Category Archives: Drama
Broken City
Release 2013
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Director: Allen Hughes
Writers: Brian Tucker
Stars: Mark Wahlberg, Russell Crowe, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Jeffrey Wright, Barry Pepper
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1235522/
In a city rife with injustice, ex-cop Billy Taggart seeks redemption and revenge after being double-crossed and then framed by its most powerful figure: Mayor Nicholas Hostetler.
Lawless
Release 2012
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Director: John Hillcoat
Writers: Nick Cave, Matt Bondurant
Stars: Shia LaBeouf, Tom Hardy, Jason Clarke, Guy Pearce, Jessica Chastain
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1212450/
Set in Depression-era Franklin County, Virginia, a trio of bootlegging brothers are threatened by a new special deputy and other authorities angling for a cut of their profits.
Fast and Furious 4
Release 2009
Genre Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
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Director: Justin Lin
Writers: Chris Morgan, Gary Scott Thompson
Stars: Vin Diesel, Paul Walker, Jordana Brewster, Michelle Rodriguez, John Ortiz
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1013752/
Brian O'Conner, now working for the FBI in LA, teams up with Dominic Toretto to bring down a heroin importer by infiltrating his operation.
The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift
Release 2006
Genre Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
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Director: Justin Lin
Writers: Chris Morgan
Stars: Lucas Black, Damien Marzette, Trula M. Marcus, Zachery Ty Bryan, Brandon Brendel
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0463985/
Alabama teenager Sean Boswell becomes a major competitor in the world of drift racing after moving in with his father in Tokyo to avoid a jail sentence in America.
Now Is Good
Release 2012
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Director: Ol Parker
Writers: Jenny Downham, Ol Parker
Stars: Dakota Fanning, Jeremy Irvine, Paddy Considine, Olivia Williams, Kaya Scodelario
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1937264/
A girl dying of leukemia compiles a list of things she'd like to do before passing away. Topping the list is her desire to lose her virginity.
Step Up Revolution
Release 2012
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Director: Scott Speer
Writers: Amanda Brody, Duane Adler
Stars: Cleopatra Coleman, Ryan Guzman, Misha Gabriel Hamilton, Michael 'Xeno' Langebeck, Stephen Boss
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1800741/
Emily arrives in Miami with aspirations to become a professional dancer. She sparks with Sean, the leader of a dance crew whose neighborhood is threatened by Emily's father's development plans.
Life of Pi
Release 2012
Genre Adventure, Drama, Fantasy
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Director: Ang Lee
Writers: Yann Martel, David Magee
Stars: Suraj Sharma, Irrfan Khan, Ayush Tandon, Gautam Belur, Adil Hussain
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0454876/
A young man who survives a disaster at sea is hurtled into an epic journey of adventure and discovery. While cast away, he forms an unexpected connection with another survivor: a fearsome Bengal tiger.
The Words
Release 2012
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Director: Brian Klugman, Lee Sternthal
Stars: Dennis Quaid, John Hannah, Jeremy Irons, Bradley Cooper, Zoe Saldana
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1840417/
A writer at the peak of his literary success discovers the steep price he must pay for stealing another man's work.
The Iceman
Release 2012
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Director: Ariel Vromen
Writers: Morgan Land, Ariel Vromen, Anthony Bruno, Jim Thebaut
Stars: Michael Shannon, Winona Ryder, Chris Evans, Ray Liotta, David Schwimmer
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1491044/
The true story of Richard Kuklinski, the notorious contract killer and family man. When finally arrested in 1986, neither his wife nor daughters have any clue about his real profession.
Delivery Man
Release 2013
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Director: Ken Scott
Writers: Ken Scott, Martin Petit
Stars: Vince Vaughn, Chris Pratt, Cobie Smulders, Andrzej Blumenfeld, Simon Delaney
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2387559/
An affable underachiever finds out he's fathered 533 children through anonymous donations to a fertility clinic 20 years ago. Now he must decide whether or not to come forward when 142 of them file a lawsuit to reveal his identity.