November 2006 Movies

With Kate Winslet • Hugh Jackman • Andy Serkis • Ian McKellen • Henry Anderson • Peter Lord • Dick Clement • Bill Nighy • Sam Fell • David Bowers • Ian LaFrenais

Roddy is a decidedly upper-crust society rat who makes his home in a posh Kensington flat, complete with two hamster butlers named Gilbert and Sullivan. When a common sewer rat named Syd comes spewing out of the sink and decides he's hit the jackpot, Roddy schemes to rid himself of the pest by luring him into the whirlpool. Syd may be an ignorant slob, but he s no fool, so it is Roddy who winds up being flushed away into the bustling sewer world of Ratropolis. There Roddy meets Rita, an enterprising scavenger who works the sewers in her faithful boat, the Jammy Dodger. Roddy immediately wants out, or rather, up; Rita wants to be paid for her trouble; and, speaking of trouble, the villainous Toad who royally despises all rodents wants them iced literally. The Toad dispatches his two hapless hench-rats, Spike and Whitey, to get the job done. When they fail, the Toad has no choice but to send to France for his cousin that dreaded mercenary, Le Frog.

With Sacha Baron Cohen • Pamela Anderson • Peter Baynham • Anthony Hines • Ken Davitian • Larry Charles • Dan Mazer

Kazakhstani TV personality Borat is dispatched to the United States to report on the "greatest country in the world." With a documentary crew in tow, Borat becomes more interested in locating and marrying Pamela Anderson than on his assignment.

With Gwyneth Paltrow • Daniel Craig • Sigourney Weaver • Hope Davis • Toby Jones • Jeff Daniels • Isabella Rossellini • Juliet Stevenson • Peter Bogdonovich • Doug McGrath • John Wells

Based on the true story of young Truman Capote and his investigation into the 1959 murders of a wealthy Kansas family of four. What starts out as a journey with his childhood friend Harper Lee to figure out "whodunit," turns into something unexpected: an intense and complex bond with one of the murderers that inspired his greatest work, 'In Cold Blood.'

With Martin Short • Tim Allen • Liliana Mumy • Elizabeth Mitchell • Brigham Taylor • Spencer Breslin • Ann-Margret • Judge Reinhold • Eric Lloyd • Robert F. Newmyer • Rob Greenberg • Wendy Crewson • Michael Lembeck • Jeffrey Silver • Karen Glass • Ed Decter • John Strauss

Holiday magic mixes with comical chaos at the North Pole in "The Santa Clause 3". Tim Allen reprises his role of Scott Calvin - AKA Santa - as he juggles a full house of family and the mischievous Jack Frost (Martin Short), who is trying to take over the "big guy's" holiday.

At the risk of giving away the secret location of the North Pole, Scott invites his in-laws (Ann-Margret & Alan Arkin) to share in the holiday festivities, and upcoming birth of baby Claus with expectant wife, Carol, - AKA Mrs. Claus (Elizabeth Mitchell).

Along for the adventure are Scott's extended family, son Charlie (Eric Lloyd), ex-wife Laura Miller (Wendy Crewson), her husband, Neil Miller (Judge Reinhold) and their daughter, Lucy (Liliana Mumy) who, together with head elf Curtis (Spencer Breslin), foil Jack Frost's crafty scheme to control the North Pole.

With Gerard Butler • Stellan Skarsgard • Eva Mendes • Anna Faris • Imelda Staunton • Kathy Bates • Charlie Sheen • Julie Delpy • George Augusto

With Paul Feig • Wilmer Valderrama • Rob Riggle • Tony Hale • Lauren Shuler Donner • Rob Corddry • Nick Thune • David Koechner • Tyler James Williams • Jacob Meszaros • Brett Kelly • Jessica Walter • Michael Aguilar • Donny Osmond • Dyllan Christopher • Al Roker • Teri Garr • BJ Novak • Dave Gruber Allen • Julie Snyder • Ira Glass • Kate Kondell • Mya Stark

It's Christmas Eve and five kids have just been snowed in at the airport -- and there isn't a parent in sight. "Unaccompanied Minors" follows awkward Spencer (Dyllan Christopher), rich-girl Grace (Gina Mantegna), tomboy Donna (Quinn Shephard), geeky Charlie (Tyler James Williams) and bashful Beef (Brett Kelly) as they try to outwit a disgruntled airport official (Lewis Black) and reunite with their families. Using "borrowed" golf-carts, a canoe on a snow hill and the help of a reluctant flight attendant (Wilmer Valderrama), these kids are about to prove the holidays aren't about where you are, but who you're with.

