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Rocky Balboa (2006)

Former heavyweight champion Rocky Balboa (Sylvester Stallone) steps out of retirement and back into the ring, pitting himself against a new rival decades after his initial glory. When a computer simulated boxing match declares Rocky Balboa the victor over current champion Mason "The Line" Dixon, the legendary fighter's passion and spirit are reignited. But when his desire to fight in small, regional...

Genres: Action/Adventure, Drama, Sequel and Sports

Release Date: December 20th, 2006 (wide)

MPAA Rating: PG for boxing violence and some language

Cast and Credits

Starring: Sylvester Stallone, Burt Young, Milo Ventimiglia, Antonio Tarver, Geraldine Hughes
Directed by: Sylvester Stallone
Produced by: Irwin Winkler, Robert Chartoff, Sylvester Stallone

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The Painted Veil (2006)

love story set in the 1920s about a young English couple--a conservative doctor and a restless society girl--who marry hastily, relocate to Hong Kong. There they betray each other easily, and find an unexpected chance at redemption and happiness while on a deadly journey into the heart of ancient China.

Genres: Drama, Romance and Adaptation

Release Date: December 20th, 2006 (limited)

MPAA Rating: Not Rated

Distributors: Warner Independent Pictures

Cast and Credits

Starring: Edward Norton, Naomi Watts, Liev Schreiber, Sally Hawkins, Toby Jones
Directed by: John Curran
Produced by: Mark R. Gordon, Bob Yari, Robert F. Katz

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Venus (2006)

Maurice and Ian are a pair of veteran actors who never quite hit the big time. Now in their ⿿golden years,⿿ they continue to work, though the jobs are far from glamorous. But their comfortable routine and witty banter over breakfast in a favorite café is disrupted by the arrival of Ian⿿s grand-niece, Jessie. Jessie quickly tries her great-uncle⿿s patience; but Maurice is absolutely taken with...

Genres: Art/Foreign and Drama

Running Time: 1 hr. 35 min.

Release Date: December 20th, 2006 (limited)

MPAA Rating: R for language, some sexual content and brief nudity.

Distributors: Miramax Films

Cast and Credits

Starring: Peter O'Toole, Leslie Phillips, Jodie Whittaker, Vanessa Redgrave, Richard Griffiths
Directed by: Roger Michell
Produced by: Scott Rudin, Tessa Ross, Miles Kettley

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Days of Glory (2006)

Time period: 1944-1945. The liberation of Italy, Provence, the Alps, the Rhone Valley, the Vosges and Alsace marked vital stages in the Allied victory. And in the place that France was able to take among the Allies following the Armistice. This victorious and bloody march on Germany was carried out by the 1st French Army, recruited in Africa to sidestep the German occupiers and the officials of the..

Genres: Art/Foreign, Drama and War

Running Time: 2 hrs. 3 min.

Release Date: December 6th, 2006 (limited)

MPAA Rating: R for war violence and brief language.

Cast and Credits

Starring: Bernard Blancan, Sami Bouajila, Jamel Debbouze, Aurelie Eltvedt, Benoit Giros
Directed by: Rachid Bouchareb
Produced by: Muriel Merlin (II), Jean Brehat, Alexandre Lippens

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A Good Year (2006)

London-based investment expert Max Skinner (Russell Crowe) travels to Provence to tend a small vineyard he inherited from his late uncle. When he gets suspended from his job under suspicion of fraud, he settles in to life at the chateau, remembering the time he spent there as a child. Then a determined young California girl (Abbie Cornish) arrives claiming to be the illegitimate daughter of the deceased...

Genres: Comedy, Drama, Romance and Adaptation

Running Time: 1 hr. 58 min.

Release Date: November 10th, 2006 (wide)

MPAA Rating: PG-13 for language and some sexual content.

