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Born Abdul - Malik Kashie Yoba in the South Bronx, he is most recently known for his role in Fox's new drama, Empire, a hip - hop drama centers on a music industry heavyweight who is about to take his company, Empire Entertainment, public.
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This comedy drama centers on a blue - blooded Southerner's attempt to buy a popular gym as part of a crucial real estate bargain.
The main plot of the drama centers upon the destiny of the An sisters, An Jing, An Ning and An Le.
A taut, involving drama centered around the mysterious disappearance of a young woman, About Elly confirms director Asghar Farhadi as a major talent in Iranian cinema whose ability to chronicle the middle - class malaise of his society is practically unrivaled.
This ensemble drama centers on a neighborhood cigar store as it chronicles the entangled lives of fifteen characters.
«After Love,» directed and cowritten by Belgian filmmaker Joachim Lafosse, is an insightful and involving drama centering on the collapse of a marriage.
In 1999, Saldana received what seemed to be the ideal first film role when she was cast as a talented but snippy dancer vying for a spot at the fictional American Ballet Company in the dance drama Center Stage.
Cast: Helena Bonham Carter, Freddie Highmore, Ken Stott, Matthew McNulty, Clare Higgins, Victoria Hamilton, Selina Cadell, Tracey Wilkinson Director: S.J. Clarkson Summary: Adapted from famed food writer Nigel Slater's memoir, this drama centers on young Nigel, who struggles with his mother's death, a troubled relationship with his father and a new stepmother even as he pursues his passion for cooking.
Born and raised in Pennsylvania, Jonathan was an undergraduate at Penn State and continued his education at Harvard, spending several seasons with the Loeb Drama Center.
Steven Spielberg directs this Oscar - nominated drama centering on the last few months of Abraham Lincoln's life.
Figgis followed up this success two years later with One Night Stand; an ensemble drama centering on the repercussions of adultery, it received only a lukewarm critical reception.
This World War II drama centers on Lou Zamperini, who survived a horrific plane crash only to be captured by the Japanese Navy.
This wintry Russian drama centers on an estranged couple brought together when their child vanishes and the police can't help.
This intimate drama centers on Jane (Bosworth), a married American woman from London who is visiting Italy for two weeks with her English husband Leonard (Iddo Goldberg), a viola player who's there on work.
The unique drama centers on a four - year - old boy who is raised by whales after falling overboard during a family outing.
Debuting in January 2013, the drama centered on Bacon's Ryan Hardy, a former FBI agent attempting to help recapture escaped serial killer Joe Carroll (James Purefoy), who had established a cult of fanatical killers who did his bidding.
In the Bronx during the Depression, this crime drama centers on three Italian - American brothers and their family crime tradition.
At its worst, First Match is a gripping drama centered on the relationship between a teen and her estranged father.
Anna Torv, Joshua Jackson and Lance Reddick star in the television drama centered around a female FBI agent who is forced to work with an institutionalized scientist in order to rationalize a brewing storm of unexplained phenomena.
Synopsis: A drama centered on two lovers whose newfound relationship is threatened as they try to cope with their respective family tragedies.
Inspired by a Euripides tragedy, the disturbing drama centers on a surgeon and a teenage boy who tries to integrate himself into the surgeon's messed - up family.
Set in 1925 and based on David Grann's best - selling book of the same name, the true - life drama centers on British explorer Col. Percival Fawcett (Hunnam), who disappeared while searching for a mysterious city in the Amazon.
Based on «mostly true» events, Hillcoat's historical drama centers around a group of brothers (Tom Hardy, Shia LaBeouf, and Jason Clarke) who get into the bootlegging business in Prohibition - era Virginia.
«Denial» (Mick Jackson) The 18 months of Rachel Weisz's improbable comeback continues with this courtroom drama centered on a libel case filed by Holocaust denier played by Timothy spall.
The historical drama centers around journalists from the Washington Post and New York Times who published the leaked Pentagon Papers in 1971.
Films opening in limited release this weekend include Well Go USA's Korean fantasy - drama Along With The Gods: The Two Worlds, while Sony Pictures Classics is bowing Happy End, Oscar - nominee Michael Haneke's drama centered on a bourgeois family aloof to the refugee crisis in their backyard.
