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Blood And Chocolate

Blood And Chocolate

πŸ“… Release: January 26, 2007
🎭 Genre: DramaHorrorRomance
⭐ Rating: PG-13
🎬 Starring: Agnes Bruckner, Hugh Dancy, Olivier Martinez, Katja Riemann, Bryan Dick, Chris Geere, Tom Harper, John Kerr, Jack Wilson, Vitalie Ursu, Bogdan Voda
πŸ“– Synopsis: In the moonlit shadows of Bucharest, a young woman named Vivian, portrayed by [c=Agnes Bruckner], finds herself torn between two worlds: the passionate humanity she craves and the ancient, primal pac...
Venus

Venus

πŸ“… Release: December 21, 2006
🎭 Genre: Drama
⭐ Rating: R
🎬 Starring: Peter O'Toole, Vanessa Redgrave, Richard Griffiths, Leslie Phillips, Jodie Whittaker
πŸ“– Synopsis: In this poignant and quietly devastating drama from director [c=Roger Michell], [c=Peter O'Toole] delivers a career-defining performance as Maurice, an aging, once-celebrated actor whose life has set...
Bobby

Bobby

πŸ“… Release: November 17, 2006
🎭 Genre: Drama
🎬 Starring: Harry Belafonte, Nick Cannon, Emilio Estevez, Laurence Fishburne, Heather Graham, Anthony Hopkins, Helen Hunt, Joshua Jackson, Ashton Kutcher
πŸ“– Synopsis: In the drama film [m=Bobby], directed by [c=Emilio Estevez], the story unfolds against the backdrop of a pivotal moment in American history, focusing on the events leading up to the assassination of ...
Blood Diamond

Blood Diamond

πŸ“… Release: December 8, 2006
🎭 Genre: DramaThriller
⭐ Rating: R
🎬 Starring: Leonardo DiCaprio, Jennifer Connelly, Djimon Hounsou, Michael Sheen, Arnold Vosloo, Stephen Collins
πŸ“– Synopsis: Set against the backdrop of civil war and chaos in 1990s Sierra Leone, "Blood Diamond" is the story of Danny Archer (Leonardo DiCaprio), a South African mercenary, and Solomon Vandy (Djimon Hounsou)...
Italian, The

Italian, The

πŸ“… Release: January 19, 2007
🎭 Genre: DramaFamily
⭐ Rating: PG-13
🎬 Starring: Kolya Spiridonov, Denis Moiseenko, Sasha Syrotkin, Andrei Elizarov, Vladimir Shipov, Polina Vorobjeva, Olga Shuvalova, Yuri Itskov, Mariya Kuznetsova
πŸ“– Synopsis: It's a pretty tall order to ask a six-year-old to suddenly take on responsibility for his own life. The questions facing Vanya are really tough: does he want to live a comfortable life as an adopted...
Black Book

Black Book

πŸ“… Release: April 4, 2007
🎭 Genre: ThrillerWar
⭐ Rating: R
🎬 Starring: Carice van Houten, Sebastian Koch, Thom Hoffman, Halina Reijn, Waldemar Kobus, Derek de Lint
πŸ“– Synopsis: Holland 1944 - The final years of the Second World War find the beautiful singer Rachel Stein (Carice Van Houten) taking refuge with the Tsjempkema family in rural Holland. Once a popular and wealthy ...
Babel

Babel

πŸ“… Release: October 27, 2006
🎭 Genre: Drama
⭐ Rating: R
🎬 Starring: Brad Pitt, Cate Blanchett, Gael García Bernal, Koji Yakusho, Elle Fanning, Shilpa Shetty, Mahima Chaudhry, Paul Terrell Clayton, Jamie McBride
πŸ“– Synopsis: Armed with a Winchester rifle, two Morrocan boys set out to look after their family's herd of goats. In the silent echoes of the desert, they decide to test the rifle... but the bullet goes farther ...
Return, The

Return, The

πŸ“… Release: November 10, 2006
🎭 Genre: DramaMysteryThriller
⭐ Rating: PG-13
🎬 Starring: Sarah Michelle Gellar, Kate Beahan, Peter O'Brien, Adam Scott, Sam Shepard, Katherine Willis, Johnny Bartee, Alicia Rachel Marek
πŸ“– Synopsis: A new supernatural thriller starring Sarah Michelle Gellar ("The Grudge," "Buffy the Vampire Slayer") as Joanna Mills, a tough young Midwesterner determined to learn the truth behind the increasingl...
Rocky Balboa

