Category Archives: Drama
The Public
Release 2018
Genre Drama
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Director: Emilio Estevez
Writer: Emilio Estevez
Stars: Alec Baldwin, Taylor Schilling, Emilio Estevez
IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt3294746/
An act of civil disobedience turns into a standoff with police when homeless people in Cincinnati take over the public library to seek shelter from the bitter cold.
Teen Spirit
Release 2018
Genre Drama
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Director: Max Minghella
Writer: Max Minghella
Stars: Elle Fanning, Agnieszka Grochowska, Archie Madekwe
IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt6483364/
Violet is a shy teenager who dreams of escaping her small town and pursuing her passion to sing. With the help of an unlikely mentor, she enters a local singing competition that will test her integrity, talent and ambition. Driven by a pop-fueled soundtrack, Teen Spirit is a visceral and stylish spin on the Cinderella story.
Breakthrough
Release 2019
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Director: Roxann Dawson
Writers: Grant Nieporte, Joyce Smith
Stars: Topher Grace, Josh Lucas, Mike Colter
IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt7083526/
When her 14-year-old son drowns in a lake, a faithful mother prays for him to come back from the brink of death and be healed.
After
Release 2019
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Director: Jenny Gage
Writers: Susan McMartin, Anna Todd
Stars: Selma Blair, Jennifer Beals, Josephine Langford
IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt4126476/
A young woman falls for a guy with a dark secret and the two embark on a rocky relationship. Based on the novel by Anna Todd.
The Wolfs Call
Release 2019
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Director: Abel Lanzac
Writer: Abel Lanzac
Stars: François Civil, Omar Sy, Mathieu Kassovitz
IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt7458762/
In the near future, a French submarine finds itself in a crisis situation.
The Best of Enemies
Release 2019
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Director: Robin Bissell
Writers: Robin Bissell, Osha Gray Davidson
Stars: Taraji P. Henson, Sam Rockwell, Babou Ceesay
IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt4807408/
Civil rights activist Ann Atwater faces off against C.P. Ellis, Exalted Cyclops of the Ku Klux Klan, in 1971 Durham, North Carolina over the issue of school integration.
Red Joan
Release 2018
Genre Biography, Drama, Romance
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Director: Trevor Nunn
Writers: Lindsay Shapero, Jennie Rooney
Stars: Judi Dench, Sophie Cookson, Stephen Campbell Moore
IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt7615302/
The story of Joan Stanley, who was exposed as the KGB's longest-serving British spy.
City of Lies
Release 2018
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Director: Brad Furman
Writers: Randall Sullivan, Christian Contreras
Stars: Johnny Depp, Forest Whitaker, Toby Huss
IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2677722/
Russell Poole and Jack Jackson investigate the murders of rappers Notorious B.I.G. and Tupac Shakur.
Vault
Release 2019
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Director: Tom DeNucci
Writers: Tom DeNucci, B. Dolan
Stars: Theo Rossi, Clive Standen, Samira Wiley
IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt6838918/
Vault tells a story about a group of small time criminals in 1975 who attempt to pull off the biggest heist in American history; stealing over $30 million from the Mafia in the smallest state in the union, Rhode Island.
The Aftermath
Release 2019
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Director: James Kent
Writers: Joe Shrapnel, Anna Waterhouse, Rhidian Brook
Stars: Keira Knightley, Ned Wills, Pandora Colin
IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt5977276/
Post World War II, a British colonel and his wife are assigned to live in Hamburg during the post-war reconstruction, but tensions arise with the German who previously owned the house.