Category Archives: Biography
The Walk
Release 2015
Genre Adventure, Biography, Drama, Thriller
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Director: Robert Zemeckis
Writers: Robert Zemeckis, Christopher Browne, Philippe Petit
Stars: Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Guillaume Baillargeon, Émilie Leclerc, Mark Trafford, Inka Malovic
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt3488710/
In 1974, high-wire artist Philippe Petit recruits a team of people to help him realize his dream: to walk the immense void between the World Trade Center towers.
The 33
Release 2015
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Director: Patricia Riggen
Writers: Mikko Alanne, Craig Borten, Michael Thomas, Jose Rivera, Hector Tobar
Stars: Antonio Banderas, Rodrigo Santoro, Juliette Binoche, James Brolin, Lou Diamond Phillips
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2006295/
Based on the real-life event, when a gold and copper mine collapses, it traps 33 miners underground for 69 days.
Howl
Release 2015
Genre Biography, Drama, Horror
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Director: Paul Hyett
Writers: Mark Huckerby, Nick Ostler
Stars: Ed Speleers, Holly Weston, Elliot Cowan, Amit Shah, Sam Gittins
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2393827/
When passengers on a train are attacked by a creature, they must band together in order to survive until morning.
Black Mass
Release 2015
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Director: Scott Cooper
Writers: Mark Mallouk, Jez Butterworth, Dick Lehr, Gerard O'Neill
Stars: Johnny Depp, Joel Edgerton, Benedict Cumberbatch, Dakota Johnson, Kevin Bacon
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1355683/
The true story of Whitey Bulger, the brother of a state senator and the most infamous violent criminal in the history of South Boston, who became an FBI informant to take down a Mafia family invading his turf.
Straight Outta Compton
Release 2015
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Director: F. Gary Gray
Writers: Jonathan Herman, Andrea Berloff, S. Leigh Savidge, Alan Wenkus
Stars: O'Shea Jackson Jr., Corey Hawkins, Jason Mitchell, Neil Brown Jr., Aldis Hodge
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1398426/
The group NWA emerges from the mean streets of Compton in Los Angeles, California, in the mid-1980s and revolutionizes Hip Hop culture with their music and tales about life in the hood.
Bessie
Release 2015
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Director: Dee Rees
Writers: Christopher Cleveland, Horton Foote, Bettina Gilois, Dee Rees
Stars: Michael Kenneth Williams, Bryan Greenberg, Queen Latifah, Tika Sumpter, Oliver Platt
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt3704352/
The story of legendary blues performer, Bessie Smith, who rose to fame during the 1920s and '30s.
Killing Jesus
Release 2015
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Director: Christopher Menaul
Writers: Martin Dugard, Walon Green, Bill O'Reilly
Stars: Kelsey Grammer, Vernon Dobtcheff, Eoin Macken, Rufus Sewell, John Rhys-Davies
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt3609402/
A miniseries chronicling the life of Jesus of Nazareth.
The Admiral: Roaring Currents
Release 2014
Genre Adventure, Biography, War
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Director: Han-min Kim
Writers: Cheol-Hong Jeon, Han-min Kim
Stars: Min-sik Choi, Seung-ryong Ryu, Jin-woong Jo, Myung-gon Kim, Ku Jin
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt3541262/
At the strait 'Roaring Currents', master strategist Admiral Yi and his 12 battleships oppose enemy's fleet of 330, and win the most incredible victory of history.
Selma
Release 2014
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Director: Ava DuVernay
Writers: Paul Webb
Stars: David Oyelowo, Carmen Ejogo, Jim France, Trinity Simone, Mikeria Howard
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1020072/
A chronicle of Martin Luther King's campaign to secure equal voting rights via an epic march from Selma to Montgomery, Alabama in 1965.
Wild
Release 2014
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Director: Jean-Marc Vallée
Writers: Nick Hornby, Cheryl Strayed
Stars: Reese Witherspoon, Laura Dern, Thomas Sadoski, Keene McRae, Michiel Huisman
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2305051/
A chronicle of one woman's 1,100-mile solo hike undertaken as a way to recover from a recent catastrophe.