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Movies produced in 2006
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Sex and love. Some seek it, some need it, some spurn it and some pay for it, but we're all involved in it. Set on one afternoon on Hampstead Heath, London, the film investigates the minutiae of seven couples. What makes us tick? |
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Jackie Dorsey is the daughter of 1992 Winter Olympics Gold medalists Kate Moseley and Doug Doursey. She grows up with ambitions of winning her own Olympic gold but that ambition seems to come to an end when she has a career threatening injury. Enter Alex Harrison as her new pairs skate partner and a new chance at Olympic Gold. But can they set aside their stubbornness long enough to actually win the game? |
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Lucas is a ten-year kid whose family has just moved to a new town, and he is having troubles with the local bullies. Tired from it, the boy looks for someone he can push around - and he soon finds a way to take out his frustration on the ants living in his lawn. Tired of weathering constant attacks on their colony, ants shrink Lucas to their size and sentence him to live among them until he learns the errors of his ways through some labour-therapy. Lucas realizes how a world he never knew existed lives and soon joins forces with his new friends to struggle against an exterminator (Paul Giamatti) who threatens their colony. This computer-animated comedy-adventure is post-scored with the voices of Julia Roberts, Regina King, Alan Cumming and the other actors. |
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This suspenseful drama tells the story of Cleveland Heep (Paul Giamatti), an apartment building superintendent in Philadelphia, who one night finds a mysterious naked woman swimming in the pool. The bizarre events that ensue make him believe that the young woman is none other than a narf called Story, a fairy tale character. She has come from the Blue World to warn mankind of a race of deadly wolf-type creatures that hide in the dark corners of the condominium, waylaying their victims. It’s up to Cleveland to assemble tenants to assist the nymph in accomplishing her mission, avoiding the violent scrunts, and returning to her watery world via an eagle. |
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Three couples are competing to win the title of the Most Original wedding of the year. This contest is being conducted by Antoni and Vivien, who are the publisher and editor of the most prestigious wedding magazine in the UK named Confetti. The couples are Joseph and Isabelle, an addicted tennis enthusiasts, wanting a tennis-themed wedding; Michael and Joanna are a naturist couple going to pass their marriage without any clothes; and the third couple are Matt and Sam wanting their nuptials musically-themed. All the dialogue in this British comedy was improvised by the movie cast during the filming. Starring: Martin Freeman, Jessica Stevenson, Steven Mangan, Olivia Coleman, Robert Webb, Mark Heap, Felicity Montagu and Jimmy Carr as Antoni.
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The Welsh nutters, Dirty Sanchez are making a movie: The concept of the film is that the Devil has heard about the dare-devil nature of the Sanchez boys so he's set them the ultimate challenge, to complete stunts based on the 7 Deadly Sins or be damned to the gutter forever. In order to regain their status as hard-asses and crawl out of the gutter - the 7 deadly sins they must complete in seven exotic locations are: Sloth - UK >> Anger - Moscow Russia >> Lust - Bangkok Thailand >> Envy - Ko Phi Phi Thailand >> Pride - Tokyo Japan >> Gluttony - Mexico >> Greed - Dominican Republic And most interesting of all the film-makers have secured Lemmy to play the Devil and do the music. Lemmy: "If they (Dirty Sanchez boys) think they're tough... Wait till they meet me." |
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Three young martial arts masters emerge from the back streets of Hong Kong to help the powerless fight injustice. |
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Rachel Carlson (Demi Moore) is a successful mystery novelist whose life falls apart when her 5-year-old son drowns at her country home. A year later, a sympathetic friend rents Rachel a secluded cottage in hopes that a little peace and quiet will help the grieving mother recover from her loss. Suddenly the quiet retreat is violently shattered by a series of bizarre and unexplained murders. Rachel meets the lighthouse keeper Angus McCullouch who seems to be a very nice person, but something happens soon so she'd better ask her psychiatrist for help... |
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In this world you have to pay for everything. Sometimes you have to pay for some things with your life. U.S. census worker Steve Kady (Jeremy Sisto) learnt this to his cost. Sent to the small town of Rockwell Falls, he started taking the census only to find a population anomaly. Steve noticed that the town's population had remained unchanged for the century. Whenever the census was taken, there were always 436 citizens. Extremely intrigued, Steve tried to find the causes of uncommon stability, without knowing how shocking and lethally dangerous the truth could be... |
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The crime comedy focuses on an indolent and ignorant guy, John "Rugged" Rudgate (Aaron Stanford), who fancies himself a notorious criminal but is really a flat out failure in every way. One day he encounters his old fellow, the mentally handicapped Jeff Lagrand (Paul Schneider) who has recently returned to his native town to assist his cynical sister in running the storage lot. Wanting to make a pretty penny, Rugged turns himself inside out to impress Lagrand and force his way into the family business, but somehow things get out of control, and the situation becomes even more aggravated when two cops, Putney (Michael Rapaport) and Monson (Kevin Dunn), launch an investigation into the incident. |
