Category Archives: Drama
Call Me by Your Name
Release 2017
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Director: Luca Guadagnino
Writers: James Ivory
Stars: Armie Hammer, Timothée Chalamet, Michael Stuhlbarg, Amira Casar
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt5726616/
In Northern Italy in 1983, seventeen year-old Elio begins a relationship with visiting Oliver, his father's research assistant, with whom he bonds over his emerging sexuality, their Jewish heritage, and the beguiling Italian landscape.
Marshall
Release 2017
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Director: Reginald Hudlin
Writers: Jacob Koskoff, Michael Koskoff
Stars: Chadwick Boseman, Josh Gad, Kate Hudson, Sterling K. Brown
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt5301662/
About a young Thurgood Marshall, the first African-American Supreme Court Justice, as he battles through one of his career-defining cases.
I, Tonya
Release 2017
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Director: Craig Gillespie
Writers: Steven Rogers
Stars: Margot Robbie, Sebastian Stan, Allison Janney, Bobby Cannavale
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt5580036/
Competitive ice skater Tonya Harding rises amongst the ranks at the U.S. Figure Skating Championships, but her future in the activity is thrown into doubt when her ex-husband intervenes.
Last Flag Flying
Release 2017
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Director: Richard Linklater
Writers: Richard Linklater
Stars: Bryan Cranston, Laurence Fishburne, Steve Carell, J. Quinton Johnson
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt6018306/
Thirty years after they served together in Vietnam, a former Navy Corpsman Larry "Doc" Shepherd re-unites with his old buddies, former Marines Sal Nealon and Reverend Richard Mueller, to bury his son, a young Marine killed in the Iraq War.
Mark Felt: The Man Who Brought Down the White House
Release 2017
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Director: Peter Landesman
Writers: Peter Landesman, Mark Felt
Stars: Liam Neeson, Diane Lane, Marton Csokas, Tony Goldwyn
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt5175450/
The story of Mark Felt, who under the name "Deep Throat" helped journalists Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein uncover the Watergate scandal in 1972.
Breathe
Release 2017
Genre Biography, Drama, Romance
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Director: Andy Serkis
Writer: William Nicholson (screenplay)
Stars: Andrew Garfield, Claire Foy, Hugh Bonneville
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt5716464/
The inspiring true love story of Robin and Diana Cavendish, an adventurous couple who refuse to give up in the face of a devastating disease. Their heartwarming celebration of human possibility marks the directorial debut of Andy Serkis.
Battle of the Sexes
Release 2017
Genre Biography, Comedy, Drama, Sport
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Director: Jonathan Dayton, Valerie Faris
Writers: Simon Beaufoy
Stars: Emma Stone, Steve Carell, Andrea Riseborough, Natalie Morales, Sarah Silverman
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt4622512/
The true story of the 1973 tennis match between World number one Billie Jean King and ex-champ and serial hustler Bobby Riggs.
The Mountain Between Us
Release 2017
Genre Action, Adventure, Drama, Romance, Thriller
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Director: Hany Abu-Assad
Writers: J. Mills Goodloe, Charles Martin, Chris Weitz
Stars: Idris Elba, Kate Winslet, Beau Bridges, Dermot Mulroney, Linda Sorensen
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2226597/
Stranded after a tragic plane crash, two strangers must forge a connection to survive the extreme elements of a remote snow-covered mountain. When they realize help is not coming, they embark on a perilous journey across the wilderness.
The Killing of a Sacred Deer
Release 2017
Genre Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
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Director: Yorgos Lanthimos
Writers: Yorgos Lanthimos, Efthymis Filippou
Stars: Nicole Kidman, Colin Farrell, Alicia Silverstone, Raffey Cassidy, Barry Keoghan
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt5715874/
Steven, a charismatic surgeon, is forced to make an unthinkable sacrifice after his life starts to fall apart, when the behavior of a teenage boy he has taken under his wing turns sinister.