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The Ringer

The Ringer

May 16, 2006 | PG-13
This fearless comedy from producers The Farrelly Brothers asks the question: can a comedy be outlandishly off-the-wall, irreverently indelicate and yet...inspirational? The Ringer spikes the uproarious with the uplifting in a story about an ordinary man who discovers what it truly means to be special when he attempts to "fix" the Special Olympics. (Fox Searchlight Pictures)
Metascore:
46
User Score:
6.0
The Seventh Continent (1989)

The Seventh Continent (1989)

May 16, 2006 | Unrated
A European family who plan on escaping to Australia, seem caught up in their daily routine, only troubled by minor incidents. However, behind their apparent calm and repetitive existence, they are actually planning something sinister.
Metascore:
89
User Score:
tbd
Side Effects

Side Effects

May 16, 2006 Not Rated
A young woman fumbles with love and ethics as she navigates a career with one of corporate America's darlings… the pharmaceutical industry.
Metascore:
46
User Score:
tbd
Something New

Something New

May 16, 2006 | PG-13
A romantic comedy about finding love where its least expected. (Focus Features)
Metascore:
64
User Score:
7.3
Stupid Boy

Stupid Boy

May 16, 2006 | Unrated
Loic, a young, gay man in Switzerland, fills the emotional void of his turbulent sex life with dreams of self-betterment. When a casual but tender encounter with an older guy presents the promise of emotional connection and validation, Loic arrives at one of the most crucial crossroads of his life. (Picture This! Entertainment)
Metascore:
56
User Score:
5.8
When a Stranger Calls

When a Stranger Calls

May 16, 2006 | PG-13
A hundred miles away from the scene of a grizzly murder in small town American, Jill Johnson (Belle) settles in for a routine night of babysitting. With the children sound asleep and a beautiful home to explore, she locks the door and sets the alarm. But when a series of eerie phone calls from a stranger insists that she "check the children," Jill panics. Fear escalates to terror when she has the calls traced. And what the police find turns the perfect babysitting job into a 16-year-old's worst nightmare. (Screen Gems)
Metascore:
27
User Score:
5.3
The White Countess

The White Countess

May 16, 2006 | PG-13
Shanghai, 1936 was a crossroads for political intrigue, refugees escaping turmoil, gathering military forces, international business and underworld culture. Two people caught in this maelstrom forge a bond on the brink of the Japanese invasion: a beautiful Russian countess (Richardson), reduced by circumstances to supporting her family as a bar girl and taxi dancer, and a blind former diplomat (Fiennes), devastated by the loss of his family in political violence and disillusioned by the world's inability to make peace. The story revolves around "The White Countess," the elegant nightclub created by the diplomat to shut out the chaos and tragedy that surround him. (Sony Pictures Classics)
Metascore:
60
User Score:
7.3
Winter Passing

Winter Passing

May 16, 2006 | R
This dramatic comedy examines the fractious reunion of an estranged father and daughter.
Metascore:
56
User Score:
7.4
Battle in Heaven

Battle in Heaven

May 9, 2006 Not Rated
Marcos and his wife kidnap a baby for ransom money, but it goes tragically wrong when the infant dies. In another world is Ana, the daughter of the general he drives for, who prostitutes herself for pleasure. Marcos confesses his guilt to her in his troubled search for relief. And then finds himself on his knees amidst the multitude of believers moving slowly towards the Basilica in honour of the Lady of Guadalupe. (Tartan Films)
Metascore:
60
User Score:
5.8
Big Momma's House 2

Big Momma's House 2

May 9, 2006 | PG-13
Martin Lawrence is back as the boldest, biggest and baddest Momma ever. This time, Lawrence transforms himself into Big Momma to avert a national security disaster. But saving the country is the least of Big Momma's problems, as he takes on his ultimate challenge -- being nanny/housekeeper to the suspect's dysfunctional family. (20th Century Fox)
Metascore:
34
User Score:
5.3
El carro

El carro

May 9, 2006 Not Rated
One of the biggest Colombian box office hits in the country's history, El Carro (The Car) follows the travails of the Velezes, a typical middle-class family from Bogotá, as they buy their first car in an attempt to move up the social ladder. After the father accidentally gives away a winning lottery ticket for a new car to the neighbors, the Velezes decide to save face and buy their neighbor's old car -- a 1950s cherry-red Chevy convertible -- spending their entire nest egg. First-time director Luis Orjuela manages to create a hilarious social farce, portraying such quintessential Colombian experiences as a daughter's quinceañera (15th birthday party), Christmas, and the lottery craze with a rare balance of sympathy and humor. (Cinema Tropical
Metascore:
58
User Score:
4.3
Fateless

