Showing posts with label Drama. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Drama. Show all posts

Saturday, January 7, 2012

Step Up 3D

A tight-knit group of New York City street dancers, including Luke (Malambri) and Natalie (Vinson), team up with NYU freshman Moose (Sevani), and find themselves pitted against the world's best hip hop dancers in a high-stakes showdown that will change their lives forever.









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Starring: Rick Malambri, Adam G. Sevani, Sharni Vinson, Alyson Stoner, Keith "Remedy" Stallworth
Directed by:
Jon Chu
Genres: Musical/Performing Arts, Dance, Sequel and Drama
Running Time: 1 hr. 37 min.

MPAA Rating: PG-13 for brief strong language
Yahoo! Critics: C+
IMDb Users Rating: 5.5/10 (14,991 votes)
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Step Up 2: The Streets

Following the death of her parents, teen-aged Andie West is living with her mother's best friend, Sarah. Andie, who doesn't care about school, is trying to figure out where she fits in in life. The only thing she loves is dancing with her street crew, the 410, led by Tuck. The 410 are the most notorious of the street crews in Baltimore and are wanted by the police for their acts of vandalism and public mischief. Sarah threatens to send Andie to live with relatives in Texas unless she cleans up her act, which includes ending her association with the 410 and trying harder at school. Andie's neighborhood friend, Tyler Gage, convinces Andie to audition for entry into the Maryland School of the Arts (MSA), an institution which ended up turning his life around for the better. Andie passes the audition but isn't sure she fits in there. The school's director, Blake Collins...

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Starring: Robert Hoffman, Briana Evigan, Will Kemp, Adam G. Sevani, Danielle Polanco
Directed by:
Jon Chu
Genres: Romance, Drama, Teen, Musical/Performing Arts and Sequel
Running Time: 1 hr. 37 min.

MPAA Rating: PG-13 for language, some suggestive material, and brief violence
Yahoo! Critics: C+
IMDb Users Rating: 5.7/10 (28,057 votes)
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Step Up

Everyone deserves a chance to follow their dreams, but some people only get one shot. Tyler Gage is a rebel from the wrong side of Baltimore's tracks--and the only thing that stands between him and an unfulfilled life are his dreams of one day making it out of there. Nora is a privileged ballet dancer attending Baltimore's ultra-elite Maryland School of the Arts--and the only thing standing in the way of her obviously brilliant future is finding a great dance partner for her senior showcase. When trouble with the law lands Tyler with a community service gig at Maryland School of the Arts, he arrives as an angry outsider, until his skills as a gifted street dancer draw Nora's attention. Now, as sparks fly between them, both on and off stage, Tyler realizes he has just one performance to prove that he can step up to a life far larger than he ever imagined.

Trailer

Starring: Channing Tatum, Jenna Dewan Tatum, Rachel Griffiths, Mario , Drew Sidora
Directed by:
Anne Fletcher
Genres: Teen, Musical/Performing Arts and Drama
Running Time: 1 hr. 38 min.

MPAA Rating: PG 13 for thematic elements, brief violence and innuendo
Yahoo! Critics: C
IMDb Users Rating: 6.1/10 (31,212 votes)
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Saturday, November 26, 2011

Rise of the Planet of the Apes

A single act of both compassion and arrogance leads to a war unlike any other -- and to the RISE OF THE PLANET OF THE APES.














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Starring: James Franco, Andy Serkis, Freida Pinto, John Lithgow, Tom Felton
Directed by: Rupert Wyatt
Genres: Action/Adventure, Drama and Science Fiction/Fantasy
Running Time: 1 hr. 50 min.
MPAA Rating: PG-13 for intense and frightening sequences of action and violence
Yahoo! Critics: B
IMDb Users Rating: 7.8/10 (85,697 votes)
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Friday, November 25, 2011

Rainbow Eyes 가면

Police are left baffled by a string of murders across the city. Who is behind the death of the men who are the victims of this killer and why are all the corpses left nude?













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Starring: Kim Kang-woo, Kim Min-seon, Lee Su-gyeong, Kim Yu-jeong
Directed by:
Yang Yun-ho
Genres: Art/Foreign, Drama and Thriller
Running Time: 99 min.
Yahoo! Users: B+
IMDb Users Rating: 6.3/10 (190 votes)
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Thursday, October 27, 2011

The Tree Of Life

The impressionistic story of a Midwestern family in the 1950's following the life journey of the eldest son, Jack, through the innocence of childhood to his disillusioned adult years as he tries to reconcile a complicated relationship with his father. Jack finds himself a lost soul in the modern world, seeking answers to the origins and meaning of life while questioning the existence of faith. Through Malick's signature imagery, we see how both brute nature and spiritual grace shape not only our lives as individuals and families, but all life.


