Movie Releases by Genre

ATL

ATL

March 31, 2006 | PG-13
Loosely based on the childhoods of Dallas Austin and Tionne "T-Boz" Watkins, TLC tells the story of a close knit group of working-class teens in Atlanta whose lives revolve around hip-hop music and roller skating.
Metascore:
63
User Score:
7.4
Brick

Brick

March 31, 2006 | R
Brick, while taking its cues and its verbal style from the novels of Dashiell Hammett, also honors the rich cinematic tradition of the hard-boiled noir mystery, here wittily and bracingly immersed in fresh territory – a modern-day Southern California neighborhood and high school. (Focus Features)
Metascore:
72
User Score:
7.1
Marilyn Hotchkiss' Ballroom Dancing & Charm School

Marilyn Hotchkiss' Ballroom Dancing & Charm School

March 31, 2006 | PG-13
Based on a short film created 15 years ago by the director and co-writer Randall Miller and his wife Jody Savin, this is a beautiful film that celebrates the reawakening of the spirit. (Samuel Goldwyn Films)
Metascore:
40
User Score:
7.6
Iowa

Iowa

March 31, 2006
A cautionary tale of love, crime, fantasy, and addiction, Iowa follows two young lovers who decide to go into the "batch" business -- cooking their own methamphetamine -- only to watch it burn a jagged hole in their lives. (Full Fathom 5)
Metascore:
35
User Score:
tbd
Iron Island

Iron Island

March 31, 2006
The story of a community located on an abandoned oil tanker in the Persian Gulf, Iron Island chronicles the lives of the homeless people living on this floating village. (Kino International)
Metascore:
74
User Score:
6.4
Inside Man

Inside Man

March 24, 2006 | R
The perfect bank robbery quickly spirals into an unstable and deadly game of cat-and-mouse between a criminal mastermind (Clive Owen), a determined detective (Denzel Washington), and a power broker with a hidden agenda (Jodie Foster). As the minutes tick by and the situation becomes increasingly tense, one wrong move could mean disaster for any one of them.
Metascore:
76
User Score:
7.3
Lonesome Jim

Lonesome Jim

March 24, 2006 | R
Steve Buscemi's seamless direction and James C. Strouse's thoughtful script paint a picture of working-class characters filled with the comedy and rich details of everyday life. (IFC Films)
Metascore:
54
User Score:
7.2
L'Enfant (The Child)

L'Enfant (The Child)

March 24, 2006 | R
Dispossessed twenty-year old Bruno lives with his eighteen-year-old girlfriend Sonia in Seraing, an eastern Belgian steel town. They live off Sonia's unemployment benefits and the panhandling and petty theft committed by Bruno and his gang. Their lives change forever when Sonia gives birth to their child, Jimmy. [Sony Pictures Classics]
Metascore:
87
User Score:
8.3
Stoned

Stoned

March 24, 2006 | R
In 1962, Brian Jones was the founding member of one of the most famous rock and roll bands of all time: The Rolling Stones. A gifted musician, influential fashion icon and indiscriminate womanizer, Jones (Gregory) rode a glittering staircase to stardom for seven short years before being fired by the band. Shortly afterwards, he was found dead in the deep end of his own swimming pool and in the wake of his tragic death he became a legend. This is the directorial debut of Stephen Woolley, longtime producer for filmmaker Neil Jordan. (Landmark Theatres)
Metascore:
41
User Score:
6.0
Puzzlehead

Puzzlehead

March 23, 2006
Set sometime "after the Decline," in a world of no-place, this Hitchcockian story of an android, painstakingly created in the likeness of his maker, is a Frankenstein fable for the millennium. (Eastgate Pictures)
Metascore:
62
User Score:
tbd
American Gun

American Gun

March 22, 2006 | R
American Gun is a powerful series of interwoven storylines that bring to light how the proliferation of guns in America dramatically affects and shapes the every day lives of its citizens. (IFC Films)
Metascore:
48
User Score:
6.4
Find Me Guilty

Find Me Guilty

March 17, 2006 | R
This film is based on the true story of Giacomo "Jackie Dee" DiNorscio. After years of federal investigation, 20 members of the New Jersey Lucchese crime family are brought to court on 76 charges of various crimes. Already in the midst of serving a 30-year sentence, Jackie is offered an opportunity to shorten his time by testifying against many of his closest friends. But Jackie refuses to betray his "family," and goes so far as to defend himself in what will ultimately become the longest criminal trial of its time. [Freestyle Releasing]
Metascore:
65
User Score:
7.4
Thank You for Smoking

