June 2006 Movies

With Jennifer Aniston • Vince Vaughn • Justin Long • Jon Favreau • Joey Lauren Adams • Jeremy Garelick • Cole Hauser • Vincent D'Onofrio • John Michael Higgins • Ann-Margret • Peyton Reed • Scott Stuber • Judy Davis • Peter Billingsley • Mary Parent • Jay Lavender • Stuart Besser

Vince Vaughn and Jennifer Aniston star in "The Break-Up", which starts where most romantic comedies end: after boy and girl have met, fallen in love, moved in to start their happily-ever-after...and right when they wind up driving each other crazy.

Pushed to the breaking-up point after their latest "why can't you do this one little thing for me?" argument, art dealer Brooke (Aniston) calls it quits with her boyfriend, Gary (Vaughn), who hosts bus tours of Chicago. What follows is a series of remedies, war tactics, overtures and underminings suggested by the former couple's friends, confidantes and the occasional total stranger. When neither ex is willing to move out of the condo they used to share, the only solution is to continue living as hostile roommates until somebody caves.

But somewhere between protesting the pool table in the living room, the dirty clothes stacked in the kitchen cupboards and the sports played at sleep-killing volume in the middle of night, Brooke begins to realize that what she may be really fighting for isn't so much the place but the person.

With Paul Wesley • Nick Nolte • Scott Mechlowicz • Amy Smart • Robin Schorr • Agnes Bruckner • Ashton Holmes • Victor Salva • Bob Dolman • Mark Amin • Cami Winikoff • David Welch • Kevin Bernhardt

Dan (Scott Mechlowicz), a college student and world-champion athlete, is haunted by the feeling that something is missing from his life. A chance encounter with the enigmatic "Socrates" (Nick Nolte) starts Dan on a spiritual odyssey, which throws his "perfect" but shallow life into total disarray. He eventually discovers a surprising and powerful road to enlightenment and the true meaning of winning.

With Luc Besson • David Belle • Cyril Raffaelli • Tony D'Amario • Francois Chattot • Patrick Olivier • Bibi Naceri • Pierre Morel • Bernard Grenet

Paris, 2013. Damien is a member of an elite police squadron, a special unit highly trained in martial arts and the precise physical skills necessary to navigate the treacherous urban landscape of Paris' future. He is now tasked with the most vital and dangerous mission of his career: a weapon of mass destruction has been concealed by the most powerful gang of the suburbs of District B13, a walled off section of Paris in which the criminals rule themselves. Damien must infiltrate the gang in order to either defuse the bomb or recover it.

With Jose Garcia • Daniel Auteuil • Michele Moretti • Philippe Martin • Marilyne Canto • Pierre Salvadori • Benoit Graffin • David Leotard • Daniele Dubroux

An unlikely bond forms between a man determined to commit suicide and the man who saves him. Antoine is a reserved and placating maitre d' at a well-regarded bistro. He quickly rushes to the aid of Louis, an effusive, lovelorn bachelor who attempts to kill himself following a romantic breakup. But it's not long before Antoine's act of charity becomes a comedy of false pretenses and mixed motives.

With Harvey Kahn • Christian Slater • Robert Loggia • Colm Feore • Selma Blair • Angie Harmon • Ruth Epstein • Chris Dorr

A Wall Street financial hot shot and his eager new recruit get involved in government secrecy, illegal oil trading and the Russian Mafia.

With Jang Dong Gun • Mi-yeon Lee • Chatthapong Pantanaunkul • Jung-Jae Lee • David McInnis • David No • Kyung-Taek Kwak

A modern-day pirate plans a massive attack on North and South Korea.

With Liev Schreiber • Michael Gambon • David Thewlis • Mia Farrow • John Moore • Julia Stiles • Pete Postlethwaite • Seamus Davey-Fitzpatrick • Dan McDermott

Fear the date – 6/6/06 – when "The Omen 666" opens in theaters nationwide. A remake of the 1976 horror classic, the new film takes the tale of the coming of the "Antichrist" – personified as a young boy named Damien – to an even more thrilling and visceral level.

With Helen Mirren • Lee Daniels • Cuba Gooding Jr. • Wes Bentley • Vanessa Ferlito • Will Rokos

"Shadowboxer" centers on the unusual relationship between a mother and her stepson. The duo, who have a romantic relationship, work as contract killers. Bentley will play the lead villain on the hunt for the killer couple.

