Category Archives: Drama
Columbus
Release 2017
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Director: Kogonada
Stars: John Cho, Haley Lu Richardson, Parker Posey, Erin Allegretti, Rory Culkin
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt5990474/
A Korean-born man finds himself stuck in Columbus, Indiana, where his architect father is in a coma. The man meets a young woman who wants to stay in Columbus with her mother, a recovering addict, instead of pursuing her own dreams.
The Glass Castle
Release 2017
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Director: Destin Daniel Cretton
Writers: Destin Daniel Cretton, Andrew Lanham, Jeannette Walls
Stars: Brie Larson, Woody Harrelson, Naomi Watts, Ella Anderson, Chandler Head
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2378507/
A young girl comes of age in a dysfunctional family of nonconformist nomads with a mother who's an eccentric artist and an alcoholic father who would stir the children's imagination with hope as a distraction to their poverty.
Hampstead
Release 2017
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Director: Joel Hopkins
Writers: Robert Festinger
Stars: Brendan Gleeson, James Norton, Diane Keaton, Simon Callow, Adeel Akhtar
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt5153236/
An American widow finds unexpected love with a man living wild on Hampstead Heath when they take on the developers who want to destroy his home.
1922
Release 2017
Genre Crime, Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
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Director: Zak Hilditch
Writers: Zak Hilditch, Stephen King
Stars: Thomas Jane, Molly Parker, Dylan Schmid, Kaitlyn Bernard, Brian d'Arcy James
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt6214928/
A simple yet proud rancher in the year 1922 conspires to murder his wife for financial gain, convincing his teenage son to participate.
The Only Living Boy in New York
Release 2017
Genre Drama
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Director: Marc Webb
Writers: Allan Loeb
Stars: Callum Turner, Jeff Bridges, Kate Beckinsale, Pierce Brosnan, Cynthia Nixon
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0460890/
Adrift in New York City, a recent college graduate's life is upended by his father's mistress.
Jungle
Release 2017
Genre Action, Adventure, Drama, Thriller
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Director: Greg McLean
Writers: Yossi Ghinsberg, Justin Monjo
Stars: Daniel Radcliffe, Thomas Kretschmann, Alex Russell, Joel Jackson, Lily Sullivan
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt3758172/
A group of friends join a guide for a trek into the Bolivian jungle, searching for an Indian village. The men soon realize that the jungle is a difficult place to be.
6 Below: Miracle on the Mountain
Release 2017
Genre Adventure, Biography, Drama, Thriller
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Director: Scott Waugh
Writers: Madison Turner, Eric LeMarque, Davin Seay
Stars: Josh Hartnett, Mira Sorvino, Sarah Dumont, Kale Culley, Jason Cottle
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt5503688/
An adrenaline seeking snowboarder gets lost in a massive winter storm in the back country of the High Sierras where he is pushed to the limits of human endurance and forced to battle his own personal demons as he fights for survival...."
The Adventurers
Release 2017
Genre Action, Adventure, Crime, Drama, Romance, Thriller
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Director: Stephen Fung
Writers: Chi Kwong Cheung, Stephen Fung, Zhichao Ha, Xiaozhuang Huang, Yiu Fai Lo, Todd Weinger
Stars: Jean Reno, Qi Shu, Andy Lau, Jingchu Zhang, Eric Tsang
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt5866930/
The world's top thieves join forces to pull off the heist of a lifetime. But when they find themselves pursued across Europe by a legendary French detective, they'll have to take their game to the next level.
Blood Money
Release 2017
Genre Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
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Director: Lucky McKee
Writers: Jared Butler, Lars Norberg
Stars: John Cusack, Ellar Coltrane, Willa Fitzgerald, Jacob Artist, Ned Bellamy
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt3758852/
Three friends on a wilderness excursion must outrun a white collar criminal hellbent on retrieving his cash, but soon their greed turns them against each other. A modern re-telling of TREASURE OF THE SIERRA MADRE.
The Meyerowitz Stories (New and Selected)
Release 2017
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Director: Noah Baumbach
Stars: Adam Sandler, Grace Van Patten, Dustin Hoffman, Elizabeth Marvel, Emma Thompson
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt5536736/
An estranged family gathers together in New York for an event celebrating the artistic work of their father.