Distributors: 20th Century Fox Distribution

Cast and Credits

Starring: Russell Crowe, Albert Finney, Marion Cotillard, Didier Bourdon, Abbie Cornish
Directed by: Ridley Scott
Produced by: Lisa Ellzey, Julie Payne (II), Branko Lustig

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Sweet Land (2006)

When Lars Torvik's grandmother Inge dies in 2004, he is faced with a decision--sell the family farm on which she lived since 1920, or cling to the legacy of the land. Seeking advice, he turns to the memory of Inge and the stories that she had passed on to him. Inge arrives in Minnesota in 1920 to marry a young Norwegian farmer named Olaf but her German heritage and lack of official immigration papers...

Genres: Drama

Running Time: 1 hr. 50 min.

Release Date: October 13th, 2006 (limited)

MPAA Rating: PG for brief partial nudity and mild language.

Distributors: Forward Entertainment

Cast and Credits

Starring: Alan Cumming, Ned Beatty, Lois Smith, Tim Guinee, Elizabeth Reaser
Directed by: Ali Selim
Produced by: Gill Holland, Lillian Lasalle, Terry Moore (II)

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Harsh Times (2006)

Jim Davis (Christian Bale) is an ex-Army Ranger recently discharged from the military, yet still haunted by nightmares of his former occupation. While seeking a position with the LAPD that will allow him to marry his Mexican girlfriend and bring her to the United States, Jim kills time chilling with his best friend, Mike (Freddy Rodriguez). Mike is feeling the heat from his longtime girlfriend, Sylvia...

Genres: Action/Adventure and Drama

Running Time: 2 hrs.

Release Date: November 10th, 2006 (wide)

MPAA Rating: R for strong violence, language and drug use.

Distributors: MGM Distribution Company

Cast and Credits

Starring: Christian Bale, Freddy Rodriguez, Eva Longoria, Tammy Trull, Adriana Millan
Directed by: David Ayer, Omar McGee
Produced by: Christian Bale, Andrea Sperling, David Ayer

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Volver (2006)

Set in Spain, a generational story of three women--a good mother who is desperately in love with a man who is far from being a saint, a young mother carrying a hard life upon her shoulders and an illegal hairdresser whose shop is the meeting point for all the neighborhood gossips.

Genres: Art/Foreign, Comedy and Drama

Running Time: 111 min.

Release Date: November 3rd, 2006 (NY/LA)

MPAA Rating: R for sexual content and language.

Distributors: Sony Pictures Classics

Cast and Credits

Starring: Penelope Cruz, Carmen Maura, Lola Duenas, Blanca Portillo, Yohana Cobo
Directed by: Pedro Almodovar
Produced by: Agustin Almodovar, Esther Garcia, Esther García

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Eragon (2006)

A boy named Eragon finds a polished blue stone in the forest. At first, he thinks it's a lucky discovery, something that will bring meat to his poor family for the winter. Instead, it brings a dragon hatchling, and Eragon is soon thrust into a world of magic and power through which he and the dragon must navigate.

Genres: Drama, Kids/Family, Science Fiction/Fantasy and Adaptation

Release Date: December 15th, 2006 (wide)

MPAA Rating: PG for fantasy violence, intense battle sequences and some frightening images.

Cast and Credits

Starring: Edward Speleers, Jeremy Irons, John Malkovich, Djimon Hounsou, Sienna Guillory
Directed by: Stefan Fangmeier
Produced by: John Davis, Wyck Godfrey, Gil Netter

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Charlotte's Web (2006)

Fern is one of only two living beings who sees that Wilbur is a special animal as she raises him, the runt of the litter, into a terrific and radiant pig. As Wilbur moves into a new barn, he begins a second profound friendship with the most unlikely of creatures--a spider named Charlotte--and their bond inspires the animals around them to come together as a family. When the word gets out that Wilbur’s...

Genres: Drama, Kids/Family and Adaptation

Release Date: December 15th, 2006 (wide)

MPAA Rating: G

Distributors: Paramount Pictures

Cast and Credits

Starring: Dakota Fanning, Julia Roberts, Oprah Winfrey, Dominic Scott Kay, John Cleese
Directed by: Gary Winick
Produced by: Paul Neesan, Edgar Bronfman Sr, Julia Pistor

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Dreamgirls (2006)

Effie White, Deena Jones, and Lorrell Robinson - three friends from Chicago - are a promising singing trio called The Dreamettes. Accompanied by their songwriter C.C. White (Effie's brother), they travel to New York to compete in a talent show at the Apollo Theatre. Although the girls lose this first bid for fame, their talent attracts an ambitious manager by the name of Curtis Taylor, Jr., who uses...

