Insights from the Cinematic World: _Drama

ROADIE

Roadie is a drama movie about Jimmy who is broke and desperate after being canned from a 20-year job as roadie for Blue Oyster Cult. With nowhere else to go, he returns home to Forest Hills, Queens to visit his aging mother, where a wild night with some hard-partying high school friends shows him that some things never change.

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Joyful Noise

Joyful Noise is a musical film, starring Queen Latifah, Dolly Parton, Keke Palmer, Jeremy Jordan, Courtney B. Vance, Dexter Darden and Kris Kristofferson. It was written and directed by Todd Graff, with gospel-infused music by Mervyn Warren.

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Pariah

Pariah is a 2011 contemporary drama film written and directed by Dee Rees. It tells the story of Alike (Adepero Oduye), a 17-year old African–American teenager embracing her identity as a lesbian.

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A Warrior’s Heart

In shock and denial over his Marine father’s death in Iraq, high school lacrosse star, Conor Sullivan (Kellan Lutz), starts acting out in self-destructive ways until he’s kicked off the team and sent to a wilderness lacrosse camp run by his Dad’s Native American combat buddy, Sgt. Major Duke Wayne (Adam Beach).

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Mirror Mirror

Mirror Mirror is a comedy fantasy film based on ‘’Snow White’’ by the Brothers Grimm. It is directed by Tarsem Singh and stars Lily Collins, Julia Roberts, Armie Hammer, and Sean Bean.The film, which had previously been known as Untitled Snow White Project, was officially titled Mirror Mirror on November 4, 2011

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11-11-11 is a horror-thriller set on 11:11 on the 11th day of the 11th month and concerning a entity from another world

11-11-11

11-11-11 is a horror-thriller set on 11:11 on the 11th day of the 11th month and concerning a entity from another world that enters the earthly realm through Heaven’s 11th gate. Directed by Darren Lynn Bousman. Starring Timothy Gibbs, Michael Landes, Denis Rafter.

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The Rum Diary

The Rum Diary drama film directed by Bruce Robinson. Starring Johnny Depp, Giovanni Ribisi, Aaron Eckhart. American journalist Paul Kemp takes on a freelance job in Puerto Rico for a local newspaper during the 1950s and struggles to find a balance between island culture and the ex-patriots who live there.

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The Mighty Macs

If you examine the history of inspirational sports movies, you will conclude that the most successful films in this genre typically use sport as a metaphor. Miracle wasn’t just about hockey, it was about the Cold War and the impending fall of Communism. Remember the Titans wasn’t just about football, it was about race relations.

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Straw Dogs

Straw Dogs is a 2011 American thriller film directed, produced, and written by Rod Lurie. It is a remake of Sam Peckinpah’s 1971 film of the same name, in turn based on the Gordon Williams novel The Siege of Trencher’s Farm.

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