Category Archives: Biography
Brain on Fire
Release 2016
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Director: Gerard Barrett
Writers: Gerard Barrett, Susannah Cahalan
Stars: Chloë Grace Moretz, Jenny Slate, Richard Armitage, Carrie-Anne Moss, Thomas Mann
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt3704700/
A young, capable professional cannot explain her newly erratic behavior.
The Legend of Ben Hall
Release 2016
Genre Action, Biography, Drama
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Director: Matthew Holmes
Stars: Jack Martin, Jamie Coffa, William Lee, Joanne Dobbin, Adam Willson
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt3844876/
Ben Hall is drawn back into bushranging by the reappearance of his old friend John Gilbert. Reforming the gang, they soon become the most wanted men in Australian history.
A United Kingdom
Release 2016
Genre Biography, Drama, Romance
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Director: Amma Asante
Writers: Guy Hibbert, Susan Williams
Stars: David Oyelowo, Rosamund Pike, Tom Felton, Jack Davenport, Laura Carmichael
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt3387266/
Prince Seretse Khama of Botswana causes an international stir when he marries a white woman from London in the late 1940s.
We All Fall Down
Release 2016
Genre Adventure, Biography, Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
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Director: Kurt Knight
Stars: Ashley Santos, Avery Pizzuto, Chelsea Jurkiewicz, Ruby Jones, Cardiff Gerhardt
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt5555174/
Todd, a haunted young man, runs from the past as he struggles to protect the innocence of Benny, his mute younger brother, in a post apocalyptic world where all the adults have turned into Zombies.
The Founder
Release 2016
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Director: John Lee Hancock
Writers: Robert D. Siegel
Stars: Michael Keaton, Nick Offerman, John Carroll Lynch, Linda Cardellini, B.J. Novak
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt4276820/
The story of Ray Kroc, a salesman who turned two brothers' innovative fast food eatery, McDonald's, into one of the biggest restaurant businesses in the world with a combination of ambition, persistence, and ruthlessness.
Bleed for This
Release 2016
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Director: Ben Younger
Writers: Ben Younger (screenplay), Ben Younger (story)
Stars: Miles Teller, Aaron Eckhart, Katey Sagal
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1620935/
The inspirational story of World Champion Boxer Vinny Pazienza who, after a near fatal car crash which left him not knowing if he'd ever walk again, made one of sport's most incredible comebacks.
Jackie
Release 2016
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Director: Pablo Larraín
Writers: Noah Oppenheim
Stars: Natalie Portman, Peter Sarsgaard, Greta Gerwig, Billy Crudup, John Hurt
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1619029/
Following the assassination of President John F. Kennedy, First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy fights through grief and trauma to regain her faith, console her children, and define her husband's historic legacy.
A Street Cat Named Bob
Release 2016
Genre Biography, Comedy, Drama, Family
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Director: Roger Spottiswoode
Writers: James Bowen, Garry Jenkins, Tim John, Maria Nation
Stars: Luke Treadaway, Bob the Cat, Ruta Gedmintas, Joanne Froggatt, Anthony Head
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt3606888/
Based on the international best selling book. The true feel good story of how James Bowen, a busker and recovering drug addict, had his life transformed when he met a stray ginger cat.
I'm Not Ashamed
Release 2016
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Director: Brian Baugh
Writers: Philipa A. Booyens, Robin Hanley, Kari Redmond, Bodie Thoene
Stars: Masey McLain, Ben Davies, Cameron McKendry, Terri Minton, Victoria Staley
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt4950110/
Based on the inspiring and powerful true story and journal entries of Rachel Joy Scott - the first student killed in the Columbine high school shooting in 1999.
Christine
Release 2016
Genre Biography, Drama, Horror
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Director: Antonio Campos
Writers: Craig Shilowich
Stars: Rebecca Hall, Michael C. Hall, Tracy Letts, Maria Dizzia, J. Smith-Cameron
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt4666726/
The story of Christine Chubbuck, a 1970s TV reporter struggling with depression and professional frustrations as she tries to advance her career.