Category: Drama
Posted on September 10, 2013 |
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Kin-dza-dza! (1986)
Comedy | Drama | Sci-Fi
Kin-dza-dza! represents a double entendre in terms parody and features dark and grotesque aspects of human diaspora which may be described as dystopian. It depicts a desert planet, depleted of its resources, home to an impoverished dog-eat-dog society with extreme inequality and oppression.
Starring: Stanislav Lyubshin, Evgeni Leonov, Yuriy Yakovlev, Levan Gabriadze, Olga Mashnaya, Irina Shmeleva
Director: Georgi Daneliya
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The 47 Ronin / 47 Samurai / Genroku Chûshingura (1941)
Action | Drama | History
Lord Asano resists a bribery attempt by a member of the Shogun's court. His honesty, however, is useless against the corruption of the administration, and he is forced to commit harakiri. His samurai retinue are dispersed as masterless ronin. The leader of the samurai, Oichi, plots with a loyal band of ronin to seek revenge for their master's dishonor.
Starring: Chôjûrô Kawarasaki, Yoshizaburo Arashi, Utaemon Ichikawa, Haranosuke Bando, Chôemon Bandô, Enji Ichikawa
Director: Kenji Mizoguchi
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Mary and Martha (2013)
Drama
Hilary Swank stars as Mary and Brenda Blethyn stars as Martha, an American interior designer and British housewife who have little in common apart from the one thing they wish they didn't. When malaria strikes, the lives of these very different women change forever. They forge a deep friendship and embark on an epic journey of self-discovery to Africa, dedicating themselves to the cause of malaria prevention. Beginning to rebuild their lives, they show how ordinary people can make a difference and inspire positive change in the process. Enlisting the help of Mary's estranged father, a former politico, the two women beseech both the powers that be and ordinary people to get involved, realizing a shared responsibility to all the world's children.
Starring: Hilary Swank, Brenda Blethyn, Sam Claflin, Frank Grillo, Lux Haney-Jardine
Director: Phillip Noyce
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The Unspeakable Act (2012)
Drama
Jackie Kimball is a likable, normal 17-year-old girl in every way but one: she has been in love all her life with her brother Matthew, one year older than her. Matthew is bringing his new girlfriend Yolanda home to dinner at the Kimball house, and Jackie's melodramatic anguish disrupts the family's preparations. Surprisingly sociable during the dinner, Jackie later confronts her brother tearfully in the attic room that is their traditional meeting place. Matthew and Jackie have been symbiotically close all their lives, but Matthew doesn't share Jackie's incestuous inclinations, and Jackie has no choice but to deal with the intrusion of adult life upon their childhood intimacy. Long widowed, Jackie's mother Alice is a sympathetic but detached presence, often found at her writing desk, drinking coffee and composing letters and journals. An older brother, Will, is an exchange student abroad; sister Jeanne, impatient with Jackie's flamboyance, is poised to leave home soon. Though Jackie makes little effort to hide her love for Matthew, the family prefers to interpret the attraction as a long-standing childhood phase. Jackie has school friends, but no interest in other boys. Matthew's unexpected breakup with Yolanda gives Jackie a temporary reprieve from her grief, and brother and sister spend a pleasant summer together, capped by an idyllic evening out at a concert. Always monitoring Matthew for any sign that he might become receptive to her overtures, Jackie is filled with melancholy as summer wanes and Matthew's departure for college approaches. Jackie takes the separation hard, and her concerned mother sends her to psychotherapy. Though the therapy is paralyzed at first by her habitual secrecy about her feelings for Matthew, Jackie eventually becomes close to her therapist Linda and develops a fascination with the therapeutic process. Meanwhile, she and Matthew keep up contact via video letters and a host of electronic media. Out of restlessness, Jackie tries her hand with boys, and manages to seduce an attractive classmate named Tristan. Though she learns that she enjoys sex, she has little emotion invested in this new pastime, and she does not hesitate to alienate Tristan when Matthew returns on vacation. Delighted at Matthew's return, Jackie regales him with tales of her sexual explorations. Encouraged at Matthew's unfazed response, and emboldened by her recent experiences, Jackie makes a final attempt to attain her life-long goal.
Starring: Tallie Medel, Sky Hirschkron, Aundrea Fares, Kati Schwartz, Caroline Luft
Director: Dan Sallitt
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Travelling Salesman (2012)
Drama | Mystery | Sci-Fi | Thriller
Four mathematicians are hired by the US government to solve the most powerful problem in computer science history.
Starring: Danny Barclay, Eric Bloom, David John Cole, Malek Houlihan, Matt Lagan, Marc Raymond, Tyler Seiple, Steve West
Director: Timothy Lanzone
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The Best Offer / La migliore offerta (2013)
Crime | Drama | Romance
A story centered on an eccentric art auctioneer and his obsession with an heiress/collector.