Genres: Drama, Musical/Performing Arts and Adaptation

Release Date: December 15th, 2006 (limited); December 25th, 2006 (wide)

MPAA Rating: PG-13 for language, some sexuality and drug content.

Distributors: Paramount Pictures, DreamWorks SKG

Cast and Credits

Starring: Beyonce Knowles, Jamie Foxx, Eddie Murphy, Danny Glover, Jennifer Hudson
Directed by: Bill Condon
Produced by: Patricia Whitcher , Patricia Whitcher (II), Laurence Mark

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The Good German (2006)

Berlin, 1945. U.S. war correspondent Jake Geismer has just arrived to cover the upcoming Potsdam Peace Conference, where Allied leaders will meet to determine the fate of a vanquished Germany and a newly liberated Europe--and, in the process, carve up what's left of any value for themselves. It's not Jake's first visit to Berlin. He once managed a news bureau here. He once fell in love here. But that...

Genres: Drama, Romance and Thriller

Release Date: December 15th, 2006 (limited); December 22nd, 2006 (expands)

MPAA Rating: R for language, violence and some sexual content.

Distributors: Warner Bros. Pictures Distribution

Cast and Credits

Starring: George Clooney, Cate Blanchett, Tobey Maguire, Robin Weigert, Dave Power
Directed by: Steven Soderbergh
Produced by: Benjamin Waisbren, Frederic W. Brost, Ben Cosgrove

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Home of the Brave (2006)

Three soldiers who return home after a lengthy tour in Iraq find that re-entering "normal" life after the continued trauma of battle is not an easy task.

Genres: Drama and War

Release Date: December 15, 2006 (limited)

MPAA Rating: R for war violence and language.

Distributors: MGM Distribution Company

Cast and Credits

Starring: Samuel L. Jackson, Jessica Biel, Christina Ricci, 50 Cent, Brian Presley
Directed by: Irwin Winkler
Produced by: Randall Emmett, Irwin Winkler, Rob Cowan

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Deck the Halls (2006)

Steve (Matthew Broderick), a suburban dad and Christmas enthusiast, leads a well-ordered, well-planned, and well-organized life. His new neighbor, Buddy (Danny DeVito), is Steve's polar opposite: a big personality with big dreams, which have yet to materialize. But Buddy's latest dream - to create the biggest holiday light display in the world, visible from outer space - is turning Steve's disciplined...

Genres: Comedy and Holiday

Running Time: 1 hr. 33 min.

Release Date: November 22nd, 2006 (wide)

MPAA Rating: PG for some crude and suggestive humor, and for language.

Distributors: 20th Century Fox Distribution

Cast and Credits

Starring: Danny DeVito, Matthew Broderick, Kristin Chenoweth, Kristin Davis, Alia Shawkat
Directed by: John P. Whitesell
Produced by: Jeremiah Samuels, Michael Costigan, Arnon Milchan

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Stranger Than Fiction (2006)

One morning, a seemingly average and generally solitary IRS agent named Harold Crick begins to hear a female voice narrating his every action, thought and feeling in alarmingly precise detail. Harold's carefully controlled life is turned upside down by this narration only he can hear, and when the voice declares that Harold Crick is facing imminent death, he realizes he must find out who is writing...

Genres: Comedy, Drama, Romance and Science Fiction/Fantasy

Running Time: 1 hr. 53 min.

Release Date: November 10th, 2006 (wide)

MPAA Rating: PG-13 for some disturbing images, sexuality, brief language and nudity.

Distributors: Sony Pictures Releasing, Mandate Pictures, Sony Pictures International

Cast and Credits

Starring: Will Ferrell, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Queen Latifah, Emma Thompson, Dustin Hoffman
Directed by: Marc Forster
Produced by: Nathan Kahane, Joe Drake, Eric Kopeloff