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Wordplay (2006)

A journey into the world of Will Shortz, the crossword puzzle editor at The New York Times. Known to millions as National Public Radio's "Puzzle Master," Shortz has spent his entire lifetime studying, creating, and editing puzzles, and has built a huge following along the way. Meet Shortz's diehard fans--including President Bill Clinton, Senator Bob Dole, "The Daily Show's" Jon Stewart, filmmaker Ken...

Genres: Documentary

Running Time: 90 min.

Release Date: June 16, 2006 (limited)

MPAA Rating: Not Rated
Cast and Credits

Starring: Will Shortz, Merl Reagle, Jon Stewart, Ken Burns, Indigo Girls (II)
Directed by: Patrick Creadon

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Wild Safari 3D: A South African Adventure (2005)

Explores the powers of South Africa's "Big Five" indigenous species: the elephant, the Cape Buffalo, the rhino, the leopard and the lion, as experienced through the travels of zoologist Liesl Eichenberger.

Genres: Documentary

Running Time: 45 min.

Release Date: April 8, 2005 Limited

MPAA Rating: Not Rated

Cast and Credits

Starring: Liesl Eichenberger
Produced by: Charlotte Huggins, Caroline Van Iseghem

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The Road To Guantanamo (2006)

The first-hand account of three British citizens who were held for two years without charges in the American military prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. Known as the "Tipton Three," in reference to their home town in Britain, the three were eventually returned to Britain and released, still having had no formal charges ever made against them at any time during their ordeal. The trio initially set out...

Genres: Art/Foreign and Drama

Running Time: 1 hr. 35 min.

Release Date: June 23rd, 2006 (limited)

MPAA Rating: R for language and disturbing violent content.

Cast and Credits

Starring: Rizwan Ahmed, Ruhel Ahmed, Asif Iqbal, Shafiq Rasul, Farhad Harun
Produced by: Lee Thomas, Andrew Eaton, Melissa Parmenter

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The Wild (2006)

In this computer-animated comedy-adventure, an assortment of animals from the New York Zoo - including a lion, a giraffe, an anaconda, a koala, and a squirrel - discover what a jungle the city can be when one of their own is mistakenly shipped to the wild and they embark on a dangerous mission to rescue him. The film has a vocal ensemble - Kiefer Sutherland (as the respected lion leader, Samson), Greg...

Genres: Kids/Family and Animation

Release Date: April 14th, 2006 (wide)

MPAA Rating: G
Cast and Credits

Starring: Kiefer Sutherland, Eddie Izzard, James Belushi, Janeane Garofalo, William Shatner
Directed by: Steve 'Spaz' Williams

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12 and Holding (2006)

In the suburbs of America, three close knit 12-year-olds -- introverted Jacob (Conor Donovan), precocious Malee (Zoe Weizenbaum) and vulnerable Leonard (Jesse Camacho) -- start down the path of self-discovery and begin to distinguish their own voices from those of their parents. Sparked by the tragic death of Jacob¿s twin brother, the trio band together as they grapple with feelings of revenge, the...

Genres: Drama

Running Time: 1 hr. 34 min.

Release Date: May 19th, 2006 (limited)

MPAA Rating: R for some violence and sexual content involving minors, and for language.
Cast and Credits

Starring: Jeremy Renner, Linus Roache, Annabella Sciorra, Jayne Atkinson, Tom McGowan
Produced by: Michael Nozik, Michael Hoffman, Amy Robinson

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Water (2006)

Set in 1938 Colonial India, against Mahatma Gandhi's rise to power, an 8-year-old Chuyia is widowed and sent to a home where Hindu widows must live in penitence. Chuyia¿s feisty presence deeply affects the lives of the other residents, including a young widow, who falls for a Gandhian idealist.

Genres: Art/Foreign, Drama, Musical/Performing Arts and Romance

Running Time: 1 hr. 54 min.

