Archive for the ‘Drama’ Category

Un conte de Noël

Friday, May 16th, 2008

All Genres:
Comedy, Drama

Release Year: 2008

Country: France

Runtime: France:150 min | USA:150 min | Argentina:150 min

Languages: French

Director:

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Writers: Arnaud Desplechin (scenario and dialogue) & Emmanuel Bourdieu (scenario and dialogue)

 

Cast: Catherine Deneuve … Junon
Jean-Paul Roussillon … Abel, Junon's husband
Anne Consigny … Elizabeth their oldest child
Mathieu Amalric … Henri their middle child
Melvil Poupaud … Ivan their youngest child
Hippolyte Girardot … Claude – Elizabeth's husband
Emmanuelle Devos … Faunia, Henri's lover
Chiara Mastroianni … Sylvia – Ivan's wife
Laurent Capelluto … Simon – Junon's nephew – the painter cousin
Emile Berling … Paull, Elizabeth and Claude's son
Thomas Obled … Basile, Ivan and Sylvia's son
Clément Obled … Baptiste, Ivan and Sylvia's son
Françoise Bertin … Rosaimée, Abel's mother's girlfriend
Samir Guesmi … Spatafora, the family friend at Roubaix
Azize Kabouche … Doctor Zraïdi, the oncologist

 

Plot: The Vuillard family is no stranger to physical/mental illness, loss, and banishment. But when the matriarch becomes in need of a transplant, the whole family is forced to come together, emotional baggage and all, just in time for Christmas. add synopsis

 

Awards: 2 wins & 14 nominations

Gomorra

Friday, May 16th, 2008

All Genres:
Crime, Drama

Release Year: 2008

Country: Italy

Runtime: 137 min

Languages: Italian | Mandarin | French

Director:

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Writers: Roberto Saviano (book) Maurizio Braucci (screenplay) …

 

Cast: Toni Servillo … Franco
Gianfelice Imparato … Don Ciro
Maria Nazionale … Maria
Salvatore Cantalupo … Pasquale
Gigio Morra … Iavarone
Salvatore Abruzzese … Totò
Marco Macor … Marco
Ciro Petrone … Ciro
Carmine Paternoster … Roberto rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Antonio Aiello … Famel
Angelo Aliberti … Man in quarry
Vincenzo Altamura … Gaetano (as Gaetano Altamura)
Antonio Amato … Totò's friend
Dora Angelone … Maria's friend
Denis Bajrami … Kid driving truck
Antonio Bastelli … Totò's friend
Vincenzo Bombolo … Bombolone
Leonardo Caforio … Gigante
Rosaria Capuozzo … Cashier
Luigi Caputo … Luigi
Domenico Caruso … Totò's friend
Salvatore Caruso … Quarry director
Vincenzo Caso … Enzo
Enza Castaldo … Farmer's daughter
Italo Celoro … Farmer
Fortunato Cerlino … Farmer's son
Lucia Cerullo … Woman in solarium
Giuseppina Cervizzi … Girl
Roberto Comacchio … Trucker
Fabio Corvietto … Totò's friend
Adolfo Crisato … Killer at the beach
Ettore Cuocolo … Book-keeper
Antonio D'Angelo … Baron
Marcello D'Angelo … Gang member
Maria De Fortis Nadi … Serena
Carlo Del Sorbo … Don Carlo
Claudio De Lucia … Tout
Gaetano di Tota … Totò's friend
Vincenzo Fabricino … Pitbull
Massimo Emilio Gobbi … Enterpreneur
Rosa Granato … Girl
Armando Irace … Killer
Gianni Jasar … Kid driving truck
Anna Liparulo … Girl
Guoquine Long … Long (as Long Guoqine)
Salvatore Lorino … Wounded trucker
Manuela Lo Sicco … Moglie di Pasquale
Santolo Matrone … Gang member
Bjaran Memed … Kid driving truck
Costantino Migliaccio … Gang member
Andrea Mincione … Ex-serviceman
Tetik Nesim … Kid driving truck
Francesco Paesano … O'Chiatto
Francesco Pirozzi … Michele
Gabriele Rainone … Policeman
Italo Renda … Italo
Antonietta Restelli … Girl
Salvatore Ruocco … Boxer
Salvatore Russo … O'Lungo
Vittorio Russo … Vittorio
Simone Sacchettino … Simone
Alfonso Santagata … Dante Serini
Anna Sarnelli … Totò's mother
Antonio Spina … O'Zi Bi
Marco Stanchi … Killer
Salvatore Striano … Scissionista
Addolorata Tenizio … Widow
Bernardino Terracciano … Bernardino
Giuseppe Terracciano … Killer at the beach
Tommy Terracciano … Night club cashier (as Giuseppe Terraciano)
Salvatore Troie … Cashier
Giovanni Venosa … Giovanni
Emanuela Villagrossi … Northern enterpreneur
Ibrahim Yacoubou … Captain
Ronghua Zhang … Xian (as Zhang Ronghua)
Linhe Zheng … Interpreter
Riccardo Zinna … Enterpreneur

 

Plot: An inside look at Italy’s modern-day crime families.

