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Bobby (2006)

A re-telling of the assassination of Senator Robert F. Kennedy at the Ambassador Hotel in 1968. The film follows 22 individuals who are all at the hotel for different purposes but share the common thread of anticipating Kennedy's arrival at the primary election night party, which would change their lives forever. This historic night is set against the backdrop of the cultural issues gripping the country...

Genres: Drama and Politics/Religion

Running Time: 1 hr. 51 min.

Release Date: November 17th, 2006 (NY/LA); November 23rd, 2006 (wide)

MPAA Rating: R for language, drug content and a scene of violence.

Distributors: MGM Distribution Company, The Weinstein Company

Cast and Credits

Starring: Anthony Hopkins, Demi Moore, Sharon Stone, Lindsay Lohan, Elijah Wood
Directed by: Emilio Estevez
Produced by: Gary Walters, Dan Grodnik, Anthony Hopkins

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The Bridesmaid (2006)

Handsome young Philippe, still living at home with his mother and two sisters, has a promising career ahead of him. At the wedding of his sister Sophie, he meets her stunning but strangely aloof bridesmaid, Senta--and it is love at first sight. But Senta's life and past are shrouded in mystery, and she tells him stories about herself that seem unbelievable. Then she declares that as proof of their...

Genres: Art/Foreign, Drama, Thriller and Adaptation

Running Time: 1 hr. 50 min.

Release Date: August 4th, 2006 (limited)

MPAA Rating: Not Rated

Distributors: First Run Features

Cast and Credits

Starring: Benoit Magimel, Laura Smet, Aurore Clement, Bernard Le Coq, Solene Bouton
Directed by: Claude Chabrol
Produced by: Antonio Passalia, Patrick Godeau, Alfred Hurmer

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Driving Lessons (2006)

Shy and downtrodden Ben dreads yet another dreary school holiday coming around. Seventeen years of living in an absurdly conservative and traditional household with his highly-strung and overbearing mother and quiet, mild mannered vicar father have taken its toll on young Ben. While the other kids are out having fun, Ben spends these precious few weeks attending bible classes, having driving lessons...

Genres: Art/Foreign, Comedy and Drama

Running Time: 1 hr. 38 min.

Release Date: October 13th, 2006 (limited)

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

Distributors: Sony Pictures Classics

Cast and Credits

Starring: Rupert Grint, Julie Walters, Laura Linney, Nicholas Farrell, Tamsin Egerton-Dick
Directed by: Jeremy Brock
Produced by: Robert Jones (VIII), Edward R. Pressman, Alessandro Camon

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Facing the Giants (2006)

In his six years of coaching, Grant Taylor has never had a winning season. Even the hope of a new season is squelched when the best player on his Shiloh Eagles decides to transfer schools. After losing their first three games of the season, the coach discovers a group of fathers are plotting to have him fired. Combined with pressures at home, Coach Taylor has lost hope in his battle against fear and...

Genres: Drama, Kids/Family, Politics/Religion and Sports

Running Time: 1 hr. 51 min.

Release Date: September 29th, 2006 (limited)

MPAA Rating: PG for some thematic elements.

Distributors: Destination Films, Samuel Goldwyn Films

Cast and Credits

Starring: Alex Kendrick, Shannen Fields, Tracy Goode, Bailey Cave, Steve Williams (V)
Directed by: Alex Kendrick
Produced by: Jim McBride (VI), Alex Kendrick, Stephen Kendrick

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Family Law (2006)

Centers around a father and his son, both of whom are lawyers. The son can't put together his own identity because he works with his father, who is a perfect lawyer. He can't reproach his parents on anything: they are perfect. Having such high expectations hinders the son from discovering his identity, really getting out of adolescence and growing up. Only when the father dies unexpectedly can the...

Genres: Art/Foreign, Comedy and Drama

Running Time: 1 hr. 42 min.

Release Date: December 8th, 2006 (limited)

MPAA Rating: Not Rated

Distributors: First Take (IFC)

Cast and Credits

Starring: Daniel Hendler, Adriana Aizemberg, Julieta Diaz, Arturo Goetz, Damian Dreizik
Directed by: Daniel Burman
Produced by: Diego Dubcovsky, Jose-Maria Morales, Marc Sillam (II)

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The Guardian (2006)

After losing his crew in a fatal crash, legendary Rescue Swimmer, Ben Randall, is sent to teach at "A" School, an elite training program for Coast Guard Rescue Swimmers. Wrestling with the loss of his crew members, he throws himself into teaching, turning the program upside down with his unorthodox training methods. While there, he encounters a young, cocky swim champ, Jake Fischer, who is driven to...

Genres: Action/Adventure and Drama

Running Time: 2 hrs. 19 min.

Release Date: September 29th, 2006 (wide)

MPAA Rating: PG-13 for intense sequences of action/peril, brief strong language and some sensuality.