Thank You for Smoking

March 17, 2006 | R
Thank You for Smoking is a fiercely satirical look at today's "culture of spin." The hero of the film is Nick Naylor (Eckhart), chief spokesman for Big Tobacco, who makes his living defending the rights of smokers and cigarette makers in today's neo-puritanical culture. (Fox Searchlight)
Metascore:
71
User Score:
7.4
The Zodiac

The Zodiac

March 17, 2006 | R
Based on true events‚ The Zodiac is a psychological thriller detailing a string of gruesome murders in the Bay Area in the late 1960s and the impact on the victims‚ their families and the wider community. (ThinkFilm)
Metascore:
21
User Score:
5.5
Take My Eyes

Take My Eyes

March 17, 2006
Take My Eyes tackles the difficult subject of domestic violence, but like "Days of Wine and Roses" and "Drugstore Cowboy," it broadens (and never dilutes) its cautionary tale with humor, lyricism, and a shattered love story. (New Yorker Films)
Metascore:
74
User Score:
7.7
Don't Tell

Don't Tell

March 17, 2006 | R
Based on the celebrated Italian novel "La Bestia nel Cuore," Don't Tell is the mesmerizing story of a woman's journey into her past and the aftermath of confronting personal demons long hidden beneath the surface of her psyche. (Lions Gate Entertainment)
Metascore:
52
User Score:
tbd
Don't Come Knocking

Don't Come Knocking

March 17, 2006 | R
A dark drama about an aging movie star who sets off on road trip that leads to a complicated family reunion.
Metascore:
55
User Score:
6.5
Iluzija

Iluzija

March 17, 2006
Tortured by a tumultuous home life and school bullies, young Marko finds hope when his teacher encourages him to enter a poetry competition in Paris. But when the teacher cowers before the same bullies and eventually dashes the boy's hopes and dreams, Marko seeks guidance from another role model: a mercenary who tells him in life one must "either eat or be eaten." (Picture This! Entertainment)
Metascore:
61
User Score:
8.1
Beyond Honor

Beyond Honor

March 17, 2006
A strikingly bold portrait of oppression and high tension in suburban America. It is the story of Sahira Abdel-Karim (Osuna), a young Egyptian-American woman in a California wedged between two distinct worlds, haunted by memory and bount by tradition. Beyond Honor is an emotionally resonant meditation on gender roles and the dynamics of power within a small community. (International Film Circuit / Cine02)
Metascore:
32
User Score:
tbd
Hate Crime

Hate Crime

March 16, 2006 | R
A suspense drama with a social conscience, Hate Crime is the story of Robbie and Trey, a gay couple whose quiet life together is shattered when Trey is brutally beaten while walking the dog. The prime suspect is their neighbor Chris, a fundamentalist preacher’s son whose bigotry is no secret. When Chris and Robbie become the prime suspects, Robbie receives help from some unlikely sources to execute a dangerous plan that will expose many secrets. (Two Boots Pioneer Theater)
Metascore:
41
User Score:
5.6
The Beautiful City

The Beautiful City

March 15, 2006
In Islamic Iran, how much is a woman worth in comparison with a man -- and who pays the difference? This film is tale of vengeance, labyrinthine judicial procedure and the concept of "blood money." (Film Forum)
Metascore:
69
User Score:
8.1
Ask the Dust

Ask the Dust

March 10, 2006 | R
Adapted from a novel by John Fante, Robert Towne's Ask the Dust stars Colin Farrell as Arturo Bandini, a young writer who comes to Los Angeles during the Great Depression to write a novel.
Metascore:
58
User Score:
7.6
The Heart Is Deceitful Above All Things

The Heart Is Deceitful Above All Things

March 10, 2006 | R
Based on JT Leroy's novel of the same name, this is the story of Jeremiah, a child who is pulled from his foster home and thrown into a troubled life on the road with his teenage mother Sarah. With Sarah, Jeremiah travels through the country roads of the U.S. and learns first hand about the troubles of the world. (Palm Pictures)
Metascore:
27
User Score:
6.8
Evil

