Category: Drama
Posted on August 10, 2014 |
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The Little House / Chiisai ouchi (2014)
Drama
A woman looks back on her family's life in Tokyo before and during WWII. A maid arrives from the countryside to work for an upper middle class family. She fits in well, but everyone's emotions are stirred up with the arrival of a student.
Starring: Takako Matsu, Haru Kuroki, Takatarô Kataoka, Hidetaka Yoshioka, Satoshi Tsumabuki, Chieko Baishô, Isao Hashizume
Director: Yôji Yamada
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Tags: Chieko Baishô, Haru Kuroki, Hidetaka Yoshioka, Isao Hashizume, Satoshi Tsumabuki, Takako Matsu, Takatarô Kataoka, Yôji Yamada
Posted on August 10, 2014 |
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The Box (2009)
Drama | Mystery | Sci-Fi | Thriller
An unhappily married couple receive a small wooden box on their doorstep. At the push of a button, the box brings its bearer instant wealth but also instantly kills someone the bearer doesn't know.
Starring: Cameron Diaz, Gillian Jacobs, James Marsden, Frank Langella, James Rebhorn, Holmes Osborne
Director: Richard Kelly
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Posted on August 9, 2014 |
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Twin Peaks (TV Series 1990-1991)
Crime | Drama | Mystery | Thriller
The body of Laura Palmer is washed up on a beach near the small Washington state town of Twin Peaks. FBI Special Agent Dale Cooper is called in to investigate her strange demise only to uncover a web of mystery that ultimately leads him deep into the heart of the surrounding woodland and his very own soul.
Starring: Kyle MacLachlan, Michael Ontkean, Mädchen Amick, Dana Ashbrook, Richard Beymer, Lara Flynn Boyle, Sherilyn Fenn, Warren Frost, Peggy Lipton, James Marshall, Everett McGill, Jack Nance, Joan Chen
Creator: Mark Frost, David Lynch
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Tags: Dana Ashbrook, David Lynch, Everett McGill, Jack Nance, James Marshall, Joan Chen, Kyle MacLachlan, Lara Flynn Boyle, Mädchen Amick, Mark Frost, Michael Ontkean, Peggy Lipton, Richard Beymer, Sherilyn Fenn, Warren Frost
Posted on August 9, 2014 |
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Starred Up (2013)
Drama
Prison drama about a troubled and explosively violent teenager who is transferred to adult prison, where he finally meets his match – a man who also happens to be his father. 19 year-old Eric Love is a violent, young offender, prematurely thrown into the dark world of an adult prison. As he struggles to assert himself against the prison officers and the other inmates, he has to confront his own father, Nev, a man who has spent most of his life in jail. As Eric forges allegiances with other prisoners, he learns that his rage can be overcome, and discovers the new rules of survival. But there are forces at work which threaten to destroy him….
Starring: Jack O'Connell, Ben Mendelsohn, Rupert Friend, Sam Spruell, Anthony Welsh, David Ajala
Director: David Mackenzie
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Tags: Anthony Welsh, Ben Mendelsohn, David Ajala, David Mackenzie, Jack O'Connell, Rupert Friend, Sam Spruell
Posted on August 8, 2014 |
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Rosemary's Baby (TV Mini-Series 2014)
Drama | Horror | Mystery
Rosemary and Guy are incredulous at their good fortune and find comfort in a strange city among their new friends and neighbors, the Castevets. This well-to-do successful older couple takes the newcomers under their wing and become very involved with the Woodhouses' lives. Things seem to be perfect as Rosemary becomes pregnant and Guy's career takes off. As their spirited best friend, Guy's co-worker Julie, spends quality time with Rosemary in the city, she finds Rosemary's health worrying and cautions both of them that something isn't right. Soon there are other signs warning Rosemary to be careful.
Starring: Zoe Saldana, Patrick J. Adams, Jason Isaacs, Carole Bouquet
Creator: Scott Abbott, Ira Levin, James Wong
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Tags: Carole Bouquet, Ira Levin, James Wong, Jason Isaacs, Patrick J. Adams, Scott Abbott, Zoe Saldana
Posted on August 8, 2014 |
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The Double (2013)
Drama | Thriller
A comedy centered on a man who is driven insane by the appearance of his doppleganger.
Starring: Mia Wasikowska, Sally Hawkins, Jesse Eisenberg, Wallace Shawn, Yasmin Paige, Noah Taylor
Director: Richard Ayoade
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Tags: Jesse Eisenberg, Mia Wasikowska, Noah Taylor, Richard Ayoade, Sally Hawkins, Wallace Shawn, Yasmin Paige
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Black Robe (1991)
Adventure | Drama | History | Western
A 17th century Jesuit priest and his young companion are escorted through the wilderness of Quebec by Algonquin Indians to find a distant mission in the dead of winter. The Jesuit experiences a spiritual journey while his young companion falls in love with the Algonquin chief's beautiful daughter. Dread and death follows them upriver.
