Category Archives: Drama
Logan Lucky
Release 2017
Like/Dislike
Director: Steven Soderbergh
Writers: Rebecca Blunt
Stars: Farrah Mackenzie, Channing Tatum, Jim O'Heir, Riley Keough, Rebecca Koon
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt5439796/
Two brothers attempt to pull off a heist during a NASCAR race in North Carolina.
Victoria and Abdul
Release 2017
Like/Dislike
Director: Stephen Frears
Writers: Lee Hall, Shrabani Basu
Stars: Judi Dench, Ali Fazal, Tim Pigott-Smith, Eddie Izzard, Adeel Akhtar
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt5816682/
Queen Victoria strikes up an unlikely friendship with a young Indian clerk named Abdul Karim.
Thumper
Release 2017
Like/Dislike
Director: Jordan Ross
Stars: Eliza Taylor, Pablo Schreiber, Lena Headey, Ben Feldman, Daniel Webber
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt5716380/
Teens in a low income neighborhood are lured into working for a violent and dangerous drug dealer. When a new girl harboring a dark secret arrives in town, their relationship jeopardizes everything.
Rise of the Footsoldier 3
Release 2017
Genre Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Like/Dislike
Director: Zackary Adler
Writers:
Stars: Craig Fairbrass, Terry Stone, Roland Manookian, Jamie Foreman, Josh Myers
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt6076226/
Notorious gangster, Pat Tate, rises through the ranks of Essex's criminal underworld. A prequel to the 'Rise of the Footsoldier' franchise.
November Criminals
Release 2017
Like/Dislike
Director: Sacha Gervasi
Writers: Steven Knight, Sacha Gervasi, Sam Munson
Stars: Ansel Elgort, Chloë Grace Moretz, Catherine Keener, David Strathairn, Terry Kinney
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt3266284/
A teenager takes on his own investigation of a murder in Washington D.C.
Birth of the Dragon
Release 2016
Genre Action, Biography, Drama
Like/Dislike
Director: George Nolfi
Writers: Stephen J. Rivele, Christopher Wilkinson, Michael Dorgan
Stars: Yu Xia, Wang Xi'An, Hai Yu, Yue Wu, Billy Magnussen
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2720826/
Set against the backdrop of 1960s San Francisco, BIRTH OF THE DRAGON is a modern take on the classic movies that Bruce Lee was known for. It takes its inspiration from the epic and still controversial showdown between an up-and-coming Bruce Lee and kung fu master Wong Jack Man - a battle that gave birth to a legend.
Patti Cake$
Release 2017
Genre Drama
Like/Dislike
Director: Geremy Jasper
Stars: Danielle Macdonald, Bridget Everett, Siddharth Dhananjay, Mamoudou Athie, Cathy Moriarty
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt6288250/
PATTI CAKE$ is centered on aspiring rapper Patricia Dombrowski, a.k.a. Killa P, a.k.a. Patti Cake$, who is fighting an unlikely quest for glory in her downtrodden hometown in New Jersey.
Most Beautiful Island
Release 2017
Like/Dislike
Director: Ana Asensio
Stars: Ana Asensio, Natasha Romanova, David Little, Nicholas Tucci, Larry Fessenden
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt4866448/
Most Beautiful Island is a chilling portrait of an undocumented young woman's struggle for survival as she finds redemption from a tortured past in a dangerous game.
Good Time
Release 2017
Like/Dislike
Director: Benny Safdie, Josh Safdie
Writers: Ronald Bronstein, Josh Safdie
Stars: Robert Pattinson, Benny Safdie, Taliah Webster, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Barkhad Abdi
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt4846232/
After a heist goes awry, a bank robber tries to free his brother from Rikers Island, all in one night.
Brad's Status
Release 2017
Like/Dislike
Director: Mike White
Stars: Ben Stiller, Austin Abrams, Jenna Fischer, Michael Sheen, Jemaine Clement
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt5884230/
A father takes his son to tour colleges on the East Coast and meets up with an old friend who makes him feel inferior about his life's choices.