Fateless

May 9, 2006 | R
Fateless is based on the moving and disturbing novel by 2002 Nobel Prize winner Imre Kertész about a Hungarian Jewish boy's experiences in German concentration camps and his attempts to reconcile himself to those experiences after the war. (ThinkFilm)
Metascore:
87
User Score:
7.6
Grandma's Boy

Grandma's Boy

May 9, 2006 | R
The latest comedy from Adam Sandler's Happy Madison Productions, Grandmas's Boy features gamers and grannies, sex and partying, bong vases and footie pajamas...and even a Tae Kwan Do master chimpanzee. (20th Century Fox)
Metascore:
33
User Score:
7.2
The Mudge Boy

The Mudge Boy

May 9, 2006 | R
This film chronicles the troubled existence of Duncan Mudge (Hirsch), a 14-year-old misfit who, while vying for the attention of his vacant father, struggles to fill the void brought on by his mother's sudden death. (Strand Releasing)
Metascore:
62
User Score:
6.6
Munich

Munich

May 9, 2006 | R
Steven Spielberg directs an international cast in Munich, a gripping suspense thriller set in the aftermath of the massacre of 11 Israeli athletes at the 1972 Munch Olympics. This dramatic exploration inspired by true events follows a secret Israeli squad assigned to track down and kill the 11 Palestinians suspected to have planned the Munich attack -- and the personal toll this mission of revenge takes on the team and the man who led it. (Universal Pictures)
Metascore:
74
User Score:
8.0
Nanny McPhee

Nanny McPhee

May 9, 2006 | PG
In this dark and witty fable, Emma Thompson portrays a person of unsettling appearance and magical powers who enters the household of the recently widowed Mr. Brown (Firth) and attempts to tame his seven ill-behaved children. (Universal Pictures)
Metascore:
59
User Score:
6.3
The New World

The New World

May 9, 2006 | PG-13
The New World is a sweeping adventure set amidst the first encounter of European and Native American cultures during the founding of the Jamestown Virginia settlement in 1607. Acclaimed filmmaker Terence Malick brings to life his own unique interpretation of the classic tale of Pocahontas and her relationships with adventurer John Smith and aristocrat John Rolfe. This woman's remarkable journey of love lost and found takes her from the untouched beauty of the Virginia wilderness to the upper crust of English socirty as we witness the dawn of a new America. [New Line Productions]
Metascore:
73
User Score:
6.8
On the Outs

On the Outs

May 9, 2006 | R
A dramatic narrative feature based upon the real stories of girls from the streets and juvenile jail, who lent their voices and unique stories to the filmmakers. These are girls who struggle with all the highs and lows of teenage life in an inner-city world that makes its own rules. (Fader Films)
Metascore:
66
User Score:
5.3
Rumor Has It...

Rumor Has It...

May 9, 2006 | PG-13
Sarah Huttinger (Aniston) is in a fog. She's finally agreed to marry her boyfriend Jeff (Ruffalo), but isn't at all sure that marriage is what she really wants. Now she's on her way home to attend her sister's wedding, which means spending a lot of time with the tennis-obsessed Pasadena family that she's never felt quite a part of. It isn't until Sarah stumbles into a well-kept family secret that she starts to question her roots and sets off in search of the man who may have the answers she's looking for (Costner). (Warner Bros.)
Metascore:
35
User Score:
4.1
Tamara

Tamara

May 9, 2006 | R
When an unpopular high-school girl dies at the hands of her classmates during a cruel prank that spins out of control, she returns from the land of the dead to seek revenge as a sexy seductress.
Metascore:
34
User Score:
5.6
Baby Doll

Baby Doll

May 2, 2006 | Approved
A steamy tale of two Southern rivals and a sensuous nineteen-year-old virgin.
Metascore:
83
User Score:
7.3
Cats Don't Dance

Cats Don't Dance

May 2, 2006 | G
Danny, an ambitious singing and dancing cat, goes to Hollywood and overcomes several obstacles to fulfill his dream of becoming a movie star.
Metascore:
62
User Score:
tbd
Don't Trip ... He Ain't Through with Me Yet

Don't Trip ... He Ain't Through with Me Yet

May 2, 2006 | PG
Steve Harvey's hilarious comedy concert brought down Atlanta's sold-out Phillips Area at Bishop T.D. Jakes' Megafest, the annual four-day evangelical event. With a clever range of side-splitting new material, Harvey performs one of his funniest and most memorable performances in front of church folks. That's right; Mr. Harvey keeps it clean and family-friendly! (Code Black Entertainment)
Metascore:
59
User Score:
tbd
The Family Stone

The Family Stone

May 2, 2006 | PG-13
The Family Stone is a story about an annual gathering of an unconventional New England family. Before the holidays are done, relationships will unravel while new ones are formed, secrets will be revealed and the Stone family will come together through its extraordinary capacity for love. (20th Century Fox)
Metascore:
56
User Score:
5.3
Hoodwinked!

