2006 movies

Curse of the Golden Flower (2006)

Tuesday, March 11th, 2008
Genres: Action | Adventure | Drama | Romance
Countries: China | Hong Kong
Actors: Yun-Fat Chow | Li Gong | Jay Chou | Ye Liu | Dahong Ni | Junjie Qin | Man Li | Jin Chen
Directors: Yimou Zhang
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China, Later Tang Dynasty, 10th Century. On the eve of the Chong Yang Festival, golden flowers fill the Imperial Palace. The Emperor (Chow Yun Fat) returns unexpectedly with his second son, Prince Jai (Jay Chou). His pretext is to celebrate the holiday with his family, but given the chilled relations between the Emperor and the ailing Empress (Gong Li), this seems disingenuous. For many years, the Empress and Crown Prince Wan (Liu Ye), her stepson, have had an illicit liaison. Feeling trapped, Prince Wan dreams of escaping the palace with his secret love Chan (Li Man), the Imperial Doctor’s daughter. Meanwhile, Prince Jai, the faithful son, grows worried over the Empress’s health and her obsession with golden chrysanthemums. Could she be headed down an ominous path? The Emperor harbors equally clandestine plans; the Imperial Doctor (Ni Dahong) is the only one privy to his machinations. When the Emperor senses a looming threat, he relocates the doctor’s family from the Palace to a remote area. While they are en route, mysterious assassins attack them. Chan and her mother, Jiang Shi (Chen Jin) are forced back to the palace. Their return sets off a tumultuous sequence of dark surprises. Amid the glamour and grandeur of the festival, ugly secrets are revealed. As the Imperial Family continues its elaborate charade in a palatial setting, thousands of golden armored warriors charge the palace. Who is behind this brutal rebellion? Where do Prince Jai’s loyalties lie? Between love and desire, is there a final winner? Against a moonlit night, thousands of chrysanthemum blossoms are trampled as blood spills across the Imperial Palace.

Abandoned (2006)

Tuesday, February 26th, 2008
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Actors: Anastasia Hille | Karel Roden | Valentin Ganev | Paraskeva Djukelova | Carlos Reig-Plaza | Kalin Arsov | Svetlana Smoleva | Anna Panayotova | Jordanka Angelova | Valentin Goshev | Jasmina Marinova | Monica Baunova | Marta Yaneva
Directors: Nacho Cerdà
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A film producer who was adopted as a baby and sent to America, returns to her native Russia and the family farm. Once there, strange things begin to happen including the disappearance of her guide, the manifestation of ghosts (including her own!) and the appearance of another man who has been drawn to the farm for the same reasons.

Hood of Horror (2006)

Tuesday, February 26th, 2008
Genres: Comedy | Drama | Horror
Countries: USA
Actors: Snoop Dogg | Ernie Hudson | Danny Trejo | Pooch Hall | Anson Mount | Daniella Alonso | Lin Shaye | Brande Roderick | Richard Gant | Aries Spears | Dallas Page | Jeffrey Licon | Noel Gugliemi | Sydney Tamiia Poitier | Tucker Smallwood
Directors: Stacy Title
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A hip hop horror anthology of three tales of terror told by the Hound of Hell (Snoop Dogg) that revolve around the residents of an inner-city neighborhood whose actions determine where they will go in the afterlife.

In a Dark Place (2006)

Tuesday, February 26th, 2008
Genres: Drama | Horror | Mystery | Thriller
Countries: Luxembourg | UK
Actors: Leelee Sobieski | Tara Fitzgerald | Christian Olson | Gabrielle Adam | Graham Pountney | Jonathan Fox | Thomas Sanne | Cleo Rotunno | Jean Schimdt | Patrice Ristic | Paul Schroeder | Chris Bearne | Gintare Parulyte
Directors: Donato Rotunno
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She thought she was their Guardian Angel, but was she really their Nanny from Hell? A chilling modern ghost story, inspired by a classic of the genre, In A Dark Place is the suspenseful, erotic story of a young woman fighting to redeem the souls of two children seduced by dark influences beyond the grave. Anna Veigh, a recently qualified art therapist and teacher, is finding work at her inner city special school a tougher psychological challenge than she can cope with. The offer of a new post minding two wealthy young orphans whilst their wealthy uncle is away on business seems a perfect escape for her. It is a welcome escape. Her new workplace is Bly House, a remote country estate with beautiful grounds and a small resident staff. Miles and Flora, the children, seem sweet and charming, if a little strange, and Anna thinks that she has really “landed on her feet” after the rigors of her previous job. The only fly in the ointment is the frosty estate manager, Miss Grose, who seems remote and unfriendly to the new arrival. Very soon, moreover, Anna makes disquieting discoveries. Miles, the boy, has been expelled from his school, for a sin so dreadful the headmaster will not even discuss it. Anna then learns that her predecessor in the job, one Miss Jessel, died in suspicious circumstances. To add to her unease, she begins to catch glimpses of unknown sinister figures lurking in the grounds, but nobody else admits to seeing them. Anna confronts the Miss Grose with her suspicions about these intruders, but is surprised by the force of Miss Grose’s reaction. The figures Anna describes are unmistakably those of two ex-employees at the house. The only problem is that these employees are dead. Anna senses that the ghostly manifestations are malevolent in their intent. Not only is the psychological welfare of the children in very real jeopardy, but their lives and their souls are also at risk. But Anna is forced to confront dark secrets buried deep in her own psyche as she fights to cleanse the children’s souls of darkness, with terrifying consequences for all concerned.

