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Fun With Dick And Jane

Fun With Dick And Jane

πŸ“… Release: December 21, 2005
🎭 Genre: AdventureComedy
⭐ Rating: PG-13
🎬 Starring: Jim Carey, Tea Leoni, Angie Harmon, Vincent Curatola, Jacob Davich, Alec Baldwin, Richard Jenkins, Stacey Travis
πŸ“– Synopsis: In a whirlwind of suburban affluence, [c=Jim Carrey] and [c=Tea Leoni] star as Dick and Jane Harper, a couple living the ultimate American dreamβ€”until it spectacularly collapses. When Dick’s high...
Underworld: Evolution

Underworld: Evolution

πŸ“… Release: January 20, 2006
🎭 Genre: ActionFantasyHorror
⭐ Rating: R
🎬 Starring: Kate Beckinsale, Michael Sheen, Scott Speedman, Shane Brolly, Bill Nighy, Derek Jacobi, Tony Curran
πŸ“– Synopsis: The ancient war between vampires and Lycans explodes into the present as Selene, the formidable Death Dealer portrayed by [c=Kate Beckinsale], uncovers the monstrous truth behind her own bloodline. T...
Brokeback Mountain

Brokeback Mountain

πŸ“… Release: December 16, 2005
🎭 Genre: DramaRomance
⭐ Rating: R
🎬 Starring: Jake Gyllenhaal, Heath Ledger, Anne Hathaway, Randy Quaid, Michelle Williams, Scott Michael Campbell, Anna Faris, Linda Cardellini
πŸ“– Synopsis: From Academy Award-winning filmmaker Ang Lee comes an epic American love story, based on the short story by Pulitzer Prize-winning author Annie Proulx and adapted for the screen by the team of Pulit...
Master And Commander: The Far Side Of The World

Master And Commander: The Far Side Of The World

πŸ“… Release: November 14, 2003
🎭 Genre: Action
⭐ Rating: PG-13
🎬 Starring: Russell Crowe, Paul Bettany, Billy Boyd, James D'Arcy, Lee Ingleby, George Innes, Mark Lewis Jones, Chris Larkin
πŸ“– Synopsis: Crowe stars as Lucky Jack Aubrey, a ship's captain whose beloved vessel, the Surprise, is suddenly attacked by a much superior enemy warship. Aubrey makes a momentous decision : despite the heavy d...
Jarhead

Jarhead

πŸ“… Release: November 4, 2005
🎭 Genre: Drama
⭐ Rating: R
🎬 Starring: Jake Gyllenhaal, Jamie Foxx, Chris Cooper, Peter Sarsgaard, Lucas Black, Laz Alonso, Brian Geraghty, Dennis Haysbert, Rini Bell, Jacob Vargas
πŸ“– Synopsis: "Jarhead" (the self-imposed moniker of the Marines) follows "Swoff" (Gyllenhaal), a third-generation enlistee, from a sobering stint in boot camp to active duty, sporting a sniper's rifle and a hund...
King Kong

King Kong

πŸ“… Release: December 14, 2005
🎭 Genre: ActionAdventure
⭐ Rating: PG-13
🎬 Starring: Naomi Watts, Jack Black, Adrien Brody, Andy Serkis, Thomas Kretschmann, Colin Hanks, Kyle Chandler, Evan Parke, Lobo Chan, Jamie Bell, John Sumner
πŸ“– Synopsis: Jackson will bring his sweeping cinematic vision to the iconic story of the gigantic ape-monster captured in the wilds and brought to civilization where he meets his tragic fate. The screenplay by J...
Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire

Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire

πŸ“… Release: November 18, 2005
🎭 Genre: AdventureFantasy
⭐ Rating: PG-13
🎬 Starring: Daniel Radcliffe, Rupert Grint, Emma Watson, Rowan Atkinson, Ralph Fiennes, Alan Rickman, Robert Pattinson, Clémence Poéy, Stanislav Ianevski
πŸ“– Synopsis: The pivotal fourth novel in the seven-part tale of Harry Potter's training as a wizard and his coming of age. Harry wants to get away from the pernicious Dursleys and go to the International Quiddit...
Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban

Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban

πŸ“… Release: June 4, 2004
🎭 Genre: Adventure
⭐ Rating: PG
🎬 Starring: Daniel Radcliffe, Emma Watson, Rupert Grint, Gary Oldman, David Thewlis, Peter Best, David Bradley, Julie Christie, Alan Rickman
πŸ“– Synopsis: Darkness descends upon the wizarding world as a notorious prisoner, Sirius Black, escapes from the dreaded fortress of Azkaban. For young wizard [c=Daniel Radcliffe], this news is delivered with a ch...
Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets

Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets

πŸ“… Release: November 15, 2002
🎭 Genre: ActionAdventure
⭐ Rating: PG
🎬 Starring: Daniel Radcliffe, Rupert Grint, Emma Watson, Maggie Smith, John Cleese, Robbie Coltrane, Richard Harris, Alan Rickman, Kenneth Branagh
πŸ“– Synopsis: The magic continues in this thrilling second installment of the beloved series, directed by [c=Chris Columbus]. When a mysterious voice only [c=Daniel Radcliffe]’s Harry Potter can hear begins echo...
Chronicles Of Narnia: The Lion, The Witch And The Wardrobe, The

Chronicles Of Narnia: The Lion, The Witch And The Wardrobe, The

πŸ“… Release: December 9, 2005
🎭 Genre: AdventureFantasy
⭐ Rating: PG
🎬 Starring: Tilda Swinton, Rupert Everett, Dawn French, Liam Neeson, Georgie Henley, William Moseley, Skandar Keynes, Anna Popplewell, James McAvoy
πŸ“– Synopsis: C.S. Lewis' timeless adventure "The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe" follows the exploits of the four Pevensie siblings -- Lucy, Edmund, Susan and Peter -- in World War II E...
Batman Begins

Batman Begins

πŸ“… Release: June 15, 2005
🎭 Genre: SuperheroAction
⭐ Rating: PG-13
🎬 Starring: Christian Bale, Michael Caine, Liam Neeson, Morgan Freeman, Gary Oldman, Ken Watanabe, Katie Holmes, Cillian Murphy, Tom Wilkinson
πŸ“– Synopsis: How does a man become a legend? [c=Christopher Nolan]'s gripping and grounded take on the iconic hero begins not with a vigilante, but with a lost soul. Haunted by a childhood trauma, billionaire Bru...
Off The Black

Off The Black

πŸ“… Release: December 8, 2006
🎭 Genre: Drama
⭐ Rating: R
🎬 Starring: Nick Nolte, Trevor Morgan, Timothy Hutton, Sally Kirkland, Rosemarie DeWitt, Noah Fleiss, Sally Kirkland
πŸ“– Synopsis: "Off the Black" is a coming-of-age story of teenager Dave Tibbel (Morgan) who copes with his own distant father (Timothy Hutton) by forming an unlikely friendship with a disheveled, irascible high ...
Home Of The Brave

Home Of The Brave

πŸ“… Release: May 11, 2007
🎭 Genre: DramaAction
⭐ Rating: R
🎬 Starring: Samuel L. Jackson, Jessica Biel, Brian Presley, 50 Cent, Christina Ricci, Chad Michael Murray
πŸ“– Synopsis: From Academy Award-winner Irwin Winkler comes "Home of the Brave," the story of four American soldiers nearing the end of their tours of duty in Iraq. Shortly after learning their unit will soon ret...
Van Wilder: The Rise Of Taj

Van Wilder: The Rise Of Taj

πŸ“… Release: December 1, 2006
🎭 Genre: Comedy
⭐ Rating: R
🎬 Starring: Kal Penn, Lauren Cohan, Holly Davidson, Glen Barry, Anthony Cozens, Tom Davey, William de Coverly, Shobu Kapoor, Dan Percival, Daniel Percival
πŸ“– Synopsis: After graduating from the wild parties of Coolidge College, the ambitious Taj Mahal Badalandabad, played by [c=Kal Penn], sets his sights on the hallowed halls of England's prestigious Camford Univer...
Inland Empire

Inland Empire

πŸ“… Release: December 6, 2006
🎭 Genre: DramaMystery
⭐ Rating: R
🎬 Starring: Laura Dern, Justin Theroux, Harry Dean Stanton, Jeremy Irons, Terryn Westbrook, Julia Ormond, Michael Pare, Ian Abercrombie, Masuimi Max
πŸ“– Synopsis: In the labyrinthine world of [c=David Lynch]'s "Inland Empire," a Hollywood actress named Nikki Grace, played with mesmerizing intensity by [c=Laura Dern], lands a coveted role in a film titled "On H...
Days Of Glory

