Posts classified under: Drama

Chronicle

Chronicle is about Andrew (DeHaan), a teenager who’s having a really bad time in life. His mom has cancer and his dad is an alcoholic. At school he’s bullied and everyone thinks he’s a loser. The only person in his life is his much more popular cousin Matt (Russell). Andrew starts filming his entire life, using the camera as a buffer between him and the real world. One night at a party he’s dragged to, Andrew, Matt, and popular jock Steve (Jordan; Friday Night Lights) find something weird in a field that leaves them with telekinetic powers. Suddenly things start changing in all their lives.

Tanner Hall

Tanner Hall is a coming of age story that takes place at a New England boarding school. Fernanda (Mara; Girl With The Dragon Tattoo, The Social Network) is a good girl with 2 close friends, troublemaker Kate (Larson; Scott Pilgrim) and Lucasta (Ferguson). New girl Victoria (King) comes in and infiltrates the group and shakes things up. Throughout this school year all these girls lives will be changed as they grow up.

The L.A. Complex

The L.A. Complex is a new Canadian series about a variety of entertainers trying to make their way in Hollywood. While they try and get that big break they’re all living in poverty at The Deluxe (The Lux), a long-term motel, based on the real life Highland Gardens (which a pretty good documentary was made about a few years ago). It’s from the some of the people behind Degrassi: The New Generation and created by Bored To Death‘s Martin Gero.

Paradise Lost 3: Purgatory

Paradise Lost 3: Purgatory is the final film in a trilogy that has gone on for almost 20 years by Bruce Sinofsky and Joe Berlinger. Paradise Lost – The Child Murders at Robin Hood Hills and Paradise Lost 2 – Revelations both previously took us into the case of the West Memphis 3, three teenagers (at the time) who were charged and convicted of murdering 3 small boys in a horrific manner and the many miscarriages of justice that occurred during the case. This 3rd film brings us back to West Memphis, Arkansas 10 years after the last one and updates us on things some of the greatest law enforcement minds in the world have discovered about the case.

Alcatraz

Alcatraz is a mysterious show that proposes the truth behind the closing of Alcatraz prison is that in 1963 all the prisoners and guards just vanished one night. Now in modern day San Francisco these people are re-appearing just as mysteriously, not having aged a day. Detective Rebecca Madsen (Jones; Sons of Anarchy) and Alcatraz expert Diego Soto (Garcia; LOST) stumble upon the happenings and a secret task force run by the equally mysterious Emerson Hauser (Sam Neill; Jurassic Park) and are enlisted to help capture some of the worst criminals of their day. The story of the events on 1960′s Alcatraz are told alongside the modern day story as well.

The Dispatcher

The Dispatcher is about a police dispatcher who’s young daughter is abducted from her bedroom while she sleeps. Many years later after being presumed dead, while on shift he gets a call from a girl claiming to be her. He sets off on a new investigation to find her.

Smash – Pilot

Smash is about a group of characters all converging to create a new Broadway musical about Marilyn Monroe. A mid-west transplant actress/waitress (McPhee), an current ensemble actress (Hilty), a pair of writing partners (Messing & Borle), an egotistical director (Davenport), and a newly divorced and trying to prove she’s still in the game producer (Huston), all have their own stories to be told and must come together to create the next Broadway “smash”.

Young Adult

Young Adult is about Mavis Gary (Theron; Monster, Aeon Flux), a ghost author of young adult books who’s life isn’t going too well. She receives a birth announcement from her high school sweetheart Buddy Slade (Wilson; Hard Candy, Watchmen) and decides to go visit her hometown for a bit to win him back as her life spirals out of control. Once there she befriends Matt (Oswalt; Big Fan), a guy who was beaten and crippled by the popular kids in high school and who also harbors a crush on her.

Moneyball

Moneyball is the true story of Oakland A’s manager Billy Beane (Pitt; Seven, Fight Club) who needs to improve his team if they ever hope to get into the championships and keep his job. The problem he faces in the modern age of professional sports is that his team doesn’t have a lot of money and can’t compete with bigger budget teams like the Yankees. He finds statistician Peter Brand (Hill; Superbad, Forgetting Sarah Marshall) who has ideas about how a team can win using lower priced players that have been written off for one reason or another. He takes a chance on this new system despite having to fight with everyone around him who is set on using traditional methods of playing ball. The movie is based off the book( ) of the same name by Michael Lewis.

X

X (also known as Exit: A Night From Hell) is a story of one escort, Holly (Bianca), who’s about to retire and start a new life in Paris, and another prostitute, Shay (Lawrence), who’s starting her first night on the job. The two meet up for a job that unfortunately goes bad and leaves both of them running for their lives.

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