Category: Drama
Posted on May 23, 2012 |
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Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps / Wall Street 2 (2010)
Drama
Emerging from a lengthy prison stint, Gordon Gekko (Michael Douglas) finds himself on the outside of a world he once dominated. Looking to repair his damaged relationship with his daughter, Gekko forms an alliance with her fiancé Jacob (Shia LaBeouf), and Jacob begins to see him as a father figure. But Jacob learns the hard way that Gekko – still a master manipulator and player – is after something very different from redemption…
Starring: Michael Douglas, Shia LaBeouf, Josh Brolin, Carey Mulligan, Eli Wallach
Director: Oliver Stone
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Posted on May 23, 2012 |
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Wall Street (1987)
Crime | Drama
In this riveting behind-the-scenes look at big business in the 1980's, an ambitious young stockbroker is lured into the illegal, lucrative world of corporate espionage when he is seduced by the power, status and financial wizardry of Wall Street legend Gordon Gekko. But he soon discovers that the pursuit of overnight riches comes at a price that's too high to pay.
Starring: Michael Douglas, Charlie Sheen, Daryl Hannah, Martin Sheen, Terence Stamp
Director: Oliver Stone
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Posted on May 21, 2012 |
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A Frozen Flower / King Protector / Ssang-hwa-jeom (2008)
Drama | History | Romance
A historical drama set in the Koryo dynasty and focused on the relationship between a king and his bodyguard.
Starring: Jin-mo Ju, Ji-hyo Song, In-seong Jo
Director: Ha Yu
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Posted on May 21, 2012 |
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The Killing Fields (1984)
Drama | History | War
Sydney Schanberg is a New York Times journalist covering the civil war in Cambodia. Together with local representative Dith Pran, they cover some of the tragedy and madness of the war. When the American forces leave, Dith Pran sends his family with them, but stays behind himself to help Schanberg cover the event. As an American, Schanberg won't have any trouble leaving the country, but the situation is different for Pran; he's a local, and the Khmer Rouge are moving in.
Starring: Sam Waterston, Haing S. Ngor, John Malkovich
Director: Roland Joffe
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Posted on May 21, 2012 |
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Harakiri / Seppuku (1962)
Drama
Set in 17th-century Japan, director Makaki Kobayahi's HARAKIRI stars Tatsuya Nakadai (RAN) as masterless samurai Hanshiro Tsugumo. Structured in a series of flashbacks, the film opens in a period of serenity that has brought about a consolidation of power in Japan, resulting in the release of many samurai from their feudal obligations. These men–Hanshiro included–are in desperate straits, struggling to avoid poverty and starvation. According to their code, they must appear at clan estates and offer to commit seppuku, or ritual disembowelment, and often the clan retainer will offer them work or alms. When Hanshiro arrives at such an estate, the chief retainer Kageyu Saito (Rentaro Mikuni) tells him a cautionary tale about the fate of samurai Motome Chijiiwa (Akira Ishihama), who was forced to commit seppuku with a dull bamboo sword as punishment for dishonoring the samurai code.
Starring: Tatsuya Nakadai, Akira Ishihama, Shima Iwashita, Tetsurô Tanba, Masao Mishima
Director: Masaki Kobayashi
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Posted on May 21, 2012 |
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First Snow (2006)
Drama | Thriller
A psychic's ominous reading sends a man into a tailspin.
Starring: Guy Pearce, Piper Perabo, William Fichtner
Director: Mark Fergus
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Posted on May 20, 2012 |
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Ever After: A Cinderella Story / EverAfter (1998)
Comedy | Drama | Fantasy | Romance
In a re-telling of one of our most beloved tales, a resourceful young woman must overcome the schemes of her evil stepmother to be with the one she loves – the Prince of France – who has fallen for her beauty and intelligence. With the ingenuity of Leonardo Di Vinci and the strength of love, the young woman realizes that the Cinderella story can come true.
Starring: Drew Barrymore, Angelica Huston
Director: Andy Tennant
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Posted on May 19, 2012 |
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A Good Rain Knows / Ho woo shi jul (2009)
Drama | Romance
A traveling architect meets an old friend from his student years; the pair realize their connection has always been a romantic one.
