Rated: PG-13 for intense sequences of action violence, some sexual content and language.
Runtime: 99 mins.
Director: Brett Rattner
Writer: Simon Kinberg and Zak Penn
Cast: Hugh Jackman; Halle Berry; Kelsey Grammer; Famke Janssen... complete cast
Tagline: Take a Stand
Genre: Action / Fantasy / Sci-Fi
Memorable Quote: "Let's see you grow those back".
Opens: May 26, 2006
Rated: PG for some violent content.
Runtime: 101 mins.
Director: Catherine Hardwicke
Writer: Mike Rich
Cast: Keisha Castle-Hughes; Oscar Isaac; Hiam Abbass; Shohreh Aghdashloo ... more
Tagline: One Couple.One Journey.One Child...who would change the world...forever
Memorable Quote: "Elizabeth, why is it me God has choosen? I am nothing"
Release Date: December 1, 2006
Rated: R for strong violence, language and some sexual content.
Runtime: 108 mins.
Director: Michael Mann
Writer: Michael Mann
Cast: Colin Farrell; Jamie Foxx; Gong Li; Naomie Harris
Tagline: No Rules
Release Date: July 28, 2006
Genre: Action/Crime/Drama
Memorable Quote: Do you understand the meaning of the word "foreboding", as in badness is happening right now?
Studio: Universal Pictures
Rated: PG-13.
Runtime: 126 mins.
Director: J.J. Abrams
Writer: J.J. Abrams
Cast: Tom Cruise; Ving Rhames; Philip Seymour Hoffman
Tagline: Mission: Impossible III.
Release Date: May 5, 2006
Memorable Quote: "You can look at me with those judgmental eyes all you want - I would bleed on the American flag to keep those stripes red. "
Genre: Action/Thriller
Studio: Paramount Studios
Rated: R for strong sexual content and language.
Runtime: 96 mins.
Director: Richard Shepard
Writer: Richard Shepard
Cast: Pierce Brosnan; Arlin Miller; Greg Kinnear; Hope Davis ... complete cast
Tagline: A hitman and a salesman walk into a bar...
Genre: Crime/Drama/Comedy
Memorable Quote: "I'm as serious as an erection problem."
Release Date: January, 2006
Studio: The Weinstein Company
Rated: PG-13 for language including some crude sexual references, drug related material, and brief violence.
Runtime: 149 mins.
Director: Barry Levinson
Writer: Barry Levinson
Cast: Robin Williams; Christopher Walken; Laura Linney
Tagline: Could this man be our next president?
Memorable Quote: "We shouldn't put our faith in voting machines that have fewer safeguards than a Vegas Slot machine."
Release Date: October 13, 2006
Genre: Comedy
Studio: Universal Pictures
Rated: Rated R for language, some sex and drug content.
Runtime: 101 mins.
Director: Jonathan Dayton and Valerie Faris
Writer: Michael Arndt
Cast: Abigail Breslin; Greg Kinnear; Paul Dano; Toni Colette
Tagline: Where's Olive?
Memorable Quote: "I'm madly in love with you and it's not because of your brains or your personality. "
Genre: Drama/Comedy
Release Date: August 18, 2006
Studio: Fox Searchlight Pictures
Rated: R, for strong sexuality including dialogue, violence and language.
Runtime: 114 mins.
Director: Laurence Dunmore
Writer: Stephen Jeffreys
Cast: Johnny Depp; Samantha Morton; John Malkovich...complete cast
Tagline: He didn't resist temptation. He pursued it.
Memorable Quote: Ladies, an announcement. I am up for it, all the time.
Genre: Drama
Release Date: March 10, 2006
Studio: The Weinstein Company
Rated: R by the MPAA for graphic war violence.
Runtime: 140 mins.
