Category Archives: Drama
Monsters
Release 2010
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Director: Gareth Edwards
Stars: Scoot McNairy, Whitney Able, Mario Zuniga Benavides, Annalee Jefferies, Justin Hall
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1470827/
Six years after Earth has suffered an alien invasion a cynical journalist agrees to escort a shaken American tourist through an infected zone in Mexico to the safety of the US border.
Burlesque
Release 2010
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Director: Steve Antin
Stars: Cher, Christina Aguilera, Eric Dane, Cam Gigandet, Julianne Hough
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1126591/
A small-town girl ventures to Los Angeles and finds her place in a neo-burlesque club run by a former dancer.
Let Me In
Release 2010
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Director: Matt Reeves
Writers: Matt Reeves, John Ajvide Lindqvist
Stars: Kodi Smit-McPhee, Chloë Grace Moretz, Richard Jenkins, Cara Buono, Elias Koteas
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1228987/
A bullied young boy befriends a young female vampire who lives in secrecy with her guardian.
Life as We Know It
Release 2010
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Director: Greg Berlanti
Writers: Ian Deitchman, Kristin Rusk Robinson
Stars: Katherine Heigl, Josh Duhamel, Josh Lucas, Alexis Clagett, Brynn Clagett
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1055292/
Two single adults become caregivers to an orphaned girl when their mutual best friends die in an accident.
Remember Me
Release 2010
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Director: Allen Coulter
Writers: Will Fetters
Stars: Caitlyn Rund, Moisés Acevedo, Noel Rodriguez, Kevin P. McCarthy, Chris Cooper
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1403981/
A romantic drama centered on two new lovers: Tyler, whose parents have split in the wake of his brother's suicide, and Ally, who lives each day to the fullest since witnessing her mother's murder.
Flipped
Release 2010
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Director: Rob Reiner
Writers: Rob Reiner, Andrew Scheinman, Wendelin Van Draanen
Stars: Madeline Carroll, Callan McAuliffe, Rebecca De Mornay, Anthony Edwards, John Mahoney
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0817177/
Two eighth-graders start to have feelings for each other despite being total opposites. Based on the novel "Flipped" by Wendelin Van Draanen.
Blue Valentine
Release 2010
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Director: Derek Cianfrance
Writers: Derek Cianfrance, Joey Curtis, Cami Delavigne
Stars: Ryan Gosling, Michelle Williams, Faith Wladyka, John Doman, Mike Vogel
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1120985/
The film centers on a contemporary married couple, charting their evolution over a span of years by cross-cutting between time periods.
Jack and Jill
Release 2011
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Director: Dennis Dugan
Writers: Steve Koren, Adam Sandler, Ben Zook
Stars: Adam Sandler, Al Pacino, Katie Holmes, Elodie Tougne, Rohan Chand
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0810913/
Family guy Jack Sadelstein prepares for the annual event he dreads: the Thanksgiving visit of his twin sister, the needy and passive-aggressive Jill, who then refuses to leave.
Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close
Release 2011
Genre Adventure, Drama, Mystery
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Director: Stephen Daldry
Writers: Eric Roth, Jonathan Safran Foer
Stars: Tom Hanks, Thomas Horn, Sandra Bullock, Zoe Caldwell, Dennis Hearn
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0477302/
A nine-year-old amateur inventor, Francophile, and pacifist searches New York City for the lock that matches a mysterious key left behind by his father, who died in the World Trade Center on September 11, 2001.
Kung Fu Panda 2
Release 2011
Genre Action, Adventure, Animation, Comedy, Drama, Family
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Director: Jennifer Yuh
Writers: Jonathan Aibel, Glenn Berger
Stars: Jack Black, Angelina Jolie, Dustin Hoffman, Gary Oldman, Jackie Chan
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1302011/
Po and his friends fight to stop a peacock villain from conquering China with a deadly new weapon, but first the Dragon Warrior must come to terms with his past.