Category: Drama
Posted on November 11, 2014 |
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Once Upon a Time in Queens / Last I Heard (2013)
Comedy | Drama
After spending 20 years in federal prison for myriad crimes, ailing mafia boss Joseph "Mr. Joe" Scoleri is released with a strict requirement not to interact with his old contacts in the mafia – and to ensure this, an FBI tail follows him. He quickly realizes that while the world around him may have changed, the habits of a mafia boss die hard.
Starring: Paul Sorvino, Michael Rapaport, Renee Props, Andrea Kelly, Lev Gorn, Steven Bauer, Chazz Palminteri
Director: Dave Rodriguez
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Believe / Theatre of Dreams (2013)
Drama
Set in 1984 and inspired by true events, 'Believe' is a funny and touching fictional tale about the legendary Manchester United football manager Sir Matt Busby, who helps a wayward boy fulfill his dream. An act of petty crime by 11 year old Georgie becomes a collision of fate as Sir Matt tracks him down, only to discover that the boy is an extraordinarily gifted footballer and captain of a team of unruly talents. Having lived with football all his life and survived the tragic 1958 Munich plane disaster, in which eight of his young players were killed, Sir Matt is still committed to continue his work of 'training lads for life' and so begins a thrilling adventure as Sir Matt Busby, comes out of retirement to transform a young group of scallywags into a dream team.
Starring: Natascha McElhone, Brian Cox, Toby Stephens, Anne Reid, Jack Smith
Director: David Scheinmann
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Posted on November 11, 2014 |
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Abuse of Weakness / Abus de faiblesse (2013)
Drama
A stroke-afflicted filmmaker is manipulated by a notorious con man.
Starring: Isabelle Huppert, Kool Shen
Director: Catherine Breillat
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The Trigger Effect (1996)
Drama | Thriller
When the lights go out and stay out for several days, suburbanites Matthew and Annie learn the hard way that man is "by nature" a predatory creature. Matthew's long-time friend, Joe, happens by on the second day and a rivalry between the two friends simmers as Annie cares for her sick baby. Rumors of looting spread throughout the neighborhood. No longer safe in their own home, they decide to drive to Annie's parents some 500 miles away. Before they reach their destination, more trouble comes their way when they stop to siphon gas from an abandoned car and discover the driver in the back seat… Is this what is meant by "man's inhumanity to man?
Starring: Kyle MacLachlan, Elisabeth Shue, Dermot Mulroney, Richard T. Jones, Bill Smitrovich, Michael Rooker
Director: David Koepp
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Posted on November 10, 2014 |
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Downton Abbey (TV Series 2010-2015)
Drama | Romance
The Crawleys have been the Earls of Grantham since 1772. In the drawing rooms and library and beautiful bedrooms, with their tall windows looking across the park, lives the family, but below stairs are other residents, the servants, as fiercely possessive of their ranks as anyone above. Some of them are loyal to the family and are committed to Downton as a way of life, others are moving through, on the look out for new opportunities or love or just adventure. The difference being that they know so many of the secrets of the family, while the family knows so few of theirs…
Starring: Hugh Bonneville, Laura Carmichael, Jim Carter, Brendan Coyle, Michelle Dockery, Joanne Froggatt, Phyllis Logan, Elizabeth McGovern, Sophie McShera, Lesley Nicol, Maggie Smith, Penelope Wilton, Rob James-Collier, Kevin Doyle, Allen Leech, David Robb
Creator: Julian Fellowes
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Tags: Allen Leech, Brendan Coyle, David Robb, Elizabeth McGovern, Hugh Bonneville, Jim Carter, Joanne Froggatt, Julian Fellowes, Kevin Doyle, Laura Carmichael, Lesley Nicol, Maggie Smith, Michelle Dockery, Penelope Wilton, Phyllis Logan, Rob James-Collier, Sophie McShera
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The Giver (2014)
Drama | Sci-Fi
The story of a perfect world. Everyone here is happy. When Jonas is 12 years old, he's chosen to be the community's Receiver of Memories. He enters into training with an old man called The Giver. From the Giver, Jonas learns about pain, sadness, war, and all the unhappy truths of the "real" world. He quickly realizes that his community is fake. Confronted with this reality, Jonas faces difficult choices about his own life and his future.