With Russell Crowe • Ridley Scott • Marc Klein • Aaron Eckhart • Marion Cotillard • Albert Finney • Didier Bourdon • Lisa Ellzey • Julie Payne

Based on the novel by Peter Mayle, the film is about failed London banker Max Skinner (Crowe) who moves to Provence to tend a vineyard he inherited from his uncle, played by Albert Finney. There he encounters Cotillard's character, a beautiful California woman who says she is a long-lost cousin and lays claim to the property.

With Will Ferrell • Emma Thompson • Queen Latifah • Dustin Hoffman • Kristin Chenoweth • Tony Hale • Maggie Gyllenhaal • Lindsay Doran • Marc Forster • Zach Helm • Tom Hulce • Joe Drake • Eric Kopeloff

"Stranger Than Fiction" is an inventive comedy about a novelist (Emma Thompson) struggling to complete her latest, and potentially finest, book — she only has to find a way to kill off her main character, Harold Crick, and she'll be done. Little does she know that Harold Crick (Will Ferrell) is inexplicably alive and well in the real world and suddenly aware of her words. Fiction and reality collide when the bewildered and hilariously resistant Harold hears what she has in mind and realizes he must find a way to change her (and his) ending.

With Christian Bale • Eva Longoria • David Ayer • Freddy Rodriguez • Andrea Sperling

Jim Davis (Christian Bale) is an ex-Army Ranger recently discharged from the military, yet still haunted by nightmares of his former occupation. While seeking a position with the LAPD that will allow him to marry his Mexican girlfriend and bring her to the United States, Jim kills time chilling with his best friend, Mike (Freddy Rodriguez). Mike is feeling the heat from his longtime girlfriend, Sylvia (Eva Longoria): either get a job or get out. But the love of a beautiful woman can't compare to the bonds of friendship, and Jim and Mike are soon cruising the streets of South Central, slipping back into a deceitful life of drugs, violence and petty crime, just like when they were kids.

With Robert Downey Jr. • Nicole Kidman • Ty Burrell • Harris Yulin • Vincent Farrell • Erin Cressida Wilson • Genevieve McCarthy • Boris McGiver • Steven Shainberg • Edward R. Pressman • Bonnie Timmermann • Michael Roban

A biopic about the life of photographer Diane Arbus, considered one of the most mysterious, enigmatic, and frighteningly bold artists of the 20th century. Most known for her obsession with 'freak' subject-matter, her haunting work emerged from a deeply private place. Arbus' death was as mysteriously tragic as was the aura surrounding some of her most piercing portraits.

With Nicole Kidman • George Miller • Robin Williams • Elijah Wood • Bruce Berman • Carlos Alazraqui • John Collee • Judy Morris • Brittany Murphy • Denise Blasor • Khamani Griffin • Graham Burke • Alyssa Shafer • Doug Mitchell • Warren Coleman

"Happy Feet" is set deep in Antarctica. Into the land of Emperor Penguins, where each needs a heart song to attract a soul mate, a penguin is born who cannot sing. Our hero Mumble, son of Memphis and Norma Jean, is the worst singer in the world...however, as it happens, he is a brilliant tap dancer!

