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Alatriste

Alatriste

📅 Release: December 22, 2006
🎭 Genre: ActionAdventure
🎬 Starring: Viggo Mortensen, Elena Anaya, Javier Camara, Antonio Dechent, Juan Echanove, Eduard Fernandez, Ariadna Gil, Pilar Lopez de Ayala, Eduardo Noriega
📖 Synopsis: In the gritty, blood-soaked battlefields of 17th century Europe, Captain Diego Alatriste, a hardened and weary soldier of fortune portrayed with rugged intensity by [c=Viggo Mortensen], fights not fo...
Snow Cake

Snow Cake

📅 Release: April 27, 2007
🎭 Genre: Drama
🎬 Starring: Sigourney Weaver, Alan Rickman, Carrie-Anne Moss, James Allodi, Callum Keith Rennie, Jayne Eastwood
📖 Synopsis: Alex is a quiet, brooding man struggling to come to terms with a fatal car crash in which he played a part. In the aftermath of this harrowing ordeal, he comes to stay in a small Canadian town with ...
We Are Marshall

We Are Marshall

📅 Release: December 22, 2006
🎭 Genre: DramaSport
🎬 Starring: Matthew McConaughey, Matthew Fox, David Strathairn, Ian McShane, Anthony Mackie, Brian Geraghty, January Jones, Kimberly Williams-Paisley
📖 Synopsis: "We Are Marshall" tells an inspiring true story set in Huntington, West Virginia, a small town steeped in the rich tradition of college football. For decades, players, coaches, fans and families hav...
Deja Vu

Deja Vu

📅 Release: November 22, 2006
🎭 Genre: ActionAdventureSci-Fi
⭐ Rating: PG-13
🎬 Starring: Denzel Washington, Val Kilmer, Paula Patton, Bruce Greenwood, Adam Goldberg, James Caviezel
📖 Synopsis: Everyone has experienced the unsettling mystery of déjà vu - that flash of memory when you meet someone new you feel you've known all your life or recognize a place even though you've never been t...
Eragon

Eragon

📅 Release: December 15, 2006
🎭 Genre: FantasySci-FiAction
⭐ Rating: PG
🎬 Starring: Edward Speleers, Jeremy Irons, Sienna Guillory, Robert Carlyle, Djimon Hounsou, Garrett Hedlund, Joss Stone, John Malkovich, Christopher Paolini
📖 Synopsis: In a land of ancient magic and forgotten kings, a simple farm boy named [c=Edward Speleers] stumbles upon a mysterious blue stone that hatches into a dragon, forever changing his destiny. Guided by t...
Unaccompanied Minors

Unaccompanied Minors

📅 Release: December 8, 2006
🎭 Genre: Comedy
⭐ Rating: PG
🎬 Starring: Lewis Black, Wilmer Valderrama, Tyler James Williams, Dyllan Christopher, Gina Mantegna, Quinn Shephard, Brett Kelly, Rob Corddry, Jessica Walter
📖 Synopsis: It’s Christmas Eve and a huge blizzard has shut down the airport. Among the stranded travelers, five "Unaccompanied Minors" are determined to max out their holiday by running wild inside and outsi...
Nativity Story, The

Nativity Story, The

📅 Release: December 1, 2006
🎭 Genre: Drama
⭐ Rating: PG
🎬 Starring: Keisha Castle-Hughes, Shohreh Aghdashloo, Oscar Isaac, Hiam Abbass, Shaun Toub, Alexander Siddig, Said Amadis, Ciaran Hinds, Tim Van Rellim
📖 Synopsis: In a time of harsh Roman rule, a young woman's extraordinary faith becomes the foundation for a timeless story. [c=Catherine Hardwicke] directs this intimate and grounded drama, following [c=Keisha C...
Covenant, The

Covenant, The

📅 Release: September 8, 2006
🎭 Genre: ActionHorrorThriller
⭐ Rating: PG-13
🎬 Starring: Steven Strait, Sebastian Stan, Laura Ramsey, Taylor Kitsch, Toby Hemingway, Jessica Lucas, Chace Crawford, Wendy Crewson
📖 Synopsis: In 1692, in the Ipswich Colony of Massachusetts, five families with untold power formed a covenant of silence. One family, lusting for more, was banished - their bloodline disappearing without a tra...
Happy Feet

