Category: Drama
Posted on April 19, 2012 |
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W.E. / Wallis & Edward (2011)
Drama | History | Romance
Two love stories, one historic and one contemporary, are interwoven. The famous romance between King Edward VIII and American divorcée Wallis Simpson is juxtaposed with the affair of a Russian security guard with a New York trophy wife Wally Winstrhop. Wally is obsessed with the story of Edward and the woman he loved, and embarks on her own research of their life together, even attending the Sotheby's auction of the Windsor Estate. She comes to see that their relationship, although glamorous, was not the perfect one that she had imagined it to be.
Starring: Abbie Cornish, Andrea Riseborough, James D'Arcy
Director: Madonna
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Posted on April 19, 2012 |
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Kingdom of War Part II / Naresuan Part II (2007)
Drama | History | War
An epic historical action film about King Naresuan the Great, who liberate the Siamese from the control of Burma, changing the destiny of a nation.
Starring: Sarunyu Wongkrachang, Sorapong Chatree
Director: Chatrichalerm Yukol
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Posted on April 19, 2012 |
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Kingdom of War Part I / Naresuan Part I (2007)
Drama | History | War
An epic historical action film about King Naresuan the Great, who liberate the Siamese from the control of Burma, changing the destiny of a nation.
Starring: Sarunyu Wongkrachang, Sorapong Chatree
Director: Chatrichalerm Yukol
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Posted on April 19, 2012 |
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Armed and Deadly (2011)
Drama | Mystery | Thriller
Janis McKenzie, is a 36 year old photographer in Sarasota. Janis witnessed her twin brother kill their parents. Twenty years later, she waits for him to come to kill her for her testimony. Trained in martial arts, she is ready. All Janis wants is CLOSURE.
Starring: Lisa Varga, Audrey Landers, Diane Ford
Director: Andrzej Mrotek
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Posted on April 19, 2012 |
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Littlerock (2010)
Drama
Japanese siblings Rintaro and Atsuko are visiting the United States for the first time. They are headed for San Francisco when their rental car breaks down in the California desert town of Littlerock. Despite the cultural and language barriers, they soon fall in with a group of aimless young locals, including an awkward outcast named Cory who is clearly taken with Atsuko. She finds a fumbling romance…
Starring: Atsuko Okatsuka, Cory Zacharia, Rintaro Sawamoto, Roberto Sanchez
Director: Mike Ott
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Posted on April 17, 2012 |
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Roadracers (1994)
Action | Drama
Cynical look at a 50's rebellious Rocker who has to confront his future, thugs with knives, and the crooked town sheriff.
Starring: David Arquette, John Hawkes, Salma Hayek
Director: Robert Rodriguez
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Posted on April 17, 2012 |
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Bunraku (2010)
Action | Adventure | Drama | Fantasy | Thriller
A mysterious drifter and an ardent young Japanese warrior Yoshi both arrive in a town that has been terrorized by outrageous and virulent criminals. Each is obsessed with his separate mission, and guided by the wisdom of The Bartender at the Horseless Horseman Saloon, the two eventually join forces to bring down the corrupt and contemptuous reign of Nicola, the awesomely evil "woodcutter" and his lady Alexandra, a femme fatale with a secret past. This classic tale is re-vitalized and re-imagined in an entirely fresh visual context, set in a unique world that mixes skewed reality with shadow-play fantasy, a place where even the landscape can betray you.
Starring: Josh Hartnett, Demi Moore, Woody Harrelson, Ron Perlman, Kevin McKidd, Gackt, Shun Sugata, Jordi Mollà, Emily Kaiho
Director: Guy Moshe
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Posted on April 17, 2012 |
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Mimic (1997)
Drama | Horror | Sci-Fi | Thriller
Three years ago, two young scientists teamed up to save New York City from an roach-borne epidemic that was killing thousands of children. Their miracle of genetic engineering was the Judas Breed, an insect whose enzimes proved deadly to the disease-carrying roaches. However, their creation has come back to haunt them, altering the balance of nature and tipping the scales in favor of the insects. The thing created in the lab has changed, and now, out there in the city it has begun to mimic the most dangerous predator of all—humans.
