Archive for the 'Drama' Category
Friday, December 14th, 2007
Dream Works, 12/14/07, Directed by Marc Forster, Cast: Khalid Abdalla, Homayoun Ershadi, Zekiria Ebrahimi, Ahmad Khan Mahmoodzada. Watch the Trailer.
I was very fortunate to view this movie at a private screening at the recent Blog World Expo (11/7) in Las Vegas, Nevada. Film Critic and talk show host Michael Medved and Khalid Abdalla, the [...]
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Sunday, November 4th, 2007
Metanoia Films, October 2007, Directed by Alejandro Monteverde, 91 minutes, Cast: Eduardo Verástegui (José), Tammy Blanchard (Nina), Manny Perez (Manny).
The film won the People’s Choice Award at the Toronto Film Festival.
The story starts with a soccer star on the way to an important [...]
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Wednesday, October 24th, 2007
Universal Pictures, September 2007, Directed by Peter Berg, 110 minutes, Cast: Jamie Foxx (Ronald Fluery), Chris Cooper (Grant Sykes), Jennifer Garner (Janet Mayes), Jason Bateman (Adam Leavitt), Ashraf Barhom (Colonel Faris Al Ghazi), Ali Suliman (Sergeant Haytham), Jeremy Piven (Damon Schmidt), Richard Jenkins (James Grace), Danny Huston (Gideon Young).
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Thursday, March 29th, 2007
Samuel Goldwyn/ Roadside Attractions, Feb. 23, 2007. Directed by: Michael Apted, 118 minutes, Cast: Ioan Gruffudd (William Wilberforce), Romola Garai (Barbara Spooner), Albert Finney (John Newton), Benedict Cumberbatch (William Pitt the Younger), Rufus Sewell (Thomas Clarkson), Youssou N’Dour (Olaudah Equiano)
This movie was an exceptional experience for me. I go to lots of [...]
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Saturday, February 17th, 2007
FoxFaith, Feb.9, 2007, Directed by Michael Landon Jr., 117 min., Cast: Liana Liberato (Cadi Forbes), Louise Fletcher (Miz Elda), Henry Thomas (Man of God), Thea Rose (Lilybet), Soren Fulton (Fagan Kai), Stewart Finlay-McLennan (Brogan Kai), Peter Wingfield (Sin Eater), Elizabeth Lackey (Fia Forbes).
A fascinating tale based upon a book by Francine Rivers. The story is [...]
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Sunday, January 28th, 2007
Miramax, Oct. 2006, Directed by Stephen Frears, 103 min., Cast: Helen Mirren (HM The Queen Elizabeth II), Michael Sheen (Prime Minister Tony Blair), James Cromwell (Prince Philip), Sylvia Syms (HM The Queen Mother), Alex Jennings (Prince Charles), Helen McCronry (Cherie Blair), Roger Allam (Sir Robin Janvrin)
The movie opens with the Queen sitting for a portrait. [...]
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Saturday, January 27th, 2007
MGM, Dec. 2006, Directed by Sylvester Stallone, 102 min., Cast: Sylvester Stallone (Rocky Balboa), Burt Young (Paulie), Tony Burton (Duke), Antonio Tarver (Mason “The Line” Dixon), Geraldine Hughes (Marie), Milo Ventimiglia (Rocky Jr.), James Francis Kelly III (Steps), Pedro Lovell (Spider Rico)
We catch up to Rocky Balboa years later and find him grieving at the [...]
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Monday, December 4th, 2006
New Line Cinema, 12/1/06, Directed by: Catherine Hardwicke, 101 Min., Cast: Keisha Castle-Hughes (Mary), Oscar Isaac (Joseph), Shohreh Aghdashloo (Elizabeth), Stanley Townsend (Zechariah), Ciaran Hinds (Herod The Great).
Come see this movie, it is time well spent, even during the busy Christmas season. After all it is the story of the season and actually well done. [...]
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Sunday, October 29th, 2006
Gener8xion Entertainment, Oct. 2006, Directed by Michael O.Sajbel. Starring: Tiffany Dupont, Luke Goss, John Rhys-Davies, James Callis, John Noble, Tommy ‘Tiny’ Lister Jr., with Omar Sharif, and Peter O’Toole.
This movie was well worth seeing. Excellent camera work and visuals. Extraordinary sets, magnificent costumes, and pageantry. Top flight actors and acting. I clapped with everyone else [...]
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Friday, April 28th, 2006
‘Best Picture’ Oscar Winner–DVD
Star-filled cast, good acting, with some redeeming moments. This was not a movie that I could ever enjoy. One racial epitath & diatribe after another, overt racism and bigotry displayed on many levels. The scene was suppose to be Los Angeles, California, a multi-cultural—multi-racial international city. I’ve lived around LA most of [...]
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