With John Lasseter • George Carlin • Owen Wilson • Michael Keaton • Bonnie Hunt • Richard Petty • John Ratzenberger • Larry the Cable Guy • Cheech Marin • Tony Shalhoub • Jenifer Lewis • Paul Newman • Paul Dooley • Michael Wallis • Darla K. Anderson

After taking moviegoers magically into the realm of toys, bugs, monsters, fish, and superheroes, the masterful storytellers and technical wizards at Pixar Animation Studios and Academy Award-winning director John Lasseter, hit the road with a fast-paced comedy adventure set inside the world of cars. Lightning McQueen (voice of Owen Wilson), a hotshot rookie race car driven to succeed, discovers that life is about the journey, not the finish line, when he finds himself unexpectedly detoured in the sleepy Route 66 town of Radiator Springs. On route across the country to the big Piston Cup Championship in California to compete against two seasoned pros, McQueen gets to know the town's offbeat characters –including Sally (a snazzy 2002 Porsche voiced by Bonnie Hunt), Doc Hudson (a 1951 Hudson Hornet with a mysterious past, voiced by Paul Newman), and Mater (a rusty but trusty tow truck voiced by Larry the Cable Guy) – who help him realize that there are more important things than trophies, fame and sponsorship. The all-star vocal cast also includes free-wheeling performances by racing legend Richard Petty and. Fueled with plenty of humor, action, heartfelt drama, and amazing new technical feats, "Cars" is a high octane delight for moviegoers of all ages.

With Michel Aumont • Daniel Chiefetz • Laurent Lucas • Irene Jacob • Dinara Droukarova • Ra'up McGee

A tale about a troubled hit man who is starting to realize that he has too much conscience to kill. Having recently rekindled his relationship with his childhood soul mate, Michelle, he sees their love as a way out. But reality soon grips him when he learns that she has stolen a mysterious briefcase, forcing Jean-Pierre to walk a fine line between protecting the woman he loves and falling back into the world of crime he just left--an impossible task that soon unravels in ways that he can neither imagine nor control.

With Alba Molinero • Teresa Pelegri • Guillermo Toledo • Maria Botto • Marián Aguilera • Marion Martin • Dominic Harari

Leni (Marián Aguilera) arrives home to introduce her fiancé Rafi (Guillermo Toledo) to her Jewish family for the first time. Her mother Gloria (Norma Aleandro), her promiscuous sister Tania (Maria Botto), Tania's contrary 8 year old daughter Paula, her recently orthodox brother David and her blind grandfather Dudu. Everything goes wonderfully until the lovers reveal that Rafi is Palestinian. With his future mother-in-law Gloria unhinged by the news, Rafi tries to ingratiate himself by helping in the kitchen. To make matters worse he accidentally drops the soup he was meant to defrost out the seventh floor window, hitting a pedestrian below. Rafi sneaks downstairs to check on the body and retrieve the soup. Having seen the victim, Rafi rushes upstairs not knowing what to do! As he returns to the kitchen he notices a family portrait of Leni's father, which bears a very close resemblance to the corpse lying outside.

With Forest Whitaker • Heather Graham • Marion Cotillard • Matthew Modine • Gabriella Wright • Juliette Binoche • Simone Lageoles • Massimo Cortesi

An actress (Juliette Binoche) goes on a globe-trotting hunt for the truth about Mary Magdalene after portraying her in a movie.

With Virginia Madsen • Tommy Lee Jones • Lindsay Lohan • Meryl Streep • Woody Harrelson • Maya Rudolph • John C. Reilly • Lily Tomlin • Kevin Kline • Lyle Lovett • Garrison Keillor • Robert Altman

The movie is a celebrity version of Garrison Keillor's radio show. It adds a slight story of the radio show ending as a new owner (Tommy Lee Jones) has bought the Fitzgerald theater that the show broadcasts from and is going to tear it down. Another fantasy element is thrown in as an angel (Virginia Madsen) stalks the theater to take one of the performers. Keillor plays the lead character, coincidentally called GK. Lily Tomlin and Meryl Streep play the singing Johnson Sisters, with Lindsay Lohan as a suicide-obsessed daughter of Streep. Woody Harrelson and John C. Reilly are hilarious as the slightly off-color singing cowboy duo, Dusty & Lefty. Kevin Kline is a security guard who tells the story. Maya Rudolph also appears as a pregnant stage coordinator. Contains some mild sexually-oriented jokes.

