Showing posts with label Drama. Show all posts
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Pathfinder



Initial release: April 13, 2007

Director: Marcus Nispel

Music composed by: Jonathan Elias

Producers: Mike Medavoy Arnold W. Messer Marcus Nispel

Starring: Karl Urban Moon Bloodgood Russell Means Ralf Möller Clancy Brown

A Viking Age expedition arrives in North America, intending to subjugate or slaughter the native "Skræling" population. The party is itself wiped out by another native tribe, the only survivor being the Viking leader's son, who is adopted by a native woman. The boy is taken in by the local tribe and named "Ghost" for his paleness. 


Fifteen years later, Ghost still lives among the tribe. Though he is socially accepted, he has yet to earn the status of a warrior. His romantic interest is Starfire, the daughter of the Pathfinder, an elderly chief of a neighboring tribe. The only remembrance he keeps of his heritage is his father's sword.





Greyhound (2020)

Initial release: July 10, 2020
Director: Aaron Schneider
Adapted from: The Good Shepherd
Budget: 50.3 million USD
Production companies: Bron Studios, Playtone,

U.S. Navy Cmdr. Ernest Krause is assigned to lead an Allied convoy across the Atlantic during World War II. His convoy, however, is pursued by German U-boats. Although this is Krause's first wartime mission, he finds himself embroiled in what would come to be known as the longest, largest and most complex naval battle in history: The Battle of the Atlantic.



The High Note (2020)

Initial release: May 7, 2020 (Slovakia)
Director: Nisha Ganatra
Screenplay: Flora Greeson
Producers: Tim Bevan, Eric Fellner
Production companies: Working Title Films, Perfect World Pictures

The High Note (2020) streaming. A superstar singer and her overworked personal assistant are offered a choice that could change the course of their respective careers.

Set in the dazzling world of the LA music scene comes the story of Grace Davis, a superstar whose talent, and ego, have reached unbelievable heights. Maggie is Grace's overworked personal assistant who's stuck running errands, but still aspires to her childhood dream of becoming a music producer. When Grace's manager presents her with a choice that could alter the course of her career, Maggie and Grace come up with a plan that could change their lives forever.






Encounter

Initial release: December 9, 2018
Director: Paul Salamoff

Encounter in streaming. The story is about a group of friends making an incredible discovery: a spaceship crashed in a field with a survivor on board ...



All Day and a Night

Initial release: May 1, 2020
Director: Joe Robert Cole
Screenplay: Joe Robert Cole
Production company: Color Force
Producers: Jared Ian Goldman, Nina Jacobson

A young man embarks on a journey of self-discovery after landing in the same prison as his father.

A powerful, unflinching drama from Black Panther co-writer Joe Robert Cole, starring Ashton Sanders (Moonlight), Jeffrey Wright (Westworld), Isaiah John (Snowfall) and Yahya Abdul-Mateen II (Watchmen).


Judy and Punch

Initial release: January 27, 2019
Director: Mirrah Foulkes
Box office: $197,719
Nominations: AACTA Award for Best Film, MORE
Awards: AACTA Award for Best Lead Actor, AACTA Award for Best Original Music Score

In the town of Seaside, nowhere near the sea, puppeteers Judy and Punch are trying to resurrect their marionette show. The show is a hit due to Judy's superior puppeteering but Punch's driving ambition lead to a tragedy that Judy must avenge.


Un'Avventura

Initial release: November 2, 2019 (Hungary)
Director: Marco Danieli
Featured song: Un'avventura
Music composed by: Pivio and Aldo De Scalzi
Screenplay: Isabella Aguilar

Un'avventura è un film del 2019 diretto da Marco Danieli con protagonisti Michele Riondino e Laura Chiatti. La pellicola prende spunto dalla canzone omonima di Lucio Battisti e da altre della coppia Battisti-Mogol, quest'ultimo ricopre il ruolo di consulente artistico nel film.



The Call of the Wild-2020

Initial release: February 14, 2020 (United Kingdom)
Director: Chris Sanders
Box office: $107.5 million
Budget: 109 million USD
Producers: James Mangold, Erwin Stoff

Buck is a big-hearted dog whose blissful domestic life gets turned upside down when he is suddenly uprooted from his California home and transplanted to the exotic wilds of the Alaskan Yukon in the 1890s. As the newest rookie on a mail-delivery dog sled team, Buck experiences the adventure of a lifetime as he ultimately finds his true place in the world.


Contagion

Initial release: September 9, 2011 (USA)
Director: Steven
Soderbergh
Screenplay: Scott Z. Burns
Box office: 135.5 million USD
Budget: 60 million USD

The death of Beth Emhoff and her son leads to the discovery of a deadly virus. While the US Centers for Disease Control struggles to curb its spread, a worldwide panic ensues.