Distributors: Buena Vista Pictures Distribution, Buena Vista International

Cast and Credits

Starring: Kevin Costner, Ashton Kutcher, Neal McDonough, Melissa Sagemiller, Clancy Brown
Directed by: Andrew Davis
Produced by: Armyan Bernstein, Charlie Lyons, Zanne Devine

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The History Boys (2006)

Centers on an unruly class of bright, funny teenage boys in pursuit of sex, sport and a college degree. Bounced between their maverick English teacher, a young and shrewd professor hired to up their test scores, a grossly out-numbered history teacher, and a headmaster obsessed with results, the boys attempt to sift through it all to pass the daunting university admissions process. Their journey becomes...

Genres: Art/Foreign, Comedy, Drama, Adaptation and Teen

Running Time: 1 hr. 44 min.

Release Date: November 21st, 2006 (limited)

MPAA Rating: R for language and sexual content.

Distributors: Fox Searchlight Pictures

Cast and Credits

Starring: Richard Griffiths, Clive Merrison, Frances De La Tour, Stephen Campbell Moore, Dominic Cooper
Directed by: Nicholas Hytner, Nicholas Hytner, Nick Starr
Produced by: Andrew Macdonald, Allon Reich, Charles Moore

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Backstage (2006)

Marina is a devoted fan of the pop singer Lauran Walks. She is willing to do anything to get close to her. She will sleep outside to catch sight of the celebrity in her hotel room and chase after her limo on foot.

Genres: Art/Foreign and Drama

Running Time: 1 hr. 55 min.

Release Date: November 3rd, 2006 (limited)

MPAA Rating: Not Rated

Distributors: Strand Releasing

Cast and Credits

Starring: Emmanuelle Seigner, Isild Le Besco, Noemie Lvovsky, Valery Zeitoun, Samuel Benchetrit
Directed by: Emmanuelle Bercot
Produced by: Caroline Benjo, Carole Scotta, Christoph Meyer-Wiel

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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

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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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علاقه مندان می توانند در سال 2007 بار دیگر دنباله فیلم های هالیوودی محبوب شان را ببینند.
اغلب کمپانی های بزرگ هالیوود در نظر دارند تا سینماهای سراسر جهان را با فیلم هایی که دنباله فیلم های موفق قبلی محسوب می شود، بمباران کنند.

از راکی بالبوا که در ژانویه بر روی پرده خواهد رفت و مرد عنکبوتی 3 تا بازسازی جدیدی از فیلم کلاسیک هالووین که در اکتبر اکران خواهد شد.

هیچ ماهی در سال جاری بدون فیلمی که دنباله فيلم موفق ديگری نيست، سپری نخواهد شد.

همچنین فیلم هایی چون نانسی درو که اقتباسی از کتاب مشهور آن است و تغییر دهندگان نیز به اکران در خواهند آمد که حس نوستالژی تماشاگران را برخواهد انگیخت.

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سیلوستر استالونه امسال با ششمین فیلم راکی بازمی گردد و به این ترتیب می تواند به وضعیت متزلزل حرفه ای خودش سرو سامانی ببخشد.

وی پس از شانزده سال بار دیگر در نقش راکی بالبوا بوکسور فیلادلفیایی ظاهر خواهد شد که پس از بازنشستگی بار دیگر به میدان مسابقه بازمی گردد تا برای قهرمانی سنگین وزن جهان پیکار کند.

قاتل زنجیره ای هانیبال لکتر که به چهره ای شاخص در سینما بدل شده است، بهار آینده با گونه ای که ما تاکنون شاهدش نبوده ایم ظاهر خواهد شد.


بازگشت راکی بالبوا پس از شانزده سال به میدان

داستان اين فيلم از کتاب اخیر توماس هریس با عنوان "ظهور هانیبال" اقتباس شده که سالهايی از زندگی هانیبال لکتر را در بر می گيرد که هنوز قتلهای زنجیره ای اش را آغاز نکرده است.

ماجراهای تازه راون اتکینسون، مستربین و لاک پشت های نینجا در مارس آینده بر روی پرده سینماها خواهد رفت.

به این ترتیب به نظر می رسد که تابستان آینده فصل داغی برای رقابت بین فیلم های جدید باشد.

رابرت میچل از نشریه اسکرین اینترنشنال می گوید: "این پر رقابت ترین تابستان در سینما است. پنج فیلمی که در این فصل اکران می شوند هر یک به تنهایی می توانند فیلم سال باشند."

قسمت سوم مرد عنکبوتی، قسمت سوم کارتون شرک، قسمت ديگری از دزدان دریایی کارائیب و پنجمین قسمت هری پاتر همگی در این فصل اکران خواهند شد.

