Category Archives: Drama
John Henry
Release 2020
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Director: Will Forbes
Writers: Will Forbes, Doug Skinner
Stars: Terry Crews, Ludacris, Maestro Harrell
IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt8170298/
When two immigrant kids on the run from his former South Los Angeles gang leader stumble into his life, John is forced to reconcile with his past in order to try and give them a future.
Cats
Release 2019
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Director: Tom Hooper
Writers: T.S. Eliot, Lee Hall, Tom Hooper, Andrew Lloyd Webber
Stars: Jennifer Hudson, Judi Dench, Taylor Swift
IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt5697572/
A tribe of cats called the Jellicles must decide yearly which one will ascend to the Heaviside Layer and come back to a new Jellicle life.
Just Mercy
Release 2019
Genre Drama
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Director: Destin Daniel Cretton
Writers: Destin Daniel Cretton, Andrew Lanham, Bryan Stevenson
Stars: Marcus A. Griffin Jr., Michael B. Jordan, Jamie Foxx
IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt4916630/
World-renowned civil rights defense attorney Bryan Stevenson works to free a wrongly condemned death row prisoner.
The Good Liar
Release 2019
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Director: Bill Condon
Writers: Jeffrey Hatcher, Nicholas Searle
Stars: Helen Mirren, Ian McKellen, Russell Tovey
IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt5563334/
Consummate con man Roy Courtnay has set his sights on his latest mark: the recently widowed Betty McLeish, worth millions. But this time, what should have been a simple swindle escalates into a cat-and-mouse game with the ultimate stakes.
The Last Full Measure
Release 2019
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Director: Todd Robinson
Writer: Todd Robinson
Stars: Samuel L. Jackson, Sebastian Stan, Jeremy Irvine
IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0783640/
Thirty-four years after his death, Airman William H. Pitsenbarger, Jr. ("Pits") is awarded the nation's highest military honor, for his actions on the battlefield.
Honey Boy
Release 2019
Genre Drama
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Director: Alma Har'el
Writers: Shia LaBeouf
Stars: Shia LaBeouf, Lucas Hedges, Noah Jupe
IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt8151874/
A young actor's stormy childhood and early adult years as he struggles to reconcile with his father and deal with his mental health.
Waves
Release 2019
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Director: Trey Edward Shults
Writer: Trey Edward Shults
Stars: Taylor Russell, Kelvin Harrison Jr., Alexa Demie
IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt8652728/
Traces the journey of a suburban family - led by a well-intentioned but domineering father - as they navigate love, forgiveness, and coming together in the aftermath of a loss.
Dark Waters
Release 2019
Genre Biography, Drama, Thriller
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Director: Todd Haynes
Writers: Matthew Michael Carnahan, Mario Correa, Nathaniel Rich
Stars: Anne Hathaway, Mark Ruffalo, Tim Robbins
IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt9071322/
A corporate defense attorney takes on an environmental lawsuit against a chemical company that exposes a lengthy history of pollution.
1917
Release 2019
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Director: Sam Mendes
Writers: Sam Mendes, Krysty Wilson-Cairns
Stars: Dean-Charles Chapman, George MacKay, Daniel Mays
IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt8579674/
Two young British soldiers during the First World War are given an impossible mission: deliver a message deep in enemy territory that will stop 1,600 men, and one of the soldiers' brothers, from walking straight into a deadly trap.
Richard Jewell
Release 2019
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Director: Clint Eastwood
Writers: Marie Brenner, Billy Ray
Stars: Paul Walter Hauser, Sam Rockwell, Brandon Stanley
IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt3513548/
American security guard Richard Jewell (Paul Walter Hauser) saves thousands of lives from an exploding bomb at the 1996 Olympics, but is vilified by journalists and the press who falsely reported that he was a terrorist.