Category: Drama
Posted on October 16, 2013 |
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The Negotiator: The Movie / Kôshônin: The movie – Taimu rimitto kôdo 10,000 m no zunôsen (2010)
Action | Drama
¥ 260,000,000 is stolen from armored vehicle. The criminals escape into a crowded shopping mall and take over 50 hostages. Reiko Usagi (Ryoko Yonekura) and the SIT members are called in to break the stand-off. When Reiko goes into the shopping mall to negotiate, an explosion suddenly occurs. The hostages panic and run, while the criminals are able to blend into crowd of people and escape. A few weeks later, Reiko is at the Haneda Airport to go on a vacation. She then spots Yusuke Kimoto (Kento Hayashi), a man who was one of the hostages at the shopping mall. Reiko remembers Yusuke's bizarre behavior and her instinct starts kicking in. She decides to follow the man and boards the airplane that Yusuke is taking. Shortly after take-off her instincts prove correct. The airplane is hijacked …
Starring: Hiroki Narimiya, Sôsuke Takaoka, Takashi Sorimachi, Ren Ohsugi, Masatô Ibu, Yû Shirota, Masahiko Tsugawa
Director: Hidetomo Matsuda
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Posted on October 15, 2013 |
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Stone Cold (1991)
Action | Crime | Drama
Joe Huff is a tough, go-it-alone cop with a flair for infiltrating dangerous biker gangs. The FBI blackmail Joe into an undercover operation to convict some extremely violent bikers, who are angry at the capture of their leader.
Starring: Brian Bosworth, Lance Henriksen, William Forsythe, Arabella Holzbog, Sam McMurray, Richard Gant, Paulo Tocha
Director: Craig R. Baxley
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Tags: Arabella Holzbog, Brian Bosworth, Craig R. Baxley, Lance Henriksen, Paulo Tocha, Richard Gant, Sam McMurray, William Forsythe
Posted on October 15, 2013 |
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Bonjour tristesse / Bonjour Tristesse (1958)
Drama
Cecile is a decadent young girl who lives with her rich playboy father Raymond. When Anne, Raymond's old love interest, comes to Raymond's villa, Cecile is afraid for her way of life.
Starring: Deborah Kerr, David Niven, Jean Seberg, Mylène Demongeot, Geoffrey Horne
Director: Otto Preminger
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Tags: David Niven, Deborah Kerr, Geoffrey Horne, Jean Seberg, Mylène Demongeot, Otto Preminger
Posted on October 15, 2013 |
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Our Homeland / Kazoku no kuni (2012)
Drama
Based on the director's own experience, Our Homeland follows a Korean family living in Japan, of which the father (Masane Tsukayama) decided to take North Korean nationality because of his strong belief decades ago. In 1997, Sonho (Arata Iura), the son of the family who was sent to North Korea under a "repatriation program" with the promise of a "paradise" free of discrimination, returns to Japan for the first time in 25 years to seek treatment for his brain tumor due to the difference in medical technology between the two countries. Allowed to stay for only three months and closely monitored by a North Korean officer (Yang Ik-Joon), Sonho is welcomed and embraced by his family and old friends but his father, who is still sticking to the belief but also feeling guilty about sending his son to North Korea at the same time, while Sonho's younger sister Rie (Sakura Andô) develops the aversion to North Korea and its political ideas.
Starring: Sakura Andô, Arata Iura, Ik-Joon Yang, Kotomi Kyôno, Tatsushi Ohmori, Jun Murakami, Shogo
Director: Yong-hi Yang
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Tags: Arata Iura, Ik-Joon Yang, Jun Murakami, Kotomi Kyôno, Sakura Andô, Shogo, Tatsushi Ohmori, Yong-hi Yang
Posted on October 14, 2013 |
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Lovelace (2013)
Biography | Drama
Story follows Linda Boreman's rise to fame as iconic porn star Linda Lovelace, and her subsequent transformation into feminist, anti-pornography supporter Linda Marchiano.
