October 2006
October 6
    Wide
    Employee of the Month
     
Main Cast: Jessica Simpson, Dane Cook, Dax Shepard
Director: Greg Coolidge
Distributor: Lions Gate
Rating: PG-13
Running Time: 103 min
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    Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning
     
Main Cast: Jordana Brewster, Taylor Handley, Andrew Bryniarski
Director: Jonathan Liebesman
Distributor: New Line Cinema
Rating: R
Running Time: 84 min
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    The Departed
     
Main Cast: Leonardo DiCaprio, Matt Damon, Mark Wahlberg
Director: Martin Scorsese
Distributor: Warner Bros.
Rating: R
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    Limited
    Shortbus
     
Main Cast: Sook-Yin Lee, Paul Dawson, Lindsay Beamish
Director: John Cameron Mitchell
Distributor: ThinkFilm
Rating: Unrated
Running Time: 102 min
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October 13
    Wide
    Man of the Year
     
Main Cast: Robin Williams, Laura Linney, Christopher Walken
Director: Barry Levinson
Distributor: Universal
Rating: PG-13
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    The Grudge 2
     
Main Cast: Amber Tamblyn, Sarah Michelle Gellar
Director: Takashi Shimizu
Distributor: Sony/Columbia
Rating: PG-13
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    The Marine
     
Main Cast: John Cena
Director: John Bonito
Distributor: Twentieth Century Fox
Rating: PG-13
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    Limited
    Alex Rider: Operation Stormbreaker
     
Main Cast: Alex Pettyfer, Sophie Okonedo, Alicia Silverstone
Director: Geoffrey Sax
Distributor: WeinsteinCo.
Rating: PG-13
Running Time: 87 min
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    Driving Lessons
     
Main Cast: Rupert Grint, Laura Linney, Julie Walters
Director: Jeremy Brock
Distributor: Sony Pictures Classics
Rating: PG-13
Running Time: 98 min
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    Infamous
     
Main Cast: Toby Jones, Sandra Bullock, Mark Ruffalo
Director: Doug McGrath
Distributor: Warner Independent Pictures
Rating: R
Running Time: 118 min
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    Tideland
     
Main Cast: Jeff Bridges, Jodelle Ferland, Brendan Fletcher
Director: Terry Gilliam
Distributor: THINKFilm
Rating: R
October 20
    Wide
    Flags of Our Fathers
     
Main Cast: Ryan Phillippe, Jesse Bradford, Paul Walker
Director: Clint Eastwood
Distributor: DreamWorks
Rating: Not yet rated
    Flicka
     
Main Cast: Alison Lohman, Tim McGraw, Ryan Kwanten
Director: Michael Mayer
Distributor: Twentieth Century Fox
Rating: PG
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    Marie Antoinette
     
Main Cast: Kirsten Dunst, Jason Schwartzman, Rip Torn
Director: Sofia Coppola
Distributor: Sony/Columbia
Rating: PG-13
Running Time: 123 min
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    The Prestige
     
Main Cast: Hugh Jackman, Christian Bale
Director: Christopher Nolan
Distributor: Touchstone Pictures
Rating: PG-13
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    Limited
    Sleeping Dogs Lie
     
Main Cast: Melinda Page Hamilton, Bryce Johnson
Director: Bob Goldthwait
Distributor: Samuel Goldwyn Co.
Rating: Unrated
Running Time: 89 min
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    The Nightmare Before Christmas 3-D
     
Main Cast: Chris Sarandon, Danny Elfman, Catherine O'Hara
Director: Henry Selick
Distributor: Walt Disney Pictures
Rating: PG
Running Time: 76 min
October 27
    Wide
    Catch a Fire
     
Main Cast: Tim Robbins, Derek Luke, Bonnie Henna
Director: Phillip Noyce
Distributor: Focus Features
Rating: PG-13
Running Time: 102 min
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    Saw III
     
Main Cast: Tobin Bell, Shawnee Smith
Director: Darren Lynn Bousman
Distributor: Lionsgate Films
Rating: R
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    Limited
    Babel
     
Main Cast: Brad Pitt, Cate Blanchett, Gael Garcia Bernal, Koji Yakusho
Director: Alejandro Gonzalez IƱarritu
Distributor: Paramount Vantage
Rating: R
Running Time: 142 min
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    Running With Scissors
     
Main Cast: Annette Bening, Joseph Cross, Gwyneth Paltrow
Director: Ryan Murphy
Distributor: Sony/Columbia
Rating: R
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