Category Archives: Drama
American Sniper
Release 2014
Genre Action, Biography, Drama, War
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Director: Clint Eastwood
Writers: Jason Hall, Chris Kyle, Scott McEwen, James Defelice
Stars: Bradley Cooper, Kyle Gallner, Cole Konis, Ben Reed, Elise Robertson
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2179136/
Navy SEAL sniper Chris Kyle's pinpoint accuracy saves countless lives on the battlefield and turns him into a legend. Back home to his wife and kids after four tours of duty, however, Chris finds that it is the war he can't leave behind.
Revenge of the Green Dragons
Release 2014
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Director: Wai-Keung Lau, Andrew Loo
Writers: Michael Di Jiacomo, Andrew Loo
Stars: Justin Chon, Kevin Wu, Harry Shum Jr., Ray Liotta, Jin Auyeung
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1396523/
Two best friends rise through the ranks of New York's Chinese underworld in the 1980s.
The Judge
Release 2014
Genre Drama
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Director: David Dobkin
Writers: Nick Schenk, Bill Dubuque, David Dobkin
Stars: Robert Downey Jr., Robert Duvall, Vera Farmiga, Billy Bob Thornton, Vincent D'Onofrio
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1872194/
Big city lawyer Hank Palmer returns to his childhood home where his father, the town's judge, is suspected of murder. Hank sets out to discover the truth and, along the way, reconnects with his estranged family.
Foxcatcher
Release 2014
Genre Biography, Drama, Sport, Thriller
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Director: Bennett Miller
Writers: E. Max Frye, Dan Futterman
Stars: Channing Tatum, Steve Carell, Mark Ruffalo, Sienna Miller, Vanessa Redgrave
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1100089/
The greatest Olympic Wrestling Champion brother team joins Team Foxcatcher lead by multimillionaire sponsor John E. du Pont as they train for the 1988 games in Seoul - a union that leads to unlikely circumstances.
The Drop
Release 2014
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Director: Michaël R. Roskam
Writers: Dennis Lehane
Stars: Tom Hardy, Noomi Rapace, James Gandolfini, Matthias Schoenaerts, John Ortiz
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1600196/
Bob Saginowski finds himself at the center of a robbery gone awry and entwined in an investigation that digs deep into the neighborhood's past where friends, families, and foes all work together to make a living - no matter the cost.
Get on Up
Release 2014
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Director: Tate Taylor
Writers: Jez Butterworth, John-Henry Butterworth, Steven Baigelman
Stars: Chadwick Boseman, Nelsan Ellis, Dan Aykroyd, Viola Davis, Lennie James
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2473602/
A chronicle of James Brown's rise from extreme poverty to become one of the most influential musicians in history.
Men, Women & Children
Release 2014
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Director: Jason Reitman
Writers: Jason Reitman, Erin Cressida Wilson, Chad Kultgen
Stars: Adam Sandler, Jennifer Garner, Rosemarie DeWitt, Judy Greer, Dean Norris
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt3179568/
A group of high school teenagers and their parents attempt to navigate the many ways the Internet has changed their relationships, their communication, their self-image, and their love lives.
No Good Deed
Release 2014
Genre Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
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Director: Sam Miller
Writers: Aimee Lagos
Stars: Idris Elba, Taraji P. Henson, Leslie Bibb, Kate del Castillo, Henry Simmons
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2011159/
An unstable escaped convict terrorizes a woman who is alone with her two children.
Gone Girl
Release 2014
Genre Drama, Mystery, Thriller
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Director: David Fincher
Writers: Gillian Flynn
Stars: Ben Affleck, Rosamund Pike, Neil Patrick Harris, Tyler Perry, Carrie Coon
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2267998/
With his wife's disappearance having become the focus of an intense media circus, a man sees the spotlight turned on him when it's suspected that he may not be innocent.
Lap Dance
Release 2014
Genre Drama
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Director: Greg Carter
Writers: Greg Carter, Datari Turner
Stars: Briana Evigan, Carmen Electra, Stacey Dash, James Remar, Ali Cobrin
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2392385/
An aspiring actress makes a pact with her fiancé to take a job as an exotic dancer to care for her cancer stricken father. Once the pact the couple made is broken, their lives are changed forever. Based on the true story of director Greg Carter and his girlfriend prior to their moving to Los Angeles in 2005.