Fast Food Nation

Due for a release on November 17, 2006 from Fox Searchlight Pictures, Fast Food Nation is a dramatical adaptation of the non-fictional 2001 New York Times bestseller by author Eric Schlosser. Schlosser shares screenplay credits with director Richard Linklater (A Scanner Darkly).

Cast: Patricia Arquette, Luis Guzman, Ethan Hawke, Ashley Johnson, Greg Kinnear, Kris Kristofferson, Catalina Sandino Moreno, Ana Claudia Talancon, Wilmer Valderrama, Bruce Willis, Avril Lavigne
Directed by: Richard Linklater
Official Website: FastFoodNation-Movie.com

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Alex Rider: Operation Stormbreaker

One review we read gushed over Alex Pettyfer (Alex Rider) as a teenage James Bond, and most critics agreed it was an entertaining, though predictable action flick.

Alex was chosen at the age of fifteen, out of five hundred other boys to play the part of Alex Rider in the film version of Anthony Horowitz’s Stormbreaker (2006), a British teen novel revolving around a fourteen-year-old hired by MI6 to be a spy.

It opened October 13, 2006 from The Weinstein Company.

Cast: Ewan McGregor, Bill Nighy, Alex Pettyfer, Alicia Silverstone, Mickey Rourke, Sarah Bolger, Robbie Coltrane, Stephen Fry, Damian Lewis, Bill Nighy, Sophie Okonedo, Missi Pyle, Andy Serkis
Directed by: Geoffrey Sax
Official Website: Stormbreakerthemovie.com

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School for Scoundrels

School for Scoundrels opened on September 23, 2006 from MGM. The critics were cool on this one (a Yahoo! poll gave it a C-), but movie-goers were a little kinder.

Jon Heder (Napoleon Dynamite) plays Roger, a beleaguered New York City meter maid who is plagued by anxiety and low self-esteem. In order to overcome his feelings of inadequacy, Roger enrolls in a top-secret confidence-building class taught by the suavely underhanded Dr. P (Billy Bob Thornton).

Cast: Billy Bob Thornton, Jon Heder, Jacinda Barrett, Matt Walsh, Horatio Sanz, Todd Louiso, Michael Clarke Duncan
Directed by: Todd Phillips
Official Website: SchoolforScoundrels-movie.com

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Dreamgirls

Set for a wide release on December 25, 2006 from DreamWorks Pictures (Paramount), this is the big screen adaptation of the Tony Award-winning musical sensation “Dreamgirls”, brought to the screen twenty-five years after the original brought audiences to their feet.

“Dreamgirls” is being directed by Bill Condon from a screenplay he adapted from the stage musical’s original book by Tom Eyen. Condon received an Oscar nomination for his screenplay adaptation of “Chicago.”

Cast: Jamie Foxx, Beyonce Knowles, Eddie Murphy, Jennifer Hudson, Keith Robinson
Directed by: Bill Condon

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Turistas

“After a terrifying bus accident maroons a diverse group of young adventure travelers in a remote Brazilian beach town, they slowly discover that the white sand beaches and lush jungles are concealing a darker, unsettling secret.”

Opens December 1, 2006 from Fox Atomic.

Cast: Josh Duhamel, Melissa George, Olivia Wilde, Desmond Askew, Beau Garrett
Directed by: John Stockwell
Official Website: MySpace.com/Turistasmovie

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Catch a Fire

Catch a Fire, from Focus Features, opens this Friday on October 27, 2006. Derek Luke portrays real-life hero Patrick Chamusso, in this political thriller which takes place during South Africa’s turbulent and divided times in the early 1980s, and in the new South Africa of today.

Cast: Robert Hobbs, Derek Luke, Bonnie Mbul (as Bonnie Henna), Tim Robbins
Directed by: Phillip Noyce
Official Website: CatchaFiremovie.com

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Tenacious D and the Pick of Destiny

Jack is back – the movies haven’t been producing (Nacho Libre), but we still love the posters.

Opening November 22, 2006 from New Line Cinema, comedians/musicians Jack Black and Kyle Gass bring their infamous rock duo Tenacious D to the big screen in the comedy “Tenacious D in The Pick Of Destiny.”

Cast: Jack Black, Kyle Gass, Jason Reed, Tim Robbins, Ben Stiller, Colin Hanks, David Krumholtz
Directed by: Liam Lynch
Official Website: TenaciousDMovie.com

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The Santa Clause 3: The Escape Clause

From Walt Disney Pictures, the latest installment of Tim Allen’s Santa franchise opens November 3, 2006. Martin Short has the role of Jack Frost.

