Academy Award® nominee Jake Gyllenhaal and Michael Peña star in the action thriller "End of Watch" as young Los Angeles police officers Taylor and Zavala as they patrol the city's meanest streets of south central Los Angeles. The film creates a riveting portrait of the city's most dangerous corners, the cops who risk their lives there every day, and the price they and their families are forced to pay.
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Showing posts with label Drama. Show all posts
Skyfall - James Bond Movie
Daniel Craig is back as Ian Fleming's James Bond 007 in "Skyfall," the 23rd adventure in the longest-running film franchise of all time. In "Skyfall," Bond’s loyalty to M is tested as her past comes back to haunt her. As MI6 comes under attack, 007 must track down and destroy the threat, no matter how personal the cost.
The Sessions
Based on the poignantly optimistic autobiographical writings of California-based journalist and poet Mark O'Brien, "The Sessions" tells the story of a man confined to an iron lung who is determined at age 38 to lose his virginity. With the help of his therapists and the guidance of his priest, he sets out to make his dream a reality.
The Master
Set in America in the years following World War II, a charismatic intellectual (Philip Seymour Hoffman) launches a faith-based organization and taps a young drifter (Joaquin Phoenix) as his right-hand man. But as the faith begins to gain a fervent following, the onetime vagabond finds himself questioning the belief system he has embraced, and his mentor.
Ginger & Rosa
London, 1962. Two teenage girls - Ginger and Rosa -- are inseparable; they play truant together, discuss religion, politics and hairstyles, and dream of lives bigger than their mothers' frustrated domesticity. But, as the Cold War meets the sexual revolution, and the threat of nuclear holocaust escalates, the lifelong friendship of the two girls is shattered - by the clash of desire and the determination to survive.
A Late Quartet
Starring Philip Seymour Hoffman, Christopher Walken and Catherine Keener, the film will be having its world premiere at the Toronto Film Festival tonight.
The musical drama tells the story of a beloved cellist of a world-renowned string quartet who receives a life changing diagnosis, the group's future suddenly hangs in the balance: suppressed emotions, competing egos, and uncontrollable passions threaten to derail years of friendship and collaboration. As they are about to play their 25th anniversary concert, quite possibly their last, only their intimate bond and the power of music can preserve their legacy. Inspired by and structured around Beethoven's Opus 131 String Quartet in C-sharp minor, the film pays homage to chamber music and the cultural world of New York.
TRAILER: The Impossible
The Impossible is an upcoming Spanish-produced, English-language film directed by Juan Antonio Bayona, starring Naomi Watts and Ewan McGregor. It is based on one family's experience of the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami.
The film is a co-production between the Spanish companies Apaches Entertainment and Telecinco Cinema. The crew consists of the same key people who made The Orphanage, including the director, writer, production manager, cinematographer, composer and editor. Filming started 23 August 2010 in Alicante, Spain, and continued in October in Thailand.
The film is a co-production between the Spanish companies Apaches Entertainment and Telecinco Cinema. The crew consists of the same key people who made The Orphanage, including the director, writer, production manager, cinematographer, composer and editor. Filming started 23 August 2010 in Alicante, Spain, and continued in October in Thailand.
TRAILER: Paranormal Activity 4
Paranormal Activity 4 is an upcoming 2012 American documentary style supernatural horror film directed by Ariel Schulman and Henry Joost, the directors of Paranormal Activity 3, and written by Zack Estrin. The film features Katie Featherston, who has starred in all three previous films. The film is scheduled to be released on October 19, 2012 in the United States by Paramount Pictures. The film is a direct sequel to Paranormal Activity 2, picking up directly where it left off.
The film takes place five years after Paranormal Activity 2, which ended with Katie kidnapping Hunter. Now, Katie and Hunter have moved into a new house and their neighbors, Alice and her mother, begin experiencing paranormal events taking place in their home.
The Big C - Season 1

The show follows Cathy Jamison, a reserved suburban wife and mother whose recent stage-IV melanoma diagnosis forces her to really begin to live for the first time in her adult life. At first she chooses to keep the fact of her terminal illness secret from her family, behaving in ways they find puzzling and increasingly bizarre as she finds new freedom to express herself. As the show progresses, Cathy allows her family and some new friends to support her as she copes with her illness, and finds both humor and pathos in the many idiosyncratic relationships in her life.
image & trailer via thebigc-tv.com and article via wikipedia.org