 

Awards: Nominated for Golden Globe. Another 20 wins & 15 nominations

The Edge of Love

Thursday, May 15th, 2008

All Genres:
Biography, Drama, Romance, War

Release Year: 2008

Country: UK

Runtime: 110 min

Languages: English

Director:

Tagline: The only thing dangerous than war… is love.

 

Cast: Simon Armstrong … Wilfred Hosgood
Ben Batt … Sergeant
Geoffrey Beevers … Registrar
Rachel Bell … Midwife
Paul Brooke … Mr. Justice Singleton
Huw Ceredig … John Patrick
Richard Clifford … Alistair Graham
Richard Dillane … Lt Col David Talbot Rice
Joel Dommett … Train Soldier
Rachel Essex … Mel
Craig Gallivan … Sailor Beating Dylan
Callum Godfrey … Boy on Train
Simon Kassianides … Partisan
Keira Knightley … Vera Phillips
Anne Lambton … Anita Shenkin

 

Plot: Two feisty, free-spirited women are connected by the brilliant, charismatic poet who loves them both.

 

Awards: 1 win & 1 nomination

Vals Im Bashir

Thursday, May 15th, 2008

All Genres:
Animation, Biography, Drama, War

Release Year: 2008

Country: Israel | Germany | France | USA | Finland | Switzerland | Belgium | Australia

Runtime: 90 min

Languages: Hebrew | German | English | Arabic

Director:

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Cast: Ron Ben-Yishai … Himself (voice)
Ronny Dayag … Himself (voice)
Ari Folman … Himself (voice)
Dror Harazi … Himself (voice)
Yehezkel Lazarov … Carmi Cna'an (voice)
Mickey Leon … Boaz Rein-Buskila (voice)
Ori Sivan … Himself (voice)
Zahava Solomon … Herself (voice)

 

Plot: An Israeli film director interviews fellow veterans of the 1982 invasion of Lebanon to reconstruct his own memories of his term of service in that conflict. add synopsis

 

Awards: Nominated for Oscar. Another 23 wins & 23 nominations

Tokyo!

Wednesday, May 14th, 2008

All Genres:
Drama

Release Year: 2008

Country: France | Japan | Germany | South Korea

Runtime: 112 min

Languages: Japanese | French

Director: Joon-ho Bong

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Writers: Gabrielle Bell (graphic novel "Cecil and Jordan in New York") (segment) Joon-ho Bong (writer)

 

Cast: Yû Aoi … Pizza-Delivery Girl (segment "Shaking Tokyo")
YosiYosi Arakawa … Man running from his home (segment "Shaking Tokyo")
Junya Asô … Spectateur 2 au cinéma (segment "Interior Design")
Jean-François Balmer … Maître Voland (segment "Merde")
Andrée Damant … (segment "Merde")
Don Don … Le mécano de la fourrière (segment "Interior Design")
Julie Dreyfus
Ayako Fujitani … Hiroko (segment "Interior Design")
Mayu Harada … Collègue d'Akemi (segment "Interior Design")
Ben Himura … Employé de la fourrière (segment "Interior Design")
Yuno Iriguchi … Agent immobilier femme (segment "Interior Design")
Renji Ishibashi … L'avocat général (segment "Merde")
Kenjirô Ishimaru … Oncle de Takeshi (segment "Interior Design")
Ayumi Ito … Akemi (segment "Interior Design")
Teruyuki Kagawa … Man (segment "Shaking Tokyo")
Eimei Kanamura … (segment "Merde")
Kaohiko Kaoda … Présentateur TV (segment "Merde")
Ryo Kase … Akira (segment "Interior Design")
Toshiyuki Kitami … Le procureur (segment "Merde")
Kenji Kodama … Le président du tribunal (segment "Merde")
Denis Lavant … Merde' (segment "Merde")
Édith Le Merdy … (segment "Merde")
Ayumi Machida … (segment "Shaking Tokyo")
Motomi Makiguchi … Clochard (segment "Interior Design")
Yutaka Matsushige
Rie Minemura … Responsable du magasin d'objets (segment "Interior Design")
Ken Mitsuishi … Agent immobilier homme (segment "Interior Design")
Hiroko Ninimiya … Vieille dame à l'arret de bus (segment "Interior Design")
Nao Omori … Hiroshi (segment "Interior Design")
Sohee Park … A guy in the movie theater
Ryôhei Satô … Un ami de Hiroshi (segment "Interior Design")
Kyûsaku Shimada … Le directeur de prison (segment "Merde")
Azusa Takehana … Présentatrice TV (segment "Merde")
Naoto Takenaka … Pizza-Delivery Man (segment "Shaking Tokyo")
Taijiro Tamura … Spectateur 1 au cinéma (segment "Interior Design")
Satoshi Tsumabuki … Takeshi (segment "Interior Design")
Tomoe Ura … Une amie de Hiroshi (segment "Interior Design")
Wabian … (segment "Shaking Tokyo")
Hiroshi Yamamoto
Daisuke Yamashita … (segment "Shaking Tokyo")

