Category Archives: Drama
Sitting in Bars with Cake
Release 2023
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Director: Trish Sie
Writers: Audrey Shulman
Stars: Yara Shahidi, Odessa A’zion, Bette Midler, Ron Livingston, Martha Kelly
IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt8452344/
Based on the cookbook Sitting in Bars with Cake by Audrey Shulman.
Haunting of the Queen Mary
Release 2023
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Director: Gary Shore, Rebecca Harris
Writers: Gary Shore, Tom Vaughan
Stars: Alice Eve, Tim Downie, Joel Fry, Nell Hudson, William Shockley
IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt3463938/
Haunting of the Queen Mary explores the mysterious and violent events surrounding one family's voyage on Halloween night in 1938, and their interwoven destiny with another family onboard the infamous ocean liner present day.
Past Lives
Release 2023
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Director: Celine Song
Writer: Celine Song
Stars: Greta Lee, Teo Yoo, John Magaro, Moon Seung-ah, Leem Seung-min
IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt13238346/
Nora and Hae Sung, two deeply connected childhood friends, are wrested apart after Nora's family emigrates from South Korea. Twenty years later, they are reunited for one fateful week as they confront notions of love and destiny.
Inside Man
Release 2023
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Director: Danny A. Abeckaser
Writers: Kosta Kondilopoulos
Stars: Emile Hirsch, Jake Cannavale, Lucy Hale, Ashley Greene, Danny A. Abeckaser
IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt18071320/
Based on true events, a disgraced police detective seeking redemption by going undercover to expose a violent crime syndicate. But as he sinks deeper into the mob, the price for absolution may be higher than he can afford.
Greatest Days
Release 2023
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Director: Coky Giedroyc
Writers: Tim Firth
Stars: Aisling Bea, Matthew McNulty, Alice Lowe, Emma Amos, Barry O'Connor
IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt12208980/
A feature adaptation of the 'The Band' musical, featuring the songs of Take That.
Wonderwell
Release 2023
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Director: Vlad Marsavin
Writers: William Brookfield
Stars: Carrie Fisher, Rita Ora, Kiera Milward, Nell Tiger Free, Sebastian Croft
IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt6195756/
A coming-of-age fairy tale set between modern-day Italy and an imaginary realm just beyond, Wonderwell follows Violet, a naive and inquisitive 12 year-old-girl, on a thrilling journey that transforms her world forever.
See You on Venus
Release 2023
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Director: Joaquín Llamas
Writers: Victoria Vinuesa
Stars: Virginia Gardner, Rob Estes, Alex Aiono, Isabel Serrano, Bernard Bullen
IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt14960612/
A dying 18 year-old orphaned girl wants to travel to Europe to track down her biological mother, so when she meets a kind-hearted young man reeling from the guilt of a fatal accident, she convinces him to accompany her on the journey.
The Beanie Bubble
Release 2023
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Director: Kristin Gore, Damian Kulash
Writers: Kristin Gore, Zac Bissonnette
Stars: Zach Galifianakis, Elizabeth Banks, Sarah Snook, Geraldine Viswanathan, Tracey Bonner
IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt17007120/
Ty Warner was a frustrated toy salesman until his collaboration with three women grew his idea into the biggest toy craze in history.
Zoey 102
Release 2023
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Director: Nancy Hower
Writers: Monica Sherer, Madeline Whitby
Stars: Jamie Lynn Spears, Sean Flynn, Erin Sanders, Christopher Massey, Matthew Underwood
IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt26217622/
Follows Zoey Brooks and the rest of the Pacific Coast Academy alumni as they catch up for a wedding in the present day.
Asteroid City
Release 2023
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Director: Wes Anderson
Writers: Wes Anderson, Roman Coppola
Stars: Jason Schwartzman, Scarlett Johansson, Tom Hanks, Jeffrey Wright
IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt14230388/
Following a writer on his world famous fictional play about a grieving father who travels with his tech-obsessed family to small rural Asteroid City to compete in a junior stargazing event, only to have his world view disrupted forever.