Release Date: April 28th, 2006 (NY/LA)

MPAA Rating: PG-13 for mature thematic material involving sexuality, and for brief drug use. .
Cast and Credits

Starring: Seema Biswas, John Abraham (II), John Abraham, Lisa Ray, Rishma Malik
Produced by: Ajay Virmani,

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Russian Dolls (2006)

Xavier seems dissatisfied with just about everything. An aspiring novelist, his greatest achievement is a co-credit on an over-the-top TV soap. His romantic life is equally disappointing, consisting of one-night stands and unfinished romances. He can seduce beautiful, smart and successful women - but ultimately sabotages even the most promising encounters. A chance meeting could be the answer to both...

Genres: Art/Foreign, Comedy and Sequel

Running Time: 128 min.

Release Date: May 10th, 2006 (limited)

MPAA Rating: Not Rated
Cast and Credits

Starring: Romain Duris, Cecile De France, Audrey Tautou, Kelly Reilly, Kevin Bishop
Directed by: Cedric Klapisch

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Say Uncle (2006)

A young artist goes on a desperate search to replace the relationship with his godson, who has moved to Japan with his family. He tries a baby-sitting business, works in a toy store and spends his free time playing with kids at nearby playgrounds until catching the attention of a neighborhood mom who determines that Johnson is a danger to the community.

Running Time: 1 hr. 30 min.

Release Date: June 23rd, 2006 (limited)

MPAA Rating: R for language.
Cast and Credits

Starring: Peter Paige, Kathy Najimy, Anthony Clark, Gabrielle Union, Melanie Lynskey
Directed by: Peter Paige

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Wah-Wah (2006)

During the last gasp of the British Empire in Swaziland, South East Africa, in 1969, 11-year-old Ralph witnesses his mother's adultery with his father's best friend. His parents divorce and Ralph is sent to boarding school. His father, Harry, not only loses his wife and best friend, but also his position as Minister of Education with the coming of Independence, prompting his rapid descent into alcoholism....

Genres: Art/Foreign and Drama

Running Time: 1 hr. 36 min.

Release Date: May 12, 2006 (limited)

MPAA Rating: R
Cast and Credits

Starring: Nicholas Hoult, Gabriel Byrne, Emily Watson, Julie Walters, Miranda Richardson
Directed by: Richard E. Grant

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Pulse (2006)

Imagine our wireless technologies made a connection to a world beyond our own. Imagine that world used that technology as a doorway into ours. Now, imagine that the connection we made can't be shut down. When you turn on your cell phone or log on to your e-mail, they'll get in, you'll be infected and they'll be able to take from you what they don¹t have anymore - life.

Genres: Suspense/Horror, Thriller and Remake

Release Date: August 11th, 2006 (wide)

MPAA Rating: Not Rated
Cast and Credits

Starring: Kristen Bell, Ian Somerhalder, Christina Milian, Ian Somerhalder, Christina Milian
Directed by: Jim Sonzero

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House of Sand (Casa de Areia) (2006)

Aurea is brought to the northern Brazilian town of Maranhao by her insane husband Vasco, who suffers from delusions that the barren land may be profitably farmed. A calamitous turn of events leaves Aurea, now pregnant, and her mother Maria alone in the desert in a house full of sand. They eventually find friendship and food through Massu, who lives at a quilombo (a self-sustaining society originally...

Genres: Art/Foreign and Drama

Running Time: 1 hr. 43 min.

Release Date: August 11th, 2006 (limited)

MPAA Rating: R for some graphic sexuality.
Cast and Credits

Starring: Fernanda Montenegro, Fernanda Torres, Ruy Guerra, Seu Jorge, Luis Melodia
Directed by: Andrucha Waddington

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Queens (2006)

A contemporary ensemble comedy that finds five headstrong mothers coping with the personal family conflicts surrounding the impending marriages of their gay sons. As these five very different women deal with their own desires, prejudices and history they attempt to survive the weekend as sex, anger, bigotry and love hilariously clash in this ultimate wedding film about the strength of love and the...

Genres: Art/Foreign, Comedy and Romance

Running Time: 1 hr. 47 min.

