Category Archives: Biography
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.
Hurricane
Release 2018
Genre Biography, Drama, Sport, War
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Director: David Blair
Writers: Robert Ryan, Alastair Galbraith
Stars: Iwan Rheon, Milo Gibson, Stefanie Martini
IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt7515456/
Hurricane (Squadron 303) is the story of a group of brave Poles who fought in the skies over England in WW2, not just to keep Great Britain free from the Nazis, but also to keep alive the very idea of their own country, which had existed in its modern form for barely twenty years before it was crushed between the opposing jaws of Germany and Russia. Equipped with the almost-obsolete Hurricane and (with some initial reluctance) given RAF blue uniforms, while they fought, Poland lived.
A Prayer Before Dawn
Release 2017
Genre Action, Biography, Crime, Drama, Sport
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Director: Jean-Stéphane Sauvaire
Writers: Jonathan Hirschbein, Nick Saltrese
Stars: Joe Cole, Vithaya Pansringarm, Panya Yimmumphai
IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt4080956/
The true story of an English boxer incarcerated in one of Thailand's most notorious prisons as he fights in Muay Thai tournaments to earn his freedom.
Billionaire Boys Club
Release 2018
Genre Biography, Drama, Thriller
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Director: James Cox
Writers: James Cox, Captain Mauzner
Stars: Taron Egerton, Emma Roberts, Cary Elwes
IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt5179598/
A group of wealthy boys in Los Angeles during the early 1980s establish a 'get-rich-quick' scam that turns deadly.