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Nacho Libre

Nacho Libre

πŸ“… Release: June 16, 2006
🎭 Genre: Comedy
⭐ Rating: PG
🎬 Starring: Jack Black, Ana de la Reguera, Hector Jimenez, Efren Ramirez, Troy Gentile, Carla Jimenez, Richard Montoya, Peter Stormare
πŸ“– Synopsis: In the comedy film [m=Nacho Libre], directed by [c=Jared Hess], viewers are taken on a humorous journey filled with heart and wrestling. The story follows the character portrayed by [c=Jack Black], w...
Lady In The Water

Lady In The Water

πŸ“… Release: July 21, 2006
🎭 Genre: Sci-FiFantasyThriller
⭐ Rating: PG-13
🎬 Starring: Paul Giamatti, Bryce Dallas Howard, Freddy Rodriguez, M. Night Shyamalan, Jeffrey Wright, Bob Balaban, Sarita Choudhury, Mary Beth Hurt, Cindy Cheung
πŸ“– Synopsis: From writer-director M. Night Shyamalan ("The Village," "Signs," "Unbreakable," "The Sixth Sense") comes "Lady in the Water," a story originally conceived by Shyamalan for his children. Fate won't ...
Monster House

Monster House

πŸ“… Release: July 21, 2006
🎭 Genre: AnimationHorror
⭐ Rating: PG
🎬 Starring: Mitchel Musso, Sam Lerner, Spencer Locke, Steve Buscemi, Nick Cannon, Matthew Fahey, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Jon Heder, Kevin James, Jason Lee, Ryan Newman
πŸ“– Synopsis: In the eerie and enchanting world of Monster House, three adventurous kids stumble upon a terrifying secret lurking in their neighborhood. The story centers around DJ, an inquisitive boy with a wild ...
My Super Ex-Girlfriend

My Super Ex-Girlfriend

πŸ“… Release: July 21, 2006
🎭 Genre: ComedyRomanceAction
⭐ Rating: PG-13
🎬 Starring: Uma Thurman, Anna Faris, Luke Wilson, Eddie Izzard, Wanda Sykes, Rainn Wilson, Mark Consuelos, Greg D'Agostino, Olja Hrustic, Jaclynn Tiffany Brown
πŸ“– Synopsis: Breaking up is hard to do, but sometimes it can be downright dangerous. In the Ivan Reitman comedy "My Super Ex-Girlfriend," Matt Saunders (Luke Wilson) thinks he's finally found the perfect girlfri...
Ant Bully, The

Ant Bully, The

πŸ“… Release: July 28, 2006
🎭 Genre: AnimationAdventure
🎬 Starring: Paul Giamatti, Julia Roberts, Nicolas Cage, Meryl Streep, Alan Cumming, Regina King, Ricardo Montalban, Cheri Oteri, Lily Tomlin, Tyler James Williams
πŸ“– Synopsis: Poor 10-year-old Lucas Nickle (voiced by Zach Tyler Eisen) can't get a break. Recently moved to a new city with his family, he hasn't made a single friend. He gets nothing but grief from his teenage s...
Miami Vice

Miami Vice

πŸ“… Release: July 28, 2006
🎭 Genre: ActionDrama
🎬 Starring: Colin Farrell, Jamie Foxx, Naomie Harris, Luis Tosar, Ciaran Hinds, Justin Theroux, Elizabeth Rodriguez, John Ortiz, Gong Li, Tony Curran
πŸ“– Synopsis: The cocaine cowboys of the '80s are gone, but Miami's Casablanca allure, the undercover cops and the attitudes of Michael Mann's culturally influential television series have been enhanced by time i...
Cars

Cars

πŸ“… Release: June 9, 2006
🎭 Genre: AnimationComedyFamily
⭐ Rating: G
🎬 Starring: Paul Newman, Richard Petty, Owen Wilson, Bonnie Hunt, John Ratzenberger, Larry the Cable Guy, Cheech Marin, Katherine Helmond, Dale Earnhardt Jr., George Carlin
πŸ“– Synopsis: After taking moviegoers magically into the realm of toys, bugs, monsters, fish, and superheroes, the masterful storytellers and technical wizards at Pixar Animation Studios ("The Incredibles," "Findin...
Garfield: A Tail Of Two Kitties