پنجمین فیلم تابستانی امسال، فیلمی است که همه منتظر آن بوده اند، سیمپسون ها است که بر اساس کارتون محبوبی به همین نام ساخته شده است.

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300 بر اساس یک نوول گرافیکی از فرانک میلر خالق شهر گناه، ساخته شده است

آقای میچل به سایت بی بی سی گفت: "فیلمی مانند هری پاتر در 90 کشور جهان به نمایش در آمده است و هر کسی که به ماجراهای هری پاتر علاقمند باشد حداقل یک بار به دیدن آن خواهد رفت."

دنباله فیلم های جان سخت و چهار خارق العاده و همچنين ادامه فيلمی بر اساس شخصيت جيسون بورن، جاسوس آمريکايی با بازی مت ديمون نیز در این سال به نمایش در خواهند آمد.

امسال عنوانهای چند فيلم هم به يکديگر شباهت دارند مانند شب خوب ( با بازی مورگان فريمن)، آلمانی خوب (با بازی جورج کلونی) و چوپان خوب ( با بازی و به گارگردانی رابرت دونيرو).

آپوکالیپتو ساخته مل گیبسون یک دارم حماسی به زبان مایایی نیز در ژانویه در بریتانیا به نمایش در آمده که فروش نسبتا بالايی داشته است.

بر اساس کتاب مصور 300 که در باره نبرد تروموپیلای نیز فیلمی با جلوه های ویژه کامپیوتری ساخته شده است که در ماه مارس به نمایش در خواهد آمد.

با اين حساب در سال 2007 فيلم دوستانی که نمی خواهند دچار فيلمهای دنباله دار شوند، بايد دقت بيشتر به خرج بدهند

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Abduction: The Megumi Yokota Story (2007)

Megumi was just 13-years-old on that dark night in November 1977 when she was plucked from the streets not far from her home. Decades later, her parents discover the bizarre truth--their daughter was abducted by North Korean spies, and was part of an espionage plot to kidnap Japanese civilians to use them as language trainers for the North Korean military. Megumi's parents, an ordinary banker and housewife,...

Genres: Documentary

Running Time: 1 hr. 25 min.

Release Date: January 12th, 2007 (limited)

Cast and Credits

Starring: Teruaki Masumoto, Sakie Yokota, Shigeru Yokota
Directed by: Chris Sheridan, Patty Kim
Produced by: Jane Campion, Chris Sheridan, Patty Kim

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Babel (2006)

In the remote sands of the Moroccan desert, a rifle shot rings out--detonating a chain of events that will link an American tourist couple’s frantic struggle to survive, two Moroccan boys involved in an accidental crime, a nanny illegally crossing into Mexico with two American children and a Japanese teen rebel whose father is sought by the police in Tokyo. Separated by clashing cultures and sprawling...

Genres: Drama

Running Time: 2 hrs. 22 min.

Release Date: October 27th, 2006 (limited)

MPAA Rating: R for violence, some graphic nudity, sexual content, language and some drug use.

Distributors: Paramount Vantage

Cast and Credits

Starring: Brad Pitt, Cate Blanchett, Gael Garcia Bernal, Elle Fanning, Koji Yakusho
Directed by: Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu
Produced by: Steve Golin, Jon Kilik, Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu

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Night at the Museum (2006)

Good-hearted dreamer Larry Daley, despite being perpetually down on his luck, thinks he's destined for something big. But even he could never have imagined how big, when he accepts what appears to be a menial job as a graveyard-shift security guard at a museum of natural history. During Larry's watch, extraordinary things begin to occur: Mayans, Roman Gladiators, and cowboys emerge from their diorama...

Release Date: December 22nd, 2006 (wide)

MPAA Rating: PG for mild action, language and brief rude humor.

Distributors: 20th Century Fox Distribution, 20th Century Fox International

Cast and Credits

Starring: Ben Stiller, Carla Gugino, Kim Raver, Mickey Rooney, Dick Van Dyke
Directed by: Shawn Levy
Produced by: Chris Columbus, Stephen Sommers, Bob Ducsay

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Turistas (2006)

Brazil. Beautiful women, pristine beaches, a friendly, open culture. Alex is accompanying his sister Bea and her best friend Amy for their first time abroad--young Americans who have come to exotic Brazil for fun, adventure and the promise of foreign pleasures. On a rickety bus rocketing up a twisting mountain road, they meet the beautiful Pru, who speaks the native language Portuguese, and Finn and...

Genres: Thriller

Running Time: 1 hr. 29 min.

Release Date: December 1st, 2006 (wide)

MPAA Rating: R for strong graphic violence and disturbing content, sexuality, nudity, drug use and language.

Cast and Credits

Starring: Josh Duhamel, Melissa George, Olivia Wilde, Beau Garrett, Desmond Askew
Directed by: John Stockwell
Produced by: Todd Wagner, Mark Cuban, Elaine Dysinger