Awesome Drama

On all accounts, Philip’s life is in limbo – until he comes home one night to find his world turned upside down, which dispatches him on a journey of self-discovery in Jesse Coane’s Table for One.

Martin Scorsese directs Leonardo DiCaprio in a movie based on the life of Jordan Belfort, a stockbroker who earned millions through illegal means. He was consumed by his power and vices and was eventually convicted.

The next chapter of Frank Miller’s epic saga takes the bloody action to the sea as the Greek general Themistokles pits himself against Xerxes and Artemisia in Noam Murro’s 300: Rise of an Empire. Coming in 2014.

Liam Hemsworth stars as an entry-level employee at a powerful corporation who must spy on his boss’s old mentor to score some job security in Robert Luketic’s Paranoia.

The notorious Manzoni family is relocated to Normandy, France under the witness protection program, and fitting in soon comes slowly as old habits die hard in Luc Besson’s (The Fifth Element, Léon the Professional) The Family.

A movie about a young outlaw couple. The woman shoots a cop but the man takes the blame. Upon his release from prison, he looks forward to seeing her again, but their tale remains as dark as when it was derailed.

Set for FOX’s Fall 2013 lineup, it stars Karl Urban as a troubled cop who is forced to work with the department’s mandatory new “synthetic” officers. From J.H. Wyman (Fringe) and J.J. Abrams (What is he not involved in?)

Based on a true story, Tom Hanks is the skipper of the US-flagged MV Maersk Alabama, the first American cargo ship to be hijacked in 200 years by Somali pirates in 2009, in Paul Greengrass’ Captain Phillips.

(NSFW) Pressured by his mother to avenge his brother’s death, the world’s handsomest gangster asks the world’s cruelest cop for a fight. Nicolas Winding Refn continues to weave twisted fairy tales with Only God Forgives.

(Violence) Ryan Gosling and Drive director Nicolas Winding Refn reunite for another tightly wound, colorful film – this one about a Bangkok police lieutenant and a gangster who go up against each other in a Thai-boxing match.

A man is on a mission to avenge the death of his father, but along the way he falls in love with the daughter of the household he thinks killed his father. A film Variety is calling “A Gaelic Godfather.” Sounds like Shakespeare to us.

(Gore) A look at Danny Boyle’s new film about an art auctioneer mixed up with criminals searching for a painting reminds us just how brutal the director can be, despite his colorful cinematography.

(NSFW: Language) The latest trailer for Ariel Vromen’s The Iceman, based on Anthony Bruno’s book about Richard Kuklinski, a loving family man who led a double life as a mob hitman.

We’ve seen lots of fun magic, but we like the looks of this: The Four Horsemen pull off a series of heists against corrupt business leaders during their performances in Louis Leterrier’s Now You See Me.

A Cinemax original series from X-Files producer Frank Spotnitz about a private intelligence operative who finds herself the target of an attempted hit. Learn about her security firm here.

A man is consumed by thoughts of revenge. But the cry for blood is nothing compared to a sinner’s curse. David Victori’s La Culpa won the top prize at the 2012 Your Film Festival.

(NSFW: Language) The incredible Michael Shannon stars as Richard “Iceman” Kuklinski, a convicted Mafia hitman who allegedly killed over 100 people between 1948 and 1986.

Grumpy old man Clint Eastwood growls at John Goodman and pretty much everyone else while playing a grumpy old baseball scout. Also starring Amy Adams and Justin Timberlake. Relevant.

The full theatrical trailer for Paul Thomas Anderson’s latest film gives us more insight into the dynamic between Phillip Seymour Hoffman and Joaquin Phoenix’s eccentric characters.

Sleepwalk With Me is about a difficult episode in the life of stand-up comic Mike Birbiglia, which induced his sleepwalking. Produced and co-written by Ira Glass (NPR’s This American Life).

A feel-good movie based on a novel about a recovering psychotic. Turns out he needs another crazy person. Starring Bradley Cooper, Jennifer Lawrence and – wait for it – Chris Tucker.

A new drama from Fernando Meirelles, director of City of God and The Constant Gardener, 360 is a thriller which interweaves several stories around the globe to move us through its intricate plot.

The creator of Oz sets his sights on crime drama once again, this time in 1860s New York City as an Irish immigrant cop tries to bring some order to the chaos of the infamous Five Points neighborhood.