Rocky Balboa

πŸ“… Release: December 20, 2006
🎭 Genre: Drama
⭐ Rating: PG
🎬 Starring: Sylvester Stallone, Burt Young, Milo Ventimiglia, Tony Burton, James Francis Kelly III, Antonio Tarver, Geraldine Hughes, Henry G. Sanders
πŸ“– Synopsis: The greatest underdog story of our time is back for one final round of the Academy Award-winning Rocky franchise. Former heavyweight champion Rocky Balboa steps out of retirement and back into the r...
Smokin' Aces

Smokin' Aces

πŸ“… Release: January 26, 2007
🎭 Genre: ActionComedy
⭐ Rating: R
🎬 Starring: Ben Affleck, Jason Bateman, Common, Andy Garcia, Alicia Keys, Ray Liotta, Jeremy Piven, Ryan Reynolds, Peter Berg, Martin Henderson, Taraji Henson
πŸ“– Synopsis: An incendiary array of stars--including Ben Affleck, Andy Garcia, Ray Liotta, Jeremy Piven, Ryan Reynolds, Peter Berg, Martin Henderson, Taraji Henson and, in their motion--picture debuts, Alicia Ke...
Seraphim Falls

Seraphim Falls

πŸ“… Release: January 26, 2007
🎭 Genre: ActionDrama
⭐ Rating: R
🎬 Starring: Liam Neeson, Pierce Brosnan, Michael Wincott, Anjelica Huston, Ed Lauter, Angie Harmon, John Robinson, Tom Noonan, Jimmi Simpson
πŸ“– Synopsis: Pierce Brosnan and Liam Neeson star in "Seraphim Falls" - An epic action thriller set against the backdrop of the American Civil War. Directed by David Von Ancken ("The Shield," "CSI") "Seraphim Fa...
Catch And Release

Catch And Release

πŸ“… Release: January 26, 2007
🎭 Genre: DramaRomanceComedy
⭐ Rating: PG-13
🎬 Starring: Jennifer Garner, Timothy Olyphant, Kevin Smith, Sam Jaeger, Fiona Shaw, Juliette Lewis, Sonja Bennett
πŸ“– Synopsis: Jennifer Garner stars in Columbia Pictures' romantic comedy-drama "Catch and Release," from writer-director Susannah Grant, an Academy Award nominee for her screenplay for "Erin Brockovich." After the...
Primeval

Primeval

πŸ“… Release: January 12, 2007
🎭 Genre: ThrillerAdventure
⭐ Rating: R
🎬 Starring: Dominic Purcell, Orlando Jones, Brooke Langton, Jurgen Prochnow
πŸ“– Synopsis: In one of the most remote places on earth, a bloodthirsty serial killer has claimed over 300 victims, and is still at large to this day. Now, inspired by the true story of the world's most prolific ...
Pursuit Of Happyness, The

Pursuit Of Happyness, The

πŸ“… Release: December 15, 2006
🎭 Genre: Drama
⭐ Rating: PG-13
🎬 Starring: Will Smith, Thandie Newton, Jaden Smith, Dan Castellaneta, Aida Bernardino, James Karen, Kurt Fuller, Branden Weslee Kong, Al Cacioppo
πŸ“– Synopsis: A struggling salesman (Will Smith) takes custody of his son (Jaden Smith) as he's poised to begin a life-changing professional endeavor. "Don't ever let somebody tell you you can't do something. .....
Last King Of Scotland, The

Last King Of Scotland, The

πŸ“… Release: September 27, 2006
🎭 Genre: Drama
⭐ Rating: R
🎬 Starring: Forest Whitaker, James McAvoy, Kerry Washington, Gillian Anderson, David Oyelowo
πŸ“– Synopsis: In this gripping political drama directed by [c=Kevin Macdonald], a young and idealistic Scottish doctor named Nicholas Garrigan, played by [c=James McAvoy], arrives in Uganda in the 1970s seeking ad...
Apocalypto

