Category Archives: Drama
The Starling
Release 2021
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Director: Theodore Melfi
Writers: Matt Harris
Stars: Melissa McCarthy, Chris O'Dowd, Kevin Kline, Timothy Olyphant, Daveed Diggs
IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt5164438/
After Lilly suffers a loss, a combative Starling takes nest beside her quiet home. The feisty bird taunts and attacks the grief-stricken Lilly. On her journey to expel the Starling, she rediscovers her will to live and capacity for love.
East of the Mountains
Release 2021
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Director: S.J. Chiro
Writers: David Guterson, Thane Swigart
Stars: Mira Sorvino, Tom Skerritt, Annie Gonzalez, Victoria Summer Felix, Wally Dalton
IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt9038678/
Based on the best-selling novel by David Guterson When retired heart surgeon Ben Givens learns that he has terminal cancer, he takes his beloved dog back to his boyhood home in Eastern Washington, determined to end his life on his own terms. Ben's journey, though, takes an unexpected turn, and soon becomes an adventure against which he pits himself with characteristic stoicism, wit, and determination.
This Is the Year
Release 2020
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Director: David Henrie
Writers: Sienna Aquilini, Bug Hall, David Henrie
Stars: Gregg Sulkin, Vanessa Marano, Bug Hall, Jeff Garlin, David Henrie
IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt8231202/
In a last ditch effort to win over the girl of his dreams, a nerdy high school senior and his best friends embark on a road trip to see their favorite band at the biggest music festival of the year.
Intrusion
Release 2021
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Director: Adam Salky
Writers: Chris Sparling
Stars: Logan Marshall-Green, Robert John Burke, Freida Pinto, Sarah Minnich, Yvette Fazio-Delaney
IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt5563324/
A woman moves to a small town with her husband, but is rattled when she is targeted for a home invasion.
Help
Release 2021
Genre Drama
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Director: Marc Munden
Writers: Jack Thorne
Stars: Jodie Comer, Stephen Graham, Ian Hart, Lesley Sharp, Sue Johnston
IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt13649036/
Sarah seems to have found her calling working in a Liverpool care home where she has a special talent for connecting with the residents. Then, in March 2020, the Coronavirus pandemic hits.
Dear Evan Hansen
Release 2021
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Director: Stephen Chbosky
Writers: Steven Levenson
Stars: Ben Platt, Julianne Moore, Kaitlyn Dever, Amy Adams, Danny Pino
IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt9357050/
Film adaptation of the Tony and Grammy Award-winning musical about Evan Hansen, a high school senior with Social Anxiety disorder and his journey of self-discovery and acceptance following the suicide of a fellow classmate.
The Obscure Life of the Grand Duke of Corsica
Release 2021
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Director: Daniel Graham
Writer: Daniel Graham
Stars: Timothy Spall, Peter Stormare, Matt Hookings, Alicia Agneson, Noeleen Comiskey
IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt8400856/
In 1221 a young man is set on his path to becoming St. Francis of Assisi. A thousand years later an architect must build a mausoleum for a dying billionaire. Separated by history, these men's lives will be forever changed by a pandemic.
Cry Macho
Release 2021
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Director: Clint Eastwood
Writers: Nick Schenk, N. Richard Nash
Stars: Clint Eastwood, Dwight Yoakam, Fernanda Urrejola, Brytnee Ratledge, Natalia Traven
IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1924245/
A one-time rodeo star and washed-up horse breeder takes a job to bring a man's young son home and away from his alcoholic mom. On their journey, the horseman finds redemption through teaching the boy what it means to be a good man.
Everybody's Talking About Jamie
Release 2021
Genre Biography, Comedy, Drama, Musical
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Director: Jonathan Butterell
Writers: Tom MacRae, Dan Gillespie Sells
Stars: Max Harwood, Lauren Patel, Sarah Lancashire, Shobna Gulati, Richard E. Grant
IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt8635092/
Feature film adaptation of the musical about a teenager from Sheffield, England who wants to be a drag queen.
Old
Release 2021
Genre Drama, Mystery, Thriller
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Director: M. Night Shyamalan
Writers: M. Night Shyamalan, Pierre-Oscar Lévy, Frederik Peeters
Stars: Gael García Bernal, Vicky Krieps, Rufus Sewell, Alex Wolff, Thomasin McKenzie
IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt10954652/
A vacationing family discovers that the secluded beach where they're relaxing for a few hours is somehow causing them to age rapidly, reducing their entire lives into a single day.