Days Of Glory

πŸ“… Release: December 8, 2006
🎭 Genre: DramaHistoryWar
⭐ Rating: R
🎬 Starring: Jamel Debbouze, Samy Naceri, Sami Bouajila, Roschdy Zem, Bernard Blancan, Matthieu Simonet
πŸ“– Synopsis: 1943. The young North Africans had never stepped foot on French soil but because France was at war, SaΓ―d, Abdelkader, Messaoud and Yassir enlisted in the French Army, along with 130,000 other "indi...
Big Nothing

Big Nothing

πŸ“… Release: December 1, 2006
🎭 Genre: ComedyThriller
🎬 Starring: Simon Pegg, David Schwimmer, Alice Eve, Natascha McElhone, Mimi Rogers, Jon Polito, Billy Asher, Maury Chaykin
πŸ“– Synopsis: In the darkly comedic thriller [m=Big Nothing], a disgraced scientist named Charlie (played by [c=Simon Pegg]) finds himself at the end of his rope after being fired from his job and struggling to su...
Architect, The

Architect, The

πŸ“… Release: December 1, 2006
🎭 Genre: DramaAction
⭐ Rating: R
🎬 Starring: Anthony LaPaglia, Viola Davis, Isabella Rossellini, Hayden Panettiere, Sebastian Stan, Walton Goggins, Paul James
πŸ“– Synopsis: "The Architect," starring Anthony Lapaglia in the title role along with Isabella Rossellini and Viola Davis, is a harrowing and ultimately human story of two very different families. Leo Waters (Lap...
3 Needles

3 Needles

πŸ“… Release: December 1, 2006
🎭 Genre: Drama
🎬 Starring: Lucy Liu, Chloe Sevigny, Olympia Dukakis, Sandra Oh, Stockard Channing, Shawn Ashmore, Cory Bowles, Ian Roberts, Marc Trottier, Steven Crowder, Li Li
πŸ“– Synopsis: In South Africa, Clara is a Novice in the order of the Mission for the Propagation of the Faithful. Living among the tribes on the Wild Coast, her mission is to convert the rapidly dying Africans t...
10 Items Or Less

10 Items Or Less

πŸ“… Release: December 1, 2006
🎭 Genre: Drama
⭐ Rating: R
🎬 Starring: Morgan Freeman, Paz Vega, Anne Dudek, Jonah Hill, Alexandra Berardi, Jennifer Echols, Kirsten Gronfield, Leonardo Nam, Kumar Pallana, Jim Parsons
πŸ“– Synopsis: Representing a bold departure for both Academy Award-winner Morgan Freeman and director Brad Silberling, "10 Items or Less" is an intimately-scaled, two-character comedy in which Freeman plays a maj...
Let's Go To Prison

Let's Go To Prison

πŸ“… Release: November 17, 2006
🎭 Genre: Comedy
⭐ Rating: R
🎬 Starring: Dax Shepard, Will Arnett, Chi McBride, Dylan Baker, Steve Dahl, David Koechner, Michael Shannon, Amy Hill
πŸ“– Synopsis: Felon John Lyshitski (Shepard) has figured out the best way to get revenge on the now-dead judge who sent him to jail: watch the official's obnoxious son, Nelson Biederman IV (Arnett), survive the c...
Fountain, The

Fountain, The

πŸ“… Release: November 22, 2006
🎭 Genre: Sci-FiDrama
⭐ Rating: PG-13
🎬 Starring: Hugh Jackman, Rachel Weisz, Ellen Burstyn, Sean Gullette, Sean Patrick Thomas, Donna Murphy, Alexander Bisping, Cliff Curtis, Ethan Suplee
πŸ“– Synopsis: "The Fountain" is an odyssey about one man's thousand-year struggle to save the woman he loves. His epic journey begins in 16th century Spain, where conquistador Tomas Creo (Hugh Jackman) commences ...
Fur: An Imaginary Portrait Of Diane Arbus