Happy Feet

📅 Release: November 17, 2006
🎭 Genre: AnimationAdventure
⭐ Rating: PG
🎬 Starring: Elijah Wood, Robin Williams, Brittany Murphy, Hugh Jackman, Nicole Kidman, Hugo Weaving, Anthony LaPaglia, Magda Szubanski, Steve Irwin
📖 Synopsis: In the vibrant world of Antarctica, where the icy landscape covers a bustling community of emperor penguins, a young penguin named Mumble, voiced by [c=Elijah Wood], stands out for an unusual reason:...
Holiday, The

Holiday, The

📅 Release: December 8, 2006
🎭 Genre: ComedyRomance
⭐ Rating: PG-13
🎬 Starring: Cameron Diaz, Kate Winslet, Jude Law, Jack Black, Eli Wallach, Rufus Sewell, Edward Burns, Shannyn Sossamon, John Krasinski, Kathryn Hahn, Sarah Paris
📖 Synopsis: In the heartwarming romantic comedy "Holiday, The," two women from opposite sides of the globe find themselves at a turning point in their lives. Iris, played by [c=Kate Winslet], is a lovelorn journ...
Santa Clause 3: The Escape Clause, The

Santa Clause 3: The Escape Clause, The

📅 Release: November 3, 2006
🎭 Genre: ComedyFantasyFamily
⭐ Rating: G
🎬 Starring: Tim Allen, Elizabeth Mitchell, Judge Reinhold, Wendy Crewson, Eric Lloyd, Spencer Breslin, Liliana Mumy, Alan Arkin, Martin Short
📖 Synopsis: Holiday magic mixes with comical chaos at the North Pole in "The Santa Clause 3". Tim Allen reprises his role of Scott Calvin - AKA Santa - as he juggles a full house of family and the mischievous J...
Deck The Halls

Deck The Halls

📅 Release: November 22, 2006
🎭 Genre: Comedy
⭐ Rating: PG
🎬 Starring: Danny DeVito, Matthew Broderick, Kristin Davis, Kristin Chenoweth, Alia Shawkat, Sabrina Aldridge, Kelly Aldridge
📖 Synopsis: A family comedy about one-upsmanship, jealousy, clashing neighbors, home decoration...and the true spirit of the holidays. Steve (Matthew Broderick), a suburban dad and Christmas enthusiast, leads a w...
Flushed Away

Flushed Away

📅 Release: November 3, 2006
🎭 Genre: AnimationComedy
⭐ Rating: PG
🎬 Starring: Hugh Jackman, Kate Winslet, Ian McKellen, Andy Serkis, Bill Nighy, Shane Richie, Jean Reno, Simon Callow, Geoffrey Palmer, Susan Duerden
📖 Synopsis: From DreamWorks Animation and Aardman Features, the teams behind the Oscar®-winning hits "Shrek" and "Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit," comes the computer-animated comedy "Flushed Aw...
Stranger Than Fiction

Stranger Than Fiction

📅 Release: November 10, 2006
🎭 Genre: ComedyDramaRomance
⭐ Rating: PG-13
🎬 Starring: Will Ferrell, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Dustin Hoffman, Queen Latifah, Emma Thompson, Kristin Chenoweth, Tom Hulce, Linda Hunt, Tony Hale
📖 Synopsis: In "Stranger Than Fiction," Will Ferrell plays Harold Crick, an IRS Agent whose world is turned upside-down when he begins to hear his life being chronicled by a narrator only he can hear. The Narra...
Hollywoodland

Hollywoodland

📅 Release: September 8, 2006
🎭 Genre: DramaMysteryThriller
⭐ Rating: R
🎬 Starring: Adrien Brody, Diane Lane, Ben Affleck, Bob Hoskins, Lois Smith, Robin Tunney, Kathleen Robertson, Steve Adams, Jordan Barker, Donald Burda
📖 Synopsis: "Hollywoodland" is a uniquely compelling exploration of fame and identity, inspired by one of Hollywood's most infamous real-life mysteries. The film is the feature directorial debut for Allen Coult...
Tenacious D In 'The Pick Of Destiny'