With Bow Wow • Brian Tee • Sung Kang • Justin Lin • Nathalie Kelley • Zachery Bryan • Neal H. Moritz • Lucas Black • Nikki Griffin • Jason Tobin • Chris Morgan • Clayton Townsend

Set in the sexy and colorful underground world of Japanese drift racing, the newest and fastest customized rides go head-to- head on some of the most perilous courses in the world.

Sean Boswell (Black) is an outsider who attempts to define himself as a hot-headed, underdog street racer. Although racing provides a temporary escape from an unhappy home and the superficial world around him, it has also made Sean unpopular with the local authorities. To avoid jail time, Sean is sent to live with his gruff, estranged father, a career military-man stationed in Tokyo.

Now officially a gaijin (outsider), Sean feels even more shut out in a land of foreign customs and codes of honor. But it doesn't take long for him to find some action when a fellow American buddy, Twinkie (Bow Wow), introduces him to the underground world of drift racing. Sean's simple drag racing gets replaced by a rubber-burning, automotive art form--with an exhilarating balance of speeding and gliding through a heart-stopping course of hairpin turns and switchbacks.

On his first time out drifting, Sean unknowingly takes on D.K., the "Drift King," a local champ with ties to the Japanese crime machine Yakuza. Sean's loss comes at a high price tag when he's forced to work off the debt under the thumb of ex-pat, Han (Kang). Han soon welcomes Sean into this family of misfits and introduces him to the real principles of drifting. But when Sean falls for D.K.'s girlfriend, Neela (newcomer Kelley), an explosive series of events is set into motion, climaxing with an ultimate high stakes face off.

With Jack Black • Mike White • Efren Ramirez • Carla Jimenez • Ana de la Reguera • Jared Hess • Troy Gentile • David Klawans • Julia Pistor • Damon Ross

In this true life inspired story, Jack Black will play a Mexican priest who moonlights as a masked Lucha Libre wrestler in order to save an orphanage destined for closure. All the while, the priest must keep his identity hidden from the wrestling community and the church.

With Keanu Reeves • Ebon Moss-Bachrach • Christopher Plummer • Shohreh Aghdashloo • John Corbett • Willeke van Ammelrooy • David Auburn

A doctor (Sandra Bullock) and an architect (Keanu Reeves) living in the same house two years apart develop a letter-based romance using a mailbox that serves as a time portal.

With James Marsden • James Brolin • Sam Elliott • Jaime King • John Leguizamo • Steve Coogan • Selma Blair • Rebecca Romijn-Stamos

A man (Steve Coogan) runs an "alibi service," which provides cheating spouses with excuses to keep their significant others in the dark about their extra-marital activities. When one of his clients gets into a jam, the man hires a woman (Rebecca Romijn-Stamos) to help, but he soon falls for her.

With Mel Gibson • Linda Thompson • Julie Christensen • Perla Battala • Lian Lunson • Martha Wainwright • Nick Cave • Rufus Wainwright • Berth Orton • Teddy Thompson • Jarvis Cocker • Erik Nelson • Kevin Beggs

Since bursting onto the scene in 1967, Leonard Cohen has inspired generations with his unique personality and haunting music, becoming one of the most original and enduring artists to emerge from the 1960s. Now, Lions Gate is proud to celebrate Cohen's legacy with director Lian Lunson's "Leonard Cohen I'm Your Man", an intimate look at the songs, poetry and life of one of music's most celebrated and influential troubadours.

In January, 2005, Lunson traveled to Sydney to film the historic "Came So Far For Beauty" show, a tribute to Leonard Cohen at the Sydney Opera House organized by famed music producer Hal Willner. "Leonard Cohen I'm Your Man" includes behind-the-scenes interviews and live performances from this event by Nick Cave, Rufus Wainwright, Kate & Anna McGarrigle, Martha Wainwright, Beth Orton, Linda Thompson, Teddy Thompson, Jarvis Cocker, The Handsome Family, Julie Christensen and Perla Battala, as well as a special performance of "Tower of Song" by Cohen and U2. And in a series of candid interviews, Cohen himself reveals his trademark wry humor and soulful intensity, using his own artwork, poetry and personal collection of photographs to reflect upon his colorful past and his creative process.

