MGM, Dec. 2006, Directed by Sylvester Stallone, 102 min., Cast: Sylvester Stallone (Rocky Balboa), Burt Young (Paulie), Tony Burton (Duke), Antonio Tarver (Mason “The Line” Dixon), Geraldine Hughes (Marie), Milo Ventimiglia (Rocky Jr.), James Francis Kelly III (Steps), Pedro Lovell (Spider Rico)
We catch up to Rocky Balboa years later and find him grieving at the [...]

20th Century Fox, Dec. 2006, Directed by Shawn Levy, 108 min.  Cast: Ben Stiller (Larry Daley), Dick Van Dyke (Cecil), Carla Gugino (Rebecca), Robin Williams (Theodore Roosevelt), Owen Wilson (Jedediah), Steve Coogan (Octavius), Jake Cherry (Nick), Mickey Rooney (Gus), Bill Cobbs (Reginald), Ricky Gervaise (Dr. McPhee)
Larry Daley (Ben Stiller) is a self-made down-on-his-luck entrepreneur, or [...]

Paramount Pictures, Dec. 2006, Directed by Gary Winick, 96 minutes, Cast: Dominic Scott Kay (Wilbur), Julia Roberts (Charlotte), Dakota Fanning (Fern), Steve Buscemi (Templeton), John Cleese (Samuel), Oprah Winfrey (Gussy), Cedric the Entertainer (Golly), Robert Redford (Ike), Kevin Anderson (Mr. Arable), Essie Davis (Mrs. Arable), Gary Basaraba (Homer Zuckerman).
A delightful story based upon the popular [...]

New Line Cinema, 12/1/06, Directed by: Catherine Hardwicke, 101 Min., Cast: Keisha Castle-Hughes (Mary), Oscar Isaac (Joseph), Shohreh Aghdashloo (Elizabeth), Stanley Townsend (Zechariah), Ciaran Hinds (Herod The Great).
Come see this movie, it is time well spent, even during the busy Christmas season.  After all it is the story of the season and actually well done.  [...]

Columbia Pictures, 11/2006, directed by Martin Campbell.  Starring:  Daniel Craig (Bond), Eva Green (Vesper Lynd), Mads Mikkelsen (Le Chiffre), Judi Dench (M).  144 minutes.
I admit it, I am a Bond fan and I have always found something to like in every portrayal and every different actor who has played James Bond.  Sean Connery is my [...]

:Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan, From: 20th Century Fox/Film Forum, 11/9/06.  Producers: Monica Levinson, Dan Mazer, Jay Roach; Director: Larry Charles; Starring: British comedian- Sacha Baron Cohen, Kenneth Davitian.
This film pretends to be a documentary starting in Kazakhstan with a pseudo journalist named Borat (Sacha Baron Cohen) traveling to [...]

Warner Bros., oct. 2006, directed by Clint Eastwood.  Starring: Ryan Phillipe, Jesse Bradford, Adam Beach.
The film is far different than the trailers would seem to indicate.  It is really two separate stories. First there is the story of the battle for Iwo Jima, one of the greatest sieges in American military history.  Over 7,000 Americans [...]

Paramount Pictures, 2006, Directed by Oliver Stone.  Starring: Nicolas Cage, Michael Pena
This is an excellent movie.  Not at all the usual Oliver Stone movie.  No conspiracy theories, no politics, just the story of regular folks caught in the midst of a huge event and their heroic responses to the situation.  The acting is quite good [...]

Disney Studios, 2006, 140 min., Starring:  Johnny Depp, Orlando Bloom, Keira knightley.
Those who liked the first ‘Pirates’ will enjoy the continuing story in #2.  Will Turner and Elizabeth Swann are getting married, Lord Beckett of the East India Trading Co., invades with a myriad of Red Coats and breaks up the wedding, arresting the couple [...]

Warner Bros., 2006.  Directed by: Bryan Singer  Starring: Brandon Routh, Kevin Spacey, Kate Bosworth.
The story begins 5 years after “Superman II” (1980).  Superman returns from space after a 5 year failed attempt to discover any remaining remnants of his home planet, Krypton.  Brandon Routh does a very good job of playing Clark Kent/Superman, and picking [...]