Category: Drama
Posted on December 25, 2012 |
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Tuesday, After Christmas / Marti, dupa craciun (2010)
Drama | Romance
Paul Hanganu loves two women. Adriana his wife and the mother of their daughter, the woman with whom he's shared the thrills of the past ten years, and Raluca the woman who has made him redefine himself. He has to leave one of them before Christmas.
Starring: Dragos Bucur, Maria Popistasu, Mimi Branescu, Mirela Oprisor, Victor Rebengiuc, Ioana Blaj
Director: Radu Muntean
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Tags: Dragos Bucur, Ioana Blaj, Maria Popistasu, Mimi Branescu, Mirela Oprisor, Radu Muntean, Victor Rebengiuc
Posted on December 25, 2012 |
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A Christmas Carol (1938)
Drama | Family | Fantasy
On Christmas Eve, an old miser named Ebenezer Scrooge is visited by the spirit of his former partner, Jacob Marley. The deceased partner was in his lifetime as mean and miserly as Scrooge is now and he warns him to change his ways or face the consequences in the afterlife. Scrooge dismisses the apparition but the first of the three ghosts, the Ghost of Christmas Past, visits as promised. Scrooge sees those events in his past life, both happy and sad, that forged his character. The second spirit, the Ghost of Christmas Present, shows him how many currently celebrate Christmas. The Ghost of Christmas yet to Come shows him how he will be remembered once he is gone. To his delight, the spirits complete their visits in one night giving him the opportunity to mend his ways.
Starring: Reginald Owen, Gene Lockhart, Kathleen Lockhart, Terry Kilburn, Barry MacKay, Lynne Carver
Director: Edwin L. Marin
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Posted on December 25, 2012 |
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Holiday Inn (1942)
Comedy | Drama | Musical | Romance
Lovely Linda Mason has crooner Jim Hardy head over heels, but suave stepper Ted Hanover wants her for his new dance partner after femme fatale Lila Dixon gives him the brush. Jim's supper club, Holiday Inn, is the setting for the chase by Hanover and manager Danny Reed. The music's the thing.
Starring: Bing Crosby, Fred Astaire, Marjorie Reynolds, Virginia Dale, Walter Abel
Director: Mark Sandrich
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Tags: Bing Crosby, Fred Astaire, Marjorie Reynolds, Mark Sandrich, Virginia Dale, Walter Abel
Posted on December 25, 2012 |
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Brazil (1985)
Drama | Fantasy | Sci-Fi
In the future, a clerk at the all-powerful Ministry of Information sticks to his ideals and ends up crushed by the system in this half comedy, half horror story from former 'Monty Python' animator Terry Gilliam. Like Orwell's novel '1984', which it echoes, the future is seen from a 1940's perspective.
Starring: Jonathan Pryce, Michael Palin, Kim Greist, Robert De Niro, Katherine Helmond, Ian Holm, Bob Hoskins
Director: Terry Gilliam
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Tags: Bob Hoskins, Ian Holm, Jonathan Pryce, Katherine Helmond, Kim Greist, Michael Palin, Robert De Niro, Terry Gilliam
Posted on December 25, 2012 |
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Fear (1996)
Drama | Horror | Thriller
A 16 year old girl takes up with a charming young man who quickly shows his colors when he beats a friend simply for walking with her and then goes totally ballistic after she tries to break up with him.
Starring: Mark Wahlberg, Reese Witherspoon, William Petersen, Alyssa Milano, Amy Brenneman, Gary Riley
Director: James Foley
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Tags: Alyssa Milano, Amy Brenneman, Gary Riley, James Foley, Mark Wahlberg, Reese Witherspoon, William Petersen
Posted on December 25, 2012 |
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The American President (1995)
Comedy | Drama | Romance
Comedy-drama about a widowed US president and a lobbyist who fall in love. It's all aboveboard, but "politics is perception" and sparks fly anyway.
Starring: Michael Douglas, Annette Bening, Martin Sheen, Michael J. Fox, Anna Deavere Smith, Samantha Mathis
Director: Rob Reiner
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Tags: Anna Deavere Smith, Annette Bening, Martin Sheen, Michael Douglas, Michael J. Fox, Rob Reiner, Samantha Mathis
Posted on December 24, 2012 |
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Soar Into the Sun / Al-too-bi: Riteon Too Beiseu (2012)
Action | Drama
An attempt at a dangerous zero-knot maneuver during an air show by ROK Black Eagle Special Squad pilot Tae-hun turns the event into a scene of chaos and he's kicked out of the team. He is transferred to 21st Fighter Wing and meets his former classmates Yu-jin and Eagle squad leader Dae-seo. One peaceful afternoon, an unidentified fighter jet appears in the sky of Seoul and 21st Fighter Wing is scrambled to chase after the mysterious fighter. Seoul suffers catastrophic damage from the sudden attack, and although they succeed in securing the city, Dae-seo is shot down while trying to lure the bogey away from civilian area and another bigger threat is looming on the horizon that could end in an all-out nuclear war?