Starring: Jeff Bridges, Brenton Thwaites, Alexander Skarsgård, Katie Holmes, Meryl Streep, Taylor Swift, Odeya Rush
Director: Phillip Noyce
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Tags: Alexander Skarsgård, Brenton Thwaites, Jeff Bridges, Katie Holmes, Meryl Streep, Odeya Rush, Phillip Noyce, Taylor Swift
Posted on November 10, 2014 |
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Dog Pound (2010)
Drama
Three juvenile delinquents arrive at a correctional center and are put under the care of an experienced guard.
Starring: Adam Butcher, Shane Kippel, Mateo Morales
Director: Kim Chapiron
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Posted on November 10, 2014 |
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Animal Farm (1954)
Animation | Drama
Britain's second animated feature, which, despite the title and Disney-esque animal animation, is in fact a no-holds-barred adaptation of George Orwell's classic satire on Stalinism, with the animals taking over their farm by means of a revolutionary coup, but then discovering that although all animals are supposed to be equal, some are more equal than others…
Starring: Gordon Heath, Maurice Denham
Director: Joy Batchelor, John Halas
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Posted on November 9, 2014 |
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Gift (2014)
Drama
Zenzo Shinozaki (Kenichi Endo) made a fortune in his lifetime working as a company president. Due to his bad temper, he has been isolated from people. Saori Yamane (Rena Matsui) works as a hostess at a bar. In her past, she killed her mother to protect her younger sibling. Zenzo Shinozaki then proposes to pay Saori 100 million yen for 100 hours of her time. Their lonely trip begins.
Starring: Ken'ichi Endô, Rena Matsui
Director: Tarô Miyaoka
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Posted on November 9, 2014 |
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Beyond a Reasonable Doubt (2009)
Crime | Drama | Mystery | Thriller
High profile District Attorney Mark Hunter has an impeccable record putting criminals behind bars and is a shoo-in for governor in the upcoming election. But when ambitious rookie journalist, C.J. Nicholas begins investigating Hunter for tampering with evidence to secure his convictions, the district attorney's perfect record is up for scrutiny. Commencing a risky game of cat and mouse with Hunter, C.J. frames himself as a murder suspect to catch the corrupt D.A. in the act. Romantically involved with C.J. but unaware of his assignment, Assistant D.A. Ella Crystal becomes caught between her boss's political ambitions and C.J.'s dangerous exposé. As mounting evidence stacks up against both men, Ella's own life becomes threatened when she discovers incriminating proof that puts the fate of both Nicholas's innocence and Hunter's reputation in her hands.
Starring: Michael Douglas, Amber Tamblyn, Jesse Metcalfe, Joel David Moore, Orlando Jones, Lawrence P. Beron
Director: Peter Hyams
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Posted on November 8, 2014 |
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The Vampire Diaries (TV Series 2009-2017)
Drama | Fantasy | Horror | Mystery | Romance | Teen | Thriller
As the school year begins, Elena Gilbert is immediately drawn to a handsome and mysterious new student, Stefan Salvatore. Elena has no way of knowing that Stefan is a vampire struggling to live peacefully among humans, while his brother Damon is the embodiment of vampire violence and brutality.
