Category Archives: Biography
Mr. Jones
Release 2019
Genre Biography, Drama, Thriller
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Director: Agnieszka Holland
Writers: Andrea Chalupa
Stars: James Norton, Vanessa Kirby, Peter Sarsgaard
IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt6828390/
A Welsh journalist breaks the news in the western media of the famine in the Soviet Union in the early 1930s.
Dark Waters
Release 2019
Genre Biography, Drama, Thriller
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Director: Todd Haynes
Writers: Matthew Michael Carnahan, Mario Correa, Nathaniel Rich
Stars: Anne Hathaway, Mark Ruffalo, Tim Robbins
IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt9071322/
A corporate defense attorney takes on an environmental lawsuit against a chemical company that exposes a lengthy history of pollution.
Richard Jewell
Release 2019
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Director: Clint Eastwood
Writers: Marie Brenner, Billy Ray
Stars: Paul Walter Hauser, Sam Rockwell, Brandon Stanley
IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt3513548/
American security guard Richard Jewell (Paul Walter Hauser) saves thousands of lives from an exploding bomb at the 1996 Olympics, but is vilified by journalists and the press who falsely reported that he was a terrorist.
Bombshell
Release 2019
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Director: Jay Roach
Writers: Charles Randolph
Stars: Charlize Theron, Nicole Kidman, Margot Robbie
IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt6394270/
A group of women take on Fox News head Roger Ailes and the toxic atmosphere he presided over at the network.
Harriet
Release 2019
Genre Action, Biography, Drama
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Director: Kasi Lemmons
Writers: Gregory Allen Howard, Kasi Lemmons
Stars: Cynthia Erivo, Leslie Odom Jr., Joe Alwyn
IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt4648786/
Based on the thrilling and inspirational life of an iconic American freedom fighter, Harriet tells the extraordinary tale of Harriet Tubman's escape from slavery and transformation into one of America's greatest heroes. Her courage, ingenuity, and tenacity freed hundreds of slaves and changed the course of history.
Ford v Ferrari
Release 2019
Genre Action, Biography, Drama
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Director: James Mangold
Writers: Jez Butterworth, John-Henry Butterworth, Jason Keller
Stars: Matt Damon, Christian Bale, Jon Bernthal
IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1950186/
American car designer Carroll Shelby and driver Ken Miles battle corporate interference, the laws of physics and their own personal demons to build a revolutionary race car for Ford and challenge Ferrari at the 24 Hours of Le Mans in 1966.
Ride Like a Girl
Release 2019
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Director: Rachel Griffiths
Writers: Andrew Knight, Elise McCredie
Stars: Teresa Palmer, Sam Neill, Sullivan Stapleton
IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt7600382/
The story of Michelle Payne, the first female jockey to win the Melbourne Cup.
The Two Popes
Release 2019
Genre Biography, Comedy, Drama
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Director: Fernando Meirelles
Writers: Anthony McCarten
Stars: Jonathan Pryce, Anthony Hopkins, Juan Minujín
IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt8404614/
Behind Vatican walls, the conservative Pope Benedict and the liberal future Pope Francis must find common ground to forge a new path for the Catholic Church.
The Aeronauts
Release 2019
Genre Action, Adventure, Biography
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Director: Tom Harper
Writers: Tom Harper, Jack Thorne
Stars: Felicity Jones, Eddie Redmayne, Himesh Patel
IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt6141246/
Pilot Amelia Rennes (Felicity Jones) and scientist James Glaisher (Eddie Redmayne) find themselves in an epic fight for survival while attempting to make discoveries in a gas balloon.
Brexit: The Uncivil War
Release 2019
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Director: Toby Haynes
Writers: James Graham
Stars: Benedict Cumberbatch, Sarah Belcher, Malcolm Freeman
IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt8425058/
Political strategist Dominic Cummings leads a popular but controversial campaign to convince British voters to leave the European Union from 2015 up until the present day.