Category: Drama
Posted on April 9, 2012 |
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Tornado and the Kalahari Horse Whisperer (2009)
Drama | Family
A burdened young man finds a troubled horse and contacts a South African horse whisperer for help. The horse whisperer leads the pair down a path of redemption where they heal one other. Inspired by actual events.
Starring: Joanie Combrink, Danny Keogh, Quentin Krog
Director: Regardt van den Bergh
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Posted on April 9, 2012 |
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Stiletto (2008)
Action | Crime | Drama
The seemingly random killings of an assassin puzzle her former lover, a wealthy Greek crime boss whose organization is jeopardized by his love for her, and the detective following her rising body count.
Starring: Stana Katic, Tom Berenger, Paul Sloan, Michael Biehn, William Forsythe, Kelly Hu, Amanda Brooks, D.B. Sweeney, James Russo, Tom Sizemore
Director: Nick Vallelonga
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Tags: Amanda Brooks, D.B. Sweeney, James Russo, Kelly Hu, Michael Biehn, Nick Vallelonga, Paul Sloan, Stana Katic, Tom Berenger, Tom Sizemore, William Forsythe
Posted on April 9, 2012 |
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The Front Line / Go-ji-jeon (2011)
Drama | War
A veteran intelligence officer accepts the assignment and discovers mysterious and tragic occurrences surrounding a former comrade he had long thought dead. In the epic battle for survival that follows, the two men become locked in a deadly battle of wills. One will sacrifice his humanity for the sake of his 'brothers'; the other will discover compassion in the agonies of war. Ultimately, both will be forced to fight side-by-side, so their loved ones can enjoy freedom for just one more day.
Starring: Ha-kyun Shin, Soo Go, Seung-su Ryu, Chang-Seok Ko, Je-hoon Lee
Director: Hun Jang
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Tags: Chang-Seok Ko, Ha-kyun Shin, Hun Jang, Je-hoon Lee, Seung-su Ryu, Soo Go
Posted on April 9, 2012 |
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10+10 (2011)
Drama
Initiated by the Golden Horse Film Festival, 10+10 is a collaborative project that brings together 20 Taiwanese film directors, each given free rein to create a 5-minute short under the central theme of "Taiwan's uniqueness". The resulting anthology, encompassing a whole spectrum of genres, styles, and subjects, is not only a showcase for the creativity and diversity of contemporary Taiwan cinema, but also a love letter to the island they call home.
Director: Tso-chi Chang, Arvin Chen, Kuo-fu Chen, Yu-Hsun Chen, Wen-Tang Cheng, Yu-Chieh Cheng, Yen-ping Chu, Mong-Hong Chung, Wi Ding Ho, Chi-jan Hou
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Tags: Arvin Chen, Chi-jan Hou, Kuo-fu Chen, Mong-Hong Chung, Tso-chi Chang, Wen-Tang Cheng, Wi Ding Ho, Yen-ping Chu, Yu-Chieh Cheng, Yu-Hsun Chen
Posted on April 8, 2012 |
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Brief Encounter (1945)
Drama | Romance
A love affair which was not meant to be is the basis for this real-life look into the extra-marital attractions which develop between married couples.
Starring: Celia Johnson, Trevor Howard, Stanley Holloway, Joyce Carey, Cyril Raymond, Everley Gregg
Director: David Lean
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Tags: Celia Johnson, Cyril Raymond, David Lean, Everley Gregg, Joyce Carey, Stanley Holloway, Trevor Howard
Posted on April 8, 2012 |
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The Bank Job (2008)
Crime | Drama | Thriller
A car dealer with a dodgy past and new family, Terry has always avoided major-league scams. But when Martine, a beautiful model from his old neighborhood, offers him a lead on a foolproof bank hit on London's Baker Street, Terry recognizes the opportunity of a lifetime. Martine targets a roomful of safe deposit boxes worth millions in cash and jewelry. But Terry and his crew don't realize the boxes also contain a treasure trove of dirty secrets – secrets that will thrust them into a deadly web of corruption and illicit scandal that spans London's criminal underworld, the highest echelons of the British government, and the Royal Family itself… the true story of a heist gone wrong… in all the right ways.
