Archive for the ‘Drama’ Category
Tuesday, February 19th, 2008
All Genres:
Crime, Drama, Thriller
Release Year: 2008
Country: UK
Runtime: 111 min
Languages: English
Director:
Tagline: The true story of a heist gone wrong… in all the right ways.
Cast: Jason Statham … Terry Leather
Saffron Burrows … Martine Love
Stephen Campbell Moore … Kevin Swain
Daniel Mays … Dave Shilling
James Faulkner … Guy Singer
Alki David … Bambas
Michael Jibson … Eddie Burton
Georgia Taylor … Ingrid Burton
Richard Lintern … Tim Everett
Peter Bowles … Miles Urquart
Alistair Petrie … Philip Lisle
Hattie Morahan … Gale Benson
Julian Lewis Jones … Snow
Andrew Brooke … Quinn
Rupert Frazer … Lord Drysdale
Plot: Martine offers Terry a lead on a foolproof bank hit on London’s Baker Street. She targets a roomful of safe deposit boxes worth millions in cash and jewelry. But Terry and his crew don’t realize the boxes also contain a treasure trove of dirty secrets – secrets that will thrust them into a deadly web of corruption and illicit scandal. add synopsis
Awards: 1 nomination
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Friday, February 15th, 2008
All Genres:
Biography, Drama, History, Romance
Release Year: 2008
Country: UK | USA
Runtime: 115 min
Languages: English
Director:
Tagline: The only thing that could come between these sisters… is a kingdom.
Writers: Peter Morgan (screenplay) Philippa Gregory (novel)
Cast: Natalie Portman … Anne Boleyn
Scarlett Johansson … Mary Boleyn
Eric Bana … Henry Tudor
Jim Sturgess … George Boleyn
Mark Rylance … Sir Thomas Boleyn
Kristin Scott Thomas … Lady Elizabeth Boleyn
David Morrissey … The Duke of Norfolk
Benedict Cumberbatch … William Carey
Oliver Coleman … Henry Percy
Ana Torrent … Katherine of Aragon
Eddie Redmayne … William Stafford
Tom Cox … Rider
Michael Smiley … Physician
Montserrat Roig de Puig … Lady in Waiting
Juno Temple … Jane Parker
Plot: Two sisters contend for the affection of King Henry VIII.
Awards: 3 nominations
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Thursday, February 14th, 2008
All Genres:
Drama, Mystery
Release Year: 2008
Country: France | Germany
Runtime: 117 min
Languages: French
Director:
Tagline:
Cast: Kristin Scott Thomas … Juliette Fontaine
Elsa Zylberstein … Léa
Serge Hazanavicius … Luc
Laurent Grévill … Michel (as Lauren Grevill)
Frédéric Pierrot … Capitaine Fauré
Claire Johnston … La mère de Juliette et Léa
Catherine Hosmalin … La conseillère d'insertion
Jean-Claude Arnaud … Papy Paul
Olivier Cruveiller … Gérard
Lise Ségur … P'tit Lys (as Lise Segur)
Mouss … Samir (as Mouss Zouheyri)
Souad Mouchrik … Kaisha
Nicole Dubois … La DRH hôpital
Laurent Claret … Directeur hôpital
Marcel Ouendeno … Bamakalé
Plot: A woman struggles to interact with her family and find her place in society after spending fifteen years in prison.
Awards: Nominated for 2 Golden Globes. Another 10 wins & 14 nominations
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Thursday, February 14th, 2008
All Genres:
Drama, Music, Romance
Release Year: 2008
Country: USA
Runtime: 98 min
Languages: English | Russian
Director:
Tagline: It's not where you're from. It's where you're at.
Cast: Briana Evigan … Andie
Robert Hoffman … Chase Collins
Adam G. Sevani … Moose
Cassie Ventura … Sophie
Danielle Polanco … Missy
Christopher Scott … Hair
Mari Koda … Jenny Kido
Janelle Cambridge … Fly
Luis Rosado … Monster
Harry Shum Jr. … Cable
LaJon Dantzler … Smiles
Telisha Shaw … Felicia
Black Thomas … Tuck
Kmel Howell … K-Mel (as Kejamel 'K-Mel' Howell)
Jeff 'Rapid' Ogle … Rapid
Plot: Romantic sparks occur between two dance students from different backgrounds at the Maryland School of the Arts.