Starring: Geoffrey Rush, Jim Sturgess, Sylvia Hoeks, Donald Sutherland, Philip Jackson
Director: Giuseppe Tornatore
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Swing Vote (2008)
Comedy | Drama
Bud Johnson, an apathetic, beer-slinging, lovable loser, is coasting through a life that has passed him by. The one bright spot is his precocious, over-achieving twelve year-old daughter Molly. She takes care of both of them, until one mischievous moment on Election Day, when she accidentally sets off a chain of events which culminates in the election coming down to one vote… her dad's.
Starring: Kevin Costner, Madeline Carroll, Paula Patton, Kelsey Grammer, Dennis Hopper, Nathan Lane, Stanley Tucci, George Lopez
Director: Joshua Michael Stern
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The Anderson Tapes (1971)
Crime | Drama | Thriller
When Duke Anderson gets out of the cooler, he discovers the mother lode in his rich girlfriend's ritzy apartment building. With help from a safecracker, a decorator, and a thug, Duke might be able to pull off the greatest heist yet.
Starring: Sean Connery, Dyan Cannon, Martin Balsam, Ralph Meeker, Alan King, Christopher Walken
Director: Sidney Lumet
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Posted on September 8, 2013 |
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Bates Motel (TV Series 2013-2017)
Drama | Horror | Mystery | Thriller
After the death of her husband, Norma Bates buys a motel in the picturesque coastal town of White Pine Bay, giving herself and teenage son Norman a chance to begin anew. Shy Norman is reluctant at first, but with the help of his mother — with whom he shares an intensely close relationship — the boy begins to open up to others and make new friends. Some locals, however, aren't as friendly and welcoming to the Bates, who discover that because White Pine Bay isn't as peaceful as it appears, they are forced to do whatever it takes to survive.
Starring: Vera Farmiga, Freddie Highmore, Max Thieriot, Olivia Cooke, Nestor Carbonell
Creator: Anthony Cipriano, Carlton Cuse, Kerry Ehrin
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Tags: Anthony Cipriano, Carlton Cuse, Freddie Highmore, Kerry Ehrin, Max Thieriot, Nestor Carbonell, Olivia Cooke, Vera Farmiga
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How to Make It in America (TV Series 2010-2011)
Comedy | Drama
Entourage masterminds Stephen Levinson and Mark Wahlberg are behind this HBO project about two up-and-comers in their 20's living in New York City. This pair of industrious friends hustle their way to success, striving to achieve the American dream.
Starring: Bryan Greenberg, Victor Rasuk, Lake Bell, Eddie Kaye Thomas, Kid Cudi, Luis Guzmán, Edgar Garcia, Michael Imperiale, Tuffy Questell
Creator: Ian Edelman
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Abacus and Sword / Bushi no Kakeibo (2010)
Drama
Set during the Meiji Restoration period of Edo era Japan, Naoyuki (Masato Sakai) belongs to the 8th generation of the Inoyama family, a wealthy family known for finance & accounting. He is also a gifted mathematician and uses the abacus with extreme skills. Naoyuki works under the declining Kaga domain. Because of this, Naoyuki and his wife Koma (Yukie Nakama) suffer hardships as their stature and wealth dissipates.
Starring: Masato Sakai, Yukie Nakama, Keiko Matsuzaka, Masahiko Nishimura, Mitsuko Kusabue, Yuki Ito, Mina Fujii, Kaito Ohyagi, Masatoshi Nakamura
Director: Yoshimitsu Morita
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Tags: Kaito Ohyagi, Keiko Matsuzaka, Masahiko Nishimura, Masato Sakai, Masatoshi Nakamura, Mina Fujii, Mitsuko Kusabue, Yoshimitsu Morita, Yuki Ito, Yukie Nakama
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Raanjhanaa (2013)
Drama | Romance
A small-town boy needs to break through the class divide to gain acceptance from his childhood sweetheart who is in love with big city ideals.
Starring: Dhanush, Sonam Kapoor, Mohammed Zeeshan Ayyub, Swara Bhaskar, Abhay Deol, Shilpi Marwaha, Suraj Singh
Director: Aanand Rai
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Fukrey (2013)
Comedy | Drama | Romance
The paths of four dream-chasing college friends cross with an array of colourful characters, from a tough-talking Punjabi female don to a Jugaad Baaz college watchman. Mayhem ensues.
