Category Archives: Drama
The Florida Project
Release 2017
Genre Drama
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Director: Sean Baker
Writers: Sean Baker, Chris Bergoch
Stars: Willem Dafoe, Brooklynn Prince, Valeria Cotto, Bria Vinaite
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt5649144/
Set over one summer, the film follows precocious six-year-old Moonee as she courts mischief and adventure with her ragtag playmates and bonds with her rebellious but caring mother, all while living in the shadows of Disney World.
Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
Release 2017
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Director: Martin McDonagh
Stars: Frances McDormand, Caleb Landry Jones, Kerry Condon, Sam Rockwell
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt5027774/
A mother personally challenges the local authorities to solve her daughter's murder when they fail to catch the culprit.
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.