Category: Drama
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Happily Never After (2012)
Comedy | Drama
Cole Killian is a professional photographer approaching middle age. After meeting an old high school flame and then seeing an advertisement for an orphanage with abandoned teenagers, Cole comes to the conclusion that he has a son there. Under the guise of being a mentor, Cole ingratiates himself into the life of 18 year-old Bo. He makes a skate-boarding film with Bo and his best friend, and he uses Bo's girlfriend as a model in a calendar. All the while Cole is trying to come up with the perfect present for his bratty 13 year-old daughter, and now he may have come up with the ultimate surprise.
Starring: Jason Carrougher, Katherine Bending, Carlos Francisco Morales, Ryan Wichert, Ben Rice, Cassie Pennington, Karen Owen, Tim Manning
Director: Jamie Heinrich
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Tags: Ben Rice, Carlos Francisco Morales, Cassie Pennington, Jamie Heinrich, Jason Carrougher, Karen Owen, Katherine Bending, Ryan Wichert, Tim Manning
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Drinking Games (2012)
Drama | Thriller
DRINKING GAMES is a new psychological thriller from award-winning indie filmmaker Ryan Gielen, based on the off-Broadway play, "DORM", by Blake Merriman. Five friends are trapped in a dorm by a blizzard on the last night of the semester, while a psychopath attempts to manipulate them into killing each other.
Starring: Rob Bradford, Blake Merriman, Nick Vergara, Mike Pennacchio, Katy Wright-Mead, Joshua Sterling Bragg, Riccarda Natalie, Adriana DeGirolami, Regan Lutz
Director: Ryan Gielen
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Tags: Adriana DeGirolami, Blake Merriman, Joshua Sterling Bragg, Katy Wright-Mead, Mike Pennacchio, Nick Vergara, Regan Lutz, Riccarda Natalie, Rob Bradford, Ryan Gielen
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Singularium (2011)
Drama | Romance | Sci-Fi | Short
During the final years of the contracting Universe, Kevin goes to meet up with his on-again, off-again ex-girlfriend, Claire, one last time in their now dilapidated old house, but gets trapped in the ensuing collapse and has to escape from the mysterious appearance of a growing army of her doppelgangers.
Starring: Andrew Donnelly, Shawn Hambright, Kirsten Riiber
Director: Joey Tran
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Warehouse 13 (TV Series 2009-2014)
Drama | Mystery | Sci-Fi | Thriller
After saving the life of the President in Washington D.C., a pair of U.S Secret Service agents are whisked away to a covert location in South Dakota that houses supernatural objects that the U.S. Government has collected over the centuries. Their new assignment: retrieve some of the missing objects and investigate reports of new ones.
Starring: Joanne Kelly, Saul Rubinek, Eddie McClintock, Genelle Williams, Allison Scagliotti, CCH Pounder, Aaron Ashmore
Creator: Jane Espenson, D. Brent Mote
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Jappeloup (2013)
Drama
In the early 80s, leaving a promising career as a lawyer, Pierre Durand devoted himself body and soul to his passion, jumping. Supported by his father, it is all about a young horse that nobody really believes: Jappeloup. Too small, too temperamental, too unpredictable, it has many flaws, but a relaxing and remarkable abilities. Competition in competition, the duo grew and needed in the world of riding. But the Los Angeles Olympic Games were a terrible failure and Pierre then becomes aware of his weaknesses. With the help of Nadia, his wife, and Raphaelle, the groom the horse, Pierre will regain the confidence of Jappeloup and build a relationship that will lead to the Seoul Olympics in 1988.
