DVD & Blu-rays Released December 19, 2006 - Movie Insider (original) (raw)
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The Peaceful Warrior PG-13
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.
Nick Nolte, David Welch, Scott Mechlowicz, Amy Smart, Paul Wesley, Kevin Bernhardt, Victor Salva, Agnes Bruckner
Drama Sports
Sunshine R
Fifty years from now, the sun is dying, and mankind is dying with it. Our last hope: a spaceship and a crew of eight men and women. They carry a device which will breathe new life into the star. But deep into their voyage, out of radio contact with Earth, their mission is starting to unravel. There is an accident, a fatal mistake, and a distress beacon from a spaceship that disappeared seven years earlier. Soon the crew is fighting not only for their lives, but their sanity.
Chris Evans, Rose Byrne, Cillian Murphy, Michelle Yeoh, Cliff Curtis, Benedict Wong, Hiroyuki Sanada, Andrew Macdonald
Fantasy Thriller Sci-Fi
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Fearless PG-13
Based on the life of Chinese Martial Arts Master Huo Yuanjia (1869-1910), the founder and spiritual guru of the Jin Wu Sports Federation. Set during the late 1800's to early 1900's, a pivotal period in China's history, when the whole country is shrouded under increasing internal turmoil and the imminent threat of foreign invastion.
Jet Li, Bill Kong, Collin Chou, Ronny Yu, Christine To, Chris Chow, Nakamura Shido, Jon T. Benn
Action Thriller Crime
Alex Rider: Operation Stormbreaker PG
Alex Rider (Alex Pettyfer) is a normal teenager who lives with his uncle, a nondescript bank manager… or so it seems until his uncle—Ian Rider (Ewan McGregor)—disappears under mysterious circumstances. Alex soon learns that his uncle was a spy for Britain's secret intelligence service MI6, and he is recruited to take on a dangerous mission for the British secret service to infiltrate the organization of a sinister billionaire (Mickey Rourke). Within days he's gone from schoolboy to super spy—but will Alex's first assignment be his last?
Alicia Silverstone, Mickey Rourke, Andy Serkis, Stephen Fry, Alex Pettyfer, Ewan McGregor, Bill Nighy, Missi Pyle
Action Adventure Family
Conversations with Other Women R
Years after their divorce, an ex-couple (Aaron Eckhart, Helena Bonham Carter) reunite at a wedding.
Olivia Wilde, Aaron Eckhart, Thomas Lennon, Helena Bonham Carter, Brian Geraghty, Kerry Barden, Nora Zehetner, Hans Canosa
Drama Comedy
101 mins
Little Miss Sunshine R
The Hoover family treks from Albuquerque to the Little Miss Sunshine pageant in Redondo Beach, California, to fulfill the deepest wish of 7-year-old Olive, an ordinary little girl with big dreams. Along the way the family must deal with crushed dreams, heartbreaks, and a broken-down VW bus, leading up to the surreal Little Miss Sunshine competition itself. On their travels through this bizarre landscape, the Hoovers learn to trust and support each other along the path of life, no matter what the challenge.
Steve Carell, Michael Arndt, Paul Dano, Greg Kinnear, Toni Collette, Alan Arkin, Abigail Breslin, Jeb Brody
Comedy
A Scanner Darkly R
Set in the future, "A Scanner Darkly" follows an undercover agent, Bob Arctor (Keanu Reeves), who can change his face and identity. But when he ingests too much of the drug Substance D, his personality splits in two.
Keanu Reeves, Robert Downey Jr., George Clooney, Winona Ryder, Woody Harrelson, Steven Soderbergh, Richard Linklater, Philip K. Dick
Drama Action Adventure
Invincible PG
A sports drama inspired by a true story about a man who had nothing to lose, and pushed to make his dreams come true. When the coach of Vince Papale's beloved hometown football team hosted an unprecedented open tryout, the public consensus was that it was a waste of time--no one good enough to play professional football was going to be found this way. Certainly no one like Papale--a down-on-his-luck, 30-year-old, substitute teacher and part-time bartender who never even played college football. But against these odds, Papale made the team and soon found himself living every fan's fantasy--moving from his cheap seats in the upper deck to standing on the field as a professional football player.
Mark Wahlberg, Brad Gann, Ericson Core, Elizabeth Banks, Greg Kinnear, Mark Ciardi, Gordon Gray, Lola Glaudini
Drama Sports
All the King's Men PG-13
"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.