Apocalypto

πŸ“… Release: December 8, 2006
🎭 Genre: ActionAdventureDrama
⭐ Rating: R
🎬 Starring: Rudy Youngblood, Dalia Hernandez, Jonathan Brewer, Morris Birdyellowhead, Carlos Emilio Baez, Ramirez Amilcar, Israel Contreras, Israel Rios
πŸ“– Synopsis: An action/adventure film set 600 years ago, prior to the 16th-century Spanish conquest of Mexico and Central America. The epic tale of the end of Mayan civilization. The title is a Greek term which ...
Employee Of The Month

Employee Of The Month

πŸ“… Release: October 6, 2006
🎭 Genre: Comedy
⭐ Rating: PG-13
🎬 Starring: Dane Cook, Jessica Simpson, Dax Shepard, Efren Ramirez, Tim Bagley, Andy Dick, Brian George, Marcello Thedford, Danny Woodburn, Sean Whalen
πŸ“– Synopsis: For customers of Super Club, the largest high-volume, bulk-discount retailer in the country, membership has its privileges. For workers at the cavernous store, the most coveted honor is the "Employe...
Crash

Crash

πŸ“… Release: May 6, 2005
🎭 Genre: DramaMystery
⭐ Rating: R
🎬 Starring: Don Cheadle, Matt Dillon, Jennifer Esposito, Sandra Bullock, Brendan Fraser, Terrence Howard, Ludacris, Thandie Newton, Ryan Phillippe
πŸ“– Synopsis: A Brentwood housewife and her DA husband. A Persian store owner. Two police detectives who are also lovers. A black television director and his wife. A Mexican locksmith. Two car-jackers. A rookie cop...
Code Name: The Cleaner

Code Name: The Cleaner

πŸ“… Release: January 5, 2007
🎭 Genre: ComedyAction
⭐ Rating: PG-13
🎬 Starring: Cedric the Entertainer, Lucy Liu, Nicollette Sheridan, Elizabeth Hurley, DeRay Davis, Mark Dacascos, Callum Keith Rennie, Will Patton, Gina Holden
πŸ“– Synopsis: Waking up in a hotel room with no memory, a dead body, and a briefcase full of cash, a man finds himself thrust into a high-stakes conspiracy he never knew existed. [c=Cedric the Entertainer] stars a...
Black Christmas

Black Christmas

πŸ“… Release: December 25, 2006
🎭 Genre: HorrorThriller
⭐ Rating: R
🎬 Starring: Katie Cassidy, Michelle Trachtenberg, Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Oliver Hudson, Lacey Chabert, Kristin Cloke, Andrea Martin, Jessica Harmon
πŸ“– Synopsis: As the holiday season descends upon the sorority house at Hawthorne College, a killer dressed in black begins to stalk the women inside, turning their Christmas celebration into a nightmare. Directed...
Perfume: The Story Of A Murderer

Perfume: The Story Of A Murderer

πŸ“… Release: December 27, 2006
🎭 Genre: DramaThriller
⭐ Rating: R
🎬 Starring: Ben Whishaw, Alan Rickman, Rachel Hurd-Wood, Dustin Hoffman, Andres Herrera, Simon Chandler, David Calder, Richard Felix, Birgit Minichmayr
πŸ“– Synopsis: Based on the bestselling novel by Patrick Suskind, "Perfume" is a story of murder and obsession set in 18th-century France.Jean-Baptiste Grenouille has used his unique talent for discerning the scents...
Flying Scotsman, The

Flying Scotsman, The

πŸ“… Release: May 4, 2006
🎭 Genre: Drama
⭐ Rating: PG-13
🎬 Starring: Jonny Lee Miller, Laura Fraser, Billy Boyd, Morven Christie, Brian Cox, Steven Berkoff
πŸ“– Synopsis: "The Flying Scotsman" is a feature film based on the remarkable true story of Scottish cyclist Graeme Obree. In 1993, and as an unemployed amateur, Obree broke the world one-hour record on a bike of...
Pan's Labyrinth

