Category Archives: Drama
No Sudden Move
Release 2021
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Director: Steven Soderbergh
Writers: Ed Solomon
Stars: Brendan Fraser, Matt Damon, Noah Jupe
IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt11525644/
A group of criminals are brought together under mysterious circumstances and have to work together to uncover what's really going on when their simple job goes completely sideways.
A Quiet Place: Part II
Release 2020
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Director: John Krasinski
Writers: John Krasinski, Scott Beck, Bryan Woods
Stars: Emily Blunt, Millicent Simmonds, Cillian Murphy
IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt8332922/
Following the events at home, the Abbott family now face the terrors of the outside world. Forced to venture into the unknown, they realize the creatures that hunt by sound are not the only threats lurking beyond the sand path.
Gaia
Release 2021
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Director: Jaco Bouwer
Writers: Tertius Kapp
Stars: Monique Rockman, Carel Nel, Alex van Dyk, Anthony Oseyemi
IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt11881160/
An injured forest ranger on a routine mission is saved by two off-the-grid survivalists. What is initially a welcome rescue grows more suspicious as the son and his renegade father reveal a cultish devotion to the forest.
Lansky
Release 2021
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Director: Eytan Rockaway
Writers: Eytan Rockaway, Robert Rockaway
Stars: Minka Kelly, AnnaSophia Robb, David James Elliott, Sam Worthington, Jackie Cruz
IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt5078852/
When the aging Meyer Lansky is investigated one last time by the Feds who suspect he has stashed away millions of dollars over half a century, the retired gangster spins a dizzying tale, revealing the untold truth about his life as the notorious boss of Murder Inc. and the National Crime Syndicate.
The Ice Road
Release 2021
Genre Adventure, Drama, Thriller
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Director: Jonathan Hensleigh
Writer: Jonathan Hensleigh
Stars: Liam Neeson, Marcus Thomas, Laurence Fishburne, Amber Midthunder, Benjamin Walker
IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt3758814/
After a remote diamond mine collapses in far northern Canada, a ‘big-rig’ ice road driver must lead an impossible rescue mission over a frozen ocean to save the trapped miners.
Rurouni Kenshin: Final Chapter Part I - The Final
Release 2021
Genre Action, Adventure, Drama
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Director: Keishi Ohtomo
Writers: Nobuhiro Watsuki
Stars: Shin'nosuke Abe, Yû Aoi, Munetaka Aoki, Kasumi Arimura, Yôsuke Eguchi
IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt11809034/
Kenshin's past catches up to him causing the destruction of Akabeko Restaurant, which was Kenshin's favorite place to eat. There, he finds a note with the word "Junchu" on it.
Fatherhood
Release 2021
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Director: Paul Weitz
Writers: Dana Stevens, Paul Weitz, Matt Logelin
Stars: Paul Alexander Désiré, Rodney Alexandre, Christine Lan, Letitia Brookes, Ryan S. Hill
IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt4733624/
A father brings up his baby girl as a single dad after the unexpected death of his wife who died a day after their daughter's birth.
Xtremo
Release 2021
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Director: Daniel Benmayor
Writers: Teo García, Ivan Ledesma, Genaro Rodriguez
Stars: Teo García, Óscar Jaenada, Óscar Casas, Andrea Duro, Sergio Peris-Mencheta
IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt11658120/
Two years after the murder of his son and father, a retired hitman sets in motion a carefully crafted revenge plan against the killer: his own brother.
Dream Horse
Release 2020
Genre Biography, Comedy, Drama
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Director: Euros Lyn
Writers: Neil McKay
Stars: Toni Collette, Owen Teale, Alan David, Lynda Baron, Damian Lewis
IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt9883996/
Dream Alliance is an unlikely race horse bred by small-town Welsh bartender Jan Vokes. With no experience, Jan convinces her neighbors to chip in their meager earnings to help raise Dream in the hopes he can compete with the racing elites.
In the Heights
Release 2021
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Director: Jon M. Chu
Writers: Quiara Alegría Hudes, Lin-Manuel Miranda
Stars: Anthony Ramos, Corey Hawkins, Leslie Grace, Melissa Barrera
IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1321510/
The scent of a cafecito caliente hangs in the air just outside of the 181st Street subway stop. The likeable, magnetic bodega owner Usnavi saves every penny from his daily grind as he hopes, imagines and sings about a better life.