10th & Wolf
Theatrical Release Date: 08/18/2006
Overall Rating: 2.1 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Crime/Drama
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Robert Moresco
Actors: James Marsden, Brian Dennehy, Leo Rossi, Dennis Hopper, Brad Renfro, Giovanni Ribisi
Plot: A former street tough returns to his Philadelphia home after a stint in the military.Back on his home turf, he once again finds himself tangling with the mob boss.
Accepted
Theatrical Release Date: 08/18/2006
Overall Rating: 2.5 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Steve Pink
Actors: Justin Long, Jonah Hill, Adam Herschman, Columbus Short, Maria Thayer, Lewis Black
Plot: After a slacker is rejected from every college he applies to, he decides, along with some creative editing, to create his own college and is accepted. But his overly-anxious parents want to check out his new school and so he must create one: website, campus - the whole works. But fooling his parents is just the beginning, as more and more rejected would-be students apply - and are accepted - leading to a showdown with the local college for the future of this higher education.
Can Mr. Smith Get to Washington Anymore?
Theatrical Release Date: 08/18/2006
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Documentary
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Frank Popper
Actors: Jeff Smith, Mark Smith, Howard Dean, Matt Henley, Charles Brennan, Chuck Todd
Factotum
Theatrical Release Date: 08/18/2006
Overall Rating: 2.7 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Bent Hamer
Actors: Matt Dillon, Lili Taylor, Fisher Stevens, Didier Flamand, Fisher Stevens
Plot: A supposed writer lives his life in an alcoholic haze as he goes from job to job after he is fired, quits, and falls in love with some one just like himself.
I'm the Angel of Death: Pusher III ( Pusher 3 )
Theatrical Release Date: 08/18/2006
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: Serbian
Genre: Action/Comedy
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Nicolas Winding Refn
Actors: Zlatko Buric, Marinela Dekic, Slavko Labovic, Ramadan Huseini, Ilyas Agac, Kujtim Loki
Plot: In this third installment of the 'Pusher' trilogy, Milo, the drug lord from the two first films is aging and planning his daughter's 25th birthday. His shipment of heroin turns out to be 10.000 pills of ecstasy. When Milo tries to sell the pills anyway, all Hell breaks loose and his only chance is to ask for help from his ex-henchman and old friend Radovan.
The Illusionist
Theatrical Release Date: 08/18/2006
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Mystery
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Neil Burger
Actors: Edward Norton, Paul Giamatti, Jessica Biel, Rufus Sewell, Eddie Marsan, Aaron Johnson
Plot: In Vienna around the turn of the century, fantastic magician uses his abilities to get the love of a woman.
King Leopold's Ghost
Theatrical Release Date: 08/18/2006
Overall Rating: 1.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Documentary
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Pippa Scott, Oreet Rees
Actors: James Cromwell, Don Cheadle, Frank McCourt, Alfre Woodard, Philippe Bergeron, Ciaran Reilly
Material Girls
Theatrical Release Date: 08/18/2006
Overall Rating: 1.7 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy/Drama
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Martha Coolidge
Actors: Hilary Duff, Haylie Duff, Maria Conchita Alonso, Anjelica Huston, Brent Spiner, Lukas Haas
Plot: Two pampered and pompous sisters, and heiresses to a fortune, find their high lives reduced to reality when a scandal and investigation take away their wealth.
My First Wedding
Theatrical Release Date: 08/18/2006
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy/Romance
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Laurent Firode
Actors: Rachael Leigh Cook, Kenny Doughty, Paul Hopkins, Valerie Mahaffey, Caroline Carver, Elizabeth Whitmere
Snakes on a Plane
Theatrical Release Date: 08/18/2006
Overall Rating: 2.2 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Action/Adventure
MPAA Rating: R
Director: David R. Ellis
Actors: Samuel L. Jackson, Julianna Margulies, Nathan Phillips, Rachel Blanchard, Flex Alexander, Kenan Thompson
Plot: An organized crime group fill a plane's cargo bin with angry poisonous
snakes in order to kill a witness to a crime.