Evil

March 10, 2006 | Not Rated
A coming-of –age drama, Evil is a story of cruelty and the way through it -- but also about genuine friendship and the beginnings of love. (Magnolia Pictures)
Metascore:
61
User Score:
7.5
Game 6

Game 6

March 10, 2006 | R
Written by acclaimed writer Don DeLillo, Game 6 is an intelligent, witty, unsettling tale of one man’s encounter with his demons, his passions and his infatuation with failure. (Kindred Media Group)
Metascore:
56
User Score:
7.1
The Fallen

The Fallen

March 8, 2006
This World War II drama looks at one day of fighting in northern Italy through the eyes of American, German, and Italian troops.
Metascore:
62
User Score:
6.6
16 Blocks

16 Blocks

March 3, 2006 | PG-13
The story of how two men change -- and change each other -- during a tense 16 block struggle between life and death. (Warner Bros.)
Metascore:
63
User Score:
7.8
Merry Christmas

Merry Christmas

March 3, 2006 | R
This movie is inspired by a true story, which occurred in the trenches of the World War I battlefield on Christmas Eve in 1914. When war breaks out in the lull of summer 1914, it surprises and pulls millions of men in its wake. Christmas arrives, with its snow and multitude of family and army presents. But the surprise won't come from inside the generous parcels which lie in the French, Scottish, and German trenches. That night, a momentous event will turn the destinies of four characters: an Anglican priest, a French lieutenant, an exceptional German tenor and the one he loves, a soprano and singing partner. During this Christmas Eve, the unthinkable happens: soldiers come out of their trenches, leaving their rifles behind to shake hands with the enemy. (Sony Pictures Classics)
Metascore:
70
User Score:
8.1
Woman Is the Future of Man

Woman Is the Future of Man

March 3, 2006
Two men pursue a woman from their past in this drama from South Korea.
Metascore:
63
User Score:
tbd
In Cold Blood (re-release)

In Cold Blood (re-release)

March 3, 2006 | Approved
Originally released in 1967, In Cold Blood is the powerful, true story of a callous murder, based upon the best-selling novel by Truman Capote. (Sony)
Metascore:
89
User Score:
8.0
Doing Time for Patsy Cline

Doing Time for Patsy Cline

March 3, 2006
A music-fueled road movie about a naive youth from the Australian outback on his way to seek fame and fortune in Nashville. (Quad Cinema)
Metascore:
51
User Score:
tbd
Home

Home

March 2, 2006
Film and television critic Matt Zoller Seitz makes his feature debut with Home, a laid-back comic drama set at an all-night party in Brooklyn. (Brooklyn Schoolyard)
Metascore:
50
User Score:
tbd
Sorry, Haters

Sorry, Haters

March 1, 2006
Sorry, Haters is a psychological thriller that dares to capture the anxiety of a city on edge. With powerful performance, this film has the courage to ask the most forbidden questions about who we are. (IFC Films)
Metascore:
43
User Score:
7.3
Tsotsi

Tsotsi

February 24, 2006 | R
Set amidst the bustling townships of Johannesburg and infused with the pumping high-energy Kwaito music of the top South African artist Zola, Tsotsi is an extraordinary portrait of the choices we make in life and the personal triumph that comes from choosing love over rage. (Miramax Films)
Metascore:
70
User Score:
7.7
Madea's Family Reunion

Madea's Family Reunion

February 24, 2006 | PG-13
Based upon Tyler Perry's acclaimed stage production, Madea's Family Reunion continues the adventures of southern matriarch Madea begun in the hit film Diary of a Mad Black Woman. (Lionsgate)
Metascore:
45
User Score:
6.7
Running Scared

Running Scared

February 24, 2006 | R
In order to save his family, a low-level mobster (Paul Walker) must recover a gun used in a mob hit before it's found by his bosses or the cops. [New Line Cinema]
Metascore:
41
User Score:
8.2
Dirty

Dirty

February 24, 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
Little Fish

Little Fish

February 24, 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
Black Orpheus

Black Orpheus

February 24, 2006 | PG
1960 Academy Award Winner and winner of the Palme d'Or at the 1959 Cannes Film Festival, Marcel Camus's Black Orpheus retells the Greek myth of Orpheus and Eurydice against the madness of Carnival in Rio de Janeiro. With its magnificent color photography and lively soundtrack, this film brought the infectious bossa nova beat to the United States. (Criterion Collection)
Metascore:
81
User Score:
7.7
Eight Below

