Category: Drama
Posted on October 4, 2012 |
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5150 Elm's Way / 5150 Rue des Ormes (2009)
Drama | Horror | Thriller
5150 ELM'S WAY is located at the end of a quiet street in a small town. When Yannick fell off his bike, he knocked at the door of the Beaulieu residence so he could clean the blood off his hands. But Jack Beaulieu and his family had other plans for Ian. Beaulieu is a righteous psychopath and fanatic chess player who wants to rid the world of evil. And even though Ian has done nothing wrong, he is beaten, tortured and tormented before Beaulieu makes him an offer: win at chess and he is free to go. And so Ian is now a pawn in Beaulieu 's game. A game in which he will either lose his mind or his life.
Starring: Marc-André Grondin, Normand D'Amour, Sonia Vachon, Mylène St-Sauveur, Élodie Larivière, Catherine Bérubé
Director: Éric Tessier
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Tags: Catherine Bérubé, Élodie Larivière, Éric Tessier, Marc-André Grondin, Mylène St-Sauveur, Normand D'Amour, Sonia Vachon
Posted on October 2, 2012 |
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October Baby (2011)
Drama
Hannah hesitantly steps onto the stage for her theatrical debut in college. Yet before she can utter her first lines, Hannah-unscripted-collapses in front of the stunned audience. After countless medical tests, all signs point to one underlying factor: Hannah's difficult birth. This revelation is nothing compared to what she then learns from her parents: she was actually adopted… after a failed abortion attempt.
Starring: Rachel Hendrix, John Schneider, Jasmine Guy, Jason Burkey, Colleen Trusler
Director: Andrew Erwin, Jon Erwin
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Tags: Andrew Erwin, Colleen Trusler, Jasmine Guy, Jason Burkey, John Schneider, Jon Erwin, Rachel Hendrix
Posted on October 2, 2012 |
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Hut in the Woods / Die Summe meiner einzelnen Teile (2011)
Drama
Two misfit boys find each other, building a small cabin in the woods to create a new life. Their daily struggle for survival creates a strong bond between them until the hut is destroyed and one of the boys carted off. The former psychiatric patient is told that his friend was just a figment of his imagination, but this provokes him to fight back and prove the boy's existence.
Starring: Peter Schneider, Henrike von Kuick, Timur Massold, Andreas Leupold, Julia Jentsch
Director: Hans Weingartner
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Tags: Andreas Leupold, Hans Weingartner, Henrike von Kuick, Julia Jentsch, Peter Schneider, Timur Massold
Posted on October 1, 2012 |
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E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial / E.T. (1982)
Adventure | Drama | Family | Fantasy | Sci-Fi
An extra-terrestrial is accidentally left behind on Earth and is befriended by a young boy and his brother and sister. As Elliot attempts to help his extra-terrestrial companion contact his home planet so that he might be rescued, the children must elude scientists and government agents determined to apprehend the alien for their own purposes…which results in an adventure greater than any of them could have imagined.
Starring: Henry Thomas, Drew Barrymore, Peter Coyote, Dee Wallace, Robert MacNaughton, K.C. Martel
Director: Steven Spielberg
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Tags: Dee Wallace, Drew Barrymore, Henry Thomas, K.C. Martel, Peter Coyote, Robert MacNaughton, Steven Spielberg
Posted on October 1, 2012 |
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88 Minutes (2007)
Drama | Mystery | Thriller
Dr. Jack Gramm is a college professor who moonlights as a forensic psychiatrist for the FBI. When Gramm receives a death threat claiming he has only 88 minutes to live, he must use all his skills and training to narrow down the possible suspects, who include a disgruntled student, a jilted former lover, and a serial killer who is already on death row, before his time runs out.
Starring: Al Pacino, Alicia Witt, Leelee Sobieski, Amy Brenneman, William Forsythe
Director: Jon Avnet
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Posted on October 1, 2012 |
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Two for the Money (2005)
Drama | Sport | Thriller
Former college football star, Brandon Lane's uncanny ability to predict the outcome of a game introduces him to an unexpected new career when his gridiron glory is sidelined by a crushing injury. Brandon's talent makes him a prime candidate for recruitment by Walter Abraham, the head of one of the biggest sports consulting operations in the country. Walter hires the small town ex-athlete and grooms him into a shrewd front man. Brandon soon begins to enjoy his status as a Manhattan golden boy and finds himself growing comfortable with Walter's high-rolling lifestyle. The surrogate father/surrogate son relationship fattens Walter's business and personal accounts–until Brandon's golden touch begins to falter at the same time that Walter's manipulation of his protégé crosses the line. With millions of dollars on the line, Brandon and Walter engage in a deadly game of con versus con, each one trying to maintain the upper hand while everyone in their world, including Walter's wife, Toni, are drawn into the escalating duel–where ultimately everything isn't what it appears to be.