Hoodwinked!

May 2, 2006 | PG
An updated, satirical re-telling of the classic Brothers Grimm fairy tale "Little Red Riding Hood."
Metascore:
45
User Score:
6.9
Last Holiday

Last Holiday

May 2, 2006 | PG-13
Georgia Byrd (Queen Latifah) lives a small life tucked inside big dreams. When this shy cookware salesperson for a New Orleans retail outlet learns her days are numbered, she throws caution to the wind and embarks on a dream holiday vacation to a grand resort in Europe. (Paramount)
Metascore:
52
User Score:
7.0
Nathalie...

Nathalie...

May 2, 2006 Not Rated
Catherine (Ardant) is an attractive woman with a great career and a seemingly solid marriage to Bernard (Depardieu), her husband of 25 years. Their lives seem to be going well until Catherine discovers that Bernard is having an affair. Realizing that she does not really know her husband or what he really wants, Catherine hires Marlene (Béart), a beautiful prostitute, to act as "Nathalie," a woman who will seduce Bernard and extract answers to the questions that are obsessing her. (Koch Lorber)
Metascore:
69
User Score:
6.6
Sweet Bird of Youth

Sweet Bird of Youth

May 2, 2006 | TV-PG
A drifter and a faded film star, both traumatized by Hollywood, arrive to the guy's hometown, where the old bitter memories revive again.
Metascore:
53
User Score:
tbd
The Warrior

The Warrior

May 2, 2006 | R
The Warrior follows the visually stunning and emotionally exhilarating journey of an ancient Indian warrior who travels from the golden deserts of Rajasthan to the snowcapped peaks of the Himalaya in search of the one thing he has never known - peace - only to be chased by the forces of violence. (Miramax Films)
Metascore:
65
User Score:
6.3
24 Hours on Craigslist

24 Hours on Craigslist

April 25, 2006 Not Rated
From a single post on craigslist 8 film crews were assembled to document a random day-in-the-life of what has evolved into the world's largest community board. Not just the "Best-Of" or the "Success Stories", but a real, down-to-earth look at the fastest-growing grassroots cyber-community in the city that started it: San Francisco. (Zealot Pictures)
Metascore:
47
User Score:
tbd
Casanova

Casanova

April 25, 2006 | R
1700s Venice. He was the legendary adventurer whose amorous dalliances would go on to inspire countless lovers throughout the centuries. She was the most virtuoso writer of her time who was waiting to find that rare man with a true understanding of steadfastness and passion. When Giacomo Casanova (Ledger) discovers Francesca Bruni (Miller), he met his ultimate romantic match, succumbing to the only woman ever to refuse his charms -- until he could prove himself to be one man worthy of her romantic ideals. (Touchstone Pictures)
Metascore:
57
User Score:
6.6
Duane Hopwood

Duane Hopwood

April 25, 2006 | R
Rich in the details of daily life, wistful and wise, Duane Hopwood is the story of a man who comes back from the brink, and is finally able to celebrate life in all its imperfections. (IFC Films)
Metascore:
53
User Score:
6.6
Elevator to the Gallows

Elevator to the Gallows

April 25, 2006 | Not Rated
(aka Elevator to the Gallows) A re-release of Louis Malle's 1957 masterpiece of suspense and film noir starring Jeanne Moreau, in the role that catapulted her to international stardom. (Rialto Pictures)
Metascore:
94
User Score:
7.7
Incantato

Incantato

April 25, 2006 | Unrated
A dazzling comedy with a poignant streak set in the Rome and Bologna of the 1920s. (Northern Arts Entertainment)
Metascore:
48
User Score:
tbd
The Intruder

The Intruder

April 25, 2006 Not Rated
A mysterious and enthralling story about fresh starts and the possibility of escape, both a tale of inner and outer traveling. The film follows the global travels of an enigmatic 68-year-old man (Subor) who goes looking for a long-lost son and a new organ to replace his ailing heart. (Wellspring)
Metascore:
85
User Score:
4.9
Match Point

