Category Archives: Drama
A Street Cat Named Bob
Release 2016
Genre Biography, Comedy, Drama, Family
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Director: Roger Spottiswoode
Writers: James Bowen, Garry Jenkins, Tim John, Maria Nation
Stars: Luke Treadaway, Bob the Cat, Ruta Gedmintas, Joanne Froggatt, Anthony Head
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt3606888/
Based on the international best selling book. The true feel good story of how James Bowen, a busker and recovering drug addict, had his life transformed when he met a stray ginger cat.
Hidden Figures
Release 2016
Genre Drama
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Director: Theodore Melfi
Writers: Allison Schroeder, Theodore Melfi, Margot Lee Shetterly
Stars: Taraji P. Henson, Octavia Spencer, Janelle Monáe, Kevin Costner, Kirsten Dunst
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt4846340/
Based on a true story. A team of African-American women provide NASA with important mathematical data needed to launch the program's first successful space missions.
Patriots Day
Release 2016
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Director: Peter Berg
Writers: Peter Berg, Matt Cook, Joshua Zetumer, Paul Tamasy, Eric Johnson
Stars: Mark Wahlberg, Dicky Eklund Jr., Michael Marchand, Rhet Kidd, John Goodman
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt4572514/
An account of Boston Police Commissioner Ed Davis's actions in the events leading up to the 2013 Boston Marathon bombing and the aftermath, which includes the city-wide manhunt to find the terrorists behind it.
I'm Not Ashamed
Release 2016
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Director: Brian Baugh
Writers: Philipa A. Booyens, Robin Hanley, Kari Redmond, Bodie Thoene
Stars: Masey McLain, Ben Davies, Cameron McKendry, Terri Minton, Victoria Staley
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt4950110/
Based on the inspiring and powerful true story and journal entries of Rachel Joy Scott - the first student killed in the Columbine high school shooting in 1999.
Christine
Release 2016
Genre Biography, Drama, Horror
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Director: Antonio Campos
Writers: Craig Shilowich
Stars: Rebecca Hall, Michael C. Hall, Tracy Letts, Maria Dizzia, J. Smith-Cameron
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt4666726/
The story of Christine Chubbuck, a 1970s TV reporter struggling with depression and professional frustrations as she tries to advance her career.
Queen of Katwe
Release 2016
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Director: Mira Nair
Writers: William Wheeler, Tim Crothers
Stars: Madina Nalwanga, David Oyelowo, Lupita Nyong'o, Martin Kabanza, Taryn Kyaze
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt4341582/
A Ugandan girl sees her world rapidly change after being introduced to the game of chess.
Coin Heist
Release 2017
Genre Drama
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Director: Emily Hagins
Writers: Emily Hagins, Elisa Ludwig
Stars: Sasha Pieterse, Blanche Baker, Alex Saxon, Alexis G. Zall, David W. Thompson
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt5740806/
United by dire circumstances, four unlikely allies from a Philadelphia prep school - the hacker, the slacker, the athlete, and the perfect student - band together to attempt the impossible: steal from the U.S. Mint.
Fences
Release 2016
Genre Drama
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Director: Denzel Washington
Writers: August Wilson
Stars: Denzel Washington, Viola Davis, Stephen Henderson, Jovan Adepo, Russell Hornsby
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2671706/
A working-class African-American father tries to raise his family in the 1950s, while coming to terms with the events of his life.
The Girl with All the Gifts
Release 2016
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Director: Colm McCarthy
Writers: Mike Carey
Stars: Gemma Arterton, Glenn Close, Anamaria Marinca, Dominique Tipper, Paddy Considine
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt4547056/
A scientist and a teacher living in a dystopian future embark on a journey of survival with a special young girl named Melanie.