Movies Releasing: the Week of July 28, 2006 |
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The Ant Bully |
DVD Release Date : November 28, 2006 |
Réalisateur : John A. Davis. |
Starring : Jake T. Austin, Nicolas Cage, Alan Cumming, Zach Tyler Eisen, Paul Giamatti, Myles Jeffrey, Regina King, Cheri Oteri, Julia Roberts, Meryl Streep, Lily Tomlin. |
Runtime : 89 minutes. Genre : Animation. |
Official Website : http://www.theantbully.com/ |
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Poor 10-year-old Lucas Nickle (voiced by Zach Tyler Eisen) can't get a break. Recently moved to a new city with his family, he hasn't made a single friend. He gets nothing but grief from his teenage sister Tiffany (voiced by Allison Mack) and not a whole lot of attention lately from his parents (voiced by Cheri Oteri and Larry Miller), who are busy planning their big anniversary weekend trip to Puerto Vallarta. Meanwhile, his loving but kinda kooky grandmother Mommo (voiced by Lily Tomlin) spends all her time trying to protect the family from those outer-space aliens she's been reading about in the grocery store magazines.
To make matters worse, Lucas has become the number one target of local bully Steve (voiced by Myles Jeffrey), who never misses an opportunity to push him around.
In turn, Lucas delights in destroying ant hills in his front yard – venting his frustration on the defenseless mounds of dirt and their tiny inhabitants by kicking them, stomping them and squirting them wi... |
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Miami Vice |
DVD Release Date : December 05, 2006 |
Réalisateur : Michael Mann. |
Starring : Jamie Foxx, Colin Farrell, Gong Li, Naomie Harris, Ciaran Hinds, Justin Theroux. |
Runtime : 135 minutes. Genre : Action, Crime. |
Official Website : http://www.miamivice.com/ |
Plot Summary : |
The cocaine cowboys of the '80s are gone, but Miami's Casablanca allure, the undercover cops and the attitudes of Michael Mann's culturally influential television series have been enhanced by time in the feature film version of "Miami Vice".
Ricardo Tubbs (Academy Award® winner Jamie Foxx of Ray, Jarhead) is urbane and dead smart. He lives with Bronx-born intel analyst Trudy, played by British actress Naomie Harris ("28 Days Later," upcoming "Pirates of the Caribbean" II and III), as they work undercover transporting drug loads into South Florida to identify a group responsible for three murders.
Sonny Crockett (Colin Farrell of "S.W.A.T.," "The New World") [to the untrained eye, his presentation may seem unorthodox, but procedurally he is sound] is charismatic and flirtatious until—while undercover working with the supplier of the South Florida group—he gets romantically entangled with Isabella, the Chinese-Cuban wife of an arms and drugs trafficker. Isabella is played by the Chines... |
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Little Miss Sunshine |
DVD Release Date : December 19, 2006 |
Réalisateur : Jonathan Dayton, Valerie Faris. |
Starring : Steve Carell, Toni Collette, Greg Kinnear, Alan Arkin, Alissa Anderegg, Abigail Breslin. |
Runtime : 100 minutes. Genre : Comedy. |
Official Website : http://www2.foxsearchlight.com/littlemisssunshine/ |
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"Little Miss Sunshine" tells the story of the Hoovers, one of the most endearingly fractured families ever seen on motion picture screens. Together, the motley six-member family treks from Albuquerque to the Little Miss Sunshine pageant in Redondo Beach, California, to fulfill the deepest wish of 7-year-old Olive, an ordinary little girl with big dreams. Along the way the family must deal with crushed dreams, heartbreak, and a broken-down VW bus, leading up to the surreal Little Miss Sunshine competition itself. On their travels through this bizarrely funny landscape, the Hoovers learn to trust and support each other along the path of life, no matter what the challenge. |
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Scoop |
DVD Release Date : November 21, 2006 |
Réalisateur : Woody Allen. |
Starring : Woody Allen, Hugh Jackman, Scarlett Johansson, Ian McShane. |
Runtime : 96 minutes. Genre : Comedy, Romance. |
Official Website : http://www.scoopmovie.net/ |
Plot Summary : |
In Woody Allen's new contemporary comedy, a student journalist (Scarlett Johansson) for a college paper visiting friends in London happens upon the scoop of a lifetime. Along the investigative trail, she finds magic, murder, mystery - and perhaps love, with a British aristocrat (Hugh Jackman). |
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John Tucker Must Die |
DVD Release Date : November 14, 2006 |
Réalisateur : Betty Thomas. |
Starring : Jesse Metcalfe, Brittany Snow, Ashanti Douglas, Sophia Bush, Arielle Kebbel, Jenny McCarthy. |
Runtime : 90 minutes. Genre : Comedy, Romance. |
Official Website : http://www.myspace.com/johntucker |
Plot Summary : |
When three popular girls from different cliques discover they've all been dating the school stud, they band together to seek revenge. Despite the jerk’s charm and ever-growing popularity, the girls cleverly scheme with the help of the inconspicuous new girl in town, to soil his reputation and break his heart. |
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House of Sand |
Réalisateur : Andrucha Waddington. |
Starring : Fernanda Montenegro, Fernanda Torres, Ruy Guerra, Seu Jorge, Luiz Melodia, Enrique Diaz, Stênio Garcia, Emiliano Queiroz. |
Runtime : 103 minutes. Genre : Drama. |
Official Website : http://www.houseofsandmovie.com/ |
Plot Summary : |
Áurea's saga starts in 1910, when, in pursuing a dream she never shared, she arrives in a caravan at a labyrinth of sand in Maranhão, northern Brazil. Her husband, Vasco, believes this land to be prosperous and she is condemned to a life in this barren place, her only female company being her mother, Dona Maria. Pregnant and dissatisfied with her destiny, she tries everything to find a way out.
She spends 59 years living with an imminent departure. At first Áurea is hindered by Vasco and is forced to live in a house on the top of a dune, until one day, alongside her mother, she witnesses the death of her husband, buried by his own insanity. With a mixture of both pain and relief, she believes herself to be free. But the truth is, her fate is in the hands of destiny.
Abandoned in the desert with her daughter, Dona Maria goes in search of a small settlement originally founded by runaway slaves. Here she meets Massu, who becomes an important companion for the two women. It is he who... |
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13 Tzameti |
DVD Release Date : ( France : August 23, 2006 ) |
Réalisateur : Géla Babluani. |
Starring : George Babluani, Pascal Bongard, Aurélien Recoing, Fred Ulysse, Nicolas Pignon, Vania Vilers, Olga Legrand, Christophe Van de Velde, Augustin Legrand, Jo Prestia. |
Runtime : 93 minutes. Genre : Thriller. |
Official Website : http://www.13-tzameti.com/ |
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20-year-old Sebastien (Georges Babluani) leads an impoverished life with his immigrant family constantly struggling to support them. While repairing the roof of a neighbor's house, he overhears a conversation about an expected package which promises to make the household rich. Sensing the opportunity of a lifetime, Sebastien intercepts the package which contains a series of specific instructions. Following the clues, he assumes a false identity and manages to slip through the grasp of the enclosing police as he ventures deeper and deeper into the countryside. The closer he gets to his destination and the more people he meets along the way, the less he understands about what he is looking for. Ultimately, he comes face to face with a ring of clandestine gamblers placing bets on the outcome of a multi-player, high stakes tournament of Russian roulette. Directed by newcomer Gela Babluani, "13 Tzameti" (pronounced: 'zah-meddy') is a winner-take-all thriller, where an unfortunate young man ... |
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