Curse of the Golden Flower ( Man cheng jin dai huang jin jia )
Theatrical Release Date: 12/22/2006
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: Mandarin
Genre: Action/Adventure
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Yimou Zhang
Actors: Yun-Fat Chow, Ye Liu, Li Gong, Jay Chou, Dahong Ni, Junjie Qin
The Good Shepherd
Theatrical Release Date: 12/22/2006
Overall Rating: 2.5 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Robert De Niro
Actors: Matt Damon, Angelina Jolie, Alec Baldwin, Robert De Niro
Plot: The history of the CIA and how it got its start and achieved power. A
bleak look at how power, secrets and never knowing what is real can steal
your soul.
Night at the Museum
Theatrical Release Date: 12/22/2006
Overall Rating: 2.5 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy/Adventure
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Shawn Levy
Actors: Ben Stiller, Carla Gugino, Dick Van Dyke, Mickey Rooney, Bill Cobbs, Robin Williams
Plot: An unemployed, divorced father has little confidence and even less to show his only son, that is until he takes a job as a museum night watchman and learns that when night falls, history really does come to life.
We Are Marshall
Theatrical Release Date: 12/22/2006
Overall Rating: 2.6 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Sport/Drama
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: McG
Actors: Matthew McConaughey, Matthew Fox, Anthony Mackie, David Strathairn, Kate Mara, Ian McShane
Plot: The story of the 1975 Marshall University football team that lost there lives in a horrible plane crash. A new couch is brought in to coach the new season.
Venus
Theatrical Release Date: 12/21/2006
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Comedy
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Roger Michell
Actors: Peter O'Toole, Leslie Phillips, Jodie Whittaker, Cathryn Bradshaw, Vanessa Redgrave, Richard Griffiths
Plot: A young girl (Jessie) moves in with an aging actor (Ian) to help care for him. She turns out to be his worst nightmare - drinking, cursing, and thoroughly self-centered. Ian's friend, Maurice, befriends the girl and eventually falls in love with her - even though she's fifty years younger than him.
Family Hero ( héros de la famille, Le )
Theatrical Release Date: 12/20/2006
Overall Rating: 2.0 out of 4 stars
Language: French
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Thierry Klifa
Actors: Gérard Lanvin, Catherine Deneuve, Emmanuelle Béart, Miou-Miou, Michaël Cohen, Géraldine Pailhas
Letters from Iwo Jima
Theatrical Release Date: 12/20/2006
Overall Rating: 3.1 out of 4 stars
Language: Japanese
Genre: War/Historical
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Clint Eastwood
Actors: Ken Watanabe, Kazunari Ninomiya, Hiroshi Watanabe, Tsuyoshi Ihara, Ryo Kase, Shido Nakamura
Plot: The battle of Iwo Jima as taught from the Japanese point of view using culture as the difference between Americans and Japanese.
The Painted Veil
Theatrical Release Date: 12/20/2006
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Romance
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: John Curran
Actors: Edward Norton, Naomi Watts, Liev Schreiber, Toby Jones, Diana Rigg, Zoe Telford
Rocky Balboa
Theatrical Release Date: 12/20/2006
Overall Rating: 2.6 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Sport
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Sylvester Stallone
Actors: Sylvester Stallone, Burt Young, Antonio Tarver, Geraldine Hughes, Milo Ventimiglia, Tony Burton
Plot: Rocky mourns the death of Adrian and does the only thing he knows how to do, Fight.
Tired of Kissing Frogs ( Cansada de besar sapos )
Theatrical Release Date: 12/20/2006
Overall Rating: 2.3 out of 4 stars
Language: Spanish
Genre: Comedy/Romance
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Jorge Colon
Actors: Ana Serradilla, José María de Tavira, Ana Layevska, Mónica Huarte, Miguel Rodarte, Juan Manuel Bernal
Altered
Theatrical Release Date: 12/19/2006
Overall Rating: 2.6 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Horror/Sci-Fi
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Eduardo Sánchez
Actors: Misty Rosas, Paul McCarthy-Boyington, Brad William Henke, James Gammon, Michael C. Williams, Adam Kaufman
Plot: A group of hillbillies manages to capture an alien using sadistic savage
methods and takes it back to a farm. When the alien manages to break free
it wastes no time showing it's former captors exactly how he feel about
them.
American Pie Presents The Naked Mile
Theatrical Release Date: 12/19/2006
Overall Rating: 2.2 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Joe Nussbaum
Actors: John White, Maria Ricossa, Christopher McDonald, Joe Bostick, Jake Siegel, Jessy Schram
Plot: Erik Stifler, the virginal cousin and polar opposite of Matt and Steve Stifler, decides to abstain from sex with his girlfriend until they're ready. Adam's outlook on life changes, however, when he and his friends participate in a naked run across campus sponsored by his cousin's university, prompting Adam to come out of his prude shell.
Nana 2
Theatrical Release Date: 12/18/2006
Overall Rating: 3.1 out of 4 stars
Language: Japanese
Genre: Drama/Romance
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Kentarô Ôtani
Actors: Mika Nakashima, Yui Ichikawa, Kanata Hongô, Yuna Ito, Nobuo Kyô, Tomoki Maruyama
Animal Crossing: The Movie ( Gekijôban dôbutsu no mori )
Theatrical Release Date: 12/16/2006
Overall Rating: 2.0 out of 4 stars
Language: Japanese
Genre: Anime/Comedy
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Jôji Shimura
Actors: Yui Horie, Misato Fukuen, Fumiko Orikasa, Yu Kobayashi, Takatoshi Kaneko, Masaki Terasoma
Bleach: Memories of Nobody
Theatrical Release Date: 12/16/2006
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: Japanese
Genre: Anime/Adventure
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Noriyuki Abe
Actors: Masashi Ebara, Masakazu Morita, Chiwa Saito, Fumiko Orikasa, Noriaki Sugiyama, Kentarô Itô
Plot: The appearance of numerous souls, called "Blanks" in Karakura town has Ichigo and Rukia scrambling for answers. They find it in a mysterious Shinigami named Senna, who holds the key to preventing the real world and Soul Society from merging.
Dead and Deader
Theatrical Release Date: 12/16/2006
Overall Rating: 2.7 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy/Horror
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Patrick Dinhut
Actors: John Billingsley, Dean Cain, Colleen Camp, Greg Collins, Ellie Cornell, Peter Greene