Starring: Matthew McConaughey, Al Pacino, Rene Russo, Armand Assante, Carly Pope, Jeremy Piven
Director: D.J. Caruso
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Tags: Al Pacino, Armand Assante, Carly Pope, D.J. Caruso, Jeremy Piven, Matthew McConaughey, Rene Russo
Posted on October 1, 2012 |
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The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada (2005)
Adventure | Crime | Drama | Mystery | Western
A man is shot and quickly buried in the high desert of west Texas. The body is found and reburied in Van Horn's town cemetery. Pete Perkins, a local ranch foreman kidnaps a Border Patrolman and forces him to disinter the body. With his captive in tow and the body tied to a mule Pete undertakes a dangerous and quixotic journey into Mexico.
Starring: Tommy Lee Jones, Barry Pepper, Julio Cedillo, Dwight Yoakam, January Jones, Melissa Leo
Director: Tommy Lee Jones
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Tags: Barry Pepper, Dwight Yoakam, January Jones, Julio Cedillo, Melissa Leo, Tommy Lee Jones
Posted on October 1, 2012 |
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Rosewood (1997)
Action | Drama | History
Ving Rhames stars as Mann, a drifter caught in Rosewood, a town filled with racial prejudice. He ends up aiding the surviving African-Americans escape the town, with the help of a humble store owner played by Jon Voight.
Starring: Jon Voight, Ving Rhames, Don Cheadle, Bruce McGill, Loren Dean
Director: John Singleton
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Tags: Bruce McGill, Don Cheadle, John Singleton, Jon Voight, Loren Dean, Ving Rhames
Posted on October 1, 2012 |
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Hoffa (1992)
Biography | Crime | Drama
Based on the story of legendary union figure Jimmy Hoffa.
Starring: Jack Nicholson, Danny DeVito, Armand Assante, Frank Whaley, J.T. Walsh, Robert Prosky
Director: Danny DeVito
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Tags: Armand Assante, Danny DeVito, Frank Whaley, J.T. Walsh, Jack Nicholson, Robert Prosky
Posted on September 29, 2012 |
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Take This Waltz / Take This Waltz: Une histoire d'amour (2011)
Comedy | Drama
A happily married woman falls for the artist who lives across the street.
Starring: Michelle Williams, Seth Rogen, Luke Kirby, Sarah Silverman
Director: Sarah Polley
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Posted on September 29, 2012 |
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Touchback (2011)
Drama | Family | Sport
On the game winning play of the biggest game of his life, the best High School Football player in the nation injures his knee and destroys his dreams of a college and professional career. But fifteen years later, he receives the opportunity of a lifetime: the chance to go back and change history.
Starring: Brian Presley, Kurt Russell, Melanie Lynskey, Marc Blucas, Christine Lahti
Director: Don Handfield
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Tags: Brian Presley, Christine Lahti, Don Handfield, Kurt Russell, Marc Blucas, Melanie Lynskey
Posted on September 29, 2012 |
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A Midnight Clear (1992)
Drama | War
Set in 1944 France, an American Intelligence Squad locates a German Platoon wishing to surrender rather than die in Germany's final war offensive. The two groups of men, isolated from the war at present, put aside their differences and spend Christmas together before the surrender plan turns bad and both sides are forced to fight the other.
Starring: Peter Berg, Kevin Dillon, Arye Gross, Ethan Hawke, Gary Sinise, Frank Whaley, John C. McGinley
Director: Keith Gordon
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Tags: Arye Gross, Ethan Hawke, Frank Whaley, Gary Sinise, John C. McGinley, Keith Gordon, Kevin Dillon, Peter Berg
Posted on September 29, 2012 |
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Trasgredire / Cheeky! (2000)
Comedy | Drama
While scouting out apartments in London for her Venetian boyfriend, Carla rents an apartment that overlooks the Thames. There she meet the lesbian real estate agent Moira and Moira's ex-husband Marion.
Starring: Yuliya Mayarchuk, Jarno Berardi, Francesca Nunzi, Max Parodi, Mauro Lorenz
Director: Tinto Brass
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Tags: Francesca Nunzi, Jarno Berardi, Mauro Lorenz, Max Parodi, Tinto Brass, Yuliya Mayarchuk
Posted on September 29, 2012 |
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Secret Reunion / Ui-hyeong-je (2010)
Drama | Thriller
A North Korean spy and a former South Korean agent form a tense partnership.
Starring: Kang-ho Song, Dong-won Kang, Kyeong-min Go, Yun-seo Choi
Director: Hun Jang
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Tags: Dong-won Kang, Hun Jang, Kang-ho Song, Kyeong-min Go, Yun-seo Choi
Posted on September 29, 2012 |
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The Unforgiven (1960)
Drama | Romance | Western
In 1850s, a cattling raising Texas family is turned upside down when it is revealed that one of their women is of Native American blood.