Awards: 2 wins & 2 nominations
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Wednesday, February 13th, 2008
All Genres:
Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Release Year: 2008
Country: USA
Runtime: 90 min
Languages: English | Spanish
Director:
Tagline: 8 Strangers. 8 Points of View. 1 Truth.
Cast: Dennis Quaid … Thomas Barnes
Matthew Fox … Kent Taylor
Forest Whitaker … Howard Lewis
Bruce McGill … Phil McCullough
Édgar Ramírez … Javier (as Edgar Ramirez)
Saïd Taghmaoui … Suarez
Ayelet Zurer … Veronica
Zoe Saldana … Angie Jones (as Zoë Saldana)
Sigourney Weaver … Rex Brooks
William Hurt … President Ashton
James LeGros … Ted Heinkin (as James Le Gros)
Eduardo Noriega … Enrique
Richard T. Jones … Holden
Holt McCallany … Ron Matthews
Leonardo Nam … Kevin Cross
Plot: The attempted assassination of the American President is told and re-told from several different perspectives.
Awards: 1 win & 1 nomination
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Tuesday, February 12th, 2008
All Genres:
Comedy, Drama
Release Year: 2008
Country: UK
Runtime: 118 min
Languages: English
Director:
Tagline: The one movie this fall that will put a smile on your face.
Cast: Sally Hawkins … Poppy
Elliot Cowan … Bookshop Assistant
Alexis Zegerman … Zoe
Andrea Riseborough … Dawn
Sinead Matthews … Alice (as Sinéad Matthews)
Kate O'Flynn … Suzy
Sarah Niles … Tash
Eddie Marsan … Scott
Joseph Kloska … Suzy's Boyfriend
Sylvestra Le Touzel … Heather
Anna Reynolds … Receptionist
Nonso Anozie … Ezra
Trevor Cooper … Patient
Karina Fernandez … Flamenco Teacher
Philip Arditti … Flamenco Student
Plot: A look at a few chapters in the life of Poppy, a cheery, colorful, North London schoolteacher whose optimism tends to exasperate those around her.
Awards: Nominated for Oscar. Another 21 wins & 15 nominations
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Sunday, February 10th, 2008
All Genres:
Drama, Romance
Release Year: 2008
Country: USA
Runtime: 112 min
Languages: English
Director:
Tagline:
Cast: Penélope Cruz … Consuela Castillo
Ben Kingsley … David Kepesh
Dennis Hopper … George O'Hearn
Patricia Clarkson … Carolyn
Peter Sarsgaard … Kenny Kepesh
Deborah Harry … Amy O'Hearn
Charlie Rose … Charlie Rose
Antonio Cupo … Younger Man
Michelle Harrison … 2nd Student
Sonja Bennett … Beth
Emily Holmes … 1st Student
Chelah Horsdal … Susan Reese
Marci T. House … Administration Nurse
Alessandro Juliani … Actor #3 in Play
Tiffany Lyndall-Knight … Actor #2 in Play
Plot: Cultural critic David Kepesh finds his life — which he indicates is a state of “emancipated manhood” — thrown into tragic disarray by Consuela Castillo, a well-mannered student who awakens a sense of sexual possessiveness in her teacher.
Awards: 2 wins & 4 nominations
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Friday, February 8th, 2008
All Genres:
Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Release Year: 2008
Country: USA | Germany
Runtime: 97 min
Languages: English
Director:
Tagline:
Writers: Kent Harper (writer) Jennifer Chambers Lynch (writer)
Cast: Caroline Aaron … Janet
Hugh Dillon … Dad
David Gane … Grocery Man
Gill Gayle … Officer Degrasso
Kent Harper … Officer Jack Bennett
Michael Ironside … Captain Billings
Pell James … Bobbi Prescott
Daryl Haney … Drug Dealer (as D.R. Haney)
Shannon Jardine … Elaine Meyer
Angela Lamarsh … Maid
Gerald Lenton-Young … Coroner
Jennifer Miles … TV Reporter
Mac Miller … Johnny
Charlie Newmark … Officer Wright
Julia Ormond … Elizabeth Anderson
Plot: Two FBI agents attempt to clarify the murders occurring in a desolate region. They approach the witnesses of the latest incident with the help of the local police. All of them hide something and all have wildly different stories to tell.
