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Best Movies Released September 2006

The Black Dahlia
18%
  • 2.5 / 5
Flyboys
50%
  • 4 / 5
All the King's Men
67%
  • 2.8 / 5
Crank
56%
  • 3.4 / 5
Gridiron Gang
100%
  • 4.3 / 5
Open Season
61%
  • 3.7 / 5
The Wicker Man
60%
  • 2.8 / 5
The Covenant
52%
  • 4.1 / 5
Everyone's Hero
88%
  • 3.2 / 5
Neo Ned
50%
Idiocracy
60%
  • 4 / 5
The Guardian
75%
  • 5 / 5

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Released Friday, September 1st

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56%

Ratings

  • 3.4 / 5

out of 5 stars

Chev Chelios is about to begin his morning with an unexpected wake-up call. Groggy, practically unable to move and with a heart that's barely beating, he hears the voice of thug Ricky Verona, who reveals Chev has been poisoned in his sleep and only has an hour to live.

As it turns out, Chev is a hit man who freelances for a major West Coast syndicate. A run of the mill job the night before instead went awry: he let his target slip away in an effort to quit professional killing and start a new life with his girlfriend Eve.

Now, Chev must keep moving to stay alive: the only way to prolong the poison from stopping his heart is to keep his adrenaline flowing. As the clock ticks, Chelios cuts a swath through the streets of Los Angeles, wreaking havoc on those who dare stand in his way. He must rescue Eve from danger, stay two steps ahead of his nemeses and search for an antidote to save his own life.

Jason Statham, Amy Smart, Skip Williamson, Gary Lucchesi, Brian Taylor, Mark Neveldine, Michael Davis, Efren Ramirez

R Drama Action
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60%

Ratings

  • 2.8 / 5

out of 5 stars

"The Wicker Man" follows the story of Sheriff Edward Malus (Nicolas Cage) as he investigates the disappearance of a young girl on a remote island off the coast of Maine. Things and people are not as they seem on the island and when Sheriff Malus discovers evidence of pagan rituals his hope of unraveling the girl's disappearance become increasingly uncertain.

Nicolas Cage, Leelee Sobieski, Ellen Burstyn, Neil LaBute, Molly Parker, Tania Saulnier, Michael Wiseman

PG-13 Drama Thriller
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60%

Ratings

  • 4 / 5

out of 5 stars

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A man goes to sleep only to wake up 1,000 years in the future due to a top-secret hibernation program he was selected for. Living in the future, he realizes that civilization is so dumbed-down that he is the most intelligent person alive.

Etan Cohen, Maya Rudolph, Justin Long, Luke Wilson, Dax Shepard, Stephen Root, Mike Judge, Sara Rue

R Comedy Fantasy
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67%

Ratings

  • 3 / 5

out of 5 stars

A breakthrough investigation into Hollywood's best-kept secret: the MPAA film ratings system and it's profound impact on American culture.

Matt Stone, Kevin Smith, Atom Egoyan, Kimberly Peirce, John Waters, Eddie Schmidt, Kirby Dick

Documentary 1 hr, 37 mins
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67%

Ratings

  • 5 / 5

out of 5 stars

Noah Cruise, a naturally talented basketball player, is determined to become a doctor using his basketball scholarship to UCLA pre-med, rather than succumbing to the lure of a former sports agent Vaughn, and his push for Noah to go for the NBA. Noah's best friend, Tech, the buddy that covered for him and did time for an assault charge, is also an outstanding basketball player, but has less lofty ambitions--he wants to get his GED and win an underground street ball game against an arrogant rival, Jewelz. Noah and Tech's lives drastically change when they both fall in love with two local girls, Vanessa Lilly and Eboni Jackson, and take a fateful trip out to L.A. together.

Anthony Mackie, Wayne Brady, Wesley Jonathan, Little JJ, Allen Payne, Preston A. Whitmore, Kristen Wilson, Eva Pigford

PG-13 Drama Action
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50%

Sarah Michelle Gellar stars as Joanna Mills, a tough young Midwesterner determined to learn the truth behind the increasingly terrifying supernatural visions that have been haunting her. Joanna has made a successful career for herself, as sales representative for a trucking company. But her private life has been difficult; estranged from her father (Mr. Shepard), stalked by an obsessed ex-boyfriend (Mr. Scott), and with few friends, Joanna fears that she is losing control. She sees and feels the brutal murder of a young woman she's never met, at the hands of a heartless killer – a man who appears to be making Joanna his next target. Determined to fight back, Joanna is guided by her nightmares to the murdered woman's hometown. Once there, she will discover that some secrets can't be buried; some spirits never die; and that the murder she is trying to solve may be her own.