Starring: Jason Statham, Saffron Burrows, Stephen Campbell Moore, Daniel Mays, James Faulkner
Director: Roger Donaldson
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Posted on April 8, 2012 |
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The First Day of the Rest of Your Life / Le premier jour du reste de ta vie (2008)
Drama
A sprawling drama centered around five keys days in a family's life.
Starring: Jacques Gamblin, Zabou Breitman, Déborah François, Marc-André Grondin, Pio Marmaï
Director: Rémi Bezançon
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Tags: Déborah François, Jacques Gamblin, Marc-André Grondin, Pio Marmaï, Rémi Bezançon, Zabou Breitman
Posted on April 6, 2012 |
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Garden State (2004)
Comedy | Drama | Romance
Andrew Largeman is a semi-successful television actor who plays a retarded quarterback. His somewhat controlling and psychiatrist father has led Andrew ("Large") to believe that his mother's wheelchair bound life was his fault. Andrew decides to lay off the drugs that his father and his doctor made him believe that he needed, and began to see life for what it is. He began to feel the pain he had longed for, and began to have a genuine relationship with a girl who had some problems of her own.
Starring: Zach Braff, Natalie Portman, Peter Sarsgaard, Ian Holm, Kenneth Graymez, George C. Wolfe
Director: Zach Braff
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Posted on April 5, 2012 |
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Paradise Kiss / Paradaisu kisu (2011)
Drama
A chance encounter leads Yukari, a burnt out high school student, to a group of dedicated fashion design students. She becomes their model for their graduating exhibition and discovers her talent for modeling.
Starring: Keiko Kitagawa, Shunji Igarashi, Kento Kaku, Natsuki Katô, Fumino Kimura
Director: Takehiko Shinjo
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Tags: Fumino Kimura, Keiko Kitagawa, Kento Kaku, Natsuki Katô, Shunji Igarashi, Takehiko Shinjo
Posted on April 3, 2012 |
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Little Murder (2011)
Drama | Thriller
In post-Katrina New Orleans, a disgraced detective encounters the ghost of a murdered woman who wants to help him identify her killer.
Starring: Josh Lucas, Terrence Howard, Lake Bell
Director: Predrag Antonijevic
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Posted on April 3, 2012 |
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Punisher: War Zone (2008)
Action | Crime | Drama | Thriller
Waging his one-man war on the world of organized crime, ruthless vigilante-hero Frank Castle sets his sights on overeager mob boss, Billy Russoti. After Russoti is left horribly disfigured by Castle, he sets out for vengeance under his new alias: Jigsaw. With the "Punisher Task Force" hot on his trail and the FBI unable to take Jigsaw in, Frank must stand up to the formidable army that Jigsaw has recruited before more of his evil deeds go unpunished.
Starring: Ray Stevenson, Dominic West, Julie Benz, Doug Hutchison, Colin Salmon
Director: Lexi Alexander
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Posted on April 3, 2012 |
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The Punisher (2004)
Action | Crime | Drama | Thriller
The Punisher walks through the world we all know, a world darkened by war, crime, cruelty and injustice. He has no superpowers to battle the evil he sees – only his fierce intelligence, his years of combat experience, and above all, his iron determination to avenge those wronged by society's villains.
Starring: Thomas Jane, John Travolta, Will Patton, Roy Scheider, Laura Elena Harring
Director: Jonathan Hensleigh
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Posted on April 3, 2012 |
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Casablanca (1942)
Drama | Romance | War
Rick Blaine owns a nightclub in Casablanca during World War II. Ilsa, a woman Rick was once in love with when he lived in Paris and never quite got over, walks into his nightclub. She's in town with her husband, Victor Laszlo, a resistance leader with Nazis hot on his trail.
Starring: Humphrey Bogart, Ingrid Bergman, Paul Henreid, Claude Rains, Conrad Veidt
Director: Michael Curtiz
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Posted on April 3, 2012 |
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You Only Live Once (1937)
Crime | Drama | Film-Noir
The public defender's secretary and an ex-convict get married and try to make a life together, but a series of disasters sends their lives spiraling out of control.
