drama
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Manchester By The Sea
Having directed just three feature films in 16 years the twice Oscar nominated filmmaker Kenneth Lonergan can hardly be described as prolific, but when the work is as phenomenally wonderful as Manchester By The Sea, then the long wait is definitely worth it. A breakout hit at Sundance earlier this year, the movie was originally…
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Lion
Lion is such a highly emotional true life story about a 5 year boy who is accidentally separated from his family, is shipped overseas, but still never forgets his family, that it simply cannot fail to tug at the heartstrings of even the most cynical audience. Writer Luke Davies and director Garth Davis have deliberately vamped up…
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What”s The Matter With Gerald?
Openly gay filmmaker Matt Riddlehoover’s portfolio that includes seven feature films and a couple of shorts are all good examples of boy-lite cinema. They are quirky, funny, easy on the eye stories of contemporary gay men just trying to get their act together. The latest one in this vein reunites writer/director/producer, and sometime actor, Riddlehoover…
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Allied
The fact that Allied is a decidedly old fashioned World War 2 espionage thriller/romance from director Robert Zemeckis (Forest Gump & Back To The Future) doesn’t necessarily guarantee that this new movie will prove to be a big crowd pleaser. In fact it wouldn’t be giving too much away at this point to say that…
