Category Archives: Drama
Supernova
Release 2020
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Director: Harry Macqueen
Writer: Harry Macqueen
Stars: Colin Firth, Stanley Tucci, Pippa Haywood, Peter MacQueen, Nina Marlin
IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt11169050/
Sam and Tusker are traveling across England in their old RV to visit friends, family and places from their past. Since Tusker was diagnosed with dementia two years ago, their time together is the most important thing they have.
School's Out Forever
Release 2021
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Director: Oliver Milburn
Writers: Scott K. Andrews, Oliver Milburn
Stars: Alex Macqueen, Anthony Head, Samantha Bond, Steve Oram, Oscar Kennedy
IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt10510280/
A 15-year old flees to his school after an apocalyptic event.
The Swordsman
Release 2020
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Director: Jae-Hoon Choi
Writer: Jae-Hoon Choi
Stars: Jang Hyuk, Man-sik Jeong, Angelina Danilova, Hyun-Sung Jang, Seung-Hyeon Ji
IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt7035004/
Three different swordsmen -- a swordsman who is going blind, the best swordsman in Joseon Dynasty, and the best swordsman in Qing Dynasty who aspires to be the best even in the Joseon Dynasty -- meet each other for their own reasons.
The Last Vermeer
Release 2019
Genre Drama
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Director: Dan Friedkin
Writers: Jonathan Lopez, John Orloff, James McGee
Stars: Guy Pearce, Claes Bang, Vicky Krieps, Roland Møller, August Diehl
IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt8337320/
An artist is suspected of selling a valuable painting to the Nazis, but there is more to the story than meets the eye.
Silk Road
Release 2021
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Director: Tiller Russell
Writers: David Kushner, Tiller Russell
Stars: Nick Robinson, Jennifer Yun, Jimmi Simpson, Jason Clarke, Paul Blott
IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt7937254/
Philosophical twenty-something Ross Ulbricht creates Silk Road, a dark net website that sells narcotics, while DEA agent Rick Bowden goes undercover to bring him down.
Breaking News in Yuba County
Release 2021
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Director: Tate Taylor
Writers: Amanda Idoko
Stars: Mila Kunis, Juliette Lewis, Allison Janney, Awkwafina, Ellen Barkin
IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt7737640/
A woman takes advantage of her growing celebrity status when the police and the public think her dead husband is just missing.
Judas and the Black Messiah
Release 2021
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Director: Shaka King
Writers: Will Berson, Shaka King, Will Berson
Stars: Daniel Kaluuya, LaKeith Stanfield, Jesse Plemons, Dominique Fishback, Ashton Sanders
IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt9784798/
The story of Fred Hampton, Chairman of the Illinois Black Panther Party, and his fateful betrayal by FBI informant William O'Neal.
Music
Release 2021
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Director: Sia
Writers: Dallas Clayton, Sia, Sia
Stars: Kate Hudson, Leslie Odom Jr., Maddie Ziegler
IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt7541720/
Zu is newly sober when she receives news that she is to become the sole guardian of her half-sister named Music, a young girl on the autism spectrum. The film explores two of Sia's favorite themes: finding your voice and creating family.
Fear of Rain
Release 2021
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Director: Castille Landon
Writer: Castille Landon
Stars: Katherine Heigl, Madison Iseman, Israel Broussard, Harry Connick Jr., Eugenie Bondurant
IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt10037014/
A girl living with schizophrenia struggles with terrifying hallucinations as she begins to suspect her neighbor has kidnapped a child. The only person who believes her is Caleb -a boy she isn't even sure exists.
Bliss
Release 2021
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Director: Mike Cahill
Writer: Mike Cahill
Stars: Owen Wilson, Salma Hayek, Nesta Cooper, Jorge Lendeborg Jr., Ronny Chieng
IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt10333426/
A mind-bending love story following Greg who, after recently being divorced and then fired, meets the mysterious Isabel, a woman living on the streets and convinced that the polluted, broken world around them is a computer simulation.