Eight Below

February 17, 2006 | PG
Inspired by a true story, Eight Below is an exciting action-adventure about loyalty and the bonds of friendship set in the extreme wilderness of Antarctica. (Disney)
Metascore:
64
User Score:
7.7
Freedomland

Freedomland

February 17, 2006 | R
A criminal investigation into an alleged kidnapping of a child by a suspect who is presumed to be a local from the projects ignites long-simmering racial tension between two neighboring New Jersey towns. (Sony Pictures)
Metascore:
43
User Score:
5.1
Battle in Heaven

Battle in Heaven

February 17, 2006
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
The Second Chance

The Second Chance

February 17, 2006 | PG-13
The Second Chance is a film about two men - one from a white church in the well-to-do suburbs and one from a black church in the inner-city projects. Although founded by the same man, each church manifests its mission in a very different way. This film authentically tells the story of how a rebellious son and a street-smart pastor struggle to bridge the gap between their respective churches and cultures. More importantly, at its core, The Second Chance is about being willing to step outside your comfort zone and serve where you are called. (Provident Films LLC)
Metascore:
52
User Score:
7.0
Sophie Scholl: The Final Days

Sophie Scholl: The Final Days

February 17, 2006
The true story of Germany's most famous anti-Nazi heroine is brought to thrilling life in Germany's official Foreign Language Film selection for the 2005 Academy Awards. Sophie Scholl stars Julia Jentsch in a luminous performance as the young coed-turned-fearless activist. Armed with long-buried historical records of her incarceration, director Marc Rothemund expertly re-creates the last six days of Sophie Scholl's life: a heart-stopping journey from arrest to interrogation, trial and sentence. (Zeitgeist Films)
Metascore:
76
User Score:
8.2
Winter Passing

Winter Passing

February 17, 2006 | R
This dramatic comedy examines the fractious reunion of an estranged father and daughter.
Metascore:
56
User Score:
7.4
Love

Love

February 16, 2006
An absurd coincidence intertwines the lives of a Yugoslav hit-man, his former wife, and her boyfriend - a New York cop whose father was a criminal. The film explores these characters' stories from their different points of view. Through their subjective realities, the film reconstructs their conflicts, and the drama and action that stem from them. (Studio Belgrade)
Metascore:
79
User Score:
7.6
C.S.A.: The Confederate States of America

C.S.A.: The Confederate States of America

February 15, 2006 | TV-MA
CSA: The Confederate States of America, through the eyes of a faux documentary, takes a look at an America where the South won the Civil War. Supposedly produced by a British broadcasting company, the feature film is presented as a production being shown, controversially, for the first time on television in the States. (IFC Films)
Metascore:
62
User Score:
6.5
London

London

February 10, 2006 | R
A twisted and obsessive love story about a group of hip, wealthy twentysomethings who share a love of cocaine and partying. (Samuel Goldwyn Films)
Metascore:
24
User Score:
7.8
A Year Without Love

A Year Without Love

February 10, 2006 | R
Pablo is a young writer stricken by AIDS whose fear of dying prompts him to write his personal diary. Seeking to ease his suffering -- not just the physical suffering, but also the emotional aspects of his malaise -- Pablo sets off in search of the love of his life. (Strand Releasing)
Metascore:
62
User Score:
tbd
The Fallen Idol (re-release)

The Fallen Idol (re-release)

February 10, 2006
Adapted from Graham Greene's story "The Basement Room" this 1948 film is told from the perspective of a child.
Metascore:
88
User Score:
6.9
A Good Woman

A Good Woman

February 6, 2006 | PG
Set in the 1930s on the beautiful shores of the Italian Riviera, A Good Woman is an elegant and witty romantic comedy based on Oscar Wilde's classic play "Lady Windermere's Fan." (Lions Gate Films)
Metascore:
53
User Score:
6.5
Something New

Something New

February 3, 2006 | PG-13
A romantic comedy about finding love where its least expected. (Focus Features)
Metascore:
64
User Score:
7.3
The Tenants

The Tenants

February 3, 2006 | Not Rated
Based on the novel by Pulitzer Prize-Winning author Bernard Malamud, The Tenants is a socio-political piece set in an abandoned New York apartment building in the early 1970s. It is the story of a Jewish novelist, Harry Lesser, struggling to complete his latest work, and his antagonistic relationship with a black writer who moves in down the hall. (Millennium Films)
Metascore:
46
User Score:
5.3
What the Bleep!?: Down the Rabbit Hole

