Category: Drama
Posted on February 19, 2014 |
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A Zed & Two Noughts / Zoo (1985)
Comedy | Drama
The always elliptical Peter Greenaway once again creates a beautiful film-as-puzzle. This tale concerns twin zoologist brothers whose wives are killed in a freak car crash involving a rare swan. The brothers form an unusual and strangely close relationship with Alba, the woman who was driving the car, now an amputee. Preoccupied with death and decomposition, the brothers organise elaborate studies on the decomposition of animals, making time-lapse films of dalmatians and zebras to chart the decay. Cue the scurrying hoards of snails and Michael Nyman's thrilling frenetic score. When Alba herself dies, the twins decide to join her in death, and set about filming their own decaying human bodies. Greenaway's fascination with the Dutch painter Vermeer, is evident in A Zed And Two Noughts, particularly in the lighting.
Starring: Andréa Ferréol, Brian Deacon, Eric Deacon
Director: Peter Greenaway
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The Millionairess (1960)
Comedy | Drama | Romance
London-based Millionairess Epifania (Sophia Loren) is attracted to Dr. Kabir (MD from Delhi and PhD from Calcutta), who is more intent on treating patients. When she persists, he confides in her that he had made a commitment to his late widowed seamstress mother that he will wed any woman who will manage to survive on just Rs.500/-, for 90 days. She finds out that this sum is equivalent to just 35 shillings but readily accepts this challenge. She also informs him that her late father had also imposed a condition that she must wed a male who will turn £500 into £15000 within the same period. Epifania then finds employment with an Italian firm, ends up re-organizing, and turning up the firm's profits. At the end of 90 days, she goes to meet Kabir and discovers that he has not only given all the money away but also has no interest whatsoever in marrying her.
Starring: Sophia Loren, Peter Sellers, Alastair Sim, Vittorio De Sica, Dennis Price, Gary Raymond
Director: Anthony Asquith
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For Ever Mozart (1996)
Comedy | Drama | War
Jean-Luc Godard's densely packed rumination on the need to create order and beauty in a world ruled by chaos is divided into four distinct but tangentially related stories, including the attempts by a young group of idealists to stage a play in war-torn Sarajevo and an elderly director's efforts to complete his film.
Starring: Frédéric Pierrot
Director: Jean-Luc Godard
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Crimes and Misdemeanors (1989)
Comedy | Drama
An opthamologist's mistress threatens to reveal their affair to his wife, while a married documentary filmmaker is infatuated by another woman.
Starring: Caroline Aaron, Alan Alda, Woody Allen, Claire Bloom, Mia Farrow, Joanna Gleason, Anjelica Huston, Martin Landau, Jenny Nichols, Jerry Orbach, Sam Waterston
Director: Woody Allen
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Posted on February 19, 2014 |
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Witness (1985)
Crime | Drama | Romance | Thriller
A young Amish boy, visiting Philadelphia with his widowed mother, witnesses a murder. When the detective on the case discovers a police cover up, he realizes his, the boy's and the mother's lives are in jeopardy. He hides out in Amish country, living amongst the community and having to abide by their peaceful customs. Things get more complicated when he falls in love with the young widow. But, soon the idyllic life is shattered when the villains discover his whereabouts.
Starring: Harrison Ford, Kelly McGillis, Lukas Haas, josef Sommer, Danny Glover, Alexander Godunov
Director: Peter Weir
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Posted on February 19, 2014 |
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Black Plague / Anazapta (2002)
Drama | Mystery | Thriller
In 1348, with the horrors of the Black Death haunting Europe, English soldiers return home from war with a French nobleman as hostage. When people in their home village soon after begin to die, it is believed that the Black Death has struck once more. However, there are other dark reasons behind the sudden deaths.
Starring: Lena Headey, David La Haye, Jason Flemyng, Christopher Fairbank
Director: Alberto Sciamma
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Posted on February 19, 2014 |
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Fortune Cookie Prophecies (2011)
Drama | Horror | Mystery
At an isolated cottage, two couples crack open fortune cookies that prophesize their imminent death. After one of them dies suddenly, all hell breaks loose. Armed with only one Buddha Chain, that can protect only the person wearing it, the remaining three people must now solve the mystery of the fortune cookies. Can they stop the prophecies before it's too late???