Garfield: A Tail Of Two Kitties

πŸ“… Release: June 16, 2006
🎭 Genre: AnimationComedy
⭐ Rating: PG
🎬 Starring: Jennifer Love Hewitt, Bill Murray, Breckin Meyer, Lucy Davis, Billy Connolly, Tim Curry, Bob Hoskins, Roger Rees, Ian Abercrombie, JB Blanc
πŸ“– Synopsis: In this animated comedy sequel directed by [c=Tim Hill], the famously lazy and lasagna-loving orange tabby finds himself in a case of mistaken identity that transports him across the Atlantic. When [...
Break-Up, The

Break-Up, The

πŸ“… Release: June 2, 2006
🎭 Genre: ComedyRomance
⭐ Rating: PG-13
🎬 Starring: Jennifer Aniston, Vince Vaughn, Jason Bateman, Justin Long, Vincent D'Onofrio, Cole Hauser, John Michael Higgins, Judy Davis, Joey Lauren Adams, Ann-Margret
πŸ“– Synopsis: Vince Vaughn and Jennifer Aniston star in "The Break-Up," which starts where most romantic comedies end: after boy and girl have met, fallen in love, moved in to start their happily-ever-after..and ri...
Alex Rider: Operation Stormbreaker

Alex Rider: Operation Stormbreaker

πŸ“… Release: October 13, 2006
🎭 Genre: ActionAdventure
⭐ Rating: PG
🎬 Starring: Ewan McGregor, Bill Nighy, Alex Pettyfer, Alicia Silverstone, Mickey Rourke, Sophie Okonedo, Missi Pyle, Sarah Bolger, Ashley Walters, Damian Lewis
πŸ“– Synopsis: Based on the best selling young adult adventure series of books by Anthony Horowitz, "Stormbreaker" is a family movie about a kid who becomes a young James Bond. Alex Rider (Alex Pettyfer) is 14-yea...
Superman Returns

Superman Returns

πŸ“… Release: June 28, 2006
🎭 Genre: SuperheroAction
⭐ Rating: PG-13
🎬 Starring: Brandon Routh, Kate Bosworth, Kevin Spacey, Peta Wilson, James Marsden, Frank Langella, Sam Huntington, Eva Marie Saint, Kal Penn, Parker Posey
πŸ“– Synopsis: Following a mysterious absence of several years, the Man of Steel comes back to Earth in the epic action-adventure Superman Returns, a soaring new chapter in the saga of one of the world's most belove...
Pirates Of The Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest

Pirates Of The Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest

πŸ“… Release: July 7, 2006
🎭 Genre: AdventureActionComedy
🎬 Starring: Johnny Depp, Orlando Bloom, Keira Knightley, Stellan Skarsgard, Naomie Harris, Alex Norton, Jack Davenport, Bill Nighy, Geoffrey Rush, Jonathan Pryce
πŸ“– Synopsis: In the swashbuckling sequel to the beloved franchise, "Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest" plunges viewers back into the treacherous waters of the Caribbean as Captain Jack Sparrow, portrayed...
Just My Luck

Just My Luck

πŸ“… Release: May 12, 2006
🎭 Genre: ComedyRomance
⭐ Rating: PG-13
🎬 Starring: Lindsay Lohan, Chris Pine, Samaire Armstrong, Carlos Ponce, Bree Turner, Faizon Love, Makenzie Vega, Chris Carmack, Kenny Alfonso, Missi Pyle, McFly
πŸ“– Synopsis: Ashley Albright (Lindsay Lohan) is the luckiest woman in the world, a person to whom all the good things in life have come far too easily. She can pick a lottery ticket at random and hit the jackpot...
Over The Hedge

Over The Hedge

πŸ“… Release: May 19, 2006
🎭 Genre: AnimationComedy
⭐ Rating: PG
🎬 Starring: Wanda Sykes, Bruce Willis, Avril Lavigne, Garry Shandling, Steve Carell, Catherine O'Hara, William Shatner, Eugene Levy, Allison Janney, Nick Nolte
πŸ“– Synopsis: Just whose backyard is it, anyway? Spring has sprung, and Verne and his woodland friends awaken from their long winter's nap to discover that a tall, green "thing" has mysteriously cropped up right...
Fearless

Fearless

πŸ“… Release: September 22, 2006
🎭 Genre: ActionDrama
⭐ Rating: PG-13
🎬 Starring: Jet Li, Nakamura Shidou, Dong Yong, Betty Sun, Nathan Jones, Collin Chou, Bao Qijing, Masato Harada, Somluck Kamsing, Jean-Claude Leuye
πŸ“– Synopsis: Inspired by the life of legendary Chinese martial artist Huo Yuanjia, [c=Jet Li] delivers a powerful performance in this epic action drama. The story follows Huo, a gifted but arrogant fighter in ear...
Lake House, The