Awards: 3 wins
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Friday, February 8th, 2008
All Genres:
Drama, War
Release Year: 2008
Country: Australia | China | Germany
Runtime: 125 min
Languages: English | Japanese | Mandarin
Director:
Tagline: War made them orphans, one man made them legends
Writers: Jane Hawksley (writer) James MacManus (writer)
Cast: Jonathan Rhys Meyers … George Hogg
Radha Mitchell … Lee Pearson
Yun-Fat Chow … Chen Hansheng
Michelle Yeoh … Mrs. Wang
Guang Li … Shi-Kai
Lin Ji … Horse Rider
Matt Walker … Andy Fisher
Anastasia Kolpakova … Duschka
Ping Su … Eddie Wei
Imai Hideaki … Japanese Officer
Sciichiro Hashimoto … Urbane Japanese Officer
Shinichi Takashima … Hostile Kempetai Officer
Xing Mang … Young Communist
Ruixiang Zhu … Japanese Officer II
Yuelong Fang … Rou Ding
Plot: About young British journalist, George Hogg, who with the assistance of a courageous Australian nurse, saves a group of orphaned children during the Japanese occupation of China in 1937. add synopsis
Awards: 3 nominations
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Thursday, January 31st, 2008
All Genres:
Drama, Horror, Thriller
Release Year: 2008
Country: USA
Runtime: 98 min | Turkey:92 min (DVD version)
Languages: English | Spanish
Director: David Moreau
Xavier Palud
Tagline: How can you believe your eyes when they're not yours?
Cast: Jessica Alba … Sydney Wells
Alessandro Nivola … Dr. Paul Faulkner
Parker Posey … Helen Wells
Rade Serbedzija … Simon McCullough
Fernanda Romero … Ana Christina Martinez
Rachel Ticotin … Rosa Martinez
Obba Babatundé … Dr. Haskins
Danny Mora … Miguel
Chloe Moretz … Alicia (as Chloë Grace Moretz)
Brett A. Haworth … Shadowman
Kevin K. … Tomi Cheung
Tamlyn Tomita … Mrs. Cheung
Esodie Geiger … Nurse
Karen Austin … Mrs. Hillman
Ryan J. Pezdirc … Nurse Room Attendant
Plot: The remake of the Hong Kong film “Jian Gui”, a woman who receives an eye transplant that allows her to see into the supernatural world. add synopsis
Awards: 2 wins & 2 nominations
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Wednesday, January 30th, 2008
All Genres:
Comedy, Drama, Family, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Release Year: 2008
Country: Hong Kong
Runtime: 86 min
Languages: Cantonese
Director:
Tagline: It's out of this world.
Writers: Stephen Chow (written by) & Vincent Kok (written by) …
Cast: Stephen Chow … Ti
Jiao Xu … Dicky
Lei Huang … Johnny
Kitty Zhang Yuqi … Miss Yuen (as Kitty Zhang)
Chi Chung Lam … Boss (as Tze Chung Lam)
Shing-Cheung Lee … Mr. Cao (as Sheung Ching Lee)
Wen Xue Yao … Storm Dragon
Min Hun Fung … P. E. Teacher
Yong Hua Han … Maggie
Yu Lei … Johnny's Entourage rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Cole Barba … Johnny (voice: English version)
Qing Dong … Classmate
Hang-Sang Poon … Reporter (as Hang Sang Poon)
Tristan Price … Dicky (voice: English version)
Qian Shen … Classmate
Shun-Yee Yuen … Farmer (as Shun Yi Yuen)
Plot: A poor Chinese laborer learns important lessons after his son gets a strange new toy.
Awards: 3 wins & 2 nominations
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Saturday, January 26th, 2008
All Genres:
Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Romance, Thriller
Release Year: 2008
Country: Sweden
Runtime: 115 min
Languages: Swedish
Director:
Tagline: Eli is 12 years old. She's been 12 for over 200 years and, she just moved in next door.
Writers: John Ajvide Lindqvist (novel) John Ajvide Lindqvist (screenplay)
Cast: Kåre Hedebrant … Oskar
Lina Leandersson … Eli
Per Ragnar … Håkan
Henrik Dahl … Erik
Karin Bergquist … Yvonne
Peter Carlberg … Lacke
Ika Nord … Virginia
Mikael Rahm … Jocke
Karl-Robert Lindgren … Gösta (as Karl Robert Lindgren)
Anders T. Peedu … Morgan (as Anders Peedu)
Pale Olofsson … Larry (as Paul Olofsson)
Cayetano Ruiz … Magister Avila
Patrik Rydmark … Conny
Johan Sömnes … Andreas
Mikael Erhardsson … Martin
Plot: Oscar, an overlooked and bullied boy, finds love and revenge through Eli, a beautiful but peculiar girl who turns out to be a vampire.