Director: Clint Eastwood
Writer: Iris Yamashita
Cast: Ken Watanabe; Kazunari Ninomiya; Shido Nakamura; Tsuyoshi Ihara ... more
Tagline: Letters From Iwo Jima
Memorable Quote: "you should kill 10 of the enemy before you are killed"
Release Date: December 20, 2006
DVD Release Date: May 22, 2006
Studio: Warner Bros. Pictures
Rated: R for sexuality, nudity and language.
Runtime: 115 mins.
Director: Tony Goldwyn
Writer: Paul Haggis; Gabriele Muccino (motion picture "L'ultimo Bacio")
Cast: Zach Braff; Jacinda Barrett; Casey Affleck; Blythe Danner; Tom Wilkinson ... complete cast
Tagline: We all make choices. What's yours?
Genre: Comedy/Drama
Memorable Quote: "I've been thinking about my life lately, and everything feels pretty planned out. There's no more surprises."
Release Date: September 15, 2006
Studio: Paramount Pictures
Rated: PG-13 for some frightening sequences.
Runtime: 126 mins.
Director: M. Night Shyamalan
Writer: M. Night Shyamalan
Cast: Paul Giamatti; Dallas Bryce Howard; M. Night Shyamalan; Jeffrey Wright; Bob Balaban.
Tagline: Time is running out for a happy ending.
Genre: Drama/mystery
Memorable Quote: Drama/mystery
Release Date: June 21, 2006
Studio: Warner Bros. Pictures
Rated: R for extremely crude and dangerous stunts throughout, sexual content, nudity and language.
Runtime: 95 mins.
Director: Jeff Tremaine
Writer: Sean Cliver & Preston Lacy
Cast: Johnny Knoxville; Bam Margera; Steve-O; Chris Pontius; Wee Man ... complete cast
Tagline: Jackass: Number Two
Genre: Comedy
Memorable Quote: "It's gonna hurt a lot. But it's just really loud."
Release Date: September 22, 2006
Studio: Paramount Pictures
Invincible (2006)
Rated: PG for sports action and some mild language.
Runtime: 108 mins.
Director: Ericson Core
Writer: Brad Gann
Cast: Mark Wahlberg; Greg Kinnear; Elizabeth Banks; Kevin Conway
Tagline: Invincible
Memorable Quote: "Even if you're down there for one hour...you're down there."
Release Date: August 25, 2006
Genre: Sports/Drama
Studio: Walt Disney Pictures
Rated: PG-13 for some sexuality and violence.
Runtime: 110 mins.
Director: Neil Burger
Writer: Neil Burger
Cast: Edward Norton; Paul Giamatti; Jessica Biel; Jake Wood; Rufus Sewell
Tagline: Nothing is what it seems
Genre: Drama/Fantasy
Memorable Quote: "From the furthest corners of the world. Where the dark arts still hold sway"
Release Date: August 18, 2006
Studio: Yari Film Group Releasing
Rated: Rated PG for some mild language and innuendo.
Runtime: 85 mins.
Director: Carlos Saldanha
Writer: Jon Vitti
Cast: voices of Ray Romano; Queen Latifah; John Leguizamo ... complete cast
Tagline: Kiss Your Ice Goodbye
Genre: Animated; Family
Memorable Quote: Maybe we could rapidly evolve into water creatures.
Opens: March 31, 2006
Studio: Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation
Rated: R for strong gruesome violence and terror throughout, and for language.
Runtime: 107 mins.
Director: Alexandre Aja
Writer: Alexandre Aja; Gregory Levasseur
Cast: Ted Levine; Kathleen Quinlan; Aaron Stanford
Tagline: The lucky ones die first.
Memorable Quote: "Mister, will you play with us?"
Genre: Horror
Release Date: March 10, 2006
Studio: Fox Searchlight
Rated: PG for some mild peril and rude humor.
Runtime: 98 mins.
Director: George Miller
Writer: George Miller
Cast: Nicole Kidman (voice); Hugh Jackman (voice); Robin Williams (voice); Elijah Wood (voice); Hugo Weaving (voice) ... more
Tagline: WARNING: May Cause Toe-Tapping.
