Movies Releasing: the Week of April 07, 2006 |
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Friends with Money |
DVD Release Date : August 29, 2006 |
Réalisateur : Nicole Holofcener. |
Starring : Jennifer Aniston, K.C. Clyde, Bobby Coleman, Joan Cusack, Catherine Keener, Frances McDormand, Jason Isaacs, Scott Caan, Greg Germann, Simon McBurney. |
Runtime : 88 minutes. Genre : Comedy. |
Official Website : http://www.sonyclassics.com/friendswithmoney/ |
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"Friends with Money" is the telling new comedy from the acclaimed writer/director Nicole Holofcener.
Jennifer Aniston, Frances McDormand, Joan Cusack and Catherine Keener star as a quartet of west coast, life-long friends who have achieved a level of comfort in their lives and have now settled into a life of designer clothes, charity events, and caring for the men (and offspring) in their lives. But as they approach 'a certain age,' unsettling things are starting to throw their comfortable lives off balance.
There's Olivia (Jennifer Aniston) who, reaching a personal crisis, has quit her teaching job and is now cleaning houses for a living. She is looking for support - fiscal and emotional - from her more well-heeled acquaintances and continues her search for a significant other among the slim pickings on offer.
Jane and Aaron (Frances McDormand and Simon McBurney) are successful designers whose marriage has reached a pivotal point in which the pair have become oblivious to each othe... |
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Lucky Number Slevin |
DVD Release Date : September 12, 2006 |
Réalisateur : Paul McGuigan. |
Starring : Josh Hartnett, Morgan Freeman, Ben Kingsley, Lucy Liu, Stanley Tucci, Bruce Willis. |
Runtime : 108 minutes. Genre : Thriller, Crime, Comedy. |
Official Website : http://www.slevin-movie.com/ |
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"Lucky Number Slevin" is a comic thriller that twists and turns its way through an underworld of crime and revenge where nothing is as it seems. Set in New York City, a case of mistaken identity lands Slevin (Josh Hartnett) into the middle of a war being plotted by two of the city's most rival crime bosses; The Rabbi (Ben Kingsley) and The Boss (Morgan Freeman). Slevin is under constant surveillance by relentless Detective Brikowski (Stanley Tucci) as well as the infamous assassin Goodkat (Bruce Willis) and finds himself having to hatch his own ingenious plot to escape the maze alive. |
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The Benchwarmers |
DVD Release Date : July 25, 2006 |
Réalisateur : Dennis Dugan. |
Starring : Rob Schneider, David Spade, Jon Heder, Jon Lovitz, Tim Meadows, Craig Kilborn, Amaury Nolasco. |
Runtime : 80 minutes. Genre : Comedy. |
Official Website : http://www.sonypictures.com/movies/thebenchwarmers/ |
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"The Benchwarmers" tells the story of three guys who try to make up for their lack of athleticism when they were younger by forming a three-man baseball team to challenge a full squad of elementary school baseballers. They develop a large following of left-out kids as they head for a high-stakes, winner-take-all game with the best team of kids in the state. |
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Phat Girlz |
DVD Release Date : August 22, 2006 |
Réalisateur : Nnegest Likké. |
Starring : Mo'Nique ,Jimmy Jean-Louis, Godfrey ,Joyful Drake, Eric Roberts, Jack Noseworthy, Kendra C. Johnson. |
Runtime : 99 minutes. Genre : Comedy. |
Official Website : (Not English Website) http://www.phatgirlz-lefilm.com/ |
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Starring Mo'Nique as Jazmin Biltmore, a smart-mouthed aspiring fashion designer, "Phat Girlz" is an edgy comedy about two frustrated plus-size women obsessed with their weight while struggling to find love and acceptance in a world full of "hot bodied" babes. The "Phat Girlz" are thrown a major curve ball when they meet the men of their dreams in the most unexpected of ways... |
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Guys and Balls |
Réalisateur : Sherry Horman. |
Starring : Maximilian Brückner, Lisa Maria Potthoff, Dietmar Bär, Saskia Vester, Rolf Zacher, Mariele Millowitsch, David Rott. |
Runtime : 106 minutes. Genre : Comedy, Romance. |
Official Website : http://www.guysandballs-themovie.com/ |
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Ecki is a young man who works in a bakery in Dortmund and plays soccer on his local team. Already under pressure for playing badly, his homophobic team members find out that he is gay and throw him off the team. With the help of his sister and a cranky former soccer star, he tries to form an all-gay soccer squad to challenge his old team in a grudge match. Ecki's journey in self-realization is filled with wonderful surprises and interesting characters in this delightful romantic comedy from Germany. |
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On a Clear Day |
DVD Release Date : July 11, 2006 |
Réalisateur : Gaby Dellal. |
Starring : Peter Mullan, Brenda Blethyn, Jamie Sives, Billy Boyd, Sean McGinley, Ron Cook. |
Runtime : 105 minutes. Genre : Drama. |
Official Website : Not Available |
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"On a Clear Day" is an inspirational drama with humor, about forgiveness and fortitude, from an exciting new voice in filmmaking. Filmed on location in Glasgow, the Isle of Man and Dover, the film centers on Frank Redmond (Peter Mullan). After decades of laboring as a Glasgow shipbuilder, this no-nonsense 55-year-old working-class man suddenly finds himself laid off. For the first time in his life, Frank is without a job or a sense of direction, and is too proud to ask for guidance. His best mates – rascally Danny (Billy Boyd), timid Norman (Ron Cook) and cynical Eddie (Sean McGinley) – are there for him, but Frank still feels desperately alone.
An offhand remark from Danny inspires Frank to challenge himself. Already contemplating the state of his relationships with loving wife Joan (two-time Academy Award nominee Brenda Blethyn) and all-but-estranged son Rob (Jamie Sives), Frank is determined to shore up his own self-confidence. He will attempt the near impossible – swimming the E... |
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