Pan's Labyrinth

πŸ“… Release: December 29, 2006
🎭 Genre: DramaFantasyHorror
⭐ Rating: R
🎬 Starring: Ivana Baquero, Doug Jones, Sergi Lopez, Ariadna Gil, Maribel Verdu, Aex Angulo, Roger Casamajor, Sebastian Haro, Mina Lira, Federico Luppi
πŸ“– Synopsis: In the haunting aftermath of the Spanish Civil War, director [c=Guillermo del Toro] crafts a dark and mesmerizing fairy tale that blurs the lines between reality and fantasy. The story follows young ...
Miss Potter

Miss Potter

πŸ“… Release: December 29, 2006
🎭 Genre: Drama
⭐ Rating: PG
🎬 Starring: Renee Zellweger, Ewan McGregor, Emily Watson, Barbara Flynn, Bill Paterson, Lloyd Owen, Jane How
πŸ“– Synopsis: Beatrix Potter has delighted generations of children with her books. But she kept her own private life locked carefully away. Oscar-winning star RenΓ©e Zellweger is now bringing her secret story to ...
Dead Girl, The

Dead Girl, The

πŸ“… Release: December 29, 2006
🎭 Genre: DramaMysteryThriller
⭐ Rating: R
🎬 Starring: Josh Brolin, Rose Byrne, Toni Collette, Bruce Davison, James Franco, Marcia Gay Harden, Mary Beth Hurt, Piper Laurie, Brittany Murphy, Giovanni Ribisi
πŸ“– Synopsis: "The Dead Girl," the new film from acclaimed writer/director Karen Moncrieff ("Blue Car"), is a quintet of stories about seemingly unrelated people whose lives converge around the murder of a young ...
Night At The Museum

Night At The Museum

πŸ“… Release: December 22, 2006
🎭 Genre: ActionComedyFamily
⭐ Rating: PG
🎬 Starring: Ben Stiller, Carla Gugino, Dick Van Dyke, Mickey Rooney, Bill Cobbs, Ricky Gervais, Kim Raver, Robin Williams, Owen Wilson, Paul Rudd, Ernest Borgnine
πŸ“– Synopsis: Good-hearted dreamer Larry Daley (Ben Stiller), despite being perpetually down on his luck, thinks he's destined for something big. But even he could never have imagined how "big," when he accepts w...
It's A Boy Girl Thing

It's A Boy Girl Thing

πŸ“… Release: December 26, 2006
🎭 Genre: ComedyRomance
⭐ Rating: PG-13
🎬 Starring: Samaire Armstrong, Kevin Zegers, Emily Hampshire, Libby Adams, Brooke D'Orsay, Robert Joy, Sharon Osbourne, Sherry Miller
πŸ“– Synopsis: In this delightfully zany body-swap comedy, high school rivals Nell Bedworth, a brainy and reserved bookworm played by [c=Samaire Armstrong], and Woody Deane, a cocky and popular jock portrayed by [c...
Inconvenient Truth, An

Inconvenient Truth, An

πŸ“… Release: May 24, 2006
🎭 Genre: Documentary
⭐ Rating: PG
🎬 Starring: Al Gore
πŸ“– Synopsis: Humanity is sitting on a time bomb. If the vast majority of the world's scientists are right, we have just ten years to avert a major catastrophe that could send our entire planet's climate system i...
Flags Of Our Fathers

Flags Of Our Fathers

πŸ“… Release: October 20, 2006
🎭 Genre: DramaAction
⭐ Rating: R
🎬 Starring: Ryan Phillippe, Jesse Bradford, Adam Beach, Paul Walker, Jamie Bell, Barry Pepper, John Benjamin Hickey, Neal McDonough, Joseph Cross, Robert Patrick
πŸ“– Synopsis: From Academy Award-winning director Clint Eastwood ("Million Dollar Baby," "Unforgiven") comes the World War II drama "Flags of Our Fathers," produced by Eastwood and Academy Award winner Steven Spi...
Children Of Men

Children Of Men

πŸ“… Release: December 25, 2006
🎭 Genre: Sci FiDramaAdventure
⭐ Rating: R
🎬 Starring: Clive Owen, Julianne Moore, Michael Caine, Charlie Hunnam, Chiwetel Ejiofor
πŸ“– Synopsis: Children of Men" envisages a world one generation from now that has fallen into anarchy on the heels of an infertility defect in the population. The world's youngest citizen has just died at 18, and...