Starring: Rain, Joon-sang Yoo, Seong-su Kim, Ha-na Lee, Jong-Suk Lee, Seok-won Jeong
Director: Dong-won Kim
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Tags: Dong-won Kim, Ha-na Lee, Jong-Suk Lee, Joon-sang Yoo, Rain, Seok-won Jeong, Seong-su Kim
Posted on December 24, 2012 |
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Gayby (2012)
Comedy | Drama
Jenn and Matt are best friends from college who are now in their thirties. Single by choice, Jenn spends her days teaching hot yoga and running errands for her boss. Matt suffers from comic-book writer's block and can't get over his ex-boyfriend. They decide to fulfill a promise to have a child together… the old fashioned way. Can they navigate the serious and unexpected snags they hit as they attempt to get their careers and dating lives back on track in preparation for parenthood? 'Gayby' is an irreverent comedy about friendship, sex, loneliness, and the family you choose.
Starring: Jenn Harris, Matthew Wilkas, Mike Doyle, Anna Margaret Hollyman, Jack Ferver
Director: Jonathan Lisecki
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Tags: Anna Margaret Hollyman, Jack Ferver, Jenn Harris, Jonathan Lisecki, Matthew Wilkas, Mike Doyle
Posted on December 24, 2012 |
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Saving Grace B. Jones (2009)
Drama | Thriller
In a 1950s-era Missouri town the life of a couple is thrown into chaos when the husband's sister is released from the local asylum and comes to live with the family.
Starring: Michael Biehn, Tatum O'Neal, Penelope Ann Miller, Joel Gretsch, Tricia Leigh Fisher, Scott Wilson, Evie Thompson
Director: Connie Stevens
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Tags: Connie Stevens, Evie Thompson, Joel Gretsch, Michael Biehn, Penelope Ann Miller, Scott Wilson, Tatum O'Neal, Tricia Leigh Fisher
Posted on December 24, 2012 |
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Hurry Sundown (1967)
Drama
Following the Second World War, a northern cannery combine negotiates for the purchase of a large tract of uncultivated Georgia farmland…
Starring: Michael Caine, Jane Fonda, John Phillip Law, Diahann Carroll, Robert Hooks, Faye Dunaway
Director: Otto Preminger
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Tags: Diahann Carroll, Faye Dunaway, Jane Fonda, John Phillip Law, Michael Caine, Otto Preminger, Robert Hooks
Posted on December 24, 2012 |
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Appointment with Danger (1951)
Crime | Drama | Film-Noir
Relentless postal inspector Al Goddard is set to Gary, Indiana, when another officer is murdered. He must find the nun who witnessed the murder, then infiltrate the gang by convincing them he is a postal inspector gone bad.
Starring: Alan Ladd, Phyllis Calvert, Paul Stewart, Jan Sterling, Jack Webb
Director: Lewis Allen
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Posted on December 24, 2012 |
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Me and Orson Welles (2008)
Drama
"A teenager is cast in the Mercury Theatre production of "Julius Caesar" directed by a young Orson Welles in 1937."
Starring: Zac Efron, Claire Danes, Christian McKay
Director: Richard Linklater
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Posted on December 24, 2012 |
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Deserter / Simon: An English Legionnaire (2002)
Drama | War
Driven by romantic illusion to join the French Foreign Legion, Simon Murray undertakes a physical and spiritual journey during Algeria's battle for independence from France.
Starring: Paul Fox, Tom Hardy
Director: Martin Huberty
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Posted on December 23, 2012 |
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On the Road (2012)
Adventure | Drama
Brazilian director Walter Salles helms this adaptation of the iconic novel by Jack Kerouac that defined the Beat Generation. Sam Riley stars as Kerouac's self-styled protagonist, down-and-out intellectual Sal Paradise, who takes to the backroads of America with his free-spirited friend Dean Moriarty (Garrett Hedlund) in a frantic odyssey fuelled by jazz, poetry and drugs in search of the 'it' at the heart of life. Viggo Mortensen, Kristen Stewart, Kirsten Dunst and Amy Adams co-star.