Match Point

April 25, 2006 | R
Match Point is a drama about ambition and obsession, the seduction of wealth, and the often discordant relationship between love and sexual passion. Perhaps most importantly, however, the story reveals the huge part luck plays in the events of our lives, refuting the comforting misconception that more of life is under our control than really is. (Dream Works Pictures)
Metascore:
72
User Score:
8.4
The Passenger (re-release)

The Passenger (re-release)

April 25, 2006 | PG
Originally released in 1975, The Passenger is, on the simplest level, a suspense story about a man trying to escape his own life. This haunting film is a portrait of a drained journalist, played by Jack Nicholson, whose deliverance is an identity exchange with a dead man. The film was shot on location and takes Nicholson on an incredible journey through Africa, Spain, Germany and England. (Sony Pictures Classics)
Metascore:
90
User Score:
7.2
Shopgirl

Shopgirl

April 25, 2006 | R
Based on Steve Martin's bestselling novella, Shopgirl is a funny and poignant story of love in the modern age. The film catches a glimpse inside the lives of three very different people on diverse paths, but all in search of the same thing. [Touchstone Pictures]
Metascore:
62
User Score:
6.5
Tristan and Isolde

Tristan and Isolde

April 25, 2006 | PG-13
This longtime dream project of executive producer Ridley Scott explores the medieval legend of a princess and warrior's love affair, which threatens to tear apart an uneasy peace between England and Ireland. A tale of epic battles, royal intrigue and a timeless, star-crossed passion. (20th Century Fox)
Metascore:
49
User Score:
7.9
Æon Flux

Æon Flux

April 25, 2006 | PG-13
In this futuristic sci-fi thriller set 400 years in the future, Charlize Theron stars as Aeon Flux, the top underground operative at war with the totalitarian regime governing what appears to be a perfect society. But is this perfect life hiding a perfect lie? Aeon is on the front lines of a rebellion that will reveal a world of secrets. (Paramount Pictures)
Metascore:
36
User Score:
5.5
Breakfast on Pluto

Breakfast on Pluto

April 18, 2006 | R
Director Neil Jordan weaves a wonderfully surreal and magical tale to bring us this funny, moving and poignant rites of passage account of a young man enduring the trials and tribulations he faces with a smile and unwavering faith in the inherent goodness in us all. (Sony Pictures Classics)
Metascore:
59
User Score:
7.4
Dandelion

Dandelion

April 18, 2006 | R
In his feature debut, director/co-writer Mark Milgard delivers a powerfully authentic look at young love and a poetic exploration of how love - romantic, filial, platonic - frees and heals. (Ruth Pictures)
Metascore:
63
User Score:
5.7
Games of Love and Chance

Games of Love and Chance

April 18, 2006 Not Rated
Teenagers bantering about seduction in their own words, tackling the fear of rejection, and learning how to love is the heart of Games of Love and Chance. It may take place in the Parisian projects, but this is a universal coming-of-age/love story. (New Yorker Films)
Metascore:
71
User Score:
5.1
Herbie Hancock: Possibilities

Herbie Hancock: Possibilities

April 18, 2006 | PG
Possibilities is an intimate documentary about Herbie Hancock and his in-studio collaborations with a dozen formidable pop recording artists, collaborations that explore the unexpected, like jazz improvisations. (Magnolia Pictures)
Metascore:
54
User Score:
7.8
Hostel

Hostel

April 18, 2006 | R
A horror film about a pair of American backpackers seeking cheap thrills in the European countryside.
Metascore:
55
User Score:
4.2
Mrs Henderson Presents

Mrs Henderson Presents

April 18, 2006 | R
Mrs. Laura Henderson (Dench) may be a widow but she is by no means going to spend the rest of her days playing bridge. The Windmill Theater becomes ger game and the infamous showman Vivian Van Dam (Hoskins) becomes her partner and fiercest opponent. The Germans are bombing London but the roar of the Windmill is all that can be heard as Laura convinces Lord Cromer (Guest) to allow her actresses to be the one thing no one could ever imagine: Nude. Brought to its knees by war, what Mrs. Henderson Presents brings a nation to its feet in applause. (The Weinstein Company)
Metascore:
71
User Score:
7.2
One Bright Shining Moment

One Bright Shining Moment

April 18, 2006 Not Rated
This documentary examines George McGovern's bold and grassroots presidential campaign of 1972. (First Run Features)
Metascore:
64
User Score:
7.1
Unveiled

