Category Archives: Biography
Colette
Release 2018
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Director: Wash Westmoreland
Writers: Richard Glatzer, Wash Westmoreland, Rebecca Lenkiewicz
Stars: Keira Knightley, Dominic West, Eleanor Tomlinson
IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt5437928/
Colette is pushed by her husband to write novels under his name. Upon their success, she fights to make her talents known, challenging gender norms.
The Brawler
Release 2019
Genre Action, Biography, Drama
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Director: Ken Kushner
Writers: Robert Dibella, Ken Kushner
Stars: Zach McGowan, Amy Smart, Joe Pantoliano
IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt5471472/
In 1975, a Bayonne, New Jersey underdog boxer gets a shot to fight the champ.
First Man
Release 2018
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Director: Damien Chazelle
Writers: Josh Singer, James R. Hansen
Stars: Ryan Gosling, Claire Foy, Jason Clarke
IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1213641/
A look at the life of the astronaut, Neil Armstrong, and the legendary space mission that led him to become the first man to walk on the Moon on July 20, 1969.
Kiss and Cry
Release 2017
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Director: Sean Cisterna
Writers: Willem Wennekers
Stars: Sarah Fisher, Luke Bilyk, Chantal Kreviazuk
IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt5224012/
A romantic drama based on the story of Carley Allison, a promising 18 year old figure skater and singer who made medical history in her fight against a rare 1 in 3.5 billion type of sarcoma.
Outlaw King
Release 2018
Genre Action, Biography, Drama
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Director: David Mackenzie
Writers: Bathsheba Doran, David Mackenzie, James MacInnes, David Harrower, Mark Bomback
Stars: Chris Pine, Stephen Dillane, Rebecca Robin
IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt6679794/
A true David v Goliath story of how the great 14th Century Scottish 'Outlaw King' Robert The Bruce used cunning and bravery to defeat and repel the much larger and better equipped occupying English army.
BlacKkKlansman
Release 2018
Genre Biography, Comedy, Crime
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Director: Spike Lee
Writers: Charlie Wachtel, David Rabinowitz, Kevin Willmott, Spike Lee, Ron Stallworth
Stars: John David Washington, Adam Driver, Laura Harrier
IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt7349662/
Ron Stallworth, an African American police officer from Colorado Springs, CO, successfully manages to infiltrate the local Ku Klux Klan branch with the help of a Jewish surrogate who eventually becomes its leader. Based on actual events.
22 July
Release 2018
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Director: Paul Greengrass
Writers: Paul Greengrass, Åsne Seierstad
Stars: Jon Øigarden, Øystein Martinsen, Anders Danielsen Lie
IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt7280898/
A three-part story of Norway's worst terrorist attack in which over seventy people were killed. 22 July looks at the disaster itself, the survivors, Norway's political system and the lawyers who worked on this horrific case.
Operation Finale
Release 2018
Genre Biography, Drama, Thriller
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Director: Chris Weitz
Writers: Matthew Orton
Stars: Oscar Isaac, Ben Kingsley, Mélanie Laurent
IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt5208252/
A team of secret agents set out to track down the Nazi officer who masterminded the Holocaust.
Don't Worry, He Won't Get Far on Foot
Release 2018
Genre Biography, Comedy, Drama
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Director: Gus Van Sant
Writers: John Callahan, Gus Van Sant, Jack Gibson, William Andrew Eatman
Stars: Joaquin Phoenix, Jonah Hill, Rooney Mara
IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt6288124/
On the rocky path to sobriety after a life-changing accident, John Callahan discovers the healing power of art, willing his injured hands into drawing hilarious, often controversial cartoons, which bring him a new lease on life.