Tag: Drama

Cotillard & Fassbender in a Properly Haunting Macbeth

On By C.H. NewellIn 2015, Drama, Film, Macbeth, Marion Cotillard, Michael Fassbender, Paddy Considine, War, William ShakespeareLeave a comment

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YqHhKuCQmoY Macbeth. 2015. Directed by Justin Kurzel. Screenplay by Jacob Koskoff, Michael Lesslie & Todd Louiso; based on the original play by William Shakespeare. Starring Michael Fassbender, Marion Cotillard, Paddy Considine, Lochlann Harris, Lynn Kennedy, Seylan Baxter, Brian Nickels, Hilton McRae, James Harkness, Ross Anderson, David Thewlis, Sean Harris and Elizabeth Debicki. See-Saw Films/DMC Film/ACE/Film …

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Villeneuve Crosses the Border of Criminality with Sicario

On By C.H. NewellIn Action, Benicio Del Toro, Crime, Denis Villeneuve, Drama, Emily Blunt, Film, Josh Brolin, Taylor SheridanLeave a comment

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sR0SDT2GeFg Sicario. 2015. Directed by Denis Villeneuve. Screenplay by Taylor Sheridan. Starring Emily Blunt, Benicio Del Toro, Josh Brolin, Victor Garber, Jon Bernthal, Daniel Kaluuya, Jeffrey Donovan, Raoul Max Trujillo, Julio Cedillo, Hank Rogerson, Bernardo P. Saracino, and Kevin Wiggins. Black Label Media/Lions Gate Films/Thunder Road Pictures. Rated 14A. 121 minutes. Action/Crime/Drama ★★★★★ The opening …

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Black Mass: Welcome Back, Mr. Depp!

On By C.H. NewellIn Benedict Cumberbatch, Biography, Crime, Drama, Film, Jesse Plemons, Joel Edgerton, Johnny Depp, Scott CooperLeave a comment

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CE3e3hGF2jc Black Mass. 2015. Directed by Scott Cooper. Screenplay by Jez Butterworth & Mark Mallouk; based on the novel by Dick Lehr & Gerard O'Neill. Starring Johnny Depp, Joel Edgerton, Benedict Cumberbatch, Dakota Johnson, Kevin Bacon, Peter Sarsgaard, Jesse Plemons, Rory Cochrane, David Harbour, and Adam Scott. Cross Creek Pictures/Grisbi Productions/Infinitum Nihil/Free State Pictures. Rated …

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WHEN ANIMALS DREAM: A Folklore Tale on Coming of Age

On By C.H. NewellIn Danish Film, Drama, Film, Horror, Indie Film, Jonas Alexander Arnby, Lars Mikkelsen, Mystery, Sonia Suhl, WerewolfLeave a comment

A young girl's transformation from girl to woman is plagued by the folklore and superstitions and closed minds of her small little town.

Quentin Tarantino’s Django Unchained: Slavesploitation

On By C.H. NewellIn Christoph Waltz, Django Unchained, Don Johnson, Drama, Film, Jamie Foxx, Quentin Tarantino, Samuel L. Jackson, WesternLeave a comment

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s8CZKbDzP1E Django Unchained. 2012. Directed & Written by Quentin Tarantino. Starring Jamie Foxx, Christoph Waltz, Leonardo DiCaprio, Kerry Washington, Samuel L. Jackson, Walton Goggins, James Remar, David Steen, Dennis Christopher, Don Johnson, Franco Nero, Bruce Dern, M.C. Gainey, Jonah Hill, Tom Wopat, Don Stroud, Russ Tamblyn, Amber Tamblyn, and Tom Savini. The Weinstein Company/Columbia Pictures. …

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Vinterberg’s The Hunt: Stains of Lies & Group Psychosis

On By C.H. NewellIn Danish Film, Drama, Film, Jagten, Mads Mikkelsen, Pedophilia, Thomas Vinterberg, Tobias LindholmLeave a comment

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YsYn6L5fF9Q Jagten (English title: The Hunt). Directed by Thomas Vinterberg. Screenplay by Tobias Lindholm & Vinterberg. Starring Mads Mikkelsen, Thomas Bo Larsen, Annika Wedderkopp, Lasse Fogelstrøm, Susse Wold, Anne Louise Hassing, Lars Ranthe, Alexandra Rapaport, Sebastian Bull Sarning, and Steen Ordell Guldbrand. Danmarks Radio (DR)/Det Danske Filminstitut/Eurimages/Film i Väst/MEDIA Programme of the European Union/Nordisk Film-&-TV Fond/Svenska Filminstitutet (SFI)/Sveriges …

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Terror Comes Knocking When a Stranger Calls

On By C.H. NewellIn 1979, Carol Kane, Charles Durning, Crime, Drama, Horror Movies, Tony Beckley, When a Stranger CallsLeave a comment

When a Stranger Calls. 1979. Directed by Fred Walton. Screenplay by Steve Feke & Fred Walton. Starring Carol Kane, Rutanya Alda, Carmen Argenziano, Kirsten Larkin, William Boyett, Charles Durning, Ron O'Neal, Rachel Roberts, Tony Beckley, Colleen Dewhurst, and Michael Champion. Columbia Pictures Corporation/Melvin Simon Productions. Rated R. 97 minutes. Crime/Drama/Horror ★★★★★ There are many slasher …

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A Modern-Looking Wild West in Revenge Western The Salvation

On By C.H. NewellIn Anders Thomas Jensen, Eva Green, Jeffrey Dean Morgan, Kristian Levring, Mads Mikkelsen, Revenge Thriller, WesternLeave a comment

The Salvation. 2014. Directed by Kristian Levring. Screenplay by Anders Thomas Jensen & Kristian Levring. Starring Mads Mikkelsen, Eva Green, Jeffrey Dean Morgan, Eric Cantona, Mikael Persbrandt, Douglas Henshall, Michael Raymond- James, Jonathan Pryce, Alexander Arnold, Nanna Øland Fabricius, Toke Lars Bjarke, and Sean Cameron Michael. Zentropa Entertainments/Forward Films/Spier Films/F.I.L.M.S./Det Danske Filminstitut/Danmarks Radio (DR)/Nordisk Film & …

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