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Starring: Brad Pitt, Sean Penn, Jessica Chastain, Fiona Shaw, Irene Bedard
Directed by:
Terrence Malick
Genres: Drama and Action/Adventure
Running Time: 2 hrs. 18 min.

MPAA Rating: PG-13 for some thematic material
Yahoo! Critics: A-
IMDb Users Rating: 7.4/10 (30,221 votes)
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Friday, October 21, 2011

Inception

Dom Cobb is a skilled thief, the absolute best in the dangerous art of extraction, stealing valuable secrets from deep within the subconscious during the dream state when the mind is at its most vulnerable. Cobb's rare ability has made him a coveted player in this treacherous new world of corporate espionage, but it has also made him an international fugitive and cost him everything he has ever loved. Now Cobb is being offered a chance at redemption. One last job could give him his life back but only if he can accomplish the impossible -- inception. Instead of the perfect heist, Cobb and his team of specialists have to pull off the reverse: their task is not to steal an idea but to plant one. If they succeed, it could be the perfect crime. But no amount of careful planning or expertise can prepare the team for the dangerous enemy that seems to predict their every move. An enemy that only Cobb could have seen coming.

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Starring: Leonardo DiCaprio, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Ellen Page, Tom Hardy, Ken Watanabe, Cillian Murphy
Directed by: Christopher Nolan
Genres: Drama, Thriller, Action/Adventure and Science Fiction/Fantasy
Running Time: 2 hr. 28 min.
MPAA Rating: PG-13 for sequences of violence and action throughout
Yahoo! Critics: B+
IMDb Users Rating: 8.9/10 (430,784 votes)
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Monday, October 10, 2011

Seven Pounds

Ben Thomas is an IRS agent with a fateful secret who embarks on an extraordinary journey of redemption by forever changing the lives of seven strangers.













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Starring: Will Smith, Rosario Dawson, Woody Harrelson, Michael Ealy, Robinne Lee
Directed by:
Gabriele Muccino
Genres: Drama and Romance
Running Time: 2 hr. 3 min.

MPAA Rating: PG 13 for thematic material, some disturbing content and a scene of sensuality
Yahoo! Critics: C+
IMDb Users Rating: 7.6/10 (84,955 votes)
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Friday, October 7, 2011

A Christmas Carol

Ebenezer Scrooge begins the Christmas holiday with his usual miserly contempt, barking at his faithful clerk and his cheery nephew. But when the ghosts of Christmas Past, Present and Yet to Come take him on an eye-opening journey revealing truths Old Scrooge is reluctant to face, he must open his heart to undo years of ill will before it's too late.







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Starring: Jim Carrey, Bob Hoskins, Robin Wright, Colin Firth, Gary Oldman
Directed by:
Robert Zemeckis
Genres: Action/Adventure, Drama, Kids/Family, Science Fiction/Fantasy, Animation, Adaptation, Holiday and Remake
Running Time: 1 hr. 36 min.

MPAA Rating: PG for scary sequences and images
Yahoo! Critics: B-
IMDb Users Rating: 6.9/10 (21,418 votes)
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Wednesday, September 21, 2011

Charlie St. Cloud

Accomplished sailor Charlie St. Cloud has the adoration of his mother Claire and his little brother Sam, as well as a college scholarship that will lead him far from his sleepy Pacific Northwest hometown. But his bright future is cut short when a tragedy strikes and takes his dreams with it. After his high-school classmate Tess returns home unexpectedly, Charlie grows torn between honoring a promise he made four years earlier and moving forward with newfound love. And as he finds the courage to let go of the past for good, Charlie discovers the soul most worth saving is his own.

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Starring: Zac Efron, Charlie Tahan, Amanda Crew, Augustus Prew, Donal Logue
Directed by:
Burr Steers
Genres: Romance, Drama, Adaptation and Science Fiction/Fantasy
Running Time: 1 hr. 49 min.

MPAA Rating: PG-13 for language including some sexual references, an intense accident scene and some sensuality
Yahoo! Critics: C-
IMDb Users Rating: 5.8/10 (9,168 votes)
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Sunday, August 28, 2011

Nang Mai (Nymph)

An urban husband and wife travel to the jungle and learn just how precious their relationship is.















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Starring: Jayanama Nopachai, Porntip Papanai, Wanida Termthanaporn, Chamanun Wanwinwatsara
Directed by: Pen-Ek Ratanaruang
Genres: Drama, Fantasy, Horror
IMDb Users Rating: 6.0/10 (281 votes)
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Sunday, July 24, 2011

Mai Ga Mum Doan Ga Doan ใหม่กะหม่ำ โดนกะโดน

Mai Ka Mum is the 9th film directed by Petchtai Wongkamlao (Mum Jokmok). The story centers on Mai and Mum who are best friends and always stand by one another whenever there’s a problem, but their cordial friendship leads to a misunderstanding between Mum and his wife.









