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Title

Code Name: The Cleaner

Release Date

January 5, 2007 (USA)

Rating

PG-13

Run Time

91 Minutes

Director

Les Mayfield

Writer(s)

Robert Adetuyi and George Gallo

Main Cast

Cedric the Entertainer, Lucy Liu, Nicollette Sheridan

Studio

New Line Cinema

Genre

Action, Comedy, Crime

Synopsis

Cedric plays Jake, a seemingly regular guy who has no idea who he is after being hit over the head by mysterious assailants. When he finds himself unexpectedly entangled in a high-level government conspiracy, Jake and his pursuers begin to believe that he is an undercover agent who subconsciously holds a key piece of information that could expose an arms deal involving the CIA and FBI (Studio).

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Title

Freedom Writers

Rating

PG-13

Run Time

123 Minutes

Release Date

January 5, 2007 (USA)

Director

Richard LaGravenese

Writer(s)

Richard LaGravenese (screenplay); Freedom Writers and Erin Gruwell (book)

Main Cast

Hilary Swank, Imelda Staunton, Patrick Dempsey, Scott Glenn, April L. Hernandez, Mario, Jason Finn, Hunter Parrish

Studio

Paramount Pictures

Genre

Drama

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Synopsis

Freedom Writers is inspired by a true story and the diaries of real Long Beach, California teenagers after the LA riots, during the worst outbreak of interracial gang warfare. Two-time Academy Award® winner Hilary Swank stars as Erin Gruwell, whose passion to become a teacher is soon challenged by a group of Black, Latino, and Asian gangbangers who hate her even more than each other. When Erin begins to listen to them in a way no adult has ever done, she begins to understand that for these kids, getting through the day alive is enough - they are not delinquents but teenagers fighting “a war of the streets” that began long before they were born (Studio).

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Freedom Writers

         


 

Title

Home of the Brave

Rating

R

Run Time

105 Minutes

Release Date

January 5, 2007

Director

Irwin Winkler

Writer(s)

Mark Friedman (screenplay); Mark Friedman (story) & Irwin Winkler (story)

Main Cast

Samuel L. Jackson, 50 Cent, Jessica Biel Brian Presley, Victoria Rowell

Studio

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer

Genre

Action, Action, Drama, History, War

Synopsis

Home of the Brave explores the homecoming of U.S. troops from the war in Iraq. In this stirring, unflinching and multi-layered war drama, a diverse group of National Guard soldiers returns to Spokane, Washington after getting caught in a harrowing Iraqi street ambush that will change each of their lives in profound ways (Studio).

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Home of the Brave

         


 

Title

Alpha Dog

Rating

R

Run Time

122 Minutes

Release Date

January 12, 2007

Director

Nick Cassavetes

Writer(s)

Nick Cassavetes

Main Cast

Justin Timberlake, Anton Yelchin, Bruce Willis, Sharon Stone, Emile Hirsch, Ben Foster, Shawn Hatosy

Studio

Universal Pictures

Genre

Crime, Drama

Synopsis

Inspired by actual events, Alpha Dog follows three fateful days when the lives of a group of Southern California teens suddenly dead-ended. In Alpha Dog, cocky and headstrong Johnny Truelove is living the thug wannabe’s American dream as a mid-level drug dealer in a comfortable sector of the sprawling, privileged neighborhoods in Los Angeles’ San Gabriel Valley. For Johnny and his crew of bros, wannabes and suck-ups – landlocked in their suburban existence and burdened with too much time – their existence is a heady blur of partying and looking for the next thrill. The model of the good life they imitate comes to them from rap music, video games and movies, and they spend their conscious hours copying the thug life they idolize (Studio).

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Alpha Dog

         


 

Title

Stomp the Yard

Rating

PG-13

Run Time

114 Minutes

Release Date

January 12, 2007

Director

Sylvain White

Writer(s)

Robert Adetuyi and Gregory Ramon Anderson

Main Cast

Columbus Short, Brian J. White, Ne-Yo, Meagan Good, Darrin DeWitt Henson and Laz Alonso

Studio

Sony Pictures

Genre

Drama, Musical

Synopsis

When DJ (Columbus Short), a troubled youth from Los Angeles, moves to Atlanta to attend Truth University, he discovers “stepping,” the age-old style of dance traditionally done in African-American Fraternities, where teams demonstrate complex moves and create rhythmic sounds by using their bodies. DJ’s raw talent and. hip-hop inspired moves quickly place him at the center of a fierce rivalry between two fraternities (Studio).

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Stomp the Yard

         


 

Title

Breaking and Entering

Rating

R

Run Time

120 Minutes

Release Date

January 26, 2007

Director

Anthony Minghella

Writer(s)

Anthony Minghella

Main Cast

Jude Law, Vera Farmiga, Juliette Binoche, Martin Freeman, Ray Winstone Robin Wright Penn

Studio

The Weinstein Company

Genre

Drama

Synopsis

Breaking and Entering tells the story of a series of thefts – some criminal, some emotional – set against a backdrop of London's changing geographical and cultural landscape. Will is a partner in a thriving landscape architecture firm which he runs with his friend, Sandy. Professionally, things could not be better but Will spends less and less time at home with his beautiful, melancholy partner and her troubled daughter. Will's office has recently relocated to the centre of Europe's most ambitious urban regeneration site and their state-of-the-art studio repeatedly attracts the attention of thieves. After one of the break-ins, Will follows the teenager back to the apartment he shares with his mother. With his relationship already in crisis, Will embarks on a passionate journey into both the wilder side of himself and the city in which he lives.  (Studio).

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Title

Smokin' Aces

Rating

R

Run Time

109 Minutes

Release Date

January 26, 2007

Director

Joe Carnahan

Writer(s)

Joe Carnahan

Main Cast

Ben Affleck, Andy Garcia, Alicia Keys, Ray Liotta, Jeremy Piven, Ryan Reynolds, Peter Berg, Taraji Henson, Chris Pine, Martin Henderson, Jason Bateman, Common

Studio

Universal Pictures

Genre

Drama, Dark Comedy

Synopsis

In Smokin' Aces' interlocking tales of high stakes and low lifes, Mob boss Primo Sparazza has taken out a hefty contract on Buddy "Aces" Israel (Piven)—a sleazy magician who has agreed to turn state’s evidence against the Vegas mob. The FBI, sensing a chance to use this small-time con to bring down big-target Sparazza, places Aces into protective custody-under the supervision of two agents (Reynolds and Liotta) dispatched to Aces' Lake Tahoe hideout.

When word of the price on Aces’ head spreads into the community of ex-cons and cons-to-be, it entices bounty hunters, thugs-for-hire, smokin’ hot vixens and double-crossing mobsters to join in the hunt. With all eyes on Tahoe, this rogues' gallery collides in a comic race to hit the jackpot and rub out Aces (Studio).

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Smokin' Aces

         
   

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