Category Archives: Biography
The Catcher Was a Spy
Release 2018
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Director: Ben Lewin
Writers: Robert Rodat, Nicholas Dawidoff
Stars: Paul Rudd, Connie Nielsen, Mark Strong
IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt4602066/
A major league baseball player, Moe Berg, lives a double life working for the Office of Strategic Services.
Loving Pablo
Release 2017
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Director: Fernando León de Aranoa
Writers: Fernando León de Aranoa, Virginia Vallejo
Stars: Javier Bardem, Penélope Cruz, Peter Sarsgaard
IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt4682788/
A journalist strikes up a romantic relationship with notorious drug lord Pablo Escobar.
Cocaine Godmother
Release 2017
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Director: Guillermo Navarro
Writers: Molly McAlpine, David McKenna
Stars: Catherine Zeta-Jones, Jenny Pellicer, Alejandro Edda
IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt7056864/
The real life of Colombian drug lord, Griselda Blanco, who reportedly masterminded more than 200 murders. This film presents her life story from the time she was a young girl to the end of her life.
The 15:17 to Paris
Release 2018
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Director: Clint Eastwood
Writers: Dorothy Blyskal, Anthony Sadler, Alek Skarlatos, Spencer Stone, Jeffrey E. Stern
Stars: Ray Corasani, Alek Skarlatos, Anthony Sadler
IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt6802308/
Three Americans discover a terrorist plot aboard a train while in France.
Winchester
Release 2018
Genre Biography, Fantasy, Horror
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Director: Michael Spierig, Peter Spierig
Writers: Tom Vaughan, Michael Spierig, Peter Spierig
Stars: Helen Mirren, Sarah Snook, Finn Scicluna-O'Prey, Jason Clarke
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1072748/
Ensconced in her sprawling California mansion, eccentric firearm heiress Sarah Winchester believes she is haunted by the souls of people killed by the Winchester repeating rifle.
All the Money in the World
Release 2017
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Director: Ridley Scott
Writers: David Scarpa, John Pearson
Stars: Michelle Williams, Christopher Plummer, Mark Wahlberg, Romain Duris
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt5294550/
The story of the kidnapping of 16-year-old John Paul Getty III and the desperate attempt by his devoted mother to convince his billionaire grandfather Jean Paul Getty to pay the ransom.
Film Stars Don't Die in Liverpool
Release 2017
Genre Biography, Drama, Romance
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Director: Paul McGuigan
Writers: Matt Greenhalgh
Stars: Jamie Bell, Stephen Graham, Annette Bening, Vanessa Redgrave
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt5711148/
A romance sparks between a young actor and a Hollywood leading lady.
The Greatest Showman
Release 2017
Genre Biography, Drama, Musical
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Director: Michael Gracey
Writers: Jenny Bicks
Stars: Hugh Jackman, Michelle Williams, Zac Efron, Zendaya
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1485796/
Celebrates the birth of show business, and tells of a visionary who rose from nothing to create a spectacle that became a worldwide sensation.
The Man Who Invented Christmas
Release 2017
Genre Biography, Comedy, Drama
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Director: Bharat Nalluri
Writers: Susan Coyne
Stars: Dan Stevens, Christopher Plummer, Miriam Margolyes, Jonathan Pryce
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt6225520/
The journey that led to Charles Dickens' creation of "A Christmas Carol," a timeless tale that would redefine the holiday.