Starring: Woo-sung Jung, Yuanyuan Gao
Director: Jin-ho Hur
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Posted on May 18, 2012 |
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Wrong Is Right (1982)
Comedy | Drama | Thriller
A satire of American news reporting, Covert Agencies, and political system. The theft of two suitcase sized nuclear weapons, and their sale to a terrorist group, leads TV Newsman Patrick Hale on an international chase to track them down, and uncover the twisting maze of apparent involvement of US Government agencies.
Starring: Sean Connery, George Grizzard, Robert Conrad, Katharine Ross, G.D. Spradlin, John Saxon
Director: Richard Brooks
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Posted on May 18, 2012 |
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Beyond the Front Line / Framom främsta linjen (2004)
Drama | War
A movie based on real wartime diaries tells the story of the Swedish speaking Finns' infantry regiment 61. The story follows the regiment during the Continuation War from 1942 to 1944 and from Syväri to the Karelian Isthmus where they faced some of the most grueling battles against the Soviet Union.
Starring: Tobias Zilliacus, Ilkka Heiskanen, Christoffer Westerlund
Director: Åke Lindman
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Posted on May 18, 2012 |
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Duets (2000)
Comedy | Drama | Music
Duets is a road-trip comedy which revolves around the little known world of karaoke and the whimsical characters who inhabit it. There's the struggling singer who dreams of making it to the big time, a frustrated salesman who ends up on an unexpected road trip, the dysfunctional family performers which includes a con-artist and his long lost daughter, and an escaped convict with the voice of an angel. All roads lead to Omaha, site of a national karaoke competition where this motley group of singers and stars come together for a blow-out sing-off.
Starring: Huey Lewis, Gwyneth Paltrow, Paul Giamatti, Maria Bello, Andre Braugher, Scott Speedman
Director: Bruce Paltrow
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Posted on May 17, 2012 |
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Sword in the Moon / Cheongpung myeongwol (2003)
Action | Adventure | Drama
A series of high-ranking officials are being systematically eliminated by a sleek assassin and his female assistant, and arrogant master swordsman General Choi (Jo Jae-hyeon) is charged with putting an end to the carnage. During a previous time of political upheaval, the Clear Wind, Shining Moon martial arts school was caught in the middle and its members ruthlessly slaughtered. Top student Choi swore allegiance to the usurpers and was spared; now, his former friend, Yun (Choi Min-su) is exacting vengeance on behalf of the victims.
Starring: Min-su Choi, Jae-hyeon Jo, Bo-kyeong Kim, Jong-su Lee
Director: Ui-seok Kim
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Posted on May 17, 2012 |
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Life (1999)
Comedy | Crime | Drama
Rayford Gibson, an opportunistic con man, and Claude Banks, an ambitious bank teller, are complete opposites who cross paths in 1930s Harlem. In order to pay off their debts to a local crime lord, the mismatched pair travel into the Deep South on a moonshine delivery only to be framed for murder by a racist Southern cop. Sentenced to life in a Mississippi state prison, the bickering duo spend the next 60 years trading barbs and planning their escape, at the same time forming an unlikely but touching friendship.
Starring: Eddie Murphy, Martin Lawrence, Obba Babatundé, Nick Cassavetes
Director: Ted Demme
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Posted on May 17, 2012 |
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A Kiss and a Promise / Sex Killer (2010)
Drama
In a quiet Ontario town, a small Bed and Breakfast dwells with a perverse secret. David Beck, a closet sociopath, but seemingly normal man, runs the B & B with his wife Samantha, a fiery woman with masochistic tendencies. Their only tenant is an aspiring writer named Charlie Matthews, a pathological liar who has a longing to be liked by everyone. The harmony of the house is disrupted when a young girl's body is found on the edge of town. Veteran police Detective Anthony Dolan suspects David of the murder, but lacking evidence to make an arrest all he can do is wait for the killer to make a mistake. Shattered lives and shattered dreams are all that remain when love and deception collide. Behind these walls lies a world of sex, lust and murder. The shocking climax of this twisted tale reveals the darker side of the human psyche.