Starring: Burt Lancaster, Audrey Hepburn, Audie Murphy, John Saxon, Lillian Gish, Charles Bickford
Director: John Huston
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Tags: Audie Murphy, Audrey Hepburn, Burt Lancaster, Charles Bickford, John Huston, John Saxon, Lillian Gish
Posted on September 29, 2012 |
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Ali (2001)
Biography | Drama | Sport
The life story of heavyweight boxing champion Muhammad Ali, following the champ's early days as Cassius Clay and his rise in sports and politics, including his controversial refusal to fight in the Vietnam War and his infamous comeback battles against Joe Frazier and George Foreman.
Starring: Will Smith, Jamie Foxx, Jon Voight, Jeffrey Wright, Mario Van Peebles, Ron Silver
Director: Michael Mann
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Posted on September 28, 2012 |
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Roadkill (2011)
Adventure | Drama | Fantasy | Horror | Sci-Fi
A group of friends is on a scenic RV road trip through Ireland, but their cross-country adventure takes an unexpected turn when they accidentally run down an old gypsy woman. Before she dies, the woman curses them, summoning a giant bird of prey called a Simuroc to exterminate the young people, one by one.
Starring: Stephen Rea, Eliza Bennett, Oliver James, Kacey Barnfield, Ned Dennehy
Director: Johannes Roberts
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Posted on September 28, 2012 |
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Unfair: The Answer / Anfea: The Answer (2011)
Action | Crime | Drama
After detective Natsumi Yukihira (Ryoko Shinohara) brings an end to the police hospital terrorist case (storyline took place in "Unfair: The Movie"), Natsumi is transferred to the Nishimonbetsu Police Station in Hokkaido. Meanwhile, a series of grotesque murders occurs in downtown Tokyo involving nails placed in the body of the victims. The fingerprint of Natsumi's ex-husband, freelancer journalist Kazuo Sato (Teruyuki Kagawa), is found on the the body of a victim and Kazuo is placed on the most wanted list. Soon after, Kazuo finds Natsumi and hands her a USB memory stick. The device contains information on a secret organization within the police department. Kazuo tells Natsumi that the series of murders are warnings and suspects become the next victims. Natsumi is then arrested as a suspect. Tokyo prosecutor Katsuaki Murakami (Takayuki Yamada) appears at the Nishimonbetsu Police Station to investigate.
Starring: Ryôko Shinohara, Kôichi Satô, Takayuki Yamada, Sadao Abe, Masaya Katô
Director: Shimako Sato
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Tags: Kôichi Satô, Masaya Katô, Ryôko Shinohara, Sadao Abe, Shimako Sato, Takayuki Yamada
Posted on September 28, 2012 |
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DIVA / Hua li zhi hou (2012)
Drama | Romance
All the world's a stage, and players are… replaceable. Pop queen J (Joey Yung) is estranged from her manager Man (Chapman To) who has propelled her from nobody to diva. When she suffers from a breakdown and loses her voice, she starts to ponder about life beyond the stage and glitz, prompted by an unexpected romantic interlude with a blind masseur. Man spots upcoming songbird Red (Mag Lam), but she also must choose between love and career. DIVA takes a rare glimpse into Cantopop's star-making machinery where every piece of tabloid gossip is… true.
Starring: Joey Yung, Ge Hu, Chapman To, Mag Lam, Carlos Chan
Director: Heiward Mak
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Posted on September 28, 2012 |
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Revenge of the Warrior / The Protector / Tom yum goong (2005)
Action | Crime | Drama | Thriller
Kham's life is turned upside down when an international mafia syndicate, based in Australia, captures his two beloved elephants and smuggles them thousands of kilometers away to Sydney. The two elephants are far more than mere animals to Kham and his father; they are part of his family and were being prepared to be presented as a token of devotion to his Majesty the King of Thailand. The only way Kham can possibly save the animals is by venturing into a foreign land for the first time. Taking on a mafia group to rescue two elephants from a foreign country presents a huge challenge, even for a martial arts master like Kham. Despite the help of Sergeant Mark, a Thai police Sergeant based in Australia, and Pla, a Thai girl forced into modern day slavery, the going gets tough. They must take on the ruthless gang of Madame Rose, whose henchmen include Johnny, a Vietnamese thief and martial arts expert, and the hulking TK. Kham has no choice but to risk his own life for the animals he loves.
Starring: Tony Jaa, Petchtai Wongkamlao, Bongkoj Khongmalai, Nathan Jones, Johnny Nguyen, Jon Foo
Director: Prachya Pinkaew
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Tags: Bongkoj Khongmalai, Johnny Nguyen, Jon Foo, Nathan Jones, Petchtai Wongkamlao, Prachya Pinkaew, Tony Jaa