With Mads Mikkelsen • Daniel Craig • Eva Green • Jeffrey Wright • Robert Wade • Judi Dench • Caterina Murino • Martin Campbell • Paul Haggis • Barbara Broccoli • Neal Purvis • John Cleese • Michael Wilson

"Casino Royale" introduces James Bond before he holds his license to kill. But Bond is no less dangerous, and with two professional assassinations in quick succession, he is elevated to '00' status. Bond's first 007 mission takes him to Uganda where he is to spy on a terrorist, Mollaka. Not everything goes to plan and Bond decides to investigate, independently of MI6, in order to track down the rest of the terrorist cell. Following a lead to the Bahamas, he encounters Dimitrios and his girlfriend, Solange. He learns that Dimitrios is involved with Le Chiffre, banker to the world's terrorist organizations. Secret Service intelligence reveals that Le Chiffre is planning to raise money in a high-stakes poker game in Montenegro at Le Casino Royale. MI6 assigns 007 to play against him, knowing that if Le Chiffre loses, it will destroy his organization. 'M' places Bond under the watchful eye of the beguiling Vesper Lynd. At first skeptical of what value Vesper can provide, Bond's interest in her deepens as they brave danger together and even torture at the hands of Le Chiffre. In Montenegro, Bond allies himself with Mathis MI6's local field agent, and Felix Leiter who is representing the interests of the CIA. The marathon game proceeds with dirty tricks and violence, raising the stakes beyond blood money and reaching a terrifying climax.

With Ethan Hawke • Luis Guzman • Wilmer Valderrama • Lou Taylor Pucci • Esai Morales • Bobby Cannavale • Richard Linklater • Greg Kinnear • Kris Kristofferson • Patricia Arquette • Avril Lavigne • Ed Saxon • Ricky Strauss • Ashley Johnson • Ana Claudia Talancon • Malcolm McLaren • Jeff Skoll • Chris Salvaterra • David M. Thompson • Eric Schlosser • Peter Watson

Are we what we eat? To a degree both engrossing and alarming, the story of fast food is the story of postwar Amerca. Though created by a handful of mavericks, the fast food industry has triggered the homogenization of our society.

With Danny Trejo • Ernie Hudson • Billy Dee Williams • Snoop Dogg • Tim Sullivan • Method Man • Lamar Odom • Tayshaun Prince • Teyo Johnson • Justin Fargas • Glenn Cadrez • Stacy Title • Jacob Hair • Chris Kobin • Jonathan McHugh

Welcome to the Hood of Horror, where revenge is a dish best served cold... in a 40 oz. The Hound of Hell (Snoop Dogg) is your guide through three tales from this nefarious neighborhood and its depraved denizens, including a tagger who finds out that not all gangstas die hard, a spoiled heir to a Texas oil dynasty who murders for money but can't pay to stay alive, and a major rap star who discovers he's got a few skeletons in his dressing room... and they're kicking down the door.

With Shia LaBeouf • Laurence Fishburne • Heather Graham • Anthony Hopkins • Ashton Kutcher • Demi Moore • Christian Slater • William H. Macy • Elijah Wood • Sharon Stone • Helen Hunt • Emilio Estevez • Holly Wiersma • Harry Belafonte • Joshua Jackson • Martin Sheen • Nick Cannon • Lindsay Lohan • Gary Michael Walters • Freddy Rodriguez • Michel Litvak • Edward Bass • Dan Grodn

"Bobby" revisits the night Robert F. Kennedy was gunned down at the Ambassador Hotel in 1968. Story is about how the lives of those at the hotel that evening intersected. Movie will take place against the backdrop of the cultural issues gripping the country at the time, including racism, sexual inequality and class differences.

With James Corden • Stephen Campbell Moore • Dominic Cooper • Clive Merrison • Frances de la Tour • Richard Griffiths • Nicholas Hytner • Alan Bennett • Sacha Dhawan • Samuel Anderson • Andrew Knott • Samuel Barnett • Russell Tovey • Jamie Parker • Kevin Loader • Damian Jones

"The History Boys" tells the story of an unruly class of bright, funny history students in pursuit of an undergraduate place at Oxford or Cambridge. Bounced between their maverick English master (Richard Griffiths), a young and shrewd teacher hired to up their test scores (Stephen Campbell Moore), a grossly out-numbered history teacher (Frances de la Tour), and a headmaster obsessed with results (Clive Merrison), the boys attempt to sift through it all to pass the daunting university admissions process. Their journey becomes as much about how education works, as it is about where education leads.