Tenacious D In 'The Pick Of Destiny'

📅 Release: November 22, 2006
🎭 Genre: ComedyMusical
⭐ Rating: R
🎬 Starring: Jack Black, Kyle Gass, JR Reed, Roonie James Dio, Meatloaf, Ben Stiller, Tim Robbins, Amy Adams, Dave Grohl, Amy Poehler, Colin Hanks
📖 Synopsis: Comedians/musicians Jack Black and Kyle Gass bring their infamous rock duo Tenacious D to the big screen in the comedy "Tenacious D in The Pick Of Destiny." The film tells the story of how "The D" b...
Jackass: Number Two

Jackass: Number Two

📅 Release: September 22, 2006
🎭 Genre: Comedy
⭐ Rating: R
🎬 Starring: Johnny Knoxville, Bam Margera, Steve-O, Jason Acuna, Chris Pontius, Preston Lacy, Dave England, Ryan Dunn, Ehren McGhehey
📖 Synopsis: After smearing the world with all sorts of ridiculous crap, the original creators and cast of the MTV series "jackass" and "jackass the movie" go one louder in "jackass: number two." Significantly r...
Casino Royale

Casino Royale

📅 Release: November 17, 2006
🎭 Genre: ActionAdventureDrama
⭐ Rating: PG-13
🎬 Starring: Daniel Craig, Judi Dench, Eva Green, Mads Mikkelsen, Jeffrey Wright, Giancarlo Giannini, Caterina Murino, Simon Abkarian, Tobias Menzies, Alessandra Ambrosio
📖 Synopsis: The film will be based on Ian Fleming's first Bond novel, which was set during the Cold War and focused on a gambler named Le Chiffre who tries to reclaim a fortune he lost for SMERSH, the Communist s...
Breaking And Entering

Breaking And Entering

📅 Release: December 15, 2006
🎭 Genre: Drama
⭐ Rating: R
🎬 Starring: Jude Law, Juliette Binoche, Robin Wright Penn, Ray Winstone, Martin Freeman, Vera Farmiga, Poppy Rogers, Mark Benton
📖 Synopsis: A story about theft, both criminal and emotional, "Breaking and Entering" follows a disparate group of long-term Londoners and new arrivals whose lives intersect in the inner-city area of King's Cro...
Prestige, The

Prestige, The

📅 Release: October 20, 2006
🎭 Genre: DramaActionFantasy
⭐ Rating: PG-13
🎬 Starring: Hugh Jackman, Christian Bale, Michael Caine, Scarlett Johansson, Rebecca Hall, Andy Serkis, Piper Perabo, David Bowie
📖 Synopsis: From acclaimed filmmaker Christopher Nolan ("Memento," "Batman Begins"), comes a mysterious story of two magicians whose intense rivalry leads them on a life-long battle for supremacy full of obsess...
Little Children

Little Children

📅 Release: October 6, 2006
🎭 Genre: DramaRomanceMystery
⭐ Rating: R
🎬 Starring: Kate Winslet, Jennifer Connelly, Patrick Wilson, Noah Emmerich, Jackie Earle Haley, Gregg Edelman, Sarah Buxton, Raymond J. Barry, Ty Simpkins
📖 Synopsis: In the quiet, sun-drenched suburbs where playground politics reign supreme, restlessness simmers beneath a veneer of domestic perfection. [c=Kate Winslet] stars as Sarah, a disillusioned young mother...
Borat

Borat

📅 Release: November 3, 2006
🎭 Genre: Comedy
⭐ Rating: R
🎬 Starring: Sacha Baron Cohen, Ken Davitian, Pamela Anderson
📖 Synopsis: In the outrageous mockumentary comedy, Borat, [c=Sacha Baron Cohen] stars as Borat Sagdiyev, a bumbling yet determined journalist from Kazakhstan who embarks on a quest to America to learn about its ...
All The King's Men

All The King's Men

📅 Release: September 22, 2006
🎭 Genre: Drama
⭐ Rating: PG-13
🎬 Starring: Sean Penn, Jude Law, Kate Winslet, James Gandolfini, Mark Ruffalo, Patricia Clarkson, Anthony Hopkins
📖 Synopsis: Absolute power corrupts absolutely in writer-director Steven Zaillian's ("Schindler's List") adaptation of Robert Penn Warren's classic novel "All the King's Men" featuring an all-star cast led by S...
Good Year, A