Unveiled

April 18, 2006 Not Rated
Originally "Unveiled" was titled "Fremde Haut" which means In Orbit -- the term officially used by the UN to refer to asylum-seekers who find themselves orbiting around planet Earth because they can actually find legal domicile nowhere at all. Fariba, prosecuted in Iran because of her love for a woman, flees to Germany. (Wolfe Releasing)
Metascore:
60
User Score:
7.7
Deep Blue

Deep Blue

April 11, 2006 | G
This innovative motion picture experience takes audiences on an epic, emotion-filled voyage through the last great frontier on earth: the ocean. (Miramax)
Metascore:
71
User Score:
6.8
Ellie Parker

Ellie Parker

April 11, 2006 | R
In a tour-de-force performance, Naomi Watts captures the rhythms, trials and tribulations of an actor caught up in the whirlwind of her career before retreating to a personal life that is as chaotic as her professional one. (Strand Releasing)
Metascore:
51
User Score:
7.7
Fun with Dick and Jane

Fun with Dick and Jane

April 11, 2006 | PG-13
A simple tale of two people who lose their minds while trying to hold on to the elusive American dream. (Sony Pictures)
Metascore:
47
User Score:
5.5
The Greatest Game Ever Played

The Greatest Game Ever Played

April 11, 2006 | PG
From the studio that brought you "The Rookie" and "Miracle" and director Bill Paxton, comes a story of courage, passion and of the greatest American sports hero you have probably never heart of. (Disney)
Metascore:
55
User Score:
8.1
Little Fish

Little Fish

April 11, 2006 | R
How do you learn to love again when the pain of the past won't let you go? When you're 32 with a troubled history and a doubtful future, it’s a question that isn't so easy to answer. And for Tracy Heart (Blanchett), it's a question she can no longer ignore. (First Look Features)
Metascore:
77
User Score:
7.2
An Unfinished Life

An Unfinished Life

April 11, 2006 | PG-13
Set against the rugged ranchlands of Wyoming, An Unfinished Life is the story of a modern-day Western family, as stoic as they are divided, learning the true meaning of forgiveness. (Miramax)
Metascore:
49
User Score:
8.5
Wolf Creek

Wolf Creek

April 11, 2006 | Unrated
It was supposed to be the vacation of a lifetime in the Australian Outback -- full of fun, sun and adventure. But what happened to a trio of twenty-something backpackers took a wrenching detour into the depths of unrelenting terror. Based on true events, Wolf Creek is the haunting story of their unthinkable ordeal -- a mounting white-knuckle nightmare so real it was destined to become horror legend. [Dimension Films]
Metascore:
56
User Score:
6.0
Bee Season

Bee Season

April 4, 2006 | PG-13
Bee Season is the kaleidoscopic portrait of a modern American family whose picture-perfect surface conceals an underlying world of secret turmoil. (Fox Searchlight)
Metascore:
54
User Score:
5.1
The Big Question

The Big Question

April 4, 2006 | PG-13
What are the first existential queries that lead us to question the absolute and consult teachers, parents, priests or older siblings? The Big Question is based on an idea that is very simple yet rather complex: it poses extremely direct questions to a large and varied group of people regarding their own intimate perception of the divine. The peculiar microcosm, a surprising sociological container, is the backdrop where these inquiries take place; it actually is a 'non-place' par excellence: the set of "The Passion of the Christ." (Ganga Film)
Metascore:
53
User Score:
tbd
Brokeback Mountain

Brokeback Mountain

April 4, 2006 | R
Set against the sweeping vistas of Wyoming and Texas, the film tells the story of two young men -- a ranch-hand and a rodeo cowboy -- who meet in the summer of 1963, and unexpectedly forge a lifelong connection, one whose complications, joys, and tragedies provide a testament to the endurance and power of love. (Focus Features)
Metascore:
87
User Score:
8.2
The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe

The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe

April 4, 2006 | Unrated
C.S. Lewis' timeless adventure follows the exploits of the four Pevensie siblings -- Lucy, Edmund, Susan and Peter -- in World War II England who enter the world of Narnia through a magical wardrobe while playing a game of hide-and-seek in the rural country home of an elderly professor. Once there, the children discover a charming, peaceful land inhabited by talking beasts, dwarfs, fauns, centaurs and giants that has become a world cursed to eternal winter by the evil White Witch, Jadis. Under the guidance of a noble and mystical ruler, the lion Aslan, the children fight to overcome the White Witch's powerful hold over Narnia in a spectacular climactic battle that will free Narnia from Jadis' icy spell forever. (Walt Disney Pictures / Walden Media)
Metascore:
75
User Score:
6.0
Dirty