Awards: Nominated for BAFTA Film Award. Another 57 wins & 17 nominations
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Thursday, January 24th, 2008
All Genres:
Comedy, Drama, Mystery, Romance
Release Year: 2008
Country: UK | USA | France
Runtime: UK:112 min
Languages: English
Director:
Tagline: Three relationships. Three disasters. One last chance.
Cast: Ryan Reynolds … Will Hayes
An Nguyen … Ad Exec
Matthew Mason … Headphone Guy
Rick Derby … Visitor from Planet Ordon (as Ricky Jay Derby)
Sakina Jaffrey … School Mom
Bob Wiltfong … School Dad
Ryder Chasin … Boy with Book
Fiona Lane … Angry Girl
Dana Eskelson … Angry Girl's Mom
Blake Benitez … School Kid #1
Paulina Gerzon … School Kid #2
Victoria Goldsmith … School Kid #3
Ashtyn Greenstein … School Kid #4
Ashley Greiner … School Kid #5
Dylan Hartigan … School Kid #6
Plot: A political consultant tries to explain his impending divorce and past relationships to his 11-year-old daughter.
Awards: 1 nomination
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Tuesday, January 22nd, 2008
All Genres:
Drama
Release Year: 2008
Country: USA
Runtime: 88 min
Languages: English
Director:
Tagline: Comes just before the fall.
Cast: Ron Insana … Himself
Marc Klee … Himself
Josh Hartnett … Tom Sterling
Adam Scott … Joshua Sterling
Robin Tunney … Melanie Hanson
Andre Royo … Dylan Gottschalk
Athena Currey … Girl in Bathroom
John Lavelle … Suit #1 (Brad)
Sanjit De Silva … Suit #2 (Jonathan)
Jeremy Bobb … Suit #3 (Mason Neuberger)
Carmine DiBenedetto … Tyler
Zoe Kazan … Gal Employee
Robin Taylor … Guy Employee (as Robin Lord Taylor)
Emmanuelle Chriqui … Morela Sterling
Naomie Harris … Sarrah
Plot: August centers on two brothers fighting to keep their start-up company afloat on Wall Street during August 2001, a month before the 9/11 terrorist attacks.
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Tuesday, January 22nd, 2008
All Genres:
Drama, Thriller
Release Year: 2008
Country: UK
Runtime: 99 min
Languages: English
Director:
Tagline: This party is going overboard
Writers: Oliver Blackburn (writer) David Bloom (writer)
Cast: Robert Boulter … Sean
Sian Breckin … Lisa
Tom Burke … Bluey
Nichola Burley … Tammi
Julian Morris … Josh
Jay Taylor … Marcus
Jaime Winstone … Kim
Plot: Things go drastically wrong for a group of British holidaymakers in Spain.
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Tuesday, January 22nd, 2008
All Genres:
Crime, Drama, Thriller
Release Year: 2008
Country: USA
Runtime: 101 min
Languages: English
Director:
Tagline: A cyber killer has finally found the perfect accomplice: You.
Cast: Diane Lane … Jennifer Marsh
Billy Burke … Detective Eric Box
Colin Hanks … Griffin Dowd
Joseph Cross … Owen Reilly
Mary Beth Hurt … Stella Marsh
Peter Lewis … Richard Brooks
Tyrone Giordano … Tim Wilks
Perla Haney-Jardine … Annie Haskins
Tim De Zarn … Herbert Miller (as Tim deZarn)
Christopher Cousins … David Williams (as Chris Cousins)
Jesse Tyler Ferguson … Arthur James Elmer
Trina Adams … Female Cop #3
Brynn Baron … Mrs. Miller
John Breen … Richard Weymouth
Dan Callahan … Trey Restom
Plot: FBI agent Jennifer Marsh is tasked with hunting down a seemingly untraceable serial killer who posts live videos of his victims on the Internet. As time runs out, the cat and mouse chase becomes personal.