Starring: Guillaume Canet, Marina Hands, Daniel Auteuil, Lou de Laâge, Tchéky Karyo, Jacques Higelin
Director: Christian Duguay
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Hamlet (2009)
Drama
David Tennant and Patrick Stewart star in this critically acclaimed production of Shakespeare's masterpiece from Britain's renowned Royal Shakespeare Company. No recent stage production in Britain has attracted the excitement and nearly unanimous critical praise as this Hamlet. Tennant's interpretation was recognized as defining the role for a generation, and Stewart's complex Claudius won the Olivier award, Britain's highest stage honor. In this specially-shot screen version, filmed on location rather than in the theater, Tennant and Stewart reprise their roles. Dynamic, exciting and contemporary, it breathes new life into Shakespeare's greatest play.
Starring: David Tennant, Patrick Stewart, Penny Downie, Oliver Ford Davies
Director: Gregory Doran
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An Officer and a Gentleman (1982)
Drama | Romance
Once in a great while a movie comes along that truly grips and uplifts its audiences. Such a movie is An Officer And A Gentleman, a timeless tale of romance, friendship and growth. Loner Zack Mayo (Richard Gere) enters Officer Candidate School to become a Navy pilot and in thirteen tortuous weeks he learns the importance of discipline, love and friendship. Louis Gossett, Jr. won an Academy Award for his brilliant portrayal of the tough drill instructor who teaches Zack that no man can make it alone. And while Gossett tries to warn the young officer about the local girls who will do anything to catch themselves pilot husbands, Zack eventually learns to love one (Debra Winger) while his fellow candidate, a memorable character portrayed by David Keith, struggles with a very different fate. An Officer And A Gentleman is a rich and satisfying story with moving performances that will stay with you long after the film has ended.
Starring: Richard Gere, Debra Winger, David Keith, Robert Loggia, Louis Gossett Jr., Lisa Blount
Director: Taylor Hackford
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The Bridge of San Luis Rey (2004)
Drama | Romance
In early 19th Century Peru an old Inca rope bridge collapses, plunging five travelers to their deaths in the Andean chasm below. Brother Juniper, who was within minutes of being on the bridge himself, becomes obsessed with discovering how five people of differing class and circumstances came to be on the bridge at that moment. The Catholic friar wants to know if it was mere existential happenstance or part of God's cosmic plan. After researching the lives of the victims for five years and publishing his findings in a book, he is accused of heresy by the worldly Archbishop of Lima and is put on trial for his life by the Inquisition.
Starring: Kathy Bates, Gabriel Byrne, Robert De Niro, Harvey Keitel, F. Murray Abraham, Geraldine Chaplin, Émilie Dequenne
Director: Mary McGuckian
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Mistress (1992)
Comedy | Drama
A comedy about a screenwriter (Wuhl) whose old movie script is read by a producer (Landau) and the search for financial backers begins. But it seems that each money source (Aiello, DeNiro, Wallach) has his own mistress that he wants put into the film. Gradually, the screenwriter is forced to make changes to his script to accommodate these backers until he finally sees no semblance of his original ideas in the writing.
Starring: Danny Aiello, Robert De Niro, Martin Landau, Eli Wallach, Robert Wuhl
Director: Barry Primus
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3 Godfathers (1948)
Drama | Western
Three outlaws on the run discover a dying woman and her baby. They swear to bring the infant to safety across the desert, even at the risk of their own lives.
Starring: John Wayne, Pedro Armendáriz, Harry Carey Jr., Ward Bond, Mae Marsh, Mildred Natwick, Jane Darwell
Director: John Ford
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Posted on July 14, 2013 |
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The King of the Streets / Jie tou zhi wang (2012)
Action | Drama
The film is about a boy who seeks revenge for the death of his parents who were killed eight years ago. He fights the local gangsters and finally achieves his goal.
Starring: Song Yue, Yufei Li, Junping Yang, Changhai Li, En Kang, Jianping Yang
Director: Song Yue
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Paper Moon / Zhi yue liang (2013)
Drama | Romance
Paper Moon is inspired by the popular The Iron Lady which has won 5 Golden Awards. The movie is centered around The Iron Lady who has showcased her iron fist in winning the race in business world. Song, a boy from a poor family which produced kites had a crush on a girl from a wealthy family, who later become the iron lady. The pure love between young couple subsequently evolved into a romantic yet dreary epic.
