Category Archives: Drama
Damaged
Release 2024
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Director: Terry McDonough
Writers: Paul Aniello, Gianni Capaldi, Koji Steven Sakai
Stars: Samuel L. Jackson, Vincent Cassel, Gianni Capaldi, Laura Haddock, John Hannah
IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt27304026/
Dan Lawson (Jackson), a Chicago detective, travels to Scotland to link up with Scottish Det. Boyd (Capaldi), following the resurgence of a serial killer who's crimes match an unsolved case that he looked into 5 years previous in Chicago.
The Greatest Hits
Release 2024
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Director: Ned Benson
Writer: Ned Benson
Stars: Lucy Boynton, David Corenswet, Retta, Justin H. Min, Nelly Furtado
IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2015349/
A love story centering on the connection between music and memory and how they transport us, sometimes literally.
Parachute
Release 2023
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Director: Brittany Snow
Writers: Becca Gleason, Brittany Snow
Stars: Courtney Eaton, Thomas Mann, Dave Bautista, Kid Cudi, Francesca Reale
IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt21057800/
Follows Riley, who has recently been released from rehab after struggling with her addictions to food and body image. She will meet Ethan and finds herself navigating the line between love and a new addiction.
Wicked Little Letters
Release 2023
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Director: Thea Sharrock
Writers: Jonny Sweet
Stars: Jessie Buckley, Olivia Colman, Alisha Weir, Timothy Spall, Hugh Skinner
IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt20234774/
When people in Littlehampton--including conservative local Edith--begin to receive letters full of hilarious profanities, rowdy Irish migrant Rose is charged with the crime. Suspecting that something is amiss, the town's women investigate.
Dune: Part Two
Release 2024
Genre Action, Adventure, Drama
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Director: Denis Villeneuve
Writers: Denis Villeneuve, Jon Spaihts, Frank Herbert
Stars: Timothée Chalamet, Zendaya, Rebecca Ferguson, Javier Bardem, Josh Brolin
IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt15239678/
Paul Atreides unites with Chani and the Fremen while seeking revenge against the conspirators who destroyed his family.
Scoop
Release 2024
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Director: Philip Martin
Writers: Geoff Bussetil, Peter Moffat
Stars: Gillian Anderson, Rufus Sewell, Billie Piper, Keeley Hawes, Romola Garai
IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt21279806/
How the BBC obtained the bombshell interview with Prince Andrew about his friendship with convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.
Strictly Confidential
Release 2024
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Director: Damian Hurley
Writer: Damian Hurley
Stars: Elizabeth Hurley, Lauren McQueen, Genevieve Gaunt, Georgia Lock, Freddie Thorp
IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt22805652/
A haunted young woman finds herself drawn into a world of seduction, duplicity and betrayal as she desperately tries to uncover the mystery surrounding her best friend's suicide.
Suze
Release 2023
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Director: Dane Clark, Linsey Stewart
Writers: Dane ClarkLinsey Stewart
Stars: Michaela Watkins, Aaron Ashmore, Sara Waisglass, Charlie Gillespie, Rainbow Sun Francks
IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt20597364/
When her only daughter goes off to university, an empty-nest mother gets stuck taking care of her daughter's heartbroken ex-boyfriend, whom she can't stand.
Ordinary Angels
Release 2024
Genre Drama
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Director: Jon Gunn
Writers: Kelly Fremon Craig, Meg Tilly
Stars: Hilary Swank, Alan Ritchson, Emily Mitchell, Skywalker Hughes, Tamala Jones
IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt4996328/
Inspired by the incredible true story of a hairdresser who single-handedly rallies an entire community to help a widowed father save the life of his critically ill young daughter.
Uproar
Release 2023
Genre Drama
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Director: Paul Middleditch, Hamish Bennett
Writers: Hamish Bennett, Sonia Whiteman, Paul Middleditch
Stars: Rhys Darby, Minnie Driver, Julian Dennison, Craig Hall, James Rolleston
IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt20255028/
A 17 year-old student is forced to get off the fence he has actively sat on all his life to stand up for himself, his whanau (family) and his future in this heartwarming story of identity.