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Movies produced in 2006
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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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Although life hasn't turned out the way they once dreamed, life-long buddies Mark, McGriff and Jason are managing to stay above water in their small Pennsylvania hometown. Mark, whose fleeting college football glory has morphed into a dangerous obsession with gambling, McGriff, the beer truck driver who has never let go of his rock-n-roll aspirations, and Jason the high school Valedictorian working as a clerk in an office supply store. After the death of Marl's Dad and McGriff's discovery of his wife's infidelity, the guys embark on a cross country road trip to a football game, boozing and misbehaving every step of the way. They finally discover what is really important: in this crazy, uncertain world, the one thing we can count on is our friends. |
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A descent into Hell is triggered when "Ex-Lord" Donald Brocklebank finds that he must leave Longleigh House for London to find a way to pay for the medical treatments for his wife Nancy. Alone, his over-protected, delusional, adult son, James, fancies himself in charge of the manor house with his terminally ill mother, and barricades the two of them into the house for a series of ever more panicked home treatments, mistakenly protecting her from the arrival of Nurse Mary and any outside help. |
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A love triangle among recent high school graduates proves deadly. |
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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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A bank's security specialist Jack Stanfield is responsible for the security of the computer system of a small bank. His family includes the architect Beth, a young son and teen daughter. One day, after being introduced to a man named Bill Cox who is interested in working with Jack on a security project, Jack finds himself attacked and staring down a gun barrel. Now he should hack his own-built computer system to transfer a big sum of money to the thug's account in Caimans. Failure to comply means the murder of Jack's family. However, even after Cox has the money, it becomes obvious that he ain't gonna let anyone live... |
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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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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 young woman who lives in a desert trailer park must choose between caring for her hapless father and sick friend or fulfilling her own destiny. |
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The dramedy follows Augusten Burroughs (Joseph Cross) who is raised by his alcoholic father, Norman (Alec Baldwin), and his mentally unstable mother, Deirdre (Annette Bening). His mother deludes herself into thinking she is a fine poet, and unsuccessfully tries to publish her works, hoping to become famous. When the Burroughs' marriage ends, Deirdre commits her teenage son to the care of her psychiatrist, Dr. Finch (Brian Cox). From now the confused boy has to spend his adolescence in Dr. Finch's large and eccentric family. |
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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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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. |
| Slippery Slope
[2006,
USA]
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| a sexy comedy about an uptight young feminist filmmaker that secretly takes a job directing adult films to raise funds for her documentary. |
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A sexy comedy about an uptight young feminist filmmaker that secretly takes a job directing adult films to raise funds for her documentary. |
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Tripp (Matthew McConaughey) is a pubescent man in the prime of his life. But he is an infantile dependant and slacker to the backbone who prefers living with his parents. One day Tripp declares that he will leave the nest after meeting the girl of his dreams. Fed up with their overgrown son, Al (Terry Bradshaw) and Sue (Kathy Bates) hire a gorgeous woman, Paula (Sarah Jessica Parker), who is supposed to disembarrass them of the albatross around their necks. But things don't go as planned... |
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Everyone deserves a chance to follow their dreams, but some people only get one shot. Tyler Gage is a rebel from the wrong side of Baltimore¹s tracks and the only thing that stands between him and an unfulfilled life are his dreams of one day making it out of there. Nora is a privileged ballet dancer attending Baltimore¹s ultra-elite Maryland School of the Arts — and the only thing standing in the way of her obviously brilliant future is finding a great dance partner for her senior showcase. When trouble with the law lands Tyler with a community service gig at Maryland School of the Arts, he arrives as an angry outsider, until his skills as a gifted street dancer draw Nora¹s attention. Now, as sparks fly between them, both on and off stage, Tyler realizes he has just one performance to prove that he can step up to a life far larger than he ever imagined. |
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The Royal Navy is preparing to carry out a large-scale operation against pirates. But Edward "Blackbeard" Teach (Angus Macfadyen), a legendary pirate terrorizing seafarers in the Caribbean Sea, doesn't intend to capitulate. He yearns to find and get hold of the infamous Captain Kidd's treasure, lost twenty years before... |
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While reading amazing adventure diaries written by his long-lost explorer grandfather, Archibald (Ron Crawford), an inquisitive 10-year-old boy named Arthur (Freddie Highmore) learns about a mysterious land of tiny people called the Minimoys, also known as the Invisibles. When a greedy real estate developer threatens to grab his grandmother's (Mia Farrow) house due to the family debt, the brave boy ventures to enter the magic world in order to seek the treasure of priceless jewels buried by his grandpa. He manages to unlock the passageway to the kingdom of the Minimoys where he meets charming Princess Selenia (Madonna) and her brother Betameche (Jimmy Fallon). Together they set off on an incredible adventure to defend the land from the evil wizard Maltazard (David Bowie) and find the rubies to save his grandma's farm. |
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Jack Giamoro (Ben Affleck), a top Hollywood agent, has everything he has longed for: a beautiful wife, money, a successful career, and to top it all, he is a man with a big name. But things seem to be crumbling and disintegrating when Jack discovers the bitter truth: his wife Nina (Rebecca Romijn) is cheating on him with one of his most high-profile clients! Unfortunately, there’s no end of troubles. Unscrupulous and anxious for a scoop, reporter Barbi Ling (Bai Ling) somehow steals Jack’s diary containing both his personal and professional secrets. And now with his reputation hanging in the balance and his marriage falling apart, Jack must fight to restore his lost family happiness.
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John Lyshitski is a car stealing slacker, with a weed problem, and has been in Illinois' Rossmore State Penitentiary so many times, he knows it's entire population of both staff and cons by their fast names. Cursed with the old ill luck of being in the wrong place, at the wrong time, in possession of the wrong car, he's been deemed a lost cause repeat offender in the eyes of everyone else. When the heartless judge, who has been behind most of his sentences, goes to the big court house in the sky, John decides to ruin the man's legacy by having the judge's only offspring, Nelson Biederman IV, thrown in the slammer along with him. Here, the world-class selfish jerk learns a certain old lesson the hard way: Do unto others as you would have others do unto you. But has John somewhat gone too far in the payback department? |
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