Category Archives: Drama
The Necessary Death of Charlie Countryman
Release 2013
Genre Comedy, Drama, Romance, Thriller
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Director: Fredrik Bond
Writers: Matt Drake
Stars: Shia LaBeouf, Evan Rachel Wood, Mads Mikkelsen, Til Schweiger, Rupert Grint
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1196948/
While traveling abroad, a guy falls for a Romanian beauty whose unreachable heart has its origins in her violent, charismatic ex.
Only God Forgives
Release 2013
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Director: Nicolas Winding Refn
Stars: Ryan Gosling, Kristin Scott Thomas, Vithaya Pansringarm, Gordon Brown, Yayaying Rhatha Phongam
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1602613/
Julian, a drug-smuggler thriving in Bangkok's criminal underworld, sees his life get even more complicated when his mother compels him to find and kill whoever is responsible for his brother's recent death.
Snow White and the Huntsman
Release 2012
Genre Adventure, Drama, Fantasy
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Director: Rupert Sanders
Writers: Evan Daugherty, John Lee Hancock, Hossein Amini
Stars: Kristen Stewart, Chris Hemsworth, Charlize Theron, Sam Claflin, Sam Spruell
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1735898/
In a twist to the fairy tale, the Huntsman ordered to take Snow White into the woods to be killed winds up becoming her protector and mentor in a quest to vanquish the Evil Queen.
Magic Mike
Release 2012
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Director: Steven Soderbergh
Writers: Reid Carolin
Stars: Matthew McConaughey, Channing Tatum, Olivia Munn, Alex Pettyfer, James Martin Kelly
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1915581/
A male stripper teaches a younger performer how to party, pick up women, and make easy money.
The Place Beyond the Pines
Release 2012
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Director: Derek Cianfrance
Writers: Derek Cianfrance, Ben Coccio, Darius Marder
Stars: Ryan Gosling, Craig Van Hook, Eva Mendes, Olga Merediz, Anthony Pizza
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1817273/
A motorcycle stunt rider turns to robbing banks as a way to provide for his lover and their newborn child, a decision that puts him on a collision course with an ambitious rookie cop navigating a department ruled by a corrupt detective.
Lincoln
Release 2012
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Director: Steven Spielberg
Writers: Tony Kushner, Doris Kearns Goodwin
Stars: Daniel Day-Lewis, Sally Field, David Strathairn, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, James Spader
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0443272/
As the Civil War continues to rage, America's president struggles with continuing carnage on the battlefield and as he fights with many inside his own cabinet on the decision to emancipate the slaves.
Cloud Atlas
Release 2012
Genre Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi
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Director: Tom Tykwer, Andy Wachowski, Lana Wachowski
Writers: David Mitchell, Lana Wachowski, Tom Tykwer, Andy Wachowski
Stars: Tom Hanks, Halle Berry, Jim Broadbent, Hugo Weaving, Jim Sturgess
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1371111/
An exploration of how the actions of individual lives impact one another in the past, present and future, as one soul is shaped from a killer into a hero, and an act of kindness ripples across centuries to inspire a revolution.
Get the Gringo
Release 2012
Genre Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
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Director: Adrian Grunberg
Writers: Mel Gibson, Stacy Perskie, Adrian Grunberg
Stars: Mel Gibson, Kevin Hernandez, Daniel Giménez Cacho, Jesús Ochoa, Dolores Heredia
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1567609/
A career criminal nabbed by Mexican authorities is placed in a tough prison where he learns to survive with the help of a young boy.
Chasing Mavericks
Release 2012
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Director: Michael Apted, Curtis Hanson
Writers: Kario Salem, Jim Meenaghan, Brandon Hooper
Stars: Gerard Butler, Jonny Weston, Elisabeth Shue, Abigail Spencer, Leven Rambin
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1629757/
When young Jay Moriarity discovers that the mythic Mavericks surf break, one of the biggest waves on Earth, exists just miles from his Santa Cruz home, he enlists the help of local legend Frosty Hesson to train him to survive it.