Awards: 1 win
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Tuesday, January 22nd, 2008
All Genres:
Comedy, Drama, Horror, Romance
Release Year: 2008
Country: USA
Runtime: 84 min
Languages: English
Director: Jay Duplass
Mark Duplass
Tagline:
Writers: Jay Duplass (written by) & Mark Duplass (written by)
Cast: Ross Partridge … Matt
Steve Zissis … Chad
Greta Gerwig … Michelle
Elise Muller … Catherine
Jett Garner … Jett Garner
Anthony Cristo … 'Priest' the Bouncer rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Stephanie Huettner … Girl in the Front Row
Jennifer Lafleur … Kristen Thompson
Cass Naumann … Cass
Amy Quick Parrish … Festival Audience Member
Plot: Four struggling actors retreat to a cabin in Big Bear, California in order to write a screenplay that will make them all stars. Problem is: What happens when their story idea — a horror flick about a group of friends tormented by a villain with a bag over his head — starts to come true?
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Monday, January 21st, 2008
All Genres:
Comedy, Drama
Release Year: 2008
Country: USA
Runtime: 92 min
Languages: English
Director:
Tagline: From the author of Fight Club
Cast: Kathryn Alexander … Mousy Girl / Agnes
Teodorina Bello … Jamaican Lady
Kate Blumberg … Edwin's Wife
Jonah Bobo … Young Victor
Willi Burke … Deranged Socialite (as Wilma 'Willi' Burke)
Heather Burns … Internet Date / Gwen
David Wolos-Fonteno … Edwin (as David Fonteno)
Matt Gerald … Detective Ryan
Clark Gregg … Lord High Charlie
Joel Grey … Phil
Viola Harris … Eva Muller
Brad William Henke … Denny
Paz de la Huerta … Nico (as Paz De La Huerta)
Michelle Hurst … Shapely Nurse
Anjelica Huston … Ida J. Mancini
Plot: A sex-addicted con-man pays for his mother’s hospital bills by playing on the sympathies of those who rescue him from choking to death.
Awards: 1 win & 5 nominations
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Monday, January 21st, 2008
All Genres:
Comedy, Drama
Release Year: 2008
Country: USA
Runtime: 99 min
Languages: English
Director:
Tagline: Changing his attitude will take a miracle.
Cast: Luke Wilson … Henry Poole
Radha Mitchell … Dawn Stupek
Adriana Barraza … Esperanza Martinez
George Lopez … Father Salazar
Cheryl Hines … Meg Wyatt
Richard Benjamin … Dr. Fancher
Morgan Lily … Millie Stupek
Rachel Seiferth … Patience
Beth Grant … Josie
Earl Carroll … Mr. Lawrence
Noah Dahl … Young Henry Poole
Gloria Garayua … Female Worshipper
Molly Hagan … Pediatrician
Michelle Krusiec … Young Nurse
Kate Mulligan … Waitress
Plot: Henry Poole moves in to a house in his old neighborhood, to spend what he believes are his remaining days alone. The discovery of a “miracle” by a nosy neighbor ruptures his solitude and restores his faith in life.
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Monday, January 21st, 2008
All Genres:
Drama, Sport
Release Year: 2008
Country: USA
Runtime: 120 min
Languages: English | Spanish
Director: Anna Boden
Ryan Fleck
Tagline:
Cast: Algenis Perez Soto … Miguel 'Sugar' Santos
Rayniel Rufino … Jorge Ramirez
Andre Holland … Johnson
Ann Whitney … Helen Higgins
Ellary Porterfield … Anne Higgins
Jaime Tirelli … Osvaldo
Jose Rijo … Alvarez
Michael Gaston … Stu Sutton
Alina Vargas … Reyna
Richard Bull … Earl Higgins
Kelvin Leonardo Garcia … Salvador
Joendy Pena Brown … Marcos rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Karl Bury … Rudy Hubbard
Greg D'Agostino … Gregory the Delivery Man
Larry E. Donaldson … Michael Higgins
Barbara P. Engstrom … Hilary Higgins
Brandon Gorrell … Randy
Chris Harkins … Batter – Fight Scene
Taylor Hogue … Baseball Fan
Rita Kurtz … Dominican Baseball Fan
Eddie Martinez … Rafael
Cesar Minaya … Pedro
Sabien Minteer … Hardy / Team Mascot
Antonia Molina … Wife
Alyssa Simmons … Baseball fan
Issac Thomas Richer Smith … Clubby
Tom Sponberg … Baseball Fan
Randolph Wehofer … Jack Jeffries
Michael Robert Yeager … Fan at spring training game
Chelsea Zeleny … Baseball Fan
Plot: Dominican baseball star Miguel “Sugar” Santos is recruited to play in the U.S. minor-leagues.
Awards: 5 nominations
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