like a toned down Die Hard with 10% of the stunt budget.

2/5

Half Nelson (2006 dir. Ryan Fleck)

A young African American alters her hairstyle depending on which ethnicity she associates with.

3/5

The Prestige (2006 dir. Christopher Nolan)

Two cockneys outdo dozens of non-cockneys in trickery.

3/5

The Queen (2006 dir. Stephen Frears)

Grinning future warlord persuades multi-millionairres to cut short their holiday.

3/5

Tell No One (2006 dir. Guillaume Canet)

Demented Dad goes to great lenghts to ensure daughter’s life remains fuck free.

3/5

A Scanner Darkly (2006 dir. Richard Linklater)

Director of chatterers brings generation X types to sci-fi.

2/5

Fast Food Nation (2006 dir. Richard Linklater)

Burger guru struggles to create ways to market a shit platter to kids.

3/5

My Super Ex-Girlfriend (2006 dir. Ivan Reitman)

Supergirl collides with pre-menstrual tension and bargain bin CGI.

1/5

Failure To Launch (2006 dir. Tom Dey)

Accidental act of prostitution by horseface encourages douchbag to leave home.

0/5

Scoop (2006 dir. Woody Allen)

Jewish conjurer tackles murder mystery with the help of early 90s antiques dealer and quality skirt.

3/5

The Good German (2006 dir. Steven Soderbergh)

Legendary Swede awakens audience craving for Casablanca with lack of quality, colour and widescreen.

2/5

World Trade Center (2006 dir. Oliver Stone)

Narrative pace slows considerably when brash New York constables spend two-thirds of running time under rubble in a single location.

3/5

Kidulthood (2006 dir. Menhaj Huda)

All expected urban/ethnic youth cliches covered as Dazed & Confused meets Dizzy Rascal.

3/5

Black Book (2006 dir. Paul Verhoeven)

Tit-happy auteur brings patended brand of ultraviolent soap opera plus Biblical imagery to Nazi war criminals.

3/5