Starring: Emily Alatalo, John David Edwards, Adam Kolozsvari, Amanda Strachan, Vivian Cheung, Kwan Ho Tse
Director: Henry Li
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Posted on February 18, 2014 |
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Lan Kwai Fong 3 / Xi ai ye pu 3 (2014)
Drama | Romance
Shin and Sara have been engaged for two years but after an argument they agree to have a break and have some fun individually. It doesn't take long for Sara's best friend Jeana, who always has a soft spot on Shin, to try all means to seduce him. Meanwhile, Jeana's boyfriend Jacky is also getting close with Jolie and her fun and wild attitude to life. So comes the wekeend and Lan Kwai Fong is as bustling as usual. The girls prepare to rock the club when Sara meets hot Korean Kim. Now the relationship between all of them starts to change… and things really hot up!
Starring: Whitney Hui, Chi-Sing Lam, Ava Liu, Jeana Ho, Celia Kwok
Director: Wilson Chin
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Posted on February 18, 2014 |
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Jailbait / 17 & Life: Jailbait (2013)
Crime | Drama | Thriller
A gritty coming of age thriller about a young girl sent to juvenile prison for the murder of her abusive step father. The film follows Anna Nix's journey into the dark world of an all girls jail where she discovers complex relationships, drugs, mental illness and her eventual search for redemption.
Starring: Samantha Cardona, Sara Malakul Lane, Erin O'Brien, Steve Hanks, David Brite, Shannon Walters
Director: Jared Cohn
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Holy Ghost People (2013)
Drama | Thriller
In this psychological thriller, nineteen-year old Charlotte enlists the help of alcoholic ex-Marine Wayne to find her estranged sister who has gone missing deep in the Appalachian Mountains. Their search leads them to the Church of One Accord and an enigmatic snake-handling preacher named Brother Billy, who's devoted congregation of outcasts knowingly risk injury or death seeking salvation in the Holy Ghost. What Wayne and Charlotte uncover during their time on the mountain – about themselves and the nature of faith – will shake them to their core, as the mystery of Charlotte's sister and her fate unravels…
Starring: Emma Greenwell, Joe Egender, Brendan McCarthy
Director: Mitchell Altieri
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Posted on February 18, 2014 |
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12 Years a Slave / Twelve Years a Slave (2013)
Biography | Drama | History
Based on an incredible true story of one man's fight for survival and freedom. In the pre-Civil War United States, Solomon Northup, a free black man from upstate New York, is abducted and sold into slavery. Facing cruelty, as well as unexpected kindnesses, Solomon struggles not only to stay alive, but to retain his dignity. In the twelfth year of his unforgettable odyssey, Solomon's chance meeting with a Canadian abolitionist will forever alter his life.
Starring: Chiwetel Ejiofor, Brad Pitt, Michael Fassbender, Benedict Cumberbatch, Paul Dano, Paul Giamatti, Michael K. Williams, Sarah Paulson, Lupita Nyong'o, Alfre Woodard
Director: Steve McQueen
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The Shipping News (2001)
Drama | Romance
An inksetter in New York, Quoyle returns to his family's longtime home, a small fishing town in Newfoundland, with his young daughter, after a traumatizing experience with her mother, Petal, who sold her to an illegal adoption agency. Though Quoyle has had little success thus far in life, his shipping news column in the newspaper "The Gammy Bird" finds an audience, and his experiences in the town change his life. Then he meets the widow Wavey…
Starring: Kevin Spacey, Julianne Moore, Judi Dench, Cate Blanchett, Pete Postlethwaite, Scott Glenn
Director: Lasse Hallström
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Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge / Lovers Will Walk Off with the Bride (1995)
Comedy | Drama | Musical | Romance
Raj is a rich, carefree, happy-go-lucky second generation NRI. Simran is the daughter of Chaudhary Baldev Singh, who in spite of being an NRI is very strict about adherence to Indian values. The two meet on a month long Eurotrip, and what began as pranks and fun and games, ends in love. But by the time they realize it, it is already too late, as Simran has left for India to be married to her childhood fiancé. Raj leaves for India with a mission at his hands, to claim his lady love under the noses of her whole family. Thus begins a saga.