Starring: Amanda Seyfried, Peter Sarsgaard, Sharon Stone, Robert Patrick, Juno Temple, Adam Brody, Hank Azaria, Bobby Cannavale, James Franco, Debi Mazar, Chris Noth, Chloë Sevigny
Director: Rob Epstein, Jeffrey Friedman
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Tags: Adam Brody, Amanda Seyfried, Bobby Cannavale, Chloë Sevigny, Chris Noth, Debi Mazar, Hank Azaria, James Franco, Jeffrey Friedman, Juno Temple, Peter Sarsgaard, Rob Epstein, Robert Patrick, Sharon Stone
Posted on October 14, 2013 |
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Clip / Klip (2012)
Drama
Jasna is a teenage girl living in the poor suburbs in the south of Belgrade, Serbia. She likes to record everything around her using a mobile phone camera. She is making videos of herself, her school friends, family and Djole – the boy of her dreams. Her family is a mess: father is terminally ill and mother is barely coping. That's why she is spending more and more time hanging out with her school friends, partying and drinking. At one of the parties, she finally starts a conversation with Djole and later they develop an intense sexual relationship. When he realizes that she will do anything to be close to him, Djole starts using her as a sexual object. Jasna starts to experiment with drugs and to skip school. Her life is getting out of control and she needs Djole to accept and reciprocate her affections.
Starring: Isidora Simijonovic, Vukasin Jasnic, Sanja Mikitisin, Jovo Maksic, Monja Savic, Katarina Pesic, Sonja Janicic, Jovana Stojiljkovic, Vladimir Gvojic, Nikola Dragutinovic, Mihajlo Nikolic
Director: Maja Milos
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Tags: Isidora Simijonovic, Jovana Stojiljkovic, Jovo Maksic, Katarina Pesic, Maja Milos, Mihajlo Nikolic, Monja Savic, Nikola Dragutinovic, Sanja Mikitisin, Sonja Janicic, Vladimir Gvojic, Vukasin Jasnic
Posted on October 14, 2013 |
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Ludwig II (2012)
Biography | Drama | History
A dramatic retelling of the life of Ludwig II, King of Bavaria, one of the most fascinating monarchs of modern times. From his accession to the throne at the age of 18 to his passionate support of Richard Wagner and his music. From his ingenuous political commitment to his obsessive construction of extravagant palaces and to his gradual withdrawal into a lonely dream world, an epic narrative of breathtaking grandeur.
Starring: Sabin Tambrea, Sebastian Schipper, Paula Beer, Josef Brandmaier, Gedeon Burkhard
Director: Marie Noelle, Peter Sehr
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Posted on October 13, 2013 |
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Playing for Time (1980)
Drama | Music
Female prisoners in a Nazi concentration camp (Auschwitz) are spared from death in return for performing music for their captors.
Starring: Vanessa Redgrave, Jane Alexander, Maud Adams, Christine Baranski, Robin Bartlett, Marisa Berenson, Verna Bloom
Director: Daniel Mann
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Posted on October 13, 2013 |
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We Don't Live Here Anymore (2004)
Drama | Romance
The movie is set in the Pacific Northwest; specifically, Washington state. We know this from a glimpse of a license plate, the craftsman architecture of the two houses, and the mature, rich landscapes in between. The setting, like the scrutiny of the four main character's lives, is defined by the narrowness of the camera's field-of view. The one commercial street in town is only seen in the reflection of a store window, a shot of a non-descript auto-yard, or the tunnel of a tree-lined suburban sidewalk. The lush, wooded landscape is understood as an immediate presence in the domestic and professional lives of the characters; a steep hill, railroad tracks, a rushing stream, and a path over an old steel bridge are revisited again and again by the characters in their capacities as lovers, parents and friends.
Starring: Mark Ruffalo, Laura Dern, Peter Krause, Naomi Watts
Director: John Curran
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Posted on October 12, 2013 |
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The Way, Way Back / The Way Way Back (2013)
Comedy | Drama
Coming-of-age comedy starring Steve Carell and Sam Rockwell. 14-year-old Duncan (Liam James) is forced to spend a summer at his mother (Toni Collette)'s new boyfriend Trent (Carell)'s beach house in upstate New York. Arrogant and a bully, Trent likes to belittle Duncan at any opportunity, leading the boy to take off on his bike to explore his new environment. It is then he comes across the Water Wizz water park and before long a friendship develops between Duncan and the park manager, Owen (Rockwell). Seeing the water park as the much needed escape he has been looking for, Duncan keeps his whereabouts a secret from the others and thanks to Owen's positive outlook and encouraging attitude begins to grow in confidence.
