Year: 2006
Director: Kevin Macdonald
Page: 942
The quasi-historical Last King of Scotland is a brilliantly constructed film which outlines the rule of Ugandan dictator Idi Amin. Starring James McAvoy and the ridiculously amazing Forest Whitaker, Last King takes the viewer on a confronting, yet mostly intriguing journey through a nation that is otherwise so distinctly foreign.
Year: 2006
Director: Larry Charles
Page: 943
Sacha Baron Cohen’s irreverent, offensive comedy Borat attempts to poke fun at American culture and attitudes through a mockumentary-style film that blurs the line between what is a fictional story and what are truthful pranks.
Year: 2006
Director: Alejandro González Iñárritu
Page: 944
The gorgeous, confronting, suspenseful film Babel takes the viewer on an elaborately weaved roller-coaster ride of death, drama and humanity. The ensemble cast present a raw, emotionally complex story that reveals how life can be so subtly and intricately linked.
Year: 2006
Director: Stephen Frears
Page: 945
A film depicting the fallout from Princess Diana’s death and the impact on the British Royal Family, The Queen is a triumph of acting and accuracy, with Helen Mirren being the absolute stand out in this magnificent film of loss, power and struggle.
Year: 2006
Director: Mel Gibson
Page: 946
Mel Gibson’s epic film Apocalypto is a brutal, confronting, gory action film that makes weak attempts at symbolism, meaning and depth, yet ultimately falls into the realms of melodrama, presenting a bare-bones plot that fails to offer any originality.
Year: 2006
Director: Martin Scorsese
Page: 947
The Departed, staring a plethora of big-names, is a crime film that digs deep into the heart of the Irish-American mobsters of Boston. The film deals the viewer a plot full of twists and intricate nuances that the cast deliver with stellar performances.
Year: 2006
Director: Pedro Almodóvar
Page: 948 – 949
The 2006 Spanish film Volver, starring Penélope Cruz in her native tongue, is a beautiful drama dealing with death, secrets and their impacts on a family of women linked by more than just blood.
