Category Archives: Drama
2 Guns
Release 2013
Genre Action, Comedy, Crime, Drama, Thriller
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Director: Baltasar Kormákur
Writers: Blake Masters, Steven Grant
Stars: Denzel Washington, Mark Wahlberg, Paula Patton, Edward James Olmos, Bill Paxton
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1272878/
A DEA agent and a naval intelligence officer find themselves on the run after a botched attempt to infiltrate a drug cartel. While fleeing, they learn the secret of their shaky alliance: Neither knew that the other was an undercover agent.
Prisoners
Release 2013
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Director: Denis Villeneuve
Writers: Aaron Guzikowski
Stars: Hugh Jackman, Jake Gyllenhaal, Viola Davis, Maria Bello, Terrence Howard
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1392214/
When Keller Dover's daughter and her friend go missing, he takes matters into his own hands as the police pursue multiple leads and the pressure mounts. But just how far will this desperate father go to protect his family?
Her
Release 2013
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Director: Spike Jonze
Stars: Joaquin Phoenix, Lynn Adrianna, Lisa Renee Pitts, Gabe Gomez, Chris Pratt
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1798709/
A lonely writer develops an unlikely relationship with his newly purchased operating system that's designed to meet his every need.
Lone Survivor
Release 2013
Genre Action, Biography, Drama, Thriller, War
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Director: Peter Berg
Writers: Peter Berg, Marcus Luttrell, Patrick Robinson
Stars: Mark Wahlberg, Taylor Kitsch, Emile Hirsch, Ben Foster, Yousuf Azami
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1091191/
Marcus Luttrell and his team set out on a mission to capture or kill notorious Taliban leader Ahmad Shah, in late June 2005. Marcus and his team are left to fight for their lives in one of the most valiant efforts of modern warfare.
White House Down
Release 2013
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Director: Roland Emmerich
Writers: James Vanderbilt
Stars: Channing Tatum, Jamie Foxx, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Jason Clarke, Richard Jenkins
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2334879/
While on a tour of the White House with his young daughter, a Capitol policeman springs into action to save his child and protect the president from a heavily armed group of paramilitary invaders.
The Great Gatsby
Release 2013
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Director: Baz Luhrmann
Writers: Baz Luhrmann, Craig Pearce, F. Scott Fitzgerald
Stars: Lisa Adam, Frank Aldridge, Amitabh Bachchan, Steve Bisley, Richard Carter
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1343092/
A Midwestern war veteran finds himself drawn to the past and lifestyle of his millionaire neighbor.
Snowpiercer
Release 2013
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Director: Joon-ho Bong
Writers: Joon-ho Bong, Kelly Masterson, Jacques Lob, Benjamin Legrand, Jean-Marc Rochette
Stars: Chris Evans, Jamie Bell, Tilda Swinton, Ed Harris, John Hurt
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1706620/
In a future where a failed global-warming experiment kills off all life on the planet except for a lucky few that boarded the Snowpiercer, a train that travels around the globe, where a class system evolves.
The Spectacular Now
Release 2013
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Director: James Ponsoldt
Writers: Scott Neustadter, Michael H. Weber, Tim Tharp
Stars: Miles Teller, Shailene Woodley, Brie Larson, Masam Holden, Dayo Okeniyi
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1714206/
A hard-partying high school senior's philosophy on life changes when he meets the not-so-typical "nice girl."
Filth
Release 2013
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Director: Jon S. Baird
Writers: Jon S. Baird, Irvine Welsh
Stars: James McAvoy, Jamie Bell, Eddie Marsan, Imogen Poots, Brian McCardie
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1450321/
A corrupt cop manipulates and hallucinates his way through a bid to secure a promotion and win back his wife and daughter.
Disconnect
Release 2012
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Director: Henry Alex Rubin
Writers: Andrew Stern
Stars: Jason Bateman, Hope Davis, Frank Grillo, Michael Nyqvist, Paula Patton
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1433811/
A drama centered on a group of people searching for human connections in today's wired world.