Starring: Kristen Stewart, Sam Riley, Amy Adams, Kirsten Dunst, Garrett Hedlund, Terrence Howard, Tom Sturridge, Alice Braga, Elisabeth Moss, Viggo Mortensen
Director: Walter Salles
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Tags: Alice Braga, Amy Adams, Elisabeth Moss, Garrett Hedlund, Kirsten Dunst, Kristen Stewart, Sam Riley, Terrence Howard, Tom Sturridge, Viggo Mortensen, Walter Salles
Posted on December 23, 2012 |
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Due West: Our Sex Journey / Dong Guan Wood / Yi Lu Xiang Xi (2012)
Comedy | Drama | Romance
Frankie is brought up in a strict middle class family, but like any other adolescent, he is curious about sex during puberty, so he turns to his "sex mentor" – porn magazines and his mate Jing. With the help of Jing, Frankie has the opportunity of camping with his crush Zoey, and spending time alone with her, during which he loses his virginity to her… not quite! He turns out to be doing the well-known ugly she-boy from school! The episode devastates Frankie, and he decides to leave Hong Kong for the U.K. to continue his study, where he acquaints with lecherous senior James. Frankie is in a stable relationship with Zeta after graduating. Their only problem is their sex life: Zeta is sexually anxious and sets certain restrictions. Not only does that prevent Frankie from being sexually satisfied, it also indirectly leads to their breakup. Frankie then begins his journey back to the mainland with Jing to pick up chicks in clubs…
Starring: Justin Cheung, Gregory Wong, Mark Wu, Mo Qi Wen, Jessica Kizaki, Daniella Wang, Angelina Zhang, Celia Kwok, Jeana Ho, Eva Li, Oi Ming Wong, Tony Ho, Lai-Chu Ng, Wylie Chiu, Polly Leung
Director: Mark Wu
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Tags: Angelina Zhang, Celia Kwok, Daniella Wang, Eva Li, Gregory Wong, Jeana Ho, Jessica Kizaki, Justin Cheung, Lai-Chu Ng, Mark Wu, Mo Qi Wen, Oi Ming Wong, Polly Leung, Tony Ho, Wylie Chiu
Posted on December 23, 2012 |
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The Crown Jewels / Kronjuvelerna (2011)
Drama
Fragancia is arrested for the attempted murder of Richard Persson, the son of a powerful factory owner. During the interrogation her amazing and remarkable life story is revealed. We follow her through her impoverished childhood, her adolescence where she meets the great love of her life, ice hockey star Petterson-Jonsson and the lead up to the fatal night where the story begins.
Starring: Alicia Vikander, Bill Skarsgård, Björn Gustafsson
Director: Ella Lemhagen
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Posted on December 23, 2012 |
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Viva Baseball / Qiu Lai Jiu Da (2012)
Drama | Sport
Umi was a professional baseball player whose career ended due to a fixed-game scandal more than a decade ago. After he decides to take a job to coach a high school baseball team, his life suddenly turns complicated: a mysterious woman arrives to become his manager, and the secret sponsor behind his team is actually the same mob boss who had once ruined his life. Months later, as his team grows strong and advances to the finals, Umi sees a chance for redemption of his life…
Starring: Han Chang, Xinyu Chang, Danny Deng, Honduras, Shao-qi Huang, Lea Yang, Tracy Zhou
Director: Chi Yin
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Posted on December 23, 2012 |
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Medea (1969)
Drama
To win the kingdom his uncle took from his father, Jason must steal the golden fleece from the land of barbarians, where Medea is royalty and a powerful sorceress, where human sacrifice helps crops to grow. Medea sees Jason and swoons, then enlists her brother's aid to take the fleece. She then murders her brother and becomes Jason's lover. Back in Greece, the king keeps the throne, the fleece has no power, and Medea lives an exile's life, respected but feared, abandoned by Jason. When she learns he's to marry the king's daughter, Medea tames her emotions and sends gifts via her sons; then, loss overwhelms her and she unleashes a fire storm on the king, the bride, and Jason.
Starring: Maria Callas, Massimo Girotti, Laurent Terzieff
Director: Pier Paolo Pasolini
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Posted on December 23, 2012 |
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Burn Notice (TV Series 2007-2013)
Crime | Drama | Mystery | Thriller
Covert intelligence operative Michael Westen has been punched, kicked, choked and shot. Now he's being burned, and someone's going to pay! When Michael receives a "burn notice", blacklisting him from the intelligence community and compromising his very identity, he must track down a faceless nemesis without getting himself killed in the process. Meanwhile, Michael is forced to double as a private investigator on the dangerous streets of Miami in order to survive. Fully loaded with sly humor, Burn Notice is a fresh spin on the spy genre with plenty of precarious twists to keep you guessing and enough explosive action to keep you riveted!
Starring: Jeffrey Donovan, Gabrielle Anwar, Bruce Campbell, Sharon Gless, Coby Bell
Creator: Matt Nix
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Posted on December 22, 2012 |
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Love Actually… Sucks! / Ai Hen Lan (2012)
Drama
Love is life, life as it is. Not every love story is a fairy tale. After a dramatic wedding feast, unusual love stories unfold towards unexpected endings: a brother and sister in love caught by the mother, a married painter falls for his young life drawing model of same sex, an intimacy between a dance school teacher and his wealthy but senior student, a lesbian couple of which one has role-play paranoid, a dreadful love triangle ending with the girl being beheaded… "Love Actually…Sucks!" celebrates love that no one care but real, for life is love, love as it is.
Starring: Osman Hung, Linda So, Haze Leung, John Tai, Wei Tang
Director: Scud
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Tags: Haze Leung, John Tai, Linda So, Osman Hung, Scud, Wei Tang