Sarah Michelle Gellar, Sam Shepard, Adam Scott, J.C. MacKenzie, Peter O'Brien, Amy Kaufman, Kahli Small, Adam Sussman

PG-13 Drama Thriller
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100%

Ratings

  • 4 / 5

out of 5 stars

Set in 1938, a loyal collie travels over 1,000 miles from northern Scotland to Yorkshire to return to her young friend. The dog, having been sold to a wealthy Duke because the boy's father was out of work, runs away and braves starvation and treacherous conditions to follow the pull of her heart toward the family who loves her.

Peter Dinklage, Samantha Morton, Kelly MacDonald, Steve Pemberton, Peter O'Toole, Gregor Fisher, Angela Thorne, Charles Sturridge

PG Drama Adventure
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Released Friday, September 8th

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52%

Ratings

  • 4.1 / 5

out of 5 stars

The movie will follow a group of four families whose patriarchs wield a vast eldritch power. Those powers have been passed down from father to son for generations. The story begins with the boys learning about the Covenant and how to use their powers. During that summer of fun and experimentation, they unknowingly release an evil out into the world. Four years later, the Covenant has to stop the menace they unleashed.

Renny Harlin, Sebastian Stan, Laura Ramsey, Tom Rosenberg, Steven Strait, Gary Lucches, Toby Hemingway, J.S. Cardone

R Thriller Suspense
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50%

They say opposites attract. What about a misguided racist who falls for a Black woman in a mental institution? What starts out as an impossible connection of opposites slowly turns into a wild, emotional story of love, romance, and disillusionment revolving around two people who shouldn't be together, but after meeting them you'll know they should never be apart.

Gabrielle Union, Ethan Suplee, Eddie Kaye Thomas, Van Fischer, Jeffrey Renner, Robert Peters, Rickey Medlocke

Drama Romance
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20%

Ratings

  • 2.5 / 5

out of 5 stars

Set in New York City, our story finds two disillusioned couples facing the collapse of their relationships. Things seem to go from bad to worse as they encounter and explore adultery, separation, the single's scene and even stalking.

Eva Mendes, Julianne Moore, David Duchovny, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Bart Freundlich, Billy Crudup, Sidney Kimmel, Ellen Barkin

R Comedy 1 hr, 43 mins
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40%

A uniquely compelling exploration of fame and identity. The drama, inspired by one of Hollywood's most infamous real-life mysteries, follows a 1950s private detective (Academy Award winner Adrien Brody) who, investigating the mysterious death of "Superman" star George Reeves (Academy Award winner Ben Affleck), uncovers unexpected connections to his own life as the case turns ever more personal. The torrid affair Reeves had with the wife (Diane Lane) of a studio executive (Bob Hoskins) might hold the key to the truth.

Ben Affleck, Adrien Brody, Diane Lane, Bob Hoskins, J. Miles Dale, Brad William Henke, Lois Smith, Kathleen Robertson

R Drama Biography
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Released Friday, September 15th

The Black Dahlia Poster
18%

Ratings

  • 2.5 / 5

out of 5 stars

"The Black Dahlia" weaves a fictionalized tale of obsession, love, corruption, greed and depravity around the true story of the brutal murder of a fledgling Hollywood starlet that shocked and fascinated the nation in 1947 and remains unsolved today. Two ex-pugilist cops, Lee Blanchard (Aaron Eckhart) and Bucky Bleichert (Josh Hartnett), are called to investigate the homicide of ambitious silver-screen B-lister Betty Ann Short (Mia Kirshner) A.K.A. "The Black Dahlia"—an attack so grisly that images of the killing were kept from the public.

While Blanchard's growing preoccupation with the sensational murder threatens his marriage to Kay (Scarlett Johansson), his partner Bleichert finds himself attracted to the enigmatic Madeleine Linscott (two-time Oscar winner Hilary Swank), the daughter of one of the city's most prominent families—'who just happens to have an unsavory connection to the murder victim.

