Category Archives: Biography
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.
6 Below: Miracle on the Mountain
Release 2017
Genre Adventure, Biography, Drama, Thriller
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Director: Scott Waugh
Writers: Madison Turner, Eric LeMarque, Davin Seay
Stars: Josh Hartnett, Mira Sorvino, Sarah Dumont, Kale Culley, Jason Cottle
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt5503688/
An adrenaline seeking snowboarder gets lost in a massive winter storm in the back country of the High Sierras where he is pushed to the limits of human endurance and forced to battle his own personal demons as he fights for survival...."
American Made
Release 2017
Genre Action, Biography, Comedy, Crime, Drama, Thriller
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Director: Doug Liman
Writers: Gary Spinelli
Stars: Tom Cruise, Domhnall Gleeson, Sarah Wright, Jesse Plemons, Caleb Landry Jones
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt3532216/
The story of Barry Seal, an American pilot who became a drug-runner for the CIA in the 1980s in a clandestine operation that would be exposed as the Iran-Contra Affair.
The Man with the Iron Heart
Release 2017
Genre Action, Biography, Thriller, War
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Director: Cédric Jimenez
Writers: Laurent Binet, Audrey Diwan, David Farr, Cédric Jimenez
Stars: Rosamund Pike, Jack Reynor, Mia Wasikowska, Jason Clarke, Jack O'Connell
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt3296908/
1942: The Third Reich is at its peak. The Czech resistance in London decides to plan the most ambitious military operation of WWII: Anthropoid. Two young recruits in their late twenties, Jozef Gabcik and Jan Kubis, are sent to Prague to assassinate the most ruthless Nazi leader - Reich-protector Reinhard Heydrich, Head of the SS, the Gestapo, and the architect of the "Final Solution".
Big Bear
Release 2017
Genre Biography, Comedy, Drama
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Director: Joey Kern
Stars: Pablo Schreiber, Tyler Labine, Adam Brody, Toby Huss, Ahna O'Reilly
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt4986754/
BIG BEAR is about Joe (Joey Kern) who reluctantly has his bachelor party even though his fiancé just dumped him for some Dude (recent Emmy nominated. Pablo Schreiber).
Maudie
Release 2016
Genre Biography, Drama, Romance
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Director: Aisling Walsh
Writers: Sherry White
Stars: Ethan Hawke, Sally Hawkins, Kari Matchett, Zachary Bennett, Gabrielle Rose
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt3721954/
An arthritic Nova Scotia woman works as a housekeeper while she hones her skills as an artist and eventually becomes a beloved figure in the community.