 

Plot: A cinematic triptych of three Tokyo-set stories. add synopsis

 

Awards: 3 wins & 1 nomination

Blindness

Wednesday, May 14th, 2008

All Genres:
Drama, Mystery, Romance, Thriller

Release Year: 2008

Country: Canada | Brazil | Japan

Runtime: 121 min

Languages: English | Japanese

Director:

Tagline: Lust is blind.

 

Writers: José Saramago (novel) Don McKellar (screenplay)

 

Cast: Yusuke Iseya … First Blind Man
Jason Bermingham … Driver #1
Eduardo Semerjian … Concerned Pedestrian #1
Don McKellar … Thief
Ciça Meirelles … Driver #2
Antônio Fragoso … Concerned Pedestrian #2
Lilian Blanc … Concerned Pedestrian #3
Douglas Silva … Onlooker #1
Daniel Zettel … Onlooker #2
Yoshino Kimura … First Blind Man's Wife
Joe Pingue … Taxi Driver
Susan Coyne … Receptionist
Fabiana Guglielmetti … Mother of the Boy (as Fabiana Gugli)
Mitchell Nye … Boy
Danny Glover … Man with Black Eye Patch

 

Plot: A city is ravaged by an epidemic of instant “white blindness”. Those first afflicted are quarantined…

 

Awards: 12 wins & 14 nominations

Sex and the City

Monday, May 12th, 2008

All Genres:
Comedy, Drama, Romance

Release Year: 2008

Country: USA

Runtime: 145 min | 151 min (extended cut)

Languages: English

Director:

Tagline: Get Carried Away.

 

Cast: Sarah Jessica Parker … Carrie Bradshaw
Kim Cattrall … Samantha Jones
Kristin Davis … Charlotte York
Cynthia Nixon … Miranda Hobbes
Chris Noth … Mr. Big
Candice Bergen … Enid Frick
Jennifer Hudson … Louise
David Eigenberg … Steve Brady
Evan Handler … Harry Goldenblatt
Jason Lewis … Jerry 'Smith' Jerrod
Mario Cantone … Anthony Marentino
Lynn Cohen … Magda
Willie Garson … Stanford Blatch
Joanna Gleason … Therapist
Joseph Pupo … Brady Hobbes

 

Plot: A New York writer on sex and love is finally getting married to her Mr. Big. But her three best girlfriends must console her after one of them inadvertently leads Mr. Big to jilt her. add synopsis

 

Awards: 1 win & 10 nominations

Deception

Thursday, April 24th, 2008

All Genres:
Crime, Drama, Mystery, Romance, Thriller

Release Year: 2008

Country: USA

Runtime: 107 min

Languages: English

Director:

Tagline: When you're in this world, no one is who they seem, and everyone is playing the game.

