Category Archives: Biography
I, Tonya
Release 2017
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Director: Craig Gillespie
Writers: Steven Rogers
Stars: Margot Robbie, Sebastian Stan, Allison Janney, Bobby Cannavale
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt5580036/
Competitive ice skater Tonya Harding rises amongst the ranks at the U.S. Figure Skating Championships, but her future in the activity is thrown into doubt when her ex-husband intervenes.
Mark Felt: The Man Who Brought Down the White House
Release 2017
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Director: Peter Landesman
Writers: Peter Landesman, Mark Felt
Stars: Liam Neeson, Diane Lane, Marton Csokas, Tony Goldwyn
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt5175450/
The story of Mark Felt, who under the name "Deep Throat" helped journalists Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein uncover the Watergate scandal in 1972.
Breathe
Release 2017
Genre Biography, Drama, Romance
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Director: Andy Serkis
Writer: William Nicholson (screenplay)
Stars: Andrew Garfield, Claire Foy, Hugh Bonneville
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt5716464/
The inspiring true love story of Robin and Diana Cavendish, an adventurous couple who refuse to give up in the face of a devastating disease. Their heartwarming celebration of human possibility marks the directorial debut of Andy Serkis.
Battle of the Sexes
Release 2017
Genre Biography, Comedy, Drama, Sport
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Director: Jonathan Dayton, Valerie Faris
Writers: Simon Beaufoy
Stars: Emma Stone, Steve Carell, Andrea Riseborough, Natalie Morales, Sarah Silverman
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt4622512/
The true story of the 1973 tennis match between World number one Billie Jean King and ex-champ and serial hustler Bobby Riggs.
The Pirates of Somalia
Release 2017
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Director: Bryan Buckley
Writers: Jay Bahadur, Bryan Buckley
Stars: Al Pacino, Evan Peters, Melanie Griffith, Barkhad Abdi, Russell Posner
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt5126922/
In 2008, rookie journalist Jay Bahadur forms a half-baked plan to embed himself among the pirates of Somalia...
Stronger
Release 2017
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Director: David Gordon Green
Writers: John Pollono, Jeff Bauman, Bret Witter
Stars: Jake Gyllenhaal, Tatiana Maslany, Miranda Richardson, Richard Lane Jr., Nate Richman
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt3881784/
Stronger is the inspiring real life story of Jeff Bauman, an ordinary man who captured the hearts of his city and the world to become a symbol of hope after surviving the 2013 Boston Marathon bombing.
Americons
Release 2017
Genre Action, Biography, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
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Director: Theo Avgerinos
Writers: Beau Martin Williams, Matt Funke
Stars: Beau Martin Williams, Matt Funke, Trai Byers, Michael Masini, Sam McMurray
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2293060/
Raving through realty on the eve of the economic collapse. A high-velocity journey of an unsuspecting mortgage broker swallowed up in the sex, greed and over indulgence of the mid 2000's Real Estate boom.
Victoria and Abdul
Release 2017
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Director: Stephen Frears
Writers: Lee Hall, Shrabani Basu
Stars: Judi Dench, Ali Fazal, Tim Pigott-Smith, Eddie Izzard, Adeel Akhtar
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt5816682/
Queen Victoria strikes up an unlikely friendship with a young Indian clerk named Abdul Karim.
Birth of the Dragon
Release 2016
Genre Action, Biography, Drama
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Director: George Nolfi
Writers: Stephen J. Rivele, Christopher Wilkinson, Michael Dorgan
Stars: Yu Xia, Wang Xi'An, Hai Yu, Yue Wu, Billy Magnussen
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2720826/
Set against the backdrop of 1960s San Francisco, BIRTH OF THE DRAGON is a modern take on the classic movies that Bruce Lee was known for. It takes its inspiration from the epic and still controversial showdown between an up-and-coming Bruce Lee and kung fu master Wong Jack Man - a battle that gave birth to a legend.
The Glass Castle
Release 2017
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Director: Destin Daniel Cretton
Writers: Destin Daniel Cretton, Andrew Lanham, Jeannette Walls
Stars: Brie Larson, Woody Harrelson, Naomi Watts, Ella Anderson, Chandler Head
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2378507/
A young girl comes of age in a dysfunctional family of nonconformist nomads with a mother who's an eccentric artist and an alcoholic father who would stir the children's imagination with hope as a distraction to their poverty.