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Over the Hedge (2006)

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 large, green hedge has cropped up right through the middle of their once-natural habitat. Enter RJ, an opportunistic raccoon who explains that the world beyond the hedge is "the gateway to the good life" where peculiar creatures called humans live to eat, rather...

Genres: Comedy, Kids/Family, Animation and Adaptation

Running Time: 1 hr. 30 min.

Release Date: May 19th, 2006 (wide)

MPAA Rating: PG for some rude humor and mild comic action.
Cast and Credits

Starring: Bruce Willis, Garry Shandling, Steve Carell, Wanda Sykes, William Shatner
Directed by: Tim Johnson

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A Prairie Home Companion (2006)

After 32 years, Garrison Keillor's radio variety show is coming to an end. Set on a rainy Saturday night in St. Paul, Minnesota, fans file into the Fitzgerald Theater to see "A Prairie Home Companion," a staple of radio station WLT, not knowing that WLT has been sold to a Texas conglomerate and that tonight's show will be the last. Backstage cast and crew assemble for one last hurrah. They include:...

Genres: Comedy, Drama, Musical/Performing Arts and Adaptation

Running Time: 105 min.

Release Date: June 9th, 2006 (wide)

MPAA Rating: PG-13 for risque humor.
Cast and Credits

Starring: Lily Tomlin, Meryl Streep, Maya Rudolph, Lindsay Lohan, John C. Reilly
Produced by: William Pohlad, John Penotti, Fisher Stevens

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A Scanner Darkly (2006)

Set in a future world where America has lost the war on drugs, an undercover cop, Fred, is one of many agents hooked on the popular drug Substance D, which causes its users to develop split personalities. Fred, for instance, is also Bob, a notorious drug dealer. Along with his superior officers, Fred sets up an elaborate scheme to catch Bob and tear down his operation.

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

Running Time: 1 hr. 40 min.

Release Date: July 7th, 2006 (limited)

MPAA Rating: R for drug and sexual content, language and a brief violent image.
Starring: Keanu Reeves, Mitch Baker, Robert Downey Jr., Winona Ryder, Woody Harrelson
Produced by: George Clooney, Steven Soderbergh, Ben Cosgrove

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Silent Hill (2006)

The eerie and deserted ghost town of Silent Hill draws a young mother desperate to find a cure for her only child's illness. Unable to accept the doctor's diagnosis that her daughter should be permanently institutionalized for psychiatric care, Rose flees with her child, heading for the abandoned town in search of answers--and ignoring the protests of her husband. It's soon clear this place is unlike...

Genres: Action/Adventure, Art/Foreign, Suspense/Horror and Adaptation

Running Time: 2 hrs. 7 min.

Release Date: April 21st, 2006 (wide)

MPAA Rating: R for strong horror violence and gore, disturbing images, and some language.
Cast and Credits

Starring: Radha Mitchell, Sean Bean, Laurie Holden, Deborah Kara Unger, Kim Coates
Directed by: Christophe Gans

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Sir! No Sir! (2006)

Sir! No Sir! is the first film to retell the tale of resistance to the Vietnam war within the military. Like the Vietnam War itself, the GI antiwar movement started small and within a few years had exploded into a force that altered history. Like the times from which it grew, the movement involved organized actions and spontaneous resistance, political groups and cultural upheaval. Today, at a time...

Genres: Documentary

Running Time: 85 min.

Release Date: April 7th, 2006 (SF)

MPAA Rating: Not Rated
Cast and Credits

Starring: Jane Fonda, Dave Cline, Keith Mather, Randy Rowland, Susan Schnall
Produced by: Peter Broderick, Evangeline Griego, Aaron Zarrow

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World Trade Center (2006)

True story of Will Jimeno and John McLoughlin, two Port Authority police officers who rushed into the burning World Trade Center on 9/11 to help rescue people, but became trapped themselves when the tower collapsed. A race against time ensued to free them before their air ran out.

Release Date: August 9th, 2006 (wide)

MPAA Rating: PG-13

Distributors: Paramount Pictures
Cast and Credits

Starring: Nicolas Cage, Michael Pena, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Maria Bello, Stephen Dorff
Directed by: Oliver Stone

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Beerfest (2006)

When American brothers Todd and Jan Wolfhouse travel to Germany to spread their grandfather's ashes at Oktoberfest, they stumble upon a super-secret, centuries old, underground beer games competition--"Beerfest," the secret Olympics of beer drinking. The brothers receive a less than warm welcome from their German cousins, the Von Wolfhausens, who humiliate Todd and Jan, slander their relatives, and...