What the Bleep!?: Down the Rabbit Hole

February 3, 2006
Down the Rabbit Hole takes the ideas introduced in the first What the Bleep movie, and plunges the viewer Deep into scientific findings that say Reality is fluid and that we are an integral part of everything -- It's the Next Evolution! (Lord of the Wind Films)
Metascore:
45
User Score:
5.8
La scorta (re-release)

La scorta (re-release)

February 2, 2006
Originally released in 1993, La Scorta is a thriller about a magistrate sent from Northern Italy to clean up the Mafia stronghold of Trapani, Sicily.
Metascore:
58
User Score:
7.6
Bubble

Bubble

January 27, 2006 | R
In this unique cinematic experiment from acclaimed director Steven Soderbergh, an unlikely love triangle is born at a doll factory in a small midwestern town fallen on hard times. (Magnolia Pictures)
Metascore:
63
User Score:
6.2
Annapolis

Annapolis

January 27, 2006 | PG-13
When he won a coveted admission spot to the Naval Academy at Annapolis, local kid Jake Huard (Franco) thought all his dreams had come true -- but his battle to become the man he wants to be is only just beginning. From critically acclaimed indie director Justin Lim comes this exhilarating comeback story of a courageous young sailor who discovers that some opportunities are worth fighting for. (Touchstone Pictures)
Metascore:
37
User Score:
5.0
Dai si gin

Dai si gin

January 27, 2006
In this fast-moving action drama, a highly televised police bust of a Hong Kong bank heist end with the criminals getting away and a lot of cops getting killed. In an effort to save face with the public, the police arrange to broadcast the pursuit and capture of the crooks. However, things get more complicated when the bank robbers contact the media with their own version of events. (Palm Pictures)
Metascore:
63
User Score:
4.0
Imagine Me & You

Imagine Me & You

January 27, 2006 | R
A refreshingly unconventional and witty comedy about love's myriad forms and constant surprises, Imagine Me & You begins as a young bride discovers love at first sight on the day of her wedding. (Fox Searchlight Pictures)
Metascore:
49
User Score:
7.4
Little Jerusalem

Little Jerusalem

January 27, 2006
Set in the suburban Paris neighbourhood of Sarcelles, known as 'Little Jerusalem' due to its large Jewish population, the film focuses on 18-year-old student Laura (Valette) as she tries to reconcile all the conflicting influences and feelings to which study and experience have introduced her. Religion, philosophy, romantic love and sensual desire all vie for the heart and mind of this smart, serious teenage girl in this skilfully balanced debut feature from writer-director Karin Albou. (Kino International)
Metascore:
63
User Score:
tbd
Manderlay

Manderlay

January 27, 2006 | Not Rated
The second installment in Lar Von Trier's United States trilogy, Manderlay centers on a plantation in 1933 Alabama.
Metascore:
46
User Score:
6.8
The Spirit of the Beehive

The Spirit of the Beehive

January 27, 2006 | Unrated
Set in rural Spain in 1940, Victor Erice's acclaimed 1973 film was simultaneously a sensitive evocation of the poignancy of childhood and, by implication, an elegy for the legacy of the Civil War. (Film Forum)
Metascore:
87
User Score:
7.5
End of the Spear

End of the Spear

January 20, 2006 | PG-13
Mincayani is born into the most violent society ever documented by anthropologists, the Waodani in the eastern rainforest of Ecuador. As he grows he learns what every Waodani understands, he must spear and live or be speared and die. Mincayani's world changes when he and his family kill five missionaries. This incident propels Mincayani's family group down an extraordinary path that culminates in them not only departing from violence, but also caring for the enemy tribe they had once violently raided. (Bearing Fruit Communications)
Metascore:
45
User Score:
8.0
Perception

Perception

January 20, 2006
Perception is a darkly comedic gem that stars Piper Perabo as Jen Marshall, an LA girl with a reckless personality and a laundry list of burned bridges. When Jen returns to New York and unexpected tragedy strikes, it is up to her mistreated friends to decide between helping her through this tough time or abandoning her as she has done to them so many times before. (Angelika Film Center)
Metascore:
8
User Score:
3.2
Glory Road