Starring: Mira Sorvino, Jeremy Northam, Josh Brolin, Giancarlo Giannini, Charles S. Dutton, Alexander Goodwin
Director: Guillermo del Toro
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Tags: Alexander Goodwin, Charles S. Dutton, Giancarlo Giannini, Guillermo del Toro, Jeremy Northam, Josh Brolin, Mira Sorvino
Posted on April 17, 2012 |
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In the Valley of Elah (2007)
Crime | Drama | Mystery | Thriller
A young soldier goes missing upon returning to the U.S. from Iraq. When his war veteran father and his mother begin questioning the circumstances surrounding their son's mysterious disappearance, they embark on a journey to piece together their son's final days, enlisting the help of a police detective to aid in the investigation.
Starring: Tommy Lee Jones, Charlize Theron, Jason Patric, Susan Sarandon, James Franco
Director: Paul Haggis
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Posted on April 17, 2012 |
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Mao's Last Dancer (2009)
Biography | Drama | Music | Romance
A drama based on the autobiography by Li Cunxin. At the age of 11, Li was plucked from a poor Chinese village by Madame Mao's cultural delegates and taken to Beijing to study ballet…
Starring: Kyle MacLachlan, Bruce Greenwood, Joan Chen, Chi Cao, Amanda Schull
Director: Bruce Beresford
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Posted on April 17, 2012 |
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The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957)
Adventure | Drama | War
A group of British POWs is forced to build a bridge in Burma for the Japanese. Led by Colonel Nicholson, they not only build the bridge but organise the whole building program and are proud of the final result. However, unbeknownst to the POWs, a British commando team has been given a mission to destroy it.
Starring: William Holden, Alec Guinness, Jack Hawkins, Sessue Hayakawa, Geoffrey Horne
Director: David Lean
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Posted on April 16, 2012 |
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Dark Tide (2012)
Adventure | Drama | Thriller
A professional diver tutor Brady returns to deep waters after nine years following an almost fatal encounter with a great white shark, bringing a happy couple Kate and Jeff. However, before they know it they discover that the nightmare from the deep is still lurking in the deep, more carnivorous and hungry than ever.
Starring: Halle Berry, Olivier Martinez, Ralph Brown
Director: John Stockwell
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Posted on April 16, 2012 |
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Snabba Cash / Easy Money (2010)
Crime | Drama | Thriller
A three-tiered story centered around drugs and organized crime, and focused on a young man who becomes a runner for a coke dealer.
Starring: Joel Kinnaman, Matias Padin, Dragomir Mrsic
Director: Daniel Espinosa
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Posted on April 16, 2012 |
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The Dark Horse (2008)
Drama
The Dark Horse is a story of struggle and redemption. Dana, a ballet teacher, reluctantly returns to her childhood home to discover it is about to be sold. To save the farm, and the family, she must tame her mother's dangerous black horse, and ride him to victory in the year's biggest dressage competition.
Starring: Carol Roscoe, Kathryn Mesney-Hetler, Sean G. Griffin
Director: Cornelia Moore
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Posted on April 16, 2012 |
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Facing the Giants (2006)
Drama | Sport
In his six years of coaching, Grant Taylor has never had a winning season. Even the hope of a new season is squelched when the best player on his Shiloh Eagles decides to transfer schools. After losing their first three games of the season, the coach discovers a group of fathers are plotting to have him fired. Combined with pressures at home, Coach Taylor has lost hope in his battle against fear and failure. However, an unexpected challenge finds a purpose bigger than just victories. Daring to trust God to do the impossible, Coach Taylor and the Eagles discover how faith plays out on the field–and off. With God, all things are possible.