Good Year, A

📅 Release: November 10, 2006
🎭 Genre: Drama
⭐ Rating: PG-13
🎬 Starring: Russell Crowe, Albert Finney, Abbie Cornish, Marion Cotillard, Valeria Bruni Tedeschi, Didier Bourdon, Tom Hollander, Freddie Highmore
📖 Synopsis: In the sun-drenched vineyards of Provence, a high-stakes London banker finds his meticulously ordered world deliciously upended in this charming drama from director [c=Ridley Scott]. [c=Russell Crowe...
Death Of A President

Death Of A President

📅 Release: October 27, 2006
🎭 Genre: DramaMysteryThriller
🎬 Starring: Hend Ayoub, George W. Bush, Brian Boland, Becky Ann Baker, Michael Reilly Burke, Neko Parham, Holly Barrett, Patricia Buckley, Bryan Cohen
📖 Synopsis: In a chillingly plausible alternate reality, the unthinkable occurs: President [c=George W. Bush] is assassinated following a public speech in Chicago. Crafted as a gripping future-history documentar...
Last Kiss, The

Last Kiss, The

📅 Release: September 15, 2006
🎭 Genre: ComedyDrama
⭐ Rating: R
🎬 Starring: Zach Braff, Jacinda Barrett, Casey Affleck, Rachel Bilson, Blythe Danner, Tom Wilkinson, Michael Weston, Eric Christian Olsen, Lauren Lee Smith
📖 Synopsis: When the comfortable life he built begins to feel like a prelude to settling down, Michael [c=Zach Braff] finds his commitment to his longtime girlfriend Jenna [c=Jacinda Barrett] tested by an unexpe...
Grudge 2, The

Grudge 2, The

📅 Release: October 13, 2006
🎭 Genre: DramaHorrorMystery
⭐ Rating: PG-13
🎬 Starring: Amber Tamblyn, Sarah Michelle Gellar, Arielle Kebbel, Jennifer Beals, Teresa Palmer, Takako Fuji, Ryo Ishibashi, Misako Uno, Shaun Sipos, Edison Chen
📖 Synopsis: "The Grudge 2" delves into the secrets behind the grudge's wrath and introduces a seemingly unrelated host of new characters who find themselves connected by the same terrifying supernatural curse. ...
Marie Antoinette

Marie Antoinette

📅 Release: October 20, 2006
🎭 Genre: Drama
⭐ Rating: PG-13
🎬 Starring: Kirsten Dunst, Jason Schwartzman, Judy Davis, Rip Torn, Rose Byrne, Asia Argento, Molly Shannon, Shirley Henderson, Danny Huston, Steve Coogan
📖 Synopsis: Directed by [c=Sofia Coppola], this sumptuous and unconventional period drama follows the young [c=Kirsten Dunst] as Marie Antoinette, the Austrian princess thrust into the opulent yet rigid world of...
Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning, The

Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning, The

📅 Release: October 6, 2006
🎭 Genre: HorrorThriller
⭐ Rating: R
🎬 Starring: Jordana Brewster, Andrew Bryniarski, R. Lee Ermey, Taylor Handley, Matthew Bomer, Diora Baird, Heather Kafka, Marietta Marich, Terrence Evans
📖 Synopsis: The original 1974 film, "The Texas Chainsaw Massacre," shocked and stunned audiences with its bone-chilling realism. The horrifying story, drawn from a series of true events, is considered by many t...
Open Season

Open Season

📅 Release: September 29, 2006
🎭 Genre: AnimationAdventure
⭐ Rating: PG
🎬 Starring: Martin Lawrence, Ashton Kutcher, Debra Messing, Gary Sinise, Billy Connolly, Jon Favreau, Patrick Warburton, Jane Krakowski, Gordon Tootoosis
📖 Synopsis: A deer buddies up with a domesticated grizzly bear when the two animals are alone in the woods during hunting season. Meanwhile, Beth, a forest ranger who raised the bear, embarks on a desperate searc...