With Kate Beckinsale • Christopher Walken • Steven Koren • Sean Astin • Juan Jose Campanella • David Hasselhoff • Neal H. Moritz • Jack Giarraputo • Henry Winkler • Allen Covert • Frank Coraci • Peter Dante • Blake Heron • Steve Papadopoulos • Mark O'Keefe • Tim Herlihy

A workaholic architect, who has been overlooking his family in favor of his career, comes across a universal remote that allows him to perform TiVo-like functions on his life, such as pausing events or fast-forwarding over them. When the remote begins creating its own memory and choosing what to fast-forward over, the man sees how much of his personal life has passed him by and realizes the importance of spending more time with his family.

With Penelope Cruz • Lola Duenas • Carmen Maura • Blanca Portillo • Yohana Cobo • Pedro Almodovar • Esther Garcia

Set in Spain, this female-centered generational story involves a grandmother, her daughter and granddaughter.

With Jennifer Love Hewitt • Bill Murray • Billy Connolly • Breckin Meyer • Lucy Davis • Tim Hill • Tim Curry • Bob Hoskins • Ian Abercrombie • John Davis • Michele Imperato • Neil A. Machlis • Joel Cohen

America's favorite feline, Garfield, follows his owner, Jon, to England. The U.K. may never recover, as Garfield is mistaken for a look-alike, regal cat who has inherited a castle. Garfield savors the royal treatment afforded by his loyal "subjects," but his "reign" is in jeopardy. The nefarious Lord Dargis is determined to do away with Garfield, so he can turn the castle into a resort.

With Colette Divine • David Freeman • Chelsea Sexton • J. Karen Thomas • Chris Paine

It was among the fastest, most efficient production car ever built. It ran on electricity, produced no emissions and catapulted American technology to the forefront of the automotive industry. The lucky few who drove it never wanted to give it up. So why did General Motors crush its fleet of EV-1 electric vehicles in the Arizona desert?

"Who Killed the Electric Car?" chronicles the life and mysterious death of the EV-1; examining the cultural and economic ripple effects caused by its conception and how they reverberated through the halls of government and big business.

With Mike Lee • John Hyams • Justin McBride • Adriano Moraes • John Greenhalgh

Seven days, 45 finalists, one World Champion. Shot on location in Las Vegas, Nevada, "Rank" takes us from the ranch to the arena for the fascinating struggle of the three highest-ranking bull riders competing for the title of PBR World Champion. Contenders Justin McBride, a third generation bull rider; Mike Lee, a 21 year-old born-again Christian; and Adriano Moraes, a two-time PBR World Champion bring the gritty reality of this hazardous sport into focus for the first time. From preparations to ride through severe injuries and finally, victory for one: a gold belt buckle and a check for one million dollars.

With Anne Hathaway • Emily Blunt • Meryl Streep • Stanley Tucci • Simon Baker • David Frankel • Wendy Finerman • Tracie Thoms • Alexie Gilmore • Adrian Grenier • Michael Kuroiwa • Rebecca Mader • Keith Patterson • Eric Seltzer • Rich Sommer • Daniel Sunjata • Giselle Bundchen • Aline Brosh McKenna

Based on the best-selling novel, "The Devil Wears Prada" stars two-time Academy Award winner Meryl Streep as high-powered fashion magazine editor Miranda Priestly, and Anne Hathaway, as Miranda's new assistant – a small-town girl trying to survive her impossibly demanding new boss.

With James Marsden • Kevin Spacey • Kate Bosworth • Parker Posey • Bryan Singer • Kal Penn • Frank Langella • Eva Marie Saint • Dan Harris • Sam Huntington • Peta Wilson • Gilbert Adler • Jon Peters • Michael Dougherty • Chris Lee

Following a mysterious absence of several years, the Man of Steel comes back to Earth in the epic action-adventure "Superman Returns", a soaring new chapter in the saga of one of the world's most beloved superheroes. While an old enemy plots to render him powerless once and for all, Superman faces the heartbreaking realization that the woman he loves, Lois Lane, has moved on with her life. Or has she? Superman's bittersweet return challenges him to bridge the distance between them while finding a place in a society that has learned to survive without him. In an attempt to protect the world he loves from cataclysmic destruction, Superman embarks on an epic journey of redemption that takes him from the depths of the ocean to the far reaches of outer space.