Rotten Tomatoes is one of my favorite sites for checking movie reviews, and they recently had sort of a year-end review.  They compiled the best and worst movies by genre.  The tomato rating number is based on reviews compiled from print and television. The more positive reviews, the higher the tomato rating.

Anyway, I just thought it was cool that most of my favorite movies of last year also happen to be among the best reviewed.  They included Borat, The Departed and Casino Royale.  All were movies that I’ve profiled here (and had been looking forward to) before they were released.

Special props to my favorite director of new horror movies, Neal Marshall, and his most recent film: The Descent.  I’m a big fan of his first movie, Dog Soldiers.  And I spent almost a year telling everyone how great I thought Descent would be.  Vindication!

Article:

“Casino Royale” and “The Queen” are more than just two of 2006’s most favorably reviewed films — on Wednesday they became winners of the eighth annual Golden Tomato Awards.

The Golden Tomato Awards honor the best-reviewed films of the year as determined by the Web site Rotten Tomatoes, which compiles reviews from print, online and broadcast film critics to measure the percentage of favorable critiques.

“The Queen,” a drama about British royalty, racked up a 98 percent ranking. The James Bond flick “Casino Royale” grabbed 95 percent.

“Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan” took the Golden Tomato for comedy. “Cars” won for animated film, “The Departed” was named best thriller and “Pan’s Labyrinth” was best foreign film.

“Children of Men” took science-fiction honors, “The Descent” won for horror film and “Lassie” was the top family flick. “The Science of Sleep” was named best romance and “Wordplay” won in the documentary category.

The Moldy Tomato, awarded to the worst-reviewed film of the year, went to “Basic Instinct 2.”