Other highlights in this strand include: Miguel Gomes» mixes fantasy, documentary, docu - fiction, Brechtian pantomime and echoes of MGM musical in the epic ARABIAN NIGHTS; the World Premiere of William Fairman and Max Gogarty's CHEMSEX, an unflinching, powerful documentary about the pleasures and perils associated with the «chemsex» scene that's far more than a sensationalist exposé; the European Premiere of CLOSET MONSTER, Stephen Dunn's remarkable debut feature about an artistic, sexually confused teen who has conversations with his pet hamster, voiced by Isabella Rossellini; THE ENDLESS RIVER a devasting new film set in small - town South Africa from Oliver Hermanus, Diep Hoang Nguyen's beautiful debut, FLAPPING IN THE MIDDLE OF NOWHERE, a wry, weird socially probing take on the teen pregnancy scenario that focuses on a girl whose escape from village life to pursue an urban education has her frozen in mid-flight; LUCIFER, Gust Van den Berghe's thrillingly cinematic tale of Lucifer as an angel who visits a Mexican village, filmed in «Tondoscope» — a circular frame in the centre of the screen; the European premiere of KOTHANODI a compelling, unsettling fairytale from India; veteran Algerian director Merzak Allouache's gritty and delicate portrait of a drug addicted petty thief in MADAME COURAGE; Radu Muntean's excellent ONE FLOOR BELOW, which combines taut, low - key realism with incisive psychological and ethical insights in a drama centering on a man, his wife and a neighbor; and QUEEN OF EARTH, Alex Ross Perry's devilish study of mental breakdown and dysfunctional power dynamics between female best friends, starring Elisabeth Moss.
«To The Wonder is a romantic drama centered on a man who reconnects with a woman from his hometown after his marriage to a European woman falls apart.»
Amazon's new period drama centers on a 1950s housewife (Rachel Brosnahan) who turns to standup comedy after her husband admits to having an affair.
A number of movies helmed solely by men are also tackling feminist themes, as with Lelio's «Disobedience,» or Aaron Sorkin's «Molly's Game,» in which the Oscar - winning screenwriter makes his directorial debut with a poker - world drama centered on real - life competitor Molly Bloom, played by Jessica Chastain.
The drama centers on a woman who must move on with her life when her husband suffers an accident and can't remember his past.
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«Burden» (U.S. Dramatic) ★ ★ ★ ★ • Hard - hitting and deeply moving, director Andrew Heckler's true drama centers on a Klansman (Garrett Hedlund) who is spurred to quit the KKK by his girlfriend (Andrea Riseborough) and a preacher (Forest Whitaker).
The crime drama centers on a group of friends who find their new roommate dead but stocked with cash.
«A big, operatic family drama centered on a world of international espionage,» he said.
Synopsis: Adapted by Ian McEwan from his bestselling novel, the drama centers on a young couple of drastically different backgrounds in the summer of 1962.
The romantic drama centers on the story of Jade Butterfiel...
Starring Matt Damon, Christoph Waltz, Hong Chau, Jason Sudeikis and Kristen Wiig, the science fiction comedy - drama centers around Paul (Damon) and his wife Audrey (Wiig), who have decided to join a community of miniaturized people after undergoing a process to shrink themselves.
The Suicide Squad actress will star in the Sony drama centering on the maiden of Robin Hood folklore.
«Night Moves» Synopsis: A drama centered on three environmental terrorists who plot to blow up a dam.
She has only had one theatrical credit since Empire: the somewhat well regarded 2000 ballet academy drama Center Stage.
Based on Richard Ford's novel, Wildlife is a family drama centered on a boy whose parents» marriage falls apart after his mother finds another man.
Bong Joon Ho's star - studded drama centers on a young girl who must keep a powerful company from abducting her pal, a gentle beast.
BPM, which draws on filmmaker Robin Campillo's own years as an activist, is a sprawling drama centered by the emotionally wrenching performance of newcomer Nahuel Pérez Biscayart, playing an ACT UP organizer in Paris.
Benjamin Ciaramello will recur on SECRETS & LIES, a drama centering on a family man who finds the body of a young boy, instantly becoming the prime suspect.
uuu Made in the IMAX 3D process, this nostalgic little drama centers on an immigrant boy who wanders the streets of New York City looking for a long - lost relative's home, guided by old photos and the words of an ancestor who made a similar voyage many years earlier.
But the slate diversifies to also include a feel good medical drama centered on a man out to disrupt bureaucracy and put care first («New Amsterdam»); a spy - hunting thriller two - hander starring Jennifer Carpenter and Morris Chestnut («The Enemy Within»); a crime - solving drama with the supernatural twist of its central character being able to communicate with the dead («The InBetween»); and an extended family drama focused on the residents of a NYC apartment building («The Village»).
«Sweet Country» (Australia) • Set in the 1920s, this drama centers on an Aboriginal man (Hamilton Morris) who shoots a white man in self - defense and then must outrun the posse chasing him.
«Junebug» has received much praise since its debut at the Sundance Film Festival, and I don't understand a bit of it.A returning - home drama centered on a artsy newlywed couple (Alessandro Nivola and Embeth Davidtz) from...
This ambitious comedy - drama centers on the Tenenbaums, a wealthy, prominent family living in a slightly fairy tale-esque version of New York City.