Category Archives: Drama
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.
Mud
Release 2012
Genre Drama
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Director: Jeff Nichols
Stars: Matthew McConaughey, Reese Witherspoon, Tye Sheridan, Jacob Lofland, Sam Shepard
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1935179/
Two young boys encounter a fugitive and form a pact to help him evade the vigilantes that are on his trail and to reunite him with his true love.
The Immigrant
Release 2013
Genre Drama, Mystery, Romance, Thriller
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Director: James Gray
Writers: James Gray, Ric Menello
Stars: Marion Cotillard, Joaquin Phoenix, Jeremy Renner, Dagmara Dominczyk, Jicky Schnee
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1951181/
On the mean streets of Manhattan, Ewa falls prey to Bruno, a charming but wicked man who takes her in and forces her into prostitution.
The Double
Release 2013
Genre Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
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Director: Richard Ayoade
Writers: Richard Ayoade, Fyodor Dostoevsky, Avi Korine
Stars: Wallace Shawn, Noah Taylor, James Fox, Cathy Moriarty, Phyllis Somerville
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1825157/
A clerk in a government agency finds his unenviable life takes a turn for the horrific with the arrival of a new co-worker who is both his exact physical double and his opposite - confident, charismatic and seductive with women.