 

Cast: Ewan McGregor … Jonathan McQuarry
Hugh Jackman … Wyatt Bose
Michelle Williams … S
Bruce Altman … Lawyer #1
Andrew Ginsburg … Lawyer #2
Stephanie Roth Haberle … Assistant Controller
Christine Kan … Tennis Player #1
Dante Spinotti … Herr Kleiner / Mr. Moretti
Karolina Muller … Waitress (as Karolina Müller)
Agnete Oernsholt … Woman at Waldorf Astoria
Melissa Rae Mahon … Velvet Rope Dancer #1
Rachel Montez Collins … Velvet Rope Dancer #2
Holly Cruikshank … Velvet Rope Dancer #3
Deborah Yates … Tango Dancer
Bill Camp … Clancey Controller

 

Plot: An accountant is introduced to a mysterious sex club known as The List by his lawyer friend. But in this new world, he soon becomes the prime suspect in a woman’s disappearance and a multi-million dollar heist.

Redbelt

Monday, April 7th, 2008

All Genres:
Action, Drama, Sport

Release Year: 2008

Country: USA

Runtime: 99 min

Languages: English | Portuguese | Japanese

Director:

Tagline: There's always a way out. You just have to find it.

 

Cast: Max Martini … Joe Collins
Matt Cable … Academy Fighter
Chiwetel Ejiofor … Mike Terry
Alice Braga … Sondra Terry
Jose Pablo Cantillo … Snowflake
Emily Mortimer … Laura Black
Cathy Cahlin Ryan … Gini Collins
Luciana Souza … Singer in Bar
Cyril Takayama … The Magician (as Cyril Takata)
Scott Barry … Billy the Bartender
Ricky Jay … Marty Brown
Randy Couture … Dylan Flynn
John Machado … Ricardo Silva
Rodrigo Santoro … Bruno Silva
Ricardo Wilke … Eduardo

 

Plot: A fateful event leads to a job in the film business for top mixed-martial arts instructor Mike Terry. Though he refuses to participate in prize bouts, circumstances conspire to force him to consider entering such a competition.

 

Awards: 1 nomination

Street Kings

Thursday, April 3rd, 2008

All Genres:
Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller

Release Year: 2008

Country: USA

Runtime: 109 min

Languages: English | Turkish

Director:

Tagline: Their City. Their Rules. No Prisoners.

 

Cast: Keanu Reeves … Detective Tom Ludlow
Forest Whitaker … Captain Jack Wander
Hugh Laurie … Captain James Biggs
Chris Evans … Detective Paul Diskant
Cedric the Entertainer … Scribble (as Cedric 'The Entertainer' Kyles)
Jay Mohr … Sgt. Mike Clady
Terry Crews … Detective Terrence Washington
Naomie Harris … Linda Washington
Common … Coates
Martha Higareda … Grace Garcia
John Corbett … Detective Dante Demille
Amaury Nolasco … Detective Cosmo Santos
Noel Gugliemi … Quicks (as Noel G.)
Michael Monks … Pathologist
Daryl Gates … The Chief (as Daryl F. Gates)

 

Plot: Tom Ludlow is a veteran LAPD cop who finds life difficult to navigate after the death of his wife. When evidence implicates him in the execution of a fellow officer, he is forced to go up against the cop culture he’s been a part of his entire career, ultimately leading him to question the loyalties of everyone around him.

Finding Amanda

Tuesday, April 1st, 2008

All Genres:
Comedy, Drama

Release Year: 2008

Country: USA

Runtime: 96 min

Languages: English

Director:

Tagline: When it comes to screwing up their lives, some people don't know when to cry uncle.

 

Cast: Matthew Broderick … Taylor Mendon
Brittany Snow … Amanda
Maura Tierney … Lorraine Mendon
Peter Facinelli … Greg
Steve Coogan … Michael Henry
Ed Begley Jr. … Himself
Bill Fagerbakke … Larry
Patrick Fischler … Kevin – TV Executive
Peggy Scott … Sharon the Maid
Jennifer Hall … Wendy the Cage Girl
Daniel Roebuck … Link
Lester Speight … BV (as Lester Rasta Speight)
J.P. Manoux … Tony Clark
Jennifer Rau … Whisper
Allan Wasserman … Dr. Chase

 

Plot: A television producer with a penchant for drinking and gambling is sent to Las Vegas to convince his troubled niece to enter rehab.

 

Awards: 3 nominations

Leatherheads

Monday, March 24th, 2008

All Genres:
Comedy, Drama, Romance, Sport

Release Year: 2008

Country: USA | Germany

Runtime: 114 min

Languages: English

Director:

Tagline: In the beginning, the rules were simple. There weren't any.

