Drama Movies

Just when you think your husbands are safe, along comes Charlize Theron. Blond, sexy, hot and slutty. Obsessive, mentally deranged, utterly depressed and drunk. The popular girl in high school. A successful author. A crazy bitch that only got crazier a divorce and a few bourbon bottles later. It’s Young Adult, the funny and superbly acted new drama-comedy from Diablo Cody, the Oscar-winning screenwriter of Juno, and four-time Oscar nominee Jason Reitman, who directed Juno and Up in the Air.

Read FilmJabber’s full Young Adult movie review.

Carnage is one of those deliciously uncomfortable films that makes you squirm in your seat but crave for more.  Adapted from the stage play “God of Carnage”, Carnage tells the story of two couples attempting to be civil in the wake of a school altercation between their two sons, in which one hit the other in with a stick. In the face.  Minus the opening shot (which shows the incident), the entire film plays out in the apartment of Penelope and Michael Longstreet (Jodie Foster and John C. Reilly), the victim’s parents.  Nancy and Alan Cowan (Kate Winslet and Christoph Waltz), the perpetrator’s parents, must eat humble pie (both literally and figuratively) to try to smooth out the situation.

Read our full Carnage movie review.

Your mom’s dead. I’m gay and have a young male lover. Oh, and I have cancer. Not exactly what you expect or want to hear from your 75-year-old father. Ewan McGregor stars as Oliver, a man who faces these scenarios and more in Beginners, an extremely good romantic drama that also stars Christopher Plummer and Melanie Laurent.

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Storm’s a coming. The air smells of it. The skies are churning. The rain will come, the wind and toxins wiping away humanity. The world is going to end. In Take Shelter, Michael Shannon stars as a man suffering from apocalyptic visions of the near future. He’s certain that horrific storms will soon kill everyone in sight, including his family. Then again, he’s also certain he’s beginning to suffer from paranoid schizophrenia.

Read FilmJabber’s full Take Shelter movie review.

An Iranian-based film hardly seems the setting for a sexy romantic drama about two teenage girls who fall in love with one another, but Circumstance relishes its taboo topic, the very camerawork oozing with sensuality. Circumstance is a beautiful and alluring film, one that works on many levels, painting a picture of repression while also focusing on a non-traditional love triangle.

Read FilmJabber’s full Circumstance movie review.

Charlie from the chocolate factory falls in love with Nancy Drew but is too much of a pussy to admit it in the uninspired romantic drama The Art of Getting By, which is now on DVD for those interested in watching an indie-like movie that looks and feels like dozens of other indie-like movies.

Read FilmJabber’s full The Art of Getting By movie review.

Masturbating in the bathroom at work. If you’ve ever done it, you might relate to Shame. Sex addict? Quite possible. Unable to form a relationship with another woman, even your sister? Yeah, you’ll relate to Shame, the gripping new drama from director Steve McQueen.

Read FilmJabber’s full Shame movie review.

The Help. It’s about maids, black people, racism and a plain, ugly girl played by a beautiful actress. It’s a movie born and raised to be an Oscar contender, an accessible, lighthearted picture about a serious issue. It’s this year’s Blind Side, good-hearted and purposeful, harmless while entertaining. It’s also a box office hit, and Oscar voters love box office hits.

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There’s another world out there. Just like ours. You’re on it. Doing the exact same thing you’re doing now. Reading this review that the other me just wrote. Reading about Another Earth, the intriguing new sci-fi drama now out on Blu-ray and DVD.

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Renny Harlin is at it again. You know, trying to trick audiences into thinking he’s still relevant. Over a decade since Deep Blue Sea and nearly 20 years since his last major hit – Cliffhanger – Harlin is back once again with the war thriller 5 Days of War. It’s a valiant effort – it really is – but lacks the necessary budget and, more importantly, the tension required to make a movie like this work.

Read FilmJabber’s full 5 Days of War movie review. We’re also giving away a copy of the DVD!

A year ago when it was announced that Leonardo DiCaprio would team up with director Clint Eastwood to portray former FBI director J. Edgar Hoover, the buzz was earsplitting. DiCaprio is one of the best actors working today, Eastwood a multiple Oscar winner and Hoover one of the most interesting people of the 20th century. It was a match made in heaven. So why does the new movie J. Edgar feel like purgatory?

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Alexander Payne’s last movie was 2004′s Oscar-winning dramedy Sideways, which means audiences should pay attention to his newest release The Descendants, an alluring and engaging drama that maneuvers the fine line between life’s sadness and humor.

Read FilmJabber’s full The Descendants movie review.