Dirty

April 4, 2006 | R
In a city ravaged by violent crime, the police department's anti-gang task force uses any means at its disposal to get the bad guys off the streets, with cops often acting as judge, jury and executioner. AS the unit's self-justifying brutality and corruption spiral further out of control, gang member turned cop Armando Sancho (Collins Jr.) begins to question the life he and his partner (Gooding Jr.) have chosen. (Silver Nitrate)
Metascore:
37
User Score:
5.1
The Far Side of the Moon

The Far Side of the Moon

April 4, 2006 Not Rated
Childhood memories and the race to the moon by two rival nations are recurring themes in this feature film exploring reconciliation and the fundamental question of whether we're alone in the universe. (TLA Releasing)
Metascore:
76
User Score:
7.9
Little Manhattan

Little Manhattan

April 4, 2006 | PG
New York City is the most romantic place in the world - especially when you're falling in love for the first time. Little Manhattan is a romantic comedy about life, the Big Apple - and that mysterious, maddening and wonderful phenomenon known as "first love." (Fox)
Metascore:
52
User Score:
7.5
New York Doll

New York Doll

April 4, 2006 | PG-13
New York Doll is a film that captures one of those rare occasions where life is not only stranger, but better than fiction. This documentary chronicles the extraordinary journey of Arthur "Killer" Kane to reunite with his bandmates. (First Independent Pictures)
Metascore:
72
User Score:
8.0
The Nun's Story

The Nun's Story

April 4, 2006 | Approved
After leaving a wealthy Belgian family to become a nun, Sister Luke struggles with her devotion to her vows during crisis, disappointment, and World War II.
Metascore:
78
User Score:
7.3
The President's Last Bang

The President's Last Bang

April 4, 2006 Not Rated
On October 26th, 1979, the president of South Korea was assassinated at his own dinner table by the head of the KCIA. This is the story of that fateful night. (Kino International)
Metascore:
68
User Score:
tbd
Robin Hood: Men in Tights

Robin Hood: Men in Tights

April 4, 2006 | PG-13
A spoof of Robin Hood in general and Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves in particular.
Metascore:
44
User Score:
6.3
Silent Movie

Silent Movie

April 4, 2006 | Passed
A film director and his strange friends struggle to produce the first major silent feature film in forty years.
Metascore:
75
User Score:
5.9
Six Pack

Six Pack

April 4, 2006 | PG
Stopping briefly in a small Texas town, an itinerant race car driver finds that his stock car, on a trailer behind his motor home, has just been quickly and expertly stripped. He chases down the miscreants, who turn out to be six orphan children. He has no recourse to the law, for the corrupt local Sheriff takes most of the proceeds of their thievery in exchange for not putting them in an orphanage. They are charming rogues, who are in turn charmed by him. Disliking their arrangement with the Sheriff, they stow away with him, and he finds himself becoming a reluctant father figure. Thanks to their enthusiasm and incredible mechanical know-how, he begins to make a name for himself on the racing circuit. But the Sheriff doesn't take kindly to losing his extra income.
Metascore:
45
User Score:
7.2
The Story of an African Farm

The Story of an African Farm

April 4, 2006 | PG
A touching and often wickedly funny portrayal of life on a late Victorian farm in South Africa. (Karoo Horizon Pictures)
Metascore:
65
User Score:
tbd
Ushpizin

Ushpizin

April 4, 2006 | PG
Director Gidi Dar's film, Ushpizin (roughly translated as "holy guests"), is a revelatory and humorous look at the daily lives of ultra-orthodox Jews learning, living and loving in modern-day Israel. (Picturehouse)
Metascore:
70
User Score:
7.4
Astoria

Astoria

March 28, 2006 | R
Taking its name from the New York neighborhood sometimes known as "Little Athens," this is a tale -- sometimes comic, sometimes tragic -- about a little corner of New York and its colorful characters. It's a story about love, about family, about discovering one's heritage, about passion, and about the power to dream. (Marevan Pictures)
Metascore:
29
User Score:
tbd
Au Revoir les Enfants

Au Revoir les Enfants

March 28, 2006 | PG
A French boarding school run by priests seems to be a haven from World War II until a new student arrives. He becomes the roommate of the top student in his class. Rivals at first, the roommates form a bond and share a secret.
Metascore:
88
User Score:
7.8
From Russia with Love

From Russia with Love

March 28, 2006 | GP
James Bond willingly falls into an assassination ploy involving a naive Russian beauty in order to retrieve a Soviet encryption device that was stolen by SPECTRE.
Metascore:
83
User Score:
8.0
G

