Category Archives: Drama

Queen of the Desert

Release 2015

Genre Biography, Drama

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Director: Werner Herzog
Stars: Damian Lewis, James Franco, Nicole Kidman, Robert Pattinson, Jenny Agutter
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1837636/

A chronicle of Gertrude Bell's life, a traveler, writer, archaeologist, explorer, cartographer, and political attaché for the British Empire at the dawn of the twentieth century.

Exposed

Release 2016

Genre Drama

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Director: Declan Dale
Writers: Gee Malik Linton, Declan Dale
Stars: Ana de Armas, Mira Sorvino, Big Daddy Kane, Christopher McDonald, Laura Gómez
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt4019560/

A police detective investigates the truth behind his partner's death. The mysterious case reveals disturbing police corruption and a dangerous secret involving an unlikely young woman.

Macbeth

Release 2015

Genre Drama, War

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Director: Justin Kurzel
Writers: Jacob Koskoff, Michael Lesslie, Todd Louiso, William Shakespeare
Stars: Jack Madigan, Frank Madigan, Michael Fassbender, Marion Cotillard, Paddy Considine
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2884018/

Macbeth, the Thane of Glamis, receives a prophecy from a trio of witches that one day he will become King of Scotland. Consumed by ambition and spurred to action by his wife, Macbeth murders his king and takes the throne for himself.

The Veil

Release 2016

Genre Drama, Horror, Romance

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Director: Phil Joanou
Writers: Robert Ben Garant
Stars: Jessica Alba, Thomas Jane, Lily Rabe, Shannon Woodward, Reid Scott
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt3533916/

Thirty years after members of a religious cult committed mass suicide, the lone survivor returns to the scene of the tragedy with a documentary crew in tow.

Freeheld

Release 2015

Genre Biography, Drama, Romance

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Director: Peter Sollett
Writers: Ron Nyswaner
Stars: Steve Carell, Julianne Moore, Michael Shannon, Ellen Page, Josh Charles
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1658801/

New Jersey police lieutenant, Laurel Hester, and her registered domestic partner, Stacie Andree, both battle to secure Hester's pension benefits when she is diagnosed with terminal cancer.

Our Brand Is Crisis

Release 2015

Genre Comedy, Drama

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Director: David Gordon Green
Writers: Peter Straughan, Rachel Boynton
Stars: Sandra Bullock, Billy Bob Thornton, Anthony Mackie, Joaquim de Almeida, Ann Dowd
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1018765/

A battle-hardened American political consultant is sent to help re-elect a controversial president in Bolivia, where she must compete with a long-term rival working for another candidate.

The Benefactor

Release 2015

Genre Drama

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Director: Andrew Renzi
Stars: Theo James, Dakota Fanning, Richard Gere, Clarke Peters, Maria Breyman
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt3165630/

A philanthropist meddles in the lives of newly-married couples in an attempt to relive his past.

The Program

Release 2015

Genre Action, Biography, Drama, Sport

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Director: Stephen Frears
Writers: John Hodge, David Walsh
Stars: Lee Pace, Jesse Plemons, Dustin Hoffman, Ben Foster, Chris O'Dowd
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt3083008/

An Irish sports journalist becomes convinced that Lance Armstrong's performances during the Tour de France victories are fueled by banned substances. With this conviction, he starts hunting for evidence that will expose Armstrong.

Fathers and Daughters

Release 2015

Genre Drama

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Director: Gabriele Muccino
Writers: Brad Desch
Stars: Amanda Seyfried, Diane Kruger, Aaron Paul, Russell Crowe, Jane Fonda
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2582502/

A Pulitzer-winning writer grapples with being a widower and father after a mental breakdown, while, 27 years later, his grown daughter struggles to forge connections of her own.

"Sherlock" The Abominable Bride

Release 2016

Genre Crime, Drama, Mystery

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Director: Douglas Mackinnon
Writers: Arthur Conan Doyle, Mark Gatiss, Steven Moffat
Stars: Benedict Cumberbatch, Martin Freeman, Una Stubbs, Rupert Graves, Mark Gatiss
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt3845232/

Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson find themselves in 1890s London in this holiday special.