Scarlett Johansson, Aaron Eckhart, Josh Friedman, Josh Hartnett, John Thompson, Avi Lerner, Hilary Swank, Trevor Short

R Thriller Suspense
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Gridiron Gang Poster
100%

Ratings

  • 4.3 / 5

out of 5 stars

"Gridiron Gang" tells the uplifting story of detention camp probation officer, Sean Porter ("The Rock"), who creates a high-school-level football team from a ragtag group of dangerous teenage inmates as a means to teach them self-respect and social responsibility. He is joined in this experiment by co-worker, Malcolm Moore (Xzibit). But Porter must first overcome almost universal resistance from the powers that be — his skeptical bosses and coaches at rival high schools who don't want their players mixing it up with convicted criminals on the football field.

Dwayne Johnson, Neal H. Moritz, Shane Stanley, Xzibit, Phil Joanou, Danny Martinez, Mo, Michael J. Pagan

PG-13 Drama Sports
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88%

Ratings

  • 3.2 / 5

out of 5 stars

In this computer-generated animated feature, on which Christopher Reeve was the original director before his passing, a boy travels across the country on a mission to return Babe Ruth's bat before the deciding game of the 1932 World Series. Along the way, he meets a quirky array of characters that aid him on his comic journey.

William H. Macy, Brian Dennehy, Whoopi Goldberg, Rob Reiner, Richard Kind, Dan St. Pierre, Robert Wagner, Colin Brady

G Adventure Family
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43%

Ratings

  • 2.7 / 5

out of 5 stars

Looking to avoid the feds, two white-collar criminals flee to the Cayman Islands, but fleeing results in a British citizen committing a crime that has a wide-ranging impact.

Anthony Mackie, Bill Paxton, Joy Bryant, Gabriel Byrne, Victor Rasuk, Frank E. Flowers, Robert Wisdom, Agnes Bruckner

R Drama Crime
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The Ground Truth Poster
25%

Ratings

  • 1 / 5

out of 5 stars

Hailed as "powerful" and "quietly unflinching," Patricia Foulkrod's searing documentary feature includes exclusive footage that will stir audiences. The filmmaker's subjects are patriotic young Americans – ordinary men and women who heeded the call for military service in Iraq – as they experience recruitment and training, combat, homecoming, and the struggle to reintegrate with families and communities. The terrible conflict in Iraq, depicted with ferocious honesty in the film, is a prelude for the even more challenging battles fought by the soldiers returning home – with personal demons, an uncomprehending public, and an indifferent government. As these battles take shape, each soldier becomes a new kind of hero, bearing witness and giving support to other veterans, and learning to fearlessly wield the most powerful weapon of all – the truth.

Patricia Foulkroud

R Drama War
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Released Friday, September 22nd

All the King's Men Poster
67%

Ratings

  • 2.8 / 5

out of 5 stars

"All the King's Men" is a story of human nature, power, corruption, idealism, romance and betrayal. A uniquely American story, it is steeped in the atmosphere of the South during the 1940s and 50s, but its message is still timely and relevant today. "All the King's Men" uses politics as a framework to delve into the more profound dilemmas of human existence—sin, guilt and redemption. In its exploration of the corrupting aspects of power, the story focuses on a once just man who has lost his moral center and will use any means possible to achieve his goals.

Kate Winslet, Anthony Hopkins, Mark Ruffalo, Todd Phillips, Jude Law, Sean Penn, Steven Zaillian, Patricia Clarkson

PG-13 Drama Remake
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Jackass Number Two Poster
80%

Ratings

  • 4.3 / 5

out of 5 stars

Johnny Knoxville, Bam Margera, Steve-O and the entire crew from the popular MTV franchise return in the most insane movie of the year, "jackass number two".

Steve-O, Preston Lacy, Johnny Knoxville, Tabrez Noorani, Bam Margera, Chris Pontius, Sean Cliver, Ryan Dunn

R Comedy Sequel
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Feast Poster
42%

Ratings

  • 2.8 / 5

out of 5 stars

One evening at a rural bar, a motley bunch of patrons struggle to survive a ravenous family of flying beasts bent on eating all of them.

Joel Soisson, Patrick Melton, Jason Mewes, Balthazar Getty, Josh Zuckerman, John Gulager, Mike Leahy, Marcus Dunston

R Thriller Suspense
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For Your Consideration Poster
67%

Three actors learn their respective performances in the film "Home for Purim," a drama set in the mid-1940s American South, are generating award-season buzz.