Trailer

Starring:
Busarakam Wongkamlao, Petchtai Wongkamlao, Chukiet Auimsuk, Mai Charoenpura, Pongsak Pongsuwan
Directed by:
Petchtai Wongkamlao
Genres: Comedy and Drama
Running Time: 1 hr. 30 min.

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Tuesday, May 31, 2011

Into The Wild

Freshly graduated from college with a promising future, 22 year-old Christopher McCandless instead walked out of his privileged life and into the wild in search of adventure. What happened to him on the way transformed this young wanderer into an enduring symbol for countless people. Was Christopher McCandless a heroic adventurer or a naive idealist, a rebellious 1990s Thoreau or another lost American son, a fearless risk-taker or a tragic figure who wrestled with the precarious balance between man and nature? McCandless' quest took him from the wheat fields of South Dakota to a renegade trip down the Colorado River to the non-conformists' refuge of Slab City, California, and beyond. Along the way, he encountered a series of colorful characters at the very edges of American society who shaped his understanding of life and whose lives he, in turn, changed. In the end, he tested himself by heading alone into the wilds of the great North, where everything he had seen and learned and felt came to a head in ways he never could have expected.

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Starring: Emile Hirsch, Marcia Gay Harden, William Hurt, Hal Holbrook, Catherine Keener
Directed by:
Sean Penn
Genres: Action/Adventure, Drama and Adaptation
Running Time: 2 hrs. 20 min.

MPAA Rating: R for language and some nudity
Yahoo! Critics: B+
IMDb Users Rating: 8.2/10 (124,807 votes)
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Monday, May 30, 2011

Unknown

Dr. Martin Harris awakens after a car accident in Berlin to discover that his wife suddenly doesn't recognize him and another man has assumed his identity. Ignored by disbelieving authorities and hunted by mysterious assassins, he finds himself alone, tired and on the run. Aided by an unlikely ally, Martin plunges headlong into a deadly mystery that will force him to question his sanity, his identity, and just how far he's willing to go to uncover the truth.



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Starring:
Liam Neeson, January Jones, Diane Kruger, Frank Langella
Directed by:
Jaume Collet-Serra
Genres: Drama, Thriller and Adaptation
Running Time: 1 hr. 49 min.
MPAA Rating: PG-13 for some intense sequences of violence and action, and brief sexual content
Yahoo! Critics: B-
IMDb Users Rating: 7.1/10 (17,391 votes)

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Friday, May 27, 2011

The Experiment

A psychodrama based on the true story of a group of scientists who organized 20 people to carry out a psychological experiment for a cash reward. The chosen individuals are made to play the roles of both prison guards and prisoners to see how they behave in these positions. The guards are told to maintain order without the use of force, but once a revolt errupts, tragedy strikes.

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Starring:
Forest Whitaker, Adrien Brody, Cam Gigandet, Clifton Collins Jr., Travis Fimmel
Directed by:
Paul T. Scheuring
Genres: Drama, Thriller and Remake
Running Time: 96 mins.
MPAA Rating: R for strong disturbing violence including a rape, language, some sexual content and nudity
Yahoo! Users Rating: B
IMDb Users Rating: 6.3/10 (8,797 votes)

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The Village

At first glance this late nineteenth century village seems picture perfect. However, this close-knit community lives with the frightening knowledge that a race of creatures resides in the woods around them. The villagers share the fear of the evil and foreboding force that lurks outside. So frightening that one dare not venture beyond "The Village" and into the woods. Despite the advice of his elders, a curious and determined Lucius Hunt has a burning desire to step beyond the boundaries of the town into the unknown. Town leader, Edward Walker warns Lucius of the danger amongst the town's outskirts, and Lucius' mother, Alice Hunt advises him to stay at home and spare himself of the greed and desires that exist in the outside world. Lucius' strength is matched only by Ivy Walker, a beautiful and mesmerizing blind woman with an unusual wisdom beyond her years. Her fearless nature and gift-like perception are beyond anything Lucius has ever known. Both Lucius and the mischievous Noah Percy admire Ivy passionately, though her heart only has room for one of them. Her devotion eventually leads her down a forbidden path where terrifying truths are revealed. The ominous presence of the unknown boils over into chaos for the town, with one's bravery being the only thing that can save them. The truce between "The Village" and the creatures is ending.