Starring: Sylvia Sidney, Henry Fonda, Barton MacLane
Director: Fritz Lang
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Posted on April 3, 2012 |
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Go for It! / Dance for It! (2011)
Drama
Carmen is a good student with a bad attitude who lives for dancing in the underground clubs of Chicago. She yearns to be 'somebody' but is afraid to believe in herself. Her immigrant Mexican, working-class parents want her to stay in school and get an education, so she attends junior college while working at a grocery store. Carmen's professor catches her performing one day in the neighborhood and challenges her to audition to a formal dance school in California. She gets into a fight with her chaotic family and runs away to her best friend Gina's place only to find out Gina's been getting beat up by her boyfriend. Meanwhile, Carmen's boyfriend, Jared wants her to commit and move in with him.
Starring: Aimee Garcia, Al Bandiero, Jossara Jinaro, Gina Rodriguez
Director: Carmen Marron
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Posted on April 3, 2012 |
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Freeway Killer (2009)
Crime | Drama | Thriller
For years he terrorized California motorists as he rode the endless highways searching for his next victim. The discarded bodies turned up beaten, sexually assaulted and horribly mutilated. Deceptively charming and intelligent, the scheming murderer easily avoided police at first. But as police closed in and the killer's pattern grew more erratic, the only question was how many more will die?
Starring: Michael Rooker, Helen Wilson, James Babson, Cole Williams, Scott Anthony Leet, Dusty Sorg
Director: John Murlowski
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Posted on April 1, 2012 |
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Faust (2011)
Drama | Fantasy
A version of the German legend in which a man who sells his soul to the devil in exchange for knowledge.
Starring: Johannes Zeiler, Anton Adasinsky, Isolda Dychauk, Georg Friedrich
Director: Aleksandr Sokurov
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Posted on April 1, 2012 |
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La voz dormida / The Sleeping Voice (2011)
Drama | War
Benito Zambrano has adaptated Dulce Chacon’s book of the same name, set in the terrible years immediately following the end of the Spanish civil war. The film focuses on the relationship between two sisters: Hortensia is pregnant and in jail in Madrid; Pepita has come from Cordoba to be with her and look after the child she is going to have. They are both in relationships with guerrillas fighting in the underground in the mountains.
Starring: María León, Inma Cuesta, Javier Godino, Marc Clotet, Daniel Holguín, Fanny de Castro
Director: Benito Zambrano
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Tags: Benito Zambrano, Daniel Holguín, Fanny de Castro, Inma Cuesta, Javier Godino, Marc Clotet, María León
Posted on April 1, 2012 |
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Romancing in Thin Air / Gao hai ba zhi lian II (2012)
Drama | Romance
A Hong Kong movie megastar jilted at the altar by his actress bride finds true love in a neurotic fan while licking his wound in high-altitude Yunnan in China.
Starring: Louis Koo, Sammi Cheng, Yuanyuan Gao, Yi Huang, Wilfred Lau, Guangjie Li, Niu Tien, Baoqiang Wang
Director: Johnnie To
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Tags: Baoqiang Wang, Guangjie Li, Johnnie To, Louis Koo, Niu Tien, Sammi Cheng, Wilfred Lau, Yi Huang, Yuanyuan Gao
Posted on March 31, 2012 |
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Rocky VI / Rocky Balboa (2006)
Action | Drama | Romance | Sport
Former heavyweight champion Rocky Balboa steps out of retirement and back into the ring, putting himself against a new rival in a dramatically different era. After a virtual boxing match declares Rocky Balboa the victor over current champion Mason The Line Dixon, the legendary fighter's passion and spirit are reignited. But when his desire to fight in small, regional competitions is trumped by promoters calling for a rematch of the cyber- fight, Balboa must weigh the mental and physical risks of a high profile exhibition match against his need to be in the ring.
Starring: Sylvester Stallone, Antonio Tarver, Milo Ventimiglia, Burt Young, Geraldine Hughes
Director: Sylvester Stallone
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Tags: Antonio Tarver, Burt Young, Geraldine Hughes, Milo Ventimiglia, Sylvester Stallone