Starring: Mick Rossi, Natasha Gregson Wagner, Sean Power, Patrick Bergin, Robert Miano
Director: Phillip Guzman
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Posted on May 17, 2012 |
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Transamerica / Transamérica (2005)
Adventure | Comedy | Drama
Southern Californian Bree Osbourne, formerly Stanley Chupak, has finally received the news for which she has been waiting: she has been approved for male-to-female sexual reassignment surgery. But before Margaret, her therapist, will allow her to go through with the surgery scheduled in a week's time, Bree has to deal with an unresolved problem from her past. Bree gets a telephone call from a seventeen year old man named Toby Wilkins, who is looking for Stanley, his biological father. Toby is in a New York jail, having been supporting himself by petty crime and hustling. Stanley/Bree knew nothing about Toby before the telephone call. Toby apparently is all alone in the world, with his mother having committed suicide and being estranged from his stepfather in Tennessee. Masquerading as a Christian social worker, Bree, not telling him either of her true identity or her transgender status…
Starring: Felicity Huffman, Kevin Zegers, Fionnula Flanagan
Director: Duncan Tucker
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Posted on May 17, 2012 |
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Lincz / Lynch (2010)
Drama
The story unfolds about the murder of an old man living in a remote village and six locals who may have been connected with the murder. Things get messy when the dead man turns out to be an ex convict. The accused ones find it very hard to deal with the preconceived attitude. The villagers, led by the families of the accused, have to fight for their innocence.
Starring: Leszek Lichota, Agnieszka Podsiadlik, Wieslaw Komasa, Lukasz Simlat, Maciej Mikolajczyk
Director: Krzysztof Lukaszewicz
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Posted on May 16, 2012 |
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Hell's Rain / Anna's Storm (2007)
Action | Drama | Sci-Fi | Thriller
When a barrage of meteors hurtles through the atmosphere straight for Mayor Anna McPherson's town, Anna must lead the desperate fight to save the town and her family from the flaming balls of destruction shooting down from the sky.
Starring: Sheree J. Wilson, Peter LaCroix, Scott Hylands, Aaron Pearl
Director: Kristoffer Tabori
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Posted on May 16, 2012 |
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Starter For 10 (2006)
Comedy | Drama | Romance
Brian Jackson, a working-class student from Essex navigating his first year at Bristol University, has a lot to prove. While his hometown mates worry about him turning into a poncey wanker, Brian's biggest concern is making the team for the long-running British television quiz show University Challenge. Amidst Tarts & Vicars dances, anti-Apartheid rallies, minging dorm rooms and puffs of marijuana smoke, Brian also finds himself romantically torn between two very different co-eds: the ultra-fit, University Challenge teammate, blonde bomshell Alice, and thoughtful, politically-conscious Rebecca Epstein.
Starring: James McAvoy, Alice Eve, Rebecca Hall, Catherine Tate, Mark Gatiss, James Corden
Director: Tom Vaughan
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Posted on May 16, 2012 |
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The Decoy Bride (2011)
Comedy | Drama
When the world's media descend on the remote Scottish island where a Hollywood actress is attempting to get married, a local girl is hired as a decoy bride to put the paparazzi off the scent.
Starring: Kelly MacDonald, David Tennant, Alice Eve
Director: Sheree Folkson
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Posted on May 16, 2012 |
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The Buccaneer (1958)
Adventure | Drama | Romance | War
During the War of 1812 against Britain: General Andrew Jackson has only 1,200 men left to defend New Orleans when he learns that a British fleet will arrive with 60 ships and 16,000 men to take the city. In this situation an island near the city becomes strategically important to both parties, but it's inhabited by the last big buccaneer: Jean Lafitte. Although Lafitte never attacks American ships, the governor hates him for selling merchandise without taxes – and is loved by the citizens for the same reason. When the big fight gets nearer, Lafitte is drawn between the fronts. His heart belongs to America, but his people urge him to join the party that's more likely to win.
Starring: Yul Brynner, Claire Bloom, Charles Boyer, Inger Stevens
Director: Anthony Quinn
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