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Starring: Bryce Dallas Howard, Joaquin Phoenix, Adrien Brody, William Hurt, Sigourney Weaver Directed by: M. Night Shyamalan
Genres: Drama, Romance, Science Fiction/Fantasy and Thriller
Running Time: 1 hr. 48 min.

MPAA Rating: PG 13 for A scene of violence and frightening situations
Yahoo! Critics: C+
IMDb Users Rating: 6.6/10 (97,352 votes)
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Thursday, May 19, 2011

Burlesque

Ali is a small-town girl with a big voice who escapes hardship and an uncertain future to follow her dreams to LA. After stumbling upon The Burlesque Lounge, a majestic but ailing theater that is home to an inspired musical revue, Ali lands a job as a cocktail waitress from Tess, the club's proprietor and headliner. Burlesque's outrageous costumes and bold choreography enrapture the young ingenue, who vows to perform there one day. Soon enough, Ali builds a friendship with a featured dancer, finds an enemy in a troubled, jealous performer, and garners the affection of Jack, a bartender and fellow musician. With the help of a sharp-witted stage manager and gender-bending host, Ali makes her way from the bar to the stage. Her spectacular voice restores The Burlesque Lounge to its former glory, though not before a charismatic entrepreneur arrives with an enticing proposal.

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Starring: Cher , Christina Aguilera, Eric Dane, Cam Gigandet, Julianne Hough
Directed by:
Steven Antin
Genres: Drama and Musical/Performing Arts
Running Time: 1 hr. 40 min.

MPAA Rating: PG-13 for sexual content including several suggestive dance routines, partial nudity, language and some thematic material
Yahoo! Critics: C+
IMDb Users Rating: 6.1/10 (11,370 votes)
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Wednesday, May 18, 2011

The Mechanic

Arthur Bishop is a 'mechanic' - an elite assassin with a strict code and unique talent for cleanly eliminating targets. It's a job that requires professional perfection and total detachment, and Bishop is the best in the business. But when his mentor and close friend Harry is murdered, Bishop is anything but detached. His next assignment is self-imposed - he wants those responsible dead. His mission grows complicated when Harry's son Steve approaches him with the same vengeful goal and a determination to learn Bishop's trade. Bishop has always acted alone but he can't turn his back on Harry's son. A methodical hit man takes an impulsive student deep into his world and a deadly partnership is born. But while in pursuit of their ultimate mark, deceptions threaten to surface and those hired to fix problems become problems themselves.

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Starring: Jason Statham, Ben Foster, Donald Sutherland, Tony Goldwyn, Mini Anden
Directed by:
Simon West, David Leitch
Genres: Action/Adventure, Drama and Remake
Running Time: 1 hr. 40 min.

MPAA Rating: R for strong brutal violence throughout, language, some sexual content and nudity
Yahoo! Critics: C+
IMDb Users Rating: 6.5/10 (19,989 votes)
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Wednesday, April 27, 2011

The King's Speech

George VI, also known as Bertie, reluctantly takes the throne of England when his brother, Edward, abdicates in 1936. The unprepared king turns to a radical speech therapist, Lionel Logue, to help overcome his nervous stutter and the two forge a friendship.










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Starring: Colin Firth, Geoffrey Rush, Helena Bonham Carter, Guy Pearce, Timothy Spall
Directed by:
Tom Hooper
Genres: Drama and Biopic
Running Time: 1 hr. 51 min.

MPAA Rating: R for some language
Yahoo! Ctitics: A-
IMDb Users Rating: 8.4/10 (74,297 votes)
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Monday, April 25, 2011

Black Swan

Nina (Portman) is a ballerina in a New York City ballet company whose life, like all those in her profession, is completely consumed with dance. She lives with her obsessive former ballerina mother Erica (Hershey) who exerts a suffocating control over her. When artistic director Thomas Leroy (Cassel) decides to replace prima ballerina Beth MacIntyre (Ryder) for the opening production of their new season, Swan Lake, Nina is his first choice. But Nina has competition: a new dancer, Lily (Kunis), who impresses Leroy as well. Swan Lake requires a dancer who can play both the White Swan with innocence and grace, and the Black Swan, who represents guile and sensuality. Nina fits the White Swan role perfectly but Lily is the personification of the Black Swan. As the two young dancers expand their rivalry into a twisted friendship, Nina begins to get more in touch with her dark side - a recklessness that threatens to destroy her.

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Starring: Natalie Portman, Vincent Cassel, Mila Kunis, Barbara Hershey, Winona Ryder
Directed by:
Darren Aronofsky
Genres: Drama and Thriller
Running Time: 1 hr. 43 min.

MPAA Rating: R for strong sexual content, disturbing violent images, language and some drug use
Yahoo! Critics: A-
IMDb Users Rating: 8.4/10 (118,017 votes)
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