Glory Road

January 13, 2006 | PG
Glory Road tells the inspiring story of the underdog Texas Western basketball team, with history's first all African American starting lineup of players, who took the country by storm, surprisingly winning the 1966 NCAA tournament title. Josh Lucas stars as Hall of Famer Don Haskins, the passionately dedicated college basketball coach that changed the history of basketball with his team's victory in this time of innocence. (Disney)
Metascore:
58
User Score:
7.8
Last Holiday

Last Holiday

January 13, 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
Tristan and Isolde

Tristan and Isolde

January 13, 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
When the Sea Rises

When the Sea Rises

January 13, 2006
A sweet and genuinely off-beat comedy about a 45-year-old actress (Moreau) traveling from one small town to another with her one-woman shoe "Dirty Business." (New Yorker Films)
Metascore:
62
User Score:
tbd
Fateless

Fateless

January 6, 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
Kill the Poor

Kill the Poor

January 6, 2006
Kill the Poor is a rueful and darkly comic tale about the quest to achieve the American Dream, on the Urban frontier. (IFC Films)
Metascore:
52
User Score:
5.2
I Am Taraneh, I Am Fifteen Years Old

I Am Taraneh, I Am Fifteen Years Old

January 6, 2006
A heartbreaking film from Iran about a young 15-year old girl by the name of Taraneh.
Metascore:
64
User Score:
7.9
Tau man ji D

Tau man ji D

December 30, 2005
Adapted from the hit Manga series, this film focuses on teenage boys and fast cars.
Metascore:
48
User Score:
5.7
The Promise

The Promise

December 30, 2005 | PG-13
This fantasy epic tells the love story between a royal concubine and a slave.
Metascore:
53
User Score:
5.0
Match Point

Match Point

December 28, 2005 | 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
Casanova

Casanova

December 25, 2005 | 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
The New World

The New World

December 25, 2005 | 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
The Intruder

The Intruder

December 23, 2005
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
The Matador

The Matador

December 23, 2005 | R
An offbeat comedy about a chance meeting between two middle-aged men (a hitman and a salesman).
Metascore:
65
User Score:
8.4
Munich

Munich

December 23, 2005 | 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
Caché (Hidden)

Caché (Hidden)

December 23, 2005 | R
Georges (Auteuil), a television talk show host, and his wife Anne (Binoche), are living the perfect life of modern comfort and security. One day, their idyll is disrupted in the form of a mysterious videotape that appears on their doorstep. On it they are being filmed by a hidden camera from across the street with no clues as to who shot it, or why. As more tapes arrive containing images that are disturbingly intimate and increasingly personal, Georges launches in to an investigation of his own as to who is behind this. As he does so, secrets from his past are revealed, and the walls of security he and Anne have built around themselves begin to crumble. [Sony Pictures Classics]
Metascore:
87
User Score:
6.7
The White Countess

The White Countess

December 21, 2005 | 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
The Big White

The Big White

December 16, 2005 | R
A destitute Alaskan travel agent with a deranged wife finds the answer to his financial problems in the form of a get rich quick insurance scam involving a frozen body in the dumpster behind his office. Just a few things stand in his way -- a determined insurance investigator, an irate sibling and two would be gangsters. (Ascendant Pictures)
Metascore:
31
User Score:
6.3
The Family Stone

The Family Stone

December 16, 2005 | 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
The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada

The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada

December 16, 2005 | R
A man is shot and quickly buried in the high desert of West Texas. The body is found and reburied in Van Horn's town cemetery. Peter Perkins (Jones), a local ranch foreman kidnaps a Border Patrolman and forces him to disinter the body. With his captive in tow and the body tied to a mule, Pete undertakes a dangerous and quixotic journey into Mexico. (Sony Pictures Classics)
Metascore:
77
User Score:
7.6
Electric Shadows

Electric Shadows

December 16, 2005
Xiao Jiang, a Chinese woman making her first feature, is the director of this film about the trials and tribulations of a pair of film lovers during the Cultural Revolution.
Metascore:
70
User Score:
6.7
King Kong

King Kong

December 14, 2005 | 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
Happy Here and Now

Happy Here and Now

December 14, 2005 | TV-14
Set just a few moments into the future, Happy Here and Now hinges on an around-the-corner sci-fi premise, involving a computer technology that allows people to project alternate identities over the Internet. But the movie's dreamlike aspect emerges from real people and places. As various characters cross paths, a larger story takes shape-a chronicle of isolated souls searching for connection in a contemporary wilderness. (IFC Films)
Metascore:
60
User Score:
3.8
Brokeback Mountain