Starring: Alex Kendrick, Shannen Fields, Steve Williams, Bailey Cave, Jason McLeod, Tracy Goode
Director: Alex Kendrick, Stephen Kendrick
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Posted on April 16, 2012 |
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Erin Brockovich (2000)
Biography | Drama | Romance
Based on the true story of a twice-divorced mother working as a low-level secretary at a Los Angeles law firm, a chronicle of a woman, without a law degree, who takes it upon herself to fight powerful corporate forces. Hired out of sympathy after her lawyer lost her personal injury suit, Brockovich stumbled upon the cover-up involving contaminated water in a small desert community, while working at the small law firm. Brockovich tracks a case of water poisoning created by PG&E (Pacific Gas & Electric) and champions it all the way up the judicial ladder– becoming instrumental in rallying the over 600 plaintiffs and in helping them win the largest class-action suit of its type.
Starring: Julia Roberts, Albert Finney, David Brisbin, Dawn Didawick, Valente Rodriguez, Conchata Ferrell
Director: Steven Soderbergh
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Posted on April 14, 2012 |
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Gone Baby Gone (2007)
Crime | Drama | Mystery | Thriller
Gone Baby Gone is Ben Affleck's directorial debut, based on the novel from the acclaimed author of Mystic River. It is an intense look inside an ongoing investigation about the mysterious disappearance of a little girl. Two young private detectives (Casey Affleck and Michelle Monaghan) are hired to take a closer look at the case and soon they discover nothing is what it seems. Ultimately they will have to risk everything – their relationship, their sanity, and even their lives – to find a little girl-lost.
Starring: Casey Affleck, Michelle Monaghan, Morgan Freeman, Ed Harris, John Ashton
Director: Ben Affleck
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Posted on April 14, 2012 |
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Carrie (1976)
Drama | Horror
A telekinetic powered girl becomes Senior Prom queen, is humiliated publicly, and chaos and destruction follows in this horror classic by Brian De Palma based on the Stephen King novel starring Sissy Spacek and John Travolta.
Starring: Sissy Spacek, John Travolta, Piper Laurie, Amy Irving, William Katt, Nancy Allen
Director: Brian De Palma
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Posted on April 14, 2012 |
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The Adopted / Les adoptés (2011)
Drama
The Adopted is a story of a family of women whose live haven't been the easiest but with time been the biggest cure to their difficulties. Lisa (Laurent) is a vivacious alluring woman, her adoptive sister Marine (Marie Denarnaud) both been in separable since they where 10 years old. The pair have forged a deep bond with Lisa's mother Millie (Clementine Celarie) whom the trio give Lisa's young son Leo the security and affection a growing child needs. When Marine falls in love with Alex (Denis Menochet)Lisa starts to feel isolated, jealous which starts to take on the family,but eventually things start to look balanced once again as love starts to blossom only for fate to throw tragedy at them forcing the family to regroup again to turn loss into hope.
Starring: Marie Denarnaud, Denis Menochet, Mélanie Laurent, Clémentine Célarié
Director: Mélanie Laurent
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Posted on April 13, 2012 |
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Dragon Eyes (2012)
Action | Crime | Drama | Thriller
St. Jude Square is a neighborhood living in fear and despair. The dueling gangs of local kingpins Dash and Antuan terrorize the streets and the citizens live without a shred of hope… until mysterious stranger Ryan Hong arrives in town. He begins to play one gang against the other using his unparalleled martial arts skills, and by calling on the teachings of his brilliant mentor Tiano to find the strength to battle back. However, just as he begins to bring the community under control, Hong is confronted by Mr. V, the town's ruthless and corrupt police chief. At first Mr. V is impressed by Hong's skill, but soon sees Hong as a threat to his regime, and the two warriors are locked in a head-to-head battle, pitting the fear and corruption of Mr. V's regime versus the new beginning Hong represents for the people of St. Jude Square.
Starring: Jean-Claude Van Damme, Peter Weller, Cung Le, Eddie Rouse, Kristopher Van Varenberg
Director: John Hyams
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