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THE LIST
Mr. Fabulous's must-see movies of 2006. Accept no substitute!

March 2006:
• Don't Come Knocking
• Inside Man
• Lonesome Jim
• A Scanner Darkly
• V for Vendetta

April 2006:
• Art School Confidential
• Ask the Dust
• Flight 93
• Lucky You
• The Notorious Bettie Page

The Calendar: March-April 2006


Jan-Feb | Mar-Apr | May-Jun | Jul-Aug | Sep-Oct | Nov-Dec

March 3
16 Blocks: Bruce Willis keeps the box office slump alive.
Aquamarine: Splash for kids.
Block Party: Michel Gondry meets Dave Chapelle.
Pulse: The Ring via the web.
March 10

Duck Season (NY/LA): Mexican import arrives with strong buzz.

The Heart is Deceitful Above All Things (NY/LA): True dat.
The Hills Have Eyes: Remake of the Wes Craven classic.
Idlewild: In which Andre and Big Boi pretend to like each other.
Lonesome Jim (limited): Steve Buscemi back in the director's chair.
The Shaggy Dog: Dean Jones is rolling in his grave.
March 17
Don't Come Knocking (LA/NY): Wim Wenders and Sam Shepherd!
Find Me Guilty (limited): I'll always root for Sidney Lumet.
She's the Man: Shakespeare's 12th Night for the attention-deprived.
Thank You For Smoking (limited): Black comedies rule.
V for Vendetta: The reason Natalie Portman sports a chrome dome.
March 24
Brick: Good buzz for this high school mystery.
Inside Man: Spike Lee and Denzel Washington together again.
R.V.: Forgot all about Robin Williams...
Stay Alive: You'll be lucky just to stay awake.
Take the Lead: Antonio Banderas meets Mad Hot Ballroom.
March 31
ATL: What's with all the roller-skating movies all of a sudden?
Awesome: I Fuckin' Shot That! (limited): Shot by Beastie Boys fans.
Basic Instinct 2: Too little, too late.
Ice Age 2: The Meltdown: AKA Netflix Rental: The Sequel.
Larry the Cable Guy: Health Inspector: Thought he was a cable guy.
Lucky Number Slevin: Josh Hartnett, anyone?
A Scanner Darkly (limited): Linklater animates Philip K. Dick.
Slither: Zombies and mutants from the writer of Scooby Doo 2.
April 7
The Benchwarmers: The least talented SNL veterans together again.
Friends With Money (limited): Lovely and Amazing redux.
Lucky You: Curtis Hanson directs the first of many poker movies.
Phat Girlz: Looking to snag the middle-aged white guy audience.
On a Clear Day (limited): Bloke swims the English Channel.
April 14
American Dreamz: American Idol satire from director of American Pie.
Ask the Dust (limited): The legendary Robert Towne returns.
Fierce People (limited): Diane Lane goes native.
Freedomland: Christmas with the Kranks director gets serious.
Hard Candy (limited): Statutory rape, anyone?
Kinky Boots (limited): U.K. comedy seeks a Stateside audience.
The Notorious Bettie Page (limited): Gretchen Mol gets spanked.
Scary Movie 4: AKA Date Movie 2.
Somersault (limited): Aussies are high on this homegrown product.
The Wild: More computer-animated zoo animals-- yippee!
April 21
Accepted: College-age comedy from ambitious C-listers.
The Cleaner: Still don't get the Cedric the Entertainer thing.
Hoot: Luke Wilson in March of the Owls.
Silent Hill: Radha Mitchell returns to sci-fi/horror.
The Sentinal: Michael Douglas returns fully-healed from latest face lift.
April 28
Akeelah and the Bee: Isn't there a new spelling bee movie every year?
Art School Confidential (LA/NY): Terry Zwigoff strikes again.
Catch and Release: Jennifer Garner's post-partum film.
Flight 93: Are the wounds still too raw? Are we ready for this?
Waist Deep: The Game hopes for a better return than 50 Cent.
Water: Third in Indian-Canadian director Mehta's "elemental" series.
 

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