Jennifer Coolidge, John Michael Higgins, Bob Balaban, Christopher Guest, Ed Begley, Ricky Gervais, Jane Lynch, Michael McKean

PG-13 Comedy
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Running With Scissors Poster
20%

Ratings

  • 1 / 5

out of 5 stars

Based on Augusten Burroughs' best-selling memoir, the story follows Deirdre Burroughs (Annette Bening), a 1970s poet with bipolar disorder. Her instability after a messy divorce leads her to send her 12-year-old son to live with an unusual psychiatrist and his eccentric family.

Brad Pitt, Ryan Murphy, Brian Cox, Annette Bening, Joseph Fiennes, Alec Baldwin, Jennifer Aniston, Evan Rachel Wood

R Drama Biography
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Released Wednesday, September 27th

The Last King of Scotland Poster
80%

Ratings

  • 4.2 / 5

out of 5 stars

In an incredible twist of fate, a Scottish doctor (James McAvoy) on a Ugandan medical mission becomes irreversibly entangled with one of the world's most barbaric figures: Idi Amin (Forest Whitaker). Impressed by Dr. Garrigan's brazen attitude in a moment of crisis, the newly self-appointed Ugandan President Amin hand picks him as his personal physician and closest confidante. Though Garrigan is at first flattered and fascinated by his new position, he soon awakens to Amin's savagery - and his own complicity in it. Horror and betrayal ensue as Garrigan tries to right his wrongs and get out of Uganda alive.

Gillian Anderson, James McAvoy, Forest Whitaker, Kerry Washington, Andrew Macdonald, Peter Morgan, Jeremy Brock, Allon Reich

R Drama
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Released Friday, September 29th

Flyboys Poster
50%

Ratings

  • 4 / 5

out of 5 stars

Set during World War I, the film focuses on a group of Americans who enlisted in the French military and became pilots before the United States joined the war. They were known as the Lafayette Escadrille.

James Franco, Philip Winchester, David Ellison, Tcheky Karyo, Dean Devlin, Marc Frydman, Martin Henderson, David Brown

PG-13 Drama Action
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Open Season Poster
61%

Ratings

  • 3.7 / 5

out of 5 stars

A deer buddies up with a domesticated grizzly bear when the two animals are alone in the woods during hunting season. Meanwhile, Beth, a forest ranger who raised the bear, embarks on a desperate search to find her friend.

Debra Messing, Martin Lawrence, Jon Favreau, Jane Krakowski, Billy Connolly, Ashton Kutcher, Gary Sinise, Patrick Warburton

Adventure Family
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The Guardian Poster
75%

Ratings

  • 5 / 5

out of 5 stars

After losing his crew in a fatal crash, legendary Rescue Swimmer, Ben Randall (Kevin Costner), is sent to teach at "A" School, an elite training program for Coast Guard Rescue Swimmers. Wrestling with the loss of his crew members, he throws himself into teaching, turning the program upside down with his unorthodox training methods.

While there, he encounters a young, cocky swim champ, Jake Fischer (Ashton Kutcher), who is driven to be the best. During training, Randall helps mold Jake's character, combining his raw talent with the heart and dedication required of a Rescue Swimmer.

Upon graduation, Jake follows Randall to Kodiak, Alaska, where they face the inherent dangers of the Bering Sea. In his initial solo rescue, Jake learns firsthand from Randall, the true meaning of heroism and sacrifice, echoing the Swimmer's motto..."So Others May Live!"

Neal McDonough, Kevin Costner, Sela Ward, Beau Flynn, Tripp Vinson, Ashton Kutcher, Melissa Sagemiller, Ron Brinkerhoff

PG-13 Drama
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School for Scoundrels Poster
50%

Ratings

  • 4 / 5

out of 5 stars

A down-on-his-luck meter reader (Jon Heder) enrolls in a confidence-building class so he can win the love of his dream girl (Jacinda Barrett). The class turns out to be something quite different once it becomes clear to the young man that his professor (Billy Bob Thornton) has set his sights on the same woman.

Dan Fogler, Todd Phillips, Billy Bob Thornton, Michael Clarke Duncan, Jacinda Barrett, Geyer Kosinski, Sarah Silverman, Scot Armstrong

Comedy Remake
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