Sentences with phrase «drama about»

Ridley Scott's true kidnapping tale of is a gripping drama about loyalty, family and lots and lots of money.Read More

Sterritt ** Soderbergh tries a freewheeling experiment in this comedy - drama about people making a film and rehearsing a play; it takes place during 24 hours and unfolds in loosely strung scenes.

A bracing and powerful drama about cultural roots and the nature of identity from director Pawel Pawlikowski.

Watch a clip from «Margin Call,» a new drama about the financial crisis starring Kevin Spacey, Jeremy Irons, and Demi Moore.

Starring Lena Headey and Ian Hart, it was a drama about an 18 - year - old waitress (Headey) who becomes involved with a young raver (Hart) who introduces her to ecstasy and drug dealing.Shortly after making Loved Up, Cattaneo received the script for The Full Monty and, drawn both to its obvious humor and more serious economic undertones, immediately set about getting it made into a film.

Adapted from a novel by Kevin Powers, this is a searing antiwar drama about «kids who go to war too young and get destroyed,» Mr. Cooper said.

«Last Resort» — The Complete Series: Three - DVD set containing every episode of the ABC drama about the crew of a US nuclear submarine that goes rogue after refusing to honor questionable orders.

Billy Drago, John Savage, and Nick Mancuso star in this violent crime drama about a pair of crime bosses battling over the same turf, which they both want to use to sell drugs.

Canada gets its moment to shine on our list with this drama about a school - bus accident that killed several children.

Writer / director Lynn Shelton and co-writer Jay Duplass craft an intriguing, moving drama about the emotional bond between a man just released on parole after 20 years and his former teacher who worked tirelessly for his release.

A charming comedy - drama about finding new love late in life and all the complications that come with any coupling.

«The Square»: Swedish director Ruben Ostland's «Force Majeure» was one of the best films of 2014 and while «The Square» isn't nearly as compelling, the drama about a museum director's life crisis still packs a punch.

Paddy Considine writes, directs and stars in this hard - hitting drama about a boxer who's dealt an unexpected blow.

Tully: Young Adult power players Jason Reitman, Charlize Theron and Diablo Cody reunite for a dull, empty drama about an exhausted mother whose life is recharged by the arrival of a manic pixie dream nanny (Mackenzie Davis).

However, this period drama about the titular incident and its aftermath could have been more insightful and provocative instead of mostly rehashing what we already know.

Showtime's Liev Schreiber drama about an L.A. fixer has added Fairuza Balk (Almost Famous), Shree Crooks (Extant) and Jason Butler Haner (Scandal) to its 3rd season cast.

And with Harlots, Hulu's original family drama about life in a brothel in 18th century London, the actress has found a role that truly puts Sybil behind her.

«Gabriel and the Mountain,» Brazilian director Fellipe Barbosa's fact - inspired drama about a friend's ill - fated trip to Africa, won the France 4 Visionary Award.

There were, as usual, movies about fractious racial divisions, including «Mudbound,» Dee Rees» symphonic, superbly acted drama about two Mississippi families — one white, one black — struggling to survive in the shadow of World War II.

RULES OF ENGAGEMENT William Fried kin's court - martial drama about a Yemen massacre takes on additional interest because the main character, a fiery - eyed Marine combat hero (Samuel L. Jackson), is presented as a believably flawed man.

But it's clear from the very first moment that «Aloha» is a complete misfire: a tiresome, dull romantic comedy / drama about a celebrated military contractor (Bradley Cooper), who returns to Honolulu and tries to reconnect with his former love, who is now a mom and married to a pilot.

The Tiger (Blu - ray) Details: 2015, Well Go USA Entertainment Rated: Not rated The lowdown: A period action - drama about a Korean sharpshooter hunting the kingdom's last tiger.

Stewart decision to make a drama about the imprisonment of Iranian journalist Maziar Bahari — who fielded questions alongside him, as did the Mexican actor who plays him, Gael Garcia Bernal — was instigated when an appearance Bahari made in a filmed comedy sketch on «The Daily Show» was used against him when the Islamic regime accused him of being a traitor and American secret agent.

«Justified» may have wrapped its run earlier this year, but the FX crime drama about a maverick lawman (Timothy Olyphant) just got a nice send - off from the Critics» Choice Television Awards.

Jude, who was AD on Cristi Puiu's The Death of Mr. Lazarescu, has previously made two features, both present - day stories, The Happiest Girl in the World (09) and Everybody in Our Family (12), of which I've only seen the first, a leisurely but caustic drama about a young contest - winner being screwed around with by the media.

Written by Tom Flynn, Gifted is a drama about Frank Adler (Evans), a deliberate underachiever, who is raising his niece Mary (McKenna Grace), in rural Florida.

Don Jon September 27 Joseph Gordon - Levitt writes, directs and stars in this drama about a church - going, body - building libertine who can't quite match his expectations of reality with those in porn - addicted mind.