Holy Lands

Initial release: April 5, 2019 (United Kingdom)
Director: Amanda Sthers
Screenplay: Amanda Sthers
Production company: StudioCanal

An Ashkenazi Jewish American cardiologist leaves everything behind to become a pig farmer in the holy land.

Happy Death Day 2U

Initial release: February 13, 2019 (USA)
Director: Christopher Landon
Based on: Characters; by Scott Lobdell
Budget: 9 million USD
Producer: Jason Blum

Collegian Tree Gelbman wakes up in horror to learn that she's stuck in a parallel universe. Her boyfriend Carter is now with someone else, and her friends and fellow students seem to be completely different versions of themselves. When Tree discovers that Carter's roommate has been altering time, she finds herself once again the target of a masked killer. When the psychopath starts to go after her inner circle, Tree soon realizes that she must die over and over again to save everyone.

Train to Busan

Initial release: July 2016 (South Korea)
Director: Yeon Sang-ho
Box office: $87–100 million
Film series: Seoul Station


A man (Gong Yoo), his estranged daughter and other passengers become trapped on a speeding train during a zombie outbreak in South Korea.

It

Initial release: September 5, 2017 (Los Angeles)
Director: Andrés Muschietti
Box office: 700.4 million USD
Film series: It
Budget: 35 million USD

Seven young outcasts in Derry, Maine, are about to face their worst nightmare -- an ancient, shape-shifting evil that emerges from the sewer every 27 years to prey on the town's children. Banding together over the course of one horrifying summer, the friends must overcome their own personal fears to battle the murderous, bloodthirsty clown known as Pennywise.

A Quiet Place

Initial release: April 2018 (South Korea)
Director: John Krasinski
Budget: $17–21 million
Box office: 340.9 million USD
Screenplay: John Krasinski, Scott Beck, Bryan Woods

If they hear you, they hunt you.
In a post-apocalyptic world, a family is forced to live in silence while hiding from monsters with ultra-sensitive hearing.

Source Code

Initial release: March 28, 2011 (Hollywood)
Director: Duncan Jones
Box office: 147.3 million USD
Budget: 32 million USD (2011)
Screenplay: Ben Ripley.

Helicopter pilot Colter Stevens (Jake Gyllenhaal) is part of a top-secret military operation that enables him to experience the last few minutes in the life of Sean Fentress, a man who died in a commuter-train explosion. The purpose of Colter's mission is to learn the identity of the bomber and prevent a similar catastrophe. As Colter lives Sean's final moments, he becomes more certain that he can prevent the first tragedy from occurring -- as long as he doesn't run out of time.


Blaze

Initial release: August 17, 2018 (USA)
Director: Ethan Hawke
Based on: Living in the Woods in a Tree: Remembering Blaze; by Sybil Rosen
Box office: 680,058 USD
Screenplay: Ethan Hawke, Sybil Rosen

A reimagining of the life and times of Blaze Foley, the unsung songwriting legend of the Texas Outlaw Music movement. Watch full movie

Time Freak

Initial release: November 7, 2018
Director: Andrew Bowler
Production company: QC Entertainment; Rhodes Entertainment; Beach Pictures
Music composed by: Andrew Lockington
Screenplay: Andrew Bowler
Distributed by: Lionsgate Home Entertainment.

Dumped by his girlfriend, a young physics genius travels back in time to change the past and win her heart again.

Red Sparrow

Initial release: February 15, 2018 (Newseum)
Director: Francis Lawrence
Box office: 151.6 million USD
Story by: Jason Matthews
Budget: 69 million USD

Prima ballerina Dominika Egorova faces a bleak and uncertain future after she suffers an injury that ends her career. She soon turns to Sparrow School, a secret intelligence service that trains exceptional young people to use their minds and bodies as weapons. Egorova emerges as the most dangerous Sparrow after completing the sadistic training process. As she comes to terms with her new abilities, Dominika meets a CIA agent who tries to convince her that he is the only person she can trust.

Welcome Home

Initial release: November 8, 2018 (Netherlands)
Director: George Ratliff
Screenplay: David Levinson
Production company: Voltage Pictures
Producers: Nicolas Chartier, Dominic Rustam, Allan Mandelbaum, Trevor White, Tim White

A couple's attempt at reconciling their relationship at a rental house in Italy is interrupted by the owner's evil plans.

The Upside

Initial release: January 11, 2019 (USA)
Director: Neil Burger
Adapted from: The Intouchables
Budget: 37.5 million USD
Producers: Jason Blumenthal, Todd Black, Steve Tisch

Phillip is a wealthy quadriplegic who needs a caretaker to help him with his day-to-day routine in his New York penthouse. He decides to hire Dell, a struggling parolee who's trying to reconnect with his ex and his young son. Despite coming from two different worlds, an unlikely friendship starts to blossom as Dell and Phillip rediscover the joy of living life to the fullest.