G

March 28, 2006 | R
Set amidst the grandeur of the ultra elite Hamptons, G is a contemporary African-American romance inspired by the classic F. Scott Fitzgerald story "The Great Gatsby." (Andrew Lauren Productions)
Metascore:
42
User Score:
5.5
Get Rich or Die Tryin'

Get Rich or Die Tryin'

March 28, 2006 | R
This hard-hitting drama stars 50 Cent as an orphaned street kid who makes his mark in the drug trade but finally dares to leave the violence behind and become the rap artist he was meant to be. (Paramount Pictures)
Metascore:
45
User Score:
5.2
I Love Your Work

I Love Your Work

March 28, 2006 | R
I Love Your Work is a stylish meditation on the many facets of the culture of celebrity. (ThinkFilm)
Metascore:
39
User Score:
5.7
Intoxicating

Intoxicating

March 28, 2006 Not Rated
A drama about a heart surgeon who abuses alcohol and drugs.
Metascore:
38
User Score:
tbd
King Kong

King Kong

March 28, 2006 | PG-13
Director Peter Jackson (The Lord of the Rings trilogy) helms the dramatic adventure King Kong, bringing his sweeping cinematic vision to the iconic story of the gigantic ape captured in the wild and brought to civilization where he meets his tragic fate. (Universal Studios)
Metascore:
81
User Score:
7.4
Memoirs of a Geisha

Memoirs of a Geisha

March 28, 2006 | PG-13
Set in a mysterious and exotic world which still casts a potent spell today, the story begins in the years before World War II, when a Japanese child is torn from her penniless family to work as a servant in a geisha house. Despite a treacherous rival who nearly breaks her spirit, the girl blossoms into the legendary geisha Saguri. Beautiful and accomplished, Saguri captivates the most powerful men of her day, but is haunted by her secret love for the one man beyond her reach. (Sony Pictures)
Metascore:
54
User Score:
6.7
Returning Mickey Stern

Returning Mickey Stern

March 28, 2006 | PG-13
Mickey Stern remembers a time of big dreams and no regrets, a time when he had a few more hairs on his head and fewer in his ears. (2 Life! Films)
Metascore:
35
User Score:
tbd
Shadow: Dead Riot

Shadow: Dead Riot

March 28, 2006 | R
In this unique fusion of Asian-style action, zombie horror and prison drama, Tony Todd stars as Shadow, an executed and resurrected serial killer who invades a women's prison in search of the girl known only as Solitaire. (Media Blasters)
Metascore:
33
User Score:
tbd
Sliver

Sliver

March 28, 2006 | Unrated
A woman (Sharon Stone) moves into an exclusive New York City apartment building, which she soon discovers houses tenants with a myriad of shocking secrets.
Metascore:
38
User Score:
0.9
Snoopy Come Home

Snoopy Come Home

March 28, 2006 | G
When Snoopy receives a letter from a girl named Lila, who's in a hospital, he goes on a journey with Woodstock to see her.
Metascore:
66
User Score:
tbd
A Sound of Thunder

A Sound of Thunder

March 28, 2006 | PG-13
Based on a short story by award-winning author Ray Bradbury, A Sound of Thunder opens on the year 2055 in downtown Chicago where a very elite travel agency, Time Safari Inc., has cornered the lucrative time-traveling market with an exclusive prehistoric hunting package. Time Safari Inc. is the hottest ticket in town -- until the unthinkable happens. Someone breaks the rules. And evolution runs off its tracks. (Warner Bros.)
Metascore:
24
User Score:
3.7
Stay

Stay

March 28, 2006 | TV-MA
In this psychological thriller, a distraught young man announces to his psychiatrist that he plans to commit suicide in three days. The psychiatrist's desperate attempts to help his new patient lead him through the city on an incredible, nightmarish trip to the place between life and death. (20th Century Fox)
Metascore:
41
User Score:
8.4
42nd Street

42nd Street

March 21, 2006 | Passed
A director puts on what may be his last Broadway show and, at the last moment, a naive newcomer has to replace the star.
Metascore:
83
User Score:
6.5
Bukowski: Born into This

Bukowski: Born into This

March 21, 2006 | R
The first comprehensive documentary on author Charles Bukowski, one of those rare writers whose work created a myth of epic proportions around its creator. (Magnolia Pictures)
Metascore:
77
User Score:
7.2
Capote