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Beer, broads and baseball combine with hilarious results in ARTIE LANGE'S BEER LEAGUE...an over-the-top comedy about a group of misfits whose weekly softball games seem to have a lot more to do with getting into fights for macho dominance than hitting home runs. Artie is an unemployed and unmotivated drunk that is predictably still living with his mother. He is on a losing softball team, and he and his teammates are facing the end of softball as they know it if they can't pull it together. When love enters his life, it unexpectedly alters Artie's low self-esteem, and the odds for winning, not only the league trophy, but a new life, are certainly looking up. He and his teammates will have to go for the win, and survive all the comedy and chaos along the way. |
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The suspenseful drama revolves around Gabriel Noone (Robin Williams), an aging gay who works as a late-night radio show host. When his program is on the air, Gabriel receives a phone call from a 14-year-old listener, Pete (Rory Culkin), who tells him the sad story of his hard life. As a child, Pete suffered sexual abuse at the hands of his parents who are serving time in federal prison now. After his parents' arrest his life, however, didn't become easier. Pete was adopted by a kind-hearted blind woman, Donna D. Logand (Toni Collette), but shortly afterwards doctors found that he had a terminal case of AIDS. The story of the little martyr evokes strong emotions in Gabriel, and he develops a friendly phone relationship with the boy. Eventually, Gabriel begins to have paternal feelings for the poor boy. But he soon discovers the bitter truth... |
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In the 50's, in Louisiana, the smart populist, manipulative and wolf hick Willie Stark is elected governor with the support of the lower social classes. He joins a team composed of his bodyguard and friend Sugar Boy; the journalist from an aristocratic family Jack Burden; the lobbyist Tiny Duffy; and his mistress Sadie Burke, to face the opposition of the upper classes. When the influent Judge Irwin supports a group of politicians in their request of impeachment, Stark assigns Jack to find some dirtiness along the life of Irwin, leading to a tragedy in the end. |
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A film producer who was adopted as a baby and sent to America, returns to her native Russia and the family farm. Once there, strange things begin to happen including the disappearance of her guide, the manifestation of ghosts (including her own!) and the appearance of another man who has been drawn to the farm for the same reasons. |
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Five teenage friends decide to spend their spring vacation in nature's lap, in a picturesque place at the riverside. Along the way, they meet twin brothers, Simon and Stanley (Crispin Glover), who recommend them a picture-perfect campsite and offer to lead them through the forest to the river. The vacation which promised to be enjoyable and memorable turns into a nightmare. One by one, the campers fall victims to the brutal murderers. You will survive if you follow the simple rule of a deadly cat-and-mouse game: you must always do what Simon says... |
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Ignacio is a monk who aspires to be a professional wrestler (luchador = fighter in Spanish). This is against the other priests. He wrestles under the name "Nacho" for the children to help pay for their needs in hiding. The movie is what happens when he does this. |
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A horde of intrepid Vikings reaches the shores of Gaul, hoping to learn what fear is. Believing that fear gives you wings, they are determined to find a "Champion of Fear" who can teach them to fly so that they can become invincible warriors. However, their quest gets nowhere because the one thing the Gaulish villagers fear is that the sky may fall on their heads. Fortunately for the Vikings, they encounter Vitalstatistix' nephew, the coward Justforkix (Sean Astin), who they gladly kidnap and take to their native land. Now it's up to Asterix (Paul Giamatti) and Obelix (Brad Garrett) to go to the icy Norway and rescue Justforkix. |
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Set during the depths of the Great Depression in America, the romantic drama depicts complicated relations between a female and a male. She is Camilla Lopez (Salma Hayek), an ardent beautiful Mexican barmaid who longs to break away from poverty's grip and climb the social ladder by marrying a WASP. He is Arturo Bandini (Colin Farrell), a down-and-out yet promising Italian writer who is anxious for fame and fortune. One fine day their paths cross in Los Angeles, the city where all dreams are supposed to come true. The sweet fire of love sweeps over them. But Camilla doesn’t fit in his plans because Arturo dreams of marrying a blue-eyed blonde. Will these two be able to realize that they are made for each other? Will their hopes and wishes come true?
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Successful property developer Liam O'Leary (Brendan Gleeson) lives with his trophy wife Jane (Kim Cattrall) and his adolescent son Connor (Brian Gleeson) in a huge mansion in Dublin, Ireland. On the surface Liam lives in a clover. However, it is in semblance rather than in fact. His marriage has become stale and flat; his business is just about to go under; his rebellious son takes an interest in communism, and his aging mother (Moira Deady) turns out to love his sister Oona (Sinéad Cusack) more than him. To make matters worse, Liam finds himself standing on the brink of a precipice when, stuck in a traffic hold-up, he encounters his begging doppelganger (Gleeson again) who proves to be cunning and opportunistic. His ruthless identical twin brother comes up with a nefarious idea to step into Liam's shoes, depriving him of his family, his house and his job. |
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