Starring: Paul Wesley, Ian Somerhalder, Kat Graham, Candice Accola, Zach Roerig, Michael Trevino, Nina Dobrev, Steven R. McQueen, Matthew Davis
Creator: Kevin Williamson, Julie Plec
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Tags: Candice Accola, Ian Somerhalder, Julie Plec, Kat Graham, Kevin Williamson, Matthew Davis, Michael Trevino, Nina Dobrev, Paul Wesley, Steven R. McQueen, Zach Roerig
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The Newsroom (TV Series 2012- )
Drama
The Newsroom is an American drama television series created and primarily written by Aaron Sorkin that premiered on HBO on June 24, 2012. The series chronicles the behind-the-scenes events at the fictional Atlantis Cable News (ACN) channel. It features an ensemble cast including Jeff Daniels as anchor Will McAvoy, who, together with his staff set out to put on a news show "in the face of corporate and commercial obstacles and their own personal entanglements."[1] Other cast members include Emily Mortimer, John Gallagher, Jr., Alison Pill, Thomas Sadoski, Dev Patel, Olivia Munn, and Sam Waterston.
Starring: Jeff Daniels, Emily Mortimer, John Gallagher Jr., Alison Pill, Thomas Sadoski, Dev Patel, Olivia Munn, Sam Waterston, Chris Chalk, John F. Carpenter, Trieu Tran, Margaret Judson, Adina Porter, Charlie Weirauch, Wynn Everett, Thomas Matthews, Chris Messina, David Harbour, Riley Voelkel
Creator: Aaron Sorkin
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Tags: Aaron Sorkin, Adina Porter, Alison Pill, Charlie Weirauch, Chris Chalk, Chris Messina, David Harbour, Dev Patel, Emily Mortimer, Jeff Daniels, John F. Carpenter, John Gallagher Jr., Margaret Judson, Olivia Munn, Riley Voelkel, Sam Waterston, Thomas Matthews, Thomas Sadoski, Trieu Tran, Wynn Everett
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Haven (TV Series 2010- )
Crime | Drama | Fantasy | Horror | Mystery | Sci-Fi | Thriller
When shrewd and confident FBI Special Agent Audrey Parker arrives in the small town of Haven she soon finds herself caught up with the return of The Troubles, a plague of supernatural afflictions that occurred in the town at least once before. If that was not enough to draw her in, she also finds a link that may lead her to the mother she has never known.
Starring: Eric Balfour, Emily Rose, Lucas Bryant, Richard Donat, John Dunsworth
Creator: Sam Ernst, Jim Dunn, Stephen King
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Posted on November 8, 2014 |
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Un singe en hiver / A Monkey in Winter (1962)
Comedy | Drama
Albert is an inn owner who vowed never to drink again if he and his wife survived the war. They did, and the reformed alcoholic keeps his vow. But times have changed and soon after the war, Albert comes in contact with Gabriel, a young man prone to heavy bouts with the bottle. Gabriel is conflicted over visiting his young daughter in a nearby school and in a moment of nostalgia, Albert takes off with him on one major binge — and havoc results.
Starring: Jean Gabin, Jean-Paul Belmondo, Suzanne Flon
Director: Henri Verneuil
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Posted on November 7, 2014 |
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Le règne de la beauté / Deux nuits / An Eye for Beauty (2014)
Drama
Le film raconte l'histoire de Luc (Éric Bruneau), un architecte dans la trentaine en pleine ascension professionnelle, qui habite la région de Charlevoix, au Québec. Celui-ci vit le rêve : il est marié à une jolie entraîneuse sportive, il dispose d'un bon réseau d'amis et il s'adonne à de nombreuses activités sportives (chasse, pêche, ski, hockey, golf). Rien ne semble pouvoir atteindre sa vie parfaitement lisse et plane. À l'occasion d'un voyage à Toronto toutefois, Luc a une aventure avec une autre femme. Il la revoit une seconde fois alors que celle-ci est de passage à Québec. Alors que Luc tombe amoureux de sa nouvelle conquête, sa femme, qui éprouve des problèmes de santé mentale, songe à s'enlever la vie.
