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Guillermo del Toro (HELLBOY) has fashioned an adult fairy tale so visually inventive with such a compelling story that it is certain to become a classic. If there is one perfect film of 2006, it is certainly this one.

Ofelia (Ivana Baquero, FRAGILE) is a young girl who tries to forget about the war torn world she lives in by delving into the fantasy world of books. The fascists are battling the rebels in Spain. After her father is killed in the fighting, Ofelia’s mother Carmen (Ariadna Gil, 1998’s DON JUAN) remarries Capitan Vidal (Sergi Lopez, DIRTY PRETTY THINGS), a brutal fascist who cares more about the welfare of his unborn son over that of his new bride, who is having a very difficult pregnancy.

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I love smart sci-fi films. Heck, I’m a sucker for sci-fi in general. However, Alfonso Cuaron’s CHILDREN OF MEN is not your average sci-fi thriller; it tells of an apocalyptic future with an ingenious twist — man’s impending doom is rooted in the fact that humans can no longer reproduce.

Based on P.D. James’ novel, the year is 2027 and there hasn’t been a new baby born in 18 years. The youngest human on the planet — Baby Diego (Juan Gabriel Yacuzzi) — has been killed. Various countries including the U.S. have fallen into chaos. Thousands of refugees stream into countries that are more stable. One of those countries is Britain where illegals are rounded up in cages and shipped back out of the country.

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Actor Liev Schreiber adapts Jonathan Safran Foer’s novel from which he directs his first feature, developing three quirky characters that set out on a rigid search to find out more about their pasts. This bittersweet comedy shows us just how many factors go into our identities.

Foer (Elijah Wood, GREEN STREET HOOLIGANS) is a neurotic fellow who collects random things to remind him of his life’s experiences and the people who have touched him. He puts dirt, bugs, false teeth, whatever in Ziploc bags and tacks them to the wall. After his grandmother (Jana Hrabetova) passes, Jonathan sets out to find out more about his grandfather Safran (Stephen Samudovsky), who he knows very little about. His grandfather’s prized possession was a picture of himself with a woman named Augustine (Tereza Veselkova), who he claimed was the reason he was able to escape the Nazis as they invaded the Ukraine. So Jonathan takes a tour of his grandfather’s homeland specifically designed for Jews looking for their heritage.

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