Kevin Dunn, Steven Zaillian, Anthony Hopkins, Jude Law, Kate Winslet, Glenn Morshower, Mark Ruffalo, Todd Phillips
Drama Remake
Step Up PG-13
Tyler Gage is a street smart juvenile delinquent, with a reckless streak that lands him in a world of trouble after he and his friends trash an auditorium at a high school for the performing arts. Sentenced to do community service at the school, he at first wants nothing to do with the students, until he meets a beautiful dancer who's willing to give him a shot. Against all expectations, Ty gets drawn into her world, and discovers his own talent for dance.
Channing Tatum, Jenna Dewan, John H. Starke, Erik Feig, Anne Fletcher, Jennifer Gibgot, Drew Sidora, Adam Shankman
Drama Sequel Teen
Lady in the Water PG-13
In "Lady in the Water", a story originally conceived by Shyamalan for his children, a modest building manager named Cleveland Heep (Paul Giamatti) rescues a mysterious young woman (Bryce Dallas Howard) from danger and discovers she is actually a narf, a character from a bedtime story who is trying to make the treacherous journey from our world back to hers. Cleveland and his fellow tenants start to realize that they are also characters in this bedtime story. As Cleveland falls deeper and deeper in love with the woman, he works together with the tenants to protect his new fragile friend from the deadly creatures that reside in this fable and are determined to prevent her from returning home.
Cindy Cheung, Paul Giamatti, Jeffrey Wright, Bryce Dallas Howard, M. Night Shyamalan, Sarita Choudhury, Sam Mercer, Bob Balaban
Drama Thriller Suspense
My Super Ex-Girlfriend PG-13
Everyone's had a painful parting of the ways with a romantic partner. We pick up the pieces and move on. But for one New York guy, it's not going to be so easy. When he breaks up with his girlfriend, he discovers his ex is actually the reluctant superhero, G-Girl. A scorned woman, she unleashes her super powers to humiliate and torment him. "My Super Ex-Girlfriend" stars Uma Thurman as Jenny Johnson, aka G-Girl and Luke Wilson as Matt Saunders, her beleaguered boyfriend. Anna Faris is Hannah, Matt's co-worker. Rainn Wilson is Vaughn, Matt's best friend and Eddie Izzard is Professor Bedlam, G-Girl's arch nemesis.
Anna Faris, Ivan Reitman, Luke Wilson, Uma Thurman, Gavin Polone, Rainn Wilson, Don Payne, Eddie Izzard
Comedy
The Celestine Prophecy PG
Disillusioned and temporarily rudderless, John Woodson is about to experience a dramatic and profound metamorphosis. Through a mysterious set of coincidences, he finds himself on an adventure to Peru in search of ancient scrolls, known as the Celestine Prophecy. The prophecy and its nine key insights, predict a new awakening that redefines human life and provides a glimpse into a completely spiritual culture on earth. Resistant at first, skeptical and unsure, John finds that each step he takes, each person he encounters leads him to a new awakening. It is only in this letting go that he finds his destiny and comes to understand the meaning that had escaped him when his adventure began.
Thomas Kretschmann, Sarah Wayne Callies, Joaquim de Almeida, Matthew Settle, Petrus Antonius, Vernee Watson-Johnson, Mastroianni, Beverly Camhe
Drama
The Wicker Man PG-13
"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, Ellen Burstyn, Molly Parker, Neil LaBute, Leelee Sobieski, Tania Saulnier, Michael Wiseman
Drama Thriller Suspense
National Lampoon's Pledge This!
The president of an elitist sorority at South Beach U presides over a group of unlikely freshman girls who are trying to gain entrance and acceptance into the sorority.
Preston Lacy, Paris Hilton, Gary Gittelsohn, Anna Obropta, William Heins, Juan Carlos Zapata, Wayne Mogel, Angad Paul
Comedy
94 mins
Factotum R
Based on the novel by Charles Bukowski, this drama follows the author's fictional alter-ego, Henry Chinaski, as he moves from town to town looking for work and women in the 1940s.
Lili Taylor, Matt Dillon, Fisher Stevens, Marisa Tomei, Jim Stark, Charles Bukowski, Bent Hamer
Drama
Altered
The film follows a group of men living a night of terror after their lives were changed 15 years earlier by a strange occurrence.
Eduardo Sanchez, Brad William Henke, Gregg Hale, Jamie Nash, James Gammon, Bob Eick, Robin Cowie, Adam Kaufman
Drama Suspense Horror
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