Starring: Éric Bruneau, Mélanie Thierry, Melanie Merkosky, Marie-Josée Croze, Mathieu Quesnel, Geneviève Boivin-Roussy, Magalie Lépine Blondeau
Director: Denys Arcand
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Tags: Denys Arcand, Éric Bruneau, Geneviève Boivin-Roussy, Magalie Lépine Blondeau, Marie-Josée Croze, Mathieu Quesnel, Melanie Merkosky, Mélanie Thierry
Posted on November 7, 2014 |
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Make Way for Tomorrow / The Years Are So Long (1937)
Drama | Romance
At a family reunion, the Cooper clan find that their parents' home is being foreclosed. "Temporarily," Ma moves in with son George's family, Pa with daughter Cora. But the parents are like sand in the gears of their middle-aged children's well regulated households. Can the old folks take matters into their own hands?
Starring: Beulah Bondi, Fay Bainter, Victor Moore, Thomas Mitchell, Porter Hall
Director: Leo McCarey
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Posted on November 7, 2014 |
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The Lookalike (2014)
Crime | Drama | Thriller
Drug lord William Spinks has a curious obsession with Sadie Hill and uses family friends Bobby and Frank to get to her. But when Sadie's death jeopardizes a major deal, Bobby and Frank set out to find a replacement, a lookalike to fool Spinks. The shady plan propels an ex-basketball champion, a deaf beauty, an addict, and an aspiring actress into an unlikely romance and a desperate quest to start over.
Starring: Justin Long, Gillian Jacobs, John Corbett. Jerry O'Connell, Scottie Thompson, Gina Gershon, Luis Guzmán, Steven Bauer
Director: Richard Gray
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Tags: Gillian Jacobs, Gina Gershon, John Corbett. Jerry O'Connell, Justin Long, Luis Guzmán, Richard Gray, Scottie Thompson, Steven Bauer
Posted on November 6, 2014 |
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Nights with Théodore / Je suis une ville endormie (2012)
Drama | Romance
A romantic connection blossoms between two young Parisians during a succession of dreamlike nocturnal visits to a singular, beguiling park. Anna meets Theodore at a party, and together they impulsively climb the fence and enter the a nearby city park, an unusual and striking hillside public garden in northeastern Paris. The two part at dawn, but find themselves drawn back the following night, and, falling in love under the park's spell, embark on nightly explorations of its topographic mysteries, gradually discovering that, despite feeling entirely alone in the world, they may not be the only ones drawn to this magical place.
Starring: Pio Marmaï, Agathe Bonitzer, Sarah Lepicard
Director: Sébastien Betbeder
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Posted on November 5, 2014 |
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Southern Baptist Sissies (2013)
Drama
Southern Baptist Sissies is a film of the theatrical experience of writer/director Del Shores' GLAAD Award-winning play about four gay boys growing up in the Southern Baptist church. It explores the conflict between the caustic rhetoric of dogmatic religion and the fragile development of adolescent homosexuality while challenging hypocrisy, exposing damage and offering hope. The intimate experience of theater on the film screen reveals the complicated emotions from all sides–the confused child, the struggling adolescent and the angry and damaged adult.
Starring: Leslie Jordan, Dale Dickey, Willam Belli, Newell Alexander, Rosemary Alexander, Ann Walker
Director: Del Shores
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Posted on November 5, 2014 |
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Common People (2013)
Comedy | Drama
COMMON PEOPLE weaves together six stories and over thirty characters to present a dramatic, humorous and sometimes magical tale of romance, crisis and adventure on one of London's luscious commons. With raw, funny and compelling performances from a talented ensemble of actors aged seven to seventy, COMMON PEOPLE touches on many of the issues affecting ordinary people today in a heartfelt, poignant and ultimately uplifting celebration of everyday humanity.
Starring: Sam Kelly, Diana Payan, Iarla McGowan, Melody Weston Shaw, Michael Ballard, Josh Herdman, Jeff Mash
Director: Stewart Alexander, Kerry Skinner
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