Category Archives: Drama
School Dance
Release 2014
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Director: Nick Cannon
Writers: Nick Cannon, Nile Evans
Stars: Bobb'e J. Thompson, Luenell, Mike Epps, George Lopez, Katt Williams
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2179936/
High schooler Jason has found his dream girl-the gorgeous Anastacia. There's just one problem: she doesn't know he exists...
Perfect Sisters
Release 2014
Genre Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
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Director: Stanley M. Brooks
Writers: Fab Filippo, Adam Till
Stars: Abigail Breslin, Georgie Henley, Mira Sorvino, James Russo, Rusty Schwimmer
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2027231/
Tired of their mother's alcoholism and a string of her abusive boyfriends, two sisters plot to kill her.
Son of Batman
Release 2014
Genre Action, Adventure, Animation, Crime, Drama, Family, Fantasy, Mystery
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Director: Ethan Spaulding
Writers: Bob Kane, Grant Morrison, Andy Kubert, James Robinson, Joe R. Lansdale, Neal Adams, Bob Brown, Bill Finger, Dick Giordano, Denny O'Neil, George Pérez, Frank Robbins, Jerry Robinson, Marv Wolfman
Stars: Jason O'Mara, Stuart Allan, Thomas Gibson, Morena Baccarin, Dee Bradley Baker
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt3139072/
Batman learns he has a violent, unruly pre-teen son, secretly raised by the terrorist group the League of Assassins.
Apocalypse Now
Release 1979
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Director: Francis Ford Coppola
Writers: John Milius, Francis Ford Coppola, Michael Herr, Joseph Conrad
Stars: Marlon Brando, Martin Sheen, Robert Duvall, Frederic Forrest, Sam Bottoms
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0078788/
During the U.S.-Viet Nam War, Captain Willard is sent on a dangerous mission into Cambodia to assassinate a renegade colonel who has set himself up as a god among a local tribe.
The Hurt Locker
Release 2008
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Director: Kathryn Bigelow
Writers: Mark Boal
Stars: Jeremy Renner, Anthony Mackie, Brian Geraghty, Guy Pearce, Ralph Fiennes
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0887912/
During the Iraq War, a Sergeant recently assigned to an army bomb squad is put at at odds with his squad mates due to his maverick way of handling his work.
The Social Network
Release 2010
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Director: David Fincher
Writers: Aaron Sorkin, Ben Mezrich
Stars: Jesse Eisenberg, Rooney Mara, Bryan Barter, Dustin Fitzsimons, Joseph Mazzello
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1285016/
Harvard student Mark Zuckerberg creates the social networking site that would become known as Facebook, but is later sued by two brothers who claimed he stole their idea, and the cofounder who was later squeezed out of the business.
The Proposal
Release 2009
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Director: Anne Fletcher
Writers: Pete Chiarelli
Stars: Sandra Bullock, Ryan Reynolds, Mary Steenburgen, Craig T. Nelson, Betty White
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1041829/
A pushy boss forces her young assistant to marry her in order to keep her Visa status in the U.S. and avoid deportation to Canada.
He's Just Not That Into You
Release 2009
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Director: Ken Kwapis
Writers: Abby Kohn, Marc Silverstein, Greg Behrendt, Liz Tuccillo
Stars: Morgan Lily, Trenton Rogers, Michelle Carmichael, Jasmine Woods, Sabrina Revelle
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1001508/
The Baltimore-set movie of interconnecting story arcs deals with the challenges of reading or misreading human behavior.
Terminator Salvation
Release 2009
Genre Action, Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
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Director: McG
Writers: John D. Brancato, Michael Ferris
Stars: Christian Bale, Sam Worthington, Moon Bloodgood, Helena Bonham Carter, Anton Yelchin
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0438488/
After Skynet has destroyed much of humanity in a nuclear holocaust, a group of survivors led by John Connor struggles to keep the machines from finishing the job.
Public Enemies
Release 2009
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Director: Michael Mann
Writers: Ronan Bennett, Michael Mann, Ann Biderman, Bryan Burrough
Stars: James Russo, David Wenham, Christian Stolte, Jason Clarke, Johnny Depp
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1152836/
The Feds try to take down notorious American gangsters John Dillinger, Baby Face Nelson and Pretty Boy Floyd during a booming crime wave in the 1930s.