 

Cast: John Krasinski … Carter Rutherford
David de Vries … Princeton Reporter #1 (as David DeVries)
Rick Forrester … Princeton Reporter #2
Craig S. Harper … Princeton Reporter #3 (as Craig Harper)
George Clooney … Jimmy 'Dodge' Connelly
Malcolm Goodwin … Bakes
Matt Bushell … Curly
Tommy Hinkley … Hardleg
Tim Griffin … Ralph
Robert Baker … Stump
Nick Paonessa … Zoom
Lance Barber … Toledo Referee
Wayne Duvall … Coach Frank Ferguson
Nicholas Bourdages … Bug
Jason Drago … Toledo Player

 

Plot: A romantic comedy set in the world of 1920s football, where the owner of a professional team drafts a strait-laced college sensation, only to watch his new coach fall for his fianc

Meet the Browns

Friday, March 21st, 2008

All Genres:
Comedy, Drama, Romance

Release Year: 2008

Country: USA

Runtime: USA:100 min

Languages: English

Director:

Tagline: Check your baggage at the door.

 

Cast: Tyler Perry … Madea / Joe
David Mann … Leroy Brown
Tamela J. Mann … Cora Brown
Angela Bassett … Brenda Brown
Lance Gross … Michael Brown
Chloe Bailey … Tosha Brown
Mariana Tolbert … Lena Brown
Rick Fox … Harry
Sofía Vergara … Cheryl
Irma P. Hall … Mildred
Frankie Faison … L.B. Brown
Margaret Avery … Sarah Brown
Jenifer Lewis … Vera
Lamman Rucker … Will
Kristopher Lofton … Calvin

 

Plot: A single mom takes her family to Georgia for the funeral of her father — a man she never met. There, her clan is introduced to the crass, fun-loving Brown family.

 

Awards: 2 nominations

Stop-Loss

Thursday, March 13th, 2008

All Genres:
Drama, War

Release Year: 2008

Country: USA

Runtime: 112 min

Languages: English

Director:

Tagline: The bravest place to stand is by each other's side.

 

Cast: Ryan Phillippe … SSgt. Brandon King
Joseph Gordon-Levitt … Tommy Burgess
Rob Brown … Isaac 'Eyeball' Butler
Channing Tatum … Sgt. Steve Shriver
Victor Rasuk … Pvt. Rico Rodriguez
Terry Quay … Al 'Preacher' Colson
Matthew Scott Wilcox … Harvey 'Rabbit' Lankford
Connett Brewer … Curtis (as Connett M. Brewer)
Timothy Olyphant … Lt. Col. Boot Miller
Josef Sommer … Senator Orton Worrell
Linda Emond … Ida King
Ciarán Hinds … Roy King
Mamie Gummer … Jeanie
Abbie Cornish … Michelle
Alex Frost … Shorty Shriver

 

Plot: A veteran soldier returns from his completed tour of duty in Iraq, only to find his life turned upside down when he is arbitrarily ordered to return to field duty by the Army. add synopsis

 

Awards: 2 wins & 3 nominations

The Lucky Ones

Monday, March 10th, 2008

All Genres:
Comedy, Drama, War

Release Year: 2008

Country: USA

Runtime: Canada:113 min | USA:115 min | Argentina:115 min

Languages: English

Director:

Tagline: Sometimes losing your way home means finding yourself

 

Cast: Tim Robbins … Fred Cheaver
Rachel McAdams … Colee Dunn
Michael Peña … T.K. Poole
Molly Hagan … Pat Cheaver
Mark L. Young … Scott Cheaver
Howard Platt … Stan Tilson
Arden Myrin … Barbara Tilson
Coby Goss … Peter Tilson (as Coburn Goss)
John Heard … Bob
Jennifer Joan Taylor … Bob's Wife
Katherine LaNasa … Janet
Leo Ford … Janet's husband
Susan Yeagley … Kendra
Emily Swallow … Brandi
John Diehl … Tom Klinger

 

Plot: The story revolves around three soldiers — Colee, TK and Cheever — who return from the Iraq War after…

Forgetting Sarah Marshall

Monday, March 10th, 2008

All Genres:
Comedy, Drama, Romance

Release Year: 2008

Country: USA

Runtime: 111 min | 118 min (unrated version)

Languages: English | Hawaiian

Director:

Tagline: From the guys who brought you "The 40-Year-Old Virgin" and "Knocked Up"

 

Cast: Jason Segel … Peter Bretter
Kristen Bell … Sarah Marshall
Mila Kunis … Rachel Jansen
Russell Brand … Aldous Snow
Bill Hader … Brian Bretter
Liz Cackowski … Liz Bretter
Maria Thayer … Wyoma
Jack McBrayer … Darald
Taylor Wily … Kimo
Davon McDonald … Dwayne the Bartender (as Da'Vone McDonald)
Steve Landesberg … Dr. Rosenbaum
Jonah Hill … Matthew the Waiter
Paul Rudd … Chuck
Kala Alexander … Greg
Kalani Robb … Helpful Hawaiian Waiter

 

Plot: Devastated Peter takes a Hawaii vacation in order to deal with recent break-up with his TV star girlfriend, Sarah. Little does he know Sarah’s traveling to the same resort as her ex … and she’s bringing along her new boyfriend.