Starring: Pulkit Samrat, Manjot Singh, Ali Fazal, Pulkit Samrat, Varun Sharma, Manjot Singh, Vishakha Singh, Pankaj Tripathy
Director: Mrigdeep Singh Lamba
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Tags: Ali Fazal, Manjot Singh, Mrigdeep Singh Lamba, Pankaj Tripathy, Pulkit Samrat, Varun Sharma, Vishakha Singh
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Trust (1990)
Comedy | Drama
When high school dropout Maria Coughlin announces her pregnancy to her parents, her father drops dead on the floor…
Starring: Adrienne Shelly, Martin Donovan, Rebecca Nelson, John MacKay, Edie Falco
Director: Hal Hartley
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Black Web / Easton's Article (2012)
Drama | Sci-Fi | Thriller
After receiving his future obituary via a cryptic Internet file, Easton Denning is forced to confront his troubled past in order to prevent his predicted demise.
Starring: Chad Meyer, Kristina Johnson, Dan Flannery
Director: Tim Connery
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Rubberneck (2012)
Drama | Thriller
Paul Harris works at a small research facility on the outskirts of Boston. After a weekend tryst with a co-worker leaves him wanting more, his unreciprocated desires gradually mold into an acute infatuation. When Danielle takes interest in a new scientist at the laboratory, Paul's suppressed resentments and perverse delusions finally become unhinged, triggering a horrific course of events that mercilessly engulf a tortured past and fugitive present.
Starring: Alex Karpovsky, Jaime Ray Newman, Dennis Staroselsky, Amanda Good Hennessey, Dakota Shepard
Director: Alex Karpovsky
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Dark Tourist / The Grief Tourist (2012)
Drama | Thriller
A psychological-thriller in the haunting tradition of films like Taxi Driver and Monster, The Grief Tourist takes us into the chilling labyrinth of a man's dark hobby and his even darker mind. JIM TAHANA doesn't leave much of an impression when he passes you by. But look closer and you'll sense his hunger – the deep hunger of an insatiable American soul – always scanning to devour something – anything that might fill the searing, unexplained void within him. Jim obsesses over the hobby that has been part of his DNA since he was a young boy: grief tourism – the act of traveling with the intent to visit places of tragedy or disaster. Every year his week-long vacations from work are spent going to grief tourist locations in the lives of different serial killers he is fascinated with. This years obsession is Carl Marznap, a mass murder from New Orleans, Louisiana. But this trip is no ordinary vacation as Jim's rancid sexual impulses and weakening grip on reality deteriorate into a violent despair that will ultimately unlock an unspeakable secret festering within him, bringing The Grief Tourist to it's brutal and shocking finale…
Starring: Melanie Griffith, Pruitt Taylor Vince, Michael Cudlitz, Suzanne Quast, Eddie J. Fernandez
Director: Suri Krishnamma
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Posted on September 7, 2013 |
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Homeland (TV Series 2011- )
Crime | Drama | Mystery | Thriller
Marine Sergeant Nicholas Brody returns home eight years, after going missing in Iraq. Carrie Mathison, a driven CIA officer, suspects he might be plotting an attack on America.
Starring: Claire Danes, Mandy Patinkin, Rupert Friend, F. Murray Abraham, Damian Lewis, Morena Baccarin, Jackson Pace, Morgan Saylor
Creator: Gideon Raff
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Tags: Claire Danes, Damian Lewis, F. Murray Abraham, Gideon Raff, Jackson Pace, Mandy Patinkin, Morena Baccarin, Morgan Saylor, Rupert Friend
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Disconnect (2012)
Drama | Thriller
A hard-working lawyer, attached to his cell phone, can't find the time to communicate with his family. An estranged couple uses the internet as a means to escape from their lifeless marriage. A widowed ex-cop struggles to raise a mischievous son who cyber-bullies a classmate. An ambitious journalist sees a career-making story in a teen that performs on an adult-only site. They are strangers, neighbors and colleagues and their stories collide in this compelling drama about ordinary people desperate for a human connection.
Starring: Jason Bateman, Andrea Riseborough, Alexander Skarsgård, Hope Davis, Frank Grillo, Michael Nyqvist
Director: Henry Alex Rubin
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Tags: Alexander Skarsgård, Andrea Riseborough, Frank Grillo, Henry Alex Rubin, Hope Davis, Jason Bateman, Michael Nyqvist
Posted on September 7, 2013 |
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Sue, Mai & Sawa: Righting the Girl Ship / Sû-chan, Mai-chan, Sawako-san (2013)
Comedy | Drama
"Su-chan Mai-chan Sawako-san" follows the lives of three women who are former co-workers. 34-year-old Su-chan works at a coffee shop and has feelings for the manager there. 34-year-old Mai-chan works at an OA machine maker. She is in a relationship with a married man. 39-year-old Sawako works as a web designer and also takes care of her grandmother. -san and her mother take care of her grandmother.
Starring: Kô Shibasaki, Yôko Maki, Shinobu Terajima
Director: Osamu Minorikawa
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