Starring: Shah Rukh Khan, Kajol, Amrish Puri, Farida Jalal, Anupam Kher
Director: Aditya Chopra
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Posted on February 18, 2014 |
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The Life of David Gale (2003)
Crime | Drama | Thriller
David Gale is a man who has tried to live by his principles, but in a bizarre twist of fate, this devoted father, popular professor and respected death penalty opponent finds himself on Death Row for the rape and murder of a fellow activist. He decides to confide in a reporter who quickly realizes that a man's life is in her hands.
Starring: Kate Winslet, Cleo King, Constance Jones, Kevin Spacey, Laura Linney, Lee Ritchey
Director: Alan Parker
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Posted on February 18, 2014 |
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L'âge des ténèbres / Days of Darkness / The Age of Ignorance (2007)
Comedy | Drama | Fantasy
In his dreams, Jean-Marc is a knight in shining armor, a star of stage and screen and a successful author who has women falling at his feet and into his bed. In reality, Jean-Marc is a nobody civil servant, insignificant husband, failed father and closet smoker. Will Jean-Marc be able to resist the temptations of his dreamland or will he decide to carve out a life of his own?
Starring: Marc Labrèche, Diane Kruger, Sylvie Léonard, Caroline Néron, Rufus Wainwright, Macha Grenon, Emma de Caunes
Director: Denys Arcand
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Posted on February 17, 2014 |
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Admission (2013)
Comedy | Drama | Romance
At Princeton, an admissions officer gets involved with a less-than-model potential student.
Starring: Tina Fey, Paul Rudd, Michael Sheen, Wallace Shawn, Lily Tomlin, Gloria Reuben
Director: Paul Weitz
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Posted on February 17, 2014 |
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Oldboy (2013)
Action | Drama | Mystery | Thriller
An advertising executive is kidnapped and held hostage for 20 years in solitary confinement. When he is inexplicably released, he embarks on an obsessive mission to discover who orchestrated his punishment, only to find he is still trapped in a web of conspiracy and torment.
Starring: Elizabeth Olsen, Samuel L. Jackson, Josh Brolin, Sharlto Copley, Michael Imperioli, James Ransone
Director: Spike Lee
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Posted on February 17, 2014 |
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Schapelle (2014)
Drama
On October 8, 2004, Schapelle Corby was arrested at Bali airport with a massive 4.2kg of marijuana in a boogie board bag. At first her arrest was barely noticed by the Australian media, but once photographs were published it sparked a frenzy and attracted a cast of colourful characters who came to her aid. They include her sister Mercedes (Jacinta Stapleton), mother Ros (Denise Roberts), father Mick (Colin Friels), and her "white knights": mobile phone mogul "Mad Ron" Bakir (Les Chantery) and Gold Coast lawyer Robin Tampoe (Vince Colosimo). Also prominent in the Corby story are former Foreign Minister Alexander Downer (Francis Greenslade) and Australian Federal Police boss Mick Keelty (Michael Croaker). On May 27, 2005, Corby avoided the death penalty but was sentenced to 20 years in Bali's notorious Kerobokan Prison. To this day she proclaims her innocence. From her prison cell in Bali, Schapelle Corby became Australia's first multi-media celebrity of the internet era. Her case became front page news that captivated a nation and continues to polarise opinion.
Starring: Krew Boylan, Vince Colosimo, Denise Roberts, Jacinta Stapleton, Les Chantery, Russell Kiefel, Colin Friels
Director: Khoa Do
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Posted on February 16, 2014 |
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Code Blue SP / Kôdo burû SP (2009)
Drama
Continuing from the 2008 drama series "Code Blue," this time a major accident occurs involving a derailed train. Once again the doctors go to the front line to tend patients who need their help.
Starring: Tomohisa Yamashita, Yui Aragaki, Erika Toda, Manami Higa, Yôsuke Asari, Masanobu Katsumura, Kiyoshi Kodama
Director: Masaki Nishiura
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Posted on February 16, 2014 |
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Rikos ja rangaistus / Crime and Punishment (1983)
Crime | Drama
An adaptation of Dostoyevsky's novel, set in modern Helsinki. Slaughterhouse worker Rahikainen murders a man, and is forced to live with the consequences of his actions.
Starring: Markku Toikka, Aino Seppo, Esko Nikkari, Matti Pellonpää
Director: Aki Kaurismäki
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