Lake House, The

πŸ“… Release: June 16, 2006
🎭 Genre: DramaRomance
⭐ Rating: PG
🎬 Starring: Keanu Reeves, Sandra Bullock, Jeremy Irons, Lynn Collins, Christopher Plummer, Dylan Walsh, Shohreh Aghdashloo, Ebon-Moss Bachrach
πŸ“– Synopsis: In the enchanting drama and romance of Lake House, two strangers, Alex [c=Keanu Reeves] and Kate [c=Sandra Bullock], find themselves inexplicably linked through a mysterious mailbox at a lakeside hou...
Aquamarine

Aquamarine

πŸ“… Release: March 3, 2006
🎭 Genre: ComedyDramaFamily
⭐ Rating: PG
🎬 Starring: Emma Roberts, Sara Paxton, Jojo, Arielle Kebbel, Louise McClatchy, Shaun Micallef, Bruce Spence, Jake McDorman
πŸ“– Synopsis: In a sun-drenched summer of change, two lifelong best friends, Claire and Hailey, face their final days together before a move threatens to separate them. Their wish for a miracle to stay together is...
Ultraviolet

Ultraviolet

πŸ“… Release: March 3, 2006
🎭 Genre: ActionHorrorSci-Fi
⭐ Rating: PG-13
🎬 Starring: Milla Jovovich, William Fichtner, Cameron Bright, Nick Chinlund, Ricardo Mamood, Sebastien Andrieu, Ida Martin, Robert Alonzo
πŸ“– Synopsis: Set in the late 21st century, a subculture of humans have emerged who have been modified genetically by a vampire-like disease (Hemophagia), giving them enhanced speed, incredible stamina and acute ...
Hard Candy

Hard Candy

πŸ“… Release: April 14, 2006
🎭 Genre: Thriller
⭐ Rating: R
🎬 Starring: Patrick Wilson, Ellen Page, Sandra Oh, Jennifer Holmes
πŸ“– Synopsis: Hayley's a smart, charming teenage girl -- but even smart girls make mistakes. She's hooking up in a coffee shop with Jeff, a guy she's met on the Internet. And even though he's a cute, smooth high...
Thank You For Smoking

Thank You For Smoking

πŸ“… Release: March 17, 2006
🎭 Genre: ComedyDrama
⭐ Rating: R
🎬 Starring: Aaron Eckhart, Maria Bello, Cameron Bright, Adam Brody, Sam Elliott, Katie Holmes, David Koechner, William H. Macy, J.K. Simmons, Robert Duvall
πŸ“– Synopsis: In a role Aaron Eckhart seems born to play, the hero of "Thank You for Smoking" is Nick Naylor, chief spokesman for Big Tobacco, who makes his living defending the rights of smokers and cigarette ma...
Fast And The Furious: Tokyo Drift, The

Fast And The Furious: Tokyo Drift, The

πŸ“… Release: June 16, 2006
🎭 Genre: ActionCrimeThriller
⭐ Rating: PG-13
🎬 Starring: Bow Wow, Lucas Black, Zachery Ty Bryan, Brian Tee, Nikki Griffin, Leonardo Nam, Daniel Booko, Ashika Gogna, Sung Kang, Jason Tobin, Nathalie Kelley
πŸ“– Synopsis: "The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift" is written by Chris Morgan ("Cellular"), who places the third entry in Tokyo: in this adrenalized new story, set in the sexy, underground world of Japanese dr...
Omen, The

Omen, The

πŸ“… Release: June 6, 2006
🎭 Genre: HorrorThriller
⭐ Rating: R
🎬 Starring: Liev Schreiber, Julia Stiles, Mia Farrow, David Thewlis, Michael Gambon, Pete Postlethwaite, Seamus Davey-Fitzpatrick
πŸ“– Synopsis: In this chilling remake of the classic horror tale, directed by [c=John Moore], an American diplomat and his wife's life is plunged into terror following the mysterious death of their firstborn son. ...
United 93

