2006 movies: Faster than a speeding bullet

Other promising titles:

“Basic Instinct 2” (March 31) returns Sharon Stone to her femme-fatale role, this time preying the field in London;

“Nanny McPhee” (Jan. 27) stars Emma Thompson, who also wrote the screenplay, as a nanny whose strange powers bring order to the household of a widower (Colin Firth) with seven unruly kids;

“Click” (June 23) brings Adam Sandler the remote control of his dreams, a device that magically transforms his job and home life;

“The Lake House” (June) reunites “Speed” stars Keanu Reeves and Sandra Bullock as romantic pen pals who learn they’re corresponding two years apart from each other;

“Stranger Than Fiction” (Nov. 10) casts Will Ferrell as a man suddenly able to hear a mysterious narrator (Emma Thompson) chronicling his life — and impending death;

“Nacho Libre” (June 2), from “Napoleon Dynamite” director Jared Hess, stars Jack Black as a Mexican priest who doubles as a wrestler to raise cash for his orphanage;

“The Break-Up” (June 2) presents Jennifer Aniston and Vince Vaughn as ex-lovers living in mutual hostility when neither will move out of the condo they share;

“My Super Ex-Girlfriend” (July 14), directed by Ivan Reitman, has Uma Thurman as a superhero scorned who unleashes her powers on her ex-boyfriend (Luke Wilson) after he dumps her;

“Pursuit of Happyness” (Dec. 15) puts Will Smith back in dramatic mode as a single dad who finds himself homeless with his young son;

“Flags of Our Fathers” (fall), directed by Clint Eastwood, follows the story of the U.S. troops famously photographed raising the flag at Iwo Jima in World War II.

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