Cast: Tim Allen, Martin Short, Elizabeth Mitchell, Ann-Margret, Alan Arkin
Directed by: Michael Lembeck
Official Website: SantaClause3.com

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The Invisible

Opening January 26, 2007 from Hollywood Pictures, The Invisible is a supernatural thriller about a teenager who finds himself trapped between the worlds of the living and the deceased.

Cast: Justin Chatwin, Margarita Levieva, Chris Marquette, Marcia Gay Harden, Maggie Ma, Michelle Harrison
Directed by: David S. Goyer
Official Website: TheInvisible-movie.com

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Bridge to Terabithia

Based on Katherine Paterson’s Newbery Honor award winning best-selling novel, this family film opens February 16, 2007 from Walt Disney Pictures.

Cast: Tyler Atfield, Josh Hutcherson, Annasophia Robb, Zooey Deschanel
Directed by: Gabor Csupo

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Death of a President

This fictional docu-drama stirred up some controversy, and gets it release next week from Newmarket Films, on October 27th, 2006.

“Death of a President” follows the investigation of the fictional assassination of President George W. Bush in October 2007. Combining real archival footage with a credible but fictional story, “Death of a President” presents a fascinating and thought-provoking political thriller.”

Cast: Hend Ayoub, George W. Bush, Brian Boland, Becky Ann Baker, Michael Reilly Burke, Neko Parham, Holly Barrett, Patricia Buckley, Bryan Cohen, Andrea Frisby, John R. Haley, Theophilus Jamal, Jay Patterson, Chavez Ravine, January Scarpino, Christian Stolte, Matt Ukena, James Urbaniak, Jay Whittaker
Director: Garbriel Range
Official Website: DeathofaPresident.com

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The Prestige

This suspense thriller comes to us from brothers Christopher and Jonathon Nolan who share the screenplay credits, with Christopher directing.

It looks like they’re keeping a close knit circle going here, as the actors include Christian Bale and Michael Caine from Batman Begins, as well as the upcoming “The Dark Knight” in 2008, with both Nolans sharing the same duites on all of the films.

The summary: “comes a mysterious story of two magicians whose intense rivalry leads them on a life-long battle for supremacy full of obsession, deceit and jealousy with dangerous and deadly consequences.”

Cast: Hugh Jackman, Christian Bale, Michael Caine, Piper Perabo, Rebecca Hall, Scarlett Johansson, David Bowie
Directed by: Christopher Nolan
Official Website: Prestige-movie.com

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Unaccompanied Minors

Opening December 8, 2006 from Warner Bros. Pictures.

“It’s Christmas Eve and five kids have just been snowed in at the airport — and there isn’t a parent in sight.”

Cast: Lewis Black, Wilmer Valderrama, Tyler James Williams, Dyllan Christopher, Gina Mantegna, Quinn Shephard, Brett Kelly, Rob Corddry, Jessica Walter
Directed by: Paul Feig
Official Website: UnaccompaniedMinors.WarnerBros.com

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The Good German

From Steven Soderbergh and Warner Bros. Pictures comes this drama thriller which is set in the ruins of post-WWII Berlin and is based on the novel by Joseph Kanon.

George Clooney plays a U.S. Army war correspondent who becomes involved with a former lover (Cate Blanchett) whose missing husband is the object of a manhunt by both the American and Russian armies.

The Good German has staggered release dates of December 8, 2006, December 25 and January 19, 2007.

Cast: George Clooney, Cate Blanchett, Tobey Maguire, Beau Bridges, Dominic Comperatore, Tony Curran, Megan Evanich
Directed by: Steven Soderbergh
Official Website: TheGoodGerman.com

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It wasn’t a great opening weekend for The Grudge 2, but it did manage to nail down first place with $22 million – a far cry from the $39 million the horror remake of The Grudge made back in October 2004. However, overall box office receipts were up 27 percent over the same frame last year.

In second place, Martin Scorsese’s The Departed remained strong in its second weekend with $18.7 million, and even the modest take of the third place Robin William’s Man of the Year managed to gross more than 2005′s number one movie for the same opening weekend, The Fog.

Sony’s animated comedy Open Season with $11 million and New Line’s The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning with $7.7 million rounded out the top five.

The top ten movies:

1) The Grudge 2 – Sony – $22,000,000
2) The Departed – Warner Brothers – $18,675,000
3) Man of the Year – Universal – $12,550,000
4) Open Season – Sony – $11,000,000
5) Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning – New Line Cinema – $7,750,000
6) The Marine – Fox – $7,000,000
7) The Guardian – Buena Vista – $5,853,000
Employee of the Month – Lionsgate – $5,600,000
9) One Night with the King – 8X Entertainment – $4,326,000
10) Jackass: Number Two – Paramount – $3,334,000