Capote

March 21, 2006 | R
A profile of Truman Capote during the years he researched the story that was to become the basis for the book "In Cold Blood."
Metascore:
88
User Score:
7.7
Chicken Little

Chicken Little

March 21, 2006 | G
This epic tale presents a new twist to the classic fable of a young chicken who causes widespread panic when he mistakes a falling acorn for a piece of the sky. (Disney)
Metascore:
48
User Score:
5.2
A Common Thread

A Common Thread

March 21, 2006 Not Rated
A portrait of the unlikely friendship between a pregnant teenager and her employer, a strange and lonely seamstress.
Metascore:
63
User Score:
5.7
Dear Wendy

Dear Wendy

March 21, 2006 | Unrated
Focusing on a group of young people in a poverty-stricken coal mining town somewhere in the American south-east, Dear Wendy is an audacious and stylish exploration of guns and violence in America. (Wellspring Media)
Metascore:
33
User Score:
6.9
Derailed

Derailed

March 21, 2006 | Not Rated
Charles Schine (Owen) and Lucinda Harris (Aniston) have noticed each other on the commuter train before. One morning their conversation leads to a flirtation which turns into an evening drink and then, before either one can stop it, a passionate one-night stand. But suddenly a stranger explodes into their world, threatening to expose their secret and lures them into a terrifying game with more surprises then they saw coming and more danger then they may survive. (The Weinstein Company)
Metascore:
40
User Score:
5.5
Dreamer: Inspired by a True Story

Dreamer: Inspired by a True Story

March 21, 2006 | PG
Dreamer: Inspired by a True Story tells the story of a father who, for the love of his daughter, sacrifices almost everything to save the life of an injured racehorse and bring the promising filly back to her former glory. (DreamWorks)
Metascore:
59
User Score:
6.6
The Dying Gaul

The Dying Gaul

March 21, 2006 | R
A fiercely original psychological thriller, The Dying Gaul is a tale of lust, power, corruption, betrayal and revenge set in the seductive world of the Hollywood elite. (Strand Releasing)
Metascore:
62
User Score:
7.1
Everything Is Illuminated

Everything Is Illuminated

March 21, 2006 | PG-13
Based on the critically-acclaimed novel by Jonathan Safran Foer, Everything is Illuminated tells the story of a young man's quest to find the woman who saved his grandfather in a small Ukrainian town that was wiped off the map by the Nazi invasion. (Warner Independent Pictures)
Metascore:
58
User Score:
7.9
Footlight Parade

Footlight Parade

March 21, 2006 | Passed
Chester Kent struggles against time, romance, and a rival's spy to produce spectacular live "prologues" for movie houses.
Metascore:
80
User Score:
tbd
Good Morning, Night

Good Morning, Night

March 21, 2006 Not Rated
The 1978 kidnapping and killing of Aldo Moro, Italy's former prime minister and head of the Christian Democrat party, was a cataclysmic event no Italian can forget. Marco Bellocchio turns to this troubled period of Italian history in Good Morning, Night, producing a film of immense complexity and devastating emotional power. [Wellspring Media]
Metascore:
69
User Score:
7.3
In the Mix

In the Mix

March 21, 2006 | PG-13
When New York's hottest nightclub deejay Darrell (Usher) saves a mob boss's life (Palminteri), he is rewarded for his bravery with the job of watching over the Don's beautiful daughter Dolly (Chriqui). (Lions Gate Films)
Metascore:
31
User Score:
2.0
Keane

Keane

March 21, 2006 | R
William Keane (Damian Lewis) is barely able to cope. It has been six months since his six-year-old daughter was abducted from New York City’s Port Authority Bus Terminal while traveling with him. Repeatedly drawn to the site of the abduction, Keane wanders the bus station, compulsively replaying the events of that fateful day, as if hoping to change the outcome. One day he meets a financially strapped woman, Lynn Bedik (Amy Ryan), and her seven-year-old daughter, Kira (Abigail Breslin), at a transient hotel. Keane becomes increasingly attached to Kira and, in a harrowing climax, uses her in an attempt to fill the void left by his daughter’s disappearance. [Grasshopper Film]
Metascore:
79
User Score:
7.6
A League of Ordinary Gentlemen

A League of Ordinary Gentlemen

March 21, 2006 | Not Rated
In 2000, as the Professional Bowling Association languished near bankruptcy, three ex-Microsoft executives bought the league for five million dollars and set about restoring professional bowling to its former grandeur. This documentary sets out to document the decline and potential revival of pro bowling. (Magnolia Pictures)
Metascore:
66
User Score:
5.9