Starring: Steve Carell, Toni Collette, Allison Janney, AnnaSophia Robb, Sam Rockwell, Maya Rudolph, Liam James
Director: Nat Faxon, Jim Rash
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Tags: Allison Janney, AnnaSophia Robb, Jim Rash, Liam James, Maya Rudolph, Nat Faxon, Sam Rockwell, Steve Carell, Toni Collette
Posted on October 12, 2013 |
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8 Mile (2002)
Drama | Music
No matter who we are, no matter where we live, we're all bound by borders. Many of us are content to live within these borders–others are simply forced to exist within them. But some of us need to break out, burst through, even if what is on the other side is both frightening and unknown. From this comes the tale of one young man's dilemma as he navigates his way through his colliding worlds. Set against Detroit's hip-hop scene in 1995, Jimmy Smith Jr., a young white rapper, struggles to find his voice. The people of Detroit know 8 Mile Road as the city's perimeter. It is also a psychological dividing line between urban and suburban, between black and white, between where Jimmy is and where he wants to be. Here, survival is key, and for many, the emotional life preserver is hip hop. In the absence of nurturing parents, Jimmy and his friends–cool and charasmatic Future, optimistic dreamer Sol, aspiring activist DJ Iz and slow but steady Cheddar Bob–have created their own family. Jimmy and his "crew" (Three One Third), live on hopes of getting their "big break" while struggling to eke out a living at their dead end day jobs. At night, they feed their dreams in the hip hop clubs where the city's best rappers battle each other with abusive rhymes that are wielded like weapons. Here, words are meant to wound and victory belongs to the quick-witted.
Starring: Eminem, Kim Basinger, Brittany Murphy, Mekhi Phifer, Evan Jones, Omar Benson Miller
Director: Curtis Hanson
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Posted on October 12, 2013 |
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Ikarův pád / Ikaros' Fall (1977)
Drama
Dramatic story of a father, son and the whole family that deals with a serious social problem that the danger of alcoholism brings with itself.
Starring: Vladimír Mensík, Jana Hlavácová, Jaromír Hanzlík, Cestmír Randa, Regina Rázlová
Director: Frantisek Filip
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Posted on October 11, 2013 |
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Trade (2007)
Crime | Drama | Thriller
Adriana is a 13-year-old girl from Mexico City whose kidnapping by sex traffickers sets in motion a desperate mission by her 17-year-old brother, Jorge, to save her. Trapped and terrified by an underground network of international thugs who earn millions exploiting their human cargo, Adriana's only friend and protector throughout her ordeal is Veronica, a young Polish woman tricked into the trade by the same criminal gang. As Jorge dodges immigration officers and incredible obstacles to track the girls' abductors, he meets Ray, a Texas cop whose own family loss to sex trafficking leads him to become an ally in the boy's quest. Fighting with courage and hard-tested faith, the characters of Trade negotiate their way through the unspeakable terrain of the sex trade "tunnels" between Mexico and the United States. From the barrios of Mexico City and the treacherous Rio Grande border, to a secret Internet sex slave auction and the final climactic confrontation at a stash house in suburban New Jersey, Ray and Jorge forge a close bond as they give desperate chase to Adriana's kidnappers before she is sold and disappears forever into this brutal global underworld, a place from which few victims ever return.
Starring: Kevin Kline, Cesar Ramos, Alicja Bachleda, Paulina Gaitan, Kate del Castillo
Director: Marco Kreuzpaintner
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Posted on October 11, 2013 |
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India: Matri Bhumi (1959)
Documentary | Drama
The film consists of four episodes through which Roberto Rossellini’s impressions and feelings about India and its society emerge. The film opens with the story of an elephant driver getting married. This is followed by a labourer who has worked on the Irakud damn for seven years and who wants to leave the village; then there is an old peasant who saves a tiger’s life; finally, there is the story of the monkey which finds itself alone in the desert after its owner’s death. Rossellini went to India in 1957 to direct a documentary mini-series (L’India vista da Rossellini) for the Italian and French televisions. He also wanted to make a feature film. The drafted script (written with Iranian scriptwriter Fereyoun Hoveyda) completely changed as soon as he started to work with the young Indian woman Sonali Senroy Das Gupta. The feature film was shot in parallel to the documentary mini-series, with the same team.
Director: Roberto Rossellini
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Posted on October 11, 2013 |
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Escape from Tomorrow (2013)
Drama | Fantasy | Horror
In a world of fake castles and anthropomorphic rodents, an epic battle begins when an unemployed father's sanity is challenged by a chance encounter with two underage girls on holiday.