Release Date: August 18th, 2006 (limited)

Cast and Credits

Starring: Marisa Paredes, Veronica Forque, Carmen Maura, Mercedes Sampietro, Betiana Blum (II)
Directed by: Manuel Gomez Pereira

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The Benchwarmers (2006)

Gus and his nerdy buddies, Richie and Clark, are scouted by a millionaire nerd, Mel, who wants to form a baseball team and compete with the meanest Little League teams in the state. A stellar ballplayer, Gus becomes a role model for nerds and outcasts everywhere. But when his fans learn that Gus, himself, was once a school bully, they feel outraged and betrayed, until Gus takes extraordinary steps...

Genres: Comedy and Sports

Running Time: 1 hr. 20 min.

Release Date: April 7th, 2006 (wide)

MPAA Rating: PG-13 for crude and suggestive humor, and for language.
Cast and Credits

Starring: Rob Schneider, David Spade, Jon Heder, Jon Lovitz, Craig Kilborn
Directed by: Dennis Dugan

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V for Vendetta (2006)

Against the futuristic landscape of totalitarian Britain, a young working-class woman named Evey is rescued from a life-and-death situation by a masked man known only as "V." Profoundly complex, V is at once literary, flamboyant, tender and intellectual, a man dedicated to freeing his fellow citizens from those who have terrorized them into compliance. He is also bitter, revenge-seeking, lonely and...

Genres: Action/Adventure, Drama, Science Fiction/Fantasy and Adaptation

Running Time: 2 hrs. 11 min.

Release Date: March 17th, 2006 (wide)

MPAA Rating: R for strong violence and some language.
Cast and Credits

Starring: Natalie Portman, Hugo Weaving, Stephen Rea, John Hurt, Stephen Fry
Directed by: James McTeigue

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در يک رای گيری از سوی مجله سينمايی امپاير و کمپانی سونی پيکچرز، اورسولا اندرس به عنوان بهترين بازيگر نقش زن رشته فيلمهای جيمز باند برگزيده شد.
اورسولا اندرس در نخستين فيلم از اين مجموعه که دکتر نو نام داشت در نقش هانی رايدر به روی پرده ظاهر شد. صحنه بيرون آمدن اورسولا اندرس از آب در اين فيلم، يکی از مشهور ترين صحنه های اين رشته فيلمهاست.

در اين رای گيری گلدفينگر با بازی شون کانری به عنوان بهترين فيلم جيمز باند برگزيده شد.

دونالد پليسانس در نقش بلافلد در فيلم تو فقط دوبار زندگی می کنی به عنوان برترين شخصيت منفی فيلمهای جيمز باند انتخاب شد و اتومبيل " لوتوس اسپريت" در فيلم جاسوسی که مرا دوست داشت، در صدر فهرست بهترين ابزار طراحی شده برای جاسوسی در اين فيلمها جای گرفت.

فامکه يانسن که نقش زنيا انوتوپ را در فيلم چشم طلايی ايفا کرده بود، پس از اورسولا اندرس در رده دوم بهترين بازيگران زن جيمز باند قرار گرفت.

مقام سوم اين فهرست به هالی بری برای نقش جينکس در فيلم روز ديگری بمير رسيد.

دکتر نو نخستين فيلم از اين مجموعه در سال 1962 اکران شد.


شون کانری در 7 فيلم جيمز باند نقش آفرينی کرد

شون کانری، هنرپيشه اسکاتلندی، نخستين بازيگری بود که در نقش جيمز باند بازی کرد. او در شش فيلم ديگر از اين مجموعه نيز ظاهر شد.

جورج ليزنبی (يک فيلم)، راجر مور (هفت فيلم)، تيموتی دالتون (دو فيلم) و پيرس برازنان (چهار فيلم) پس از کانری در اين فيلمها نقش آفرينی کردند.

بعد از کناره گيری برازنان، دانيل کريگ، بازيگر انگليسی فيلمهايی چون مهاجمان مقبره و سيلويا به عنوان ششمين بازيگر شخصيت سينمايی جيمز باند انتخاب شد که اکنون در حال بازی در دومين فيلم جيمز باندی اش است.