United 93

πŸ“… Release: April 28, 2006
🎭 Genre: Drama
⭐ Rating: R
🎬 Starring: David Alan Basche, Olivia Thirlby, Liza Colón-Zayas, Denny Dillon, Corey Johnson, David Rasche, John Rothman, Opal Alladin, Khalid Abdalla,Polly Adams
πŸ“– Synopsis: "Flight 93" is a film about 9/11. It tells the story of the day through a meticulous re-enactment of events surrounding United 93, the last of the four hijacked aircraft, in the belief that by exam...
Poseidon

Poseidon

πŸ“… Release: May 12, 2006
🎭 Genre: AdventureAction
⭐ Rating: PG-13
🎬 Starring: Josh Lucas, Kurt Russell, Emmy Rossum, Mike Vogel, Jacinda Barrett, Jimmy Bennett, Richard Dreyfuss, Andre Braugher, Stacy Ferguson
πŸ“– Synopsis: It's New Year's Eve and festivities have begun aboard the luxury cruise ship Poseidon, at sea in the North Atlantic. One of the finest vessels of its kind, Poseidon stands more than 20 stories tall...
Brick

Brick

πŸ“… Release: April 21, 2006
🎭 Genre: DramaMystery
⭐ Rating: R
🎬 Starring: Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Lukas Haas, Emilie de Ravin, Meagan Good, Matt O'Leary, Nora Zehetner, Brian J. White, Noah Fleiss, Lucas Babin, Jonathan Cauff
πŸ“– Synopsis: "Brick," the dynamic debut feature from writer/director Rian Johnson, won the Sundance Film Festival's Special Jury Prize for Originality of Vision."Brick," while taking its cues and its verbal style ...
Curious George

Curious George

πŸ“… Release: February 10, 2006
🎭 Genre: AnimationAdventure
⭐ Rating: G
🎬 Starring: Drew Barrymore, David Cross, Will Ferrell, Hailey Noelle Johnson, Eugene Levy, Dick Van Dyke, Joan Plowright, Ed O'Ross
πŸ“– Synopsis: Universal Pictures and Imagine Entertainment bring "Curious George," the original "monkey see, monkey do" chimp, to the screen in an all-new animated adventure based upon the beloved tales that have...
Wild, The

Wild, The

πŸ“… Release: April 14, 2006
🎭 Genre: AnimationAdventure
⭐ Rating: G
🎬 Starring: Kiefer Sutherland, Eddie Izzard, Dominic Scott Kay, Joseph Siravo, Jonathan Kimmel, Greg Cipes, Jim Belushi, Janeane Garofalo, Richard Kind, William S
πŸ“– Synopsis: In this wild and outrageous computer-animated comedy-adventure, an odd assortment of animals from the New York Zoo -- including a lion, a giraffe, an anaconda, a koala, and a squirrel -- discover wh...
X-Men: The Last Stand

X-Men: The Last Stand

πŸ“… Release: May 26, 2006
🎭 Genre: ActionDramaFantasy
⭐ Rating: PG-13
🎬 Starring: Hugh Jackman, Patrick Stewart, Shawn Ashmore, Daniel Cudmore, Famke Janssen, James Marsden, Ian McKellen, Anna Paquin, Ben Foster, Halle Berry
πŸ“– Synopsis: In a world where mutants face increasing persecution, "X-Men: The Last Stand" thrusts viewers into a tumultuous clash between humanity and those born with extraordinary abilities. As the discovery of...
Da Vinci Code, The

Da Vinci Code, The

πŸ“… Release: May 19, 2006
🎭 Genre: DramaMysteryThriller
⭐ Rating: PG-13
🎬 Starring: Tom Hanks, Jean Reno, Audrey Tautou, Ian McKellen, Alfred Molina, Paul Bettany, Jean-Pierre Marielle, Jürgen Prochnow, Seth Gabel, Daisy Doidge-Hill
πŸ“– Synopsis: While in Paris on business, Harvard symbologist Robert Langdon (Tom Hanks) receives an urgent late-night phone call: the elderly curator of the Louvre has been murdered inside the museum. Near the b...
Waiting...

Waiting...

πŸ“… Release: October 7, 2005
🎭 Genre: Comedy
⭐ Rating: R
🎬 Starring: Ryan Reynolds, Justin Long, Anna Faris, David Koechner, Alanna Ubach, Emmanuelle Chriqui, Luis Guzman, John Francis Daley, Robert Patrick Bennedict
πŸ“– Synopsis: A hilarious comedy about frustrated waiters, stingy tippers and dicey food, Lions Gate Films' "Waiting" stars Ryan Reynolds, Justin Long and Anna Faris as young employees battling boredom at Shenaniga...