Genres: Comedy

Release Date: August 25, 2006 (wide)
Cast and Credits

Starring: Paul Soter, Erik Stolhanske, Steve Lemme, Kevin Heffernan, Jay Chandrasekhar
Directed by: Jay Chandrasekhar

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The Protector (2006)

Kham's life is turned upside down when an international mafia syndicate, based in Australia, captures his two beloved elephants and smuggles them thousands of kilometers away to Sydney. The two elephants are far more than mere animals to Kham and his father; they are part of his family and were being prepared to be presented as a token of devotion to his Majesty the King of Thailand. The only way Kham...

Genres: Action/Adventure, Art/Foreign and Comedy

Running Time: 1 hr. 50 min.

Release Date: August 25th, 2006 (limited)
Cast and Credits

Starring: Tony Jaa, Petchthai Wongkamlao, Bongkot Kongmalai, Jing Xing, Johnny Nguyen
Directed by: Prachya Pinkaew

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Crank (2006)

Chev Chelios is about to begin his morning with an unexpected wake-up call. Groggy, practically unable to move and with a heart that's barely beating, he hears the voice of thug Ricky Verona, who reveals Chev has been poisoned in his sleep and only has an hour to live. As it turns out, Chev is a hit man who freelances for a major West Coast syndicate. A run of the mill job the night before instead...

Genres: Action/Adventure, Comedy and Thriller

Release Date: September 1st, 2006 (wide)

MPAA Rating: R for strong violence, pervasive language, sexuality, nudity and drug use.
Cast and Credits

Starring: Jason Statham, Amy Smart, Efren Ramirez, Jose Pablo Cantillo, Jay Xcala
Directed by: Mark Neveldine, Brian Taylor

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The Wicker Man (2006)

In Neil LaBute's remake of the 1973 horror classic, Nicolas Cage stars as a sheriff investigating a young girl's disappearance from an isolated, mysterious island off the coast of Maine. As he digs deeper and uncovers evidence of disturbing pagan rituals, he realizes there's something very strange about the local community.

Genres: Suspense/Horror, Thriller and Remake

Release Date: September 1st, 2006 (wide)

MPAA Rating: PG-13 for disturbing images and violence, language and thematic issues.

Cast and Credits

Starring: Nicolas Cage, Leelee Sobieski, Ellen Burstyn, Kate Beahan, Christa Campbell
Directed by: Neil LaBute

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Riding Alone for Thousands of Miles (2006)

A Japanese man travels to China with his dying son to learn the local opera of Yunnan Province.

Genres: Art/Foreign and Drama

Running Time: 1 hr. 48 min.

Release Date: September 1st, 2006 (limited)

MPAA Rating: Not Rated
Cast and Credits

Starring: Ken Takakura, Qiu Lin, Li Jiamin, Shinobu Terajima, Kiichi Nakai (II)
Directed by: Zhang Yimou

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The Covenant (2006)

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 trace--until now. This thriller tells the story of the Sons of Ipswich, four young students at the elite Spencer Academy who are bound by their sacred ancestry. As descendants of the original families who settled...

Genres: Suspense/Horror and Thriller

Release Date: September 8th, 2006 (wide)
Cast and Credits

Starring: Steven Strait, Sebastian Stan, Laura Ramsey, Taylor Kitsch, Toby Hemingway
Directed by: Renny Harlin

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DOA: Dead or Alive (2006)

Four voluptuous girls, each with unique fighting styles, are invited to partake in the "Dead or Alive" world fighting tournament on an exotic island.

Genres: Action/Adventure and Adaptation

Release Date: September 8th, 2006 (wide)

MPAA Rating: PG-13 for pervasive martial arts and action violence, some sexuality and nudity.

Cast and Credits

Starring: Natassia Malthe, Jaime Pressly, Devon Aoki, Brian J. White, Holly Valance
Directed by: Corey Yuen

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Lucky You (2006)

A gifted poker player juggles an intense relationship with his girlfriend's sister, while trying to raise the money to play in his field's annual "World Series" -- even if it means squaring off against his father.

Genres: Drama

Release Date: September 15th, 2006 (wide)

MPAA Rating: Not Rated
Cast and Credits

Starring: Eric Bana, Drew Barrymore, Debra Messing, Robert Duvall, Robert Downey Jr.
Directed by: Curtis Hanson

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Pathfinder (2006)

A thousand years in the past, a young Norse boy is left behind after his clan shipwrecks on the Eastern shores. Despite his lineage, the boy is raised by the very Indians his kinsmen set out to destroy. Now, as the Vikings return to stage another barbaric raid on his village, the 25 year-old Norse warrior wages a personal war to stop the Vikings’ trail of death and destruction. Forging his own path,...

Genres: Action/Adventure and Remake

Release Date: September 8th, 2006 (wide)

MPAA Rating: Not Rated
Cast and Credits

Starring: Karl Urban, Moon Bloodgood, Russell Means, Clancy Brown, Nathaniel Arcand
Directed by: Marcus Nispel