Starring: Lothaire Bluteau, Aden Young, Sandrine Holt, August Schellenberg, Tantoo Cardinal
Director: Bruce Beresford
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Tags: Aden Young, August Schellenberg, Bruce Beresford, Lothaire Bluteau, Sandrine Holt, Tantoo Cardinal
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The Children's Hour / The Loudest Whisper (1961)
Drama
Karen and Martha are the headmistresses of an exclusive school for girls. When they discipline a malicious little girl, the vindictive child twists an overheard comment into slander and accuses her teachers of questionable behavior. Soon the scandalous gossip engulfs the school's community, with repercussions that are swift, crushing and tragic.
Starring: Audrey Hepburn, Shirley MacLaine, James Garner, Miriam Hopkins, Fay Bainter, Karen Balkin
Director: William Wyler
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Tags: Audrey Hepburn, Fay Bainter, James Garner, Karen Balkin, Miriam Hopkins, Shirley MacLaine, William Wyler
Posted on August 8, 2014 |
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About Alex (2014)
Comedy | Drama
'About Alex' is the story of seven college friends who reunite over a three-day weekend, after one of them attempts suicide. When the friends get together to keep an eye on Alex, the weekend that ensues will renew old crushes and resentments, shine light on bad decisions, and ultimately push friendships and relationships to the brink as the group tries to speculate when the simple life of their college years turned so muddy and complex. Sometimes irreverent, sometimes poetic, and always moving, About Alex is a searingly honest look at the changing nature of adult friendship in the Facebook/Twitter generation.
Starring: Nate Parker, Jason Ritter, Maggie Grace, Max Greenfield, Aubrey Plaza, Max Minghella, Jane Levy
Director: Jesse Zwick
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Tags: Aubrey Plaza, Jane Levy, Jason Ritter, Jesse Zwick, Maggie Grace, Max Greenfield, Max Minghella, Nate Parker
Posted on August 8, 2014 |
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After (2014)
Drama | Mystery
Set in the winter of 2002 in chilly upstate New York, AFTER tells the story of a middle class family struggling with the financial consequences of a failing family business and a series of intergenerational conflicts and rivalries. But, what truly threatens to upset their delicate balance– and shatter the emotionally fragile family matriarch, (played by Academy Award-nominee, Kathleen Quinlan)– is an intricately buried secret that, if revealed, could alter their lives irrevocably. A searing study of denial, deception, and self-delusion, AFTER is also a powerful portrait of the lengths we go to protect those we love.
Starring: Kathleen Quinlan, John Doman, Pablo Schreiber, Sabrina Gennarino, Adam Scarimbolo, Diane Neal, Darrin Dewitt Henson, Bruno Gunn
Director: Pieter Gaspersz
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Tags: Adam Scarimbolo, Bruno Gunn, Darrin Dewitt Henson, Diane Neal, John Doman, Kathleen Quinlan, Pablo Schreiber, Pieter Gaspersz, Sabrina Gennarino
Posted on August 7, 2014 |
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Belle (2013)
Drama
The story of the life of Dido Elizabeth Belle, the illegitimate daughter of Admiral Sir John Lindsay of the Royal Navy and an enslaved African woman, Maria Belle. Recognized by her father, she is sent to live in the household of William Murray, 1st Earl of Mansfield, her powerful and wealthy great-uncle. As debate rages regarding the legitimacy of the slave trade in Britain, she comes of age as gentlewoman, though her place in society is precarious.
Starring: Gugu Mbatha-Raw, Matthew Goode, Emily Watson, Tom Wilkinson, Miranda Richardson, Tom Felton, Penelope Wilton
Director: Amma Asante
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Posted on August 7, 2014 |
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War Story / Untitled Mark Jackson Project (2014)
Drama
A war photographer who recently endured a brutal detainment in Libya holes up in Sicily to come to terms with her ordeal, not far from the home of her former lover and mentor. Soon she crosses paths with a Tunisian migrant in need of an abortion and safe passage to France, who bears a striking resemblance to a Libyan girl Lee photographed just before her capture.
Starring: Catherine Keener, Hafsia Herzi, Ben Kingsley
Director: Mark Jackson
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Posted on August 6, 2014 |
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An Inspector Calls (1954)
Crime | Drama | Mystery
The comfortable complacency of the British Birling family is upset when Inspector Poole (Alastair Sim) comes calling. An impoverished young working girl named Eva Smith (Jane Wenham) has committed suicide, and Poole hopes that the Birlings will help him find out why. As the evening progresses, a series of flashbacks reveal that each member of the Birling family has in some small way been responsible for Eva's demise. A twist ending adds a mystical, thought-provoking touch to the proceedings.
Starring: Alastair Sim, Jane Wenham, Brian Worth, Eileen Moore, Olga Lindo, Arthur Young
Director: Guy Hamilton
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Posted on August 6, 2014 |
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Oliver Twist (1948)
Adventure | Crime | Drama
Based on the Charles Dickens novel Oliver Twist is about an orphan boy who runs away from a workhouse and meets a pickpocket on the streets of London. Oliver is taken in by the pickpocket and he joins a household of young boys who are trained to steal for their master. This version of Oliver Twist is topped by Alec Guinness's masterly performance of arch-thug Fagin.