Brokeback Mountain

December 9, 2005 | 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
Memoirs of a Geisha

Memoirs of a Geisha

December 9, 2005 | 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
Mrs Henderson Presents

Mrs Henderson Presents

December 9, 2005 | 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
Marebito (The Stranger from Afar)

Marebito (The Stranger from Afar)

December 9, 2005 | R
A fear-obsessed freelance cameraman (Tsukamoto) investigates an urban legend involving mysterious spirits that haunt the subways of Tokyo, leading him to a disturbing discovery. (Tartan Films)
Metascore:
50
User Score:
6.5
Days of Santiago

Days of Santiago

December 8, 2005
A 23-year-old war veteran returns to Lima after spending six years fighting terrorists, the Peruvian drug mafia, and a nationalist war against Ecuador. Unable to smoothly transition back home, his life starts to spin out of control.
Metascore:
61
User Score:
7.6
The World's Fastest Indian

The World's Fastest Indian

December 7, 2005 | PG-13
Anthony Hopkins stars as Burt Munro, a man who never let the dreams of youth fade. After a lifetime of perfecting his classic Indian motorcycle, Burt sets off from the bottom of the world to test his bike at the Bonneville Salt Flats in Utah. With all the odds against him, he set a new speed record and captured the spirit of his time. Burt Munro's 1967 world record remains unbroken and his legend lives on today. (Magnolia Pictures)
Metascore:
68
User Score:
8.3
Transamerica

Transamerica

December 2, 2005 | R
Bree (Huffman) is a perfectly adjusted conservative transsexual woman. Born Stanley, a genetic male, she's about to tale the final step to becoming the woman Stanley always wanted to be - until she finds out that she is the parent of a long-lost 17 year-old son (Zegers). Afraid to tell the rebellious teenager the truth, Bree embarks on a journey with him that will challenge and change both their lives and bring them closer to the truth of their connection. (The Weinstein Company / IFC Films)
Metascore:
66
User Score:
7.7
The Far Side of the Moon

The Far Side of the Moon

December 2, 2005
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
Exist

Exist

December 1, 2005
The story of two young men who take the ultimate stand for what they believe. Set in the trenches of America's resurgent protest movement, Exist captures the essence of personal relationships in the midst of turmoil, and explores how far people will go to be heard. (Esther Bell Productions)
Metascore:
44
User Score:
tbd
Down to the Bone

Down to the Bone

November 25, 2005 | R
Irene (Vera Farmiga) is a working class mother living in upstate New York. She struggles to keep her marriage together and raise two sons while keeping her cocaine addiction a secret. After a series of nearly fatal mishaps, and finally hoping to make a change in her life, she decides to check herself into a rehab center. There, she meets and falls in love with a fellow reformed addict (Hugh Dillon). When one of them falls into a relapse with the addiction, their commitment to staying clean – and to each other – shatters. This beautifully wrought film accurately and authentically explores the wrenching road of recovery without ever resorting to histrionics. [Down to the Bone Productions]
Metascore:
76
User Score:
6.2
Mrs Palfrey at The Claremont

Mrs Palfrey at The Claremont

November 25, 2005
This film centers around an elegant elderly lady (Mrs Palfrey) who, after being recently widowed, moves from Scotland to London to be near to her 26 year old grandson, Desmond. When Desmond fails to return any of her several phone calls, or visit her at the resident hotel she is staying (The Claremont), fate brings her together with a young writer, Ludovic Meyer, after she has an accident outside his basement flat. (Cineville)
Metascore:
67
User Score:
8.2
The Ice Harvest

The Ice Harvest

November 23, 2005 | R
A wickedly funny thriller about thick thieves and thin ice. (Focus Features)
Metascore:
62
User Score:
8.4
Rent

Rent

November 23, 2005 | PG-13
Based on Puccini's classic opera La Boheme, Jonathan Larson's revolutionary rock opera Rent tells the story of a group of bohemians struggling to live and pay their rent in the gritty background of New York's East Village. "Measuring their loves in love," these starving artists strive for success and acceptance while enduring the obstacles of poverty, illness and the AIDS epidemic. (Sony)
Metascore:
53
User Score:
7.3
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