Category Archives: Drama
Creed
Release 2015
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Director: Ryan Coogler
Writers: Ryan Coogler, Aaron Covington, Sylvester Stallone
Stars: Michael B. Jordan, Sylvester Stallone, Tessa Thompson, Phylicia Rashad, Andre Ward
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt3076658/
The former World Heavyweight Champion Rocky Balboa serves as a trainer and mentor to Adonis Johnson, the son of his late friend and former rival Apollo Creed.
Sicario
Release 2015
Genre Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
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Director: Denis Villeneuve
Writers: Taylor Sheridan
Stars: Emily Blunt, Benicio Del Toro, Josh Brolin, Victor Garber, Jon Bernthal
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt3397884/
An idealistic FBI agent is enlisted by an elected government task force to aid in the escalating war against drugs at the border area between the U.S. and Mexico.
Carol
Release 2015
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Director: Todd Haynes
Writers: Phyllis Nagy, Patricia Highsmith
Stars: Cate Blanchett, Rooney Mara, Kyle Chandler, Jake Lacy, Sarah Paulson
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2402927/
Set in 1950s New York, a department-store clerk who dreams of a better life falls for an older, married woman.
Brooklyn
Release 2015
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Director: John Crowley
Writers: Nick Hornby, Colm Tóibín
Stars: Saoirse Ronan, Hugh Gormley, Brid Brennan, Jim Broadbent, Maeve McGrath
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2381111/
An Irish immigrant lands in 1950s Brooklyn, where she quickly falls into a new romance. When her past catches up with her, however, she must choose between two countries and the lives that exist within.
Room
Release 2015
Genre Drama
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Director: Lenny Abrahamson
Writers: Emma Donoghue
Stars: Brie Larson, Jacob Tremblay, Sean Bridgers, Wendy Crewson, Sandy McMaster
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt3170832/
After five-year-old Jack and his mother escape from the enclosed surroundings that Jack has known his entire life, the boy makes a thrilling discovery: the outside world.
A Walk in the Woods
Release 2015
Genre Adventure, Comedy, Drama
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Director: Ken Kwapis
Writers: Michael Arndt, Bill Holderman, Bill Bryson
Stars: Robert Redford, Nick Nolte, Emma Thompson, Mary Steenburgen, Nick Offerman
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1178665/
After spending two decades in England, Bill Bryson returns to the U.S., where he decides the best way to connect with his homeland is to hike the Appalachian Trail with one of his oldest friends.
The Girl in the Book
Release 2015
Genre Drama
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Director: Marya Cohn
Stars: Emily VanCamp, Michael Nyqvist, Ana Mulvoy-Ten, Talia Balsam, Ali Ahn
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2980554/
Set in the world of New York publishing, a young book editor is forced to confront a troubling chapter from her past when a bestselling author re-enters her life.
Chat
Release 2014
Genre Action, Adventure, Crime, Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
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Director: Boris Wexler
Writers: Paul Peditto, Boris Wexler
Stars: Marielle de Rocca-Serra, Roderick Peeples, Joe Mikieta, Caitlin Collins, Cheryl Graeff
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2925410/
A father afflicted by photophobia searches for his daughter lost in the world of cybersex chat.
The Girl King
Release 2015
Genre Biography, Drama, Romance
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Director: Mika Kaurismäki
Writers: Michel Marc Bouchard
Stars: Malin Buska, Sarah Gadon, Michael Nyqvist, Lucas Bryant, Laura Birn
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1254322/
THE GIRL KING paints a portrait of the brilliant, extravagant Kristina of Sweden, queen from age six, who fights the conservative forces that are against her ideas to modernize Sweden and who have no tolerance for her awakening sexuality.
The Perfect Guy
Release 2015
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Director: David M. Rosenthal
Writers: Alan B. McElroy, Tyger Williams
Stars: Sanaa Lathan, Michael Ealy, Morris Chestnut, L. Scott Caldwell, Charles S. Dutton
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt3862750/
After breaking up with her boyfriend, a professional woman gets involved with a man who seems almost too good to be true.