Memorable Quote: "Yeah, I heard an animal once do that, but then they rolled him over and he was dead."
Release Date: November 17, 2006
Studio: Warner Bros.
Rated: PG-13 for language and some sexual content.
Runtime: 118 mins.
Director: Ridley Scott
Writer: Marc Klein (Screenplay); Peter Mayle (novel)
Cast: Russell Crowe; Albert Finney; Freddie Highmore; Abbie Cornish; Marion Cotillard
Tagline: Everything matures... eventually
Memorable Quote: "There's nowhere else in the world where one can keep busy doing so little, yet enjoy it so much!"
Genre: Comedy/drama
Release Date: November 10, 2006
Studio: Fox 2000 Pictures
Rated: PG for racial issues including violence and epithets, and momentary language.
Runtime: 106 mins.
Director: James Gartner
Writer: Chris Cleveland
Cast: Josh Lucas; Emily Deschanel; Derek Luke
Memorable Quote: "They're a bunch of guys none of the big schools wanted"
Tagline: Winning changes everything.
Genre: Sports
Opens: January 13, 2006
Studio: Buena Vista Pictures
Rated: PG-13 for some intense sequences of violent action, some sensuality and language. (edited for re-rating; originally R)
Runtime: 96 mins.
Director: Darren Aronofsky
Writer: Darren Aronofsky
Tagline: What if you could live forever?
Cast: Hugh Jackman; Rachel Weisz; Ellen Burstyn....complete cast
Genre: Action/Drama/Romance
Memorable Quote: "Every shadow no matter how deep is threatened by morning light."
Release Date: November 22, 2006
DVD Release Date: May 15, 2007
Distributor: Warner Bros. Pictures
Rated: PG-13 for war action violence and some sexual content.
Runtime: 139 mins.
Director: Tony Bill
Writer: Phil Sears and Blake T. Evans
Cast: James Franco; Jean Reno ... complete cast
Tagline: Flyboys
Genre: War/Drama/Action
Memorable Quote: "Did the captain tell you the life expectancy for pilots around here? It's three to six weeks"
Release Date: September 22, 2006
Studio: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)
Rated: R for sequences of graphic war violence and carnage, and for language.
Runtime: 132 mins.
Director: Clint Eastwood
Writer: William Broyles Jr. and Paul Haggis
Cast: Ryan Phillipe; Jesse Bradford; Adam Beach; Barry Pepper.
Tagline: A single shot can end the war.
Memorable Quote: "The right picture can win or lose a war"
Genre: Action/Drama/War
Release Date: October 20, 2006
Studio: Dreamworks SKG
Rated: PG for some peril and brief mild language.
Runtime: 120 mins.
Director: Frank Marshall
Writer: David DiGilio
Cast: Jason Biggs; Paul Walker...complete cast
Tagline: The Most Amazing Story Of Survival, Friendship, And Adventure Ever Told.
Memorable Quote: "Welcome to the bottom of the world, Doc"
Genre: Adventure/Action
Opens: February 17, 2006
Studio: Buena Vista Pictures
Rated: PG-13 for some sensuality.
Runtime: 95 mins.
Director: David Frankel
Writer: Aline Brosh McKenna
Cast: Meryl Streep; Anne Hathaway; Emily Blunt... complete cast
Tagline: The Devil Wears Prada.
Momorable Quote: "How do you know you're doing well working for Miranda? When your personal life falls apart."
Release Date: June 30, 2006
Genre: Comedy/Drama
Studio: Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation
Rated: R for strong brutal violence, pervasive language, some strong sexual content and drug material.
Runtime: 149 mins.
Director: Martin Scorsese
Writer: William Monahan
Cast: Jack Nicholson; Martin Scorsese; Leonardo DiCaprio; Alec Baldwin; Mark Wahlberg ... complete cast
Tagline: Cops or Criminals, when you're facing a loaded gun what's the difference?
