Category Archives: Biography

The Theory of Everything

Release 2014

Genre Biography, Drama, Romance

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Director: James Marsh
Writers: Anthony McCarten, Jane Hawking
Stars: Eddie Redmayne, Felicity Jones, Tom Prior, Sophie Perry, Finlay Wright-Stephens
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2980516/

A look at the relationship between the famous physicist

Into the Storm

Release 2014

Genre Action, Biography, Drama, Thriller, War

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Director: Steven Quale
Writers: John Swetnam
Stars: Richard Armitage, Sarah Wayne Callies, Matt Walsh, Max Deacon, Nathan Kress
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2106361/

Storm trackers, thrill-seekers, and everyday townspeople document an unprecedented onslaught of tornadoes touching down in the town of Silverton.

Jersey Boys

Release 2014

Genre Biography, Drama

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Director: Clint Eastwood
Writers: Marshall Brickman, Rick Elice
Stars: Vincent Piazza, John Lloyd Young, Steve Schirripa, Christopher Walken, Kathrine Narducci
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1742044/

The story of four young men from the wrong side of the tracks in New Jersey who came together to form the iconic 1960s rock group The Four Seasons.

Million Dollar Arm

Release 2014

Genre Biography, Drama, Sport

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Director: Craig Gillespie
Writers: Thomas McCarthy
Stars: Jon Hamm, Pitobash, Suraj Sharma, Madhur Mittal, Aasif Mandvi
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1647668/

A sports agent stages an unconventional recruitment strategy to get talented Indian cricket players to play Major League Baseball.

I Love You Phillip Morris

Release 2009

Genre Biography, Comedy, Crime, Drama, Romance

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Director: Glenn Ficarra, John Requa
Writers: John Requa, Glenn Ficarra, Steve McVicker
Stars: Jim Carrey, Ewan McGregor, Leslie Mann, Rodrigo Santoro, Antoni Corone
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1045772/

A cop turns con man once he comes out of the closet. Once imprisoned, he meets the second love of his life, whom he'll stop at nothing to be with.

The Hurricane

Release 1999

Genre Biography, Drama, Sport

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Director: Norman Jewison
Writers: Rubin 'Hurricane' Carter, Sam Chaiton, Terry Swinton, Armyan Bernstein, Dan Gordon
Stars: Denzel Washington, Vicellous Reon Shannon, Deborah Kara Unger, Liev Schreiber, John Hannah
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0174856/

The story of Rubin "Hurricane" Carter, a boxer wrongly imprisoned for murder, and the people who aided in his fight to prove his innocence.

American Gangster

Release 2007

Genre Biography, Crime, Drama

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Director: Ridley Scott
Writers: Steven Zaillian, Mark Jacobson
Stars: Denzel Washington, Russell Crowe, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Josh Brolin, Lymari Nadal
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0765429/

In 1970s America, a detective works to bring down the drug empire of Frank Lucas, a heroin kingpin from Manhattan, who is smuggling the drug into the country from the Far East.

Jarhead

Release 2005

Genre Biography, Drama, War

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Director: Sam Mendes
Writers: William Broyles Jr., Anthony Swofford
Stars: Jake Gyllenhaal, Scott MacDonald, Peter Sarsgaard, Jamie Foxx, Ming Lo
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0418763/

Based on former Marine Anthony Swofford's best-selling 2003 book about his pre-Desert Storm experiences in Saudi Arabia and about his experiences fighting in Kuwait.

The Perfect Wave

Release 2014

Genre Adventure, Biography, Drama, Romance

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Director: Bruce Macdonald
Writers: Roger Hawkins, William A. Wood III, Billy Wood
Stars: Scott Eastwood, Cheryl Ladd, Patrick Lyster, Rachel Hendrix, Scott Mortensen
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2414822/

The Perfect wave is a LOVE STORY, with four key pillars, a young mans love for surfing, adventure, a mothers love for her son...

Jamesy Boy

Release 2014

Genre Biography, Crime, Drama, Family, Romance

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Director: Trevor White
Writers: Lane Shadgett, Trevor White
Stars: Mary-Louise Parker, Taissa Farmiga, James Woods, Ving Rhames, Rosa Salazar
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1673734/

A young gang member turns his life around in prison, thanks to the friendship he forms with a convicted murderer who becomes his mentor.