Trust the Man
Theatrical Release Date: 08/18/2006
Overall Rating: 2.2 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy/Drama
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Bart Freundlich
Actors: David Duchovny, Julianne Moore, Billy Crudup, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Garry Shandling, Liam Broggy
Unidentified
Theatrical Release Date: 08/18/2006
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Sci-Fi
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Rich Christiano
Actors: Jonathan Aube, Josh Adamson, Michael Blain-Rozgay, Jenna Bailey, Lance Zitron, Rebecca St. James
With Blood on my Hands: Pusher 2
Theatrical Release Date: 08/18/2006
Overall Rating: 3.1 out of 4 stars
Language: Danish
Genre: Crime/Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Nicolas Winding Refn
Actors: Mads Mikkelsen, Leif Sylvester, Kurt Nielsen, Karsten Schrøder, Zlatko Buric, Anne Sørensen
Plot: After doing time in prison for his involvement with the Copenhagen underworld, habitual screwup Tonny (Mads Mikkelsen) tries to win the approval of his gangster father (Leif Sylvester). But convincing dad that he's ready for the big time isn't as easy as Tonny envisioned, especially when he finds out he might be a father himself.
2:37
Theatrical Release Date: 08/17/2006
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Murali K. Thalluri
Actors: Teresa Palmer, Frank Sweet, Sam Harris, Charles Baird, Joel Mackenzie, Marni Spillane
Plot: 2:37 is a complex tale narrated by six high school students whose lives are interwoven; each of whom has their own personal problems and goals. The story takes place during a normal school day where, at precisely 2:37, a student's suicide will occur. As the story unfolds, the individual stories are revealed leading to one of the characters committing suicide.
Cinderella
Theatrical Release Date: 08/17/2006
Overall Rating: 1.7 out of 4 stars
Language: Korean
Genre: Drama/Horror
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Man-dae Bong
Actors: Ah-yung Ahn, Gyu-ryun Ahn, So-min Jeon, Se-Kyeong Shin, Ji-Won To, Da-in Yu
Plot: The daughter of successful female plastic surgeon, the teenage Hyun-soo (Se-kyeong Shin) is the envy of her art school friends, who all want the perfect face. But after her friends go under the knife and start dying mysterious deaths, Hyun-soo must investigate her mother's darkest secrets.
Nails ( Gvozdi )
Theatrical Release Date: 08/16/2006
Overall Rating: 2.5 out of 4 stars
Language: Russian
Genre: Horror
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Andrey Iskanov
Actors: Alexandra Batrumova, Svyatoslav Iliyasov, Andrey Iskanov, Irina Nikitina, Igor Orlov, Alexander Shevchenko
When The Levees Broke: A Requiem in Four Acts
Theatrical Release Date: 08/16/2006
Overall Rating: 3.2 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Documentary
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Spike Lee
Actors: Spike Lee, Al Sharpton, Sean Penn, Jay Asevedo, Shelton 'Shakespeare' Alexander, Wynton Marsalis
Plot: Spike Lee presents an unflinching, artistic, gritty look at the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina and the U.S. government's response.
Do You Like Hitchcock? ( Ti piace Hitchcock? )
Theatrical Release Date: 08/15/2006
Overall Rating: 2.4 out of 4 stars
Language: Italian
Genre: Horror/Mystery
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Dario Argento
Actors: Elio Germano, Chiara Conti, Elisabetta Rocchetti, Cristina Brondo, Iván Morales, Edoardo Stoppa
George Bush Goes to Heaven
Theatrical Release Date: 08/15/2006
Overall Rating: 2.0 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Jonathan Liebert
Actors: Kevin A. Klein, John Ross Clark, Jean St. James, Jack Kyle, Patrick Gorman, Sam Scarber
Snakes on a Train
Theatrical Release Date: 08/15/2006
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Action/Horror
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Peter Mervis
Actors: A.J. Castro, Julia Ruiz, Giovanni Bejarano, Al Galvez, Amelia Jackson-Gray, Shannon Gayle Hurd
Plot: A young woman under a powerful curse boards a train with her boyfriend in
hopes of hunting down a means to find a cure. The curse has living snakes
living inside her and, after a series of confrontations, the snakes burst
free - and the rest of the passengers are unaware of the horrors
slithering towards them.
Good Girl, Bad Girl
Theatrical Release Date: 08/14/2006
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Action
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Sebastian Vigg
Actors: Julia Stinshoff, Nick Brimble, Graham McTavish, Ross Boatman, Hendrik Duryn, Ruth Gibson
The Ron Clark Story
Theatrical Release Date: 08/13/2006
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Biography/Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Randa Haines
Actors: Matthew Perry, Jerry Callaghan, Ernie Hudson, Patricia Benedict, Judith Buchan, Melissa De Sousa
Tokyo Friends: The Movie
Theatrical Release Date: 08/12/2006
Overall Rating: 2.0 out of 4 stars
Language: Japanese
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Kôzô Nagayama
Actors: Ai Otsuka, Mao Kobayashi, Eita, Kuranosuke Sasaki, Yusuke, Kôji Yamamoto