The military drama about Afghanistan horse soldiers received an A CinemaScore from audiences and has moderate reviews from critics.

James Belushi, Patrick Wilson and Ian McShane co-star in this drama about a retired lawman and a new sheriff investigating a drug deal gone bad.

Starring the wonderful Claes Bang, Terry Notary, and Elisabeth Moss, «The Square» is a satirical drama about an art curator and the chaos that ensues when he hires a PR company to help publicize a new art installation.

Fierce People (R for nudity, profanity, sexuality, drug use and violence) Dysfunctional family drama about a coke - addicted single - mom (Diane Lane) struggling to survive in NYC who decides to try to get her life back on track by showing up with her 16 year - old son (Anton Yelchin) at the sprawling, suburban estate of a wealthy, elderly client (Donald Sutherland) of hers.

Filly Brown plays out like a caricature of every stereotypical Sundance drama about plucky young heroines who overcome great adversity just by sticking to their guns and never abandoning their dreams.

ANY GIVEN SUNDAY Oliver Stone's look at the world of professional football is charged with in - your - face intensity and screeching drama about the game on and off the field.

NBC's highly - anticipated drama about drama, Rise, finally premieres Tuesday after the season finale of This Is Us.

Elle Fanning's lesbian drama About Ray was yanked from theaters before it ever came out, while Tom Hardy's Legend, about the queer killer Kray twins, was abruptly postponed and then forgotten.

He was in the BBC's adaptation of Ian McEwan's The Child in Time opposite Benedict Cumberbatch, crops up in Goodbye Christopher Robin, a film about AA Milne out this weekend, and stars in The Last Post, Peter Moffat's new Sunday night BBC drama about military police officers and their wives in Yemen in the 1960s.

INDEPENDENT & FOREIGN FILMS The Hunting Party (Unrated) Fact - based drama about the return to Bosnia of three journalists (Richard Gere, Terrence Howard and Jesse Eisenberg) five years after the ethnic cleansing to track down the most wanted war criminal (Ljubomir Kerekes) still at - large.

EXCLUSIVE: Eye in the Sky — the drama about drone strikes — is so timely that distributor Bleecker Street is using President Barack Obama's speech about the new technology as the voice - over for the film's TV spot, which is debuting tonight during the Republican debate (watch it above).

A Hijacking (R for profanity) Hostage drama about the tension which unfolds when a gang of Somali pirates demands a multimillion dollar ransom after commandeering a cargo ship on the high seas.

This is a major focus of Stronger, director David Gordon Green's gritty, performance - driven drama about Boston marathon bombing survivor Jeff Bauman, who was immortalized in the media as the dizzied man being wheeled out of the area with his legs blown off, and who later helped the police identify one of the bombers from his hospital bed.

The drama about the last chapter of a long marriage, which stars two veteran French actors (Jean - Louis Trintignant and Emmanuelle Riva) and premiered at May's Cannes Film Festival (where it won the Palme d'Or), was claimed by Austria because the Academy's rules dictate that a film's nationality is dependent not on the language that is primarily spoken in the film or the origins of the stars, but rather on the origins of the majority of the film's principal behind - the - scenes talent — the writer, director, and producer.

Other People's Children (Unrated) Romance drama about a filmmaker (Diane Marshall - Green) who falls for the homeless subject (Chad Michael Murray) of her latest documentary while grieving the death of her father.

An important film for star Jennifer Aniston, showcasing a depth previously untapped, this quietly impactful comedy drama about small town disappointment also allowed Reilly to shine as her misunderstood husband.

After serving in the US coast guard reserve and then studying ballet, Cooper made his big screen debut in John Sayles» emotive drama about a coal miners» strike in the 1920s.

Despite pretending to be an intimate drama about human relationships for a generous portion of the snooze - inducing running time, The Amazing Spider - Man 2 reveals an altogether more sinister purpose in its final throes.

The movie is a domestic drama about a tragedy that irrevocably affects several families (here's our review from Berlin).

«Amelia» (Essie Davis) comes undone in this excellent Australian drama about a young widow locked in a deteriorating co-dependency with her young son «Samuel» (Noah Wiseman).

Much like «Lone Survivor» and «Deepwater Horizon,» director Peter Berg's third collaboration with Mark Wahlberg — which retells the events of the 2013 Boston Marathon bombing — doesn't really have anything important to say politically, but it's yet another gripping drama about real - life heroism.

DarkBlueAlmostBlack (Unrated) Dysfunctional family drama about a janitor (Quim Gutierrez) who has trouble finding a decent job after spending several years caring for his invalid father (Hector Colome) while working his way through college.

Fresh off their collaboration on The Wolf of Wall Street, Leonardo DiCaprio and Jonah Hill announced they were re-teaming for The Ballad of Richard Jewell, a drama about the 1996 Atlanta Olympics bombing.