Category Archives: Drama
Bessie
Release 2015
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Director: Dee Rees
Writers: Christopher Cleveland, Horton Foote, Bettina Gilois, Dee Rees
Stars: Michael Kenneth Williams, Bryan Greenberg, Queen Latifah, Tika Sumpter, Oliver Platt
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt3704352/
The story of legendary blues performer, Bessie Smith, who rose to fame during the 1920s and '30s.
Aloha
Release 2015
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Director: Cameron Crowe
Stars: Bradley Cooper, Emma Stone, Rachel McAdams, Bill Murray, John Krasinski
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1243974/
A celebrated military contractor returns to the site of his greatest career triumphs and reconnects with a long-ago love while unexpectedly falling for the hard-charging Air Force watch-dog assigned to him.
The Runner
Release 2015
Genre Drama
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Director: Austin Stark
Stars: Nicolas Cage, Connie Nielsen, Sarah Paulson, Peter Fonda, Wendell Pierce
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt3687398/
In the aftermath of the 2010 BP oil spill, an idealistic but flawed politician is forced to confront his dysfunctional life after his career is destroyed in a sex scandal.
Do You Believe?
Release 2015
Genre Drama
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Director: Jon Gunn
Writers: Chuck Konzelman, Cary Solomon
Stars: Mira Sorvino, Sean Astin, Alexa PenaVega, Delroy Lindo, Ted McGinley
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt4056738/
When a pastor is shaken by the visible faith of a street-corner preacher, he is reminded that true belief always requires action. His response ignites a journey that impacts everyone it touches in ways that only God could orchestrate.
Little Boy
Release 2015
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Director: Alejandro Monteverde
Writers: Alejandro Monteverde, Pepe Portillo
Stars: Kevin James, Michael Rapaport, David Henrie, Emily Watson, Ben Chaplin
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1810683/
An eight-year-old boy is willing to do whatever it takes to end World War II so he can bring his father home. The story reveals the indescribable love a father has for his little boy and the love a son has for his father.
Dark Places
Release 2015
Genre Drama, Mystery, Thriller
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Director: Gilles Paquet-Brenner
Writers: Gillian Flynn, Gilles Paquet-Brenner
Stars: Charlize Theron, Sterling Jerins, Nicholas Hoult, Christina Hendricks, Corey Stoll
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2402101/
Libby Day was only seven years old when her family was brutally murdered in their rural Kansas farmhouse. Twenty-five years later, she agrees to revisit the crime and uncovers the wrenching truths that led up to that tragic night.
Extinction 2015
Release 2015
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Director: Miguel Ángel Vivas
Writers: Juan de Dios Garduño, Alberto Marini, Miguel Ángel Vivas
Stars: Matthew Fox, Jeffrey Donovan, Quinn McColgan, Valeria Vereau, Clara Lago
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt3467412/
And suddenly, overnight, the world came to a halt. Two men, two survivors, one kid, and hatred that separates them. A place forgotten by everyone, including the creatures that inhabit the Earth... until now.
Some Kind Of Beautiful
Release 2014
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Director: Tom Vaughan
Writers: Matthew Newman
Stars: Pierce Brosnan, Salma Hayek, Jessica Alba, Malcolm McDowell, Duncan Joiner
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1725986/
A drama about a Cambridge poetry professor who begins to re-evaluate his life of Byronic excess.
The Lost Boy
Release 2015
Genre Comedy, Drama, Horror, Thriller
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Director: Tara Miele
Writers: Jennifer Maisel
Stars: Virginia Madsen, Carly Pope, Mark Valley, Sosie Bacon, Matthew Fahey
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt4355236/
When Laura Harris's kidnapped son returns after eleven devastating years, what she thinks will be a dream come true turns out to be a family nightmare.
Unexpected
Release 2015
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Director: Kris Swanberg
Writers: Megan Mercier, Kris Swanberg
Stars: Cobie Smulders, Anders Holm, Gail Bean, Elizabeth McGovern, Michele Sweeney Abrams
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt4145304/
An inner-city high school teacher discovers she is pregnant at the same time as one of her most promising students and the two develop an unlikely friendship while struggling to navigate their unexpected pregnancies.