Category Archives: Drama
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.
The Card Counter
Release 2021
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Director: Paul Schrader
Writer: Paul Schrader
Stars: Oscar Isaac, Tiffany Haddish, Tye Sheridan, Willem Dafoe, Alexander Babara
IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt11196036/
Redemption is the long game in Paul Schrader's THE CARD COUNTER. Told with Schrader's trademark cinematic intensity, the revenge thriller tells the story of an ex-military interrogator turned gambler haunted by the ghosts of his past.
My Son
Release 2021
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Director: Christian Carion
Writers: Christian Carion, Laure Irrmann
Stars: James McAvoy, Claire Foy, Jamie Michie, Robert Jack, Owen Whitelaw
IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt13234058/
Driving in the heart of the Highlands, Edmond Murray receives a call from his ex-wife, in tears. Their 7-year-old son went missing from a campsite. Soon it becomes clear that the child was kidnapped and the parents give way to despair.
Together
Release 2021
Genre Drama
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Director: Stephen Daldry, Justin Martin
Writers: Dennis Kelly
Stars: James McAvoy, Sharon Horgan, Samuel Logan
IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt14640242/
A husband and wife are forced to re-evaluate themselves and their relationship through the reality of the COVID-19 lockdown.
Best Sellers
Release 2021
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Director: Lina Roessler
Writers: Anthony Grieco
Stars: Aubrey Plaza, Michael Caine, Cary Elwes, Scott Speedman, Ellen Wong
IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt10339052/
A cranky, retired author reluctantly embarks on a final book tour to help out a young publisher.
The Guilty
Release 2021
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Director: Antoine Fuqua
Writers: Nic Pizzolatto, Gustav Möller, Emil Nygaard Albertsen
Stars: Jake Gyllenhaal, Paul Dano, Ethan Hawke, Riley Keough, Peter Sarsgaard
IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt9421570/
A demoted police officer assigned to a call dispatch desk is conflicted when he receives an emergency phone call from a kidnapped woman.