Category Archives: Drama
Bad Times at the El Royale
Release 2018
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Director: Drew Goddard
Writer: Drew Goddard
Stars: Jeff Bridges, Cynthia Erivo, Dakota Johnson
IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt6628394/
Circa 1969, several strangers, most with a secret to bury, meet by chance at Lake Tahoe's El Royale, a rundown hotel with a dark past. Over the course of one night, everyone will show their true colors - before everything goes to hell.
The House That Jack Built
Release 2018
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Director: Lars von Trier
Writers: Lars von Trier, Jenle Hallund
Stars: Matt Dillon, Bruno Ganz, Uma Thurman
IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt4003440/
The story follows Jack, a highly intelligent serial killer, over the course of twelve years, and depicts the murders that really develop his inner madman.
Backtrace
Release 2018
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Director: Brian A. Miller
Writers: Mike Maples
Stars: Sylvester Stallone, Ryan Guzman, Matthew Modine
IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt3588588/
The lone surviving thief of a violent armored car robbery is sprung from a high security facility and administered an experimental drug.
White Boy Rick
Release 2018
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Director: Yann Demange
Writers: Andy Weiss, Logan Miller, Noah Miller
Stars: Matthew McConaughey, Richie Merritt, Bel Powley
IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt4537896/
The story of teenager Richard Wershe Jr., who became an undercover informant for the FBI during the 1980s and was ultimately arrested for drug-trafficking and sentenced to life in prison.
Mowgli: Legend of the Jungle
Release 2018
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Director: Andy Serkis
Writers: Callie Kloves, Rudyard Kipling
Stars: Christian Bale, Cate Blanchett, Benedict Cumberbatch
IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2388771/
A human child raised by wolves must face off against a menacing tiger named Shere Khan, as well as his own origins.
Assassination Nation
Release 2018
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Director: Sam Levinson
Writer: Sam Levinson
Stars: Odessa Young, Hari Nef, Suki Waterhouse
IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt6205872/
After a malicious data hack exposes the secrets of the perpetually American town of Salem, chaos decends and four girls must fight to survive, while coping with the hack themselves.
A Simple Favor
Release 2018
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Director: Paul Feig
Writers: Jessica Sharzer, Darcey Bell
Stars: Anna Kendrick, Ian Ho, Joshua Satine
IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt7040874/
Stephanie is a single mother with a parenting vlog who befriends Emily, a secretive upper-class woman who has a child at the same elementary school. When Emily goes missing, Stephanie takes it upon herself to investigate.
Life Itself
Release 2018
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Director: Dan Fogelman
Writer: Dan Fogelman
Stars: Oscar Isaac, Olivia Wilde, Annette Bening
IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt5989218/
As a young New York City couple goes from college romance to marriage and the birth of their first child, the unexpected twists of their journey create reverberations that echo over continents and through lifetimes.
Colette
Release 2018
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Director: Wash Westmoreland
Writers: Richard Glatzer, Wash Westmoreland, Rebecca Lenkiewicz
Stars: Keira Knightley, Dominic West, Eleanor Tomlinson
IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt5437928/
Colette is pushed by her husband to write novels under his name. Upon their success, she fights to make her talents known, challenging gender norms.