Starring: Roy Abramsohn, Elena Schuber, Alison Lees-Taylor
Director: Randy Moore
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Tags: Alison Lees-Taylor, Elena Schuber, Randy Moore, Roy Abramsohn
Posted on October 11, 2013 |
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Forgetting the Girl (2012)
Drama | Thriller
Haunted by a traumatic history, photographer Kevin Wolfe (Christopher Denham) struggles to systematically forget all his bad memories, but erasing his past threatens to consume his future. Kevin is obsessed with finding a girl who can help him forget his unpleasant past. However, all his encounters with the opposite sex inevitably go afoul, creating more awkward experiences than he can cope with. As the rejections mount, Kevin's futile search for happiness and love becomes overwhelmingly turbulent, forcing him to take desperate measures. Shot in a variety of NYC locales, from Hell's Kitchen to Greenpoint, Forgetting the Girl is a gritty vision of the city and its denizens. The tightly-woven drama blends recollections with reality to craft an intense character study of the psychologically-scarred protagonist. As beautiful as it is dark, the tense narrative slowly boils under the surface until it unleashes an unsettling climax that will not be easily forgotten.
Starring: Christopher Denham, Lindsay Beamish, Elizabeth Rice, Paul Sparks, Anna Camp, Phyllis Somerville, Joel de la Fuente
Director: Nate Taylor
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Tags: Anna Camp, Christopher Denham, Elizabeth Rice, Joel de la Fuente, Lindsay Beamish, Nate Taylor, Paul Sparks, Phyllis Somerville
Posted on October 11, 2013 |
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White House Down (2013)
Action | Drama | Thriller
While on a tour of the White House with his young daughter, a Capitol policeman springs into action to save his child and protect the president from a heavily armed group of paramilitary invaders.
Starring: Channing Tatum, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Richard Jenkins, Jamie Foxx, James Woods, Rachelle Lefevre
Director: Roland Emmerich
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Posted on October 11, 2013 |
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Much Ado About Nothing (2012)
Comedy | Drama | Romance
Stunning new vision of Shakespeare's classic comedy. When Leonato, the Governor of Messina is visited by his friend Don Pedro, he is accompanied by two of his officers: Benedick and Claudio. Claudio falls for Leonato's daughter Hero, while Benedick verbally spars with Beatrice, the governor's niece. A series of comic and tragic events help keep the two couples from truly finding happiness – but then again, perhaps love may prevail in the end!
Starring: Amy Acker, Emma Bates, Sara Blindauer, Alexis Denisof, Nathan Fillion, Clark Gregg, Reed Diamond, Fran Kranz, Sean Maher, Jillian Morgese
Director: Joss Whedon
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Tags: Alexis Denisof, Amy Acker, Clark Gregg, Emma Bates, Fran Kranz, Jillian Morgese, Joss Whedon, Nathan Fillion, Reed Diamond, Sara Blindauer, Sean Maher
Posted on October 11, 2013 |
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Harrison's Flowers (2000)
Drama | Romance | War
Harrison Lloyd is a Pulitzer-winning photojournalist. His wife and family are making it hard for him to keep his mind on his work when he's in a war zone, and he wants to change jobs to something less stressful. But he's got one last assignment, in war-torn Yugoslavia, in 1991, at the height of the fighting. Word comes back that he apparently died in a building collapse, but his wife Sarah (also a journalist for Newsweek) refuses to believe that he's dead and goes looking for him. She's helped immensely by the photo-journalists Eric Kyle and Marc Stevenson that she runs into over there; together, they're determined to make it through the chaotic landscape to Vukovar, which is not only the nexus of the war but where she believes Harrison is located. Meanwhile, Harrison's son Cesar is looking after his father's prized greenhouse, keeping hope, and flowers, alive.
Starring: Andie MacDowell, Elias Koteas, Brendan Gleeson, Adrien Brody, David Strathairn
Director: Élie Chouraqui
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Posted on October 11, 2013 |
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The Snapper (1993)
Comedy | Drama
Set in Ireland, Sharon Curley is a 20 year old living with her parents and many brothers and sisters. When she gets herself pregnant and refuses to name the father, she becomes the talk of the town.
Starring: Colm Meaney, Tina Kellegher, Ruth McCabe, Eanna MacLiam, Peter Rowen, Joanne Gerrard, Colm O'Byrne, Ciara Duffy
Director: Stephen Frears
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Tags: Ciara Duffy, Colm Meaney, Colm O'Byrne, Eanna MacLiam, Joanne Gerrard, Peter Rowen, Ruth McCabe, Stephen Frears, Tina Kellegher