Grandma’s Boy (2006)

Tuesday, February 26th, 2008
Genres: Comedy
Countries: USA
Actors: Linda Cardellini | Allen Covert | Peter Dante | Shirley Jones | Shirley Knight | Joel Moore | Kevin Nealon | Doris Roberts | Nick Swardson | Jonah Hill | Kelvin Yu | Chuck Church | Scott Halberstadt | Heidi Hawking | Shana Hiatt
Directors: Nicholaus Goossen
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When his roommate spends the rent money on Filipino hookers. Alex, a 35 year video game tester has to find a new place to live. After a “encounter” with his friends mom, Alex is forced to move in with his grandmother. Trying to save face with his younger co-workers, Alex says that he is living “with three hot babes” (meaning his grandmother and her two roommates).

Severance (2006)

Friday, February 22nd, 2008
Genres: Comedy | Horror | Thriller
Countries: Germany | UK
Actors: Toby Stephens | Claudie Blakley | Andy Nyman | Babou Ceesay | Tim McInnerny | Laura Harris | Danny Dyer | David Gilliam | Juli Drajkó | Judit Viktor | Sándor Boros | Levente Törköly | János Oláh | Attila Ferencz | Bela Kasi
Directors: Christopher Smith
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When a weapons multi-national Palisade Defence reward their European sales division with a team-building weekend in the mountains of Eastern Europe, comedy blends with horror as the team fight first amongst themselves, and later for survival against a group of war-crazed killers intent on revenge.

The Tripper (2006)

Tuesday, February 19th, 2008
Genres: Horror
Countries: USA
Actors: Richmond Arquette | Ben Gardiner | Balthazar Getty | Jim Goldrup | Tom Goldrup | Lukas Haas | Josh Hammond | Stephen Heath | Brad Hunt | Thomas Jane | Bert Kinyon | Noah Maschan | Jason Mewes | Christopher Allen Nelson
Directors: David Arquette
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A Ronald Reagan-obsessed serial killer targets a bunch of hippies who are heading to a weekend-long concert.

The Host (2006)

Tuesday, February 19th, 2008
Genres: Comedy | Drama | Horror | Sci-Fi | Thriller
Countries: South Korea
Actors: Kang-ho Song | Hie-bong Byeon | Hae-il Park | Ah-sung Ko | Du-na Bae | David Joseph Anselmo | Philip Hersh | Paul Lazar | Clinton Morgan | Dal-su Oh | No-shik Park | Brian Rhee | Scott Wilson | Pil-Sung Yim
Directors: Joon-ho Bong
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The film revolves around Park Hee-bong, a man in his late 60s. Park runs a small snack bar on the banks of the Han River and lives with his two sons, one daughter, and one granddaughter. The Parks seem to lead a quite ordinary and peaceful life, but maybe a bit poorer than the average Seoulite. Hee-bong’s elder son Gang-du is an immature and incompetent man in his 40s, whose wife left home long ago. Nam-il is the youngest son, an unemployed grumbler, and daughter Nam-joo is an archery medalist and member of the national team. One day, an unidentified monster suddenly appears from the depths of the Han River and spreads panic and death, and Gang-du’s daughter Hyun-seo is carried off by the monster and disappears. All the family members are in a great agony because they lost someone very dear to them. But when they find out she is still alive, they resolve to save her.

London to Brighton (2006)

Tuesday, February 19th, 2008
Genres: Crime | Thriller
Countries: UK
Actors: Lorraine Stanley | Johnny Harris | Georgia Groome | Sam Spruell | Alexander Morton | Nathan Constance | Claudie Blakley | Jamie Kenna | David Keeling | Jack Deam | Chloe Bale | Tim Matthews
Directors: Paul Andrew Williams
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It’s 3:07am and two girls burst into a run down London toilet. Joanne is crying her eyes out and her clothing is ripped. Kelly’s face is bruised and starting to swell. Duncan Allen lies in his bathroom bleeding to death. Duncan’s son, Stuart, has found his father and wants answers. Derek, Kelly’s pimp, needs to find Kelly or it will be him who pays. Kelly and Joanne need to get through the next 24 hours alive…

Alpha Dog (2006)

Tuesday, February 19th, 2008
Genres: Crime | Drama
Countries: USA
Actors: Bruce Willis | Matthew Barry | Emile Hirsch | Fernando Vargas | Vincent Kartheiser | Justin Timberlake | Shawn Hatosy | Heather Wahlquist | Alex Solowitz | Alec Vigil | Harry Dean Stanton | Frank Cassavetes | Nicole Dubos | Regina Rice | Laura Nativo
Directors: Nick Cassavetes
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In 1999, in Claremont, California, the violent Jake Mazursky owes US$ 1,200.00 to the coward drug dealer Johnny Truelove, who is son of the powerful criminal Sonny Truelove. They fight and start a personal war, with Jake breaking into the house of Johnny with his friends, stealing the TV and leaving excrement in the living room. Johnny kidnaps Jake’s fifteen year old brother Zach Mazurka, who has just had an argument with his parents, and brings him to the upper class house of his friend Frankie Ballenbacher. Along a couple of days, Zach meets the friends of Frankie, goes to parties, drinks boozes, smokes pot and has sex with other teenagers. When Johnny realizes that kidnapping means life sentence, he asks the servile scum Elvis Schmidt to kill the boy.