With Denzel Washington • Jim Caviezel • Tony Scott • Val Kilmer • Terry Rossio • Ted Elliott • Adam Goldberg • Chad Oman • Mike Stenson • Bill Marsilii

A ferry filled with crewmen from the USS Nimitz and their families was blown up in New Orleans on Mardi Gras. BATF Doug Carlin is brought in to assist in the massive investigation, and gets attached to an experimental FBI surveillance unit, one that uses spacefolding technology to directly look back a little over four days into the past. While tracking down the bomber, Carlin gets an idea in his head: could they use the device to actually travel back in time and not only prevent the bombing but also the murder of a local woman whose truck was used in the bombing? .

With Danny DeVito • Kristin Chenoweth • Matthew Broderick • Alia Shawkat • Kristin Davis • Sabrina Aldridge • Kelly Aldridge • John Whitesell • Michael Costigan • Don Rhymer

A family comedy about one-upsmanship, jealousy, clashing neighbors, home decoration...and the true spirit of the holidays. Steve (Matthew Broderick), a suburban dad and Christmas enthusiast, leads a well-ordered, well-planned, and well-organized life. His new neighbor, Danny (Danny DeVito), is Steve's polar opposite: a big personality with big dreams, which have yet to materialize. But Danny's latest dream - to create the biggest holiday light display in the world, visible from outer space - is turning Steve's disciplined world into a chaotic nightmare. As Danny's home explodes with festive lights of incredible design, increasing complexity, and exponentially-growing wattage, Steve becomes a man on a mission. At any cost, he will thwart Danny - or top him.

With Darren Aronofsky • Ellen Burstyn • Sean Patrick Thomas • Nick Wechsler • Arnon Milchan • Eric Watson • Iain Smith • Hugh Jackson • Rachel Weiz • Sean Gullete • Donna Murphy

"The Fountain" is an odyssey about one man's thousand-year struggle to save the woman he loves. His epic journey begins in 16th century Spain, where conquistador Tomas Creo (Hugh Jackman) commences his search for the Tree of Life, the legendary entity believed to grant eternal life to those who drink of its sap. As modern-day scientist Tommy Creo, he desperately struggles to find a cure for the cancer that is killing his beloved wife Isabel (Rachel Weisz). Traveling through deep space as a 26th century astronaut, Tom begins to grasp the mysteries of life that have consumed him for more than a century.

With Jack Black • Will Ferrell • Ben Stiller • Jason Reed • Kyle Gass • Liam Lynch

In Venice Beach, naive Midwesterner JB (Black) bonds with local slacker KG (Glass) and they form the rock band Tenacious D. Setting out to become the world's greatest band is no easy feat, so they set out to steal what could be the answer to their prayers -- a magical guitar pick housed in a rock-and-roll museum some 300 miles away.

With Bob Odenkirk • Will Arnett • Thomas Lennon • Michael Shannon • Dax Shepard • Robert Ben Garant • Tom Werner • David Koechner • Chi McBride • Dylan Baker • Steve Dahl • Marc Abraham • Paul Young • Armyan Bernstein • Matt Berenson • Marcy Carsey • Michael Patrick Jann

In this outrageous and very adult comedy, a small-time career criminal (Dax Shepard) has spent most of his life in prison, sentenced each time by the same hard-ass judge. Suddenly free, he sets out to take revenge on the judge, only to learn that the old man has died. Unwilling to forgive and forget, he sets his sights on the judge's son (Will Arnett), manipulating events so that the innocent man is sent to prison. The two become cellmates, and the ultimate game of comeuppance - big house-style - begins.

With Morgan Freeman • John Cusack • John Darrouzet • Bruce Beresford • Stephen Katz

Ray Keene (Cusack), a father who wants to redeem himself in the eyes of his son, is trying to bring Cordell (Freeman), a world-class assassin to justice. All the while, he must protect his son and evade the assassin's team who are methodically hunting them down in the wilderness.