Starring: Alec Guinness, Robert Newton, Kay Walsh, John Howard Davies, Henry Stephenson, Francis L. Sullivan
Director: David Lean
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Posted on August 6, 2014 |
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Heaven Knows, Mr. Allison (1957)
Action | Adventure | Drama | War
This beautiful romantic drama, set during World War II, co-stars Robert Mitchum and Deborah Kerr (whose performance earned her a Best Actress Oscar nomination in 1957). Stranded on a Pacific Island, an Irish nun (Kerr) and a heroic Marine sergeant live a life of constant peril, hiding from Japanese troopers who have a base on the island. Eventually, the sergeant falls deeply in love with the religious woman, which compels her to question her vows. With its surprising blend of suspense and humour, excellent performances and acclaimed direction by John Huston, this 'unique and powerful' (Los Angeles Times) film is a true classic.
Starring: Robert Mitchum, Deborah Kerr
Director: John Huston
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Posted on August 6, 2014 |
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When I Saw You / Lamma shoftak (2012)
Drama
Tarek, 11, and his mother Ghaydaa, are amongst this latest wave of refugees in Jordan. Placed in “temporary” refugee camps made up of tents and prefab houses until they would be able to return, they wait, like the generation before them who arrived in 1948. With difficulties adjusting to life in Harir camp and a longing to be reunited with his father, Tarek searches a way out, and discovers a new hope emerging with the times. Eventually his free spirit and curious nature lead him to a group of people on a journey that will change their lives.
Starring: Mahmoud Asfa, Ruba Blal, Saleh Bakri, Ali Elayan, Ruba Shamshoum, Ahmad Srour, Firas W. Taybeh
Director: Annemarie Jacir
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Posted on August 6, 2014 |
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Miss Lovely (2012)
Drama
A Hindi feature film set in the lower depths of Bombay's "C" grade film industry. Miss Lovely follows the devastating story of two brothers who produce sleazy horror films in the mid-1980s.
Starring: Anil George, Nawazuddin Siddiqui, Niharika Singh
Director: Ashim Ahluwalia
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Posted on August 6, 2014 |
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Patang / The Kite (2011)
Drama
In the city of Ahmadabad, six people are taken on an extraordinary journey during India's largest kite festival. Each year a million kites circle the skies of the old city. Wishing to share the festival's colorful splendor with his daughter, a thriving Delhi businessman takes her on a surprise trip to his childhood home. Yet among the music, fireworks, and light stirs thick emotions and fading dreams. He is forced to mend the broken relationships he left behind. A story of healing and renewal illustrated by actors and non-actors respectively, Patang offers a startling array of beauty and pain stirring among the kites in the sky.
Starring: Nawazuddin Siddiqui, Mukkund Shukla, Seema Biswas, Sugandha Garg, Aakash Maheriya
Director: Prashant Bhargava
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Posted on August 5, 2014 |
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Ask This of Rikyu / Rikyû ni tazuneyo (2013)
Drama
Sen no Rikyu (Ebizo Ichikawa) is the son of a fish shop owner. Sen no Rikyu then studies tea and eventually becomes one of the primary influences upon the Japanese tea ceremony. With his elegant esthetics, Sen no Rikyu is favored by the most powerful man in Japan Toyotomi Hideyoshi (Nao Omori) and becomes one of his closest advisors. Due to conflicts, Toyotomi Hideyoshi then orders Sen no Rikyu to commit seppuku (suicide).
Starring: Ebizô Ichikawa, Miki Nakatani, Danjuro Ichikawa, Yûsuke Iseya, Nao Ômori, Riko Narumi, Seiji Fukushi, Clara
Director: Mitsutoshi Tanaka
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Tags: Clara, Danjuro Ichikawa, Ebizô Ichikawa, Miki Nakatani, Mitsutoshi Tanaka, Nao Ômori, Riko Narumi, Seiji Fukushi, Yûsuke Iseya
Posted on August 5, 2014 |
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Jarhead (2005)
Biography | Drama | War
Set during the Gulf War, the episodic tale follows Anthony Swofford (a.k.a. "Swoff"), a third- generation enlistee, from his sobering stint in boot camp to active duty, where he's sporting a sniper's rifle and a hundred-pound ruck sack on his back, while moving through Middle East deserts with no cover from the intolerable heat. As well, he advances with no protection from the Iraqi soldiers–and there's always a potential enemy sighting, just over the next horizon. Swoff and his fellow Marines sustain themselves on humor and camaraderie as they tread the blazing desert fields in a country they don't understand, against an enemy they can't see, for a cause they don't fully fathom.
Starring: Jake Gyllenhaal, Peter Sarsgaard, Lucas Black, Jamie Foxx, Brian Geraghty, Jacob Vargas, Chris Cooper
Director: Sam Mendes
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Tags: Brian Geraghty, Chris Cooper, Jacob Vargas, Jake Gyllenhaal, Jamie Foxx, Lucas Black, Peter Sarsgaard, Sam Mendes