Fur: An Imaginary Portrait Of Diane Arbus

πŸ“… Release: November 10, 2006
🎭 Genre: Drama
⭐ Rating: R
🎬 Starring: Nicole Kidman, Robert Downey Jr., Ty Burrell, Harris Yulin, Jane Alexander, Genevieve McCarthy, Boris McGiver, Marceline Hugot, Emily Bergl
πŸ“– Synopsis: In a lush 1950s New York, [c=Nicole Kidman] portrays Diane Arbus, a woman suffocating within the pristine confines of her privileged, domestic life as a photographer for her husband's fashion busines...
Unknown

Unknown

πŸ“… Release: November 1, 2006
🎭 Genre: DramaThriller
🎬 Starring: Jeremy Sisto, Peter Stormare, Greg Kinnear, James Caviezel, Kevin Chapman, Clayne Crawford, Bridget Moynahan, Joe Pantoliano, Barry Pepper
πŸ“– Synopsis: Five men awaken in a locked warehouse with no memory of who they are or how they arrived there. As they piece together clues from their surroundings and their own battered bodies, a tense hierarchy f...
For Your Consideration

For Your Consideration

πŸ“… Release: November 17, 2006
🎭 Genre: Comedy
⭐ Rating: PG-13
🎬 Starring: Carrie Aizley, Bob Balaban, Ed Begley Jr., Jennifer Coolidge, Paul Dooley, Ricky Gervais, Christopher Guest, Rachael Harris, John Michael Higgins
πŸ“– Synopsis: Christopher Guest turns the camera on Hollywood for his next film, "For Your Consideration." The film focuses on the making of an independent movie and its cast who become victims of the dreaded awa...
Hood Of Horror

Hood Of Horror

πŸ“… Release: November 17, 2006
🎭 Genre: ComedyDramaHorror
⭐ Rating: R
🎬 Starring: Snoop Dogg, Danny Trejo, Ernie Hudson, Jason Alexander, Billy Dee Williams, Method Man, Anson Mount, Daniella Alonso, Brande Roderick
πŸ“– Synopsis: Welcome to the Hood of Horror, where revenge is a dish best served cold... in a 40 oz. The Hound of Hell (Snoop Dogg) is your guide through three tales from this nefarious neighborhood and its depra...
Candy

Candy

πŸ“… Release: November 17, 2006
🎭 Genre: DramaRomance
⭐ Rating: R
🎬 Starring: Heath Ledger, Abbie Cornish, Geoffrey Rush, Tom Budge, Tara Morice, Tony Martin, Damon Herriman, Jason Chan, Noni Hazlehurst
πŸ“– Synopsis: In the intoxicating whirlwind of young love, poet Dan, played by [c=Heath Ledger], and aspiring artist Candy, brought to life by [c=Abbie Cornish], find their creative spirits and passions perfectly ...
Fast Food Nation

Fast Food Nation

πŸ“… Release: November 17, 2006
🎭 Genre: Drama
⭐ Rating: R
🎬 Starring: Patricia Arquette, Bobby Cannavale, Luis Guzman, Ethan Hawke, Ashley Johnson, Greg Kinnear, Kris Kristofferson, Avril Lavigne, Catalina Sandino Moreno
πŸ“– Synopsis: Don Henderson (Greg Kinnear)-a marketing executive at Mickey's Fast Food Restaurant chain, home of "The Big One"-has a problem. Contaminated meat is getting into the frozen patties of the company's ...
Come Early Morning

Come Early Morning

πŸ“… Release: November 10, 2006
🎭 Genre: DramaRomance
⭐ Rating: R
🎬 Starring: Ashley Judd, Jeffrey Donovan, Laura Prepon, Diane Ladd, Scott Wilson, Ray McKinnon, Tim Blake Nelson
πŸ“– Synopsis: "Come Early Morning" is a beautifully rendered film about a southern woman in a small-town, rural community, a subject director Joey Lauren Adams obviously knows intimately. Delicately told, and rat...
Copying Beethoven

Copying Beethoven

πŸ“… Release: November 10, 2006
🎭 Genre: DramaMusicalRomance
⭐ Rating: PG-13
🎬 Starring: Ed Harris, Diane Kruger, Matthew Goode, Ralph Riach, Bill Stewart, George Mendel, Joe Anderson, Angus Barnett, Nicholas Jones, Phyllida Law
πŸ“– Synopsis: An aspiring composer of humble means, 23-year-old Anna Holtz (Diane Kruger) is seeking inspiration and career advancement in the world's music capital, Vienna. A student at the music conservatory, ...