 

Awards: 1 win & 10 nominations

21

Friday, March 7th, 2008

All Genres:
Drama

Release Year: 2008

Country: USA

Runtime: 123 min

Languages: English

Director:

Tagline: Inspired by the true story of five students who changed the game forever.

 

Cast: Jim Sturgess … Ben
Kevin Spacey … Micky Rosa
Kate Bosworth … Jill
Aaron Yoo … Choi
Liza Lapira … Kianna
Jacob Pitts … Fisher
Laurence Fishburne … Cole Williams
Jack McGee … Terry
Josh Gad … Miles
Sam Golzari … Cam
Helen Carey … Ellen Campbell
Jack Gilpin … Bob Phillips
Donna Lows … Planet Hollywood Dealer
Butch Williams … Planet Hollywood Dealer
Ben Campbell … Planet Hollywood Dealer Jeff (as Jeffrey Ma)

 

Plot: “21” is the fact-based story about six MIT students who were trained to become experts in card counting and subsequently took Vegas casinos for millions in winnings.

 

Awards: 1 win & 5 nominations

Humboldt County

Friday, March 7th, 2008

All Genres:
Comedy, Drama

Release Year: 2008

Country: USA

Runtime: USA:97 min

Languages: English

Director: Darren Grodsky

Danny Jacobs

Tagline: Welcome to the Lost Coast

 

Writers: Darren Grodsky (writer) Danny Jacobs (writer)

 

Cast: Fairuza Balk … Bogart
Peter Bogdanovich … Professor Hadley
Frances Conroy … Rosie
Madison Davenport … Charity
Brad Dourif … Jack
Chris Messina … Max
Jeremy Strong … Peter
Darren Grodsky … Bob
Danny Jacobs … Steve
Elayn Taylor … Zelda
Bethany Therese … Sophie
Michele Shoshani … Lucy
Rick St. Charles … Tom
Nathan Pierce … Deputy Dirksen
Jabari Morgan … Agent Gallant

 

Plot: A disillusioned medical student is stranded for a summer in a remote community of counterculture pot farmers, the last place in the world he imagined he would discover himself.

Nights and Weekends

Saturday, March 1st, 2008

All Genres:
Drama

Release Year: 2008

Country: USA

Runtime: USA:80 min | Argentina:80 min (Mar del Plata Film Festival)

Languages: English

Director: Greta Gerwig

Joe Swanberg

Tagline:

 

Writers: Greta Gerwig (screenplay) Joe Swanberg (screenplay)

 

Cast: Greta Gerwig … Mattie
Joe Swanberg … James
Jay Duplass … James' brother
Elizabeth Donius … James' brother's wife
Lynn Shelton … Mattie's sister
Kent Osborne … Mattie's sister's boyfriend rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Alison Bagnall … Reporter
Ellen Stagg … Photographer

 

Plot: A man and woman must face the tension that builds between them during a long-distance relationship.

 

Awards: 1 nomination

Taken

Wednesday, February 27th, 2008

All Genres:
Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller

Release Year: 2008

Country: France

Runtime: 93 min

Languages: English | French | Albanian | Arabic

Director:

Tagline: They took his daughter. He'll take their lives.

 

Cast: Liam Neeson … Bryan Mills
Maggie Grace … Kim
Leland Orser … Sam
Jon Gries … Casey
David Warshofsky … Bernie
Holly Valance … Sheerah
Katie Cassidy … Amanda
Xander Berkeley … Stuart
Olivier Rabourdin … Jean-Claude
Gérard Watkins … St-Clair
Famke Janssen … Lenore
Marc Amyot … Pharmacist
Arben Bajraktaraj … Marko
Radivoje Bukvic … Anton (as Rasha Bukvic)
Mathieu Busson … Undercover agent

 

Plot: A former spy relies on his old skills to save his estranged daughter, who has been forced into the slave trade.

 

Awards: 1 win & 1 nomination