Memorable Quote: "I mean honestly, do you want them to chop me up, and feed me to the poor, is that what you guys want?"
Genre: Crime/Drama/Thriller
Studio: Warner Bros. Pictures
Official Site: thedeparted.warnerbros.com/
Release Date: October 6, 2006
Rated: R for violence.
Runtime: 114 mins.
Director: Yimou Zhang
Writer: Yu Cao (play); Yimou Zhang
Tagline: Unspeakable secrets are hidden within the Forbidden City.
Cast: Yun-Fat Chow; Li Gong; Jay ChouYe Liu....complete cast
Genre: Action / Adventure / Drama / Romance/Foreign
Memorable Quote: "What I do not give, you must never take by force. "
Distributor: Sony Pictures Classics
Rated: PG-13 for thematic material involving torture and abuse, violence and brief language.
Runtime: 101 mins.
Director: Phillip Noyce
Writer: Shawn Slovo
Cast: Tim Robbins; Derek Luke; Bonnie Mbuli
Tagline: This Fall stand for something
Memorable Quote: "25 million blacks against 3 million white people. We're the ones under attack"
Genre: Drama/History
Release Date: October 27, 2006
Studio: Focus Features
Rated: PG-13 for intense sequences of violent action, a scene of torture, sexual content and nudity.
Runtime: 144 mins.
Director: Martin Campbell
Writer: Neal Purvis & Robert Wade
Tagline: Casino Royale
Cast: Daniel Craig; Eva Green; Mads Mikkelsen; Judi Dench
Genre: Action/Adventure/Thriller
Memorable Quote: "I've got a little itch, down there. Do you mind?"
Distributor: Sony Pictures Entertainment
Rated: G for general audiences.
Runtime: 104 mins.
Director: John Lasseter
Writer: Robert L. Baird (additional screenplay material) Dan Fogelman
Cast: Owen Wilson; Paul Newman; Bonnie Hunt; Cheech Marin... complete cast
Tagline: Ahhh... it's got that new movie smell.
Genre: Animated/Family
Opens: June 9, 2006
Memorable Quote: "I'm happier than a tornado in a trailer park."
Studio: Pixar/Buena Vista Pictures
BADass SINema Unearthed - Where we dig up blu-rays of the wild, weird, and wonderfully wicked world of classic grindhouse cinema. Celebrates the raw energy and unapologetic style of vintage exploitation films — from the slick swagger of Blaxploitation and the lurid allure of sexploitation to the gnarly thrills of monster mayhem and cosmic horror.
Chop Socky Cinema is your go-to corner for all things martial arts on screen—from high-flying kung fu classics to modern bone-crunching brawlers. We dive into the legends, the hidden gems, and the genre-defining moments that shaped martial arts cinema.
Reel Classics celebrates the golden age of cinema, when shadows danced across silver screens and stories were told in black and white. This section revisits timeless masterpieces, legendary stars, and the directors who shaped film history. From noir thrillers to screwball comedies, Reel Classics explores how these cinematic treasures continue to inspire filmmakers and captivate audiences today.
Kaiju Korner is your ultimate destination for everything colossal and creature-filled. We explore the wild, wonderful world of kaiju cinema—spotlighting both classic monster epics and today’s thrilling new entries. From Godzilla and Gamera to modern reimaginings and global giants, Kaiju Korner dives deep into the history, cultural impact, and sheer spectacle of giant monster films.
Whether you’re a lifelong fan or a curious newcomer, this is where titans clash, cities crumble, and cinematic legends roar to life—one stomp at a time.
Monster Mayhem is your go-to destination for all things monstrous and menacing. We will sink our claws into the world of classic creature features, celebrating the timeless terror of cinema’s most iconic beasts.
From Universal’s legendary monsters to B-movie behemoths and international kaiju, Monster Mayhem explores the history, artistry, and cultural impact of the films that made us fear the dark. Expect deep dives, behind-the-scenes stories, retrospectives, and rankings that resurrect the giants of genre filmmaking.
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