Starring: Tedd Chan, Chrissie Chow, Ka Tung Lam
Director: Stanley Law
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Augustine (2012)
Drama
A look at the relationship between pioneering 19th century French neurologist Dr. Jean-Martin Charcot and his star teenage patient, kitchen maid who is left partially paralyzed after a seizure.
Starring: Vincent Lindon, Soko, Chiara Mastroianni, Olivier Rabourdin, Roxane Duran
Director: Alice Winocour
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The Life of Oharu / Saikaku ichidai onna (1952)
Drama
A fifty-year-old prostitute, no longer able to attract men, looks back on her sad life. Once a lady-in-waiting at the imperial court at Kyoto, Oharu fell in love with, and became the lover of, a man below her station. They were discovered, thus Oharu and her family were exiled. From there on, Oharu lived the rest of her life filled with sorrow and humiliation.
Starring: Toshirô Mifune, Kinuyo Tanaka, Tsukie Matsuura, Ichirô Sugai
Director: Kenji Mizoguchi
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The Mighty Quinn (1989)
Action | Crime | Drama | Mystery | Thriller
When police officer Xavier Quinn's childhood friend, Maubee, becomes associated with murder and a briefcase full of ten thousand dollar bills, The Mighty Quinn must clear his name. Or try to catch him, which could be even trickier.
Starring: Denzel Washington, James Fox, Mimi Rogers, M. Emmet Walsh, Sheryl Lee Ralph, Art Evans, Esther Rolle
Director: Carl Schenkel
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Houseboat (1958)
Comedy | Drama | Family | Romance
Tom Winston, a widower, is trying to understand and raise three precocious children alone. He gets a little unexpected help from Cinzia, when the children decide she is be the new maid. She is actually an Italian socialite who is trying to get away from her overprotective father.
Starring: Cary Grant, Sophia Loren, Martha Hyer, Harry Guardino, Eduardo Ciannelli, Murray Hamilton
Director: Melville Shavelson
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Ragtime (1981)
Drama
A proud black musician rebels against racism in turn-of-the-century New York.
Starring: James Cagney, Brad Dourif, Moses Gunn, Elizabeth McGovern, Kenneth McMillan, Pat O'Brien
Director: Milos Forman
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Posted on July 14, 2013 |
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ReGeneration (2010)
Action | Biography | Documentary | Drama
ReGENERATION explores the inherent cynicism found in many of today's youth and young adults, and the influences that perpetuate our culture's apathetic approach to social and political causes. The film features three intersecting stories of students, parents, and artists all looking for their place in society. Together they capture the thoughts and feelings of today's struggling generation as some of the worlds leading scholars, activists, and media personalities provide their insight into the ideas and movements that can inspire change. /p>
Starring: Noam Chomsky, Ryan Gosling, Talib Kweli, Jay Walker, Howard Zinn
Director: Phillip Montgomery
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Posted on July 13, 2013 |
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Take / Crossing Paths (2007)
Crime | Drama | Thriller
The lives of two strangers – a struggling mother and a gambling addict – meet in tragedy. Years pass, and they must come to terms with themselves, and one another.
Starring: Minnie Driver, Jeremy Renner, Bobby Coleman, Adam Rodriguez, David Denman, Emily Harrison
Director: Charles Oliver
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Posted on July 13, 2013 |
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Rise of the Planet of the Apes (2011)
Action | Drama | Sci-Fi | Thriller
An origin story set in present day San Francisco, where man's own experiments with genetic engineering lead to the development of intelligence in apes and the onset of a war for supremacy.
Starring: James Franco, Freida Pinto, John Lithgow, Andy Serkis, Brian Cox, Tom Felton
Director: Rupert Wyatt
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Tags: Andy Serkis, Brian Cox, Freida Pinto, James Franco, John Lithgow, Rupert Wyatt, Tom Felton
